9th ACA Classical Chess Tournament- Fide Rated
18 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 27 Sept 2025 to 03 Oct 2025 in Zinj,Bahrain, Bahrain. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1299, and top seed was Eleseo Mariscotes (🇵🇭 PHI, 1758).
Dhruvi Shrikant Panigrahi (🇮🇳 IND, 1740) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Arnav Singh Dewan (5.0) and Joey Cabaya (5.0). Panigrahi shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Arnav Singh Dewan (1605) beat Joey Cabaya (1712), a +107-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R4; 4 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz.
Dhruvi Shrikant Panigrahi held the sole lead from R4 through R7 without losing it.
4 players finish on 5.0/7. Panigrahi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.5).
Dhruvi Shrikant Panigrahi beat Arnav Singh Dewan (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dhruvi Shrikant Panigrahi | * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2Arnav Singh Dewan | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Joey Cabaya | 1 | 0 | * | — |
| 4Janelle Dela Cerna | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dhruvi Shrikant Panigrahi | 1740 | IND | +16N | +5B | +2N | +4B | −3N | +7B | F | 5.0 | 26.5 | 28.0 | 19.50 | 1804 | +14.8 |
| 2 | Arnav Singh Dewan | 1605 | IND | +15B | +12N | −1B | +6N | +9B | F | +3N | 5.0 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 17.50 | 1761 | +25.6 |
| 3 | Cabaya, Joey | 1712 | PHI | +18B | =11N | =6B | +5N | +1B | +12N | −2B | 5.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 16.50 | 1600 | -17.2 |
| 4 | Dela Cerna, Janelle | 1679 | PHI | +13N | +14B | +8N | −1N | +11B | F | +5N | 5.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 15.00 | 1747 | +7.6 |
| 5 | Brayden Anand | 0 | IND | +?B | −1N | +12B | −3B | +8N | +11N | −4B | 4.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 9.50 | 1528 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Noel Abraham Punnoose | 1461 | IND | +17N | =8B | =3N | −2B | −7N | +9N | +11B | 4.0 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 12.25 | 1437 | -6.8 |
| 7 | Ali, Sayed Hashim | 1512 | BRN | −12B | +15N | +18B | −11N | +6B | −1N | +14B | 4.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 9.00 | 1599 | +14.4 |
| 8 | Mariscotes, Eleseo | 1758 | PHI | +9B | =6N | −4B | +14N | −5B | +10B | F | 3.5 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 11.00 | 1555 | -30.0 |
| 9 | Ehan Anjam | 0 | IND | −8N | +17B | =14N | +10B | −2N | −6B | +13B | 3.5 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 8.50 | 1394 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Dhruva Roy | 1522 | IND | −14N | +13B | =11B | −9N | +15B | −8N | +16B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 7.50 | 958 | -8.4 |
| 11 | Dhruv Trivedi | 0 | IND | +?N | =3B | =10N | +7B | −4N | −5B | −6N | 3.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 8.25 | 1493 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Muhammad Ahmad Umar | 0 | PAK | +7N | −2B | −5N | +16B | +?N | −3B | −?N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 5.50 | 1463 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Jeff George | 0 | IND | −4B | −10N | +?B | −15N | =14B | +17B | −9N | 2.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 2.50 | 801 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Mohamed Ali Albuainain | 0 | BRN | +10B | −4N | =9B | −8B | =13N | F | −7N | 2.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 6.50 | 1409 | -32.0 |
| 15 | Krishna Babu Lakshmanan | 0 | IND | −2N | −7B | +?N | +13B | −10N | F | F | 2.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 2.50 | 725 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Gunjan Pal | 0 | IND | −1B | −?N | =17B | −12N | −?N | +18B | −10N | 1.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 1.75 | 829 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Praneesh S | 0 | IND | −6B | −9N | =16N | −?B | +18B | −13N | F | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.75 | 662 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Janet George | 0 | IND | −3N | +?B | −7N | −?B | −17N | −16N | F | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 780 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Arnav Singh DewanIND+25.65.0 pts · #2
- 2Dhruvi Shrikant PanigrahiIND+14.85.0 pts · #1
- 3Ali, Sayed HashimBRN+14.44.0 pts · #10
- 1Mohamed Ali AlbuainainBRN-32.02.0 pts · #6
- 2Mariscotes, EleseoPHI-30.03.5 pts · #4
- 3Cabaya, JoeyPHI-17.25.0 pts · #5
- R7+107 Elo gap