2nd Chess Hub U1800 Classical Tournament
26 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 24 May 2025 to 25 May 2025 in Ampang, Selangor, Malaysia. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1699, and top seed was Daniel Iskandar Noor Akbar (🇲🇾 MAS, 1767).
Ashwiniy Kumaran (🇲🇾 MAS, 1745) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Muhd Ariji Hasan Basri (5.0) and Jun Ye Siew (5.0). Kumaran won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Nur Aira Amani Hissaruddin (1493) beat Danish Hamzah Al-Hadi Noor Akbar (1705), a +212-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsAshwiniy Kumaran led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Ashwiniy Kumaran never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Ashwiniy Kumaran beat Muhd Ariji Hasan Basri (White).
Ashwiniy Kumaran 6 wins (R1–R6)Muhd Ariji Hasan Basri 4 wins (R2–R5)Alif Mikhael Azmir 3 wins (R5–R7)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ashwiniy Kumaran | * | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2Muhd Ariji Hasan Basri | 0 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Alif Mikhael Azmir | 1 | — | * | — |
| 4Jun Ye Siew | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kumaran, Ashwiniy | 1745 | MAS | +7N | +10B | +9N | +5B | +8N | +2B | −4N | 6.0 | 26.5 | 30.5 | 25.50 | 1935 | +56.8 |
| 2 | Hasan Basri, Muhd Ariji | 1647 | MAS | −22N | +16B | +10N | +3B | +18N | −1N | +7B | 5.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 18.50 | 1828 | +22.0 |
| 3 | Siew, Jun Ye | 1631 | MAS | +25B | +12N | −6B | −2N | +15B | +19N | +5N | 5.0 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 15.00 | 1702 | +19.6 |
| 4 | Azmir, Alif Mikhael | 1737 | MAS | =13B | −24N | +23B | =14N | +17B | +22N | +1B | 5.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 15.75 | 1670 | -7.8 |
| 5 | Mohd Azamanizam, Azraa Adeline Azman | 1674 | MAS | +15B | +14N | +8B | −1N | +12B | =7N | −3B | 4.5 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 15.50 | 1708 | +16.4 |
| 6 | Yeoh, Yuan Hao Jovian | 1627 | MAS | +26N | =11B | +3N | −8B | −7N | +18B | +9N | 4.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 13.50 | 1688 | +21.6 |
| 7 | Suze, Zi Nan | 1511 | MAS | −1B | =25N | +16B | +17N | +6B | =5B | −2N | 4.0 | 25.5 | 27.0 | 13.00 | 1647 | +39.6 |
| 8 | Kamaruzaman, Norazwan | 1668 | MAS | +16N | +22B | −5N | +6N | −1B | −9B | +15N | 4.0 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 12.50 | 1556 | -15.6 |
| 9 | Maulana, Dian | 1661 | INA | +19B | +23N | −1B | −12N | +11B | +8N | −6B | 4.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 12.50 | 1640 | -6.0 |
| 10 | Hissaruddin, Nur Aira Amani | 1493 | MAS | +24B | −1N | −2B | +23N | +14B | =12N | =11N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 10.75 | 1685 | +57.6 |
| 11 | Shen, Ree Yang | 1753 | MAS | +17B | =6N | −12B | +13B | −9N | +14N | =10B | 4.0 | 22.5 | 25.0 | 13.25 | 1634 | -19.6 |
| 12 | Noor Akbar, Daniel Iskandar | 1767 | MAS | +21N | −3B | +11N | +9B | −5N | =10B | F | 3.5 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 12.50 | 1684 | -11.4 |
| 13 | Kumanan, Shiv Sarves Manan | 1501 | MAS | =4N | =18B | =24B | −11N | −19B | +21N | +17B | 3.5 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 9.75 | 1701 | +64.0 |
| 14 | R Saravanan Naidu, Krisnavarman | 1562 | MAS | +20N | −5B | =15N | =4B | −10N | −11B | +25N | 3.0 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 8.00 | 1378 | -29.6 |
| 15 | Ramli, Mohd Eizuddin | 1436 | MAS | −5N | +20B | =14B | =24N | −3N | +23B | −8B | 3.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 7.00 | 1395 | -9.2 |
| 16 | Mohd Eizuddin, Muhd Elman | 0 | MAS | −8B | −2N | −7N | +21B | −20N | +25B | +26N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 4.00 | 1399 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Kanesen, Haridas Giri | 1543 | MAS | −11N | +26B | +22N | −7B | −4N | =20B | −13N | 2.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 3.25 | 821 | -64.4 |
| 18 | Abd Seit, Mohd Nurrusydi Izzat | 1575 | MAS | −23B | =13N | +19B | +25N | −2B | −6N | F | 2.5 | 20.0 | 21.5 | 5.75 | 1319 | -37.2 |
| 19 | Abdullah Hidayat, Uwaiz Aamir | 0 | MAS | −9N | =21B | −18N | +26B | +13N | −3B | F | 2.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 4.75 | 1436 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Tengku Muhd Azzazzuddin, Tengku Huffaz Harith | 0 | MAS | −14B | −15N | +26N | −22B | +16B | =17N | F | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 4.25 | 1218 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Amin Latif, Abd Khir | 1554 | MAS | −12B | =19N | −25B | −16N | +26B | −13B | +23N | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 3.25 | 834 | -32.0 |
| 22 | Anwardeen, Afshina | 0 | FID | +2B | −8N | −17B | +20N | F | −4B | F | 2.0 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 7.50 | 1457 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Rajesh Kanna C | 0 | IND | +18N | −9B | −4N | −10B | +25B | −15N | −21B | 2.0 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 4.00 | 1303 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Noor Akbar, Danish Hamzah Al-Hadi | 1705 | MAS | −10N | +4B | =13N | =15B | F | F | F | 2.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 8.25 | 1542 | -16.2 |
| 25 | Mohan, Sharmeesh | 0 | MAS | −3N | =7B | +21N | −18B | −23N | −16N | −14B | 1.5 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 4.50 | 1401 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Mohd Imran, Nur Alisha Qaisara | 0 | MAS | −6B | −17N | −20B | −19N | −21N | F | −16B | 0.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 0.00 | 775 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Kumanan, Shiv Sarves MananMAS+64.03.5 pts · #7
- 2Hissaruddin, Nur Aira AmaniMAS+57.64.0 pts · #9
- 3Kumaran, AshwiniyMAS+56.86.0 pts · #1
- 1Kanesen, Haridas GiriMAS-64.42.5 pts · #24
- 2Abd Seit, Mohd Nurrusydi IzzatMAS-37.22.5 pts · #22
- 3Amin Latif, Abd KhirMAS-32.02.5 pts · #25
- R1+212 Elo gap
- R2+136 Elo gap
- R5+116 Elo gap