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CASPL 1st Junior (U16) FIDE Rated Standard Chess Challenge 2025 - OPEN (U16)

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25 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 29 Nov 2025 to 30 Nov 2025 in Singapore, Singapore. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1576, and top seed was Rui Ze Jonas Yao (🇸🇬 SGP, 1700).

Ruixi Kendrick Zhou (🇸🇬 SGP, 1554) won with 5.0/6, ahead of ISHAAN HAENEETH VELMURUGAN PRIYASUDHARSANA (5.0) and Arjun Anand (4.5). Zhou won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Arjun Anand (1416) beat Rui Ze Jonas Yao (1700), a +284-point gap.

Location
🇸🇬Singapore, Singapore
Dates
29 Nov 2025 → 30 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 60 Min. Incr. 5 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇸🇬Rui Ze Jonas Yao1700
Avg top 10
1,576
Participants
25
Federations · 4 represented
🇸🇬Singapore×20
🇮🇳India×1
🇦🇺Australia×1
🇬🇧England×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
11
3
2
2
1
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
VELMURUGAN PRIYASUDHARSANA5Zhou5Anand4.5Kher4Ohng4Kwee4
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Zhou takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

ISHAAN HAENEETH VELMURUGAN PRIYASUDHARSANA lost to Ruixi Kendrick Zhou (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

ISHAAN HAENEETH VELMURUGAN PRIYASUDHARSANA 3 wins (R1–R3)Arjun Anand 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1ISHAAN HAENEETH VELMURUGAN PRIYASUDHARSANA*
0
1
—
2Ruixi Kendrick Zhou
1
*
½
½
3Arjun Anand
0
½
*
1
4Kuang Hong Kher—
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zhou, Ruixi Kendrick1554SGP+23B=3N+21B+2B=4N+5B5.019.019.515.251747+44.0
2VELMURUGAN PRIYASUDHARSANA, ISHAAN HAENEETH1574IND+16N+12B+18B−1N+6B+3N5.018.020.015.001743+40.4
3Arjun Anand1416SGP+5N=1B+9N+4B+10N−2B4.521.524.517.001734+82.8
4Kher, Kuang Hong1437SGP+20N+7B+6B−3N=1B=8N4.021.023.014.251580+39.2
5Ohng, Wei Zhe Quilliam1637SGP−3B+8N+19B+18N+13B−1N4.017.519.510.001589-13.6
6Kwee, Yu Xiang1563SGP+22N+17B−4N+11B−2N+10B4.017.018.09.001602+12.0
7Ng, Jacob Euben1570SGP+19B−4N+23N−10B+14N+12B4.014.014.57.501402-26.8
8Sim, Pang Xi Darius1425SGP=10N−5B+24N=12B+16N=4B3.515.516.07.251470+6.4
9Noolapalli, Arnav0ENG+11B=21N−3B−13N+23N+16B3.513.514.06.2514270.0
10Yao, Rui Ze Jonas1700SGP=8B=13N+17B+7N−3B−6N3.018.520.59.001507-58.0
11Chia, Tai Wen Lucas1524SGP−9N=24B+15N−6N=17B+20B3.014.014.55.751297-23.6
12Sim, Guan Yee Cedric1444SGP+15B−2N=14B=8N=18B−7N2.517.519.56.501330-22.8
13Kwah, Yan Yu Tristan1652SGP−17N=10B+22N+9B−5N−14B2.515.016.06.001315-49.2
14Quek, Anders0SGP−18N+16B=12NF−7B+13N2.513.014.55.7514600.0
15Tan, Kah Choon Connery0SGP−12N=22B−11B−20N+19B+17N2.511.512.54.5013370.0
16Chang, Wee Song Ryan0SGP−2B−14N+20B+19N−8B−9N2.016.518.54.007000.0
17Tamil Selvan, Gokulram1417SGP+13B−6N−10N=23B=11N−15B2.015.015.54.2515220.0
18Lee, Peici Cristal1523SGP+14BF−2N−5B=12N=22B2.015.015.04.251282-34.8
19FIDE 58828420—−7N+20B−5N−16B−15N+23B2.014.515.02.508080.0
20Yeo, Zhen Long Jacob0SGP−4B−19N−16N+15B+24B−11N2.013.514.03.006800.0
21Zhang, Dingxuan1462SGP+24N=9B−1NFFF1.512.512.52.25768-14.4
22Foo, Clarice Yinghui0SGP−6B=15N−13BFF=18N1.012.513.02.2513060.0
23Karthikeyan, Sree Saakethraman0SGP−1NF−7B=17N−9B−19N0.516.516.51.0012460.0
24Sapru, Tanush0AUS−21B=11N−8BF−20NF0.511.011.01.5011970.0
25FIDE 58842760—−?NFFFFF0.02.02.00.006620.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
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