Chess Lab U2300 Classic November Tournament

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58 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 15 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in Dubai, UAE. 2 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1941, and top seed was Jan Nigel Galan (🇵🇭 PHI, CM, 2101).

Isuru Alahakoon (🇱🇰 SRI, FM, 1992) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Chavan Nameet (5.5) and Mohamed Elnemr (5.0). Alahakoon shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Vaibhav Krishnan K P (1792) beat Jan Nigel Galan (CM, 2101), a +309-point gap.

Location

🇦🇪Dubai, UAE

Dates

15 Nov 2025 → 16 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇵🇭CMJan Nigel Galan2101

Avg top 10

1,941

Participants

Titled players · 2

FM×1

CM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇮🇳India×29

🇵🇭Philippines×5

🇪🇬Egypt×4

FIDE (no federation)×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇨🇳China×1

🇸🇩Sudan×1

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

Top 3

🥇
FMIsuru Alahakoon
🇱🇰SRI·1992
5.5pts·2156perf+17.8
🥈
Chavan Nameet
🇮🇳IND·1975
5.5pts·2110perf+14.4
🥉
Mohamed Elnemr
🇪🇬EGY·1887
5.0pts·2001perf+20.6

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

Nameet5.5Alahakoon5.5Elnemr5Galan5Afana4.5Sridharan4.5

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/6. Alahakoon takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Chavan Nameet drew with FM Isuru Alahakoon (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Chavan Nameet 4 wins (R1–R4)FM Isuru Alahakoon 4 wins (R1–R4)Mohamed Elnemr 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Chavan Nameet	*	½	—	—
2FMIsuru Alahakoon	½	*	1	—
3Mohamed Elnemr	—	0	*	—
4CMJan Nigel Galan	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Alahakoon, IsuruFM	1992	SRI	+29B	+22N	+20B	+3N	=2B	+7N	5.5	20.5	23.5	20.75	2156	+17.8
2	Chavan Nameet	1975	IND	+15B	+23N	+24B	+19N	=1N	+21B	5.5	18.0	21.0	18.25	2110	+14.4
3	Elnemr, Mohamed	1887	EGY	+34B	+27N	+11B	−1B	+5N	+19N	5.0	19.5	22.5	17.00	2001	+20.6
4	Galan, Jan NigelCM	2101	PHI	+36N	+12B	−19N	+48B	+20N	+8B	5.0	16.0	17.5	14.50	2049	-1.8
5	Afana, Adham Jj	2097	PLE	+28B	+40N	+7B	=17N	−3B	+35N	4.5	18.0	20.5	13.75	1977	-12.2
6	Kaushika Sridharan	1778	IND	+38N	+41B	=48N	=21B	+27N	=9B	4.5	15.0	16.5	12.25	1829	+14.8
7	Kuzma, Ostap	1810	UKR	+47N	+33B	−5N	+25B	+24N	−1B	4.0	19.0	20.5	10.50	1809	+7.2
8	Alhasan,Modar.	1701	SYR	+43B	−11N	+16B	+32N	+23B	−4N	4.0	18.0	20.0	11.50	1656	-12.4
