Evan Antonio Telles and Shreyanshi Jain dominate 38th National Under-7 Open and Girls Championship 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/06/2025

Evan Antonio Telles (Goa) scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 38th National Under-7 Open Championship 2025. He finished a full point ahead of the rest. Duvesh Milan P (PUD), Ansh Dadhich (MAH) and Vivaan Vardhan Sahu (KAR) scored 7.5/9 each to finish second, third and fourth respectively according to tie-breaks. In the Girls event, Shreyanshi Jain (RAJ) scored a perfect 9/9 to become the champion. She finished a staggering 1.5 points ahead of the rest. Anika K (TN) scored sole 7.5/9 to secure second place. Seven players scored 7/9. Among them, the top seed, Saiaastha Singh (WB) was placed third as she had the best tie-break score. The total prize fund combining Open and Girls section was ₹500000. The top three prizes in both Open and Girls sections were ₹50000, ₹36000 and ₹30000 along with a trophy each respectively. Photos: Swayangsu Satyakam

Evan and Shreyanshi are miles ahead

The six podium places were claimed by six different states and union territories. Open - Goa, Puducherry and Maharashtra, Girls - Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. In the Open event, Evan Antonio Telles (Goa) was the sole leader 7.5/8, heading into the final round. Vaibhav Vishnu (BIH) and Vivaan Vardhan Sahu (KAR) were trailing by a half point. Evan defeated Vishnu to become a clear champion. Duvesh Milan P (PUD) and Ansh Dadhich (MAH) won against Purvansh Shah (KAR) and Aashish S (AP) respectively to finish at second and third place respectively.

Champion in Open - Evan Antonio Telles (Goa) 8.5/9

In the Girls event, Shreyanshi Jain (RAJ) made a perfect start by winning eight games in-a-row. A draw in the final round was enough for her to become a clear champion. Still she went for the maximum and defeated Yaazhisai B (TN) to become the champion with a 100% score. Anika K (TN) won against Aaditri Majumdar (WB) to secure second place. Saiaastha Singh (WB) scored a victory over Varniga M (TN) to finish third for the second consecutive year.

Champion in Girls - Shreyanshi Jain (RAJ) 9/9

Runner-up in Open - Duvesh Milan P (PUD) 7.5/9

Runner-up in Girls - Anika K (TN) 7.5/9

Second Runner-up in Open - Ansh Dadhich (MAH) 7.5/9

Second Runner-up in Girls - Saiaastha Singh (WB) 7/9

Top 3 in Open (L to R): 3rd Ansh Dadhich (MAH) 7.5/9, 1st Evan Antonio Telles (Goa) 8.5/9 and 2nd Duvesh Milan P (PUD) 7.5/9

Top 3 in Women (L to R): 3rd Saiaastha Singh (WB) 7/9, 1st Shreyanshi Jain (RAJ) 9/9 and 2nd Anika K (TN) 7.5/9

Evan Antono Telles scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, finished a full point ahead of the competition and gained 65.2 Elo rating points

Shreyanshi Jain scored a perfect 9/9, finished 1.5 points ahead of others and gained 49.2 Elo rating points

Anish Sarkar scored 7/9, finished tenth at the age of 4 years 4 months and a few days in his debut National Championship

A total of 213 players in the Open and 125 in the Girls took part from 27 states and union territories across the country in this five-day nine round Swiss-league Under-7 Rating tournament which was organized by All Odisha Chess Association at KT Global School in Khordha, Odisha from 1st to 5th June 2025. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings in Open

