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Punjab State Amateur Fide Rated Below-2300 Chess Championship 2025-26

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136 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 09 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2026 in Bathinda, India. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1770, and top seed was Arvinder Preet Singh (🇮🇳 IND, FM, 2010).

Prakash Ram (🇮🇳 IND, FM, 1938) won with 8.0/8, ahead of Neelaksh Sharma (6.5) and Ishmeet Singh (6.5). Ram won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Namit Goel (1415) beat Kriti Agnihotri (1802), a +387-point gap.

Location
🇮🇳Bathinda, India
Dates
09 Jan 2026 → 11 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇳FMArvinder Preet Singh2010
Avg top 10
1,770
Participants
136
Titled players · 2
FM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇳India×77
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

FM Prakash Ram led from R6; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
70
31
11
3
2
1
1
1
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8
R6–R8 · LEAD HELD

FM Prakash Ram never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Prakash Ram beat Ishmeet Singh (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Prakash Ram 8 wins (R1–R8)Ishmeet Singh 3 wins (R1–R3)Ripudaman Singh Brar 5 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMPrakash Ram*
1
1
2Ishmeet Singh
0
*
3Ripudaman Singh Brar
0
*
1
4Aarav Arora
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Prakash RamFM1938IND+104B+18N+62B+47N+42B+4N+3B+7N8.037.540.540.502436+21.6
2Neelaksh Sharma1582IND+21B+82N+44B=3B+9N=7N=6B+47N6.539.543.033.501829+65.2
3Ishmeet Singh1771IND+114B+70N+32B=2N+46B+16N1N+20B6.539.042.030.751831+9.4
4Ripudaman Singh Brar1744IND+134B+105N+19B+45N+5B1B+62N=24N6.536.537.527.001827+25.2
5Aarav Arora1594IND+92B+103N+52B+14N4N=17B+23N+15B6.536.039.029.751747+46.8
6Yuvraj Singh1770IND+67N+65B45N+99B+26N+23B=2N+16B6.534.537.529.751687-8.6
7Simrat Gill1623IND+100N+108B=23N+25B+10N=2B+27N1B6.038.541.527.751711+13.4
8Saksham Nawani1517IND+97N+71B+15N=9B24N=35B+58N+28B6.035.038.528.001731+56.0
9Tejpal Singh1649IND+89B+84N+85B=8N2B=31N+44B+25N6.034.037.525.501589-15.2
10Arshia1522IND+128B+115N=43B+11N7B=13N+82B+32N6.034.036.024.751694+46.4
11Piyush Chaurasia1631IND+81N+73B=37N10B+120N+98B=17N+27B6.032.535.023.751565-8.8
12Garg, Ankush0IND+?N15B+68N24B+50N+55B+35N+62B6.032.532.522.0016000.0
13Rupinder Kumar1606IND+121N99B+100N+66B=65N=10B+49N+26B6.029.532.024.001750+19.6
14Lovish Garg1471IND+57N+41B+24N5B15N+77B+30B=19N5.537.041.026.251614+38.8
15Sahil Garg1676IND+107B+12N8B+108N+14B+32N=47B5N5.536.539.524.751546-17.4
16Daksh Goyal1590IND+117B+130N=34B+48N+36B3B+29N6N5.535.536.521.001546-10.4