9	Joyson Delson DSouza	1638	IND	+39B	+35N	−17B	=13N	+22B	=6N	4.0	17.0	19.5	12.00	1721	+21.6
10	Rajendra Sawant	1464	IND	+51B	−20N	+39B	−30N	+43B	+23N	4.0	13.5	14.5	8.50	1469	-0.2
11	Sajin Dwijendralal	1493	IND	+46N	+8B	−3N	−24B	+31N	=14B	3.5	18.5	20.5	10.75	1635	+17.4
12	Deshmukh, Omm	1594	IND	+54B	−4N	+29B	+18N	−19B	=13N	3.5	18.0	19.0	9.25	1641	+8.8
13	Karageziyan, Paul	1502	USA	+58N	=21B	=25N	=9B	=14N	=12B	3.5	17.0	17.0	8.50	1592	+24.4
14	Jadoun Ivaan	1550	IND	+52B	−17N	=35B	+16N	=13B	=11N	3.5	16.5	17.5	9.25	1510	-12.8
15	Gandasarakula, Nibhish	1432	RSA	−2N	+44B	−30B	+51N	+32B	=22N	3.5	16.5	17.5	7.50	1532	+15.6
16	Nazeih Ragab, Ragab	0	EGY	=26N	+37B	−8N	−14B	+53N	+36B	3.5	15.5	16.5	7.50	1464	0.0
17	Nookala, Nikhil Sriram	1912	IND	+31N	+14B	+9N	=5B	F	F	3.5	15.0	15.0	12.75	2034	+11.8
18	El Ahmadieh, Raed	1486	LBN	+57N	+42B	−21N	−12B	=38N	+47B	3.5	13.0	13.0	5.25	1592	+21.6
19	Vaibhav Krishnan K P	1792	IND	F	+32N	+4B	−2B	+12N	−3B	3.0	22.0	22.0	11.50	1883	+25.2
20	Patadia, Hitesh Kumar	1675	IND	+49N	+10B	−1N	+36B	−4B	−27N	3.0	20.0	21.5	8.00	1630	-18.4
21	SOWRRIRAJAN, SENTHIL NATHAN	1703	IND	F	=13N	+18B	=6N	+30B	−2N	3.0	20.0	20.0	10.50	1734	+9.6
22	Gokul Krishna Sajin Resmy	1558	IND	+45N	−1B	=31N	+37B	−9N	=15B	3.0	18.5	20.5	7.75	1423	-33.6
23	Nambiar, Niranjan Sujith	1536	IND	+44N	−2B	+38N	+47B	−8N	−10B	3.0	18.0	19.5	6.00	1435	-25.2
24	Mohamed Mahmoud, Omar	1620	EGY	F	+53B	−2N	+11N	−7B	+26B	3.0	17.0	17.0	7.50	1693	+12.0
25	Kalia, Rahul	1477	IND	=37N	+26B	=13B	−7N	+28B	−30N	3.0	16.5	19.0	9.00	1568	+9.0
26	Geldiyev, Geldimyrat	1503	TKM	=16B	−25N	+51B	=28N	+29B	−24N	3.0	15.5	16.5	7.25	1414	-20.0
27	Kshitij Lapaliakr	1509	IND	F	−3B	+50N	+43N	−6B	+20B	3.0	15.5	15.5	6.00	1655	+18.4
28	Pascua, Aedan Matthew	1454	PHI	−5N	+55B	=42N	=26B	−25N	+45B	3.0	15.0	16.0	5.75	1437	-7.2
29	Qiao, Haobo	1442	CHN	−1N	+45B	−12N	+50B	−26N	+52B	3.0	15.0	16.0	4.00	842	-32.0
30	Yuldashev, Samir	1582	FID	F	−48B	+15N	+10B	−21N	+25B	3.0	15.0	15.0	10.50	1686	+26.0
31	Kavin Inba V	1428	IND	−17B	+52N	=22B	=40N	−11B	+46N	3.0	14.5	15.5	5.75	1418	-5.2
32	Rohan Santhana	1504	IND	+50N	−19B	+53N	−8B	−15N	+37B	3.0	14.0	15.0	4.50	840	-40.4
33	Patel, Shivaansh	1501	BEL	+56B	−7N	−47B	+52N	−35B	+43N	3.0	11.0	11.5	3.50	770	-50.8
34	Mohammed Saud	1428	IND	−3N	−50B	−37N	+57B	+56N	+53B	3.0	10.0	10.0	1.50	1061	-3.2
35	Sai Shri Ramesh Prabhavathy	1442	IND	F	−9B	=14N	+42B	+33N	−5B	2.5	17.5	17.5	7.25	1649	+38.0
36	Gamaleldin Ahmed, Basel	1463	EGY	−4B	+54N	+40B	−20N	=39B	−16N	2.5	16.5	17.5	4.75	1577	+13.6
