14th NATIONAL SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP-2025 Category U17 Open

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52 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 Dec 2025 to 31 Dec 2025 in Guwahati, India. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2101, and top seed was Mayank Chakraborty (🇮🇳 IND, IM, 2465).

Utkrisht Tuli (🇮🇳 IND, 2129) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Alluri Bhaskara Ratna Shanmukha Reddy (7.0) and Patil Jaiveer (6.5). Tuli shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Tapadiya Earth (1547) beat Siddhant Chaturvedi (1809), a +262-point gap.

Location

🇮🇳Guwahati, India

Dates

27 Dec 2025 → 31 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳IMMayank Chakraborty2465

Avg top 10

2,101

Participants

Titled players · 3

IM×1

FM×1

CM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇳India×49

Top 3

🥇
Utkrisht Tuli
🇮🇳IND·2129
7.0pts·2142perf+17.2
🥈
Alluri Bhaskara Ratna Shanmukha Reddy
🇮🇳IND·2063
7.0pts·2145perf+44.0
🥉
Patil Jaiveer
🇮🇳IND·1860
6.5pts·2086perf+97.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Reddy7Tuli7Mitul K6.5Jaiveer6.5Roy6Gupta6— ex-leaders:Chakrabortyled R4, #20

R5 · LEADER CHANGE29 Dec

Alluri Bhaskara Ratna Shanmukha Reddy takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Tuli takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (47.5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Alluri Bhaskara Ratna Shanmukha Reddy drew with Utkrisht Tuli (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Alluri Bhaskara Ratna Shanmukha Reddy	*	½	—	½
2Utkrisht Tuli	½	*	½	—
3CMMitul K H	—	½	*	0
4Patil Jaiveer	½	—	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Utkrisht Tuli	2129	IND	+27B	+8N	=6B	+7N	=5B	+20N	=2B	=4B	+13N	7.0	47.5	51.5	38.75	2142	+17.2
2	Alluri Bhaskara Ratna Shanmukha Reddy	2063	IND	+46B	+39N	=5B	+20N	+6B	=11N	=1N	=3B	+7B	7.0	44.5	46.5	34.00	2145	+44.0
3	Patil Jaiveer	1860	IND	+49B	+14N	+4B	−5N	=9B	+6N	=11B	=2N	+10B	6.5	47.5	49.5	34.50	2086	+97.2
4	Mitul K HCM	2120	IND	+28N	+10B	−3N	+46B	+26B	−5N	+15B	=1N	+9N	6.5	44.0	46.0	30.00	2065	-5.6
5	Samyak DharewaFM	2308	IND	F	+13B	=2N	+3B	=1N	+4B	=9N	=7N	+11B	6.0	49.5	49.5	36.75	2221	-11.8
6	Snehaal Roy	1922	IND	+24N	+19B	=1N	+30B	−2N	−3B	+29N	=12B	+39N	6.0	43.5	46.5	26.75	1879	-4.0
7	Arnav Gupta	1896	IND	+25N	=30B	+43N	−1B	+21N	+10B	+12N	=5B	−2N	6.0	43.5	46.0	27.00	1928	+25.2
8	Krishnaav Hazarika	1671	IND	+32N	−1B	=22N	=24N	+34B	−29B	+25N	+19B	+26B	6.0	37.0	41.0	25.50	1705	+11.2
