The 1st Andaman and Nicobar Open 2025 will take place August 23 – August 28 in Vijayawada, India. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec /move. For more events from India, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are IM Dinesh K. Sharma (2186), Tejas Shah Jihan (2160), Anandh S P K Arul (2123), Tanish Ragavan S (2112), Shriraj Bhosale (2109), Abhishek T M (2092), Indrajeet Mahindrakar (2067), WFM Saparya Ghosh (2066), FM Gaurav Kumar (2062), Peter Anand A (2061), Karan J P (2060), CM S Sivathanujan (2059), Ashish Chaudhari (2059), Nigash G (2043), Sai Hrushikesh Simhadri (2027), Arush A (2017), Lavyaajyoti Routray (2015), Sidharth Mohan (2014), R S Iniyan (2001), Sharsha Backer (1998). Scroll down for the full participants list.
More: SRR International Open / China Chess Kings / Sinquefield Cup 2025 / Belt and Road Open 2025 (Aksu) – Group A
1st Andaman and Nicobar Open 2025 Participants
| No. | Name | FED | RtgI | |
| 1 | IM | Sharma, Dinesh K. | IND | 2186 |
| 2 | Jihan, Tejas Shah | IND | 2160 | |
| 3 | Arul, Anandh S P K | IND | 2123 | |
| 4 | Tanish, Ragavan S | IND | 2112 | |
| 5 | Bhosale, Shriraj | IND | 2109 | |
| 6 | Abhishek, T M | IND | 2092 | |
| 7 | Mahindrakar, Indrajeet | IND | 2067 | |
| 8 | WFM | Saparya, Ghosh | IND | 2066 |
| 9 | FM | Kumar, Gaurav | IND | 2062 |
| 10 | Peter Anand, A | IND | 2061 | |
| 11 | Karan, J P | IND | 2060 | |
| 12 | CM | Sivathanujan, S | SRI | 2059 |
| 13 | Chaudhari, Ashish | IND | 2059 | |
| 14 | Nigash, G | IND | 2043 | |
| 15 | Simhadri, Sai Hrushikesh | IND | 2027 | |
| 16 | Arush, A | IND | 2017 | |
| 17 | Lavyaajyoti, Routray | IND | 2015 | |
| 18 | Sidharth, Mohan | IND | 2014 | |
| 19 | Iniyan, R S | IND | 2001 | |
| 20 | Sharsha, Backer | IND | 1998 | |
| 21 | AGM | Prashanth, J Naik | IND | 1986 |
| 22 | AGM | Gopal, Krishna Maheshwari | IND | 1974 |
| 23 | Sinha, Sudhir Kumar | IND | 1971 | |
| 24 | Adharva, P T | IND | 1957 | |
| 25 | Pranavasri, S | IND | 1938 | |
| 26 | Abhijith, U | IND | 1934 | |
| 27 | Krishay, Jain | IND | 1932 | |
| 28 | Giridhar, A | IND | 1930 | |
| 29 | Andabatla, Satvik | IND | 1916 | |
| 30 | Leelajai, Krishna N | IND | 1916 | |
| 31 | Suvankar, Maity | IND | 1901 | |
| 32 | Tata Rao, P | IND | 1898 | |
| 33 | Kirthika, B | IND | 1892 | |
| 34 | Pranav, Ganesh Prabhu | IND | 1885 | |
| 35 | Rangeet, Majumdar | IND | 1873 | |
| 36 | Soumyajit, Das | IND | 1850 | |
| 37 | Shrivastava, Kushagra | IND | 1838 | |
| 38 | Sumeetkumar, M S | IND | 1829 | |
| 39 | Ashwath, Narayanan P | IND | 1826 | |
| 40 | Sandeep, Santhosh | IND | 1808 | |
| 41 | Ajay, Kumar Rai | IND | 1804 | |
| 42 | Vikesh, Nandan Kumar | IND | 1801 | |
| 43 | Akash, Tiwari | IND | 1799 | |
| 44 | Viswanathan, V N | IND | 1795 | |
| 45 | Ayya, Ayush Umesh | IND | 1793 | |
| 46 | Salil, Kumar D. | IND | 1790 | |
