10-year-old Joshua impresses
Top seed of the tournament, Yash Manoj Upadhye was the sole leader 8.5/9, heading into the final round. Joshua Mark Telles, Rudresh Fadte and Vansh Rasik Gala were the only three trailing by a full point at 7.5/9 each. A draw was enough for Yash to become the champion and that's what he did against Rudresh. Joshua drew with Vansh to secure second place. Joy Kakodkar defeated Saiesh Audi to finish third. 11-year-old Joshua delivered an impressive performance and he is the youngest top ten finisher of the event.
A total of 390 players took part from various parts of India and one from Hungary in the Open C (Below 1700) category. The four-day ten round Rating tournament was organized by Goa Chess Association at Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium in Panaji, Goa from 16th to 19th January 2025. The time control of the event was 60 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | RtgI | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Yash, Manoj Upadhye | IND | 1696 | GOA | 9 | 65,5 | 71,5 | 63,50 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | Joshua, Mark Telles | U11 | IND | 1692 | GOA | 8 | 65 | 69,5 | 53,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 3 | 14 | Kakodkar, Joy | IND | 1681 | GOA | 8 | 62 | 66,5 | 50,25 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 4 | 50 | Fadte, Rudresh | IND | 1637 | GOA | 8 | 59 | 63 | 49,00 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | 58 | Aarav, Arpit Shah | U13 | IND | 1630 | GUJ | 8 | 56,5 | 60,5 | 47,25 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 6 | 73 | Gala, Vansh Rasik | IND | 1619 | MAH | 8 | 55,5 | 60 | 46,75 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | 130 | Raj, Prakhar | IND | 1571 | HAR | 8 | 54 | 56,5 | 42,00 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| 8 | 98 | Shivam, Jitendra Pethkar | U15 | IND | 1605 | MAH | 7,5 | 63 | 67 | 47,00 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 9 | 6 | Gaurav, Sharma | IND | 1690 | DEL | 7,5 | 61 | 66 | 49,00 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 10 | 17 | Ayya, Ayush Umesh | IND | 1678 | MAH | 7,5 | 60,5 | 65 | 47,25 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 11 | 222 | Ronit, Motwani | U15 | IND | 1481 | MAH | 7,5 | 59 | 63,5 | 44,75 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 12 | 35 | Koli, Aditya | IND | 1658 | MAH | 7,5 | 58 | 62,5 | 45,75 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 13 | 75 | Pratik, Lalit Tambi | U13 | IND | 1617 | MAH | 7,5 | 57,5 | 61,5 | 44,00 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 14 | 61 | Pratish, Raj | IND | 1628 | WB | 7,5 | 57 | 60,5 | 42,75 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 15 | 353 | Rakhmatullin, Aleksandr | RUS | 0 | RUS | 7,5 | 55,5 | 60 | 42,50 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 16 | 29 | Akash, Srivastav | IND | 1663 | UP | 7,5 | 54,5 | 59 | 42,00 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 17 | 28 | Kumbhar, Kartik | IND | 1664 | MAH | 7,5 | 54 | 58 | 42,25 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 18 | 83 | Bhagwat, Rohit | IND | 1614 | MAH | 7,5 | 53 | 57 | 41,75 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 19 | 54 | Pandya, Raj | IND | 1633 | MAH | 7,5 | 52,5 | 56,5 | 40,00 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 20 | 78 | Anish, Naik | IND | 1616 | GOA | 7,5 | 52,5 | 53,5 | 38,25 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 21 | 31 | Pragadesh, P | IND | 1662 | TN | 7,5 | 52 | 56,5 | 40,75 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 22 | 38 | Abijith, S | IND | 1650 | TN | 7,5 | 50 | 54,5 | 40,75 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 23 | 51 | Sankalp, Arora | IND | 1637 | UP | 7,5 | 50 | 53,5 | 40,50 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 24 | 90 | Chaitanya, Sushant Patil | U15 | IND | 1610 | GOA | 7 | 63,5 | 67,5 | 43,75 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 25 | 153 | Atharva, Sawal | U15 | IND | 1543 | GOA | 7 | 62 | 66,5 | 44,00 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 26 | 24 | Soumya, Das | IND | 1668 | HAR | 7 | 60,5 | 65,5 | 42,00 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 27 | 67 | Ekka, Aniket | U15 | IND | 1622 | GOA | 7 | 59 | 62 | 42,00 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 28 | 69 | Audi, Saiesh | IND | 1621 | GOA | 7 | 58,5 | 61 | 38,75 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 29 | 10 | Jiaan, Abhishek Gondalia | U13 | IND | 1687 | GUJ | 7 | 58 | 63 | 42,00 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 30 | 225 | Mangal, Viraj | U13 | IND | 1477 | RAJ | 7 | 57,5 | 62,5 | 41,75 | 0 | 6 |
