RAJASTHAN STATE (UNDER -17) OPEN SELECTION FIDE RATED CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 (SELECTION TRAIL FOR NATIONALS)

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105 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 20 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Alwar, India. Top 10 Elo average was 1728, and top seed was Hardik Shah (🇮🇳 IND, 1962).

Harshvardhan Singh Parihar (🇮🇳 IND, 1685) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Abhiwadan Bhaduka (7.0) and Saumya Aggarwal (6.5).

The biggest upset came in round 6: Shreyanshi jain (1404) beat Agham Surana (1808), a +404-point gap.

Location

🇮🇳Alwar, India

Dates

20 Mar 2026 → 22 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 45 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Avg top 10

1,728

Participants

105

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇳India×62

Top 3

🥇
Harshvardhan Singh Parihar
🇮🇳IND·1685
7.0pts·1949perf+44.8
🥈
Abhiwadan Bhaduka
🇮🇳IND·1547
7.0pts·1834perf+61.2
🥉
Saumya Aggarwal
🇮🇳IND·1630
6.5pts·1814perf+58.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Parihar7Bhaduka7Jain6.5Chaturvedi6.5Aggarwal6.5Chahar6.5

R9 · LEADER CHANGE22 Mar

Hardik Shah takes the sole lead (8.0/9).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Parihar takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (35.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Abhiwadan Bhaduka 3 wins (R7–R9)Kavyansh Jain 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R6–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Harshvardhan Singh Parihar	*	—	—	—
2Abhiwadan Bhaduka	—	*	—	—
3Kavyansh Jain	—	—	*	½
4Siddhant Chaturvedi	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Harshvardhan Singh Parihar	1685	IND	+47N	+53B	=?N	+76B	=6N	+46B	−?N	+35B	+7N	7.0	35.0	35.0	31.75	1949	+44.8
2	Abhiwadan Bhaduka	1547	IND	+104B	+52N	−?B	+19N	+?B	−6B	+47N	+16N	+18B	7.0	32.5	32.5	26.00	1834	+61.2
3	Saumya Aggarwal	1630	IND	+51B	+83N	−?B	+35N	+21B	+15B	=7N	−5N	+26B	6.5	42.0	42.0	32.50	1814	+58.8
4	Siddhant Chaturvedi	1785	IND	+79B	+65N	+9B	=?N	=5B	−18N	+31B	=8N	+29B	6.5	42.0	42.0	30.25	1727	-14.0
5	Kavyansh Jain	1797	IND	+63N	+41B	+20N	−?B	=4N	+11B	+48N	+3B	−?N	6.5	38.0	38.0	34.75	1951	+30.4
6	Vaibhav Chahar	1740	IND	+50B	+78N	+75B	=?N	=1B	+2N	=18B	−?N	+20B	6.5	36.5	36.5	30.25	1802	+14.0
7	Hriddhan Agarwal	1773	IND	+64N	+25B	+27N	−?B	=29N	+22B	=3B	+14N	−1B	6.0	45.5	45.5	32.50	1698	-19.6