17Aayush Monga1524IND+129B=48N+79B=34N+49B=5N=11B=42N5.535.037.023.751613+27.2
18Kushnoor Sharma1431IND+126N1B+127N+50B=35N+45B24N+46B5.533.535.520.001629+48.0
19Veer Inder Singh1533IND+77N+68B4N=63B+89N=28B+69N=14B5.533.036.522.751546-0.8
20Pranjal Malhotra1567IND+133N+58B=98N23B+63N+64B+43B3N5.531.532.519.501497-17.2
21Garg, Jatin0IND2N+?B65N+?B+101N+?B=51N+45B5.522.522.59.7515370.0
22Goel, Naisha0IND25B+?N?B+?N+?B=52N+84B+43N5.517.517.510.2515440.0
23Suhaan Kumar1460IND+93B+72N=7B+20N+43B6N5B=31N5.038.041.523.001623+49.6
24Bipin Dhingra1609INDF+106N14B+12N+8B=33N+18B=4B5.037.537.526.251603-0.2
25Hairinpreet Singh1479IND+22N=29B+75N7N=56B+100B+68N9B5.035.038.021.25834-23.6
26Singara Singh1503IND+112B+56N+30B42N6B+67N+48B13N5.035.038.021.001471-6.8
27Vanshika Sharma1530IND=40B+113N=49B+96N+54B+42N7B11N5.034.037.020.251485-5.4
28Kriti Agnihotri1802IND+132B44N=60B+87N+37B=19N+33B8N5.034.035.019.501603-35.6
29Tanmay0IND+69B=25N31B+60N+?B+36N16B=33N5.034.034.018.5015120.0
30Harmanjot Singh1650IND+63N+53B26N+58B59N+95B14N+57B5.032.536.021.00660-89.6
31Parikshit Rattan1493IND+136N=75B+29N43N+91B=9B=57N=23B5.032.532.518.251475-3.2
32Rehan Monga1562IND+111N+110B3N+95B+102N15B+53N10B5.032.035.017.00857-44.8
33Naman Arora1522IND+127N50B+112N+57B+41N=24B28N=29B5.032.034.019.501513+0.4
34Tegfateh Singh1442IND+102N+76B=16N=17B62N57B+74N+64B5.031.534.520.501429-2.0
35Radhya Malhotra1560IND+94B+60N119B+103N=18B=8N12B+104N5.031.534.519.751510-12.0
36Shubham Kumar1549IND+74N=64B+50N+98B16N29B=63N+68B5.031.034.019.501502-5.2
37Sachchit Dastidar1477IND+125B+109N=11B46N28N+90B=98N+63B5.029.031.017.001417-14.0
38Gaivn Kapoor1538IND48B+116N+118B+94N44B82N+93B+98N5.025.528.516.002216+13.2
39Ekamdeep Singh Kaul1559IND+122N98B+121N82B64N+111B+100N+66B5.023.025.515.00616-27.6
40Laxima Maan0IND=27N83B=?N=78B+?N+120B=66N+65B5.023.023.013.0013740.0
41Unik Bindal0IND+?B14N+130B+?N33B69N+110B+83N5.022.022.07.5013720.0
42Radhesh1633INDF+101B+51N+26B1N27B+59N=17B4.535.535.519.751621-3.2
43Kumar Naveen1693IND+131N+78B=10N+31B23N+65B20N22B4.535.036.017.001425-28.8
44Namit Goel1415IND+80N+28B2N+?B+38N62B9N=55B4.535.035.016.2515540.0
45Sahil Rana1559IND+116B+118N+6B4B=88N18N+91B21N4.534.037.017.751523-6.4
46Abhinandan Babber1588IND=91N+54B+64N+37B3N88B+56B18N4.533.537.019.751434-12.4
47Varun Garg1591INDF+120B+99N1B+82N+59B=15N2B4.533.533.516.251565-4.8
48Krishiv Sharma0IND+38N=17B+83N16B=51N+?B26N=49B4.533.533.515.7515090.0
49Jasmeet Kaur1404IND=83N+86B=27N+55B17N+102B13B=48N4.532.535.517.501352-10.0
50Raghav Bansal Mansa0IND+?B+33N36B18N12B+108N+106B=52N4.532.032.013.2513970.0
51Sahibnoor Singh1488IND+96B+88N42B=56N=48B+107N=21B60N4.530.533.517.25831-12.4
52Punarth Joshi1456IND+135B+124N5N88B+74N=22B=64N=50B4.530.030.013.00794-12.8
53FIDE 5580796290+61B30N+115B54N+118B+110N32B=56N4.529.532.515.758040.0
