4th DAV- Go Checkmate International FIDE Rated Standard (U-1800) Chess Championship 2026

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72 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 17 Jan 2026 in Singapore, Singapore. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1737, and top seed was Zhiyu Wang (🇨🇳 CHN, 1797).

Aurik Joshi (🇮🇳 IND, 1700) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Yokgan Manjunathan Janani (5.0) and Tanush Kapoor (4.0). Joshi shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Yu Yang Tan (1454) beat Nitin Chandok (1620), a +166-point gap.

Location

🇸🇬Singapore, Singapore

Dates

17 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: All Moves in 45 Min. Incr. 15 Sec. / /

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇳Zhiyu Wang1797

Avg top 10

1,737

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇸🇬Singapore×37

🇮🇳India×13

🇨🇳China×4

🇲🇾Malaysia×3

🇬🇧England×1

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1

🇧🇷Brazil×1

🇲🇲Myanmar×1

Top 3

🥇
Aurik Joshi
🇮🇳IND·1700
5.0pts·2440perf+68.0
🥈
Yokgan Manjunathan Janani
🇸🇬SGP·1736
5.0pts·2462perf+64.4
🥉
Tanush Kapoor
🇸🇬SGP·1796
4.0pts·1848perf+14.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 5.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Manjunathan Janani5Joshi5Kapoor4Wang4Chandok4Potluri4

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/5. Joshi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Yokgan Manjunathan Janani 5 wins (R1–R5)Aurik Joshi 5 wins (R1–R5)Tanush Kapoor 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Yokgan Manjunathan Janani	*	—	1	—
2Aurik Joshi	—	*	—	—
3Tanush Kapoor	0	—	*	—
4Zhiyu Wang	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Aurik Joshi	1700	IND	+47N	+12B	+21N	+9B	+15N	5.0	13.5	15.5	15.50	2440	+68.0
2	Manjunathan Janani, Yokgan	1736	SGP	+38B	+41N	+10B	+20N	+3B	5.0	13.0	15.0	15.00	2462	+64.4
3	Kapoor, Tanush	1796	SGP	+26N	+17B	+14N	+11B	−2N	4.0	15.5	18.5	13.50	1848	+14.8
4	Wang,Zhiyu	1797	CHN	+57B	=16N	+22N	+35B	=9N	4.0	12.5	14.0	10.50	1823	+4.8
5	Nitin Chandok	1620	SGP	+48N	−22B	+26N	+27B	+23N	4.0	12.0	14.0	11.00	1660	+8.0
6	Gautham Bharadwaj	1608	SGP	+62N	+45B	−20N	+22B	+24B	4.0	11.0	12.0	9.00	1749	+22.8
7	Siva Prakash, Subhaashini	1547	MAS	+63N	−9B	+44N	+25B	+35N	4.0	11.0	12.0	8.50	1741	+30.4
8	Medhansh Veer Potluri	1607	SGP	+52B	−55N	+43B	+39N	+20B	4.0	9.5	11.0	9.50	1690	+17.2
9	Poovendtiran, Thamil Chelvan	1775	MAS	+43B	+7N	+13B	−1N	=4B	3.5	16.5	18.5	11.50	1769	+2.4
10	Law, Dominic	1635	SGP	+46N	+32B	−2N	+21B	=17N	3.5	14.0	16.0	9.25	1656	+2.2
11	VELMURUGAN PRIYASUDHARSANA, ISHAAN HAENEETH	1702	IND	+60B	+29N	+19B	−3N	=16B	3.5	14.0	15.5	9.75	1720	+4.0
12	Arin, Chaudhary	1512	SGP	+56B	−1N	+53B	=13N	+37B	3.5	13.0	14.5	7.75	1477	-3.6
13	Arjun Anand	1653	SGP	+50N	+27B	−9N	=12B	+32N	3.5	12.5	14.5	9.25	1653	+2.4
14	Shaunak Paramanik	1648	IND	+53B	+39N	−3B	=18N	+36B	3.5	12.5	14.5	8.75	1649	+1.2
15	Amarnani, Adityan Vivek	1774	BRA	+44N	=23B	+33N	+55B	−1B	3.5	12.5	14.0	7.50	1615	-27.6
16	Ho, Rui Jie Jonathan	1594	SGP	+68N	=4B	=34N	+42B	=11N	3.5	12.0	13.0	8.00	1708	+17.6
17	Li, Ziyan	1542	CHN	+70B	−3N	+58B	+30N	=10B	3.5	12.0	12.0	6.25	1522	-2.4
18	Hritesh Maddila	1508	IND	−25N	+62B	+46N	=14B	+34N	3.5	11.0	12.0	7.25	1827	+33.6
19	Daniel, Thomas John	1608	SGP	+49B	+42N	−11N	=32B	+55N	3.5	10.0	11.5	6.75	1539	-11.2
20	Sophie, Judith Supatra	1696	SGP	+30B	+36N	+6B	−2B	−8N	3.0	16.0	18.5	9.50	1605	-16.8
21	Vishwakarthi, Vikram	1508	SGP	+31B	+28N	−1B	−10N	+46B	3.0	14.5	16.5	8.00	1541	+6.4
22	Tan, Yu Yang	1454	MAS	+67B	+5N	−4B	−6N	+42B	3.0	14.0	15.0	7.00	1549	+12.4
23	Khor, Eng Yeow	1519	SGP	+72B	=15N	=24B	+28N	−5B	3.0	13.5	13.5	6.25	1698	+36.8
24	Ting, Peng Chee Gideon	1733	SGP	=33N	+25B	=23N	+41B	−6N	3.0	12.5	14.5	7.75	1553	-28.0
25	Seiyon Vikram	0	IND	+18B	−24N	+51B	−7N	+43B	3.0	12.5	14.5	7.50	1553	0.0
26	Ishaan Mahajan	1423	SGP	−3B	+52N	−5B	+56N	+45B	3.0	12.0	13.5	5.50	907	-13.6
27	Ng, Ching Ann James	1473	SGP	+69B	−13N	+56B	−5N	+49B	3.0	11.0	11.5	4.00	830	-11.8
28	Chit Ye Thu	1665	MYA	+54N	−21B	+57N	−23B	+50N	3.0	10.0	11.5	5.50	1359	-24.2
29	Tan, Dezheng Daniel	1498	SGP	+65N	−11B	−42N	+33B	+48N	3.0	10.0	11.0	5.50	901	-9.6
30	Arunprasad, Krithik	0	SGP	−20N	+59B	+?N	−17B	+41N	3.0	10.0	10.0	3.50	1580	0.0
31	Shaurik Paramanik	0	IND	−21N	+50B	−32N	+44B	+47N	3.0	9.5	11.5	6.00	1336	0.0
32	Yi, Taifeng	1468	SGP	+64B	−10N	+31B	=19N	−13B	2.5	13.5	14.5	5.75	1355	-14.4
33	Aarush Gaurav Tipnis	0	IND	=24B	+37N	−15B	−29N	+61B	2.5	12.0	13.5	5.50	1396	0.0
34	Rai, Rajesh	1625	SGP	=37B	+66N	=16B	=36N	−18B	2.5	12.0	13.0	5.25	1523	-22.4
35	Kumaran, Somasundaram	1657	SGP	+58B	+51N	=55B	−4N	−7B	2.5	11.5	13.0	4.25	1475	-39.6
36	Kho, Wei-En	1472	SGP	+59N	−20B	+45N	=34B	−14N	2.5	11.0	12.5	4.75	1378	-11.6
37	He, Shaoyang	0	CHN	=34N	−33B	+65N	+38B	−12N	2.5	11.0	12.0	4.75	1376	0.0
38	Tan, Kah Choon Connery	1406	SGP	−2N	=40B	+64B	−37N	+66B	2.5	11.0	12.0	3.25	1626	0.0
39	Wu, Kun	1444	CHN	+71N	−14B	+67N	−8B	=40N	2.5	11.0	11.0	2.25	825	-20.8
40	Rathi, Surya Rao	0	SGP	−41B	=38N	=60B	+58N	=39B	2.5	8.5	10.0	4.75	1294	0.0
41	Low, Hei Yuet Cheryl	1533	SGP	+40N	−2B	+47N	−24N	−30B	2.0	13.5	15.5	4.50	934	-9.6
42	Lim, Yu Zhe Evan	0	SGP	+?N	−19B	+29B	−16N	−22N	2.0	13.0	13.0	3.00	1471	0.0
43	Noolapalli, Arnav	1418	ENG	−9N	+63B	−8N	+62B	−25N	2.0	11.5	12.5	2.00	891	-14.0
44	Tan, Yishun Edison	1413	SGP	−15B	+70N	−7B	−31N	+65B	2.0	11.5	11.5	1.00	861	-16.8
45	Rishabh Shankar	0	IND	+66B	−6N	−36B	+60N	−26N	2.0	11.0	12.0	2.50	1311	0.0
46	Gupta, Rishiv	0	SGP	−10B	+69N	−18B	+66N	−21N	2.0	11.0	11.5	1.50	1347	0.0
47	Anugu, Rohan Reddy	0	SGP	−1B	+72N	−41B	+64N	−31B	2.0	11.0	11.0	1.00	817	0.0
48	Janahan, Aathira	0	SGP	−5B	−64N	+72B	+51N	−29B	2.0	10.0	10.0	2.00	1399	0.0
49	Karthikeyan, Sree Saakethraman	0	SGP	−19N	−?B	+59N	+57B	−27N	2.0	9.5	9.5	3.00	1326	0.0
50	Goh, Jia Rui	0	SGP	−13B	−31N	+70B	+71N	−28B	2.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	853	0.0
51	Rajendran, I	1457	SGP	+61N	−35B	−25N	−48B	+68N	2.0	9.0	10.0	2.50	857	-9.6
52	FIDE 35874783	0	—	−8N	−26B	−61N	+70B	+71B	2.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	714	0.0
53	Goh, Qingyi Liam	0	SGP	−14N	+71B	−12N	−?B	+64N	2.0	8.0	8.0	1.00	772	0.0
54	Atiksh Agarwal	0	IND	−28B	−56N	+63B	+67N	−?N	2.0	6.5	6.5	2.00	813	0.0
55	Akhila, Anand	1445	IND	F	+8B	=35N	−15N	−19B	1.5	13.5	13.5	5.25	1575	+11.6
56	FIDE 547091614	0	—	−12N	+54B	−27N	−26B	=57N	1.5	11.5	13.0	2.75	1138	0.0
57	Kumaran Somasundaram Rutva Saatvik	1436	SGP	−4N	+68B	−28B	−49N	=56B	1.5	10.5	11.5	1.75	931	-12.4
58	FIDE 5885078	0	—	−35N	+61B	−17N	−40B	=59N	1.5	10.0	11.5	2.25	800	0.0
59	FIDE 429078075	0	—	−36B	−30N	−49B	+63N	=58B	1.5	9.0	10.0	1.75	671	0.0
60	FIDE 547074965	0	—	−11N	=65B	=40N	−45B	=69N	1.5	9.0	9.5	2.00	901	0.0
61	Wije Pradesh, Avnish	0	SGP	−51B	−58N	+52B	=65N	−33N	1.5	8.0	9.0	2.50	657	0.0
62	Ku, Yu Ting Kelly	0	SGP	−6B	−18N	+69B	−43N	−67B	1.0	10.5	11.0	0.50	711	0.0
63	Niranjan J	0	IND	−7B	−43N	−54N	−59B	+70N	1.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	682	0.0
64	FIDE 531003982	0	—	−32N	+48B	−38N	−47B	−53B	1.0	9.0	11.0	2.00	670	0.0
65	Shresht Sankaran	0	IND	−29B	=60N	−37B	=61B	−44N	1.0	9.0	10.5	1.50	657	0.0
66	Ma, Malik Yathoi	1517	HKG	−45N	−34B	+68N	−46B	−38N	1.0	9.0	10.0	1.00	825	-14.0
67	FIDE 5876907	0	—	−22N	F	−39B	−54B	+62N	1.0	8.5	8.5	1.00	647	0.0
68	FIDE 8689814	0	—	−16B	−57N	−66B	+72N	−51B	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	701	0.0
69	FIDE 558097317	0	—	−27N	−46B	−62N	F	=60B	0.5	7.5	7.5	0.75	673	0.0
70	FIDE 5875501	0	—	−17N	−44B	−50N	−52N	−63B	0.0	9.5	10.5	0.00	679	0.0
71	FIDE 8697051	0	—	−39B	−53N	F	−50B	−52N	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	640	0.0
72	Rishaan Das	0	IND	−23N	−47B	−48N	−68B	F	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	719	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Aurik JoshiIND
+68.0
5.0 pts · #4
2Manjunathan Janani, YokganSGP
+64.4
5.0 pts · #2
3Khor, Eng YeowSGP
+36.8
3.0 pts · #15

Top rating losers

1Kumaran, SomasundaramSGP
-39.6
2.5 pts · #26
2Ting, Peng Chee GideonSGP
-28.0
3.0 pts · #22
3Amarnani, Adityan VivekBRA
-27.6
3.5 pts · #12

Biggest upsets

R2+166 Elo gap
Tan, Yu Yang1454 beat Nitin Chandok1620
R2+162 Elo gap
Akhila, Anand1445 beat Medhansh Veer Potluri1607
R2+157 Elo gap
Vishwakarthi, Vikram1508 beat Chit Ye Thu1665