8	Yatharth Agarwal	1563	IND	+10B	=68N	=28B	+55N	+31B	+16N	−?B	=4B	=11N	6.0	43.5	43.5	32.50	1784	+68.0
9	Rudransh Pancholi	1507	IND	+62N	+81B	−4N	+66B	−18N	+45B	−15N	+56B	+44N	6.0	41.0	44.5	26.50	930	-26.4
10	Japnoor Singh	0	IND	−8N	−22B	+58N	+54B	+42N	−35B	+63N	+36B	+46N	6.0	40.5	44.5	28.00	1495	0.0
11	Eklavya Goswami	1484	IND	+70B	−?N	+67B	=39N	+49B	−5N	+52B	+23N	=8B	6.0	40.0	40.0	28.00	1671	+37.6
12	Aarav Karoliwal	1558	IND	−32N	+48B	+61N	+25B	−46N	+63B	−33N	+47B	+35N	6.0	39.0	43.0	28.00	1512	-12.0
13	Aarush Mathur	1638	IND	+88N	=76B	+32N	=29B	=27N	−48B	=19N	+64B	+42N	6.0	38.5	41.5	27.00	1478	-44.8
14	Dhruv Garg	1517	IND	−68N	+51B	+63N	+88B	−15N	+69B	+32N	−7B	+33N	6.0	38.5	41.5	25.50	1522	-1.2
15	Veer Kumar	1770	IND	+84B	+19N	+21B	−?N	+14B	−3N	+9B	+18N	−?N	6.0	38.0	38.0	31.50	1809	+12.8
16	Kritagya Singh	1751	IND	+60N	+33B	+24N	+?B	−?N	−8B	+36N	−2B	+43N	6.0	38.0	38.0	25.00	1638	-29.2
17	Shaurya Bhargava	1661	IND	+91N	+102B	−?N	+42B	+20N	−?B	+41N	−?B	+31N	6.0	24.5	24.5	24.50	2270	+40.8
18	Aditya Dhyani	1638	IND	+93B	−49N	+86B	+65N	+9B	+4B	=6N	−15B	−2N	5.5	43.5	46.5	25.75	1601	-12.8
19	Manvik Verma	1425	IND	+58N	−15B	+56N	−2B	=62N	+60B	=13B	+34N	=30B	5.5	43.0	47.5	26.50	1564	+31.6
20	Puranjay Choudhary	1533	IND	+38B	+66N	−5B	+78N	−17B	+83N	=26B	+37B	−6N	5.5	42.0	45.0	23.25	1534	-1.6
21	Kavish Yadav	1501	IND	+69N	+45B	−15N	+24B	−3N	=40B	+25N	+48B	−?N	5.5	42.0	42.0	27.00	1649	+39.2
22	Abhyuday Bhaduka	1467	IND	−52B	+10N	+59B	=75N	+94B	−7N	=39B	=50N	+49B	5.5	38.5	41.0	24.00	1589	+10.8
23	Neal Midha	1534	IND	+80N	+40B	−?N	=53B	+41N	=32B	=44N	−11B	+61N	5.5	38.5	38.5	25.25	1455	-8.8
24	Veer Jain	0	IND	+77B	+94N	−16B	−21N	+50B	−31N	+67B	=54N	+48N	5.5	37.5	40.0	21.25	1375	-68.8
25	Madhav Joshi	1413	IND	+74B	−7N	+38B	−12N	=96B	+94N	−21B	+51N	+75B	5.5	37.0	39.5	20.75	811	-32.0
26	Vaishnav, Divyansh	1446	IND	+101N	−?B	=62N	+68B	+76N	=34B	=20N	+27B	−3N	5.5	36.5	36.5	22.50	1585	+27.2
27	Harshul Soni	1515	IND	+72B	+97N	−7B	+83N	=13B	−?N	+49B	−26N	+50B	5.5	35.5	35.5	21.00	1484	-9.2
28	Raghav Kumar	1617	IND	+103N	=32B	=8N	−41B	−47N	=68B	+88N	+80B	+53N	5.5	35.5	35.5	18.50	1302	-33.2
29	Pranam Tanwar	1540	IND	+90B	+87N	=?B	=13N	=7B	+37N	−?B	+33B	−4N	5.5	34.5	34.5	22.00	1687	+37.6
30	Manvender Sunder Sharma	1540	IND	+105N	+56B	−?N	+33B	−?N	−47B	+69N	+32B	=19N	5.5	28.5	28.5	21.25	1608	+5.2
31	Nikhil Sihra	1468	IND	+44N	−?B	+47N	+45B	−8N	+24B	−4N	+40B	−17B	5.0	43.5	43.5	25.00	1468	-1.2
32	Jatin Ramrakhiani	0	IND	+12B	=28N	−13B	+43N	+65B	=23N	−14B	−30N	+?B	5.0	43.5	43.5	20.50	1558	0.0