54Vivek Gagneja0IND+?B46N+110N+53B27N=66B=65N=58B4.529.529.513.757600.0
55FIDE 5310076780+?B85N+69B49N+103B12N+67B=44N4.529.529.513.256580.0
56Parth Goyal0IND+?N26B+101N=51B=25N+99B46N=53B4.529.529.513.0014270.0
57Nirvaan Singh Virk0IND14B+?N+70B33N+?B+34N=31B30N4.529.529.511.5013610.0
58FIDE 5640543140+?B20N+72B30N+109B+?N8B=54N4.528.028.09.257790.0
59Avani Tyagi1413IND+123B119N+92B+109N+30B47N42B=82N4.527.029.015.251477+9.6
60Harpartap Singh0INDF35B=28N29B+113N+?N+83B+51B4.526.026.013.5016070.0
61FIDE 558079610053N63B+111N67B+131N+101B=85N+95B4.525.526.512.2515120.0
62Arnim Gupta1566INDF+66B1N+84N+34B+44N4B12N4.037.537.517.001583-0.4
63Geeta0IND30B+61N+?B=19N20B+96N=36B37N4.034.034.013.2513180.0
64Kapoor, Mahesh0IND+?B=36N46B+79N+39B20N=52B34N4.033.533.513.7514690.0
65Kumar, Sandeep0IND+?B6N+21B+?N=13B43N=54B40N4.032.032.010.7514170.0
66Daiwik, Jindal0IND+?B62N+124B13N+72B=54N=40B39N4.030.530.510.757750.0
67FIDE 56405107206B+123N?B+61N+87B26B55N+109N4.029.029.013.008370.0
68FIDE 5640510560+?B19N12B+130N+108B+106N25B36N4.028.528.57.007240.0
69FIDE 564054284029N+136B55N+97B+75N+41B19B?N4.027.527.512.507430.0
70FIDE 5640542920+?N3B57N74B+122N97B+125N+100B4.026.026.07.509690.0
71FIDE 251844230+?B8N84B+114N106B+103N104B+107N4.024.524.59.007170.0
72FIDE 5310401360+?N23B58N+131B66N+86B73N+120B4.024.524.57.006580.0
73FIDE 5640513150+?B11N88B93N+128B+109N+72B?N4.022.022.09.008320.0
74FIDE 531088295036B+?N?B+70N52B+?N34B+101N4.021.521.57.006790.0
75FIDE 5580978990+?B=31N25B=?N69B+92N+107B?N4.020.520.59.0012940.0
76FIDE 5640509200+?B34N82B+132N107B+117N?B+114N4.018.518.57.006540.0
77FIDE 88161595019B?N+?B+105N+?B14N?B+106N4.017.017.06.007060.0
78FIDE 5640552050+?B43N94B=40N?B=?B+116N+?N4.016.016.05.508930.0
79FIDE 5580992710=86N+?B17N64B=?N+?BF+?N4.016.016.01.7512850.0
80FIDE 564051064044B+114N=?B=?B99N=?N+?B=?N4.010.510.53.0014640.0
81FIDE 564051099011B?N+123B?N+?B?N+?B+?N4.08.08.02.008320.0
82Bindal, Divansh0INDF2B+76N+39N47B+38B10N=59B3.535.535.516.2514770.0
83Pritpaul1527IND=49B+40N48B+126N98N+89B60N41B3.530.032.012.751217-32.8
84FIDE 5370555180+90N9B+71N62B=?N+115B22N89B3.529.529.510.508040.0
85Gourav Bansal1512INDF+55B9N102B100N+94N=61B+91N3.528.028.013.75849-12.8
86Saraswat, Avyaan0IND=79B49N113B=117N+112B72N+123B=93N3.525.027.010.256040.0
87FIDE 487830050120N+111B+131N28B67N=121B89N+122B3.523.024.07.7510030.0
88Pranav Kumar Singla0INDF51B+73N+52N=45B+46NFF3.522.022.015.2515440.0
89FIDE 55809786409N+?BF=?N19B83N+87B+84N3.522.022.07.0012240.0
90FIDE 558075690084B+117N103B+92N=104B37N?B+?N3.521.021.08.006770.0
91FIDE 5580793350=46B?N+132B+?N31N+?B45N85B3.518.518.53.2511580.0
92FIDE 56405158705N+?B59N90B+?N75B+?N=?B3.518.518.50.007010.0
93FIDE 564054330023N+?N?B+73B?N+?B38N=86B3.517.517.55.756980.0
94FIDE 564051030035N+?B+78N38B?N85B+?N=?B3.517.517.54.007350.0
