COMMONWEALTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - U12 Open Event

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43 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malaysia. 4 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1916, and top seed was Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (🇮🇳 IND, FM, 2229).

Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (🇮🇳 IND, FM, 2229) won with 9.0/9, ahead of Vinuka Dihain Wijerathna (7.0) and Aaradhya Suyog Bagul (7.0). Sharma won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Jingtian Daris Du (1570) beat Dharsh M (1990), a +420-point gap.

Location

🇲🇾Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malaysia

Dates

08 Nov 2025 → 16 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳FMMadhvendra Pratap Sharma2229

Avg top 10

1,916

Participants

Titled players · 4

FM×1

CM×3

Federations · 8 represented

🇲🇾Malaysia×18

🇸🇬Singapore×10

🇿🇦South Africa×4

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×2

🇮🇳India×2

🇲🇻Maldives×2

🇳🇿New Zealand×1

🇲🇺Mauritius×1

Top 3

🥇
FMMadhvendra Pratap Sharma
🇮🇳IND·2229
9.0pts·2684perf+44.0
🥈
CMVinuka Dihain Wijerathna
🇱🇰SRI·2040
7.0pts·1998perf-4.4
🥉
Aaradhya Suyog Bagul
🇸🇬SGP·1819
7.0pts·1955perf+60.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Madhvendra Pratap Sharma led from R4; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Sharma9Wijerathna7Bagul7Kiringoda6.5Mutyalapati6Jivan Rao6