| 47 | Himanshu, Moudgil | IND | 1782 | |
| 48 | Jagadeesh, A.K. | IND | 1773 | |
| 49 | Manna, Chiranjit | IND | 1773 | |
| 50 | Nikiilesh, A U | IND | 1770 | |
| 51 | Vatsal, Chokhra | IND | 1770 | |
| 52 | AIM | Farhaan, M | IND | 1747 |
| 53 | Madhusoodanan, K.R. | IND | 1739 | |
| 54 | Kavitha, P L | IND | 1728 | |
| 55 | Pridhish, Kumar S | IND | 1728 | |
| 56 | Lakshanaa, R | IND | 1717 | |
| 57 | AFM | Srinivas, Ch | IND | 1698 |
| 58 | Nakshatra, Gumudavelly | IND | 1698 | |
| 59 | Alladi, Srivatsan | IND | 1697 | |
| 60 | Dhami, Deepak | NEP | 1694 | |
| 61 | Vino, Balan M K | IND | 1686 | |
| 62 | Lokhandkar, Rushikesh | IND | 1681 | |
| 63 | Ishaan, Bhansali | IND | 1679 | |
| 64 | Shrestha, Vijay D | IND | 1676 | |
| 65 | AFM | Silseng, N Marak | IND | 1673 |
| 66 | Ratan, Sarkar | IND | 1669 | |
| 67 | Borate, Tanvi | IND | 1666 | |
| 68 | AFM | Shrihaan, Karmakar | IND | 1656 |
| 69 | Sahana, S | IND | 1656 | |
| 70 | Karthik, S | IND | 1652 | |
| 71 | Rathish, R | IND | 1652 | |
| 72 | Neelakantham, K | IND | 1627 | |
| 73 | Sathyaraj, G | IND | 1615 | |
| 74 | ACM | Darshan, S P M | IND | 1608 |
| 75 | Dheena, Dhayalan A | IND | 1597 | |
| 76 | Anil, R | IND | 1593 | |
| 77 | Shrivastava, Aditi | IND | 1593 | |
| 78 | Yuvan, Singh | IND | 1591 | |
| 79 | Virat, J S | IND | 1590 | |
| 80 | Manish, Ram | IND | 1582 | |
| 81 | Bondale, Shrirang | IND | 1578 | |
| 82 | Nobleman, Wanniang | IND | 1573 | |
| 83 | Sarath, Menon | IND | 1569 | |
| 84 | Vinoth, M | IND | 1565 | |
| 85 | Sanjay, Kumar | IND | 1558 | |
| 86 | Manjunath, D Naik | IND | 1553 | |
| 87 | ACM | Tanisha, Raj | IND | 1552 |
| 88 | Vishal, Kanna E | IND | 1540 | |
| 89 | Roshan, A (Bhaskar) | IND | 1532 | |
| 90 | AFM | Jan, Hanno L J | IND | 1531 |
| 91 | Dhan, Raju M | IND | 1529 | |
| 92 | Sathiya, Moorthy T | IND | 1529 | |
| 93 | ACM | Cheaha, Nikgame G Momin | IND | 1524 |
| 94 | Komaravelli, Vikram | IND | 1518 | |
| 95 | Hunsika, M | IND | 1517 | |
| 96 | Anto, Amala Jerin W | IND | 1515 | |
| 97 | ACM | Vyom, Tiwari | IND | 1512 |
| 98 | Roy, Puspen | IND | 1511 | |
| 99 | P Anand, Rao | IND | 1510 | |
| 100 | AFM | Tanish, M | IND | 1508 |
| 101 | ACM | Dinakar, M A | IND | 1508 |
| 102 | Lalith, B | IND | 1504 | |
| 103 | Varunish, P | IND | 1501 | |
| 104 | Sanjanaa, G | IND | 1493 | |
| 105 | Guna, V | IND | 1491 | |
| 106 | Anahat, Preet Sandhu | IND | 1489 | |
| 107 | Siva, Krishna P | IND | 1489 | |
| 108 | Monish, Krishna | IND | 1487 | |
| 109 | AIM | Sreedhar, G | IND | 1485 |
| 110 | Komaravelli, Vivek | IND | 1481 | |
| 111 | Dissanayake, R S Kalana Sachintha | SRI | 1480 | |
| 112 | Hari, Prasad B | IND | 1477 | |
| 113 | Senthil, Kumar .M.R. | IND | 1472 | |
| 114 | Nandini, | IND | 1471 | |
| 115 | ACM | Tarun, S P M | IND | 1470 |
| 116 | Shiv, Kumar | IND | 1463 | |
| 117 | Sahana, Jai N | IND | 1461 | |
