6th CFPD National Chess Championship for Differently Abled Players - 2026

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81 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 May 2026 to 30 May 2026 in Indore, India. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1759, and top seed was Ashutosh Singh (🇮🇳 IND, 1973).

Shankar Ramakrishnan (🇮🇳 IND, 1813) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Pamarthi Audietya Aazadh (7.0) and Samarth J Rao (6.5). Ramakrishnan won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Nabhneel Das (1633) beat Ashutosh Singh (1973), a +340-point gap.

Location

🇮🇳Indore, India

Dates

27 May 2026 → 30 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳Ashutosh Singh1973

Avg top 10

1,759

Participants

Titled players · 1

CM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇳India×60

Top 3

🥇
Shankar Ramakrishnan
🇮🇳IND·1813
7.5pts·1953perf+32.8
🥈
Pamarthi Audietya Aazadh
🇮🇳IND·1757
7.0pts·1775perf+6.2
🥉
CMSamarth J Rao
🇮🇳IND·1910
6.5pts·1791perf-16.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Shankar Ramakrishnan led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Ramakrishnan7.5Aazadh7Singh6.5Kannan.V6.5Naveen6.5Gautam6.5

R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

Shankar Ramakrishnan held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Shankar Ramakrishnan drew with Pamarthi Audietya Aazadh (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Shankar Ramakrishnan 6 wins (R1–R6)Pamarthi Audietya Aazadh 4 wins (R5–R8)Ashutosh Singh 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Shankar Ramakrishnan	*	½	1	—
2Pamarthi Audietya Aazadh	½	*	—	1
3Ashutosh Singh	0	—	*	—
4Kannan.V	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Shankar Ramakrishnan	1813	IND	+44B	+45N	+10B	+9N	+6B	+7N	−3B	+16N	=2B	7.5	49.5	54.0	44.00	1953	+32.8
2	Pamarthi Audietya Aazadh	1757	IND	+50N	+40B	=21N	−27B	+17N	+28B	+5N	+10B	=1N	7.0	46.0	50.0	38.50	1775	+6.2
3	Samarth J RaoCM	1910	IND	+46B	=18N	+19B	=6N	+32B	+11N	+1N	=4B	−7B	6.5	49.0	53.0	37.25	1791	-16.2
4	Yesu, BabuK	1561	IND	+60N	=28B	+17N	−8B	+22N	+13B	+9B	=3N	=6B	6.5	48.0	51.5	36.00	1792	+47.0
5	Kannan.V	1651	IND	+42B	+25N	−9B	+12N	+30B	+18N	−2B	=6N	+16B	6.5	47.5	52.0	35.25	1733	+20.4
6	Nishan Mondal	1653	IND	+64N	+33B	+14N	=3B	−1N	+39B	+29N	=5B	=4N	6.5	47.5	50.5	33.25	1754	+42.4
7	Singh, Ashutosh	1973	IND	+52N	=22B	+41N	+28B	+8N	−1B	−10N	+32B	+3N	6.5	47.0	51.0	34.25	1829	-21.4
8	Vaibhav Gautam	1746	IND	+31B	+30N	=11B	+4N	−7B	+12N	−16B	+25N	+26B	6.5	46.5	51.5	36.50	1722	-1.8
