The 23rd RCC International Fide Rated Classical Cup will take place from September 25 to September 30 in Mangalore, India. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from India, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
More than 250 players will participate in the tournament, and the top-rated among them are IM Imran Md (2476), Nithin Babu (2297), IM Krishnan B T Murali (2080), Gaurav Bakliwal (2018), Arushi Severin Helen D Silva (2016), Sidharth Mohan (1999), AIM Christy George (1976), FM O.T. Anilkumar (1968), Darsh Shetty (1944), WCM Sree S Shanmathi (1922), CM N. Jyothilal (1912), S. Kumar (1911), AIM Pankaj Bhat (1890), S. Raju (1881), AFM Raveesh Kote (1866), Kanishka S (1866), S. Adhithya (1842), K. Rahul (1807), Ram M Dhanush (1806), AFM Tushar Agarwalla (1805). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Rapid / Blitz
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23rd RCC International Fide Rated Classical Cup Participants
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | IM | Md, Imran | IND | 2476 |
| 2 | Nithin, Babu | IND | 2297 | |
| 3 | IM | Murali, Krishnan B T | IND | 2080 |
| 4 | Bakliwal, Gaurav | IND | 2018 | |
| 5 | Arushi Severin Helen D Silva, | IND | 2016 | |
| 6 | Sidharth, Mohan | IND | 1999 | |
| 7 | AIM | Christy George, | IND | 1976 |
| 8 | FM | Anilkumar, O.T. | IND | 1968 |
| 9 | Darsh Shetty, | IND | 1944 | |
| 10 | WCM | Shanmathi, Sree S | IND | 1922 |
| 11 | CM | Jyothilal, N. | IND | 1912 |
| 12 | Kumar, S. | IND | 1911 | |
| 13 | AIM | Pankaj Bhat, | IND | 1890 |
| 14 | Raju, S | IND | 1881 | |
| 15 | AFM | Raveesh Kote, | IND | 1866 |
| 16 | Kanishka S, | IND | 1866 | |
| 17 | Adhithya, S | IND | 1842 | |
| 18 | Rahul, K | IND | 1807 | |
| 19 | Dhanush, Ram M | IND | 1806 | |
| 20 | AFM | Tushar, Agarwalla | IND | 1805 |
| 21 | Louis Kumpala, | IND | 1801 | |
| 22 | Jagadeesh, A.K. | IND | 1800 | |
| 23 | Joshua Mark Telles, | IND | 1793 | |
| 24 | Rudra Rajeev, | IND | 1770 | |
| 25 | Vihaan, Shetty | IND | 1768 | |
| 26 | Partha, Sarathi Satpathy | IND | 1767 | |
| 27 | AIM | Aarush Bhat, | IND | 1760 |
| 28 | WFM | Rajasurya, J. | IND | 1758 |
| 29 | Abhinav M B, | IND | 1755 | |
| 30 | Nishanth, Dsouza | IND | 1753 | |
| 31 | Sai, Kiran G V | IND | 1753 | |
| 32 | Mathan, G | IND | 1750 | |
| 33 | Anshul Panicker, | IND | 1745 | |
| 34 | ACM | Yug, Tarun Khiani | IND | 1737 |
| 35 | Inban, R | IND | 1734 | |
| 36 | Darsha, Bhat | IND | 1729 | |
| 37 | Ravada, Karthikesava | IND | 1726 | |
| 38 | Sharath, E. | IND | 1726 | |
| 39 | Pratheek, | IND | 1719 | |
| 40 | Aadhya, A Shetty | IND | 1717 | |
| 41 | Hermon, Dain Saldanha | IND | 1715 | |
| 42 | Leah, R Joseph | IND | 1715 | |
| 43 | Athira A J, | IND | 1712 | |
| 44 | Harshil Mishra, | IND | 1710 | |
| 45 | AIM | Abishek, E | IND | 1707 |
