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COMMONWEALTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - U16 Open Event

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16 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malaysia. 2 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2017, and top seed was Borgaonkar Akshay (🇮🇳 IND, IM, 2403).

Borgaonkar Akshay (🇮🇳 IND, IM, 2403) won with 8.0/9, ahead of T H D Thisarindu Induwara (6.5) and Velavaa Ragavesh (6.5). Akshay won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Elvis Muigai Kamau (1488) beat Jyuin Pang Alexx Xander Leong (1914), a +426-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
🇮🇳IMBorgaonkar Akshay2403
Avg top 10
2,017
Participants
16
Titled players · 2
IM×1
CM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇮🇳India×5
🇸🇬Singapore×2
🇿🇦South Africa×1
🇲🇾Malaysia×1
🇰🇪Kenya×1
🇦🇺Australia×1
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
🇵🇰Pakistan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Borgaonkar Akshay led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Akshay8Ragavesh6.5Induwara6.5Subbiah6Mohit5.5Yelkhovsky5
R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

IM Borgaonkar Akshay never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Borgaonkar Akshay drew with CM Velavaa Ragavesh (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Borgaonkar Akshay 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)CM Velavaa Ragavesh 3 wins (R6–R8)T H D Thisarindu Induwara 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMBorgaonkar Akshay*
½
1
1
2CMVelavaa Ragavesh
½
*
0
½
3T H D Thisarindu Induwara
0
1
*
—
½
4Shashish Subbiah
0
½
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Borgaonkar AkshayIM2403IND+9B+7N+2B=3N+6B+4N+8B=5N+10B8.043.047.041.002390-0.6
2Induwara, T H D Thisarindu2051SRI+11N+8B−1NF+3B+5B+6N=4N+9B6.545.549.532.502248+78.8
3Velavaa RagaveshCM2162IND+12N+5B=4N=1B−2N+13B+7N+11B=6N6.543.046.030.002120-2.4
4Shashish Subbiah2073IND+6B+10N=3BF+7N−1B+13N=2B+8N6.046.049.028.002174+45.6
5Mohit S2048IND+15B−3N+9B−6N+11B−2N+10N=1B+12N5.541.042.020.002001-14.4
6Liew, Tze Hsien1738SGP−4N+16B+8N+5B−1N+7B−2B=9N=3B5.046.047.021.252028+106.0
7Yelkhovsky, Daniil1960AUS+14N−1B+12N+11B−4B−6N−3B+16N+15B5.036.537.512.001889-29.2
8Medhvansh Madeti1944IND+13B−2N−6B=9N+15B+14N−1N+12B−4B4.538.539.512.001851-40.0
9Wee, Yin Lin1869MAS−1N+14B−5N=8B+12N−10B+15N=6B−2N4.039.540.511.751846-13.6
10Leong, Jyuin Pang Alexx Xander1914SGP+16N−4B−11N+12B−13N+9N−5B+14B−1N4.036.537.511.001777-59.2
11Barnes, Joshua1736NZL−2B+13N+10B−7N−5N+15B+16B−3N−14N4.034.535.59.001775+4.0
12Machet, Jordan1742RSA−3B+15N−7B−10N−9B+16N+14B−8N−5B3.033.534.55.001704-21.2
13Elvis Muigai Kamau1488KEN−8N−11B+14NF+10B−3N−4B−15N+16B3.030.031.08.001639+36.8
14Ahmed Moeed Yousuf1620PAK−7B−9N−13B+15N+16B−8B−12N−10N+11B3.028.529.56.001598-14.8
15Mootin, Daven Nanda1677MRI−5N−12B−16N−14B−8N−11N−9B+13B−7N1.032.033.03.001479-74.0
16Mohamed Mekyle Shah0MDV−10B−6N+15BF−14N−12B−11N−7B−13N1.030.031.01.0014120.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets