2nd Khelo Chess India Classical Fide Rating Chess Tournament 2026

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87 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 Mar 2026 to 31 Mar 2026 in Bhopal, India. Top 10 Elo average was 1731, and top seed was Aarush Dolas (🇮🇳 IND, CM, 1859).

Devansh Singh (🇮🇳 IND, 1812) won with 9.0/9, ahead of Ahilaan Roy (7.5) and Divyanshu Gupta (7.0). Singh won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Avish Vishal Shinde (1505) beat Riyansh Dwivedi (1778), a +273-point gap.

Location

🇮🇳Bhopal, India

Dates

23 Mar 2026 → 31 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Avg top 10

1,731

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇳India×52

Top 3

🥇
Devansh Singh
🇮🇳IND·1812
9.0pts·2478perf+46.6
🥈
Ahilaan Roy
🇮🇳IND·1655
7.5pts·1939perf+58.8
🥉
Divyanshu Gupta
🇮🇳IND·1819
7.0pts·1745perf-8.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Devansh Singh led from R6; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Singh9Roy7.5Gupta7Upadhyay7Gohar6.5Shinde6.5

R6–R9 · LEAD HELD

Devansh Singh never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Devansh Singh 9 wins (R1–R9)Ahilaan Roy 5 wins (R2–R6)Divyanshu Gupta 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Devansh Singh	*	—	1	1
2Ahilaan Roy	—	*	—	½
3Divyanshu Gupta	0	—	*	0
4Sidharth Upadhyay	0	½	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Devansh Singh	1812	IND	+76B	+20N	+16B	+22N	+15N	+4B	+5B	+3N	+6N	9.0	50.5	53.5	53.50	2478	+46.6
2	Ahilaan Roy	1655	IND	−34N	+62B	+48N	+66B	+49N	+31B	=4N	+5B	+10N	7.5	42.0	45.0	36.50	1939	+58.8
3	Divyanshu Gupta	1819	IND	+13N	+52B	+21N	+9B	−4N	+33B	+7N	−1B	+17N	7.0	52.0	56.0	40.00	1745	-8.8
4	Sidharth Upadhyay	1748	IND	+75B	+32N	+25B	+30N	+3B	−1N	=2B	+14N	=8B	7.0	51.5	54.5	38.50	1851	+16.8
5	Biswajit Das	1559	IND	+84B	+65N	+17B	=14N	+11B	+10B	−1N	−2N	+27B	6.5	50.0	51.0	31.50	1663	+14.6
6	Shrivastava Chitransh	1694	IND	+37B	−17N	+82B	+32N	+25B	+30N	=14B	+11N	−1B	6.5	48.0	49.5	31.50	1762	+7.0
7	Avish Vishal Shinde	1505	IND	+53B	+77N	−14B	+41N	+8B	+24N	−3B	=9N	+22B	6.5	45.5	48.0	31.75	1735	+71.2
8	Riyansh Dwivedi	1778	IND	+43N	+66B	+49N	−10B	−7N	+54B	+31N	+16B	=4N	6.5	43.5	46.5	30.00	1616	-44.8
9	Darshil Iyer	1586	IND	+79N	+83B	+23N	−3N	+26B	+15B	−10N	=7B	+44N	6.5	43.5	44.5	27.75	1633	+10.4
10	Shahid Noor	1573	IND	+87B	+86N	+64B	+8N	=14B	−5N	+9B	+12N	−2B	6.5	43.5	43.5	26.50	1716	+47.6
11	Rajendra Singh	1563	IND	=55N	+67B	+40N	+12B	−5N	+60B	+15N	−6B	+23N	6.5	43.0	46.0	31.00	1708	+19.4