R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Madhvendra Pratap Sharma never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Madhvendra Pratap Sharma beat CM Vinuka Dihain Wijerathna (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Madhvendra Pratap Sharma 9 wins (R1–R9)CM Vinuka Dihain Wijerathna 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R7–R9)Aaradhya Suyog Bagul 4 wins (R3–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMMadhvendra Pratap Sharma	*	1	1	1
2CMVinuka Dihain Wijerathna	0	*	—	1
3Aaradhya Suyog Bagul	0	—	*	—
4CMThehas Rithmitha Kiringoda	0	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Madhvendra Pratap SharmaFM	2229	IND	+25B	+6N	+4B	+18N	+2B	+5N	+3B	+13N	+11B	9.0	47.0	51.0	51.00	2684	+44.0
2	Wijerathna, Vinuka DihainCM	2040	SRI	+14N	+9B	+7N	=5B	−1N	=12B	+6N	+18B	+4N	7.0	49.0	53.5	39.00	1998	-4.4
3	Aaradhya Suyog Bagul	1819	SGP	+28N	−12B	+10N	+15B	+8N	+14B	−1N	+11B	+5B	7.0	46.0	50.0	36.00	1955	+60.0
4	Kiringoda, Thehas RithmithaCM	1838	SRI	+22B	+26N	−1N	+12B	+7N	+6B	+18B	=5N	−2B	6.5	48.0	52.0	33.00	1925	+46.4
5	Mutyalapati, Modith Aaroh	1896	CAN	+21B	+20N	+8B	=2N	+11B	−1B	+27N	=4B	−3N	6.0	49.0	53.0	30.25	1985	+46.0
6	Saravanan, Keertieshvar	1670	MAS	+36N	−1B	+28N	+27B	+10N	−4N	−2B	+16B	+12N	6.0	46.0	49.0	26.50	1882	+78.8
7	Jivan Rao, Gauthm	1732	MAS	+29B	+37N	−2B	+20N	−4B	−18N	+25B	+15N	+14B	6.0	40.5	43.0	25.00	1762	+14.4
8	Yang, Hong Jie	1675	MAS	+30N	+24B	−5N	+26B	−3B	−11N	+22B	=14N	+20B	5.5	40.5	44.5	24.00	1712	+14.0
9	Ng, Zheng He Sherman	1672	SGP	+31B	−2N	+13B	−11N	+33B	−15N	=26B	+19N	+21B	5.5	39.0	42.5	23.50	1728	+19.6
10	Lin, Yi Christopher	1588	SGP	+40B	=13N	−3B	+22N	−6B	−19N	+38B	+26N	+18N	5.5	38.0	40.0	20.00	1680	+36.4
11	Dharsh M	1990	IND	+38N	+16B	−12N	+9B	−5N	+8B	+15B	−3N	−1N	5.0	48.0	50.5	23.50	1789	-77.6
12	Du, Jingtian Daris	1570	SGP	+39B	+3N	+11B	−4N	=18B	=2N	−13B	+32N	−6B	5.0	44.5	47.0	23.75	1794	+81.2
13	Safayat, Kibria Azaan	1886	BAN	+32N	=10B	−9N	=41B	+35N	+16B	+12N	−1B	−17N	5.0	41.5	43.5	20.25	1711	-62.0
14	Por, Yan Bin Edvard	1545	MAS	−2B	+31N	=34B	+37N	+25B	−3N	+19B	=8B	−7N	5.0	41.0	43.5	19.25	1640	+22.8
15	Song, Sichen	1600	SGP	+42N	−27B	+19N	−3N	+29B	+9B	−11N	−7B	+35N	5.0	39.0	41.0	19.00	1713	+39.6
16	Suze, Zi Nan	1632	MAS	+34B	−11N	=22B	=29N	+31B	−13N	+37B	−6N	+25B	5.0	35.5	38.0	17.75	1563	-28.4
17	Ho, Rui Jie Jonathan	1577	SGP	−24N	−19B	+36N	+28B	−26N	+40B	+30N	F	+13B	5.0	33.0	35.0	18.00	1634	+14.0
18	Goh, Ching Hayk	1700	SGP	+19N	+35B	+27N	−1B	=12N	+7B	−4N	−2N	−10B	4.5	47.5	50.5	20.00	1769	+24.4
19	Chow, Jia Li Declan	1465	SGP	−18B	+17N	−15B	+39N	=23N	+10B	−14N	−9B	+37N	4.5	37.5	40.0	17.75	1523	+18.4
20	Vijayan, Logitan	1570	MAS	+43N	−5B	+24N	−7B	−27N	+41B	=28N	+23B	−8N	4.5	36.5	36.5	13.00	1559	-17.2
21	Mohana Raj, Shivendra Raj	1517	MAS	−5N	=42B	−23N	+24B	−30N	+31N	+33B	+28B	−9N	4.5	36.0	38.0	17.00	1513	-5.6
