RAJASTHAN STATE (UNDER -17) GIRLS SELECTION FIDE RATED CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 (SELECTION TRAIL FOR NATIONALS)
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30 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 20 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Alwar, India. Top 10 Elo average was 1520, and top seed was Dakshita Kumawat (🇮🇳 IND, WCM, 1941).
Aaradhya Upadhyay (🇮🇳 IND, 1711) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Aarohi Sharma (6.0) and Sankhla Ananya (6.0).
The biggest upset came in round 6: Sankhla Ananya (1402) beat Kashish Tetarwal (1574), a +172-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
1,520
Participants
30
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇳India×14
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsCo-leaders
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R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Aaradhya Upadhyay beat Sankhla Ananya (Black).
2× WIN STREAK · 3+5 wins
Aaradhya Upadhyay posted 3 in a row (R1–R3) and 5 in a row (R5–R9) — total 8 wins.
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Aaradhya Upadhyay | * | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2Sankhla Ananya | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Aarohi Sharma | 0 | — | * | ½ |
| 4Arisha Agarwal | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaradhya Upadhyay | 1711 | IND | +22N | +17B | +7N | −?B | +3N | +2B | +5N | +15B | +8N | 8.0 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 42.00 | 2286 | +44.8 |
| 2 | Aarohi Sharma | 1484 | IND | +26B | =4N | −6B | +18N | +9B | −1N | +16B | =8N | +19B | 6.0 | 43.5 | 46.5 | 27.25 | 1533 | +10.8 |
| 3 | Sankhla Ananya | 1402 | IND | +25B | +19N | =15B | =8N | −1B | +11B | =7N | =6N | +12B | 6.0 | 43.0 | 46.5 | 28.00 | 1566 | +47.6 |
| 4 | Arisha Agarwal | 0 | IND | +?N | =2B | +10N | −7B | +16B | −6N | +19B | =11N | +13B | 6.0 | 40.5 | 40.5 | 24.00 | 1447 | 0.0 |
| 5 | FIDE 531089674 | 0 | — | +6B | −16N | −19B | +25N | +?B | +12N | −1B | +22N | +24B | 6.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 21.50 | 1473 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Kaivallya Kshitij Goyanka | 1585 | IND | −5N | +23B | +2N | +20B | =7N | +4B | −?N | =3B | =15N | 5.5 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 28.00 | 1587 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Dhruvee Sharma | 1446 | IND | +14B | +28N | −1B | +4N | =6B | =15N | =3B | −?B | +20N | 5.5 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 25.50 | 1494 | +7.6 |
| 8 | Vedanshi Gupta | 1462 | IND | +23N | +27B | =11N | =3B | +21N | −?B | +10N | =2B | −1B | 5.5 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 24.50 | 1460 | -2.4 |
| 9 | Mananya Choudhary | 1410 | IND | +13N | −10B | =14N | +24B | −2N | +17B | −21N | +25B | +18N | 5.5 | 37.5 | 41.0 | 23.50 | 691 | -15.6 |
| 10 | Vaani Joshi | 0 | IND | +12B | +9N | −4B | =16N | =14B | +13N | −8B | −19N | +23N | 5.0 | 40.5 | 44.5 | 24.25 | 1458 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Kashish Tetarwal | 1574 | IND | +29B | +21N | =8B | −15N | +12B | −3N | +18B | =4B | −?N | 5.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 21.75 | 1225 | -52.8 |
| 12 | Chanchal Rajora | 0 | IND | −10N | +13B | +?N | +?B | −11N | −5B | +23N | +14B | −3N | 5.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 14.00 | 694 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 577024494 | 0 | — | −9B | −12N | +29B | +28N | +?N | −10B | +20N | +21B | −4N | 5.0 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 13.00 | 610 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 577024486 | 0 | — | −7N | +?N | =9B | +17B | =10N | +21B | −15B | −12N | +?N | 5.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 13.75 | 1219 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Teesha Byadwal | 1627 | IND | F | +20B | =3N | +11B | −?N | =7B | +14N | −1N | =6B | 4.5 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 22.50 | 1545 | -19.6 |
| 16 | Tara Sharma | 1500 | IND | +30N | +5B | −?N | =10B | −4N | +24B | −2N | −18B | +25N | 4.5 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 17.50 | 691 | -20.4 |
| 17 | FIDE 577024427 | 0 | — | +?B | −1N | =25B | −14N | +29B | −9N | −24N | +?B | +27N | 4.5 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 7.25 | 760 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 577024435 | 0 | — | −?N | +22B | =24N | −2B | +?N | +?B | −11N | +16N | −9B | 4.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 10.25 | 1302 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Yashika Maheshwari | 0 | IND | F | −3B | +5N | −21N | +26B | +20B | −4N | +10B | −2N | 4.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 18.00 | 651 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 564059537 | 0 | — | +24B | −15N | +28B | −6N | +22B | −19N | −13B | +?N | −7B | 4.0 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 10.00 | 750 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 577024419 | 0 | — | +?N | −11B | +?N | +19B | −8B | −14N | +9B | −13N | −22B | 4.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 9.50 | 1358 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 577024443 | 0 | — | −1B | −18N | F | +23B | −20N | +?B | +27N | −5B | +21N | 4.0 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 11.00 | 909 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 547076763 | 0 | — | −8B | −6N | +?B | −22N | +28B | +?N | −12B | +26N | −10B | 4.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 5.50 | 723 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 577024559 | 0 | — | −20N | F | =18B | −9N | +25B | −16N | +17B | +27B | −5N | 3.5 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 13.25 | 656 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 531033067 | 0 | — | −3N | +?B | =17N | −5B | −24N | +?N | +30B | −9N | −16B | 3.5 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 4.25 | 641 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 577024478 | 0 | — | −2N | −?B | +30N | +?B | −19N | −27B | F | −23B | +?N | 3.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 2.00 | 691 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 577025520 | 0 | — | +?B | −8N | −?B | −?N | +?B | +26N | −22B | −24N | −17B | 3.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 3.00 | 662 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 577024524 | 0 | — | F | −7B | −20N | −13B | −23N | +?N | F | =29B | +30N | 2.5 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 3.25 | 644 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 577024451 | 0 | — | −11N | −?B | −13N | +?B | −17N | −30B | +?N | =28N | −?B | 2.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 1.25 | 777 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 577024460 | 0 | — | −16B | −?N | −26B | +?N | −?B | +29N | −25N | −?B | −28B | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 2.50 | 701 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Sankhla AnanyaIND+47.66.0 pts · #2
- 2Aaradhya UpadhyayIND+44.88.0 pts · #1
- 3Aarohi SharmaIND+10.86.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Kashish TetarwalIND-52.85.0 pts · #14
- 2Tara SharmaIND-20.44.5 pts · #18
- 3Teesha ByadwalIND-19.64.5 pts · #3
Biggest upsets
- R6+172 Elo gap