Consecutive Medals for Sarbartho Mani and Divi Bijesh

In the 2025 FIDE World Cup Cadets, Sarbartho Mani clinched the Gold medal in Under-10 Open, and this year, he scored 8.5/11 to secure the Silver medal. Divi showed a great performance and scored 9/11 to clinch the Gold. Last year, she won Gold in the Under-10 Girls.

Sarbartho Mani | Photo: Marco Schröder

Under 12 Girls: Divi Bijesh (Gold)

Divi Bijesh suffered a tough loss in the 3rd round of the tournament against Zixin Huang, but she recovered from that defeat in style and scored 5 back-to-back wins, followed by 2 points in the last 3 rounds, helping her win the tournament with a half-point lead.

Under 12 Girls Champion: Divi Bijesh | Photo: Marco Schröder

Focused | Photo: Official Site

Check out her amazing performance

  • 1st place – Divi Bijesh (IND)

  • 2nd place – Yunker Alisa Genrietta (FID)

  • 3rd place – Filippova Milana (KAZ)

Top 3 finishers | Photo: Marco Schröder

Tournament Hall | Photo: Official Site

Final Ranking after 11 Rounds

Rk.

SNo

 

Name

FED

Rtg

Pts.

 TB1 

 TB2 

 TB3 

 TB4 

 TB5 

 TB6 

1

6

WCM

Divi, Bijesh

IND

1942

9

0

72

76,5

61,75

8

1888

2

2

WFM

Yunker, Alisa Genrietta

FID

2056

8,5

0

70

73

54

7

1823

3

7

WCM

Filippova, Milana

KAZ

1942

8,5

0

69

73

53,75

7

1860

4

4

WCM

Sholpanbek, Zhansaya

KAZ

2000

8

0

74

79

55,75

7

1854

5

1

WCM

Sharvaanica, A S

IND

2068

8

0

72

75,5

52

7

1850

Details

Under-10 Open

Under-10 Open category gave India 2 medals as Sarbartho Mani and Sattwik Swain both scored 8.5/11 points to secure 2nd and 3rd place according to tiebreak scores. Ulan Rizat of Kazakhstan secured the 1st place with 9/11 points.

Under-10 Open: Sarbartho Mani (Silver) | Photo: Marco Schröder

Sarbartho in action | Photo: Official Site

Sarbartho lost a tough game in the 9th round but scored crucial victories to secure the medal

Sattwik Swain (Bronze) | Photo: Marco Schröder

Sattwik in action | Photo: Official Site

After losing the 2nd round, Sattwik scored 6 wins in a row, followed by 3 draws to finish the tournament with a Bronze medal

  • 1st place – Ulan Rizat (KAZ)

  • 2nd place – Mani Sarbartho (IND)

  • 3rd place –  Sattwik Swain (IND)

Top 3 finishers | Photo: Marco Schröder

Final Ranking after 11 Rounds

Rk.

SNo

 

Name

FED

Rtg

Pts.

 TB1 

 TB2 

 TB3 

 TB4 

 TB5 

 TB6 

1

6

CM

Ulan, Rizat

KAZ

2050

9

0

74

79

62,5

8

1887

2

1

FM

Mani, Sarbartho

IND

2311

8,5

0

75,5

81,5

61,5

7

1879

3

5

CM

Sattwik, Swain

IND

2054

8,5

0

75

79,5

58,75

7

1855

4

20

CM

Nematillakhonov, Nurmuhammad

UZB

1904

8,5

0

67

72,5

53,5

7

1791

5

40

Lan, Kai Zhou

USA

1830

8,5

0

65,5

69,5

52

8

1859

Details

Under-8 Girls

Saiaastha Singh delivered a brilliant performance to score 8.5/11 points to clinch a Bronze medal in Under-8 Girls. Saiaastha lost only 1 game, and it was against the champion of this group, Yunzin Sun.

Saiaastha Singh (Bronze) | Photo: Marco Schröder

Check out her performance

  • 1st place – Sun Yunjin (CHN)

  • 2nd place – Ye Xinhe (CHN)

  • 3rd place – Saiaastha Singh (IND)

Top 3 finishers | Photo: Marco Schröder

Final Ranking after 11 Rounds

Rk.

SNo

 

Name

FED

Rtg

Pts.

 TB1 

 TB2 

 TB3 

 TB4 

 TB5 

 TB6 

1

87

Sun, Yunjin

CHN

0

9,5

0

73

76,5

65

9

1477

2

92

Ye, Xinhe

CHN

0

8,5

0

77

81,5

61,25

8

1480

3

17

Saiaastha, Singh

IND

1473

8,5

0

72,5

77

56

7

1465

4

18

Shatsila, Miraslava

FID

1458

8

0

76

80,5

55,5

8

1495

5

3

Lin, Irene

USA

1616

8

0

72

77,5

52,5

8

1437

Details

Our Champs!! | Photo: IM Abhishek Kelkar

Winners!! | Photo: IM Abhishek Kelkar

Trophies for the winners | Photo: Official Site

MacBooks and iPads were also given as prizes | Photo: Official Site

Medals | Photo: Official Site

The tournament was organised in Georgia | Photo: Official Site

Important Links

Official Website

Tournament Regulations