UP State U-15 Chess Championship 2026- 27(Open)

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82 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 May 2026 to 11 May 2026 in Sitapur, India. Top 10 Elo average was 1737, and top seed was Ayaan Trikha (🇮🇳 IND, 1954).

Yaqoob Husain (🇮🇳 IND, 1567) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Shivay Singh (7.0) and Ayaan Trikha (7.0). Husain shared the lead from round 7 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Yaqoob Husain (1567) beat Ayaan Trikha (1954), a +387-point gap.

Location

🇮🇳Sitapur, India

Dates

08 May 2026 → 11 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳Ayaan Trikha1954

Avg top 10

1,737

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇳India×54

Top 3

🥇
Yaqoob Husain
🇮🇳IND·1567
7.5pts·1923perf+106.4
🥈
Shivay Singh
🇮🇳IND·1798
7.0pts·1861perf+21.5
🥉
Ayaan Trikha
🇮🇳IND·1954
7.0pts·1826perf-33.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Yaqoob Husain led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Husain7.5Trikha7Singh7Kumar7Nigam6.5Singh6.5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE10 May

Shivay Singh takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Yaqoob Husain beat Ayaan Trikha (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Yaqoob Husain 5 wins (R1–R5)Ayaan Trikha 4 wins (R1–R4)Shivay Singh 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Yaqoob Husain	*	1	0	—
2Ayaan Trikha	0	*	1	—
3Shivay Singh	1	0	*	—
4Sparsh Kumar	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Yaqoob Husain	1567	IND	+68B	+41N	+26B	+6N	+3B	−2N	+27B	+7N	=5B	7.5	48.0	51.0	40.75	1923	+106.4
2	Shivay Singh	1798	IND	+23N	+34B	+42N	+21B	=8N	+1B	=5N	+6B	−3N	7.0	50.0	54.5	41.00	1861	+21.5
3	Ayaan Trikha	1954	IND	+62N	+48B	+22N	+7B	−1N	=9B	+10N	=5B	+2B	7.0	49.0	52.5	38.75	1826	-33.6
4	Sparsh Kumar	1770	IND	=64N	+47B	+43N	+19B	=6N	−5B	+45N	+9B	+11N	7.0	43.0	46.0	34.75	1735	-3.6
5	Ayansh Singh	1790	IND	=30B	+56N	+28B	=27N	+12B	+4N	=2B	=3N	=1N	6.5	49.5	53.5	37.75	1805	+5.3
6	Lakshya Nigam	1695	IND	+75N	+46B	+33N	−1B	=4B	+48N	+16B	−2N	+38B	6.5	44.5	46.5	28.50	1661	-6.8
7	Vivaan Varoon	1678	IND	+73N	+39B	+50N	−3N	=16B	+45B	+13N	−1B	+25N	6.5	44.0	46.0	28.75	1522	-25.8
8	Rakshit Shekhar Dwivedi	1751	IND	+20B	=49N	+31B	+38N	=2B	−27N	+26B	=12N	+16B	6.5	43.5	47.5	34.00	1577	-45.2
9	Pranav Rastogi	1534	IND	+61B	−38N	+23B	+46N	+18B	=3N	+17B	−4N	=12B	6.0	45.0	48.5	30.50	1723	+40.3
10	Shreyansh Srivastava	1486	IND	+44B	−26N	+20B	=17N	+41B	+38N	−3B	=28N	+45B	6.0	41.5	45.5	28.25	1086	-3.2
