The 33rd Indian Team Chess Championship will take place on 20th-26th February at the Kotla Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium in Yousufguda, Hyderabad.
The tournament is organized by the Andhra Pradesh Chess Association (APCA) together with the Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh (SAAP).
Each team consists of four players, one reserve player and one manager. The seeding of the teams will be done on the basis of the average rating of the top 4 players.
The tournament will be a 9-round Swiss Open with a time control of 90 minutes for the whole game with 30 seconds increment from the first move.
The clearly favorite team is the “PSPB”, which counts with 5 out of 8 GMs that participate in the whole event. These five players are also the best rated players of the tournament: Abhijeet Gupta, B Adhiban, S.P. Sethuraman, M.R. Lalith Babu and Deep Sengupta.
GM Abhijeet Gupta
Participants:
| 1. P S P B (RtgAvg:2567 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2612 | IND |
| 2 | GM | Adhiban B. | 2547 | IND |
| 3 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | 2538 | IND |
| 4 | GM | Lalith Babu M.R. | 2559 | IND |
| 5 | GM | Sengupta Deep | 2549 | IND |
| 2. Indian Railways – A (RtgAvg:2471 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | IM | Swapnil S. Dhopade | 2487 | IND |
| 2 | IM | Das Arghyadip | 2480 | IND |
| 3 | GM | Laxman R.R. | 2443 | IND |
| 4 | IM | Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi | 2472 | IND |
| 5 | IM | Palit Somak | 2442 | IND |
| 3. Airports Authority of India (RtgAvg:2428 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | IM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | 2483 | IND |
| 2 | IM | Stany G.A. | 2456 | IND |
| 3 | IM | Swayams Mishra | 2410 | IND |
| 4 | IM | Rajesh V A V | 2364 | IND |
| 5 | IM | Nitin S. | 2355 | IND |
| 4. Indian Railways – B (RtgAvg:2412 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | IM | Thejkumar M. S. | 2407 | IND |
| 2 | IM | Himanshu Sharma | 2397 | IND |
| 3 | IM | Akshat Khamparia | 2383 | IND |
| 4 | IM | Rathnakaran K. | 2426 | IND |
| 5 | IM | Saptarshi Roy | 2418 | IND |
| 5. Air India (RtgAvg:2368 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | IM | Satyapragyan Swayangsu | 2472 | IND |
| 2 | GM | Bakre Tejas | 2492 | IND |
| 3 | IM | Gokhale Chandrashekhar | 2264 | IND |
| 4 | IM | Shetty Rahul | 2245 | IND |
| 5 | Joshi G B | 2172 | IND | |
| 6. LIC of India (RtgAvg:2339 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | IM | Deshmukh Anup | 2231 | IND |
| 2 | GM | Sriram Jha | 2426 | IND |
| 3 | IM | Lahiri Atanu | 2319 | IND |
| 4 | IM | Sharma Dinesh K. | 2378 | IND |
| 5 | Gajendra Singh | 2018 | IND | |
| 7. Tamilnadu A (RtgAvg:2272 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Lakshmi Narayanan Mv | 2153 | IND | |
| 2 | Navin Kanna T.U. | 2362 | IND | |
| 3 | Vignesh Nr | 2236 | IND | |
| 4 | Kumaran B | 2239 | IND | |
| 5 | Visakh Nr | 2250 | IND | |
| 8. Maharashtra Chess Association (RtgAvg:2216 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Sagar Shah | 2371 | IND | |
