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9th ACA Classical Chess Tournament- Fide Rated

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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.

Location
🇧🇭Zinj,Bahrain, Bahrain
Dates
27 Sept 2025 → 03 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇵🇭Eleseo Mariscotes1758
Avg top 10
1,299
Participants
18
Federations · 4 represented
🇮🇳India×12
🇵🇭Philippines×3
🇧🇭Bahrain×2
🇵🇰Pakistan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R4; 4 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
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3
2
1
4
2
4
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Dhruvi Shrikant Panigrahi held the sole lead from R4 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 5.0/7. Panigrahi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Dhruvi Shrikant Panigrahi beat Arnav Singh Dewan (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Dhruvi Shrikant Panigrahi1740IND+16N+5B+2N+4B3N+7BF5.026.528.019.501804+14.8
2Arnav Singh Dewan1605IND+15B+12N1B+6N+9BF+3N5.025.527.517.501761+25.6
3Cabaya, Joey1712PHI+18B=11N=6B+5N+1B+12N2B5.024.025.016.501600-17.2
4Dela Cerna, Janelle1679PHI+13N+14B+8N1N+11BF+5N5.023.025.015.001747+7.6
5Brayden Anand0IND+?B1N+12B3B+8N+11N4B4.024.524.59.5015280.0
6Noel Abraham Punnoose1461IND+17N=8B=3N2B7N+9N+11B4.024.025.512.251437-6.8
7Ali, Sayed Hashim1512BRN12B+15N+18B11N+6B1N+14B4.019.020.09.001599+14.4
8Mariscotes, Eleseo1758PHI+9B=6N4B+14N5B+10BF3.525.027.011.001555-30.0
9Ehan Anjam0IND8N+17B=14N+10B2N6B+13B3.520.522.08.5013940.0
10Dhruva Roy1522IND14N+13B=11B9N+15B8N+16B3.516.518.07.50958-8.4
11Dhruv Trivedi0IND+?N=3B=10N+7B4N5B6N3.025.525.58.2514930.0
12Muhammad Ahmad Umar0PAK+7N2B5N+16B+?N3B?N3.019.519.55.5014630.0
13Jeff George0IND4B10N+?B15N=14B+17B9N2.517.517.52.508010.0
14Mohamed Ali Albuainain0BRN+10B4N=9B8B=13NF7N2.022.024.06.501409-32.0
15Krishna Babu Lakshmanan0IND2N7B+?N+13B10NFF2.017.017.02.507250.0
16Gunjan Pal0IND1B?N=17B12N?N+18B10N1.514.014.01.758290.0
17Praneesh S0IND6B9N=16N?B+18B13NF1.512.512.51.756620.0
18Janet George0IND3N+?B7N?B17N16NF1.012.012.00.007800.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets