December Chess Championship 2025 Under 1800
Open SwissStandard
39 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 01 Dec 2025 to 04 Dec 2025 in Kuwait, Kuwait. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1688, and top seed was Adriel Job (🇮🇳 IND, 1788).
Ahmed Abdellatif (🇪🇬 EGY, 1658) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Adriel Job (5.0) and Joel Siju Kulangara (5.0). Abdellatif shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Sumesh Suresh (1467) beat Bahadir Celebi (1623), a +156-point gap.
Location
🇰🇼Kuwait, Kuwait
Dates
01 Dec 2025 → 04 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 8 represented
🇮🇳India×13
🇰🇼Kuwait×8
🇪🇬Egypt×2
🇸🇾Syria×2
🇵ðŸ‡Philippines×2
🇯🇴Jordan×1
🇵🇸Palestine×1
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsAhmed Abdellatif led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
18
10
5
2
1
1
R5–R6 · LEAD HELD
Ahmed Abdellatif never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Ahmed Abdellatif beat Adriel Job (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Ahmed Abdellatif 6 wins (R1–R6)Adriel Job 4 wins (R1–R4)Joel Siju Kulangara 3 wins (R4–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ahmed Abdellatif | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2Adriel Job | 0 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Joel Siju Kulangara | — | — | * | 0 |
| 4Khalid Abu Warda | — | 0 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdellatif, Ahmed | 1658 | EGY | +29N | +8B | +6N | +20B | +2N | +5B | 6.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 20.50 | 2449 | +97.2 |
| 2 | Adriel Job | 1788 | IND | +19B | +5N | +10B | +4N | −1B | +8N | 5.0 | 22.5 | 25.5 | 19.50 | 1875 | +23.6 |
| 3 | Joel Siju Kulangara | 0 | IND | +21B | +15N | −4B | +16N | +10B | +6B | 5.0 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 17.00 | 1694 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Khalid Abu Warda | 1696 | JOR | +37N | +25B | +3N | −2B | =7N | +14N | 4.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 12.50 | 1730 | +4.0 |
| 5 | Arnav Nithyanand | 1596 | IND | +32B | −2B | +19N | +21N | +9B | −1N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 10.50 | 1585 | -2.4 |
| 6 | Khalid Lodhi | 1755 | PAK | +39B | +16N | −1B | +18N | +14B | −3N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 9.50 | 1816 | +5.8 |
| 7 | Novio, Pablo Jr | 1511 | PHI | +12B | −14N | +30B | +9N | =4B | =11B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 13.25 | 1649 | +27.6 |
| 8 | Sumesh Suresh | 1467 | IND | +23B | −1N | +31B | +17B | +15N | −2B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 10.00 | 1567 | +3.6 |
| 9 | Ayman Saeed, Mostafa | 0 | EGY | +33B | +13N | +11N | −7B | −5N | +16B | 4.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 12.00 | 1631 | 0.0 |
| 10 | De Mesa, Michael Angelo | 1682 | PHI | +26B | +22N | −2N | +25B | −3N | +18B | 4.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 9.50 | 1756 | +15.6 |
| 11 | Varghese, Joice | 1715 | IND | +35B | +18N | −9B | =14N | +20B | =7N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 10.25 | 1774 | +6.2 |
| 12 | Byrakdar,Abd Alrazag. | 0 | SYR | −7N | +37B | −15N | +29B | +17N | +23B | 4.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 6.50 | 1570 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Alabdullah, Khalid | 1610 | KUW | +27N | −9B | −20N | +34B | +19N | +30B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 7.00 | 1601 | -1.2 |
| 14 | Nehan, Abdullah | 1752 | BAN | +36N | +7B | +17N | =11B | −6N | −4B | 3.5 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 10.00 | 1662 | -23.6 |
| 15 | Alomar, Khalid | 0 | KUW | =20N | −3B | +12B | +22N | −8B | +21N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 20.5 | 10.25 | 1527 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Akshith Cheekati | 1578 | IND | +38N | −6B | +26N | −3B | +28N | −9N | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 4.00 | 959 | -10.4 |
| 17 | Celebi, Bahadir | 1623 | TUR | +24B | +30N | −14B | −8N | −12B | +32N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 4.50 | 1450 | -14.0 |