9	Druvesh Dondapati	2110	IND	+17B	+16N	+26B	−38B	=3N	+27N	=5B	=11N	−4B	5.5	43.5	47.5	28.00	2050	-12.8
10	Daksh M	1662	IND	+35B	−4N	+17B	=27N	+23B	−7N	+14B	+20N	−3N	5.5	43.0	47.0	26.00	1780	+52.4
11	Pranay Akula	2078	IND	+22N	+31B	−38N	+28B	+18N	=2B	=3N	=9B	−5N	5.5	42.5	46.5	27.00	2026	-9.6
12	Yuwan Das	1919	IND	+33B	=21N	=20B	=23N	+14B	+16N	−7B	=6N	=15B	5.5	42.0	46.0	27.50	1773	-53.2
13	Koshin Das	1714	IND	+29B	−5N	+21B	−18N	+28B	+39N	+26B	=23N	−1B	5.5	39.0	42.0	21.75	1778	+24.8
14	Tapadiya Earth	1547	IND	+34N	−3B	=45N	+25B	−12N	+43B	−10N	+32B	+20B	5.5	36.5	39.0	20.25	1727	+47.6
15	Vrishank Royadu	1755	IND	+41N	−38B	−28N	+40B	+46N	+18B	−4N	+29B	=12N	5.5	35.0	37.0	19.75	1767	+6.0
16	Swastik Majumder	1616	IND	+48N	−9B	=25N	+22B	+43N	−12B	=21N	+31B	=23B	5.5	35.0	37.0	19.50	1695	+29.6
17	Shrihari T K	1527	IND	−9N	+48B	−10N	=42B	=25N	=32B	+40N	+43B	+31N	5.5	31.5	33.5	17.00	1616	+28.0
18	Anish Goswami	1542	IND	−38N	+41B	+34N	+13B	−11B	−15N	−23B	+46N	+33B	5.0	36.0	38.0	18.50	1674	+45.2
19	Sangamesh V Sugandhi	1615	IND	+50B	−6N	=33B	+44N	+24B	−26N	=27B	−8N	+28B	5.0	35.0	37.0	17.00	1579	-16.4
20	Siddhant Chaturvedi	1809	IND	+40N	+42B	=12N	−2B	+30N	−1B	+22N	−10B	−14N	4.5	42.0	45.0	17.25	1703	-44.0
21	Trivikram Narvekar	1572	IND	+47N	=12B	−13N	+45B	−7B	+24N	=16B	−26N	=22N	4.5	38.0	40.0	16.75	1602	+1.6
22	Pranav Santhosh Angadi	1516	IND	−11B	+51N	=8B	−16N	+44B	+36N	−20B	=33N	=21B	4.5	36.5	38.0	15.25	1598	+24.0
23	Sanjit Borah	1563	IND	−44B	F	+42N	=12B	−10N	+30B	+18N	=13B	=16N	4.5	36.5	36.5	20.25	1734	+62.8
24	Mayukh Sah	1508	IND	−6B	+50N	+31N	=8B	−19N	−21B	−32N	+40B	+43N	4.5	35.0	37.0	14.50	1561	+21.6
25	Manish Yadav	1477	IND	−7B	+52N	=16B	−14N	=17B	+34N	−8B	+36N	F	4.0	40.5	40.5	13.50	1528	+11.6
26	Aakash K	1768	IND	F	+45B	−9N	+29B	−4N	+19B	−13N	+21B	−8N	4.0	39.5	39.5	16.00	1703	-30.8
27	Guruttam Borah	1537	IND	−1N	+32B	+37N	=10B	+31N	−9B	=19N	−39B	−29N	4.0	39.0	42.0	17.25	1574	+3.6
28	Khuman Einstein Maibam	1531	IND	−4B	+35N	+15B	−11N	−13N	+41B	−31N	+47B	−19N	4.0	39.0	41.0	14.50	1590	+17.2
29	Nilay Dey	1465	IND	−13N	F	+39B	−26N	+36B	+8N	−6B	−15N	+27B	4.0	38.0	38.0	17.00	1694	+88.0
30	Ishant A Pratim Deka	1546	IND	+52B	=7N	+44B	−6N	−20B	−23N	=33B	+34N	F	4.0	35.5	35.5	11.50	1494	-17.2
31	Shuvang Pran Kashyap	1618	IND	+51B	−11N	−24B	+35N	−27B	+49N	+28B	−16N	−17B	4.0	35.0	36.5	11.50	1517	-40.8
32	Allada Charan Someswar	1463	IND	−8B	−27N	+52B	−39N	+47B	=17N	+24B	−14N	=35B	4.0	34.5	34.5	11.25	1398	-26.0
