RCC Club FIDE Rated Classical Edition 4
60 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 17 Feb 2026 to 26 Feb 2026 in Mangalore, India. Top 10 Elo average was 1705, and top seed was Dhanush Ram M (🇮🇳 IND, 1996).
Vihaan Shetty (🇮🇳 IND, 1788) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Vihaan Aadarsh Lobo (8.0) and Aadhya A Shetty (7.0). Shetty shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Vihaan Aadarsh Lobo (1596) beat Aarush Bhat (1861), a +265-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 8.0/9. Shetty takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (47.5).
Vihaan Shetty beat Vihaan Aadarsh Lobo (White).
Vihaan Shetty 4+4 wins (R1–R4, R6–R9)Vihaan Aadarsh Lobo 6 wins (R1–R6)Aadhya A Shetty 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Vihaan Shetty | * | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2Vihaan Aadarsh Lobo | 0 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Aadhya A Shetty | — | — | * | 0 |
| 4Aarush Bhat | 0 | 0 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vihaan Shetty | 1788 | IND | +12B | +47N | +24B | +16N | −28B | +21N | +2B | +5N | +4B | 8.0 | 47.5 | 50.5 | 45.50 | 1969 | +60.8 |
| 2 | Vihaan Aadarsh Lobo | 1596 | IND | +54N | +40B | +14N | +19B | +22N | +5B | −1N | +7B | +10B | 8.0 | 46.5 | 48.5 | 40.50 | 1936 | +94.0 |
| 3 | Aadhya A Shetty | 1548 | IND | +17N | +53B | +21N | −5B | +23N | +9B | =4B | =6N | +19B | 7.0 | 46.0 | 48.0 | 35.00 | 1724 | +34.8 |
| 4 | Aayiu Atindrya Shetty | 1768 | IND | +11N | +20B | +9N | +15B | −5N | +35B | =3N | +16B | −1N | 6.5 | 49.5 | 53.5 | 35.50 | 1693 | -20.8 |
| 5 | Aarush Bhat | 1861 | IND | +48B | +46N | +10B | +3N | +4B | −2N | =16N | −1B | +15N | 6.5 | 49.5 | 52.5 | 33.75 | 1699 | -45.2 |
| 6 | Arthur Arun Alex | 0 | IND | +33N | −19B | =17N | +26N | +?B | +14B | +15N | =3B | =8B | 6.5 | 44.5 | 44.5 | 30.00 | 1535 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Mogasale, Chetan | 1849 | IND | −52N | +51B | +34N | +11B | +45N | =15B | +35N | −2N | +14B | 6.5 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 28.75 | 1601 | -41.2 |
| 8 | Naveen Kumar | 0 | IND | F | +?B | +20N | −14B | +?N | +36N | +25B | +9B | =6N | 6.5 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 23.25 | 1445 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Pranvith Nayak | 1438 | IND | +44B | +39N | −4B | +12N | +36B | −3N | +37B | −8N | +27B | 6.0 | 43.0 | 47.0 | 27.00 | 859 | -20.4 |
| 10 | Bhat, Sanjit | 1456 | IND | +58B | +41N | −5N | +30B | =52N | =19N | +12B | +23B | −2N | 6.0 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 23.25 | 936 | -14.8 |
| 11 | Dhruv A Rai | 0 | IND | −4B | +?N | +?B | −7N | +31B | +?N | +21B | −30N | +24B | 6.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 14.50 | 1605 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Dhanush Maharanth K | 0 | IND | −1N | +?B | +?N | −9B | +?N | +45B | −10N | +35B | +20N | 6.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 12.00 | 1354 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Ajay Manjunath Bhat | 0 | IND | +?N | +?B | −15N | +?B | −35N | +18B | F | +39N | +26B | 6.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 14.50 | 679 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Anvith Shetty P | 1430 | IND | +37B | +26N | −2B | +8N | =19B | −6N | +32B | +31N | −7N | 5.5 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 27.00 | 1509 | +7.6 |
| 15 | Aashish Shane Mendes | 1513 | IND | +49B | +59N | +13B | −4N | +25B | =7N | −6B | +17N | −5B | 5.5 | 45.5 | 45.5 | 22.75 | 1556 | +7.6 |
| 16 | Evann Raphael Aranha | 1538 | IND | F | +52B | +45N | −1B | +18N | +17N | =5B | −4N | +30B | 5.5 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 24.25 | 1534 | -0.4 |
