Cat-A: Players having Standard rating of 1900 and above(as on 01.05.2026) are only eligible.

Contact: IM, FST Sekhar Chandra Sahu

Cell: +91 7048413788, mail: sekhar_im@yahoo.co.in

1st Prize: ₹ 7.50 Lacs (Highest In India)
2nd Prize: ₹ 6.00 Lacs
3rd Prize: ₹ 4.00 Lacs

Regd Link: https://forms.gle/NCo7dXv247gBTxoY7
AICF Reg: https://prs.aicf.in/

Revised Circular Attached !!!

17th KIIT International Chess Festival - 2026 (Category 'A' 1900 & Above), Date: 23-30 May'2026 # Total Prize Fund: ₹ 51.0 Lacs, # Registration Going on !!!

Organizer(s)Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
FederationIndia ( IND )
Tournament directorIM, FST Sekhar Chandra Sahu 5000157
Chief ArbiterIA...
Deputy Chief ArbiterIA...
Time control (Standard)90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1 (90' + 30")
LocationViswanathan Anand International Chess Hall, Campus 10, KIIT University, Patia
Number of rounds10
Tournament typeSwiss-System
Rating calculationRating international
FIDE-Event-ID472669
Date2026/05/23 to 2026/05/30
Rating-Ø / Average age2062 / 26
Pairing programSwiss-Manager from Heinz HerzogSwiss-Manager tournamentfile

Last update 23.04.2026 20:27:53, Creator/Last Upload: Nihar_R_Sasmal

Tournament selectionCat-A(1900 & above), Cat-B(below1900), Cat-C(below1700), Cat-D(Blitz_Open), Cat-E(Blitz_b1900)
LinksOfficial Homepage of the Organizer, Registration_Link, Link with tournament calendar
Parameters No tournament details, no flags
Overview for teamBAN, BLR, CAN, CYP, EGY, FID, GEO, IND, ISR, JPN, KAZ, KGZ, MEX, NED, NEP, RUS, SRI, SVK, UKR, USA, UZB, VIE, ZIM
ListsStarting rank, Alphabetical list, Statistics, Alphabetical list all groups, Playing schedule
Download Files17th_KIIT_International_Chess_Festival_May_2026.pdf
Excel and PrintExport to Excel (.xlsx), Export to PDF-File, QR-Codes
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Starting rank