11	Bhatnagar Kushagra	1457	IND	+36B	−28N	+77B	−26N	+32B	+23N	+49B	+27N	−4B	6.0	41.5	43.5	26.50	1684	+34.0
12	Soham Mittal	1525	IND	−26N	+57B	+73N	+39B	−5N	+40B	+29N	=8B	=9N	6.0	41.5	43.5	25.75	1567	+4.8
13	Arnav Tyagi	0	IND	+65N	−15B	+?N	+42B	=21N	+22B	−7B	=18N	+27B	6.0	41.5	41.5	23.50	1603	0.0
14	Aadvik Singh	1456	IND	−29N	+44B	=25N	+65B	=40B	=24N	=20B	+51N	+28B	6.0	39.5	42.5	27.00	1691	+11.6
15	Rudra Pratap Srivastava	1610	IND	+74B	+13N	=38B	=18N	−45B	−49N	+52B	+32N	+26B	6.0	38.0	40.0	27.00	1334	-28.8
16	Vivaan Garg ( UP )	1452	IND	+80N	+25B	−21N	+29B	=7N	+43B	−6N	+30B	−8N	5.5	45.0	45.5	23.75	1367	-12.8
17	Chaudhary Varnam	0	IND	+37B	−18N	+32B	=10B	+64N	+21B	−9N	=19B	=24N	5.5	44.0	47.0	27.00	1512	0.0
18	Aditya Kumar Gupta	1613	IND	+45N	+17B	=19N	=15B	−9N	=46B	+43N	=13B	=23N	5.5	43.0	47.0	27.50	1416	-43.2
19	Parth Gupta	1455	IND	+78B	+59N	=18B	−4N	+28B	=26N	=31B	=17N	=20B	5.5	42.0	43.0	22.75	1483	+2.0
20	Jayesh Kishor Arya	0	IND	−8N	+80B	−10N	+36B	=53N	+33B	=14N	+47B	=19N	5.5	42.0	42.5	22.25	1451	0.0
21	Chaudhary Parv	1632	IND	+67B	+54N	+16B	−2N	=13B	−17N	+39B	−38N	+44B	5.5	41.5	44.5	24.50	1681	+8.4
22	Satvik Srivastava	1567	IND	+82N	+40B	−3B	+49N	=26B	−13N	−38B	+41N	+39B	5.5	40.0	40.0	20.00	1698	+9.6
23	Harsh Khetan	0	IND	−2B	+69N	−9N	+66B	+65N	−11B	+50N	+29B	=18B	5.5	39.5	42.5	20.75	1424	0.0
24	Divye Mohan	1691	IND	+77B	=31N	=49B	+35N	−27B	=14B	=30N	+69N	=17B	5.5	38.5	40.5	22.75	1449	-60.0
25	Srivastava, Nakshatra	0	IND	+?B	−16N	=14B	−?N	+56B	+58N	+48B	+31N	−7B	5.5	34.5	34.5	19.50	1437	0.0
26	Pragnay Baghel	0	IND	+12B	+10B	−1N	+11B	=22N	=19B	−8N	+42B	−15N	5.0	49.0	53.5	28.00	1568	0.0
27	Arjun Verma	1466	IND	+76N	=43B	+30N	=5B	+24N	+8B	−1N	−11B	−13N	5.0	47.5	49.5	24.50	1651	+44.8
28	Upadhyay Umang	0	IND	+52N	+11B	−5N	=48B	−19N	+64B	+46N	=10B	−14N	5.0	42.0	45.0	22.00	1450	0.0
29	Shashank Mishra	0	IND	+14B	−50N	+54B	−16N	+35B	+41N	−12B	−23N	+51B	5.0	40.5	44.5	23.50	1459	0.0
30	Hridaan Shukla	0	IND	=5N	+64B	−27B	=47N	+37B	+?N	=24B	−16N	=31B	5.0	39.5	39.5	18.50	1498	0.0
31	Rishant Srivastava	1440	IND	+70N	=24B	−8N	=75B	+69N	+50B	=19N	−25B	=30N	5.0	38.0	40.0	19.00	1590	+28.8
32	Singh, Rohan	0	IND	+35N	−33B	−17N	+73B	−11N	+75B	+40N	−15B	+66N	5.0	37.0	39.0	16.50	1300	0.0
33	Tanish Kumar	1466	IND	+66B	+32N	−6B	=40N	−38B	−20N	+72B	+58N	=53B	5.0	36.5	38.5	17.75	895	-8.4
34	Saksham Srivastava	1437	IND	+63B	−2N	=72B	−43N	+59B	=51N	+37B	=53N	=48B	5.0	35.5	37.5	19.00	1429	-3.6