| 17 | Jyotideepta Kundu | 0 | IND | −3B | +?N | =6B | +38N | +30N | −16B | +22N | −15B | +?B | 5.5 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 16.75 | 1340 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Mark Aryan Noronha | 0 | IND | +31B | −24N | +?B | +?N | −16B | −13N | +36B | =21N | +32B | 5.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 15.50 | 1370 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Pruthvij Vijay Suvarna | 0 | IND | +?B | +6N | +?B | −2N | =14N | =10B | F | +20B | −3N | 5.0 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 17.25 | 1428 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Ajith Chiru Gowda | 0 | IND | +27B | −4N | −8B | +49N | +29B | +41N | +26B | −19N | −12B | 5.0 | 43.0 | 46.0 | 22.00 | 974 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Zaara Khazi | 1408 | IND | +50B | +57N | −3B | +41N | +37N | −1B | −11N | =18B | =22N | 5.0 | 42.5 | 43.5 | 17.25 | 1365 | -8.4 |
| 22 | Vishruth Shivaprasad | 1593 | IND | +43B | +56N | +25B | −28N | −2B | =32N | −17B | +36N | =21B | 5.0 | 41.0 | 42.0 | 18.75 | 1400 | -30.4 |
| 23 | FIDE 537004212 | 0 | — | −26B | +50N | +27B | +39N | −3B | +42N | +24B | −10N | −?B | 5.0 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 21.00 | 1276 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Varenya Shenoy | 1424 | IND | +60N | +18B | −1N | −37B | +59N | +53B | −23N | +42B | −11N | 5.0 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 11.50 | 985 | -4.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 547064935 | 0 | — | +42N | +?B | −22N | +29B | −15N | +43B | −8N | +?B | −37N | 5.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 13.00 | 729 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 531038433 | 0 | — | +23N | −14B | +53N | −6B | +48N | +?B | −20N | +?B | −13N | 5.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 10.00 | 632 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 531038026 | 0 | — | −20N | +54B | −23N | −40B | +?N | +?B | +?N | +38B | −9N | 5.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 6.00 | 657 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Dhanush Ram M | 1996 | IND | +32B | +36N | +35N | +22B | +1N | F | F | F | F | 5.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 25.50 | 2460 | +7.8 |
| 29 | FIDE 558060669 | 0 | — | +?N | −35B | +46B | −25N | −20N | −?B | +?B | +47N | +45B | 5.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 9.00 | 687 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Kanishk M J | 0 | IND | F | =?N | +38B | −10N | −17B | +34B | +45N | +11B | −16N | 4.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 17.50 | 1207 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Tashvi S Salian | 1454 | IND | −18N | +55B | +43N | −52B | −11N | +50B | +53N | −14B | =33N | 4.5 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 13.25 | 632 | -21.2 |
| 32 | Bhavith Pradeep Shetty | 0 | IND | −28N | +42B | +?N | −35B | +?N | =22B | −14N | +?B | −18N | 4.5 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 6.50 | 1304 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 547045361 | 0 | — | −6B | +?N | −36B | +47N | −?B | +?N | −38N | +?B | =31B | 4.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 5.25 | 1457 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Samrath Santhosh Kumar | 0 | IND | +?B | =38N | −7B | −?N | +46B | −30N | −?B | +?N | +?N | 4.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 5.00 | 804 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Ravindra Rao P | 1494 | IND | F | +29N | −28B | +32N | +13B | −4N | −7B | −12N | +49B | 4.0 | 42.5 | 45.5 | 18.50 | 1037 | -13.6 |
| 36 | FIDE 558064559 | 0 | — | +?N | −28B | +33N | +?B | −9N | −8B | −18N | −22B | +?N | 4.0 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 4.50 | 880 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Omkar Kamath K | 0 | IND | −14N | +?B | F | +24N | −21B | F | −9N | +?N | +25B | 4.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 10.00 | 1240 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Aarav P A | 0 | IND | +?N | =34B | −30N | −17B | F | =?N | +33B | −27N | +41B | 4.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 10.75 | 1453 | 0.0 |