| 46 | AFM | Achinthya, Bhat | IND | 1705 |
| 47 | Aarya, Satish Chikodi | IND | 1704 | |
| 48 | Angada H P, | IND | 1699 | |
| 49 | Rithesh, K | IND | 1699 | |
| 50 | Niraj, Giridhar Desai | IND | 1695 | |
| 51 | Dinesh, Kumar H | IND | 1694 | |
| 52 | AIM | Shibantak Saha, | IND | 1693 |
| 53 | Nakshatra Gumudavelly, | IND | 1692 | |
| 54 | Tilekar Mansi, | IND | 1688 | |
| 55 | Naik, Amit | IND | 1683 | |
| 56 | Aravindakshan Su, | IND | 1680 | |
| 57 | Dr, Kanani Parth R | IND | 1680 | |
| 58 | AFM | Aneesh S C, | IND | 1678 |
| 59 | Madhav T, | IND | 1675 | |
| 60 | AIM | Advaith U P, | IND | 1668 |
| 61 | Shradha S Rai, | IND | 1652 | |
| 62 | Bhavesh, Siva Kumar | IND | 1650 | |
| 63 | Vishwas Antony Pinto, | IND | 1649 | |
| 64 | Anant, A V | IND | 1648 | |
| 65 | Khan, Raees Ahmed | IND | 1642 | |
| 66 | Arachchi, C S A | SRI | 1640 | |
| 67 | Govardhana, C | IND | 1638 | |
| 68 | Kashyap Alva, | IND | 1638 | |
| 69 | Praveen Kamath, | IND | 1633 | |
| 70 | Dhanushkka S, | IND | 1629 | |
| 71 | AFM | Harshith, Surianarayanan | IND | 1626 |
| 72 | Ashil A J, | IND | 1621 | |
| 73 | Faizal Salman J F, | IND | 1606 | |
| 74 | Pranshu, Dineshkumar | IND | 1601 | |
| 75 | Saish, Ulhas Fondekar | IND | 1599 | |
| 76 | Saketh, Jijesh | IND | 1594 | |
| 77 | Amogha, V N | IND | 1576 | |
| 78 | Sudhesh, Mayan K | IND | 1576 | |
| 79 | Furmaan C J, | IND | 1573 | |
| 80 | Kaviya, G P | IND | 1573 | |
| 81 | AFM | Samhith Jossy Lobo, | IND | 1560 |
| 82 | AFM | Dhanvi, Ayinaparthi | IND | 1559 |
| 83 | AFM | Pavan, C Rao | IND | 1556 |
| 84 | ACM | Deepak, Pai | IND | 1553 |
| 85 | Jai, Sree Ram | IND | 1551 | |
| 86 | Lincia Jocelyn Dsouza, | IND | 1550 | |
| 87 | Anjana A, | IND | 1546 | |
| 88 | Evan Antonio Telles, | IND | 1546 | |
| 89 | Dharsith, Aadav S | IND | 1543 | |
| 90 | Thirunarayanan Sampath Kumar, | IND | 1543 | |
| 91 | Shraddha S Nayak, | IND | 1542 | |
| 92 | Vishakh, Acharya K | IND | 1541 | |
| 93 | Bhavith, Pradeep Shetty | IND | 1539 | |
| 94 | AFM | Praneeth H S, | IND | 1535 |
| 95 | Manju, Mahesh | IND | 1534 | |
| 96 | Shamith Shetty, | IND | 1533 | |
| 97 | Bakliwal, Sharvee | IND | 1530 | |
| 98 | Sinchan, G Naik | IND | 1527 | |
| 99 | Narayan, Lamani | IND | 1525 | |
| 100 | Vihaan, Sinha | IND | 1525 | |
| 101 | Atharva, V N | IND | 1523 | |
| 102 | Aromal Sasidharan A, | IND | 1522 | |
| 103 | AFM | Aashish Shane Mendes, | IND | 1517 |
| 104 | Sanjith, Bhat | IND | 1516 | |
| 105 | Advik Aditya Swain, | IND | 1515 | |
| 106 | Vishwesh Shenoy, | IND | 1511 | |
| 107 | Evann Raphael Aranha, | IND | 1510 | |
| 108 | Haritha R, | IND | 1507 | |
| 109 | ACM | Ayushi Dinesh, | IND | 1506 |
| 110 | ACM | Charvaka, Piya A B | IND | 1506 |
| 111 | ACM | Hemanth, Reddy | IND | 1503 |
| 112 | Devatheertha P, | IND | 1503 | |