22	Murigu Kanuri	1494	KEN	−4N	+43B	=16N	−10B	+41N	=30B	−8N	=37B	+39N	4.5	33.5	33.5	10.25	1408	-37.2
23	Taylor, Samuel	1696	RSA	−26B	=29N	+21B	=33N	=19B	=25N	=32B	−20N	+30N	4.5	33.0	36.5	18.25	1510	-85.2
24	Gurayah, Tharshey	0	RSA	+17B	−8N	−20B	−21N	+39B	=33N	−29B	+38N	+32B	4.5	33.0	35.5	15.25	1512	0.0
25	Kwan, Alexander	1551	SGP	−1N	=30B	+42N	+32B	−14N	=23B	−7N	+31B	−16N	4.0	41.0	43.0	13.75	1493	-27.6
26	Denashkumar, Shaveen Nambiar	1454	MAS	+23N	−4B	+35N	−8N	+17B	−27B	=9N	−10B	=28N	4.0	40.5	43.5	17.25	1620	+75.6
27	Somaraju, Sai Vivan KarthikeyaCM	2031	NZL	+33B	+15N	−18B	−6N	+20B	+26N	−5B	F	F	4.0	38.5	38.5	17.00	1734	-85.6
28	Tan, Guan Yi	1491	MAS	−3B	+39N	−6B	−17N	+43B	+34N	=20B	−21N	=26B	4.0	36.5	36.5	9.75	1331	-54.8
29	Ab Halim, Ayden Mikail	1472	MAS	−7N	=23B	+30N	=16B	−15N	−32B	+24N	−35B	+40B	4.0	35.5	37.5	15.25	1445	-12.8
30	Peh, Yi Zheng	1437	MAS	−8B	=25N	−29B	+42N	+21B	=22N	−17B	+34N	−23B	4.0	35.0	37.0	13.75	1420	-31.6
31	Athiswaran, Harshankumar	0	MAS	−9N	−14B	+43N	+38B	−16N	−21B	+40N	−25N	+42B	4.0	30.5	30.5	6.50	1307	0.0
32	Neoh, Cayson	1501	MAS	−13B	+40N	=37B	−25N	=34B	+29N	=23N	−12B	−24N	3.5	32.5	34.5	11.00	1486	-8.4
33	Chow, Zheng Heng	1543	MAS	−27N	+36B	=41N	=23B	−9N	=24B	−21N	−39B	+38N	3.5	31.0	33.0	11.00	1527	-8.4
34	Hasnul Nizam, Firas Aldeef	0	MAS	−16N	+38B	=14N	−35B	=32N	−28B	+41N	−30B	−36B	3.0	30.0	32.0	8.75	1388	0.0
35	Yeap, Jing Feng	1561	SGP	+41B	−18N	−26B	+34N	−13B	−37N	F	+29N	−15B	3.0	30.0	30.0	9.00	1379	-46.8
36	Teo, Hao Zhe	0	MAS	−6B	−33N	−17B	−40N	F	−38B	+43N	+41B	+34N	3.0	24.0	24.0	5.00	785	0.0
37	Yunus Izyan Jinah	0	MDV	F	−7B	=32N	−14B	=38N	+35B	−16N	=22N	−19B	2.5	34.0	34.0	8.25	1427	0.0
38	Buckas, Abu	1526	RSA	−11B	−34N	+40B	−31N	=37B	+36N	−10N	−24B	−33B	2.5	31.0	33.0	6.25	896	-42.0
39	Jadav, Kabir	0	MRI	−12N	−28B	F	−19B	−24N	+43N	=42B	+33N	−22B	2.5	28.0	28.0	4.50	1292	0.0
40	RK, Pradhyumna	0	MAS	−10N	−32B	−38N	+36B	+42B	−17N	−31B	F	−29N	2.0	29.5	29.5	5.00	739	0.0
41	Motau, Neelo	0	RSA	−35N	F	=33B	=13N	−22B	−20N	−34B	−36N	+43B	2.0	26.5	26.5	4.25	1390	0.0
42	Mohd Imran, Muhd Irfan Zafri	0	MAS	−15B	=21N	−25B	−30B	−40N	F	=39N	+43B	−31N	2.0	26.0	26.0	3.50	1220	0.0
43	Looth Mohamed Asim	0	MDV	−20B	−22N	−31B	F	−28N	−39B	−36B	−42N	−41N	0.0	26.5	26.5	0.00	760	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Du, Jingtian DarisSGP
+81.2
5.0 pts · #16
2Saravanan, KeertieshvarMAS
+78.8
6.0 pts · #8
3Denashkumar, Shaveen NambiarMAS
+75.6
4.0 pts · #17

Top rating losers

1Somaraju, Sai Vivan KarthikeyaCMNZL
-85.6
4.0 pts · #18
2Taylor, SamuelRSA
-85.2
4.5 pts · #14
3Dharsh MIND
-77.6
5.0 pts · #7

Biggest upsets

R3+420 Elo gap
Du, Jingtian Daris1570 beat Dharsh M1990
R4+361 Elo gap
Saravanan, Keertieshvar1670 beat CMSomaraju, Sai Vivan Karthikeya2031
R3+331 Elo gap
Goh, Ching Hayk1700 beat CMSomaraju, Sai Vivan Karthikeya2031