33	Shreyanshi jain	1404	IND	+89B	−16N	+52B	−30N	+57B	+?N	+12B	−29N	−14B	5.0	41.0	41.0	18.00	1344	-14.0
34	Rushit Karodia	1675	IND	=94B	+57N	=49B	=37N	+39B	=26N	−35N	−19B	+64N	5.0	39.0	41.5	22.25	1287	-99.6
35	Arnav Mina	1432	IND	+99B	−?N	+84B	−3B	+88N	+10N	+34B	−1N	−12B	5.0	38.5	38.5	19.00	1445	+1.6
36	Shaurya Sharma	1456	IND	−49B	−38N	+70B	+72N	+51B	+77N	−16B	−10N	+68N	5.0	38.0	41.5	20.00	777	-28.8
37	Darsh Vikas Agrawal	1458	IND	−40N	+90B	+72N	=34B	+53N	−29B	+75B	−20N	=38N	5.0	38.0	41.0	20.00	1308	-21.2
38	Khatri, Uday	0	IND	−20N	+36B	−25N	+102B	=55B	−49N	+59B	+77N	=37B	5.0	38.0	39.0	18.75	1325	0.0
39	Bisht, Vivaan	0	IND	−?N	+85B	+54N	=11B	−34N	+62B	=22N	−42B	+66N	5.0	37.5	37.5	21.75	1434	0.0
40	Paliwal, Jatin	0	IND	+37B	−23N	−78B	+79N	+71B	=21N	=55B	−31N	+65B	5.0	37.0	40.5	21.50	1419	0.0
41	Dron Sharma	1428	IND	+73B	−5N	+50B	+28N	−23B	+97N	−17B	−?N	+87B	5.0	37.0	37.0	19.00	1462	+3.6
42	Raghav Sharma	1443	IND	+95B	−?N	+79B	−17N	−10B	+72N	+70B	+39N	−13B	5.0	37.0	37.0	19.00	856	-19.6
43	Pranav Girdhar	1486	IND	+85N	−?B	=60N	−32B	+80N	+61B	+53N	=44B	−16B	5.0	36.0	36.0	20.25	950	-7.2
44	FIDE 577024028	0	—	−31B	−67N	+?B	+59N	+83B	+86N	=23B	=43N	−9B	5.0	36.0	36.0	15.75	1306	0.0
45	FIDE 577023960	0	—	+?B	−21N	+93B	−31N	+67B	−9N	−50B	+72N	+63N	5.0	36.0	36.0	15.00	692	0.0
46	Sharma, Mohit	1499	IND	+96B	−?B	+64N	+71N	+12B	−1N	−?B	+55N	−10B	5.0	34.0	34.0	21.00	1687	+29.6
47	Shaktawat, Hridaybhan Singh	0	IND	−1B	+?N	−31B	+74N	+28B	+30N	−2B	−12N	=54B	4.5	44.5	44.5	17.25	1452	0.0
48	Rudra Gautam	1448	IND	=57B	−12N	+99B	+60N	+75B	+13N	−5B	−21N	−24B	4.5	42.0	44.0	18.25	1389	-15.6
49	Shaurya Gupta	1402	IND	+36N	+18B	=34N	−?B	−11N	+38B	−27N	+62B	−22N	4.5	42.0	42.0	22.50	1482	+21.6
50	FIDE 577024303	0	—	−6N	+98B	−41N	+81B	−24N	+66B	+45N	=22B	−27N	4.5	40.5	42.5	17.25	1192	0.0
51	Jain, Tanmay	0	IND	−3N	−14N	+73B	+98B	−36N	=54B	+76N	−25B	+78N	4.5	38.5	40.5	15.25	1288	0.0
52	FIDE 577024117	0	—	+22N	−2B	−33N	=61B	+100N	+?B	−11N	−53B	+76N	4.5	38.0	38.0	13.25	1279	0.0
53	Agal, Atharav	0	IND	+?B	−1N	+87B	=23N	−37B	+96N	−43B	+52N	−28B	4.5	38.0	38.0	12.75	1193	0.0
54	Aarav Mathur	1506	IND	+82B	−75N	−39B	−10N	+85B	=51N	+94B	=24B	=47N	4.5	35.5	38.0	16.25	1633	+9.6
55	Arjav Jain	1429	IND	−66N	+80B	+96N	−8B	=38N	+100B	=40N	−46B	=56N	4.5	35.5	37.5	15.25	732	-29.6
56	More, Ayaansh	0	IND	+?B	−30N	−19B	−67N	+?B	+79N	+65B	−9N	=55B	4.5	33.0	33.0	9.75	1418	0.0
57	FIDE 531055540	0	—	=48N	−34B	=91N	+64B	−33N	+84N	=77B	−61B	+83N	4.5	32.5	35.5	15.50	1235	0.0
