U2200 Classic July Tournament

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59 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 05 Jul 2025 to 06 Jul 2025 in Dubai, UAE. 3 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1971, and top seed was Allayar Shirliyev (🇹🇲 TKM, CM, 2199).

Isuru Alahakoon (🇱🇰 SRI, FM, 1979) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Shashish Subbiah (5.0) and Marvin Marcos (5.0). Alahakoon broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Aditi Arun (1732) beat Charles H Storey (FM, 2102), a +370-point gap.

Location

🇦🇪Dubai, UAE

Dates

05 Jul 2025 → 06 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: All Moves in 60 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / /

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇹🇲CMAllayar Shirliyev2199

Avg top 10

1,971

Participants

Titled players · 3

FM×2

CM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇮🇳India×35

🇵🇭Philippines×8

🇬🇧England×2

🇪🇬Egypt×2

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×2

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇷🇺Russia×1

🇺🇸United States of America×1

Top 3

🥇
FMIsuru Alahakoon
🇱🇰SRI·1979
6.0pts·2592perf+29.8
🥈
Shashish Subbiah
🇮🇳IND·2029
5.0pts·2011perf+0.8
🥉
Marvin Marcos
🇵🇭PHI·1965
5.0pts·2049perf+13.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

FM Isuru Alahakoon led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Alahakoon6Marcos5Subbiah5Rana4.5Shah4.5Tecirli4.5