| 2 | Dahale Atul | 2109 | IND | |
| 3 | Snehal Bhosale | 2081 | IND | |
| 4 | Phadke Sohan | 2187 | IND | |
| 5 | Bartakke Amardeep S. | 2196 | IND | |
| 9. Tamilnadu – B (RtgAvg:2211 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | FM | Vinoth Kumar M. | 2182 | IND |
| 2 | Pradeep Kumar R.A. | 2253 | IND | |
| 3 | Ram S. Krishnan | 2291 | IND | |
| 4 | Shashaank D.S. | 2118 | IND | |
| 10. Indian Bank (RtgAvg:2155 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | IM | Babu N Sudhakar | 2233 | IND |
| 2 | IM | Prakash G B | 2267 | IND |
| 3 | FM | Shantharam K.V. | 2100 | IND |
| 4 | Gopalakrishnan K. | 2019 | IND | |
| 11. Tamilnadu – C (RtgAvg:2133 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | FM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2331 | IND |
| 2 | Uma Maheswaran P | 1971 | IND | |
| 3 | Manigandan S S | 2063 | IND | |
| 4 | Dusthageer Ibrahim M. | 2167 | IND | |
| 12. Maestro Chess Academy (RtgAvg:2121 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | FM | Singh Rishpal S | 2168 | IND |
| 2 | FM | Ramu K. | 2200 | IND |
| 3 | Amitpal Singh | 2195 | IND | |
| 4 | Rajashekar B | 1817 | IND | |
| 5 | S Chiman Prakash Reddy | 1920 | IND | |
| 13. West Bengal (RtgAvg:2118 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Nath Rupankar | 2089 | IND | |
| 2 | Santu Mondal | 2142 | IND | |
| 3 | Bhattacharya Niladri Shekhar | 2119 | IND | |
| 4 | Debasish Mukherjee | 2123 | IND | |
| 5 | Majumdar Shankar | 2048 | IND | |
| 14. Karnataka Silicos (RtgAvg:2108 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | CM | Arjun Bharat | 2294 | IND |
| 2 | Prachura P.P. | 2103 | IND | |
| 3 | Santoshkashyap Hg | 2044 | IND | |
| 4 | Kulkarni Vinayak | 1990 | IND | |
| 5 | Bharat Vijay | 1970 | IND | |
| 15. All India Reserve Bank (RtgAvg:2086 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Sukhpal Singh | 2087 | IND | |
| 2 | Sanjiv Kumar | 2006 | IND | |
| 3 | Sthalekar V.G. | 2116 | IND | |
| 4 | Andurkar Deepak A | 2134 | IND | |
| 5 | Shanmugam T | 0 | IND | |
| 16. Kerala State Team (RtgAvg:2079 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Anilkumar O.T. | 2155 | IND | |
| 2 | Harikrishna. S. R. | 2051 | IND | |
| 3 | Viswanathan V N | 2155 | IND | |
| 4 | Joy Antony | 1898 | IND | |
| 5 | Arjun K. | 1954 | IND | |
| 17. The Empty (RtgAvg:2077 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Chakravarthi Reddy M | 2049 | IND | |
| 2 | Ravi Teja S. | 2265 | IND | |
| 3 | Anusha N L V | 1933 | IND | |
| 4 | Varun V | 2062 | IND | |
| 5 | Saketh P | 1806 | IND | |
| 18. Hamara Chess Academy (RtgAvg:2031 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Yohan J. | 2088 | IND | |
| 2 | Sreejith G.S. | 2058 | IND | |
| 3 | Sanjid Latheef | 1962 | IND | |
| 4 | Athish K | 1892 | IND | |
| 5 | Arjun Satheesh | 2015 | IND | |
| 19. Andhra Pradesh – A (RtgAvg:2030 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Harsha Bharathakoti | 2102 | IND | |
| 2 | Grahesh Y | 1982 | IND | |
| 3 | Venkata Krishna Karthik K | 1980 | IND | |