95FIDE 5640543220119B+135N+?B32N+?B30N=?B61N3.517.517.50.009390.0
96FIDE 558025618051N+?B+?N27B=?N63B+120N?B3.516.016.02.506860.0
97FIDE 56405430608B?N+?B69N+?B+70N?B=?N3.514.014.04.007170.0
98Harsh Arora0INDF+39N=20B36N+83B11N=37B38B3.035.035.013.751501+30.4
99Bhavit Gupta0IND+?B+13N47B6N+80B56NFF3.032.532.510.0015310.0
100Khurana, Harshil0IND7B+?N13B+?N+85B25N39B70N3.029.529.53.5013150.0
101Advait Vashishth0IND+?B42N56B+112N21B61N+126N74B3.028.028.05.008310.0
102Paras Narula Patiala0IND34B+104N+105B+85N32B49N?BF3.027.027.09.5012860.0
103FIDE 5640510130+?N5B+90N35B55N71B+?N115B3.026.526.53.507750.0
104FIDE 55807546101N102BF+125B=90N=?B+71N35B3.025.525.57.759480.0
105FIDE 5370404210+?N4B102N77B116N=112B=113N+125B3.024.524.55.009420.0
106FIDE 5640509630+?N24B?N+127B+71N68B50N77B3.023.523.56.008080.0
107FIDE 48752223015N?B+?N+?B+76N51B75N71B3.022.022.04.007820.0
108FIDE 5640552130+?B7N+?N15B68N50B?N+126B3.022.022.02.008480.0
109FIDE 5640512000+?N37B+?N59B58N73B+?N67B3.022.022.00.006430.0
110Gurmanpreet Singh Sidhu0INDF32N54B+124N+?B53B41N+?B3.021.021.02.007580.0
111Kaira Gupta0IND32B87N61B+123N+?B39N?B+?N3.020.020.02.007590.0
112FIDE 564051382026N+?N33B101B86N=105N=?B+?B3.019.519.51.507000.0
113Ritish Bansal0IND=?N27B+86N120B60B?N=105B+?N3.018.518.55.006850.0
114FIDE 56405128503N80B+?N71B+?N+?B?N76B3.018.518.50.009690.0
115FIDE 50503160F10B53N=?B+?N84N=?B+103N3.017.017.03.007240.0
116FIDE 564051080045N38B?B+?N+105B?N78B+?N3.016.516.53.007490.0
117FIDE 564051021016N90B=?N=86B+?N76B+?N?B3.016.516.51.757870.0
118Jindal, Harsh0INDF45B38N+?B53N?N+?B+?N3.014.014.00.007490.0
119Singh, Arvinder PreetFM2010IND+95N+59B+35NFFFFF3.013.013.013.002409+3.2
120FIDE 881618620+87B47N=?B+113N11B40N96B72N2.529.529.56.508120.0
121FIDE 564054403013B+?N39B?N+124B=87N?B?N2.516.516.53.757350.0
122FIDE 564051471039B?N+?B?N70B+?N=?B87N2.512.512.50.007600.0
123FIDE 564051307059N67B81N111B+133N+130B86N?B2.021.021.02.006080.0
124FIDE 5640509550+?N52B66N110B121N129B133N+?B2.017.017.00.006600.0
125FIDE 564051340037N?B+?B104N+130B?N70B105N2.016.016.01.006770.0
126FIDE 88146073018B=132N+?B83B=?N?N101B108N2.016.016.00.506790.0
127FIDE 564051510033B+?N18B106N?B?N?B+134N2.014.514.51.006640.0
128FIDE 564051048010N?B?N+133B73N?B130N+131B2.013.013.02.007240.0
129FIDE 537040472017N=?B?N?B=132B+124N?N?B2.08.58.52.5012850.0
130FIDE 5640516250F16B41N68B125N123N+128B?N1.020.520.52.007870.0
131FIDE 564054357043B+?N87B72N61B?N?B128N1.018.518.50.008930.0
132FIDE 564051498028N=126B91N76B=129N?BFF1.017.517.52.0010030.0
133FIDE 564054381020B?N?B128N123B134N+124BF1.013.513.52.007700.0
134FIDE 56405439004N?B?N?B?N+133B?N127B1.09.59.51.009420.0
135FIDE 564051226052N95BFFFFFF0.011.011.00.006600.0
136FIDE 564051579031B69N?B?N?BFF?N0.010.010.00.006940.0

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