R6–R6 · LEAD HELD

FM Isuru Alahakoon never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Isuru Alahakoon beat Marvin Marcos (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Isuru Alahakoon 6 wins (R1–R6)Marvin Marcos 4 wins (R1–R4)Shashish Subbiah 5 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMIsuru Alahakoon	*	1	1	—
2Marvin Marcos	0	*	—	—
3Shashish Subbiah	0	—	*	1
4Vivaan Rana	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Alahakoon, IsuruFM	1979	SRI	+37N	+15B	+7N	+22B	+3N	+2B	6.0	20.5	23.0	23.00	2592	+29.8
2	Shashish Subbiah	2029	IND	+29B	+19N	+11B	+4N	+8B	−1N	5.0	22.0	25.0	19.00	2011	+0.8
3	Marcos, Marvin	1965	PHI	+28B	+39N	+20B	+16N	−1B	+8N	5.0	20.0	22.5	16.50	2049	+13.6
4	Vivaan Rana	1927	IND	+58N	+30B	+35N	−2B	+7N	=6B	4.5	19.0	19.0	11.75	1847	-7.6
5	Aditya Shah	1601	IND	−10B	+34N	+48B	+28N	=35N	+18B	4.5	16.0	17.5	12.25	1703	+10.4
6	Tecirli, Musa	1877	TUR	+59B	+46N	+44B	=17N	=16B	=4N	4.5	15.0	15.0	9.25	2071	+14.2
7	Nambiar, Niranjan Sujith	1529	IND	+52B	+24N	−1B	+21N	−4B	+32N	4.0	19.5	20.5	10.00	1651	+10.8
8	Aditi Arun	1732	IND	+43N	+54B	+9N	+26B	−2N	−3B	4.0	19.0	19.5	9.50	1917	+32.8
9	Storey, Charles HFM	2102	ENG	F	+14N	−8B	+29N	+17B	+10N	4.0	18.5	18.5	14.50	1967	-6.8
10	Cables, Felicisimo (boy)	0	PHI	+5N	−22B	+?B	+14N	+27N	−9B	4.0	18.5	18.5	11.50	1737	0.0
11	Atharva Thampy	1629	IND	+57N	+18B	−2N	−15B	+19B	+21N	4.0	18.5	18.5	10.00	1550	0.0
12	Vir Dhawan	1524	IND	+40B	−16N	−21B	+46N	+36B	+24N	4.0	14.5	16.0	9.50	1117	-3.2
13	Tarek Kabil, Karim	0	EGY	+32B	F	−22N	+25B	+31N	+35B	4.0	14.5	14.5	11.50	1632	0.0
14	Mohammed Fizan Liyagathali	1505	IND	+50N	−9B	+54N	−10B	+43N	+23B	4.0	14.0	14.5	6.50	1096	-3.2
15	Rakshit Raghavendra	1494	IND	+38B	−1N	+50B	+11N	=20B	−17N	3.5	19.5	20.5	9.25	1514	-1.2
16	Shirliyev, AllayarCM	2199	TKM	+41N	+12B	+26N	−3B	=6N	F	3.5	19.0	19.0	11.75	1996	-18.4
17	Yulo, Adrian Othniel	2089	PHI	F	+25B	+27N	=6B	−9N	+15B	3.5	18.0	18.0	11.75	1958	-20.4
18	Kharwandikar Yash Sandeep	0	IND	+42B	−11N	=19B	+39N	+?B	−5N	3.5	17.0	17.0	6.75	1586	0.0
19	Karageziyan, Paul	1502	USA	+56N	−2B	=18N	+45B	−11N	+47B	3.5	15.5	15.5	4.75	1101	-3.2
20	Deshmukh, Omm	1571	IND	F	+45B	−3N	+43B	=15N	+31B	3.5	15.0	16.0	8.25	1673	+12.0
21	Patadia, Hitesh Kumar	0	IND	+31N	−26B	+12N	−7B	+49N	−11B	3.0	18.0	19.5	8.50	1574	0.0
22	Nookala, Nikhil Sriram	1812	IND	+34B	+10N	+13B	−1N	F	F	3.0	17.0	17.0	11.00	1177	-5.6
23	Srinjoy Jana	0	IND	+33N	−27B	−29B	+42N	+28B	−14N	3.0	16.0	18.5	8.50	1412	0.0
24	Udiavar Pragun Pai	0	IND	+?N	−7B	−32N	+41B	+37N	−12B	3.0	16.0	16.0	5.00	1412	0.0
25	Pavan Muppalla	1505	IND	+36B	−17N	+40B	−13N	+38B	−26N	3.0	15.5	18.0	7.50	937	-19.2
26	Goel, Vivan	1583	IND	F	+21N	−16B	−8N	+44B	+25B	3.0	15.5	15.5	8.00	1611	+1.6
27	Albadin, Alaa	1569	ENG	F	+23N	−17B	+44N	−10B	+33B	3.0	15.5	15.5	8.00	1169	-1.6
28	Aarav Srivathsan	0	IND	−3N	+51B	+47N	−5B	−23N	+52B	3.0	15.0	16.0	3.50	982	0.0
29	Pascua, Aedan Matthew	1418	PHI	−2N	+56B	+23N	−9B	=47N	=49B	3.0	15.0	15.0	4.50	1636	0.0
30	Peralta, Vince Charlie	1463	PHI	+47B	−4N	−38B	+51N	=40B	=34N	3.0	14.0	15.0	5.25	1060	-3.2