| 113 | AFM | Shourya, Jaiswal | IND | 1502 |
| 114 | ACM | Kailash, Partheeban | IND | 1501 |
| 115 | Rilwin, S Rajesh | IND | 1501 | |
| 116 | Vihaan Aadarsh Lobo, | IND | 1500 | |
| 117 | Viraat, Indresh | IND | 1497 | |
| 118 | Raval Dilipkumar Tribhovandas, | IND | 1493 | |
| 119 | AIM | Jason Lawrence Pinto, | IND | 1492 |
| 120 | Divyshri, Vishalkumar Goswami | IND | 1488 | |
| 121 | Karthik, Bharadwaj M.R. | IND | 1488 | |
| 122 | Pranav Shet, | IND | 1488 | |
| 123 | Saksham Pandey, | IND | 1487 | |
| 124 | Ahan Panicker, | IND | 1485 | |
| 125 | Aman Sai, | IND | 1483 | |
| 126 | Theeraj, Kumar | IND | 1480 | |
| 127 | Rishi, Venkatasubramanian | IND | 1478 | |
| 128 | Thejaswini, A K | IND | 1478 | |
| 129 | Shailesh, Sivakumar | IND | 1477 | |
| 130 | Dev, Nandan P | IND | 1470 | |
| 131 | Mirtyunjya, Kumar | IND | 1467 | |
| 132 | Anson, Mano V | IND | 1465 | |
| 133 | Seona Dipcia Veigas, | IND | 1465 | |
| 134 | Trilaksha, S | IND | 1465 | |
| 135 | ACM | Aadhvika, A | IND | 1461 |
| 136 | Hanishka Mishra, | IND | 1461 | |
| 137 | Niharika K, | IND | 1460 | |
| 138 | Dsouza, Vinel Leon | IND | 1455 | |
| 139 | Sripathi Punchithaya K, | IND | 1453 | |
| 140 | Amrutha, Bhagavatula | IND | 1451 | |
| 141 | Pranvith Nayak, | IND | 1450 | |
| 142 | ACM | Vyakt, Vidhant | IND | 1446 |
| 143 | AFM | Abhinava P, | IND | 1445 |
| 144 | ACM | Nanda, Kishore Manchikanti | IND | 1444 |
| 145 | Divakar S, | IND | 1443 | |
| 146 | Kiyaansh D Gowda, | IND | 1440 | |
| 147 | Kovid, Pandey | IND | 1438 | |
| 148 | Sanio, Silveira | IND | 1437 | |
| 149 | Janmejaya Mohapatra, | IND | 1433 | |
| 150 | Gyan Satish Sheregar, | IND | 1431 | |
| 151 | Vigneshkumar, Pandi | IND | 1431 | |
| 152 | Atharva, Kannaujiya | IND | 1421 | |
| 153 | Uthsav, B P | IND | 1421 | |
| 154 | Suvan S Shenoy, | IND | 1414 | |
| 155 | Dhanush, Maharanth K | IND | 1413 | |
| 156 | Yashas, Gowda B | IND | 1412 | |
| 157 | Supreeth, S Rao | IND | 1411 | |
| 158 | Anvay A Kamath, | IND | 1410 | |
| 159 | Aarush Shannon Mendes, | IND | 1409 | |
| 160 | Ravindra Rao P, | IND | 1405 | |
| 161 | Ved, Singh | IND | 1403 | |
| 162 | AFM | Lalith, Jathin Krishna D | IND | 0 |
| 163 | ACM | Alston Sabastian, | IND | 0 |
| 164 | ACM | Arushi Dinesh, | IND | 0 |
| 165 | ACM | Sainandana Kallaje, | IND | 0 |
| 166 | ACM | Samarth Bhat, | IND | 0 |
| 167 | ACM | Vedant, Dey | IND | 0 |
| 168 | Aadhvik, Shetty | IND | 0 | |
| 169 | Aadruth P, | IND | 0 | |
| 170 | Aakarsh Sohan Mendes, | IND | 0 | |
| 171 | Aaradhya, Dessai | IND | 0 | |
| 172 | Aarav, P A | IND | 0 | |
| 173 | Aarush, Bastine P | IND | 0 | |
| 174 | Achintya Ubrangala, | IND | 0 | |
| 175 | Aditi, A V | IND | 0 | |
| 176 | Advik, R N | IND | 0 | |
| 177 | Amala, S | IND | 0 | |
| 178 | Amogh, | IND | 0 | |
| 179 | Anmol, Rockwill Dsouza | IND | 0 | |