33	Niveer Nitul Saikia	1486	IND	−12N	+47B	=19N	−43B	=42N	+37B	=30N	=22B	−18N	4.0	33.5	35.5	14.25	1426	-27.6
34	Randolph P Pariat	0	IND	−14B	+49N	−18B	+51N	−8N	−25B	+41N	−30B	+46B	4.0	31.5	33.0	8.50	1481	0.0
35	Bevara Narayana Naidu	1440	IND	−10N	−28B	+47N	−31B	=40N	+45B	−43N	+44B	=32N	4.0	28.0	30.0	10.50	1270	-47.6
36	Devansh Pandey	1629	IND	−42N	+40B	−46N	+41B	−29N	−22B	+48N	−25B	+47N	4.0	25.5	27.5	10.00	1321	-114.8
37	Tomthin Yumnam	0	IND	=43B	=44N	−27B	+49N	−39B	−33N	−46B	+50N	+48B	4.0	22.0	24.0	8.50	1338	0.0
38	Mayank ChakrabortyIM	2465	IND	+18B	+15N	+11B	+9N	F	F	F	F	F	4.0	21.5	21.5	21.50	2879	+3.6
39	Radharanjan Chakravarty	1606	IND	F	−2B	−29N	+32B	+37N	−13B	F	+27N	−6B	3.0	37.5	37.5	12.00	1561	-23.2
40	Debamoy Kar	1468	IND	−20B	−36N	+51B	−15N	=35B	+44N	−17B	−24N	=41B	3.0	33.5	35.0	7.50	1376	-41.6
41	Krishna Sai Suraj Muppidi	1465	IND	−15B	−18N	+50B	−36N	+48B	−28N	−34B	=51N	=40N	3.0	29.5	31.0	6.25	1283	-50.8
42	Saptarshee Sarcar	1425	IND	+36B	−20N	−23B	=17N	=33B	+46N	F	F	F	3.0	27.5	27.5	10.75	1592	+49.2
43	Shreeharsh Mohanty	1546	IND	=37N	F	−7B	+33N	−16B	−14N	+35B	−17N	−24B	2.5	39.0	39.0	10.00	1422	-51.2
44	Rajanya Shekhar Pal	0	IND	+23N	=37B	−30N	−19B	−22N	−40B	+45N	−35N	F	2.5	31.5	31.5	9.00	1252	0.0
45	Neeraj Kumar Sathenapalli	0	IND	F	−26N	=14B	−21N	−49B	−35N	−44B	+52N	+51B	2.5	24.0	24.0	4.25	1353	0.0
46	Inaash Dey	1511	IND	−2N	F	+36B	−4N	−15B	−42B	+37N	−18B	−34N	2.0	39.0	39.0	8.00	1428	-34.4
47	FIDE 564038300	0	—	−21B	−33N	−35B	+50N	−32N	+52B	F	−28N	−36B	2.0	28.5	28.5	2.00	719	0.0
48	FIDE 547006234	0	—	−16B	−17N	−49B	+52N	−41N	+50B	−36B	F	−37N	2.0	26.0	26.0	2.00	742	0.0
49	Priyangshu Paul	1469	IND	−3N	−34B	+48N	−37B	+45N	−31B	F	F	F	2.0	25.0	25.0	4.50	926	-16.8
50	Ankshuman Saha	0	IND	−19N	−24B	−41N	−47B	+51B	−48N	F	−37B	+52N	2.0	22.0	22.0	1.50	1305	0.0
51	Lakshya Ashopa	1419	IND	−31N	−22B	−40N	−34B	−50N	F	+52B	=41B	−45N	1.5	23.0	23.0	1.50	1189	-41.2
52	FIDE 564036634	0	—	−30N	−25B	−32N	−48B	F	−47N	−51N	−45B	−50B	0.0	22.0	22.0	0.00	679	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Patil JaiveerIND
+97.2
6.5 pts · #4
2Nilay DeyIND
+88.0
4.0 pts · #21
3Sanjit BorahIND
+62.8
4.5 pts · #16

Top rating losers

1Devansh PandeyIND
-114.8
4.0 pts · #35
2Yuwan DasIND
-53.2
5.5 pts · #13
3Shreeharsh MohantyIND
-51.2
2.5 pts · #38

Biggest upsets

R9+262 Elo gap
Tapadiya Earth1547 beat Siddhant Chaturvedi1809
R3+260 Elo gap
Patil Jaiveer1860 beat CMMitul K H2120
R3+224 Elo gap
Khuman Einstein Maibam1531 beat Vrishank Royadu1755