37	Swan Yee Toe	0	MYA	=25B	−16N	+34B	−22N	+40B	−32N	2.5	15.5	18.0	7.00	1518	0.0
38	Ramesh, Hugh Raj	0	PHI	−6B	+56N	−23B	+44N	=18B	−41N	2.5	15.5	16.0	4.25	1250	0.0
39	Arjun Dama	0	IND	−9N	+57B	−10N	+46B	=36N	−42B	2.5	15.0	15.0	3.25	1239	0.0
40	Ivaan Mathew Elias	1586	IND	+55N	−5B	−36N	=31B	−37N	+44N	2.5	14.5	15.5	4.50	1347	-36.8
41	Neya Shri Ramesh Prabhavathy	1491	IND	F	−6N	−43B	+45B	=47N	+38B	2.5	12.5	12.5	5.25	1400	-10.8
42	El Banna, Ziad	1673	CAN	F	−18N	=28B	−35N	+55B	+39N	2.5	12.5	12.5	5.00	1203	-70.4
43	Abdukarimzoda, Muhamadamin	0	TJK	−8N	+46B	+41N	−27B	−10N	−33B	2.0	16.5	18.5	4.50	1293	0.0
44	MANSOUR HAMED	0	SUD	−23B	−15N	+49N	−38B	+50N	−40B	2.0	13.0	14.0	2.50	713	0.0
45	Karthikeyan Ramachandran	0	IND	−22B	−29N	+56B	−41N	+51B	−28N	2.0	12.5	13.0	1.50	687	0.0
46	Sara Susan Elias	0	IND	−11B	−43N	+54B	−39N	+57N	−31B	2.0	12.0	12.0	1.00	656	0.0
47	Niranjjan Palaniappan	1408	IND	−7B	F	+33N	−23N	=41B	−18N	1.5	16.0	16.0	4.25	1414	-2.8
48	Mercado, Levi	2063	PHI	F	+30N	=6B	−4N	F	F	1.5	12.5	12.5	5.25	1847	-14.2
49	FIDE 48797340	0	—	−20B	−51N	−44B	+54N	−52B	=56N	1.5	8.0	8.5	1.25	874	0.0
50	Mohamed Rafan Fazlul Wasim	0	IND	−32B	+34N	−27B	−29N	−44B	−55N	1.0	14.0	15.0	3.00	1287	0.0
51	FIDE 8662673	0	—	−10N	+49B	−26N	−15B	−45N	−54B	1.0	14.0	15.0	1.50	669	0.0
52	Maghizhan Jagan	0	IND	−14N	−31B	F	−33B	+49N	−29N	1.0	14.0	14.0	1.50	677	0.0
53	Swaminathan Subramanian	0	IND	F	−24N	−32B	+55N	−16B	−34N	1.0	13.5	13.5	1.00	729	0.0
54	FIDE 547094087	0	—	−12N	−36B	−46N	−49B	F	+51N	1.0	10.5	10.5	1.00	724	0.0
55	Darshni Senthil Nathan	0	IND	−40B	−28N	F	−53B	−42N	+50B	1.0	10.0	10.0	1.00	766	0.0
56	FIDE 521021490	0	—	−33N	−38B	−45N	F	−34B	=49B	0.5	12.0	12.0	0.75	679	0.0
57	Silva, Ezekiel Shawn	0	PHI	−18B	−39N	F	−34N	−46B	F	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	674	0.0
58	Nutter, James Jack	0	RUS	−13B	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	701	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Sai Shri Ramesh PrabhavathyIND
+38.0
2.5 pts · #17
2Yuldashev, SamirFID
+26.0
3.0 pts · #10
3Vaibhav Krishnan K PIND
+25.2
3.0 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1El Banna, ZiadCAN
-70.4
2.5 pts · #38
2Patel, ShivaanshBEL
-50.8
3.0 pts · #52
3Rohan SanthanaIND
-40.4
3.0 pts · #48

Biggest upsets

R3+309 Elo gap
Vaibhav Krishnan K P1792 beat CMGalan, Jan Nigel2101
R4+231 Elo gap
Sai Shri Ramesh Prabhavathy1442 beat El Banna, Ziad1673
R5+210 Elo gap
Elnemr, Mohamed1887 beat Afana, Adham Jj2097