QCA Training Center Classical Chess Tournament A - September 2025
22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 25 Sept 2025 to 27 Sept 2025 in Doha, Qatar. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1425, and top seed was Mohammad Yeganeh Fard (🇮🇷 IRI, 1704).
Mohammad Yeganeh Fard (🇮🇷 IRI, 1704) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Nuh Nizar Hilmi (4.0) and Shresht Nair (3.5). Yeganeh Fard won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Shresht Nair (1479) beat Annliya Sajan (1628), a +149-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsMohammad Yeganeh Fard led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Mohammad Yeganeh Fard never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Mohammad Yeganeh Fard beat Nuh Nizar Hilmi (Black).
Mohammad Yeganeh Fard 5 wins (R1–R5)Nuh Nizar Hilmi 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mohammad Yeganeh Fard | * | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2Nuh Nizar Hilmi | 0 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Shresht Nair | 0 | — | * | ½ |
| 4Filjohn Banquerigo | — | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeganeh Fard, Mohammad | 1704 | IRI | +17B | +11N | +8B | +2N | +3B | 5.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.00 | 2328 | +43.2 |
| 2 | Nuh Nizar Hilmi | 1642 | IND | +22N | +6B | +7N | −1B | +4N | 4.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 9.50 | 1807 | +34.0 |
| 3 | Shresht Nair | 1479 | IND | +12N | =4B | +6N | +7B | −1N | 3.5 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 9.75 | 1709 | +48.4 |
| 4 | Banquerigo, Filjohn | 1654 | PHI | +13B | =3N | +20B | +8N | −2B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 7.75 | 1679 | +4.8 |
| 5 | Sameer Gupta | 0 | IND | =9N | =14B | +22N | =11B | +12N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.75 | 1456 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Shruthika Sunil Kurup | 1459 | IND | +10B | −2N | −3B | +13N | +18B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 6.00 | 760 | -29.6 |
| 7 | Annliya Sajan | 1628 | IND | +19B | +16N | −2B | −3N | +15B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 5.00 | 760 | -47.6 |
| 8 | Tushant Srinivasa Raghavan | 1508 | IND | +21N | +18B | −1N | −4B | +14N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 4.00 | 882 | -24.4 |
| 9 | Ayush Pradeep | 0 | IND | =5B | =?N | −10B | +19N | +11N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.25 | 1471 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Khan, Muhammed Al Fatih | 0 | INA | −6N | +22B | +9N | +14B | −?N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.00 | 653 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Al-Hammadi, Asma | 1495 | QAT | +15B | −1B | +12N | =5N | −9B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 5.75 | 908 | -7.6 |
| 12 | Jo, Christopher Redd | 0 | PHI | −3B | +13N | −11B | +?N | −5B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.00 | 667 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Al-Muftah, Saqr | 0 | QAT | −4N | −12B | +21N | −6B | +17B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 2.00 | 758 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Nita Robert Robertson Breethi | 0 | IND | =?B | =5N | +?B | −10N | −8B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.75 | 1298 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Fadhil Farooque | 0 | IND | −11N | +17N | −?B | +21B | −7N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 711 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Al-Hammadi, Fatima | 0 | QAT | +20B | −7B | +18N | F | F | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1655 | 0.0 |
| 17 | AlFahdawi, Lugien | 0 | QAT | −1N | −15B | −19N | +22B | −13N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 908 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 39949770 | 0 | — | +?B | −8N | −16B | F | −6N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 698 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Al-Zeyara, Khalid | 0 | QAT | −7N | −20N | +17B | −9B | F | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 855 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Al-Khulaifi, GhadaWCM | 1678 | QAT | −16N | +19B | −4N | F | F | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 856 | -10.6 |
| 21 | FIDE 8559139 | 0 | — | −8B | −?N | −13B | −15N | +22N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 736 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 12103462 | 0 | — | −2B | −10N | −5B | −17N | −21B | 0.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 843 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Shresht NairIND+48.43.5 pts · #3
- 2Yeganeh Fard, MohammadIRI+43.25.0 pts · #1
- 3Nuh Nizar HilmiIND+34.04.0 pts · #2
- 1Annliya SajanIND-47.63.0 pts · #22
- 2Shruthika Sunil KurupIND-29.63.0 pts · #20
- 3Tushant Srinivasa RaghavanIND-24.43.0 pts · #17
- R4+149 Elo gap