Overview

• Velammal MHS School won all eight of its matches on August 7 in Alexandria, Virginia, to claim the gold medal at the 2025 World Schools Team Championship.
• International Master Ilamparthi A was the star performer with seven wins and one draw, taking board one duties from the fourth round onward.
• The Chennai lineup also featured WFM Keerti Shree Reddy, IM Aswath S, FM Daakshin Arun and FM Pranav KP across boards two through five.
• Kazakhstan’s National School of Physics and Mathematics secured silver on tiebreaks over the USA’s The Harker School after both teams finished with equal match points.
• The championship win underscores the impact of Tamil Nadu’s ‘7 to 17 programme’, which has produced numerous grandmasters and global youth champions.