No. NameIDFideIDFEDRtgsexTypGrClub/City
1
GMMartinez Alcantara Jose Eduardo13805662MEX2646MEX
2
GMGhosh Diptayan1442320215045207IND2574RSPB
3
GMSethuraman S.P.137220215021596IND2551TN
4
GMGorshtein Ido22815532ISR2549ISR
5
IMAronyak Ghosh87998202125072846IND2533RSPB
6
IMMayank Chakraborty95946202125659766IND2508U17AS
7
IMErenberg Ariel32811634ISR2496ISR
8
GMPaichadze Luka413602934GEO2490GEO
9
GMSavchenko Boris54147332RUS2489RUS
10
GMChanda Sandipan1475120215004225IND2484WB
11
GMNikitenko Mihail613506862BLR2480BLR
12
IMAnuj Shrivatri243288202435070924IND2478MP
13
GMKiriakov Petr74119231FID2473FID
14
IMAjay Santhosh Parvathareddy60944202125998676IND2472U17UP
15
IMSriram Adarsh Uppala75876202133319782IND2464U17AICF ?
16
IMLevin Guy82824213ISR2462ISR
17
GMAleksandrov Aleksej913500139BLR2433BLR
18
IMShahil Dey394202135062352IND2429AS
19
IMNguyen Quoc Hy1012410853VIE2420VIE
20
IMAudi Ameya296851202525034430IND2418GA
21
IMAyush Sharma92401202145010943IND2415MP
22
IMRakhmatullaev Almas1114205793UZB2408UZB
23
GMOmelja Artem1214119846UKR2397UKR
24
IMSouhardo Basak377851202635092910IND2394WB
25
IMJain Kashish Manoj15477202135081098IND2391MH
26
FMSherman Raem132822288ISR2391ISR
27
GMFedorov Alexei1413500465BLR2388BLR
28
GMNguyen Duc Hoa1512401358VIE2386VIE
29
IMManish Anto Cristiano F234401202425095927IND2379TN
30
IMSchekachikhin Maksim1624177830FID2371FID
31
GMNguyen Van Huy1712401064VIE2363VIE
32
IMWagh Suyog16379202125071688IND2362MH
33
IMSanket Chakravarty118342202225032038IND2355AICF ?
34
GMGolubka Petro1814114224CAN2348CAN
35
IMKaustuv Kundu646220215056900IND2335WB
36
IMPanda Sambit1106202125091794IND2333OR
37
IMNitin S.706320215018277IND2331TN
38
GMKarthikeyan P.214820215018226IND2306TN
39
IMSlizhevsky Alexander194152050RUS2297RUS
40
GMPodolchenko Evgeniy2013504134BLR2294BLR
41
FMAditya Varun Gampa23983202145066183IND2289AP
42
GMManik Mikulas2114900734SVK2278SVK
43
IMGochelashvili David224161203RUS2275RUS
44
IMTologon Tegin Semetei2313800574KGZ2270KGZ
45
GMLaxman R.R.8697920215005361IND2249TN
46
FMAshwin Sairam17090202145010030IND2237TN
47
Bhoir Paras Dilip380904202625763695IND2218U17MH
48
Mayukh Majumder302313202525972561IND2196U15WB
49
Nidhish Shyamal179166202333491917IND2183U13TG
50
IMSharma Dinesh K.280720215004110IND2170UP
51
Ahaz E U115192202133452911IND2167U17KL
52
IMRatnakaran K.486720215005507IND2164KL
53
Vijay Shreeram P865202135009974IND2149AICF ?
54
IMElgabry Mohsen2410600531EGY2143S60EGY
55
Arnav Mahesh Koli59692202125988620IND2127U17MH
56
Manav Kumar90712202133490945IND2116U15RJ
57
IMDeshmukh Anup623420215000564IND2111MH
58
CMVandan Alankar Sawai57923202125973096IND2111U15DL
59
IMMurugan Krishnamoorthy21614820235000041IND2101S60AICF ?
60
Niladri Banerjee66094202125144251IND2100U15WB
61
Dishank Sachin Bajaj55142202125953036IND2097MH
62
Bartakke Aditya18663202145019002IND2075MH
63
GMZiatdinov Raset252015323USA2074S60USA
64
AFMArhan Jain89216202133397686IND2067U17AICF ?
65
CMKavinda Akila269901302SRI2052SRI
66
WFMArya G Mallar62782202125115324IND2048wF17KL
67
Bhat Sannidhi Ramakrishna52120202125792695IND2041wF17MH
68
IMSarwat Walaa2710600256EGY2032S60EGY
69
Borkhetariya Devarsh M50613202125777033IND1986GJ
70
Ayaan Phutane113520202133472564IND1972U13KA
71
CMThapa Krishna2812300217NEP1969NEP
