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October chess Tournament Classic 2025 U1800

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39 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 03 Oct 2025 to 04 Oct 2025 in Kuwait, Kuwait. 1 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1691, and top seed was Advik Srinivasan (🇮🇳 IND, 1773).

Advik Srinivasan (🇮🇳 IND, 1773) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Eissa Alsaleh (5.5) and Mohammed Junaid Khan (5.0). Srinivasan shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Ali. Hamad (1406) beat Khalid Alabdullah (1680), a +274-point gap.

Location
🇰🇼Kuwait, Kuwait
Dates
03 Oct 2025 → 04 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇳Advik Srinivasan1773
Avg top 10
1,691
Participants
39
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇮🇳India×9
🇰🇼Kuwait×5
🇸🇾Syria×5
🇪🇬Egypt×3
🇵🇭Philippines×2
🇧🇩Bangladesh×1
🇱🇧Lebanon×1
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
19
9
5
2
3
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/6. Srinivasan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (22.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Eissa Alsaleh drew with Advik Srinivasan (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Eissa Alsaleh 4 wins (R1–R4)Advik Srinivasan 4 wins (R1–R4)Mohammed Junaid Khan 4 wins (R3–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Eissa Alsaleh*
½
1
2Advik Srinivasan
½
*
1
3Mohammed Junaid Khan
0
*
4Abdullah Nehan
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Advik Srinivasan1773IND+10N+3B+17N+15B=2N+7B5.522.025.022.252373+42.0
2Alsaleh, Eissa0KUW+?N+?B+16N+7B=1B+4N5.517.517.514.7517820.0
3Mohammed Junaid Khan1515IND+19B1N+26B+13N+20B+10N5.019.521.516.001715+30.8
4Nehan, Abdullah1690BAN=15N+33B+28N+9B+8N2B4.518.519.512.252425+48.0
5AbuAdas, Yusef1473USA+30N9B+25N+17B+11N=8B4.517.018.012.001776+46.8
6Parthieswar Sai Muppavara1525IND+36N+38B+9N=8B7N+15B4.515.515.59.501756+33.2
7Alazmi, AmaniWCM1760KUW+20B+14N+18B2N+6B1N4.022.525.514.501786+2.8
8Abdel Salam, Ahmed Sameh0EGY+12B+11N+13B=6N4B=5N4.021.525.516.5016570.0
9De Mesa, Michael Angelo1710PHI+21B+5N6B4N+22B+18N4.019.522.513.501570-29.2
10Hamad,Ali.1406SYR1B+22N+29B+18N+27N3B4.018.019.08.501631+42.8
11Celebi, Bahadir1631TUR+39N8B+24B+14N5B+20N4.018.018.09.501492-7.8
12Khalid Lodhi1742PAK8N15B+37N+36B+16N+17B4.014.014.06.502427+13.6
13Akshith Cheekati1590IND+38N+36B8N3B+29N+19B4.013.013.04.001467-13.2
14Novio, Pablo Jr1501PHI+32N7B+31N11B+25N+27B4.012.513.55.501569+9.6
15Alabed,Mohammad.0SYR=4B+12N+27B1N+24B6N3.521.022.510.2516900.0
16Swastik Saha1646IND+26B=24N2B+19N12B+28N3.517.018.57.751610-4.0
17Fathy Maher, Ahmed1581EGY+35B+29N1B5N+21B12N3.018.019.05.00867-50.4
18Almutairi, Shallal1579KUW+37N+25B7N10B+31N9B3.015.015.03.00827-48.4
19Hadi Kansou0LBN3N+34B+?N16B+?N13N3.013.513.51.0013890.0
20Desai, Ankit0IND7N+37B+?N+?B3N11B3.013.013.00.0015510.0
21AL Ali,Mohammad.0SYR9N+32B?N+30B17N+29B3.010.010.03.008300.0
22Byrakdar,Abd Alrazag.0SYRF10B+34N+?B9N+35B3.010.010.02.007590.0
23FIDE 103121880?N?B+32N25B+?N+30B3.04.04.02.008010.0
24Alali,Ibrahim.0SYR+33N=16B11N+28B15N?B2.513.513.54.2516040.0
25Samah Parkar0INDF18N5B+23N14B+26N2.016.516.55.007110.0
26FIDE 10312137016N+30B3N31B+36N25B2.012.512.51.007820.0
27Alabdullah, Khalid1680KUW+34N=28B15NF10B14N1.514.014.01.751188-73.6
28Mohamed Aly Radwan, Ahmed1472EGY+31B=27N4B24NF16B1.513.014.01.751405-8.4
29FIDE 103119710+?N17B10NF13B21N1.015.015.00.007340.0
30Muhammed Raihan Abdul Rahim0IND5B26NF21N+34B23N1.013.513.51.006810.0
31Navaneeth Rajeev Nair0IND28NF14B+26N18B34N1.011.511.52.007090.0
32FIDE 54293286014B21N23B35NF+36B1.011.011.00.007020.0
33Nanthalathu, Ebin1688FID24B4N+35BFFF1.010.510.51.00905-19.2
34FIDE 10312064027B19N22BF30N+31B1.09.59.51.008830.0
35FIDE 8135355017N?B33N+32BF22N1.08.08.01.008470.0
36FIDE 1031245506B13NF12N26B32N0.015.515.50.008260.0
37FIDE 10312285018B20N12BFFF0.012.012.00.008480.0
38Alhalwaji, Asaad0KUW13B6NFFFF0.08.58.50.00767-24.0
39FIDE 21549079011BFFFFF0.05.05.00.008360.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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