| 118 | Sahaanaa, G | IND | 1460 | |
| 119 | ACM | Sachit, Bara | IND | 1459 |
| 120 | Tejas, Tiwari | IND | 1458 | |
| 121 | Gupta, Kailash | IND | 1455 | |
| 122 | Srijita, Das | IND | 1454 | |
| 123 | AFM | Pranesh, Yatin Sankar | IND | 1452 |
| 124 | Rohan, Singh | IND | 1452 | |
| 125 | Singh, Shailender | IND | 1452 | |
| 126 | Dinesh, Kumar S M | IND | 1449 | |
| 127 | Ronnie, Ronaldo Y | IND | 1447 | |
| 128 | Raktim, Suraj Das | IND | 1446 | |
| 129 | ACM | Chirag, Kumar A | IND | 1444 |
| 130 | Galav, Saha | IND | 1436 | |
| 131 | Jai, Kishan S | IND | 1430 | |
| 132 | Jaivardhan, Rao K | IND | 1426 | |
| 133 | Subham, Dubey | IND | 1418 | |
| 134 | ACM | Sankar, Bhattacharya | IND | 1415 |
| 135 | AFM | R, Siddharth | IND | 1413 |
| 136 | Rushil, Y | IND | 1412 | |
| 137 | Sai, Ram K | IND | 1407 | |
| 138 | AFM | Yashwant, V | IND | 1404 |
| 139 | Kirti, Sinha | IND | 1401 | |
| 140 | AFM | Hansraj, R | IND | 0 |
| 141 | AFM | Nimish, Bantupalli | IND | 0 |
| 142 | AFM | Saw, Jinson Samuel | IND | 0 |
| 143 | AFM | Supratik, Mandal | IND | 0 |
| 144 | AFM | Vignesh, B | IND | 0 |
| 145 | ACM | Agrata, Singh | IND | 0 |
| 146 | ACM | Ajeesh, Kumar P R | IND | 0 |
| 147 | ACM | Arush, A | IND | 0 |
| 148 | ACM | Ayush, Ajitabh Ranjan Sinha | IND | 0 |
| 149 | ACM | Brijnesh, B | IND | 0 |
| 150 | ACM | Disha, Meenakshi G | IND | 0 |
| 151 | ACM | Jax, Danno L J | IND | 0 |
| 152 | ACM | Kavin, D | IND | 0 |
| 153 | ACM | Lukshan, S | IND | 0 |
| 154 | ACM | Maheshraaja, S | IND | 0 |
| 155 | ACM | Mahi, K | IND | 0 |
| 156 | ACM | Medanth, R | IND | 0 |
| 157 | ACM | Nuhaan, Siddique V K | IND | 0 |
| 158 | ACM | P, Jai Krish Alias P Joshit | IND | 0 |
| 159 | ACM | Priya, Singh | IND | 0 |
| 160 | ACM | Sharad, A | IND | 0 |
| 161 | Aadrika, S | IND | 0 | |
| 162 | Aaksh, Shrayaansh S | IND | 0 | |
| 163 | Aarohi, T | IND | 0 | |
| 164 | Aaron, P Sudhir | IND | 0 | |
| 165 | Aarush, R B | IND | 0 | |
| 166 | Aasish, K | IND | 0 | |
| 167 | Abdul, Aziz | IND | 0 | |
| 168 | Aditya, Ganguly | IND | 0 | |
| 169 | Agrima, Singh | IND | 0 | |
| 170 | Aisleen, Liora Thomas | IND | 0 | |
| 171 | Ajay, Reyya | IND | 0 | |
| 172 | Akhil, Ram | IND | 0 | |
| 173 | Amalatheeban, G | IND | 0 | |
| 174 | Anisha, P | IND | 0 | |
| 175 | Anitha, T | IND | 0 | |
| 176 | Anwesha, K | IND | 0 | |
| 177 | Aradhya, Podder | IND | 0 | |
| 178 | Aradhya, Rai | IND | 0 | |
| 179 | Asha, M | IND | 0 | |
| 180 | Ashish, B | IND | 0 | |
| 181 | Ashwin, S | IND | 0 | |
| 182 | Ayaan, V | IND | 0 | |
| 183 | Ayansh, Murthy | IND | 0 | |
| 184 | Balaragavan, | IND | 0 | |
| 185 | Barnavo, Biswas | IND | 0 | |
| 186 | Bhavani, S | IND | 0 | |
| 187 | Bhavesh, T | IND | 0 | |
| 188 | Bhavishya, S | IND | 0 | |
| 189 | Bhaviya, Kumari | IND | 0 | |
| 190 | Chaitna, S | IND | 0 | |
| 191 | Chandra, Kala B | IND | 0 | |