35	Pratham Gupta	1440	IND	−32B	+66N	+74B	−24B	−29N	+55N	−51B	+70N	+69B	5.0	32.5	34.5	15.00	891	-7.6
36	FIDE 564031462	0	—	−11N	+52B	−39N	−20N	−74B	+?B	+75N	+50B	+47N	5.0	32.0	32.0	14.00	1460	0.0
37	FIDE 577069226	0	—	−17N	+82B	−40N	+?B	−30N	+73B	−34N	+52N	+?B	5.0	26.0	26.0	6.00	1464	0.0
38	Gupta Anshuman	0	IND	F	+9B	=15N	−8B	+33N	−10B	+22N	+21B	−6N	4.5	47.0	47.0	25.00	1613	0.0
39	Ansh Javla	0	IND	+60B	−7N	+36B	−12N	=47B	+72N	−21N	+43B	−22N	4.5	40.5	42.5	17.00	801	0.0
40	Dhairya Bajpai	0	IND	+?B	−22N	+37B	=33B	=14N	−12N	−32B	=60N	+57B	4.5	39.5	39.5	15.75	1311	0.0
41	FIDE 577069129	0	—	+53N	−1B	=47N	+57B	−10N	−29B	+65N	−22B	+63N	4.5	39.0	42.0	16.00	740	0.0
42	Aarav Abhishek Gupta	1515	IND	+55B	+72N	−2B	−13N	−43B	=44N	+67B	−26N	+60B	4.5	37.5	39.5	14.75	998	-6.4
43	Saharsh Khandelwal	0	IND	+?B	=27N	−4B	+34B	+42N	−16N	−18B	−39N	+?B	4.5	37.0	37.0	12.00	1535	0.0
44	Samyak Singh	0	IND	−10N	−14N	−51B	+70B	+?N	=42B	+64N	+46B	−21N	4.5	36.0	36.0	12.25	1351	0.0
45	Nandish S	0	IND	−18B	+60N	+?B	+50B	+15N	−7N	−4B	F	−10N	4.0	42.5	42.5	13.50	1537	0.0
46	Nitesh Yadav	1412	IND	+51B	−6N	+61B	−9B	+60N	=18N	−28B	−44N	=55B	4.0	39.0	42.5	15.75	1341	-9.2
47	FIDE 577055705	0	—	+58B	−4N	=41B	=30B	=39N	=67N	+54B	−20N	−36B	4.0	39.0	42.0	16.00	1595	0.0
48	Rajveer Srivardhan	1445	IND	+69B	−3N	+67B	=28N	+72B	−6B	−25N	F	=34N	4.0	38.5	40.5	13.00	1386	-11.2
49	Jayant Ram Bajrang	1441	IND	+79N	=8B	=24N	−22B	+55N	+15B	−11N	F	F	4.0	38.5	38.5	17.00	1543	+23.2
50	Akshat Shrivastav	1462	IND	+71N	+29B	−7B	−45N	+61B	−31N	−23B	−36N	+72B	4.0	37.5	39.5	13.50	759	-30.0
51	FIDE 564072967	0	—	−46N	−73B	+44N	+67N	=58B	=34B	+35N	−14B	−29N	4.0	36.0	38.0	16.75	1349	0.0
52	FIDE 564044840	0	—	−28B	−36N	=76N	+78B	+62N	=53B	−15N	−37B	+?N	4.0	31.5	31.5	7.50	810	0.0
53	FIDE 577069234	0	—	−41B	−61N	F	+68N	=20B	=52N	+?B	=34B	=33N	4.0	30.5	30.5	12.75	1452	0.0
54	Rishabh Saxena	1419	IND	+81N	−21B	−29N	−55B	+57N	+76B	−47N	−66B	+65N	4.0	30.0	30.5	9.00	832	-9.2
55	FIDE 531020232	0	—	−42N	−?N	+79B	+54N	−49B	−35B	=59N	+64B	=46N	4.0	29.0	29.0	11.75	1260	0.0
56	FIDE 577072324	0	—	=57N	−5B	−75N	+81B	−25N	=59B	+76N	−?N	+70B	4.0	26.5	26.5	9.00	840	0.0
57	FIDE 577069250	0	—	=56B	−12N	+?B	−41N	−54B	+68N	−58B	+61N	−40N	3.5	33.0	33.0	8.50	672	0.0
58	FIDE 564018903	0	—	−47N	+71B	−65N	+76B	=51N	−25B	+57N	−33B	−59N	3.5	31.5	33.5	10.50	666	0.0
59	FIDE 577069269	0	—	F	−19B	=62N	−64B	−34N	=56N	=55B	+74N	+58B	3.5	30.5	30.5	11.25	646	0.0
60	Tejas Mishra	0	IND	−39N	−45B	+71N	+74N	−46B	−62B	+73N	=40B	−42N	3.5	30.0	32.0	9.25	664	0.0