| 4 | Kalyan Kumar Y. | 2056 | IND | |
| 5 | Anand Naik B | 1921 | IND | |
| 20. Goa State Chess Assoiation (RtgAvg:2011 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Ritviz Parab | 2101 | IND | |
| 2 | Niraj Saripalli | 2041 | IND | |
| 3 | Rohan Ahuja | 2009 | IND | |
| 4 | Anirudh V.Bhat | 1891 | IND | |
| 5 | Nandhini Saripalli | 1762 | IND | |
| 21. Cyber Chess Academy (RtgAvg:1968 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Deepak Katiyar | 2242 | IND | |
| 2 | Karthik V. Ap | 2084 | IND | |
| 3 | Surya Narayana.M | 1951 | IND | |
| 4 | Raja Rithvik R | 1595 | IND | |
| 5 | Shobat | 0 | IND | |
| 22. Madhya Pradesh (RtgAvg:1919 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Joshi Manish | 2113 | IND | |
| 2 | Niklesh Kumar Jain | 1923 | IND | |
| 3 | Gajwa Ankit | 2090 | IND | |
| 4 | Anshuman Singh | 1550 | IND | |
| 23. Bihar Chess Team (RtgAvg:1897 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Ranjan Rakesh | 1943 | IND | |
| 2 | Singh P K | 2085 | IND | |
| 3 | Vikee Vishal | 1958 | IND | |
| 4 | Rajesh Ranjan | 1601 | IND | |
| 24. Services Sports Control Board (RtgAvg:1853 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Ramani K.V. | 1918 | IND | |
| 2 | Srikanth K. | 2010 | IND | |
| 3 | Rajendra J. | 0 | IND | |
| 4 | Dhanunjaya Rao L. | 1768 | IND | |
| 5 | Kuldeep Sharma | 1717 | IND | |
| 25. Raghav’s Foundation (RtgAvg:1852 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Sai Agni Jeevitesh J | 1932 | IND | |
| 2 | Khan S | 1896 | IND | |
| 3 | Raghav Srivathsav V | 1773 | IND | |
| 4 | Kandi Ravi | 1806 | IND | |
| 26. Hyderabad 5 (RtgAvg:1844 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Ramanujacharyulu N C | 0 | IND | |
| 2 | Prasad J R C | 1954 | IND | |
| 3 | Raju M.Y. | 2027 | IND | |
| 4 | Diwakar V U | 1742 | IND | |
| 5 | Shaik Sydulu | 1653 | IND | |
| 27. Buddhibal Kreeda Trust (RtgAvg:1843 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Dixit Nikhil | 1912 | IND | |
| 2 | Godbole Atharva | 1911 | IND | |
| 3 | Shenvi Mohit | 1893 | IND | |
| 4 | Dange Soham | 1656 | IND | |
| 28. Andhra Bank (RtgAvg:1842 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Matta Vinay Kumar | 2195 | IND | |
| 2 | FM | Ramakrishna J. | 2246 | IND |
| 3 | Subrahmanyam K V | 0 | IND | |
| 4 | Ramanamurthy B V | 0 | IND | |
| 5 | Kamalakar P. | 1928 | IND | |
| 29. Hyderabad Strikers (RtgAvg:1759 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Srikar Yerrabati | 1593 | IND | |
| 2 | Ramana Kumar T | 0 | IND | |
| 3 | Kvijaya Kanth | 2023 | IND | |
| 4 | Chetan Sharma | 1805 | IND | |
| 5 | Durga Prasad K | 1614 | IND | |
| 30. White Squares (RtgAvg:1746 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Sai Krishna S. | 2070 | IND | |
| 2 | Kranti Kumar P. | 1917 | IND | |
| 3 | Vishwanath Prasad | 1998 | IND | |
| 4 | Bharat Kumar Reddy P. | 0 | IND | |
| 5 | Varshitha Reddy | 0 | IND | |
| 31. VIVA GOA (RtgAvg:1690 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Snehil Shetty | 1581 | IND | |
| 2 | Shane Alvarin Braganza | 1673 | IND | |