31	Pradyun Sivakumaran	1553	IND	−21B	+53N	+57B	+36N	−13B	−20N	3.0	14.0	14.0	3.50	771	-19.2
32	Christopher M Anish	1474	IND	−13N	F	+24B	+50N	+48B	−7B	3.0	13.5	13.5	5.50	1518	+4.8
33	El Banna, Ziad	0	CAN	−23B	+52N	−36B	+40N	+51B	−27N	3.0	12.0	13.0	4.50	769	0.0
34	Amit Bodkhe	0	IND	−22N	−5B	=?N	+56B	+45N	=30B	3.0	12.0	12.0	3.00	1388	0.0
35	Kalia, Rahul	1529	IND	F	+55N	−4B	+38N	=5B	−13N	2.5	16.0	16.0	5.25	1562	+0.8
36	Ramesh, Hugh Raj	0	PHI	−25N	+41B	+33N	−31B	−12N	=37B	2.5	15.5	18.0	6.75	1314	0.0
37	Atharva Manoj	0	IND	−1B	−38N	+52B	+55N	−24B	=36N	2.5	15.0	15.5	2.75	1177	0.0
38	Ridit Jain	0	IND	−15N	+37B	+30N	−35B	−25N	=41B	2.5	14.5	17.0	6.75	1334	0.0
39	Dhawan Viraj Muppalla	1459	IND	+51N	−3B	=45N	−18B	−42N	+48B	2.5	14.0	15.0	3.25	1521	+2.0
40	Nutter, James Jack	0	RUS	−12N	+?B	−25N	−33B	=30N	+54B	2.5	13.5	13.5	2.00	1396	0.0
41	Reyansh Amit Bodkhe	1456	IND	−16B	−36N	+53B	−24N	+50B	=38N	2.5	12.5	13.5	3.25	1048	-3.2
42	Haryansh Trivedi	1536	IND	−18N	−43B	+56N	−23B	+39B	=46N	2.5	12.5	12.5	3.25	2283	+16.4
43	Ansh Khandelwal	0	IND	−8B	+42N	+55B	−20N	−14B	−?N	2.0	14.5	14.5	3.00	1350	0.0
44	Chathuranga, K G Kasun Lakshitha	0	SRI	+?N	+49B	−6N	−27B	−26N	−?B	2.0	12.0	12.0	1.50	1487	0.0
45	Shaurya Shah	0	IND	F	−20N	=39B	−19N	−34B	+55N	1.5	13.0	13.0	1.75	1245	0.0
46	Anvith Palat	0	IND	F	−6B	=49N	−12B	=?N	=42B	1.5	12.5	12.5	2.00	1449	0.0
47	Tishika Bodal	0	IND	−30N	F	−28B	+57N	=29B	−19N	1.5	12.5	12.5	1.50	681	0.0
48	Tribiana, John-Paul Benedict	1509	PHI	F	+58B	−5N	=49B	−32N	−39N	1.5	11.5	11.5	0.75	1216	-54.0
49	Sai Anish Katari	1596	IND	F	−44N	=46B	=48N	−21B	=29N	1.5	11.0	11.0	3.00	1509	-4.8
50	Peralta, Yohan Charles	0	PHI	−14B	F	−15N	−32B	−41N	+57N	1.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	678	0.0
51	FIDE 537030027	0	—	−39B	−28N	F	−30B	−33N	+53N	1.0	12.5	12.5	1.00	672	0.0
52	Mithesh Kuckian	0	IND	−7N	−33B	−37N	F	+57B	−28N	1.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	727	0.0
53	Eshani Manoj	0	IND	F	−31B	−41N	−?B	+56N	−51B	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	687	0.0
54	FIDE 537003984	0	—	F	−8N	−14B	−?N	=55B	−40N	0.5	11.0	11.0	0.25	812	0.0
55	Udiavar Prayan Pai	0	IND	F	−35B	−43N	−37B	=54N	−45B	0.5	9.0	9.0	0.25	711	0.0
56	FIDE 547069872	0	—	−19B	−29N	−42B	−34N	−53B	F	0.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	723	0.0
57	FIDE 547058188	0	—	−11B	F	−31N	−47B	−52N	−50B	0.0	12.5	13.5	0.00	760	0.0
58	FIDE 547001666	0	—	−4B	−48N	F	F	F	F	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	919	0.0
59	Ahmed Abdeleziz, Mohand	0	EGY	−6N	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	1078	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Aditi ArunIND
+32.8
4.0 pts · #11
2Alahakoon, IsuruFMSRI
+29.8
6.0 pts · #1
3Haryansh TrivediIND
+16.4
2.5 pts · #25

Top rating losers

1Tribiana, John-Paul BenedictPHI
-54.0
1.5 pts · #31
2Yulo, Adrian OthnielPHI
-20.4
3.5 pts · #7
3Pradyun SivakumaranIND
-19.2
3.0 pts · #51

Biggest upsets

R3+370 Elo gap
Aditi Arun1732 beat FMStorey, Charles H2102
R4+234 Elo gap
Marcos, Marvin1965 beat CMShirliyev, Allayar2199
R4+135 Elo gap
Rakshit Raghavendra1494 beat Atharva Thampy1629