| 192 | Chandra, S R | IND | 0 | |
| 193 | Charitra, P | IND | 0 | |
| 194 | Charvi, D | IND | 0 | |
| 195 | Chittiboina, Mageswari | IND | 0 | |
| 196 | D, Usha Shree | IND | 0 | |
| 197 | Daksh, T | IND | 0 | |
| 198 | Daksha, K | IND | 0 | |
| 199 | Danusri, N | IND | 0 | |
| 200 | Deep, Kumar Das | IND | 0 | |
| 201 | Deepak, Kumar D | IND | 0 | |
| 202 | Deepanshu, Yadav | IND | 0 | |
| 203 | Devadi, Tejwal Rao | IND | 0 | |
| 204 | Dharam, Raj Thadiyappan | IND | 0 | |
| 205 | Dhivyansh, Sai Badri | IND | 0 | |
| 206 | Druv, S Pillai | IND | 0 | |
| 207 | Dweepika, T | IND | 0 | |
| 208 | Easanth, T | IND | 0 | |
| 209 | Ekshit, Biswas | IND | 0 | |
| 210 | Ekshita, Biswas | IND | 0 | |
| 211 | Erothu, Amith Kumar | IND | 0 | |
| 212 | Eshaan, S | IND | 0 | |
| 213 | Eshani, Srinivas K | IND | 0 | |
| 214 | Ganesh, K | IND | 0 | |
| 215 | Ganesh, R | IND | 0 | |
| 216 | Gaurav, M | IND | 0 | |
| 217 | Gautami, S | IND | 0 | |
| 218 | Gorakala, Maneesh | IND | 0 | |
| 219 | Gorakala, Yukthi | IND | 0 | |
| 220 | Gujja, Ashrith | IND | 0 | |
| 221 | Guna, Sagar E | IND | 0 | |
| 222 | Gurumurthy, A | IND | 0 | |
| 223 | Hardik, Chakravarty | IND | 0 | |
| 224 | Harsith, K | IND | 0 | |
| 225 | Hem, Shankar D | IND | 0 | |
| 226 | Hemanshi, K | IND | 0 | |
| 227 | Inaya, Kulla | IND | 0 | |
| 228 | Irfan, Hamid | IND | 0 | |
| 229 | Jashith, B | IND | 0 | |
| 230 | Jathin, P | IND | 0 | |
| 231 | Jayaditya, R | IND | 0 | |
| 232 | Jayden, Immanuel Gomez | IND | 0 | |
| 233 | Jeet, Ganguly | IND | 0 | |
| 234 | Jyosith, S | IND | 0 | |
| 235 | Kallepalli, Aravind | IND | 0 | |
| 236 | Kalpana, K | IND | 0 | |
| 237 | Karan, S | IND | 0 | |
| 238 | Kartik, Raja R | IND | 0 | |
| 239 | Kartikeya, S | IND | 0 | |
| 240 | Kaushik, N | IND | 0 | |
| 241 | Kavya, B | IND | 0 | |
| 242 | Kavyansh, Chakraborty | IND | 0 | |
| 243 | Keerthana, J | IND | 0 | |
| 244 | Khansha, K | IND | 0 | |
| 245 | Khushboo, Verma | IND | 0 | |
| 246 | Kiranya, R | IND | 0 | |
| 247 | Koda, Shanvi Sri | IND | 0 | |
| 248 | Krishnapriya, B Rajesh | IND | 0 | |
| 249 | Kruti, T | IND | 0 | |
| 250 | Kumari, Y | IND | 0 | |
| 251 | Kushal, B | IND | 0 | |
| 252 | Kushank, Sai P | IND | 0 | |
| 253 | Laasya, P | IND | 0 | |
| 254 | Lakshit, Bara | IND | 0 | |
| 255 | Lakshitaa, K | IND | 0 | |
| 256 | Lalitya, D | IND | 0 | |
| 257 | Likhit, V | IND | 0 | |
| 258 | Lochana, K | IND | 0 | |
| 259 | Lohitaksha, | IND | 0 | |
| 260 | Loshith, T | IND | 0 | |
| 261 | M, Lavish | IND | 0 | |
| 262 | M, Ritwik | IND | 0 | |
| 263 | Mahalakshmi, M A | IND | 0 | |
| 264 | Mahesh, Kumar D | IND | 0 | |
| 265 | Manan, Banerjee | IND | 0 | |
| 266 | Manas, T | IND | 0 | |
| 267 | Mitansh, Roy | IND | 0 | |
| 268 | Mohammed, Nehan A P | IND | 0 | |
| 269 | Mohit, P | IND | 0 | |
| 270 | Mounica, T | IND | 0 | |