| 39 | FIDE 558060677 | 0 | — | +?N | −9B | +?N | −23B | −53N | +48B | +?N | −13B | −40N | 4.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 3.00 | 657 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 558077928 | 0 | — | +?B | −2N | −41B | +27N | F | F | +?B | −?N | +39B | 4.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 9.00 | 733 | 0.0 |
| 41 | FIDE 577001486 | 0 | — | +?N | −10B | +40N | −21B | +?N | −20B | −?N | +?B | −38N | 4.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 4.00 | 640 | 0.0 |
| 42 | FIDE 547045639 | 0 | — | −25B | −32N | +?B | F | +?N | −23B | +?N | −24N | +46B | 4.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 3.00 | 620 | 0.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 577001540 | 0 | — | −22N | +?B | −31B | +46N | +?B | −25N | −?B | +?N | −?B | 4.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 3.00 | 701 | 0.0 |
| 44 | FIDE 558080856 | 0 | — | −9N | F | +?B | F | F | +?B | +?N | F | +?B | 4.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 657 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 577001419 | 0 | — | +?B | +?N | −16B | +?N | −7B | −12N | −30B | F | −29N | 3.0 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 0.00 | 890 | 0.0 |
| 46 | FIDE 564006646 | 0 | — | F | −5B | −29N | −43B | −34N | +?B | +?N | +?B | −42N | 3.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 0.00 | 1063 | 0.0 |
| 47 | FIDE 577001427 | 0 | — | +?N | −1B | −?N | −33B | +?N | +?B | −?N | −29B | F | 3.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 0.00 | 985 | 0.0 |
| 48 | FIDE 577001524 | 0 | — | −5N | −?B | +?N | F | −26B | −39N | +?B | +?B | −?N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 0.00 | 1063 | 0.0 |
| 49 | FIDE 564008886 | 0 | — | −15N | F | −?B | −20B | +?N | −?B | +?N | +?B | −35N | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 0.00 | 679 | 0.0 |
| 50 | FIDE 577001478 | 0 | — | −21N | −23B | −?N | +58B | +?B | −31N | +?B | −?N | −?N | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 0.00 | 662 | 0.0 |
| 51 | FIDE 547093013 | 0 | — | F | −7N | +?B | −?B | +?N | −?B | −?N | +?B | −?N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 1051 | 0.0 |
| 52 | Devavrthan R | 0 | IND | +7B | −16N | F | +31N | =10B | F | F | F | F | 2.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 14.00 | 1594 | 0.0 |
| 53 | FIDE 33494169 | 0 | — | F | −3N | −26B | +?N | +39B | −24N | −31B | −?N | F | 2.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 4.00 | 674 | 0.0 |
| 54 | FIDE 577005600 | 0 | — | −2B | −27N | +?B | F | F | F | −?N | +58B | F | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 813 | 0.0 |
| 55 | FIDE 558080910 | 0 | — | −?B | −31N | −?B | +?N | −?B | −?N | F | −?B | +?B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 672 | 0.0 |
| 56 | FIDE 537001957 | 0 | — | +?N | −22B | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 786 | 0.0 |
| 57 | FIDE 577001559 | 0 | — | +?N | −21B | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 621 | 0.0 |
| 58 | FIDE 577001451 | 0 | — | −10N | −?B | F | −50N | −?B | F | F | −54N | −?N | 0.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 722 | 0.0 |
| 59 | FIDE 577001532 | 0 | — | F | −15B | −?N | F | −24B | −?N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 646 | 0.0 |
| 60 | FIDE 577001460 | 0 | — | −24B | −?N | −?B | −?N | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 620 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Vihaan Aadarsh LoboIND+94.08.0 pts · #2
- 2Vihaan ShettyIND+60.88.0 pts · #1
- 3Aadhya A ShettyIND+34.87.0 pts · #9
- 1Aarush BhatIND-45.26.5 pts · #3
- 2Mogasale, ChetanIND-41.26.5 pts · #10
- 3Vishruth ShivaprasadIND-30.45.0 pts · #24
- R6+265 Elo gap
- R8+253 Elo gap