| 3 | Barath M | 1817 | IND | |
| 4 | Anant Prabhudesai | 1690 | IND | |
| 32. Punjab (RtgAvg:1680 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Karan Kapoor | 0 | IND | |
| 2 | Pardeep Arora | 1995 | IND | |
| 3 | Himanshu Bhasin | 1911 | IND | |
| 4 | Manoj Kumar | 0 | IND | |
| 5 | Akshay Anand | 1815 | IND | |
| 33. BSNL (RtgAvg:1558 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Pandit Prem | 1450 | IND | |
| 2 | Raj Kumar Chauhan | 2042 | IND | |
| 3 | Sharad Ukey | 0 | IND | |
| 4 | Sudhakar Prem Dutt | 1740 | IND | |
| 34. White Lotus Team (RtgAvg:1530 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Srinivas G | 1735 | IND | |
| 2 | M Tulasi Ram Kumar | 1694 | IND | |
| 3 | Cheela Naga Sampath | 1692 | IND | |
| 4 | Sanjay Kumar Bharade | 0 | IND | |
| 5 | Raunak K | 0 | IND | |
| 35. Warangal AP (RtgAvg:1438 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Mahendar B | 1362 | IND | |
| 2 | Goguloth Malsur | 1421 | IND | |
| 3 | Ajmeera Manohar | 1633 | IND | |
| 4 | Tejavath Naresh | 1336 | IND | |
| 5 | Mogili B | 0 | IND | |
| 36. Andhra Pradesh – B (RtgAvg:1399 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Shri Sai Pranav Thalla | 1443 | IND | |
| 2 | Abhiram V | 1678 | IND | |
| 3 | Vempati Shriram | 1476 | IND | |
| 4 | Rohil Kumar Kotla | 0 | IND | |
| 5 | Sama Nishok | 0 | IND | |
| 37. Himachal Pradesh (RtgAvg:1396 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Surender Pal | 1422 | IND | |
| 2 | Rakesh Kumar Rajnish | 0 | IND | |
| 3 | Kishan Chand | 1561 | IND | |
| 4 | Vipan Kumar | 1601 | IND | |
| 5 | Dalip Singh | 0 | IND | |
| 38. V R-ONE (RtgAvg:1367 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Rohith Svs | 1538 | IND | |
| 2 | Raja Srinivas T | 1466 | IND | |
| 3 | Vibhav Gadwal | 1357 | IND | |
| 4 | Vilok V Gadwal | 1105 | IND | |
| 39. Gujarat Chess Association (RtgAvg:1309 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Patel Nishrut R | 1710 | IND | |
| 2 | Mishra Rahul | 1524 | IND | |
| 3 | Shah Anuj | 0 | IND | |
| 4 | Shah Dhaval | 0 | IND | |
| 5 | Bardoliwala Nirmal | 0 | IND | |
| 40. Shakti Chess Academy (RtgAvg:1308 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Manu David Suthandram R | 1481 | IND | |
| 2 | Arjun B | 1506 | IND | |
| 3 | Darshana Balakrishnan | 1244 | IND | |
| 4 | Neha Srinibash D | 0 | IND | |
| 41. Global Chess Academy Juniors (RtgAvg:1229 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Akshit Kumar J | 1549 | IND | |
| 2 | Sai Anvith V | 1242 | IND | |
| 3 | Jagarapu Trilodhar | 1123 | IND | |
| 4 | Karthikeya L | 0 | IND | |
| 42. AP Govt Irrigation Dept (RtgAvg:1217 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Gyaneshwar B K | 0 | IND | |
| 2 | Katlamudi Prasad | 1216 | IND | |
| 3 | Durjati Kumar T | 0 | IND | |
| 4 | Naga Shashank D | 1651 | IND | |
| 43. Secunderabad Kharkana (RtgAvg:1000 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Nikhil Kumar Kotla | 0 | IND | |
| 2 | Nehal Nayani | 0 | IND | |
| 3 | Sai Sidhartha G | 0 | IND | |
| 4 | Manaswini N | 0 | IND | |
| 5 | Poojitha N | 0 | IND | |