12	Ram Gupta	1669	IND	=41B	+42N	+60B	−11N	+45N	+40B	+23N	−10B	+21N	6.5	42.0	45.5	30.25	1528	-30.4
13	Gohar, Alvis Barrow	0	IND	−3B	+63N	=72B	+82N	+?B	=16N	+18B	+30N	=14B	6.5	38.0	38.0	23.50	1655	0.0
14	Harsh Goswami	1716	IND	+81N	+19B	+7N	=5B	=10N	+21B	=6N	−4B	=13N	6.0	51.0	53.0	33.00	1659	-16.0
15	Mukesh, Kumar Saxena	1829	IND	+59B	+26N	+18B	+24N	−1B	−9N	−11B	+74N	+35B	6.0	48.0	51.0	29.00	1546	-35.8
16	Diptansh Kumar	1531	IND	+80N	+27B	−1N	=19B	+51N	=13B	+50N	−8N	+32B	6.0	46.5	48.5	26.75	996	-14.0
17	Daksh Abhishek Jain	0	IND	+?N	+6B	−5N	−21B	+58N	+36B	+33N	+24N	−3B	6.0	45.0	45.0	26.00	1619	0.0
18	Faiyaz Uddin	1543	IND	+85N	+54B	−15N	=33B	=19N	+46B	−13N	+56B	+51N	6.0	40.0	41.0	23.00	1484	-7.6
19	Ayush Pandey	0	IND	+?B	−14N	+29B	=16N	=18B	+38N	−30B	+45N	+?B	6.0	38.0	38.0	21.00	1494	0.0
20	Arin Kadbe	0	IND	+?N	−1B	+73N	=61B	+?N	−23B	+39N	=25B	+30B	6.0	36.5	36.5	17.50	1573	0.0
21	Prateek Pandey	1542	IND	+29B	+78N	−3B	+17N	+36B	−14N	+34B	=27N	−12B	5.5	46.5	48.5	26.25	936	-30.4
22	Ishaan Soni	1577	IND	+46N	+74B	+70N	−1B	−31N	+29B	=25N	+26B	−7N	5.5	44.5	47.5	24.25	802	-57.6
23	Arnav Pawar	1438	IND	+38B	+68N	−9B	=44N	+77B	+20N	−12B	+37N	−11B	5.5	43.0	45.5	23.75	806	-33.6
24	Jain Medant	1591	IND	+56N	+51B	+31N	−15B	+34N	−7B	+49N	−17B	=25N	5.5	42.0	46.0	24.75	1582	-2.4
25	GUPTA, KUSHAGRA	0	IND	+?N	+?B	−4N	+46B	−6N	+53B	=22B	=20N	=24B	5.5	39.0	39.0	17.00	1459	0.0
26	FIDE 33385718	0	—	+61N	−15B	+?N	+?B	−9N	=39B	+28N	−22N	+41B	5.5	36.5	36.5	16.00	865	0.0
27	Pratham Singh Dhakad	0	IND	+?B	−16N	−?B	+35N	+66N	+64B	+40N	=21B	−5N	5.5	33.5	33.5	18.25	1368	0.0
28	FIDE 577027485	0	—	=60B	=41N	−32B	+78N	+65B	=37N	−26B	+42N	+?B	5.5	33.0	33.0	16.00	1522	0.0
29	Peehu Jain	0	IND	−21N	+?B	−19N	+?B	+?N	−22N	+?B	+64B	=33N	5.5	25.0	25.0	5.50	1276	0.0
30	Sahil Devnani	1570	IND	+47N	+34B	+45N	−4B	+54N	−6B	+19N	−13B	−20N	5.0	46.0	50.0	24.00	921	-24.8
31	Himank Tahiliani	1484	IND	+72B	+36N	−24B	+53N	+22B	−2N	−8B	+65N	−34B	5.0	42.0	45.0	20.50	1456	-6.4
32	FIDE 577027574	0	—	+50N	−4B	+28N	−6B	−39N	+?B	+53N	+72B	−16N	5.0	41.0	41.0	16.50	858	0.0
33	Chatterjee Arindam	1526	IND	+71B	=44N	+57B	=18N	+69B	−3N	−17B	=41N	=29B	5.0	40.5	43.5	20.25	1488	-2.4
34	Khandwe, Aaradhya	0	IND	+2B	−30N	+?B	+?N	−24B	F	−21N	+49B	+31N	5.0	35.5	35.5	16.50	1566	0.0
35	FIDE 547082810	0	—	−73N	−39B	+79N	−27B	+84N	+47B	+46N	+50B	−15N	5.0	34.5	35.5	16.00	1029	0.0
36	Sanidhya Khachane	0	IND	+?N	−31B	+74N	+52B	−21N	−17N	+75B	−51B	+56N	5.0	34.5	34.5	14.00	714	0.0
37	Jha, Sarthak	0	IND	−6N	+50B	+?N	−49B	+?N	=28B	+61N	−23B	=39N	5.0	34.0	34.0	12.75	747	0.0
38	Sahare Ishika Pramod	0	IND	−23N	−43B	+?N	+83B	+56N	−19B	−54N	+66B	+52N	5.0	32.0	32.0	12.00	637	0.0
39	Raghav Singh	0	IND	−?B	+35N	−?B	+?N	+32B	=26N	−20B	+60N	=37B	5.0	30.0	30.0	18.75	683	0.0
40	Akshat Singh Thakur	0	IND	+?B	=82N	−11B	+42N	+44B	−12N	−27B	=55N	=45B	4.5	37.5	37.5	14.00	817	0.0
41	Kartikay Kataria	0	IND	=12N	=28B	+67N	−7B	+?N	−50B	+?N	=33B	−26N	4.5	36.0	36.0	11.50	1442	0.0
42	Chopde, Varchasva	0	IND	=62N	−12B	+55N	−40B	+67N	−61B	+43N	−28B	+63N	4.5	35.5	38.5	16.75	872	0.0
43	FIDE 531090478	0	—	−8B	+38N	−77B	+?N	=57B	−44N	−42B	+78N	+62B	4.5	32.5	32.5	12.50	978	0.0
44	Ranak Chourasia	0	IND	F	=33B	=?N	=23B	−40N	+43B	+60N	+?N	−9B	4.5	29.5	29.5	13.25	1502	0.0
45	Romit Norbert Pandro	0	IND	+?B	+?N	−30B	+64N	−12B	F	+52N	−19B	=40N	4.5	29.0	29.0	9.25	1538	0.0
46	Meghana Singh	0	IND	−22B	+?N	+?B	−25N	+?B	−18N	−35B	+67N	=?B	4.5	25.0	25.0	3.00	761	0.0
47	FIDE 558040129	0	—	−30B	−?N	+?B	+?N	−50B	−35N	+?B	=62N	+77B	4.5	20.0	20.0	4.25	740	0.0
48	Prakrit Thakur	0	IND	−49B	+?N	−2B	+?N	+?B	=?N	−?B	+57N	−?B	4.5	15.5	15.5	4.00	1364	0.0
49	Pruthu Gore	1511	IND	+48N	+58B	−8B	+37N	−2B	+71N	−24B	−34N	F	4.0	42.0	45.0	16.50	873	-34.8
50	FIDE 577027582	0	—	−32B	−37N	F	+74B	+47N	+41N	−16B	−35N	+65B	4.0	36.0	36.0	15.00	731	0.0
51	Daksh Baveja	0	IND	F	−24N	+71B	=?N	−16B	+77N	=57B	+36N	−18B	4.0	32.0	32.0	12.50	1219	0.0
52	FIDE 547015063	0	—	+69B	−3N	+78B	−36N	−53B	+?N	−45B	+?N	−38B	4.0	30.5	30.5	5.00	1019	0.0
53	Pranav Gangil	0	IND	−7N	+?B	+83N	−31B	+52N	−25N	−32B	−?B	+70N	4.0	30.0	30.0	8.00	696	0.0
54	Marc Reuben Toppo	0	IND	F	−18N	+68B	+?N	−30B	−8N	+38B	−?N	+57B	4.0	29.5	29.5	12.00	1320	0.0
55	Nehal Jain	0	IND	=11B	−60N	−42B	+?B	+?N	−57N	+77B	=40B	F	4.0	29.5	29.5	8.00	1561	0.0
56	Madhvi Thakur	0	IND	−24B	+?N	−69B	+68N	−38B	+?N	+?B	−18N	−36B	4.0	27.5	27.5	3.00	1398	0.0
57	FIDE 577027620	0	—	+?N	=?B	−33N	=?B	=43N	+55B	=51N	−48B	−54N	4.0	26.0	26.0	8.25	1301	0.0
58	FIDE 558016970	0	—	+?B	−49N	−?B	+76N	−17B	−?N	+83B	+70B	−64N	4.0	20.0	20.0	7.00	674	0.0
59	FIDE 564051692	0	—	−15N	−61B	−80N	+?B	+?N	−67B	−?N	+85B	+73N	4.0	18.5	18.5	4.00	1029	0.0
60	Amay Agrwal	0	IND	=28N	+55B	−12N	+?B	+62N	−11N	−44B	−39B	F	3.5	39.0	39.0	10.25	817	0.0
61	FIDE 564046397	0	—	−26B	+59N	+75B	=20N	−?B	+42N	−37B	−?N	F	3.5	31.5	31.5	14.50	664	0.0
62	Vasdeo Adwik	0	IND	=42B	−2N	+?B	+72N	−60B	−?N	=?B	=47B	−43N	3.5	27.5	27.5	7.50	1258	0.0
63	FIDE 577027558	0	—	−?N	−13B	−?N	+?B	=?B	−?N	+68B	+?N	−42B	3.5	14.0	14.0	3.00	662	0.0
64	FIDE 577027477	0	—	F	+73B	−10N	−45B	F	−27N	+71B	−29N	+58B	3.0	34.0	34.0	10.00	773	0.0
65	FIDE 577027639	0	—	F	−5B	−?N	+73B	−28N	+70B	+67N	−31B	−50N	3.0	30.0	30.0	9.00	717	0.0