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	12		Evan, Antonio Telles	IND	1481	Goa	8,5	47	50	47,00	8
2	10		Duvesh, Milan P	IND	1499	Puducherry	7,5	49,5	52,5	42,75	7
3	17	ACM	Ansh, Dadhich	IND	1459	Maharashtra	7,5	49	53	43,75	6
4	18		Vivaan, Vardhan Sahu	IND	1450	Karnataka	7,5	48,5	52,5	42,00	7
5	206		Vishnu, Vaibhav	IND	0	Bihar	7	53	57	41,00	7
6	11		Kazi, Adyan Ahmed	IND	1497	West Bengal	7	50	55	39,50	6
7	130		Pitale, Riaansh	IND	0	Maharashtra	7	48,5	52,5	37,50	7
8	1		Sreyansh, Thumati	IND	1539	Telangana	7	48,5	51,5	36,75	6
9	27	ACM	Kavish, Bhattad	IND	0	Maharashtra	7	48	52,5	39,50	7
10	6		Anish, Sarkar	IND	1514	West Bengal	7	47,5	51	38,50	7
11	22		Riyan, Anadkat	IND	1437	Gujarat	7	45,5	49,5	36,50	6
12	194		Thakkar, Dharv Nikeshkumar	IND	0	Gujarat	7	42	45	35,00	6
13	2		Aashish, S	IND	1531	Andhra Pradesh	6,5	50,5	54	35,50	6
14	14		Cheetransh, Malhotra	IND	1465	Uttar Pradesh	6,5	49	52,5	35,50	6
15	20		Nimalan, Dharanipathy	IND	1441	Karnataka	6,5	48	53	36,75	5
16	24		Ivaan, Dubey	IND	1429	Maharashtra	6,5	46,5	51,5	35,75	6
17	16		Lakshin, Maahi S.K	IND	1460	Karnataka	6,5	46,5	50	33,00	6
18	15		Om, Esh Gottumukkala	IND	1462	Telangana	6,5	45,5	49,5	34,00	6
19	3		Purvansh, Shah	IND	1524	Karnataka	6,5	45	49	32,00	6
20	4		Dhuruvan, R	IND	1523	Tamil Nadu	6,5	44,5	48,5	34,25	5

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Final standings in Girls

Rk.	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	5	Shreyanshi, Jain	IND	1432	Rajasthan	9	50	54	54,00
2	28	Anika, K	IND	0	Tamil Nadu	7,5	42	45	36,25
3	1	Saiaastha, Singh	IND	1536	West Bengal	7	52	55	39,00
4	125	Varniga, M	IND	0	Tamil Nadu	7	51,5	56,5	40,50
5	84	Pritika, Nandi	IND	0	Maharashtra	7	50	53,5	37,50
6	2	Yaazhisai, B	IND	1498	Tamil Nadu	7	49	51	35,00
7	124	Vanshika, Mahashswari	IND	0	Bihar	7	47,5	50,5	35,50
8	81	Praneela, S	IND	0	Tamil Nadu	7	45,5	48,5	35,00
9	90	Rithanyaa, Km	IND	0	Tamil Nadu	7	42,5	45,5	34,00
10	3	Anannya, Annwesha Mishra	IND	1494	Odisha	6,5	47,5	49,5	33,75
11	122	Trisha, Palai	IND	0	West Bengal	6,5	46,5	50,5	34,75
12	4	Pragnika, Vaka Lakshmi	IND	1442	Gujarat	6,5	44,5	48,5	33,25
13	127	Veekshita, T	IND	0	Karnataka	6,5	41	43	28,25
14	74	Naik, Khyana Chintan	IND	0	Gujarat	6,5	37,5	41	28,75
15	10	Aaditri, Majumdar	IND	0	West Bengal	6	49,5	53,5	32,00
16	13	Aaradhya, Dessai	IND	0	Goa	6	49,5	53	32,00
17	54	Erigela, Sri Sudheeksha	IND	0	Andhra Pradesh	6	47	51	30,50
18	109	Shrinika, Das	IND	0	West Bengal	6	46,5	48,5	27,50
19	105	Shreya, Amol Shelke	IND	0	Maharashtra	6	45	47	29,75
20	51	Divisha, Naveen Nayakula	IND	0	Telangana	6	44,5	48	30,00

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