The 2019 Commonwealth Chess Championship began successfully under the aegis of the Delhi Chess Association. The tournament consists of 94 players with 13 Grandmasters and 11 International Masters.
The multiple times Commonwealth Champion GM Abhijeet Gupta led the tournament with 5.5/6 after six rounds of play. He has dropped only a half point so far, to GM RR Laxman. He has beaten GM Praveen Thipsay, GM Aravindh Chithambaram, and GM Debashis Das.
| Rd. | Bo. | SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | Club/City | Pts. | Res. | |
| 1 | 1 | 48 | WFM | Bommini Mounika Akshaya | 2063 | IND | Andra Pradesh | 3,0 | s 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 30 | WIM | Mahalakshmi M | 2245 | IND | Tamilnadu | 3,5 | w 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 18 | GM | Thipsay Praveen M | 2405 | IND | Maharastra | 3,5 | s 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2598 | IND | Tamilnadu | 4,5 | w 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 15 | GM | Laxman R.R. | 2437 | IND | Tamilnadu | 4,0 | s ½ |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | GM | Debashis Das | 2544 | IND | Orissa | 4,5 | w 1 |
Rank after Round 6
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | IND | 2606 | Delhi | 5,5 | 0,0 | 20,0 | 23,0 |
| 2 | 7 | GM | Erigaisi Arjun | IND | 2526 | Telangana | 5,0 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 22,0 |
| 3 | 4 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | IND | 2571 | Andra Pradesh | 5,0 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 20,5 |
| 4 | 3 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2598 | Tamilnadu | 4,5 | 0,0 | 21,0 | 23,5 |
| 5 | 27 | IM | Saravana Krishnan P. | IND | 2290 | Tamilnadu | 4,5 | 0,0 | 20,0 | 22,5 |
| 6 | 21 | WGM | Kulkarni Bhakti | IND | 2380 | Goa | 4,5 | 0,0 | 20,0 | 22,5 |
| 7 | 2 | GM | Narayanan.S.L | IND | 2603 | Kerala | 4,5 | 0,0 | 19,5 | 22,0 |
| 8 | 10 | GM | Swapnil S. Dhopade | IND | 2488 | Maharastra | 4,5 | 0,0 | 19,5 | 21,5 |
| 9 | 6 | GM | Debashis Das | IND | 2544 | Orissa | 4,5 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 21,5 |
| 10 | 5 | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | IND | 2557 | Tamilnadu | 4,5 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 21,0 |
Final Report :Senior National Arbiter Seminar cum Examination in Mohali on 31st Jan & 1st Feb 2026. 
Final report :SNA Seminar, Bhubneshwar on 17 & 18 January 2026 
FIDE World Youth Chess Championships – 2026 in Montesilvano, Italy from 14th to 27th June, 2026 
21st Asian Continental Chess Championships (Men’s and Women’s) – 2026 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 28th May to 07th June 2026 
Link for live games of 45th National Team Chess Championship 2026 & 23rd National Womens Team Chess Championship 2026