61	Pradyumna Singh	0	IND	−9N	+53B	−46N	+?B	−50N	=65B	−62N	−57B	+76N	3.5	30.0	30.0	7.50	669	0.0
62	FIDE 577069137	0	—	−3B	+78N	=59B	−72N	−52B	+60N	+61B	F	F	3.5	28.5	28.5	9.75	1154	0.0
63	FIDE 577062752	0	—	−34N	=75B	−64N	=71B	=68B	−?N	+80B	+67N	−41B	3.5	24.0	24.0	7.50	637	0.0
64	Jain, Aarav Rishu	0	IND	=4B	−30N	+63B	+59N	−17B	−28N	−44B	−55N	=68B	3.0	38.0	41.0	12.00	1770	0.0
65	FIDE 564022897	0	—	−13B	+68N	+58B	−14N	−23B	=61N	−41B	=72N	−54B	3.0	36.0	38.0	9.25	638	0.0
66	Sanidhya Yadav	0	IND	−33N	−35B	+70N	−23N	−67B	F	+74B	+54N	−32B	3.0	32.5	33.5	9.00	1317	0.0
67	Mishra, Abhayam	0	IND	−21N	+70B	−48N	−51B	+66N	=47B	−42N	−63B	=71N	3.0	31.5	34.5	9.50	731	0.0
68	FIDE 577021460	0	—	−1N	−65B	+80N	−53B	=63N	−57B	−71N	+76B	=64N	3.0	29.5	30.0	5.75	767	0.0
69	Singh Abhinav Nandan	0	IND	−48N	−23B	F	+77N	−31B	+74N	+?B	−24B	−35N	3.0	29.0	29.0	4.00	1261	0.0
70	FIDE 577069200	0	—	−31B	−67N	−66B	−44N	+80N	+78B	+77N	−35B	−56N	3.0	27.5	28.0	3.50	640	0.0
71	FIDE 577069170	0	—	−50B	−58N	−60B	=63N	+78N	−77B	+68B	−?N	=67B	3.0	23.5	23.5	7.25	662	0.0
72	FIDE 558053395	0	—	F	−42B	=34N	+62B	−48N	−39B	−33N	=65B	−50N	2.0	33.5	33.5	7.50	1099	0.0
73	Kumari, Swastika	0	IND	−7B	+51N	−12B	−32N	+79B	−37N	−60B	F	F	2.0	33.0	33.0	5.00	802	0.0
74	FIDE 547051590	0	—	−15N	+81B	−35N	−60B	+36N	−69B	−66N	−59B	F	2.0	29.5	30.0	5.50	725	0.0
75	FIDE 577071050	0	—	−6B	=63N	+56B	=31N	−?B	−32N	−36B	F	F	2.0	29.0	29.0	8.25	1269	0.0
76	FIDE 547052350	0	—	−27B	=?N	=52B	−58N	+77B	−54N	−56B	−68N	−61B	2.0	29.0	29.0	4.00	643	0.0
77	FIDE 577069153	0	—	−24N	+79B	−11N	−69B	−76N	+71N	−70B	F	F	2.0	25.5	25.5	4.00	774	0.0
78	FIDE 547051795	0	—	−19N	−62B	=81N	−52N	−71B	−70N	−?B	=80B	F	1.0	20.0	20.0	0.50	655	0.0
79	FIDE 577063651	0	—	−49B	−77N	−55N	+80B	−73N	F	F	F	F	1.0	15.5	15.5	0.50	641	0.0
80	FIDE 577069188	0	—	−16B	−20N	−68B	−79N	−70B	F	−63N	=78N	F	0.5	24.5	25.0	0.50	652	0.0
81	FIDE 577069218	0	—	−54B	−74N	=78B	−56N	−?N	F	F	F	F	0.5	11.5	11.5	0.50	619	0.0
82	FIDE 577069161	0	—	−22B	−37N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	767	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Yaqoob HusainIND
+106.4
7.5 pts · #4
2Arjun VermaIND
+44.8
5.0 pts · #17
3Pranav RastogiIND
+40.3
6.0 pts · #15

Top rating losers

1Divye MohanIND
-60.0
5.5 pts · #18
2Rakshit Shekhar DwivediIND
-45.2
6.5 pts · #9
3Aditya Kumar GuptaIND
-43.2
5.5 pts · #28

Biggest upsets

R5+387 Elo gap
Yaqoob Husain1567 beat Ayaan Trikha1954
R6+285 Elo gap
Arjun Verma1466 beat Rakshit Shekhar Dwivedi1751
R5+225 Elo gap
Arjun Verma1466 beat Divye Mohan1691