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All India Civil Services Men Team Chess Championship 2025-26

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188 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 18 Feb 2026 to 20 Feb 2026 in New Delhi, India. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2133, and top seed was Utkal Ranjan Sahoo (🇮🇳 IND, 2311).

Rastogi Anchal (🇮🇳 IND, 1846) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Singh Maras Gurpreet (6.0) and A Peter Anand (6.0).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Parth H Patel (1652) beat Pradeep Pathak (2017), a +365-point gap.

Location
🇮🇳New Delhi, India
Dates
18 Feb 2026 → 20 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇳Utkal Ranjan Sahoo2311
Avg top 10
2,133
Participants
188
Titled players · 4
IM×1
CM×3
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇳India×172
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 5 players tied at 6.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 10 co-leaders at R4 to 5 at the finish.

Co-leaders
63
30
16
10
7
5
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

5 players finish on 6.0/6. Anchal takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (17.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

A Peter Anand 6 wins (R1–R6)Singh Maras Gurpreet 6 wins (R1–R6)Rastogi Anchal 6 wins (R1–R6)

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Anchal, Rastogi1846IND+124B+32N+12B+86N+99B+45N6.017.018.518.502569+47.6
2Gurpreet, Singh Maras2214IND+103B+135N+31B+60N+134N+59B6.013.014.014.002714+19.2
3Peter Anand, A2063IND+53N+69N+86B+101N+178B+99N6.013.013.013.002497+12.2
4Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan2311IND+128B+87N+67B+129N+105B+100N6.011.012.512.502711+4.8
5Poornachander Rao M1693IND+120B+160N+177B+51N+164B+139N6.06.06.06.002505+41.6
6Santu, Mondal2004IND+106B+105N+19N+44N+47B=18N5.518.020.017.752176+17.0
7Batham, Pawan1983IND+69B+142N+55B+9N=18B+145B5.517.018.015.752102+12.6
8Samarth J RaoCM1907IND+149N+120N+140B=89N+35B+122N5.510.511.09.751987+5.2
9Elancheralathan P1988IND+73N+121B+99N7B+50N+64B5.017.018.513.002119+20.0
10Himanshu, Moudgil1717IND+163B+101N=45B+62N+23B=32N5.017.017.013.251980+38.6
11Abhishek, KelkarIM2182IND+102N+47B+182N=29B+87N=21B5.017.017.012.502167+1.2
12Gawade, Milind1712IND+142N+173B1N+38B+62B+136N5.015.015.09.001925+26.8
13Prasad N1693IND+48N+88B+156N+72B+63N116B5.014.014.012.001939+24.6
14Subhashi, Vipal1987IND+165B=20N+68B+122N+49B=120N5.014.014.011.001982+3.0
15Soni, Krishan1928IND+137N+25B=134N+113B=59N+65B5.013.514.512.502055+19.2
16Sher, Singh1873IND+176B+157N60B+135N+44N+66B5.010.510.57.501889+4.4
17Majumdar, Shankar1989IND+111N+169B+90N+99BF+73B5.09.59.59.502613+22.6
18Saurav Roop1822IND+164N=21B+91N+27B=7N=6B4.522.522.514.752004+19.0
