1st Board Breakers Classical Chess Championship 2025
37 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 13 Sept 2025 to 14 Sept 2025 in Lahore, Pakistan. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1547, and top seed was Muhammad Hussain (🇵🇰 PAK, 1985).
Javid Waseem (🇵🇰 PAK, 0) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Muhammad Hussain (5.0) and Fauzan Ullah (5.0). Waseem shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Ashaz Merchant (1502) beat Hafiza Mashal Rashid (1775), a +273-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsJavid Waseem led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Javid Waseem never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Javid Waseem 6 wins (R1–R6)Syed Zain Nasir 3 wins (R1–R3)Fauzan Ullah 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Javid Waseem | * | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2Syed Zain Nasir | — | * | — | 0 |
| 3Fauzan Ullah | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Muhammad Hussain | 0 | 1 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waseem, Javid | 0 | PAK | +17N | +8B | +7N | +3N | +2B | +5B | 6.0 | 22.5 | 25.5 | 25.50 | 1884 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Muhammad Hussain | 1985 | PAK | +20B | +16N | +27B | +4N | −1N | +8B | 5.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 17.00 | 2387 | +1.6 |
| 3 | Fauzan Ullah | 1908 | PAK | +37N | +32B | +9N | −1B | +14N | +10N | 5.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 12.00 | 2308 | +3.2 |
| 4 | Syed Zain Nasir | 0 | PAK | +?N | +14B | +15N | −2B | +?N | +9B | 5.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 10.00 | 1742 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Zorez Shabkhez | 1874 | PAK | +33B | =22N | +35N | +13B | +12B | −1N | 4.5 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 9.75 | 2619 | +8.4 |
| 6 | Muhammad Azan | 0 | PAK | =?B | +?N | +22B | −12N | +13B | +?N | 4.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.00 | 1646 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Issam Bashir | 1692 | PAK | +18B | +25N | −1B | +16N | −10B | +12N | 4.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 11.50 | 2619 | +26.8 |
| 8 | Rayaan Rehman | 1453 | PAK | +24B | −1N | +29B | +19N | +22B | −2N | 4.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 10.00 | 1055 | -3.2 |
| 9 | Ashaz Merchant | 1502 | PAK | +30B | +29N | −3B | +27N | +15B | −4N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 9.00 | 1840 | +30.0 |
| 10 | Farhat Mahmood | 0 | PAK | +?B | −12N | +?B | +?N | +7N | −3B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.00 | 1721 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Umer Hayat Khan | 0 | PAK | =35B | +?N | =?B | −?N | +25B | +14B | 4.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.25 | 1538 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Tanveer Ahmad Mushtaq | 1819 | PAK | +31N | +10B | =13N | +6B | −5N | −7B | 3.5 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 11.25 | 984 | -43.6 |
| 13 | Muhammad Mujtaba Aamir | 0 | PAK | +?B | +?N | =12B | −5N | −6N | +31B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 2.75 | 1679 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Aayat AsmiWCM | 1463 | PAK | +36B | −4N | +18B | +28N | −3B | −11N | 3.0 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 5.50 | 1089 | -3.2 |
| 15 | Hafiza Mashal Rashid | 1775 | PAK | F | +26N | −4B | +17B | −9N | +16B | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 8.00 | 704 | -33.2 |
| 16 | Haziq Adnan | 0 | PAK | +?N | −2B | +31N | −7B | +28B | −15N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 3.00 | 1019 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Ahmed, Iyaad Moeed | 0 | PAK | −1B | +36N | +?B | −15N | +30B | F | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.50 | 976 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Mohid Adnan | 0 | PAK | −7N | +?B | −14N | −21B | +?N | +?B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 792 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Syed Muhammad Dawood | 0 | PAK | −32N | +37B | +?N | −8B | −20N | +35B | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.50 | 655 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Fasih Ur Rehman | 0 | PAK | −2N | +?B | −?N | F | +19B | +?B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1635 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 343422799 | 0 | — | −26B | −?N | +33B | +18N | +31B | −?N | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.00 | 663 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Abdul Jabbar GUJ | 0 | PAK | +23N | =5B | −6N | +32B | −8N | F | 2.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 5.75 | 1472 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Syed Muhammad Raza Almosavi | 0 | PAK | −22B | +33N | +25B | =?N | −?B | −24N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1367 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Rayaan Zaid | 0 | PAK | −8N | =?B | −?B | F | +35N | +23B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.00 | 749 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Ali seena | 0 | PAK | +?N | −7B | −23N | +34B | −11N | −28B | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 1.00 | 894 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Ahmed Shehran Zafar | 0 | PAK | +21N | −15B | −28N | −29B | −34N | +?B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 976 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Mohammad Hadeed Khan Niazi | 0 | PAK | F | +?B | −2N | −9B | −?N | +30N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.00 | 1503 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Muhammad Ayan Ahsan | 0 | PAK | −?N | F | +26B | −14B | −16N | +25N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 771 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Muhammad Aarib Khan | 0 | PAK | F | −9B | −8N | +26N | −?B | +?N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 674 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Muhammad Chaudhry | 0 | PAK | −9N | +?B | +32N | −?B | −17N | −27B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 778 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 7849931 | 0 | — | −12B | +?N | −16B | F | −21N | −13N | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 1019 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Rohan Asif | 0 | PAK | +19B | −3N | −30B | −22N | −?B | F | 1.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 1108 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Ismaeel Mubarak Shaikh | 0 | PAK | −5N | −23B | −21N | F | F | +34B | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 1074 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Muhammad Ghaus Akbar Mehmood | 0 | PAK | −?B | −?N | F | −25N | +26B | −33N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 671 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Afzal Raahim Naeem | 0 | PAK | =11N | F | −5B | −?N | −24B | −19N | 0.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.00 | 876 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Muhammad Hamza Ali Peerzada | 0 | PAK | −14N | −17B | =?N | F | F | F | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 689 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 7838840 | 0 | — | −3B | −19N | −?B | F | −?N | F | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1108 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Ashaz MerchantPAK+30.04.0 pts · #12
- 2Issam BashirPAK+26.84.0 pts · #8
- 3Zorez ShabkhezPAK+8.44.5 pts · #13
- 1Tanveer Ahmad MushtaqPAK-43.63.5 pts · #30
- 2Hafiza Mashal RashidPAK-33.23.0 pts · #25
- 3Aayat AsmiWCMPAK-3.23.0 pts · #27
- R5+273 Elo gap
- R6+127 Elo gap