Goa State Selection U-15 Open FIDE Rating Chess Championship 2026

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96 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 May 2026 to 10 May 2026 in Margao, India. Top 10 Elo average was 1695, and top seed was Joshua Mark Telles (🇮🇳 IND, 1975).

Chopdekar Aarav (🇮🇳 IND, 1686) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Phal Satyam (7.0) and Aaryavrat Rasiket Naik Desai (6.5).

The biggest upset came in round 4: Prayank Gaonkar (1542) beat Rajveer Patil (1922), a +380-point gap.

Location

🇮🇳Margao, India

Dates

08 May 2026 → 10 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 45 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Avg top 10

1,695

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇳India×70

Top 3

🥇
Chopdekar Aarav
🇮🇳IND·1686
7.0pts·1895perf+65.6
🥈
Phal Satyam
🇮🇳IND·1694
7.0pts·1808perf+31.6
🥉
Aaryavrat Rasiket Naik Desai
🇮🇳IND·1759
6.5pts·1775perf+10.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

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

Co-leaders

Aarav7Satyam7Desai6.5Sai Prabhakaran6.5Carvalho6.5Jess6

R7 · LEADER CHANGE10 May

Joshua Mark Telles takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Aarav takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Chopdekar Aarav 3 wins (R1–R3)Phal Satyam 3+4 wins (R1–R3, R6–R9)Aaryavrat Rasiket Naik Desai 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Chopdekar Aarav	*	—	½	—
2Phal Satyam	—	*	—	—
3Aaryavrat Rasiket Naik Desai	½	—	*	½
4Sai Prabhakaran R	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Chopdekar Aarav	1686	IND	+36B	+20N	+26B	−?N	+19B	=3B	+14N	=8N	+9B	7.0	46.0	46.0	39.75	1895	+65.6
2	Phal Satyam	1694	IND	+51B	+29N	+40B	−?N	−14N	+50B	+37N	+17B	+7N	7.0	42.0	42.0	36.00	1808	+31.6
3	Aaryavrat Rasiket Naik Desai	1759	IND	+79B	+12N	+13B	=8N	=15B	=1N	=4B	+18N	=?B	6.5	46.0	46.0	33.25	1775	+10.0
4	Sai Prabhakaran R	1675	IND	+78N	+21B	=?N	=18B	=6N	+23B	=3N	+16B	=?N	6.5	38.0	38.0	29.00	1705	+11.2
5	Rhys Dominic Carvalho	1612	IND	+81N	+85B	=?N	−9B	+56N	=6B	=10N	+30B	+26N	6.5	38.0	38.0	26.00	1621	+3.6
6	Rejmon Gavin Fernandes	1422	IND	+93B	=15N	+24B	=7N	=4B	=5N	+22N	=14B	=17N	6.0	48.0	49.5	31.00	1712	+118.8
7	Cardozo Nathan Jess	1692	IND	+66N	+11B	=18N	=6B	+10N	+30B	=8B	=9N	−2B	6.0	47.5	51.5	32.75	1643	-16.4