19Sanjeev, Kumar2065IND+39B+48N6B+92N+46B=20N4.521.023.515.752167+15.4
20Deepak, KatiyarCM2050IND=88N=14B+109N+46B+34N=19B4.519.521.515.502175+15.4
21Shailendra K BajpaiCM2203IND+100B=18N+129B=87N+54B=11N4.517.519.013.002067-11.6
22Sandeep, Jain2112IND=72N+63B=81N+78B+95N=24B4.516.519.013.751931-36.8
23Debashis Majumder(IRS)1682IND+98N+184N+107B=56B10N+86B4.515.515.58.751830+22.8
24Saikrishna, S. T.1814IND+71B+167N34B+148N+68B=22N4.515.015.08.751894+11.6
25Farhaan, M1788IND+114B15N+166B=31N+135B+61N4.515.015.08.001917+17.4
26Manish, Kumar2104IND=36B33N+110B+134B+179B+49B4.514.514.58.501946-14.2
27Ranjeet Mourya0IND+104B=44N+123B18N+125B+105N4.513.515.08.7517690.0
28Vijayaraj, R.1768IND+126B+75N33B=130N+103B+108N4.512.514.09.251762+1.2
29Sinha, Sudhir Kumar1991IND+125N+54B102N=11N+167N+148N4.512.512.58.002000+2.0
30Sumit Sangwan1683IND=61B+127N+130B+157N108B+183N4.58.08.04.501598-12.0
31Umashankar A2023IND=37B+144B2N=25B+124N+33B4.020.021.010.751936-9.2
32Menhajul, Hoda1672IND+94N1B=50N+90B+185N=10B4.019.519.59.251916+31.2
33Kaushish Kumar1828INDF+26B+28N+79B+60B31N4.019.019.015.002167+84.4
34Sanjay Sharma1743IND=51N=92B+24N+63B20B+89N4.018.020.513.001906+24.8
35Rao, M Eswar0IND+93N46B+70N+109B8N+88B4.017.019.010.0018380.0
36Darshan, V P S1763IND=26N+77B59B+117N=61B+83N4.016.518.511.751861+12.2
37Gagandeep Singh1746IND=31N+102B+42N52B=67B+159N4.016.516.59.501908+42.4
38Chandrasekhar, M K1684IND+170B86N+69B12N+101B+40B4.016.516.59.001755+11.0
39Monjit, Taw1937IND19N+78B92N+174B+74N+95B4.015.515.58.501865-6.2
40Parth H Patel1652IND+60B+136N+41B+126NF38N4.013.513.59.501949+71.6
41Gaurav Kathuria1699IND+65N+132B40N76N+137N+121N4.013.014.07.001663-3.6
42Siddiqui Mohd.Imran1829IND+123B+104N37BF+159N+91B4.010.010.06.001851+3.6
43Vijay, Kumar1968IND+107N99B+143N45N+121B+171B4.010.010.04.501759-20.4
44Sujithkar Meethale Chalil1735IND+150N=27B+52N6B16B+70N3.521.522.09.251834+13.6
45Pradeep Tiwari1965IND+143N=59N=10N+43B=86N1B3.520.521.510.251838-16.8
46Nayandeep, Dilip Kotangle1900IND+68B+35N+89B20N19N=48B3.519.522.011.251855-3.6
47Syamal Datta1822IND+66N11N+125B+121B6N=87B3.517.519.07.251780-6.0
48Das, Indranil1989IND13B19B+138N+75N+120B=46N3.517.518.57.251776-22.4
49Arjun Singh1571IND=67B+133N+104B+131N14N26N3.516.017.56.501869+42.2
50Parida, Manas2011IND86B+170N=32B+115N9B+111N3.515.515.56.001670-32.8
51Ashis Kumar1616IND=34B+138N+74N5BF+160B3.514.014.06.001708+7.4
52Ravi, Prakash1897IND+112B=123N44B+37N+104B118N3.513.515.08.751748-20.6
53Ravinder Singh1513IND3B=110N+127B64N+144N+157B3.513.513.53.501543-0.4
54Suraj Dahiya1942IND+141B29N+131B=123N21N+158B3.513.013.03.251900-4.0
55Jayant Verma0IND=90N+111B7N+166B64N+172B3.513.013.03.251587+4.4
56Singh, Pritam1960IND+162BF+115B=23NF+94B3.59.09.06.751682-6.6
57Sinha, Vikash Kr.1956IND+97NF+114N+59BF=146N3.58.58.58.001973+2.0
58Khilendra Sahu1568INDFF+175N=85B+172N+107N3.55.05.03.502244+7.0