66	FIDE 558013563	0	—	+?B	−8N	+84B	−2N	−27B	−?N	+?B	−38N	F	3.0	28.5	28.5	1.00	916	0.0
67	FIDE 577027566	0	—	+?B	−11N	−41B	+84N	−42B	+59N	−65B	−46B	−?N	3.0	28.0	28.0	5.00	761	0.0
68	FIDE 577027647	0	—	F	−23B	−54N	−56B	−83N	+81B	−63N	+79N	+75B	3.0	25.0	25.0	7.00	637	0.0
69	FIDE 531092829	0	—	−52N	+79B	+56N	+70B	−33N	F	F	F	F	3.0	23.0	23.0	9.00	725	0.0
70	FIDE 564047458	0	—	+?B	+?N	−22B	−69N	−71B	−65N	+?B	−58N	−53B	3.0	22.5	22.5	0.00	779	0.0
71	FIDE 564014509	0	—	−33N	+?B	−51N	+?B	+70N	−49B	−64N	−?B	F	3.0	22.0	22.0	3.00	717	0.0
72	Raavi Seyke	0	IND	−31N	+?B	=13N	−62B	F	F	=?B	−32N	+?N	3.0	21.5	21.5	3.25	1282	0.0
73	FIDE 531049141	0	—	+35B	−64N	−20B	−65N	−?B	=?N	+?B	=?N	−59B	3.0	21.0	21.0	5.00	1439	0.0
74	FIDE 577027540	0	—	F	−22N	−36B	−50N	+?B	+?B	+?N	−15B	−?N	3.0	20.5	20.5	0.00	904	0.0
75	FIDE 577030290	0	—	−4N	+?B	−61N	−?B	+?N	+?B	−36N	−?B	−68N	3.0	18.5	18.5	0.00	948	0.0
76	FIDE 564047938	0	—	−1N	−?B	+?N	−58B	+?N	−?B	+?N	−?B	F	3.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	1014	0.0
77	FIDE 558027750	0	—	F	−7B	+43N	=?B	−23N	−51B	−55N	+?B	−47N	2.5	29.0	29.0	4.50	1195	0.0
78	Negi, Jaiansh	0	IND	F	−21B	−52N	−28B	−?N	=?B	+?N	−43B	=?B	2.0	19.5	19.5	0.00	742	0.0
79	FIDE 577027515	0	—	−9B	−69N	−35B	−?N	−?N	+?B	+?N	−68B	−81N	2.0	19.5	19.5	0.00	786	0.0
80	FIDE 531084745	0	—	−16B	−?N	+59B	+?N	F	F	F	F	F	2.0	13.0	13.0	4.00	685	0.0
81	FIDE 537055658	0	—	−14B	−?N	+?B	−?N	−?B	−68N	−?N	F	+79B	2.0	11.0	11.0	2.00	916	0.0
82	FIDE 25117360	0	—	+?N	=40B	−6N	−13B	F	F	F	F	F	1.5	20.5	20.5	2.25	894	0.0
83	FIDE 577027590	0	—	F	−9N	−53B	−38N	+68B	−?B	−58N	F	F	1.0	22.5	22.5	3.00	786	0.0
84	FIDE 558001077	0	—	−5N	+?B	−66N	−67B	−35B	−?N	F	F	−?B	1.0	17.5	17.5	0.00	694	0.0
85	FIDE 577030303	0	—	−18B	−?N	−?B	−?N	F	+?B	−?N	−59N	−?B	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	743	0.0
86	FIDE 577027531	0	—	F	−10B	+?N	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	773	0.0
87	FIDE 577027604	0	—	−10N	−?B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	773	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Avish Vishal ShindeIND
+71.2
6.5 pts · #7
2Ahilaan RoyIND
+58.8
7.5 pts · #2
3Shahid NoorIND
+47.6
6.5 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Ishaan SoniIND
-57.6
5.5 pts · #51
2Riyansh DwivediIND
-44.8
6.5 pts · #8
3Mukesh, Kumar SaxenaIND
-35.8
6.0 pts · #17

Biggest upsets

R5+273 Elo gap
Avish Vishal Shinde1505 beat Riyansh Dwivedi1778
R7+266 Elo gap
Rajendra Singh1563 beat Mukesh, Kumar Saxena1829
R6+243 Elo gap
Darshil Iyer1586 beat Mukesh, Kumar Saxena1829