Divith Reddy & Prishita Gupta Crowned 2026 National Sub-Junior Champions

CM Divith Reddy Adulla and WIM Prishita Gupta with their beautiful trophies

Detailed Interviews with both Prishita and Divith will be published soon on our news page. Stay tuned!!

Open Section

In the final round of the Open section, Madhvendra Pratap Sharma and Madhesh Kumar S. drew on the top board. On the second board, Divith Reddy Adulla scored an impressive win against Shaunak Badole to reach 9.5/11 points. He had a better tiebreak score than Madhesh, which helped him win the Sub Junior Nationals ahead of Madhesh.

Top 3 finishers (L to R): 3rd Nialdri Banerjee (WB), 1st Divith Reddy Adulla (TEL) and 2nd Madhesh Kumar S (PON)

Champion: 10-year-old Divith Reddy Adulla

Check out Divith's awesome performance, where he scored 5.5 in his last 6 games

Madhesh played tremendous chess throughout the tournament and remained unbeaten to finish in second place

Second Runner-up: Niladri Banerjee

4th Place: FM Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (MP)

5th Place: Shaunak Badole (MAH)

Top 3 finishers in both categories together in a group photo with the AICF and tournament officials

Divith defeated Shaunak Badole in the final round

Watch this exciting game in full with the commentary of IM Sagar Shah.

Madhvendra Pratap Sharma drew against Madhesh Kumar on the top board

In this video, we show you the full closing ceremony and interviews with the top 3 finishers in the Open and Girls categories.

Open Final Round Results

No.		White	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	Club/City
1	FM	Madhvendra Pratap Sharma	2389	Madhya Pradesh	8½	½ - ½	9	FM	Madhesh Kumar S	2327	Puducherry
2	CM	Divith Reddy Adulla	2086	Telangana	8½	1 - 0	8½		Badole Shaunak	2100	Maharashtra
3		Niladri Banerjee	2149	West Bengal	8½	½ - ½	8	CM	Samarth Sreeni Warrier	2213	Gujarat
4	FM	Aarit Kapil	2335	Delhi	8	½ - ½	8	FM	Aadik Theophane Lenin	2354	Kerala
5	FM	Jval Saurin Patel	2421	Gujarat	7½	1 - 0	7½		Mridav M	2128	Tamil Nadu
6	FM	Advik Amit Agrawal	2351	Maharashtra	7½	1 - 0	7½		Rejath Renjith	2085	Kerala
7	FM	Adhiraj Mitra	2318	Jharkhand	7½	½ - ½	7½	AIM	Christy George	2069	Kerala
8	CM	Vivaan Vijay Saraogi	2223	Maharashtra	7½	1 - 0	7½	CM	Sattwik Swain	2058	Odisha
9		Pranav Sai Ram R S	2140	Tamil Nadu	7½	1 - 0	7½	CM	Amartya Saumitra Gupta	2220	Delhi
10		Arush A	2107	Kerala	7½	½ - ½	7½	AFM	Parambrata Sarkar	2192	West Bengal

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Final Standings

Rk.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5	TB6
1	CM	Divith Reddy Adulla	2086	Telangana	9,5	76	81	68,25	9	4
2	FM	Madhesh Kumar S	2327	Puducherry	9,5	75	80,5	68,5	8	3
3		Niladri Banerjee	2149	West Bengal	9	79	84	66,5	7	3
4	FM	Madhvendra Pratap Sharma	2389	Madhya Pradesh	9	75	80,5	64	8	4
5		Badole Shaunak	2100	Maharashtra	8,5	79,5	84	60,5	8	3
6	FM	Advik Amit Agrawal	2351	Maharashtra	8,5	78	84	63,25	7	2
7	FM	Jval Saurin Patel	2421	Gujarat	8,5	77	83	62,5	7	3
8	FM	Aarit Kapil	2335	Delhi	8,5	74,5	80,5	60,25	8	4
9	CM	Krishay Jain	2187	West Bengal	8,5	73	78	57,25	8	4
10		Pranav Sai Ram R S	2140	Tamil Nadu	8,5	72	77	57,5	7	3

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Girls Section

In the Girls section, Prishita Gupta dominated the field. Prishita was leading with a full point going into the final round; a draw was enough for her to win the championship, but she decided to play for a win and scored a dominating win against Saranya Devi Narahari to win her overall 7th National Title. 2 weeks ago, Prishita won the Under -17 Girls National Championship, and now she won U-15, which clearly shows her strength and preparation.