59Vikesh Nandan Kumar1831IND+136B=45B+36N57N=15B2N3.022.023.09.251898+9.2
60Pathak, Pradeep2017IND40N+65B+16N2B33N+134B3.022.023.09.001898-17.6
61Deepak, Chiwande1754IND=30N+113B+79N65B=36N25B3.019.021.09.251753-0.4
62Gopakumar K S1821IND+85N+90B+169N10B12N67B3.018.518.55.501714-15.0
63Chinta Abhiram1592IND+161B22N+122B34N13B+71N3.018.018.04.501656+7.0
64Sharma, Krishangopal1968IND+80BF113N+53B+55B9N3.017.017.010.001802-33.6
65Ram Charan1837IND41B60N+103B+61N+171B15N3.017.017.05.001731-14.4
66Bomma Gouse Venkata Srinivasulu0IND47B+100N+76B80N+123B16N3.016.518.06.5016600.0
67Shravan, Nilkanth1769IND=49N+158B4NF=37N+62N3.016.516.56.751862+10.8
68Jagamohan Dash1516IND46N+93B14N+139B24N+161B3.016.516.53.501076-12.8
69Vitthal Tukaram Khillare1467IND7N3B38N+143B+186N+181B3.016.516.51.001648+13.4
70Said Mahesh1563IND+148B89N35B+102B+78B44B3.015.015.55.501788+30.0
71Utkarsh Agarwal1523IND24N+156B+106B88B+72N63B3.015.015.05.001692+33.6
72Arora R K1767IND=22B+165N+160B13N71B=93N3.015.015.03.501503-40.4
73Manish Kumar1754IND9B+162N+163B=152N=80B17N3.013.513.51.751719-5.2
74Ashok Kr. Patel1686IND109N+148N51B+96N39B+138B3.013.013.54.001711+1.6
75Singh, Anuj Kumar0IND+156N28B+139N48B145B+84N3.013.013.04.0015510.0
76Sandeep Kumar1454IND121N+82B66N+41B+141NF3.012.512.58.001817+74.8
77Gupta, Rahul Ranjan0IND99B36N83N+137B+97N+168B3.012.512.53.5016090.0
78Singh, Tejinder1698IND+158B39N+161B22N70N+140B3.012.512.51.001617-10.8
79Raktim Das1726IND=127B+108N61B33N+136B=126N3.012.013.04.501628-23.6
80Jagadeesh, A.K.1804IND64N+94B=150B+66B=73NF3.012.012.07.251607-14.6
81Santhosh V R1605IND+96B=122N=22B120N116N+174B3.012.012.05.501664+5.8
82Gautam Gondaliya1647IND=131B76N+137N+100N112B=123N3.010.011.04.501542-29.2
83Ishwar Lal Patel1625INDFF+77B+168N+110B36B3.09.09.05.001728+8.8
84Prashant Shukla1515INDF+112N100B+156B+106B75B3.09.09.04.002366+45.6
85Abhishesh Narayan Prabhu Dessai0IND62B+163N=151B=58NF+175B3.07.07.02.0015990.0
86Diwan, Rajesh1759IND+50N+38B3N1B=45B23N2.524.027.59.251819+7.2
87Ajay Kumar Rai1766IND=91N4B+158N=21B11B=47N2.521.521.55.251844+6.0
88Thakar, Rajeshkumar Govindbhai0IND=20B13N+165B+71N89B35N2.519.019.05.2516430.0
89Adithya, Prasanna.N.1655INDF+70B46N=8B+88N34B2.518.518.58.251692+4.8
90Garg, Neeraj Kumar1737IND=55B62N17B32N+107B+101N2.517.519.55.751625-36.4
91Madhava Chandra Mishra1445IND=87B+128N18B+149N118B42N2.514.515.03.2514550.0
92Sinha, Sujit Kumar1964IND+138B=34N+39B19BFF2.513.513.57.001915-3.6
93Pandey, Vinod0IND35B68NF+138B+139N=72B2.512.012.03.5014480.0
94Balbir Singh0IND32B80N=124B+162N+?B56N2.512.012.00.7516160.0
95Krishan Sharma1552IND122B+161N=148B+140N22B39N2.511.511.51.251532-5.6
96Siddhi Dhaktu Mayekar1550IND81N+106N=132B74BF+141B2.510.510.53.751630+8.6
97Khazan Singh1583IND57B+126N+136B=146N77BF2.510.010.03.001753+32.0
98Sripavan Chalamalasetti1459IND23B124N+162B+153N=154B119N2.59.09.00.751457-3.2
