December Chess Championship 2025 Under 1800

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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

Top seed

🇮🇳Adriel Job1788

Avg top 10

1,688

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇮🇳India×13

🇰🇼Kuwait×8

🇪🇬Egypt×2

🇸🇾Syria×2

🇵🇭Philippines×2

🇵🇸Palestine×1

🇵🇰Pakistan×1

🇧🇩Bangladesh×1

Top 3

🥇
Ahmed Abdellatif
🇪🇬EGY·1658
6.0pts·2449perf+97.2
🥈
Adriel Job
🇮🇳IND·1788
5.0pts·1875perf+23.6
🥉
Joel Siju Kulangara
🇮🇳IND
5.0pts·1694perf0.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Ahmed 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

Abdellatif6Job5Kulangara5Warda4.5Ayman Saeed4De Mesa4

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
+97.2
6.0 pts · #2
2Novio, Pablo JrPHI
+27.6
4.0 pts · #13
3Adriel JobIND
+23.6
5.0 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Dhruv KishoreIND
-42.4
1.0 pts · #22
2Sathvika UmashankarIND
-36.4
1.0 pts · #36
3Vaibhav Vishaan NandakumarIND
-26.8
3.0 pts · #31

Biggest upsets

R4+156 Elo gap
Sumesh Suresh1467 beat Celebi, Bahadir1623
R5+130 Elo gap
Abdellatif, Ahmed1658 beat Adriel Job1788