9	Naveen, Kumar A.	1827	IND	+57N	+32B	+5N	−1B	+33N	=29B	−4N	+22B	+18N	6.5	46.5	50.5	34.00	1727	-15.6
10	Nabhneel Das	1633	IND	+47N	+29B	−1N	+52B	=39N	+27B	+7B	−2N	+11B	6.5	45.5	49.5	32.75	1803	+34.2
11	Sarthak Singh	1545	IND	+81N	+24B	=8N	+21B	=27N	−3B	+31N	+30B	−10N	6.0	45.5	45.5	26.75	1654	+37.6
12	Ashwin R	1491	IND	+39N	=13B	+20N	−5B	+41N	−8B	=14N	+31B	+33N	6.0	45.0	49.5	30.50	1661	+71.2
13	Kulkarni Shreesh	1579	IND	+75B	=12N	=16B	+48N	=31B	−4N	+17B	=19N	+29B	6.0	43.0	45.0	27.50	1576	-1.4
14	Praveen Kumar D	1551	IND	+74B	+37N	−6B	−16N	+51B	=46N	=12B	+47N	+27B	6.0	40.0	42.0	25.00	1560	+1.6
15	FIDE 577090381	0	—	−17N	−60B	+69N	+57B	+50N	+33B	=32N	=21B	+30N	6.0	37.5	40.5	26.25	1551	0.0
16	Raghav Sharma	1437	IND	+36N	=20B	=13N	+14B	=23N	+34B	+8N	−1B	−5N	5.5	48.5	53.5	31.00	1681	+99.6
17	Aji Goodwill	1493	IND	+15B	=34N	−4B	+45N	−2B	+58N	−13N	+54B	+43N	5.5	43.5	47.5	25.50	1583	+33.2
18	Murahari A H	1528	IND	+69N	=3B	=23N	+50B	+49N	−5B	+27N	=26N	−9B	5.5	43.5	46.5	24.75	1636	+17.6
19	Harsh Dayal	1494	IND	+67N	=23B	−3N	+20B	−28N	+41B	+39N	=13B	=21N	5.5	43.0	46.0	26.00	1603	+36.8
20	Mehta Charvi	1536	IND	+38B	=16N	−12B	−19N	+43B	+44N	=28B	+35N	=24N	5.5	42.0	46.5	27.00	1473	-20.8
21	Suresh Agarwal	1572	IND	+80B	+53N	=2B	−11N	=46B	+48N	=25B	=15N	=19B	5.5	42.0	43.0	23.00	1571	0.0
22	Prakash Banskar	1532	IND	+65B	=7N	−34B	+43N	−4B	+54N	+46B	−9N	+39B	5.5	41.5	44.5	23.25	1588	+5.0
23	Sharon Rachel Aby	1629	IND	+51B	=19N	=18B	+53N	=16B	=31N	−30B	=29B	+40N	5.5	40.0	44.0	25.75	1552	-34.4
24	FIDE 564025195	0	—	+26B	−11N	+66B	−29B	+53N	−30N	+48B	+28N	=20B	5.5	40.0	43.0	24.25	1543	0.0
25	Iniyan Gopinathen	1503	IND	+56N	−5B	−63N	+77B	+47N	+49B	=21N	−8B	+36N	5.5	38.5	40.5	21.75	1507	-1.2
26	Uday Kumar Tummagunta	1575	IND	−24N	+78B	−27N	+55B	+42N	+66B	+40N	=18B	−8N	5.5	38.5	40.5	20.75	1575	+0.8
27	Venkatesan J	1446	IND	+62B	=58N	+26B	+2N	=11B	−10N	−18B	+38N	−14N	5.0	45.5	49.0	26.00	1541	+16.0
28	Meenatchisundaram B	1464	IND	+76B	=4N	+43B	−7N	+19B	−2N	=20N	−24B	+47N	5.0	45.0	47.0	22.00	1643	+62.4
29	Shryansh Pandey	1501	IND	+71B	−10N	+65B	+24N	+34B	=9N	−6B	=23N	−13N	5.0	44.5	47.5	22.50	1528	+6.4
30	Nikhil Gawande	1504	IND	+73N	−8B	+47N	+64B	−5N	+24B	+23N	−11N	−15B	5.0	43.0	45.5	20.50	1565	+9.4
31	Kevin Daniel	1415	IND	−8N	+56B	+54N	+40B	=13N	=23B	−11B	−12N	+55B	5.0	42.5	46.5	22.25	1458	+10.8
32	Tharunsaai M K	1528	IND	+72B	−9N	+42B	+44N	−3N	+64B	=15B	−7N	=49B	5.0	41.5	44.0	19.50	1650	+28.4
33	Tejesh, T	1504	IND	+77B	−6N	+38B	+63N	−9B	−15N	+51B	+55N	−12B	5.0	41.0	43.0	18.00	1400	-23.6