| 271 | Nadiya, P | IND | 0 | |
| 272 | Navya, B | IND | 0 | |
| 273 | Neehara, Krishnan | IND | 0 | |
| 274 | Neharika, D | IND | 0 | |
| 275 | Nelavani, D | IND | 0 | |
| 276 | Nihanth, T | IND | 0 | |
| 277 | Palina, Sudeeksha | IND | 0 | |
| 278 | Parnita, | IND | 0 | |
| 279 | Pavan, Kumar | IND | 0 | |
| 280 | Pranai, R | IND | 0 | |
| 281 | Prashanti, V | IND | 0 | |
| 282 | Pravalikha, T | IND | 0 | |
| 283 | Pravina, B | IND | 0 | |
| 284 | Prem, Kumari B | IND | 0 | |
| 285 | Pulindram, Vivaan Kumar | IND | 0 | |
| 286 | Rachel, Mary | IND | 0 | |
| 287 | Rahul, K | IND | 0 | |
| 288 | Rajalakshmimohan, | IND | 0 | |
| 289 | Rakshit, U | IND | 0 | |
| 290 | Rama, Rao T | IND | 0 | |
| 291 | Rashika, N | IND | 0 | |
| 292 | Rayaan, U | IND | 0 | |
| 293 | Reethika, B | IND | 0 | |
| 294 | Repaka, Aaradhya Reddy | IND | 0 | |
| 295 | Rishik, Reddy | IND | 0 | |
| 296 | Rishon, Jeson | IND | 0 | |
| 297 | Ritu, N | IND | 0 | |
| 298 | Rohit, P | IND | 0 | |
| 299 | Roshan, P | IND | 0 | |
| 300 | Roshni, Narayan | IND | 0 | |
| 301 | Rudrani, S | IND | 0 | |
| 302 | Rukmanga, Dhara G | IND | 0 | |
| 303 | S, Vidhya | IND | 0 | |
| 304 | Saaharsh, D | IND | 0 | |
| 305 | Sai, Kiran B | IND | 0 | |
| 306 | Sai, Kumar B | IND | 0 | |
| 307 | Sai, Kumar S | IND | 0 | |
| 308 | Sakthish, S | IND | 0 | |
| 309 | Sanjay, P | IND | 0 | |
| 310 | Sarisha, S | IND | 0 | |
| 311 | Saswathan, V | IND | 0 | |
| 312 | Seelam, Sai Pawan | IND | 0 | |
| 313 | Selva, Manasa S | IND | 0 | |
| 314 | Shahana, S | IND | 0 | |
| 315 | Shaisa, Raj K | IND | 0 | |
| 316 | Shanaya, Singh | IND | 0 | |
| 317 | Shiva, Kumar M | IND | 0 | |
| 318 | Shreenika, N | IND | 0 | |
| 319 | Shreyash, V | IND | 0 | |
| 320 | Shruti, R | IND | 0 | |
| 321 | Siddarth, B | IND | 0 | |
| 322 | Siddharth, Jaiswal P | IND | 0 | |
| 323 | Sonam, Mahesh T | IND | 0 | |
| 324 | Srinesh, S | IND | 0 | |
| 325 | Sriya, Raj | IND | 0 | |
| 326 | Sudarsan, M P | IND | 0 | |
| 327 | Sundara, Mahalingam I | IND | 0 | |
| 328 | Sushant, P | IND | 0 | |
| 329 | Tarunesh, N | IND | 0 | |
| 330 | Tejass, R | IND | 0 | |
| 331 | Tejeswari, K | IND | 0 | |
| 332 | Teshva, S | IND | 0 | |
| 333 | Tharun, Aadhithiya T A | IND | 0 | |
| 334 | Tribarno, Bhowmick | IND | 0 | |
| 335 | Umesh, S | IND | 0 | |
| 336 | Usha, S | IND | 0 | |
| 337 | Utkarsha, B | IND | 0 | |
| 338 | Vanshika, Rao T | IND | 0 | |
| 339 | Varanya, S | IND | 0 | |
| 340 | Vavilipalli, Bhalwanth | IND | 0 | |
| 341 | Veer, Narayan T | IND | 0 | |
| 342 | Venkatesh, K | IND | 0 | |
| 343 | Vigneshwar, D | IND | 0 | |
| 344 | Vijayesh, V M | IND | 0 | |
| 345 | Vikram, Vinayak | USA | 0 | |
| 346 | Vinay, S | IND | 0 | |
| 347 | Vishva, V S | IND | 0 | |
| 348 | Vishwa, Adhitya M | IND | 0 | |
| 349 | Vivek, S | IND | 0 | |
| 350 | Yashaank, Hazra | IND | 0 | |
| 351 | Yashwanth, P | IND | 0 |

