Daaevik Wadhawan perfect at Chinmaya Vidyalaya Delhi NCR Rating Schools 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 19/11/2025

Top seed IM Daaevik Wadhawan scored a perfect 9/9 to win Chinmaya Vidyalaya Delhi NCR Rating Schools 2025. Daaevik finished a whopping 1.5 points ahead of the competition. Vatsal Singla, Daksh Goyal, Aarav Kapoor and Atharv Vohra scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed second to fifth respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund was ₹500000. The top three prizes were ₹50000 + trophy, ₹35000 and ₹25000 each. The five-day nine round Rating tournament was organized by and at Chinmaya Vidyalaya in Delhi from 1st and 5th November 2025. This is Daaevik's third overall, first rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi

Daaevik's third overall, first rating tournament triumph of the year

IM Daaevik Wadhawan made a perfect start by winning eight games in-a-row. He was the sole leader going into the last round. Vairaj Sogerwal and Madhavansh Mittal were the only two players trailing him by a full point at 7/8 each. Madhavansh lost to Daaevik and the latter became champion. Vivaan Chawla lost to Vatsal Singla who secured second place. Daksh Goyal defeated Vairaj to finish third. Only school students of Delhi and NCR (North Capital Region) were eligible to participate in this tournament.

Champion - IM Daaevik Wadhawan 9/9 | Photo: Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi

Second Runner-up - Daksh Goyal 7.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Daaevik Wadhwan scored 100% 9/9, finished 1.5 point ahead of the rest and gained 6.4 Elo rating points

A total of 328 players including an IM took part from various parts of the Delhi and NCR, and one from New Zealand. The five-day nine round Rating tournament was organized by and at Chinmaya Vidyalaya in Delhi from 1st and 5th November 2025. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	1	FM	Daaevik Wadhawan		IND	2403	DL	9	58	62	62	9
2	3		Vatsal Singla		IND	1925	DL	7,5	52	57	44,75	7
3	2		Daksh Goyal		IND	2079	DL	7,5	49	52,5	42,75	7
4	22		Aarav Kapoor		IND	1618	DL	7,5	48,5	51,5	39	7
5	10		Atharv Vohra		IND	1727	DL	7,5	47,5	51,5	40,25	7
6	5		Vairaj Sogerwal		IND	1830	HR	7	53	58	43,75	6
7	4		Madhavansh Mittal		IND	1841	PB	7	52	57	41,75	6
8	6		Samarth Jain		IND	1826	DL	7	52	56	40,5	6
9	9		Aarav Arora		IND	1735	DL	7	50	54	41,25	6
10	259		Prithak Sharma		IND	0	DL	7	46	49,5	35,5	7
11	14		Anvit Srivastava		IND	1653	TG	7	45	48	35,5	6
12	25		Ansh Patel		IND	1584	DL	7	41	44	33,5	6
13	7		Ansh Kabra		IND	1808	UP	6,5	53	57	37,75	6
14	29		Adhiraaj Sejwal		IND	1571	DL	6,5	50	55	39,25	4
15	8		Naitik Sethi		IND	1754	DL	6,5	50	53,5	35,75	6
16	12	AFM	Rudra Shakti Madan		IND	1663	HR	6,5	49,5	53,5	36	5
17	13	AFM	Prakhar Singh Gosain		IND	1659	DL	6,5	49,5	50	32,25	6
18	16		Saransh Dabas		IND	1649	DL	6,5	49	53,5	36,25	5
19	18		Himanshu Garg		IND	1636	DL	6,5	48	51	36	6
20	108		Yaduvansh		IND	1405	DL	6,5	47	51	35,25	5
21	17		Purvaansh Badwal		IND	1647	DL	6,5	47	50,5	33,5	5
22	95		Singh Aadyant		IND	1430	UP	6,5	47	49	33,5	5
23	32		Aarush Payla		IND	1561	HR	6,5	45	49	33	6
24	38		Aditi Mukherjee	w	IND	1535	DL	6,5	45	49	33	5
25	11	AFM	Vivaan Chawla		IND	1669	DL	6,5	44,5	48	33	6
26	23		Atharv Singh		IND	1606	HR	6,5	44	48	32,5	6
27	20		Tanishka Ramasubramanian	w	IND	1630	HR	6,5	43,5	47,5	33,25	4
28	51		Pranat Aggarwal		IND	1504	DL	6,5	43	45,5	30,25	6
29	98		Suryaansh Bansal		IND	1425	DL	6,5	42	45	30,75	6
30	53		Rituraj Chaudhary		IND	1500	UP	6,5	42	45	28,75	6