34	Neha Verma	1596	IND	+63N	=17B	+22N	=49B	−29N	−16N	−47B	+56B	+64N	5.0	36.5	39.5	20.25	1406	-62.4
35	FIDE 547090197	0	—	−41N	+36B	−40N	+61B	−66N	+53B	+52N	−20B	+48B	5.0	35.0	38.0	20.50	1439	0.0
36	Vikas Chandra	0	IND	−16B	−35N	+74B	−72N	+68B	+62N	+42B	+37N	−25B	5.0	34.5	36.5	18.00	1453	0.0
37	Durkasri M	1463	IND	+61N	−14B	−39N	−56B	+67N	+59B	+63N	−36B	+51N	5.0	34.0	37.0	17.50	1477	+1.6
38	Daksh, Malik	0	IND	−20N	+?B	−33N	+70B	+52N	−40B	+66N	−27B	+50N	5.0	34.0	34.0	14.00	1473	+11.6
39	FIDE 577090390	0	—	−12B	+51N	+37B	+58N	=10B	−6N	−19B	+41B	−22N	4.5	43.5	47.5	20.75	1529	0.0
40	Dushyant Pal	1505	IND	+55B	−2N	+35B	−31N	+63B	+38N	−26B	=49N	−23B	4.5	41.0	44.0	19.00	794	-61.6
41	Sachin Saxena	1545	IND	+35B	+48N	−7B	=46N	−12B	−19N	+44B	−39N	+73N	4.5	40.0	42.5	18.00	1482	-27.6
42	Putta Chittibabu	1407	IND	−5N	+67B	−32N	+59B	−26B	+73N	−36N	+52B	=45B	4.5	37.5	40.0	15.75	1390	0.0
43	Rahul Gupta Rame	1533	IND	+78N	=49B	−28N	−22B	−20N	+60B	+58B	+46N	−17B	4.5	37.0	39.0	15.50	1374	-51.6
44	Ezhilarasi G	1420	IND	−1N	+73B	+70N	−32B	=54N	−20B	−41N	+60B	+61N	4.5	36.5	39.0	14.50	806	-44.0
45	Sobethaa V S	1506	IND	+68N	−1B	−64N	−17B	+77N	−63B	+67N	+70B	=42N	4.5	32.5	34.5	13.25	1209	-57.2
46	Sonu Bist	1423	IND	−3N	+68B	+61N	=41B	=21N	=14B	−22N	−43B	=54N	4.0	40.0	43.0	16.50	1400	-4.8
47	Senthilmurugan N	1407	IND	−10B	+77N	−30B	+76N	−25B	+56N	+34N	−14B	−28B	4.0	39.0	41.0	13.00	1269	-37.2
48	Kanishri R P	1459	IND	+54N	−41B	+59N	−13B	+56N	−21B	−24N	+63B	−35N	4.0	38.5	41.5	15.00	765	-21.4
49	Ramesh Majji	0	IND	F	=43N	+58B	=34N	−18B	−25N	+64B	=40B	=32N	4.0	37.0	40.0	16.50	1519	0.0
50	Adam, T	1415	IND	−2B	+72N	+62B	−18N	−15B	−55N	+68B	+65N	−38B	4.0	37.0	39.5	12.00	843	-9.4
51	Pramod Shukl	1402	IND	−23N	−39B	+73N	+67B	−14N	+61B	−33N	+57B	−37B	4.0	36.5	39.0	13.00	1274	-30.4
52	Ramesh Kumar Bharti	1436	IND	−7B	+70N	+76B	−10N	−38B	+65N	−35B	−42N	+68B	4.0	36.5	38.5	11.00	825	-34.8
53	Dinesh Kumar	1466	IND	+59N	−21B	+60N	−23B	−24B	−35N	−54B	+76N	+65B	4.0	36.0	38.0	12.50	801	-25.6
54	Trivendra Kumar Sharma	0	IND	−48B	+74N	−31B	+65N	=44B	−22B	+53N	−17N	=46B	4.0	35.5	37.5	13.25	1300	0.0
55	Keerthana A	0	IND	−40N	−64B	+79N	−26N	+71B	+50B	+57N	−33B	−31N	4.0	34.0	36.0	13.00	1306	0.0
56	Mathivanan B U	0	IND	−25B	−31N	+75B	+37N	−48B	−47B	+69N	−34N	+?B	4.0	33.5	33.5	10.00	1314	0.0
57	Mayur Shashikiran Jadhav	1421	IND	−9B	−65N	+68B	−15N	+62B	+72N	−55B	−51N	+71B	4.0	33.0	35.5	12.00	812	-24.4
58	Chande, Dr. Deepmala	1548	IND	+79N	=27B	−49N	−39B	+60N	−17B	−43N	=73B	+69N	4.0	32.5	34.5	12.25	1218	-49.6
59	FIDE 25719955	0	—	−53B	+75N	−48B	−42N	+80B	−37N	−65B	+74N	+63N	4.0	27.5	28.5	8.00	649	0.0