58	FIDE 577024265	0	—	−19B	−84N	−10B	+82N	=59B	=?N	=79B	+94N	+77B	4.5	32.0	32.0	13.50	1251	0.0
59	FIDE 577024338	0	—	−?N	+101B	−22N	−44B	=58N	+81B	−38N	+95B	+80N	4.5	31.5	31.5	13.75	666	0.0
60	FIDE 577024320	0	—	−16B	+89N	=43B	−48B	+?N	−19N	+?B	−75N	+81B	4.5	31.0	31.0	9.00	1206	0.0
61	FIDE 537080547	0	—	−?B	+95N	−12B	=52N	+?B	−43N	+96B	+57N	−23B	4.5	30.5	30.5	11.75	726	0.0
62	Kumar, Arnav	0	IND	−9B	+?N	=26B	=?N	=19B	−39N	+?B	−49N	+79B	4.5	30.0	30.0	9.00	1302	0.0
63	Devansh Sharma	0	IND	−5B	+73N	−14B	+87N	+89B	−12N	−10B	+70N	−45B	4.0	40.5	43.5	14.00	825	0.0
64	FIDE 577024362	0	—	−7B	+74N	−46B	−57N	+73B	+89N	+97B	−13N	−34B	4.0	37.5	39.5	13.00	850	0.0
65	Yuvraj Singh Rathore	1438	IND	+92N	−4B	+69N	−18B	−32N	+91B	−56N	+85B	−40N	4.0	36.5	39.5	13.00	913	-16.0
66	FIDE 577024010	0	—	+55B	−20B	+102N	−9N	−77B	−50N	+84B	+67N	−39B	4.0	36.0	37.0	12.50	1364	0.0
67	FIDE 577023994	0	—	−?N	+44B	−11N	+56B	−45N	+87B	−24N	−66B	+85N	4.0	36.0	36.0	15.50	758	0.0
68	Krishnav Agarwal	0	IND	+14B	=8B	−76N	−26N	+?B	=28N	−?B	+97N	−36B	4.0	33.5	33.5	13.75	1512	0.0
69	FIDE 577024001	0	—	−21B	+77N	−65B	+86N	+78B	−14N	−30B	−?N	+?B	4.0	31.0	31.0	10.00	1213	0.0
70	FIDE 577024141	0	—	−11N	−86B	−36N	+?N	+102B	+71B	−42N	−63B	+84N	4.0	31.0	31.0	8.00	665	0.0
71	FIDE 25903128	0	—	F	+82N	+97B	−46B	−40N	−70N	+73B	−87N	+?B	4.0	28.5	28.5	9.50	701	0.0
72	Kritarth Joshi	0	IND	−27N	+?N	−37B	−36B	+?N	−42B	+102N	−45B	+97B	4.0	28.5	28.5	3.00	672	0.0
73	FIDE 577024311	0	—	−41N	−63B	−51N	+103B	−64N	+?B	−71N	+91B	+88N	4.0	27.5	27.5	6.00	628	0.0
74	FIDE 577024176	0	—	−25N	−64B	+103N	−47B	−91N	−?N	+101B	+86N	+90B	4.0	25.0	25.0	8.00	617	0.0
75	Vihaan Jain	0	IND	F	+54B	−6N	=22B	−48N	+76B	−37N	+60B	−25N	3.5	39.5	39.5	15.25	1305	0.0
76	Sharma, Arnit	0	IND	+?B	=13N	+68B	−1N	−26B	−75N	−51B	+96N	−52B	3.5	37.5	37.5	9.50	1327	0.0
77	FIDE 558012583	0	—	−24N	−69B	+95N	+85B	+66N	−36B	=57N	−38B	−58N	3.5	35.5	38.0	11.75	745	0.0
78	Kumar Pankaj	1413	IND	+98N	−6B	+40N	−20B	−69N	=88B	−80N	+82B	−51B	3.5	35.5	37.5	12.00	836	-19.6
79	FIDE 577023986	0	—	−4N	+92B	−42N	−40B	+98N	−56B	=58N	+?B	−62N	3.5	35.0	35.0	7.25	823	0.0
80	Khatri, Ishant	0	IND	−23B	−55N	=?B	+93N	−43B	+?N	+78B	−28N	−59B	3.5	31.5	31.5	6.50	1259	0.0
81	FIDE 577024125	0	—	+?B	−9N	−83B	−50N	=90B	−59N	+100N	+102B	−60N	3.5	28.5	28.5	4.50	706	0.0
82	FIDE 577024109	0	—	−54N	−71B	−98N	−58B	+103N	=?B	+?N	−78N	+95B	3.5	21.0	21.0	2.50	635	0.0
83	FIDE 577024044	0	—	+?N	−3B	+81N	−27B	−44N	−20B	−85N	+92B	−57B	3.0	36.5	36.5	6.50	755	0.0
84	FIDE 577024133	0	—	−15N	+58B	−35N	+92B	−97N	−57B	−66N	+89B	−70B	3.0	34.0	36.0	10.50	797	0.0
