Chess Lab U2399 Classic Tournament
Open SwissStandard
53 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 05 Sept 2025 to 06 Sept 2025 in Dubai, UAE. 3 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1952, and top seed was Joel Pimentel (🇵🇭 PHI, IM, 2306).
Joel Pimentel (🇵🇭 PHI, IM, 2306) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Isuru Alahakoon (5.0) and Charles H Storey (5.0). Pimentel broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Mithesh Kuckian (1425) beat Niranjjan Palaniappan (1614), a +189-point gap.
Location
🇦🇪Dubai, UAE
Dates
05 Sept 2025 → 06 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Titled players · 3
IM×1
FM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇮🇳India×35
🇸🇾Syria×3
🇺🇦Ukraine×2
🇬🇧England×2
FIDE (no federation)×2
🇵🇭Philippines×2
🇮🇷Iran×1
🇧🇪Belgium×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsIM Joel Pimentel led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Co-leaders
25
13
5
3
2
1
R6–R6 · LEAD HELD
IM Joel Pimentel never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
IM Joel Pimentel beat FM Charles H Storey (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
IM Joel Pimentel 6 wins (R1–R6)FM Charles H Storey 5 wins (R1–R5)FM Isuru Alahakoon 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1IMJoel Pimentel | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2FMCharles H Storey | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3FMIsuru Alahakoon | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Vivaan Rana | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pimentel, JoelIM | 2306 | PHI | +24N | +15B | +7N | +2B | +4N | +3B | 6.0 | 22.5 | 25.5 | 25.50 | 2755 | +14.0 |
| 2 | Alahakoon, IsuruFM | 2012 | SRI | +12B | +20N | +6B | −1N | +8B | +9N | 5.0 | 22.5 | 26.0 | 20.00 | 2068 | +11.4 |
| 3 | Storey, Charles HFM | 2097 | ENG | +46B | +25N | +18B | +5N | +10B | −1N | 5.0 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 16.50 | 2129 | +9.2 |
| 4 | Vivaan Rana | 1901 | IND | +40B | +31N | +32B | +34N | −1B | +11N | 5.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 13.50 | 2062 | +43.2 |
| 5 | Mulhem,Laith. | 1949 | SYR | +41N | +30B | +23N | −3B | =6N | +21B | 4.5 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 13.25 | 1831 | -16.0 |
| 6 | Mahfoud,Mayyar. | 1669 | SYR | +51N | +50B | −2N | +14B | =5B | +17N | 4.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 9.75 | 1804 | +18.0 |
| 7 | Kuzma, Ostap | 1827 | UKR | +48B | +26N | −1B | =31N | +13B | =10N | 4.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 11.75 | 1767 | -13.6 |
| 8 | Rishabh Adityan | 1750 | IND | −16N | +28B | +14N | +22B | −2N | +23B | 4.0 | 18.5 | 21.5 | 13.00 | 1810 | +10.4 |
| 9 | Aditi Arun | 1835 | IND | −30N | +17B | +24N | +15B | +23N | −2B | 4.0 | 18.0 | 20.5 | 13.00 | 1848 | +10.8 |
| 10 | Yeshwant Saravanan | 1660 | IND | +42B | +39N | =34B | +18N | −3N | =7B | 4.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 10.75 | 1926 | +48.8 |
| 11 | SOWRRIRAJAN, SENTHIL NATHAN | 1787 | IND | +45B | −32N | +46B | +26N | +19B | −4B | 4.0 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 10.00 | 1814 | +9.2 |
| 12 | Gandasarakula, Nibhish | 1445 | RSA | −2N | +49B | −19B | +39N | +36N | +31B | 4.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 8.00 | 1604 | +32.4 |
| 13 | Sevastsyanchuk, Anastasiya | 1607 | FID | −14N | +51B | +41N | +30B | −7N | +25B | 4.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 7.50 | 1722 | +18.0 |
| 14 | Husain Zahoor | 0 | PAK | +13B | +19N | −8B | −6N | +26B | =15N | 3.5 | 19.5 | 22.5 | 12.25 | 1639 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Sunil Raina | 1589 | IND | +29N | −1N | +43B | −9N | +30B | =14B | 3.5 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 9.25 | 1625 | +0.2 |
| 16 | El Banna, Ziad | 0 | CAN | +8B | −18N | =20B | +35B | −21N | +38N | 3.5 | 17.0 | 19.5 | 10.75 | 1623 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Rajendra Sawant | 1482 | IND | =33B | −9N | +39B | +20N | +31B | −6B | 3.5 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 9.25 | 1633 | +16.8 |
| 18 | Beifus, Daniel | 1791 | ENG | +28N | +16B | −3N | −10B | =46N | +47B | 3.5 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 8.75 | 1469 | -48.0 |
| 19 | Keertiganesh S R | 1632 | IND | +52N | −14B | +12N | +40B | −11N | =22B | 3.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 7.75 | 1635 | +1.6 |
| 20 | Jadoun Ivaan | 1520 | IND | +53N | −2B | =16N | −17B | +28N | +46B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 6.25 | 1494 | -10.4 |
| 21 | Kathiravan Nagarajan | 1533 | IND | −27B | =42N | +33B | +47N | +16B | −5N | 3.5 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 8.50 | 1138 | -3.2 |
| 22 | Taanish Sood | 1548 | IND | −39B | +45N | +27B | −8N | +32B | =19N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 9.25 | 1493 | -2.8 |
| 23 | Rohan Santhana | 1597 | IND | +43B | +27N | −5B | +32N | −9B | −8N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 7.50 | 1033 | -17.6 |
| 24 | B S, Pujesh | 1461 | IND | −1B | +52N | −9B | +43N | =38B | =27N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 4.75 | 1045 | -7.2 |
