Chess Lab U2300 Classic October Tournament

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76 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 18 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in Dubai, UAE. 1 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1924, and top seed was Shashish Subbiah (🇮🇳 IND, 2059).

Francis Erwin Dimarucut (🇵🇭 PHI, 1893) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Shashish Subbiah (5.5) and Marvin Marcos (5.0). Dimarucut shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Vivan Goel (1640) beat Isuru Alahakoon (FM, 1999), a +359-point gap.

Location

🇦🇪Dubai, UAE

Dates

18 Oct 2025 → 19 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳Shashish Subbiah2059

Avg top 10

1,924

Participants

Titled players · 1

FM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇮🇳India×38

🇵🇭Philippines×10

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates×4

🇪🇬Egypt×3

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×2

🇮🇷Iran×2

🇸🇾Syria×2

🇫🇷France×1

Top 3

🥇
Francis Erwin Dimarucut
🇵🇭PHI·1893
5.5pts·2175perf+29.2
🥈
Shashish Subbiah
🇮🇳IND·2059
5.5pts·2143perf+17.2
🥉
Marvin Marcos
🇵🇭PHI·1924
5.0pts·2034perf+14.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 5.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Dimarucut5.5Subbiah5.5Alahakoon5Bitoon5Marcos5Cayaba4.5

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Francis Erwin Dimarucut held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/6. Dimarucut takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Francis Erwin Dimarucut 5 wins (R1–R5)Shashish Subbiah 4 wins (R3–R6)FM Isuru Alahakoon 4 wins (R3–R6)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Dimarucut, Francis Erwin	1893	PHI	+36N	+52B	+12N	+22B	+7N	=3B	5.5	20.0	22.0	19.50	2175	+29.2
2	Shashish Subbiah	2059	IND	+47B	=23N	+49B	+17N	+8B	+6N	5.5	19.0	21.5	19.75	2143	+17.2
3	Marcos, Marvin	1924	PHI	+74B	+24N	+11B	+9N	=6B	=1N	5.0	22.0	22.0	17.00	2034	+14.2
4	Bitoon, Jerson	1870	PHI	+42B	+25N	+20B	−6N	+12B	+11N	5.0	20.0	23.0	18.50	1956	+22.0
5	Alahakoon, IsuruFM	1999	SRI	+41N	−18B	+23B	+24N	+16B	+10N	5.0	19.0	22.0	18.00	1929	-5.6
6	Cayaba, John Vincent	1978	PHI	+45N	+13B	+15N	+4B	=3N	−2B	4.5	23.5	26.5	18.50	1982	+4.4
7	Chavan Nameet	1986	IND	+44B	+14N	=8B	+51N	−1B	+23N	4.5	20.5	22.5	14.75	1867	-11.6
8	Yeshwant Saravanan	1729	IND	+69B	+48N	=7N	+10B	−2N	+28B	4.5	20.0	21.0	13.25	1893	+43.2
9	Vidur Rajagopal	1766	IND	+73N	+30B	+34N	−3B	=25N	+32B	4.5	18.5	18.5	11.75	1746	-5.6
10	Kaushika Sridharan	1779	IND	+21B	+38N	+19B	−8N	+18B	−5B	4.0	21.5	24.5	15.00	1759	-3.2
11	Husain Zahoor	1706	PAK	+60N	+35B	−3N	+19N	+14B	−4B	4.0	21.0	22.5	12.50	1770	+17.6
12	Vir Dhawan	1668	IND	+31B	+55N	−1B	+48N	−4N	+34B	4.0	19.5	21.5	11.00	1663	-0.8
13	Keertiganesh S R	1624	IND	+68B	−6N	+42B	+21N	=22N	=15B	4.0	19.0	20.0	11.75	1715	+9.6
14	Fernando, Sehandu Dulneth	1623	SRI	+46N	−7B	+29N	+27B	−11N	+41B	4.0	18.5	21.0	12.50	1682	+16.4
15	Rustamov, Firdavs	1685	TJK	+70B	+40N	−6B	+38N	=26B	=13N	4.0	18.0	18.5	10.25	1733	+10.8
16	Reyes, Danilo G.	1683	PHI	+27N	−34B	+36N	+35B	−5N	+38B	4.0	17.5	20.5	12.50	1652	-3.4
17	Esmander,nawar	1867	SYR	=54N	+62B	+28N	−2B	=34N	+25B	4.0	17.5	19.0	11.00	1736	-17.6
18	Goel, Vivan	1640	IND	+75B	+5N	−22N	+40B	−10N	+51B	4.0	17.5	17.5	10.00	1804	+38.4
19	Deshmukh, Omm	1577	IND	+64B	+39N	−10N	−11B	+36N	+37B	4.0	17.0	18.0	10.00	1636	+8.8
20	HAMAD MOHAMED ALMARASHDA	1641	UAE	+71N	+37B	−4N	=34B	=51B	+40N	4.0	16.0	16.0	8.50	1587	-15.2
21	Alhasan,Modar.	0	SYR	−10N	+72B	+52N	−13B	+35N	+47B	4.0	15.5	15.5	7.50	1606	0.0
22	Raihan Bin Anzar	1865	IND	+29B	+32N	+18B	−1N	=13B	F	3.5	20.5	24.0	13.00	1764	-16.4
23	Aryan Madhav Sarath	1639	IND	+53N	=2B	−5N	+46B	+47N	−7B	3.5	20.0	22.0	9.75	1769	+26.0
24	Sai Anish Katari	1585	IND	+66N	−3B	+59N	−5B	+45N	=27B	3.5	18.5	19.5	7.75	1607	-4.8
25	ALHUTHAYFI,ESSA ALI A	1569	KSA	+76N	−4B	+53N	+39N	=9B	−17N	3.5	18.5	18.5	7.25	1744	+30.8
26	Ramesh, Hugh Raj	0	PHI	−35N	+73B	+41N	+30B	=15N	F	3.5	17.0	17.0	8.50	1572	0.0
27	B S, Pujesh	1451	IND	−16B	+75N	+55B	−14N	+39B	=24N	3.5	16.5	16.5	6.75	1581	+22.0
28	Rajendra Sawant	1478	IND	+61B	=63N	−17B	+49N	+31B	−8N	3.5	16.0	17.5	8.25	1487	+0.2
29	Abhay Ganesh Shetty	0	IND	−22N	+43B	−14B	+55N	+?N	=33B	3.5	16.0	16.0	6.75	1537	0.0
30	Ahmad Abushpap	1539	JOR	+50B	−9N	=31B	−26N	+61B	+60N	3.5	15.5	17.0	7.25	992	-7.6
31	David, Kelly Ann	0	PHI	−12N	+?B	=30N	+54B	−28N	+46B	3.5	15.5	15.5	6.25	1520	0.0
32	Sajin Dwijendralal	1507	IND	+43N	−22B	=46N	+62B	+60B	−9N	3.5	15.0	16.5	7.25	1420	-7.0
33	Jadoun Ivaan	1495	IND	−37N	−51B	+71N	+53B	+43N	=29N	3.5	13.5	13.5	6.75	757	-18.0
34	Mohammed Fizan Liyagathali	1475	IND	+65B	+16N	−9B	=20N	=17B	−12N	3.0	20.5	21.5	9.00	1659	+44.4
35	Neya Shri Ramesh Prabhavathy	1491	IND	+26B	−11N	+50B	−16N	−21B	+64N	3.0	18.0	19.0	7.00	893	-21.2
36	Ramanarayanan, Ram Karthik	0	FID	−1B	+64N	−16B	+50N	−19B	+57N	3.0	18.0	19.0	5.50	919	0.0
37	Mohamed Hesham, Omar	0	EGY	+33B	−20N	−38B	+42N	+48B	−19N	3.0	17.5	20.0	9.00	1460	0.0
38	Pascua, Aedan Matthew	1485	PHI	+72N	−10B	+37N	−15B	+56N	−16N	3.0	17.0	17.0	5.00	912	-25.6
39	SOWRRIRAJAN, SENTHIL NATHAN	1795	IND	+58N	−19B	+45N	−25B	−27N	+54B	3.0	16.0	18.0	7.00	1309	-94.4
40	Gandasarakula, Nibhish	1467	RSA	+57N	−15B	+56N	−18N	+65B	−20B	3.0	16.0	17.0	5.00	862	-29.2
41	Sai Shri Ramesh Prabhavathy	1426	IND	−5B	+68N	−26B	+67N	+52B	−14N	3.0	15.5	16.5	4.00	1572	+10.8
42	Aarav Srivathsan	0	IND	−4N	+66B	−13N	−37B	+67N	+56B	3.0	15.0	16.0	4.00	951	0.0
43	Leuranguer, Maxime	0	FRA	−32B	−29N	+74B	+44N	−33B	+61N	3.0	15.0	15.0	4.50	1349	0.0
44	Niranjjan Palaniappan	1417	IND	−7N	−53B	+66N	−43B	+62N	+55B	3.0	13.0	14.0	4.50	1011	-3.2
45	HADI BANDA	1411	IND	−6B	+67N	−39B	+64N	−24B	+65N	3.0	13.0	14.0	3.00	931	-17.2
46	Govind Subhash	0	IND	−14B	+74N	=32B	−23N	+49B	−31N	2.5	17.0	17.0	4.25	1305	-15.6
47	Aadam Johan Bibin	1430	IND	−2N	+71B	=62N	+57B	−23B	−21N	2.5	16.5	16.5	2.75	919	-11.6
48	HAMDAN MOHAMED ALMARASHDA	1476	UAE	+56N	−8B	+65N	−12B	−37N	=50B	2.5	16.0	17.0	4.25	898	-13.6
49	Vardi Nejad, Abouzar	0	IRI	=51N	+54B	−2N	−28B	−46N	+70B	2.5	15.5	16.0	3.50	1305	0.0
50	FIDE 529033543	0	—	−30N	+58B	−35N	−36B	+59B	=48N	2.5	14.0	16.0	5.25	1219	0.0
51	Gokul Krishna Sajin Resmy	1461	IND	=49B	+33N	F	−7B	=20N	−18N	2.0	18.5	20.0	6.75	1610	+5.6
52	Ivaan Mathew Elias	1612	IND	+67B	−1N	−21B	F	−41N	+53B	2.0	15.5	16.5	3.00	890	-32.8
53	Gamaleldin Ahmed, Basel	0	EGY	−23B	+44N	−25B	−33N	+72B	−52N	2.0	15.5	15.5	3.00	1307	0.0
54	Abdulla Ali Almansoori	0	UAE	=17B	−49N	+61B	−31N	=57B	−39N	2.0	15.0	16.5	4.50	1638	0.0
55	Maghizhan Jagan	0	IND	+?N	−12B	−27N	−29B	+71B	−44N	2.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	1315	0.0
56	Silva, Ezekiel Shawn	0	PHI	−48B	+69N	−40B	+70N	−38B	−42N	2.0	12.5	13.0	1.50	655	0.0
57	Swaminathan Subramanian	0	IND	−40B	=70N	+?B	−47N	=54N	−36B	2.0	11.0	11.0	1.25	634	0.0
58	FIDE 547092220	0	—	−39B	−50N	+68B	−65N	−64B	+66N	2.0	8.5	9.5	2.00	995	0.0
59	Darshni Senthil Nathan	0	IND	−63B	+?N	−24B	−?B	−50N	+72N	2.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	791	0.0
60	Cayaba, Marco Miguel	0	PHI	−11B	=61N	+70B	F	−32N	−30B	1.5	14.0	14.5	1.25	780	0.0
61	Sara Susan Elias	0	IND	−28N	=60B	−54N	+73B	−30N	−43B	1.5	13.5	13.5	0.75	707	0.0
62	Vardi Nejad, Rasa	0	IRI	+?B	−17N	=47B	−32N	−44B	F	1.5	13.0	13.0	1.25	1222	0.0
63	Ali Hassan AlRaeesi	1683	UAE	+59N	=28B	F	F	F	F	1.5	9.0	9.0	3.75	1472	-10.8
64	HAZI RUHAN	0	IND	−19N	−36B	F	−45B	+58N	−35B	1.0	15.0	15.0	2.00	699	0.0
65	FIDE 558075070	0	—	−34N	F	−48B	+58B	−40N	−45B	1.0	13.5	13.5	2.00	638	0.0
66	HAMI ILAN	0	IND	−24B	−42N	−44B	−?N	+73N	−58B	1.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	701	0.0
67	FIDE 558052437	0	—	−52N	−45B	+73N	−41B	−42B	−?N	1.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	697	0.0
68	Gauri Nithin	0	IND	−13N	−41B	−58N	F	+?B	−?B	1.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	737	0.0
69	FIDE 558057420	0	—	−8N	−56B	+72N	F	F	F	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	929	0.0
70	Chandrasekaran Dharshan	0	IND	−15N	=57B	−60N	−56B	F	−49N	0.5	12.0	12.0	1.00	876	0.0
71	Dhikshan G	0	IND	−20B	−47N	−33B	F	−55N	F	0.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	729	0.0
72	FIDE 521021490	0	—	−38B	−21N	−69B	F	−53N	−59B	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	679	0.0
73	FIDE 558075186	0	—	−9B	−26N	−67B	−61N	−66B	F	0.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	992	0.0
74	Akshath Srinivasan	0	IND	−3N	−46B	−43N	F	F	F	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	873	0.0
75	Fahmy Gaber, Hosny	0	EGY	−18N	−27B	−?N	F	F	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	735	0.0
76	FIDE 558072780	0	—	−25B	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	769	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Mohammed Fizan LiyagathaliIND
+44.4
3.0 pts · #24
2Yeshwant SaravananIND
+43.2
4.5 pts · #8
3Goel, VivanIND
+38.4
4.0 pts · #14

Top rating losers

1SOWRRIRAJAN, SENTHIL NATHANIND
-94.4
3.0 pts · #33
2Ivaan Mathew EliasIND
-32.8
2.0 pts · #61
3Gandasarakula, NibhishRSA
-29.2
3.0 pts · #48

Biggest upsets

R2+359 Elo gap
Goel, Vivan1640 beat FMAlahakoon, Isuru1999
R5+344 Elo gap
B S, Pujesh1451 beat SOWRRIRAJAN, SENTHIL NATHAN1795
R4+226 Elo gap
ALHUTHAYFI,ESSA ALI A1569 beat SOWRRIRAJAN, SENTHIL NATHAN1795