| 18 | Vaibhav Vishaan Nandakumar | 1493 | IND | +31N | −11B | +29N | −6B | +26N | −10N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 4.00 | 919 | -26.8 |
| 19 | Mohammed Zohaib Khan Muzahir Ali Khan | 1437 | IND | −2N | +38B | −5B | +32N | −13B | +31N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 2.00 | 865 | -26.8 |
| 20 | Alman Abdullah Rashid | 1558 | IND | =15B | +33N | +13B | −1N | −11N | −24B | 2.5 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 6.75 | 1631 | +15.6 |
| 21 | Bou Hamdan,Hani. | 1451 | SYR | −3N | +27B | +34N | −5B | =23N | −15B | 2.5 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 4.25 | 796 | -12.4 |
| 22 | Alsultan, Muhannad | 1472 | KUW | +34N | −10B | =24N | −15B | +33N | F | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.25 | 1611 | +7.2 |
| 23 | Jihan Pandya | 0 | IND | −8N | F | +35B | +37N | =21B | −12N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.25 | 1306 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Alharbi, Hamad | 0 | KUW | −17N | F | =22B | −30N | +31B | +20N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.75 | 1436 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Alajmi, Jadiea | 1487 | KUW | +28B | −4N | +32B | −10N | F | F | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 889 | -19.2 |
| 26 | Alhabeeb, Abdulaziz | 0 | KUW | −10N | F | −16B | +38N | −18B | +28B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 787 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Alkhatib, Walid | 0 | PLE | −13B | −21N | +33B | −31N | +38B | F | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1410 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Gloria Excelsis Wilson Sodadasi | 0 | IND | −25N | −29B | +36N | +35B | −16B | −26N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 732 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Alhalwaji, Asaad | 0 | KUW | −1B | +28N | −18B | −12N | F | F | 1.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 2.00 | 780 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Sathvika Umashankar | 1428 | IND | F | −17B | −7N | +24B | F | −13N | 1.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 2.50 | 783 | -36.4 |
| 31 | FIDE 547054522 | 0 | — | −18B | F | −8N | +27B | −24N | −19B | 1.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 2.00 | 693 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 10312501 | 0 | — | −5N | +36B | −25N | −19B | F | −17B | 1.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 1.00 | 737 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Dhruv Kishore | 1538 | IND | −9N | −20B | −27N | +36B | −22B | F | 1.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 1.00 | 716 | -42.4 |
| 34 | Harami, Waleed | 0 | KUW | −22B | +35N | −21B | −13N | F | F | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 713 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 10312137 | 0 | — | −11N | −34B | −23N | −28N | +36B | F | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 915 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 10312064 | 0 | — | −14B | −32N | −28B | −33N | −35N | +38B | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 846 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 10310592 | 0 | — | −4B | −12N | F | −23B | F | F | 0.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 896 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 8135347 | 0 | — | −16B | −19N | F | −26B | −27N | −36N | 0.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 707 | 0.0 |
| 39 | FIDE 564007065 | 0 | — | −6N | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 959 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Abdellatif, AhmedEGY+97.26.0 pts · #2
- 2Novio, Pablo JrPHI+27.64.0 pts · #13
- 3Adriel JobIND+23.65.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Dhruv KishoreIND-42.41.0 pts · #22
- 2Sathvika UmashankarIND-36.41.0 pts · #36
- 3Vaibhav Vishaan NandakumarIND-26.83.0 pts · #31
Biggest upsets
- R4+156 Elo gap
- R5+130 Elo gap