| 25 | Patel, Shivaansh | 1537 | BEL | +49N | −3B | −30N | +29B | +40N | −13N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 6.00 | 1601 | +8.0 |
| 26 | Rishi Raghavendran Kotikalakoti | 1476 | IND | +47N | −7B | +37N | −11B | −14N | +43B | 3.0 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 6.00 | 1550 | +6.0 |
| 27 | Rouyan, Seyedbardia | 0 | IRI | +21N | −23B | −22N | =41B | +35N | =24B | 3.0 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 8.50 | 1495 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Alhasan,Modar. | 0 | SYR | −18B | −8N | +52B | +53N | −20B | +33N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 2.50 | 889 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Mangalsingh Rawat | 0 | IND | −15B | −46N | +48B | −25N | +42B | +40N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 5.50 | 1314 | -23.6 |
| 30 | Atharva Manoj | 0 | IND | +9B | −5N | +25B | −13N | −15N | =37B | 2.5 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 8.25 | 1597 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Kalia, Rahul | 1500 | IND | +37N | −4B | +50N | =7B | −17N | −12N | 2.5 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 5.00 | 1456 | -10.0 |
| 32 | Horbach, Mykhailo | 0 | UKR | +36N | +11B | −4N | −23B | −22N | =44B | 2.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 7.50 | 1549 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Vedhanth Mani Bharathi | 0 | IND | =17N | −36B | −21N | +37B | +41N | −28B | 2.5 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 6.25 | 1455 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Ishmeet, Singh | 2019 | IND | +44N | +35B | =10N | −4B | F | F | 2.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 6.50 | 1795 | -36.0 |
| 35 | Aisha Agarwal | 1510 | IND | +38B | −34N | =47B | −16N | −27B | +48N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 4.75 | 1109 | -3.2 |
| 36 | Niranjjan Palaniappan | 1614 | IND | −32B | +33N | −40B | +42N | −12B | =50N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 4.75 | 627 | -42.8 |
| 37 | Vedanth Adityan | 0 | IND | −31B | +48N | −26B | −33N | +52B | =30N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.75 | 690 | -30.8 |
| 38 | Swaminathan Subramanian | 0 | IND | −35N | −41B | +51N | +50B | =24N | −16B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.00 | 1190 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Pascua, Aedan Matthew | 0 | PHI | +22N | −10B | −17N | −12B | =44N | =41B | 2.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 5.50 | 1364 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Mithesh Kuckian | 1425 | IND | −4N | +53B | +36N | −19N | −25B | −29B | 2.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 2.50 | 1336 | -24.4 |
| 41 | Aadam Johan Bibin | 1430 | IND | −5B | +38N | −13B | =27N | −33B | =39N | 2.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 5.00 | 913 | -13.6 |
| 42 | Haneesh Prathyay Patnaikuni | 0 | IND | −10N | =21B | =44N | −36B | −29N | +53B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 2.75 | 1266 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Kavin Inba V | 0 | IND | −23N | +44B | −15N | −24B | +53B | −26N | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 2.00 | 1260 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Yrishin Kuckian | 1446 | IND | −34B | −43N | =42B | =48N | =39B | =32N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 4.00 | 1046 | -3.2 |
| 45 | Anika Iyer | 0 | IND | −11N | −22B | −49N | +51B | −47B | +52N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 853 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Sai Shri Ramesh Prabhavathy | 1451 | IND | −3N | +29B | −11N | F | =18B | −20N | 1.5 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 4.75 | 1534 | +6.8 |
| 47 | Zara Iyer | 0 | IND | −26B | F | =35N | −21B | +45N | −18N | 1.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 3.25 | 1258 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Aditya Bruce | 0 | IND | −7N | −37B | −29N | =44B | +51N | −35B | 1.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 1.00 | 1159 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Ramanarayanan, Ram Karthik | 0 | FID | −25B | −12N | +45B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.00 | 687 | 0.0 |
| 50 | HADI BANDA | 0 | IND | F | −6N | −31B | −38N | F | =36B | 0.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 1.25 | 1268 | 0.0 |
| 51 | HAMI ILAN | 0 | IND | −6B | −13N | −38B | −45N | −48B | F | 0.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 0.00 | 838 | 0.0 |
| 52 | HAZI RUHAN | 0 | IND | −19B | −24B | −28N | F | −37N | −45B | 0.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.00 | 699 | 0.0 |
| 53 | FIDE 7846908 | 0 | — | −20B | −40N | F | −28B | −43N | −42N | 0.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 677 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Yeshwant SaravananIND+48.84.0 pts · #22
- 2Vivaan RanaIND+43.25.0 pts · #5
- 3Gandasarakula, NibhishRSA+32.44.0 pts · #18
Top rating losers
- 1Beifus, DanielENG-48.03.5 pts · #34
- 2Niranjjan PalaniappanIND-42.82.5 pts · #45
- 3Ishmeet, SinghIND-36.02.5 pts · #14
Biggest upsets
- R3+189 Elo gap
- R5+169 Elo gap
- R4+131 Elo gap