8	Gawas Rishit	1746	IND	+59N	+56B	+22N	=3B	+27N	=9B	=7N	=1B	−?N	6.0	44.5	44.5	31.75	1805	+25.2
9	Vihaan Tari	1711	IND	+65B	+19N	=69B	+5N	=?B	=8N	+27B	=7B	−1N	6.0	44.5	44.5	29.50	1730	+9.6
10	Cardozo Joash	1426	IND	=46B	+73N	=39B	+76N	−7B	+31N	=5B	+24N	=15B	6.0	42.0	45.5	28.50	1638	+42.4
11	Nayak Nagesh	1419	IND	+80B	−7N	+84B	+13N	−18N	+49B	=30N	=25B	+38N	6.0	40.5	43.5	26.75	1545	+39.6
12	Arnav Pankajkumar Dhote	1446	IND	+48N	−3B	+44N	+54B	+45N	−?B	−21N	+33B	+32N	6.0	40.0	40.0	28.00	786	-27.6
13	Ethan Mathew Silveira	1569	IND	+57N	+44B	−3N	−11B	+79N	+46N	+19B	+21B	−?N	6.0	39.5	39.5	27.00	1508	-13.2
14	Prayank Gaonkar	1542	IND	+62B	=39N	+72B	+?N	+2B	−?N	−1B	=6N	+34B	6.0	37.5	37.5	25.00	1651	+17.7
15	Shirodker Arthav	1708	IND	+88N	=6B	+31B	+35N	=3N	+18B	=?N	−?B	=10N	6.0	36.5	36.5	27.25	1674	-4.8
16	Sarthak G Naik	1460	IND	+87N	−?B	+78N	+77B	−21N	+28B	+20N	−4N	+39B	6.0	36.5	36.5	24.50	1374	-14.8
17	Aryan Naik	1601	IND	+94B	+50N	−?B	=20N	+42B	+35N	+?B	−2N	=6B	6.0	34.0	34.0	21.25	1514	-18.0
18	Evan Antonio Telles	1490	IND	+89B	+45N	=7B	=4N	+11B	−15N	+29N	−3B	=28N	5.5	46.0	48.5	27.00	1612	+36.4
19	Chetan Babuso Kurtikar	1441	IND	+64N	−9B	+67N	+28B	−1N	+33B	−13N	+48B	=22N	5.5	43.5	47.5	25.75	1311	-21.2
20	Swayam Sandesh Naik	1409	IND	+86N	−1B	+32N	=17B	=69B	+76N	−16B	+41N	=25N	5.5	42.0	44.5	23.75	1410	-1.6
21	Pagi Sarvang	1413	IND	+90B	−4N	+64B	+40N	+16B	−?N	+12B	−13N	=23N	5.5	41.0	41.0	25.75	1590	+44.6
22	Avnish Borker	1567	IND	+70B	+53N	−8B	+50N	+29B	−?N	−6B	+42N	=19B	5.5	40.5	40.5	25.75	1421	-33.2
23	Sachit Pai	1526	IND	−53B	+70N	+60B	=42N	+36B	−4N	=39B	+44N	=21B	5.5	40.0	44.0	25.25	1351	-18.0
24	Ivan Ferreira Dias	1540	IND	+68N	=75B	−6N	+66B	+47N	−27B	+32N	−10B	+55N	5.5	39.5	43.0	23.75	1287	-53.2
25	Zayn Kaylan Gonsalves	1503	IND	+84B	−31N	+52B	=36N	−46B	+45N	+55B	=11N	=20B	5.5	39.5	42.5	24.75	1414	-10.0
26	Shlok Sanjiv Mesta	1496	IND	+95N	+49B	−1N	=47B	−?B	+66N	+36B	+27N	−5B	5.5	38.0	38.0	22.25	1506	+0.4
27	Erwin Albuquerque	1671	IND	+96B	+63N	=?B	+46N	−8B	+24N	−9N	−26B	+31N	5.5	36.5	36.5	19.00	1430	-50.0
28	Mandlekar Neevaan	0	IND	+?B	−69N	+34B	−19N	+?B	−16N	+72B	+35N	=18B	5.5	34.5	34.5	16.25	1493	0.0
29	Tejas Chodankar	1421	IND	+32N	−2B	+48N	+33B	−22N	+41N	−18B	−31B	+62N	5.0	42.5	46.5	23.50	784	-34.8