99Bhandari, Jitendra Singh1767IND+77N+43N9B17N1N3B2.026.029.07.001731-4.4
100Kanzariya, Umeshbhai Hargovindbhai0IND21N66B+84N82B+158N4B2.019.519.53.0017920.0
101Srikanth Kamath V1648IND+115N10B+173N3B38N90B2.019.519.52.001499-38.8
102Ardhendu Sekhar Mandal1655IND11B37N+29B70N+133B104N2.018.520.06.001647-6.2
103Sahoo Sarbeswar1615IND2N117B65N+114B28N+127B2.017.519.03.501526-12.4
104Manish Kumar1735IND27N42B49N+159B52N+102B2.017.517.52.001548-19.4
105Keelu, Vinay Kumar0INDF6B+159N+158B4N27B2.016.016.00.0018610.0
106Gudla Shanth, Kumar1602IND6N96B71N+141B84N+149B2.015.015.51.501404-26.8
107Muniraju K1443IND43B+187N23N+180B90N58B2.014.514.50.00904-15.6
108Madhu Sudan Samriya1417IND+132N79BFF+30N28B2.013.513.56.001600+22.8
109Abhay, G.N.1981IND+74B+140N20B35NFF2.012.512.54.001868-10.0
110Gautam Chakravarty1621IND=134N=53B26N+188B83NF2.012.012.02.251592-6.6
111FIDE 564092186017B55N+?BF+166N50B2.012.012.00.0010410.0
112Suneendran MK1530IND52N84BFF+82N+128B2.011.011.04.501561+1.6
113Sathish N D1722IND+168B61N+64B15NFF2.011.011.03.001769+10.4
114Manoj E T1577IND25NF57B103N+180B+137B2.011.011.01.001521-7.6
115Kumar, Saurav0IND101BF56N50B+155N+?N2.09.59.50.5016230.0
116Gaurav Kumar Sharma1645INDFFFF+81B+13N2.08.08.08.002446+40.4
117Garveen Chandra Bhatt1636IND+135B+103NF36BFF2.07.07.03.001771+10.8
118Gaddala Rajasekhar1691INDFFFF+91N+52B2.06.06.06.002471+38.0
119Darji, Giridhari Lal1602INDFFFF+181N+98B2.02.52.52.502319+15.4
120Lakash, Gupta1793IND5N8BF+81B48N=14B1.523.023.05.501686-14.6
121Pawan Kumar Verma1518IND+76B9N=149B47N43N41B1.519.520.03.251522-6.0
122Siddharth Jain1695IND+95N=81B63N14B138N8B1.519.020.04.001577-34.0
123Sistla Siva Datta Subramanya Sharma1704IND42N=52B27N=54B66N=82B1.518.521.55.001742+2.8
124Jaydeep N Solanki1740IND1N+98B=94NF31B147B1.516.016.03.751498-24.4
125Santhoshkumar M K0IND29B+141N47N=128B27N133B1.515.516.51.7515520.0
126Parmar Hasmukh M1581IND28N97BF40B+132N=79B1.515.515.53.001360-19.4
127FIDE 5640924530=79N30B53NF+157B103N1.513.013.01.5013120.0
128kumar, Ashok0IND4N91BF=125N+149B112N1.512.512.51.259620.0
129Tarun, Sharma1842IND=133N+159B21N4BFF1.512.012.00.751720-10.8
130Saxena, Anshul1623IND144N+176B30N=28BFF1.510.010.02.251638+1.2
131Sirajudeen, K.1884IND=82N+179B54N49BFF1.510.010.01.501448-31.6
132Saxena, Vatsalya0IND108B41N=96NF126B+180N1.510.010.01.2512400.0
133Dheeraj Kumar Nagwani1534IND=129B49BFF102N+125N1.58.58.52.251419-16.8
134Kedharnath, A1984IND=110BF=15B26N2B60N1.020.520.53.501737-29.6
135Dansana Kartika1560IND117N2B+144N16B25NF1.018.518.51.001014-16.6
136Veerraju Sanchana1550IND59N40B97N+151B79N12B1.017.518.00.501405-21.8
137Paramesh G1495IND15B+168N82B77N41B114N1.017.017.00.001409-24.4
138Thiru, Thirumalesha C0IND92N51B48B93N+122B74N1.015.016.51.5015500.0
139FIDE 5640921430+?NF75B68N93B5B1.014.514.50.008040.0