72
WGMKiran Manisha Mohanty9926320215019575IND1967wLIC
73
Ojas Joshi90621202133410453IND1967U15RJ
74
IMSahu Sekhar Chandra472420215000157IND1963S60OR
75
Hardik Shah104861202133490643IND1962U17RJ
76
IMRahman Yehya2910600264EGY1960S60EGY
77
Aahil Patra95844202133397970IND1939U15WB
78
Sanjeeban Mandal70021202125181440IND1939U15WB
79
Devnath Bijesh84628202133390096IND1929U17KL
80
Hindol Ghosh61368202125101641IND1929U15MH
81
IMHegde Ravi Gopal3020020215000254IND1925S60KA
82
AFMVenkata Naga Karthik Malladi82948202133379246IND1921U13KA
83
Kapadia Khanak129695202288112942IND1920wF15GJ
84
Neupane Shailendra3012323160NEP1920NEP
85
Arav Vinod134287202248725161IND1907U13KL
86
Perecharla Hariram Saikrishna3130971497USA1903U13USA
87
Oishik Mondal69163202125166255IND1901U17WB
88
Ishaan Bhansali131637202248726087IND1900U13KA
89
Ratnapriya K29602202125615149IND1898wTN
90
WCMDivi Bijesh102460202133479011IND1896wF13KL
91
Kanishka S42226202125731564IND1893wTN
92
Tanvish Reddy Tiruvalluru104971202133418209IND1889U15TG
93
IMSobh Amrou3210601252EGY1888EGY
94
Rishen Jilowa95605202133492573IND1888U13RJ
95
Aryaman Ganguly58862202125981226IND1887U15WB
96
Tamang Sudip3312315990NEP1886NEP
97
Vairaj Sogerwal88619202133398950IND1882U13HR
98
Aadithya Pradeep33889202125656180IND1871KL
99
WIMHamid Rani3410200096BAN1853wS60BAN
100
Sayan Barua187208202325183133IND1852U13WB
101
Krish Ryan Krishna1722902022366111820IND1850U13TG
102
Shravan Sriram120716202233383472IND1845U15TN
103
Siddharthan Anandan114916202125769707IND1839TN
104
Aditya Kayet88402202125944002IND1838U15WB
105
Kavyansh Jain307447202533414564IND1832U13RJ
106
AFMSrinivasan Subramaniam30180202125619063IND1827AICF ?
107
Anushka Gupta34276202125660802IND1826wWB
108
Soyam Laxmidatt D Sabat235507202445050074IND1821AICF ?
109
Isshaan A77409202133330611IND1820U13KA
110
Paramarth Mitra57172202125968483IND1819U15WB
111
Samarth Jain102679202133398992IND1816U13HR
112
Harikrishna C58260202125980734IND1813U15TN
113
AIMKrithin Durai D55643202125955403IND1812U15TN
114
Shrestha Shree Krishna3512316598NEP1803NEP
115
Budathoki Karna Bahadur3612334642NEP1798NEP
116
Suryapranjal Indrajeet S P7303202146637028IND1790AICF ?
117
Vyan Banchhor101473202133393826IND1783U13KA
118
AIMVeer Kumar98064202133490716IND1777U13RJ
119
Ishaan Kandi87881202133399735IND1775U13TG
120
Gnanaseelan Jude Dorison379960520SRI1774SRI
121
Arnab Nandy127115202233306419IND1772U13WB
122
Srinandhan A55627202125955152IND1767U15TN
123
Bhosale Saarth41172202125717405IND1764U17MH
124
Ayushi Roy104968202148700630IND1747wF15WB
125
Sirimalla Srivatsa387008120JPN1735U15JPN
126
Dhanuka Aman46978202125727630IND1734U17AICF ?
127
Soboleva Anastasia394132599RUS1725wRUS
128
Nair Aswin109863202110301917IND1712KL
129
AIMHriday Garg102053202133427852IND1709U13DL
130
Woning Dirk401049003NED1689S60NED
131
IMMamombe Kudzanai4111000147ZIM1674ZIM
132
Anaya Agarwal66865202125151967IND1661wF15AICF ?
133
Hrishaan Singh Sajwan2041462023429093368IND1643U15MH
134
ACMNayanakheshan Venukanan4229980305SRI1610U13SRI
135
ACMPranav Deepak Bhagtani84652202133384193IND1602U15MH
136
Rustamov Iskandar43447013435KAZ1601U13KAZ
137
Shrikkanth Avyukth4439940829USA1593U13USA
138
Sreesha Kandi87885202133397813IND1537wF15TG
139
ACMAnant Aditi45336104997CYP1426wCYP