30	Mandhar Korgaonkar	1476	IND	+43B	−?N	+59B	+39N	+31B	−7N	=11B	−5N	=36B	5.0	42.5	42.5	24.50	1301	-24.8
31	Shresth Suraj Ghonsekar	0	IND	+?N	+25B	−15N	+58B	−30N	−10B	+65B	+29N	−27B	5.0	41.0	41.0	18.50	1470	0.0
32	Pednekar, Ivaan Alkesh	0	IND	−29B	+51N	−20B	+60N	+72B	+34N	−24B	+37N	−12B	5.0	40.5	44.0	22.00	1320	0.0
33	Padmanabh Alias Varad Naik	0	IND	+34B	=35N	=37B	−29N	+63B	−19N	+52B	−12N	+60B	5.0	40.0	44.0	22.50	1324	0.0
34	Desai Aryan	1422	IND	−33N	+92B	−28N	+43B	+48N	−32B	+53N	+67B	−14N	5.0	39.5	41.5	20.00	742	-13.6
35	Nilay Gautam Gaude	1530	IND	+92N	=33B	+75N	−15B	+62N	−17B	=67N	−28B	+45B	5.0	38.5	40.5	18.50	855	-26.8
36	Divesh Priyolkar	0	IND	−1N	+86B	+?N	=25B	−23N	+56B	−26N	+73B	=30N	5.0	38.5	38.5	15.25	1464	0.0
37	Naik Ved	1434	IND	=74N	+41B	=33N	−45B	+83N	+64N	−2B	−32B	+57N	5.0	38.0	41.0	20.25	894	-7.2
38	Vivaan Kadam	1539	IND	−44B	+57N	−46B	+53N	+59B	=39N	=42B	+61N	−11B	5.0	37.5	41.5	21.50	619	-26.4
39	Nagvenkar Sarthak	0	IND	+?N	=14B	=10N	−30B	+?N	=38B	=23N	+58B	−16N	5.0	37.5	37.5	15.25	1482	0.0
40	Kadam Vipul	1519	IND	+67N	+61B	−2N	−21B	−57N	+78B	=58N	=62B	+65N	5.0	36.5	39.5	19.00	1242	-40.8
41	Varun Rajiv Sahakari	0	IND	=72B	−37N	+74N	=?B	+54N	−29B	+56N	−20B	+59N	5.0	35.0	35.0	17.75	1234	0.0
42	Arjun Bhoi	0	IND	−?N	+82B	+?N	=23B	−17N	+51B	=38N	−22B	+67N	5.0	33.5	33.5	16.75	1365	0.0
43	Mandrekar Hredaan	0	IND	−30N	−60B	+65B	−34N	+85B	−52N	+?N	+?B	+58N	5.0	29.0	29.0	10.50	1454	0.0
44	Gawas Rudra	0	IND	+38N	−13N	−12B	+?B	=58N	=47B	+76N	−23B	=54N	4.5	39.0	39.0	15.00	1433	0.0
45	Vihaan Rajiv Sahakari	0	IND	+?N	−18B	+85N	+37N	−12B	−25B	+57N	=47B	−35N	4.5	38.0	38.0	13.75	1274	0.0
46	Nityam Gaude	0	IND	=10N	+?B	+38N	−27B	+25N	−13B	−?N	+66B	−47N	4.5	36.5	36.5	17.50	1406	0.0
47	Aaron Alex D Souza	1401	IND	=73B	=76N	+61B	=26N	−24B	=44N	F	=45N	+46B	4.5	36.0	39.5	19.25	1325	-7.2
48	Naik Aarav Gaurish	0	IND	−12B	+79N	−29B	+85N	−34B	+60N	+?B	−19N	=52B	4.5	35.5	35.5	11.75	1189	0.0
49	Viegas Dwennon Jake	0	IND	+77N	−26N	=63B	=72N	+52B	−11N	+70B	=59B	−?N	4.5	34.5	34.5	17.25	654	0.0
50	Amogh Y Kulkarni	0	IND	+?N	−17B	+?N	−22B	+73N	−2N	−61B	+68B	=53N	4.5	34.5	34.5	9.75	821	0.0
51	FIDE 564008975	0	—	−2N	−32B	=82N	+88B	+75B	−42N	−62B	+86N	+61B	4.5	34.0	36.5	14.00	894	0.0
52	FIDE 33495475	0	—	−?N	+87B	−25N	+86B	−49N	+43B	−33N	+76B	=48N	4.5	33.0	33.0	15.75	703	0.0
53	Jay Manerikar	0	IND	+23N	−22B	−58N	−38B	+?N	+?B	−34B	+72N	=50B	4.5	33.0	33.0	11.25	1368	0.0