Prishita scored a great win over Saranya in the final round

Champion: Prishita Gupta (DEL)

Prishita started the tournament as a top seed and showed a performance like that with 9 wins and 2 draws

Runner-up: Nivedita VC (TN)

Second runner-up: Maitreyi Mondal (WB)

Top 3 finishers (L to R): 2nd Nivedita VC (TN), 1st Prishita Gupta (DEL), and 3rd Maitreyi Mondal (WB)

4th Place: Mysha Perwez (MAH)

5th Place: WCM Pooja Shree R (TN)

Girls Final Round Result

Bo.		White	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	Club/City
1	WFM	Saranya Devi Narahari	2018	Andhra Pradesh	8	0 - 1	9	FM	Prishita Gupta	2129	Delhi
2	WFM	Nivedita V C	2119	Tamil Nadu	8	1 - 0	8	WCM	Sravyasree Bheemarasetty	2020	Andhra Pradesh
3	WFM	Maitreyi Mondal	2100	West Bengal	8	½ - ½	7½	WCM	Aadhya Jain	2025	Delhi
4	WFM	Shanmathi Sree S	2063	Tamil Nadu	7½	½ - ½	7½	AIM	Tripurambika V	1907	Andhra Pradesh
5	WCM	Sunetra Dey	2021	West Bengal	7½	½ - ½	7½		Aahna Gulati	1852	Haryana
6	WCM	Pooja Shree R	1915	Tamil Nadu	7½	1 - 0	7½	AFM	Gorli Nyna	1996	Andhra Pradesh
7	AFM	Mysha Perwez	1885	Maharashtra	7½	1 - 0	7½	WCM	Siddhi Rao	1978	Karnataka
8	WCM	Nihira Koul	2031	Maharashtra	7	0 - 1	7½	WCM	Pal Vedika	1884	Rajasthan
9	WCM	Aaradhya Das	2005	Tripura	7	½ - ½	7		Ameya A R	1862	Kerala
10	WFM	Archita Agrawal	1990	Uttar Pradesh	7	1 - 0	7	WCM	Aadya Ranganath	1827	Karnataka

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Final Standings

Rk.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5	TB6
1	FM	Prishita Gupta	2129	Delhi	10	75,5	81	73	9	5
2	WFM	Nivedita V C	2119	Tamil Nadu	9	72	77,5	63	8	2
3	WFM	Maitreyi Mondal	2100	West Bengal	8,5	78	83,5	62,75	6	2
4	AFM	Mysha Perwez	1885	Maharashtra	8,5	72,5	77,5	58,25	7	3
5	WCM	Pooja Shree R	1915	Tamil Nadu	8,5	72,5	77,5	57,25	8	3
6	WCM	Pal Vedika	1884	Rajasthan	8,5	64	72,5	53,75	7	3
7	WFM	Shanmathi Sree S	2063	Tamil Nadu	8	77	82,5	57,5	7	4
8	WFM	Archita Agrawal	1990	Uttar Pradesh	8	74	78,5	53	7	2
9	WFM	Saranya Devi Narahari	2018	Andhra Pradesh	8	73,5	79	53,5	7	5
10	WCM	Sunetra Dey	2021	West Bengal	8	73	78,5	53,75	7	3

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Venue: Subham Convention Centre, Hyderabad

A glimpse of the tournament hall | Photo: Akshat Prajapati

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Check out the complete Venue of the National U-15 Open and Girls Chess Championships 2026 taking place in Hyderabad.

Playing Schedule

Round	Date	Time
1	2026/10/12	15:00 Hrs
2	2026/10/13	10:00 Hrs
3	2026/10/13	15:30 Hrs
4	2026/10/14	10:00 Hrs
5	2026/10/15	10:00 Hrs
6	2026/10/15	15:30 Hrs
7	2026/10/16	10:00 Hrs
8	2026/10/17	10:00 Hrs
9	2026/10/18	10:00 Hrs
10	2026/10/19	10:00 Hrs
11	2026/10/20	10:00 Hrs

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Divith Reddy Adulla and Prishita Gupta Crowned 2026 National Sub-Junior Champions

Detailed Interviews with both Prishita and Divith will be published soon on our news page. Stay tuned!!