85	FIDE 577024036	0	—	−43B	−39N	+?B	−77N	−54N	+98B	+83B	−65N	−67B	3.0	31.0	31.0	5.00	666	0.0
86	FIDE 577025547	0	—	−?B	+70N	−18N	−69B	+92N	−44B	−87N	−74B	+99N	3.0	30.5	30.5	9.00	838	0.0
87	FIDE 577024150	0	—	F	−29B	−53N	−63B	+?N	−67N	+86B	+71B	−41N	3.0	30.0	30.0	7.00	686	0.0
88	Jain, Sanidhya	0	IND	−13B	+?N	+?B	−14N	−35B	=78N	−28B	=?N	−73B	3.0	30.0	30.0	1.75	1323	0.0
89	FIDE 564059677	0	—	−33N	−60B	+90N	+91B	−63N	−64B	−95N	−84N	+100B	3.0	29.0	31.0	8.00	603	0.0
90	FIDE 577024168	0	—	−29N	−37N	−89B	=95B	=81N	=92B	=99N	+?B	−74N	3.0	28.5	28.5	5.50	702	0.0
91	FIDE 577024087	0	—	−17B	=?N	=57B	−89N	+74B	−65N	−?B	−73N	+98B	3.0	27.5	27.5	8.25	729	0.0
92	FIDE 577024222	0	—	−65B	−79N	+?B	−84N	−86B	=90N	=?B	−83N	+?B	3.0	19.5	19.5	1.50	664	0.0
93	FIDE 577024060	0	—	−18N	=?B	−45N	−80B	−95N	−99B	+103N	=?B	+102N	3.0	19.5	19.5	1.00	838	0.0
94	FIDE 547065494	0	—	=34N	−24B	+?N	+100B	−22N	−25B	−54N	−58B	−?N	2.5	32.5	32.5	4.50	1162	0.0
95	FIDE 577024346	0	—	−42N	−61B	−77B	=90N	+93B	−?N	+89B	−59N	−82N	2.5	30.0	30.0	7.50	657	0.0
96	FIDE 577024214	0	—	−46N	+?N	−55B	+?B	=25N	−53B	−61N	−76B	−?N	2.5	27.5	27.5	2.75	1178	0.0
97	FIDE 577024354	0	—	F	−27B	−71N	+99N	+84B	−41B	−64N	−68B	−72N	2.0	33.5	35.5	5.00	672	0.0
98	FIDE 577023900	0	—	−78B	−50N	+82B	−51N	−79B	−85N	=?N	=100B	−91N	2.0	27.5	27.5	4.50	620	0.0
99	FIDE 577024206	0	—	−35N	=100B	−48N	−97B	−?N	+93N	=90B	−?N	−86B	2.0	22.5	22.5	5.50	640	0.0
100	FIDE 577024052	0	—	−?B	=99N	+?B	−94N	−52B	−55N	−81B	=98N	−89N	2.0	22.0	22.0	2.00	635	0.0
101	FIDE 577024184	0	—	−26B	−59N	F	−?N	+?B	F	−74N	+103B	−?N	2.0	15.0	15.0	0.00	656	0.0
102	FIDE 577025539	0	—	+?B	−17N	−66B	−38N	−70N	F	−72B	−81N	−93B	1.0	31.5	31.5	0.00	862	0.0
103	FIDE 577024249	0	—	−28B	−?N	−74B	−73N	−82B	−?N	−93B	−101N	−?N	0.0	22.0	22.0	0.00	740	0.0
104	FIDE 577023943	0	—	−2N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	736	0.0
105	FIDE 577023935	0	—	−30B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	755	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Yatharth AgarwalIND
+68.0
6.0 pts · #7
2Abhiwadan BhadukaIND
+61.2
7.0 pts · #14
3Saumya AggarwalIND
+58.8
6.5 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Rushit KarodiaIND
-99.6
5.0 pts · #36
2Veer JainIND
-68.8
5.5 pts · #32
3Aarush MathurIND
-44.8
6.0 pts · #24

Biggest upsets

R6+404 Elo gap
Shreyanshi jain1404 beat Agham Surana1808
R5+261 Elo gap
Abhiwadan Bhaduka1547 beat Agham Surana1808
R8+250 Elo gap
Manvik Verma1425 beat Rushit Karodia1675