| 180 | Anne, Rachel D | IND | 0 | |
| 181 | Arjun, S | IND | 0 | |
| 182 | Arush Sachin, | IND | 0 | |
| 183 | Ashay, G C | IND | 0 | |
| 184 | Ashwanth, G | IND | 0 | |
| 185 | Ashwin Prabhu Marakada, | IND | 0 | |
| 186 | Avani Bhat, | IND | 0 | |
| 187 | Bhagatchandran, N L | IND | 0 | |
| 188 | Bhaskara, Ramesh | IND | 0 | |
| 189 | Bhavin, Shetty | IND | 0 | |
| 190 | Bhuvi, Avishka K | IND | 0 | |
| 191 | Daksha, Agarwalla | IND | 0 | |
| 192 | Deeksha, Partheeban | IND | 0 | |
| 193 | Deeksha, Parvathi | IND | 0 | |
| 194 | Dhruva, Ayinaparthi | IND | 0 | |
| 195 | Gagandeep, D | IND | 0 | |
| 196 | Ganesh Subramanian, | IND | 0 | |
| 197 | Isaac, Emmanuel S | IND | 0 | |
| 198 | Ishana R Kotian, | IND | 0 | |
| 199 | Janav, Aarush R | IND | 0 | |
| 200 | Janvi Mallya, | IND | 0 | |
| 201 | Janvi, S K | IND | 0 | |
| 202 | Jawahar Lobo, | IND | 0 | |
| 203 | Jeeth nayak, | IND | 0 | |
| 204 | Jithesh, Manchikanti | IND | 0 | |
| 205 | Kalash Pathak, | IND | 0 | |
| 206 | Kavisha, Sivakumar | IND | 0 | |
| 207 | Kiyaara D Gowda, | IND | 0 | |
| 208 | Kiyara Prakash Sheka, | IND | 0 | |
| 209 | Lakshani, R Hirunika | SRI | 0 | |
| 210 | Leorah Gianna Carvalho, | IND | 0 | |
| 211 | Lohith U Poojary, | IND | 0 | |
| 212 | Magizhnan Rajasekaran, | IND | 0 | |
| 213 | Mahati, V Rao | IND | 0 | |
| 214 | Manish, Maddodi | IND | 0 | |
| 215 | Mark Aryan Noronha, | IND | 0 | |
| 216 | Meenakshi P, | IND | 0 | |
| 217 | Mohammed Saeed Arshaq, | IND | 0 | |
| 218 | Niharika Krishna, | IND | 0 | |
| 219 | Nithesh, N | IND | 0 | |
| 220 | Nuresha, Z | IND | 0 | |
| 221 | Omkar Kamath K, | IND | 0 | |
| 222 | Pednekar, Kaushik | IND | 0 | |
| 223 | Pranamya Somayaji, | IND | 0 | |
| 224 | Prasang P Naik, | IND | 0 | |
| 225 | Prashamsa N, | IND | 0 | |
| 226 | Prathishta N, | IND | 0 | |
| 227 | Pruthvij, Vijay Suvarna | IND | 0 | |
| 228 | Rathul, Advaith K | IND | 0 | |
| 229 | Reyansh, Surianarayanan | IND | 0 | |
| 230 | Rideegammana, S M | SRI | 0 | |
| 231 | Ritisha Shreeraj, | IND | 0 | |
| 232 | Saanvi, S | IND | 0 | |
| 233 | Samaranayake, I M | SRI | 0 | |
| 234 | Samartha Mg, | IND | 0 | |
| 235 | Sanchay, K Bhat | IND | 0 | |
| 236 | Sanketh, | IND | 0 | |
| 237 | Sanvi, G | IND | 0 | |
| 238 | Shabin, Hamd M | IND | 0 | |
| 239 | Shikha, C G | IND | 0 | |
| 240 | Shourya, N S | IND | 0 | |
| 241 | Shreyas, M Shivaprasad | IND | 0 | |
| 242 | Shruthika, Satish Sheregar | IND | 0 | |
| 243 | Sivakumar, Sharan | IND | 0 | |
| 244 | Subramanian, T.V. | IND | 0 | |
| 245 | Sumedh, N S | IND | 0 | |
| 246 | Varenya Shenoy, | IND | 0 | |
| 247 | Vedh, D Shetty | IND | 0 | |
| 248 | Vignesh G, | IND | 0 | |
| 249 | Vihaan, | IND | 0 | |
| 250 | Vihaan Hathwar, | IND | 0 | |
| 251 | Vihaan, Pai | IND | 0 | |
| 252 | Vihaan R Kotian, | IND | 0 |
