October chess Tournament Classic 2025 U1800
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight 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.
2 players finish on 5.5/6. Srinivasan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (22.0).
Eissa Alsaleh drew with Advik Srinivasan (White).
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eissa Alsaleh | * | ½ | — | 1 |
| 2Advik Srinivasan | ½ | * | 1 | — |
| 3Mohammed Junaid Khan | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Abdullah Nehan | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Advik Srinivasan | 1773 | IND | +10N | +3B | +17N | +15B | =2N | +7B | 5.5 | 22.0 | 25.0 | 22.25 | 2373 | +42.0 |
| 2 | Alsaleh, Eissa | 0 | KUW | +?N | +?B | +16N | +7B | =1B | +4N | 5.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 14.75 | 1782 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Mohammed Junaid Khan | 1515 | IND | +19B | −1N | +26B | +13N | +20B | +10N | 5.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 16.00 | 1715 | +30.8 |
| 4 | Nehan, Abdullah | 1690 | BAN | =15N | +33B | +28N | +9B | +8N | −2B | 4.5 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 12.25 | 2425 | +48.0 |
| 5 | AbuAdas, Yusef | 1473 | USA | +30N | −9B | +25N | +17B | +11N | =8B | 4.5 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 12.00 | 1776 | +46.8 |
| 6 | Parthieswar Sai Muppavara | 1525 | IND | +36N | +38B | +9N | =8B | −7N | +15B | 4.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 9.50 | 1756 | +33.2 |
| 7 | Alazmi, AmaniWCM | 1760 | KUW | +20B | +14N | +18B | −2N | +6B | −1N | 4.0 | 22.5 | 25.5 | 14.50 | 1786 | +2.8 |
| 8 | Abdel Salam, Ahmed Sameh | 0 | EGY | +12B | +11N | +13B | =6N | −4B | =5N | 4.0 | 21.5 | 25.5 | 16.50 | 1657 | 0.0 |
| 9 | De Mesa, Michael Angelo | 1710 | PHI | +21B | +5N | −6B | −4N | +22B | +18N | 4.0 | 19.5 | 22.5 | 13.50 | 1570 | -29.2 |
| 10 | Hamad,Ali. | 1406 | SYR | −1B | +22N | +29B | +18N | +27N | −3B | 4.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 8.50 | 1631 | +42.8 |
| 11 | Celebi, Bahadir | 1631 | TUR | +39N | −8B | +24B | +14N | −5B | +20N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 9.50 | 1492 | -7.8 |
| 12 | Khalid Lodhi | 1742 | PAK | −8N | −15B | +37N | +36B | +16N | +17B | 4.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 6.50 | 2427 | +13.6 |
| 13 | Akshith Cheekati | 1590 | IND | +38N | +36B | −8N | −3B | +29N | +19B | 4.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 4.00 | 1467 | -13.2 |
| 14 | Novio, Pablo Jr | 1501 | PHI | +32N | −7B | +31N | −11B | +25N | +27B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 5.50 | 1569 | +9.6 |
| 15 | Alabed,Mohammad. | 0 | SYR | =4B | +12N | +27B | −1N | +24B | −6N | 3.5 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 10.25 | 1690 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Swastik Saha | 1646 | IND | +26B | =24N | −2B | +19N | −12B | +28N | 3.5 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 7.75 | 1610 | -4.0 |
| 17 | Fathy Maher, Ahmed | 1581 | EGY | +35B | +29N | −1B | −5N | +21B | −12N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 5.00 | 867 | -50.4 |
| 18 | Almutairi, Shallal | 1579 | KUW | +37N | +25B | −7N | −10B | +31N | −9B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 3.00 | 827 | -48.4 |
| 19 | Hadi Kansou | 0 | LBN | −3N | +34B | +?N | −16B | +?N | −13N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 1.00 | 1389 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Desai, Ankit | 0 | IND | −7N | +37B | +?N | +?B | −3N | −11B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 1551 | 0.0 |
| 21 | AL Ali,Mohammad. | 0 | SYR | −9N | +32B | −?N | +30B | −17N | +29B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 830 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Byrakdar,Abd Alrazag. | 0 | SYR | F | −10B | +34N | +?B | −9N | +35B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 759 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 10312188 | 0 | — | −?N | −?B | +32N | −25B | +?N | +30B | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 801 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Alali,Ibrahim. | 0 | SYR | +33N | =16B | −11N | +28B | −15N | −?B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 4.25 | 1604 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Samah Parkar | 0 | IND | F | −18N | −5B | +23N | −14B | +26N | 2.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 5.00 | 711 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 10312137 | 0 | — | −16N | +30B | −3N | −31B | +36N | −25B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.00 | 782 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Alabdullah, Khalid | 1680 | KUW | +34N | =28B | −15N | F | −10B | −14N | 1.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 1.75 | 1188 | -73.6 |
| 28 | Mohamed Aly Radwan, Ahmed | 1472 | EGY | +31B | =27N | −4B | −24N | F | −16B | 1.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 1.75 | 1405 | -8.4 |
| 29 | FIDE 10311971 | 0 | — | +?N | −17B | −10N | F | −13B | −21N | 1.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 734 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Muhammed Raihan Abdul Rahim | 0 | IND | −5B | −26N | F | −21N | +34B | −23N | 1.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 1.00 | 681 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Navaneeth Rajeev Nair | 0 | IND | −28N | F | −14B | +26N | −18B | −34N | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.00 | 709 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 54293286 | 0 | — | −14B | −21N | −23B | −35N | F | +36B | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 702 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Nanthalathu, Ebin | 1688 | FID | −24B | −4N | +35B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 905 | -19.2 |
| 34 | FIDE 10312064 | 0 | — | −27B | −19N | −22B | F | −30N | +31B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 883 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 8135355 | 0 | — | −17N | −?B | −33N | +32B | F | −22N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 847 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 10312455 | 0 | — | −6B | −13N | F | −12N | −26B | −32N | 0.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.00 | 826 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 10312285 | 0 | — | −18B | −20N | −12B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 848 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Alhalwaji, Asaad | 0 | KUW | −13B | −6N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 767 | -24.0 |
| 39 | FIDE 21549079 | 0 | — | −11B | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 836 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Nehan, AbdullahBAN+48.04.5 pts · #4
- 2AbuAdas, YusefUSA+46.84.5 pts · #14
- 3Hamad,Ali.SYR+42.84.0 pts · #9
- 1Alabdullah, KhalidKUW-73.61.5 pts · #20
- 2Fathy Maher, AhmedEGY-50.43.0 pts · #31
- 3Almutairi, ShallalKUW-48.43.0 pts · #24
- R5+274 Elo gap
- R3+185 Elo gap
- R6+179 Elo gap