54	Chaitanya Shetgaonkar	0	IND	−?B	+71N	+?B	−12N	−41B	−61N	+87B	+?N	=44B	4.5	26.0	26.0	8.75	1466	0.0
55	Naik Ganapati Dhurva	0	IND	−56N	−59B	+81N	+?B	+77N	=?B	−25N	+?N	−24B	4.5	25.0	25.0	6.00	1331	0.0
56	Deepansh Naik	1445	IND	+55B	−8N	=62B	+75N	−5B	−36N	−41B	+74B	=66N	4.0	38.5	42.0	15.50	879	-17.2
57	Ganesh Harish Velingkar	0	IND	−13B	−38B	+80N	+61N	+40B	−69N	−45B	+63N	−37B	4.0	37.5	40.5	16.00	1281	0.0
58	Kamat Ojas	1437	IND	−75B	+68N	+53B	−31N	=44B	+62N	=40B	−39N	−43B	4.0	37.0	40.5	17.25	1519	+4.4
59	Chris Gonsalves	0	IND	−8B	+55N	−30N	+91B	−38N	+?B	=73B	=49N	−41B	4.0	35.5	35.5	10.50	787	0.0
60	Aryan Bhardwaj	0	IND	−?B	+43N	−23N	−32B	+71N	−48B	+91N	+64B	−33N	4.0	35.0	35.0	15.00	726	0.0
61	Pratyush Shekhar Marathe	0	IND	+?B	−40N	−47N	−57B	+92N	+54B	+50N	−38B	−51N	4.0	34.0	34.0	11.00	1275	0.0
62	Gauns Dessai Dhruv	0	IND	−14N	+?B	=56N	+?N	−35B	−58B	+51N	=40N	−29B	4.0	33.5	33.5	9.00	1389	0.0
63	Aaradhya Dessai	0	IND	+?N	−27B	=49N	=73B	−33N	−67B	+83N	−57B	+78N	4.0	32.5	32.5	10.00	871	0.0
64	FIDE 48765694	0	—	−19B	+65N	−21N	+78B	+?N	−37B	F	−60N	+?B	4.0	31.5	31.5	7.00	629	0.0
65	FIDE 577051734	0	—	−9N	−64B	−43N	+74B	+?N	+77B	−31N	+?B	−40B	4.0	31.5	31.5	6.50	815	0.0
66	Deusekar Urmish	0	IND	−7B	+80N	=?B	−24N	+93B	−26B	+?N	−46N	=56B	4.0	30.0	30.0	6.50	1395	0.0
67	K Suresh Navin	0	IND	−40B	+?N	−19B	=?N	+?B	+63N	=35B	−34N	−42B	4.0	29.5	29.5	6.50	1417	0.0
68	FIDE 48779067	0	—	−24B	−58B	−?N	+90N	+87B	−72N	+?B	−50N	+79B	4.0	25.0	25.0	7.50	675	0.0
69	Mayank Kurtikar	1545	IND	+83N	+28B	=9N	−?B	=20N	+57B	F	F	F	4.0	24.0	24.0	18.25	1560	+1.6
70	FIDE 577067150	0	—	−22N	−23B	+86N	+80B	−?N	+?B	−49N	+77B	−?N	4.0	24.0	24.0	8.50	702	0.0
71	FIDE 577064577	0	—	−?N	−54B	+96B	−?N	−60B	+85N	−?N	+89B	+77N	4.0	16.5	16.5	8.00	640	0.0
72	Aarav Nagueshkar	0	IND	=41N	+74B	−14N	=49B	−32N	+68B	−28N	−53B	=76N	3.5	38.0	41.5	14.00	742	0.0
73	Shantanu Paresh Naik Gaonkar	0	IND	=47N	−10B	+88N	=63N	−50B	+79B	=59N	−36N	−?B	3.5	33.5	33.5	11.75	1158	0.0
74	Nirbhay Gaude	0	IND	=37B	−72N	−41B	−65N	+82N	+88B	−?B	−56N	+85B	3.5	29.5	29.5	10.50	1176	0.0
75	Naik Tari Shashwat	0	IND	+58N	=24N	−35B	−56B	−51N	−?B	+88N	+82B	−?N	3.5	28.5	28.5	12.25	1281	0.0
76	Zacharias Gonsalves	0	IND	=?N	=47B	+?N	−10B	+?N	−20B	−44B	−52N	=72B	3.5	28.5	28.5	4.00	1342	0.0