60	FIDE 33499543	0	—	−4B	+15N	−53B	=62N	−58B	−43N	+80B	−44N	+72B	3.5	35.5	36.5	11.25	706	0.0
61	FIDE 547088796	0	—	−37B	+80N	−46B	−35N	+75B	−51N	=72B	+62N	−44B	3.5	30.5	31.5	7.75	627	0.0
62	Vijaybabu, V	0	IND	−27N	+81B	−50N	=60B	−57N	−36B	+79N	−61B	+70N	3.5	30.0	30.0	6.75	627	0.0
63	Abhiditya Jain	0	IND	−34B	+71N	+25B	−33B	−40N	+45N	−37B	−48N	−59B	3.0	37.5	40.5	13.00	1347	0.0
64	Antony Irudaya Selvan	1410	IND	−6B	+55N	+45B	−30N	+72B	−32N	−49N	F	−34B	3.0	37.0	39.5	11.00	1317	-21.6
65	Dhanusya S G	0	IND	−22N	+57B	−29N	−54B	+70N	−52B	+59N	−50B	−53N	3.0	34.5	37.5	11.00	1189	0.0
66	Patchappu Raja T	1477	IND	F	+69B	−24N	+71N	+35B	−26N	−38B	F	F	3.0	34.0	34.0	11.00	775	-14.8
67	FIDE 88170438	0	—	−19B	−42N	+80B	−51N	−37B	+74N	−45B	−68N	+76B	3.0	30.5	31.5	5.00	654	0.0
68	FIDE 25906852	0	—	−45B	−46N	−57N	+?B	−36N	+78B	−50N	+67B	−52N	3.0	30.5	30.5	5.00	1171	0.0
69	Dhoke Anshuman	0	IND	−18B	−66N	−15B	+74N	−73B	+76N	−56B	+72N	−58B	3.0	29.5	31.5	6.50	718	0.0
70	FIDE 577089634	0	—	+?N	−52B	−44B	−38N	−65B	+80N	+75B	−45N	−62B	3.0	27.5	27.5	3.00	1263	0.0
71	FIDE 558096809	0	—	−29N	−63B	+78N	−66B	−55N	−?B	+81B	+75N	−57N	3.0	23.0	23.0	4.00	665	0.0
72	FIDE 577089626	0	—	−32N	−50B	+?N	+36B	−64N	−57B	=61N	−69B	−60N	2.5	31.0	31.0	6.75	1207	0.0
73	FIDE 429038049	0	—	−30B	−44N	−51B	F	+69N	−42B	+?N	=58N	−41B	2.5	29.5	29.5	5.00	1240	0.0
74	FIDE 577090365	0	—	−14N	−54B	−36N	−69B	+79N	−67B	−77N	−59B	+80B	2.0	29.0	30.0	3.00	751	0.0
75	FIDE 577092830	0	—	−13N	−59B	−56N	+79B	−61N	+77B	−70N	−71B	−78N	2.0	27.5	29.5	4.00	779	0.0
76	FIDE 577090403	0	—	−28N	+79B	−52N	−47B	−?N	−69B	+78N	−53B	−67N	2.0	27.0	27.0	4.00	647	0.0
77	FIDE 564078264	0	—	−33N	−47B	F	−25N	−45B	−75N	+74B	−?B	+79N	2.0	25.0	25.0	4.00	676	0.0
78	FIDE 48779202	0	—	−43B	−26N	−71B	−80N	F	−68N	−76B	+81N	+75B	2.0	21.0	21.0	2.00	754	0.0
79	FIDE 577090373	0	—	−58B	−76N	−55B	−75N	−74B	+81N	−62B	+80N	−77B	2.0	20.5	20.5	1.00	748	0.0
80	FIDE 531049036	0	—	−21N	−61B	−67N	+78B	−59N	−70B	−60N	−79B	−74N	1.0	26.5	28.5	2.00	772	0.0
81	FIDE 577089618	0	—	−11B	−62N	F	F	F	−79B	−71N	−78B	F	0.0	18.5	18.5	0.00	745	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Raghav SharmaIND
+99.6
5.5 pts · #17
2Ashwin RIND
+71.2
6.0 pts · #15
3Meenatchisundaram BIND
+62.4
5.0 pts · #20

Top rating losers

1Neha VermaIND
-62.4
5.0 pts · #34
2Dushyant PalIND
-61.6
4.5 pts · #63
3Sobethaa V SIND
-57.2
4.5 pts · #57

Biggest upsets

R7+340 Elo gap
Nabhneel Das1633 beat Singh, Ashutosh1973
R4+311 Elo gap
Venkatesan J1446 beat Pamarthi Audietya Aazadh1757
R7+309 Elo gap
Raghav Sharma1437 beat Vaibhav Gautam1746