140FIDE 5640919370F109B8N95B+161N78N1.013.013.00.009840.0
141Nishant Ketu1628IND54N125B+142B106N76B96N1.012.513.51.00837-40.4
142Vipin Kumar Sahu0IND12B7B141N+150BFF1.012.012.00.5015070.0
143Subhash Chandra Sinha1526IND45B+186N43B69NFF1.010.510.50.00982-13.4
144Baswante, Amarkumar Bhujangrao0IND+130B31N135BF53BF1.010.010.01.5014870.0
145Vishwa Deepak1704INDFFFF+75N7N1.08.58.53.001183-6.8
146Puneet Kumar1534INDFFF=97BF=57B1.06.06.03.001759+19.6
147Amaresh Kumar Hanuman1430INDFFFFF+124N1.01.51.51.502542+34.4
148Rajendra, Kumar1832IND70N74B=95N24BF29B0.517.517.51.251355-53.8
149Abhijit Paul0IND8BF=121N91B128N106N0.513.013.00.7512960.0
150Ganesh Bhaskar Mhamal1472IND44BF=80N142NFF0.57.57.51.501577+4.0
151Rajesh Kumar V1558INDFF=85N136NFF0.54.04.01.50760-20.0
152Rajendra Gohil1711INDFFF=73BFF0.53.03.01.501756+2.4
153Abhijith T Binu1527INDFFF98BF=155B0.53.03.00.25662-23.6
154Venkata Ramana Gudipati1499INDFFFF=98NF0.52.52.51.251462-0.4
155Satish Chandra0INDFFFF115B=153N0.52.52.50.2515270.0
156FIDE 564092097075B71N13B84NFF0.017.517.50.007770.0
157FIDE 5640921350F16BF30B127N53N0.014.514.50.008900.0
158Ramesh, J1642IND78N67N87B105N100B54N0.014.016.00.00994-24.6
159FIDE 5640924450F129N105B104N42B37B0.013.513.50.009880.0
160Parab, Aditya Rajendra0INDF5B72NFF51N0.012.512.50.008920.0
161FIDE 564091902063N95B78NF140B68N0.012.512.50.007870.0
162FIDE 564092224056N73B98N94BFF0.011.511.50.009260.0
163Pradeep Reddy1462IND10N85B73NFFF0.011.011.00.00937-6.8
164FIDE 547069201018BFFF5NF0.010.510.50.009580.0
165Singh, Alok Kumar0IND14N72B88NFFF0.010.510.50.0010770.0
166FIDE 5640919290FF25N55N111B?B0.010.010.00.008550.0
167FIDE 5640919450F24BFF29BF0.09.09.00.0011030.0
168Narvekar P S1425IND113N137BF83BF77N0.09.09.00.00812-32.0
169Navneet, Detha1993INDF17N62BFFF0.08.08.00.001105-49.6
170Raghav Badrinath1502IND38N50BFFFF0.07.57.50.00996-6.8
171Danish, Mohammad0INDFFFF65N43N0.07.07.00.0011030.0
172FIDE 5640921940FFFF58B55N0.07.07.00.007380.0
173Jat Dev Raj0INDF12N101BFFF0.07.07.00.00878-22.4
174Sase Akash Bapu0INDFFF39NF81N0.07.07.00.009680.0
175FIDE 5640920200FF58B?NF85N0.06.56.50.008010.0
176Udit Narayan Chakradhari1466IND16N130NFFFF0.06.56.50.00944-14.8
177Kumar, Pawan0INDFF5NFFF0.06.06.00.008930.0
178Trivedi Dhruv1626INDFFFF3NF0.06.06.00.001226-3.2
179FIDE 5640919960F131NFF26NF0.06.06.00.0011940.0
180Maithani, Tanmay0INDFFF107N114N132B0.05.55.50.007110.0
181Vinu Raj1576INDFFFF119B69N0.05.05.00.00756-21.0
182Kapil Rana1684INDFF11BFFF0.05.05.00.001303-3.2
183Jena, Mantu Kumar0INDFFFFF30B0.04.54.50.008830.0
184Das Manvel1477INDF23BFFFF0.04.54.50.00882-4.8
185Siddiqui Md. Usman1911INDFFFF32BF0.04.04.00.00871-32.0
186FIDE 5580256180F143BFF69BF0.04.04.00.007140.0
187Neelam, Astique0IND?N107BFFFF0.02.02.00.007850.0
188Kothawade, Pradeep Sanjay0INDFFF110NFF0.02.02.00.008220.0

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