77	FIDE 564079597	0	—	−49B	+95N	+91B	−16N	−55B	−65N	+84B	−70N	−71B	3.0	32.0	33.0	6.00	660	0.0
78	FIDE 547054964	0	—	−4B	+90N	−16B	−64N	+95B	−40N	−?N	+?B	−63B	3.0	28.5	28.5	3.00	730	0.0
79	FIDE 577064828	0	—	−3N	−48B	+89N	+?B	−13B	−73N	+?N	−?B	−68N	3.0	27.0	27.0	2.50	798	0.0
80	FIDE 547035102	0	—	−11N	−66B	−57B	−70N	+96B	+94N	−82N	+83B	−?N	3.0	25.0	25.0	4.00	619	0.0
81	FIDE 577064852	0	—	−5B	−91N	−55B	−95N	=90B	=89N	+94B	−84N	+87N	3.0	24.0	25.0	5.75	812	0.0
82	Morajkar Parth	0	IND	−?B	−42N	=51B	−93N	−74B	+90N	+80B	−75N	=?B	3.0	23.0	23.0	7.25	1280	0.0
83	FIDE 564079392	0	—	−69B	−?N	+90B	+?N	−37B	−?N	−63B	−80N	+?B	3.0	18.0	18.0	2.00	668	0.0
84	FIDE 531009174	0	—	−25N	+?B	−11N	−?B	−?N	+?B	−77N	+81B	−?N	3.0	17.5	17.5	3.00	656	0.0
85	FIDE 531098053	0	—	+91N	−5N	−45B	−48B	−43N	−71B	+?N	=87B	−74N	2.5	32.5	32.5	3.25	812	0.0
86	FIDE 577067185	0	—	−20B	−36N	−70B	−52N	=89B	+96N	F	−51B	+88N	2.5	30.0	30.0	3.75	609	0.0
87	FIDE 577051688	0	—	−16B	−52N	+94B	−?B	−68N	+92B	−54N	=85N	−81B	2.5	27.5	27.5	4.25	660	0.0
88	FIDE 558023151	0	—	−15B	=93N	−73B	−51N	+?B	−74N	−75B	+94N	−86B	2.5	26.0	26.0	1.75	908	0.0
89	FIDE 531008941	0	—	−18N	−?B	−79B	−94N	=86N	=81B	=90B	−71N	+96N	2.5	21.0	21.0	3.75	690	0.0
90	FIDE 547055146	0	—	−21N	−78B	−83N	−68B	=81N	−82B	=89N	+96B	−?N	2.0	24.0	24.0	2.75	613	0.0
91	FIDE 577067193	0	—	−85B	+81B	−77N	−59N	+94B	−?N	−60B	−?N	−92B	2.0	19.5	19.5	4.00	667	0.0
92	FIDE 564079376	0	—	−35B	−34N	−?B	+96N	−61B	−87N	F	−?B	+91N	2.0	19.5	19.5	2.00	655	0.0
93	FIDE 577067177	0	—	−6N	=88B	−?N	+82B	−66N	−?B	F	F	F	1.5	18.0	18.0	4.25	644	0.0
94	FIDE 558023178	0	—	−17N	−?B	−87N	+89B	−91N	−80B	−81N	−88B	F	1.0	21.5	21.5	2.50	801	0.0
95	FIDE 577067169	0	—	−26B	−77B	−?N	+81B	−78N	−?B	F	F	F	1.0	16.5	16.5	3.00	696	0.0
96	FIDE 577064879	0	—	−27N	−?B	−71N	−92B	−80N	−86B	F	−90N	−89B	0.0	21.5	21.5	0.00	871	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Rejmon Gavin FernandesIND
+118.8
6.0 pts · #6
2Chopdekar AaravIND
+65.6
7.0 pts · #1
3Pagi SarvangIND
+44.6
5.5 pts · #13

Top rating losers

1Ivan Ferreira DiasIND
-53.2
5.5 pts · #42
2Erwin AlbuquerqueIND
-50.0
5.5 pts · #41
3Kadam VipulIND
-40.8
5.0 pts · #50

Biggest upsets

R4+380 Elo gap
Prayank Gaonkar1542 beat Rajveer Patil1922
R7+321 Elo gap
Aryan Naik1601 beat Rajveer Patil1922
R8+175 Elo gap
Shlok Sanjiv Mesta1496 beat Erwin Albuquerque1671