Trading Hub - CSL 2nd FIDE Rated Classical Chess Tournament

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84 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 11 Dec 2025 to 13 Dec 2025 in Doha, Qatar. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1848, and top seed was Albin Sajan (🇮🇳 IND, 2084).

Ryan Mendoza (🇵🇭 PHI, 1952) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Albin Sajan (6.0) and Adwaith Praveen (5.5). Mendoza shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Edwin Idiculla Sanju (1402) beat Nuh Nizar Hilmi (1659), a +257-point gap.

Location

🇶🇦Doha, Qatar

Dates

11 Dec 2025 → 13 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳Albin Sajan2084

Avg top 10

1,848

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇮🇳India×58

🇵🇭Philippines×6

🇹🇷Turkiye×2

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia×1

🇵🇸Palestine×1

🇹🇳Tunisia×1

🇷🇺Russia×1

🇦🇷Argentina×1

Top 3

🥇
Ryan Mendoza
🇵🇭PHI·1952
6.5pts·2164perf+24.2
🥈
Albin Sajan
🇮🇳IND·2084
6.0pts·2010perf-10.0
🥉
Adwaith Praveen
🇮🇳IND·1852
5.5pts·1885perf+16.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Ryan Mendoza led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders

Mendoza6.5Sajan6Praveen5.5Saravanan5.5Jobsy5.5Sumith K5.5

R7 · LEADER CHANGE13 Dec

Ryan Mendoza takes the sole lead (6.5/7).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ryan Mendoza beat Albin Sajan (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Ryan Mendoza 5 wins (R3–R7)Albin Sajan 5 wins (R1–R5)Adwaith Praveen 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ryan Mendoza	*	1	1	1
2Albin Sajan	0	*	—	—
3Adwaith Praveen	0	—	*	½
4Akshith Saravanan	0	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Mendoza, Ryan	1952	PHI	+24B	=16N	+11B	+5N	+4B	+2B	+3N	6.5	32.0	36.0	33.75	2164	+24.2
2	Albin Sajan	2084	IND	+74N	+19B	+27N	+21B	+17B	−1N	+12B	6.0	28.5	30.0	23.50	2010	-10.0
3	Adwaith Praveen	1852	IND	+79B	+28N	=5B	+26N	+7B	+25N	−1B	5.5	29.0	30.0	20.75	1885	+16.0
4	Sumith K S	1768	IND	+48N	+54B	=9N	+22B	−1N	+19B	+18N	5.5	28.0	31.0	22.00	1827	+8.6
5	Akshith Saravanan	1712	IND	+55N	+38B	=3N	−1B	+26N	+36B	+15N	5.5	27.5	30.5	21.25	1879	+53.2
6	Johan Jobsy	1924	IND	+66N	+36B	−21N	+9B	+10N	+7B	=17B	5.5	27.0	29.5	23.25	1835	-20.0
7	Sri Ram Karthik Madineedi	1626	IND	+46B	+41N	+25B	+8B	−3N	−6N	+30B	5.0	27.5	31.0	20.00	1846	+43.6
8	Singh, Abhyudit	1761	IND	+82B	+37N	+13B	−7N	+11B	−17N	+16B	5.0	27.5	28.0	18.50	1739	-2.8
9	Yilmazsoy, Kaan	1604	TUR	+35B	+84N	=4B	−6N	+31B	=29N	+25B	5.0	27.0	27.0	16.75	1750	+36.4
10	Nuh Nizar Hilmi	1659	IND	+30N	−40B	+18B	+33N	−6B	+42N	+29B	5.0	25.5	29.0	20.00	1565	-19.6
11	Ziyad Wakhiri	1608	PLE	+52N	+51B	−1N	+40B	−8N	+38B	+21N	5.0	25.5	28.5	17.00	1718	+27.6
12	Elarcosa, Rommel T.	1680	PHI	+68N	+53B	−15N	+38B	+24N	+22B	−2N	5.0	25.0	27.5	17.00	1772	+11.4
13	Alcantara, Ryan B.	1648	PHI	+64N	+42B	−8N	+53B	−15N	+56B	+23N	5.0	23.0	26.0	16.50	1622	-5.2
14	Yousef Amarneh	0	JOR	=23B	=57N	+79B	=39N	=43B	+37N	+44B	5.0	21.0	22.0	15.00	1578	0.0
15	Tanvish Reddy Tiruvalluru	1825	IND	+65B	+39N	+12B	−17N	+13B	=16N	−5B	4.5	28.0	30.5	18.25	1703	-34.8
16	Narain, Gopinath	1560	IND	+50N	=1B	=23N	+55B	+27N	=15B	−8N	4.5	27.5	30.5	18.00	1805	+46.4
17	Advaith Saravanan	1736	IND	F	+56B	+40N	+15B	−2N	+8B	=6N	4.5	27.5	27.5	18.75	1940	+64.8
18	Shivansh Joshi	0	IND	=32N	+67B	−10N	+45B	+54N	+27B	−4B	4.5	25.0	27.5	15.00	1635	0.0
19	HARRY RAJESH	1564	IND	+76B	−2N	+34B	=29N	+74B	−4N	+45B	4.5	24.5	26.0	12.50	1591	-0.8
20	Rehan Kannan	1406	IND	−51N	−52B	+50N	+80B	=47N	+41B	+36N	4.5	20.0	21.0	13.25	2353	+25.2
21	Mithran Krishnakumar	1675	IND	+59B	+29N	+6B	−2N	−25B	+33N	−11B	4.0	28.5	31.5	16.50	1731	+13.6
22	Advik Praveen	1731	IND	+34B	=26N	+31B	−4N	+32B	−12N	=28B	4.0	26.5	30.5	16.00	1563	-51.2
23	Aarush Upganlawar	0	IND	=14N	+32B	=16B	=36N	=28B	+39N	−13B	4.0	26.0	29.5	16.00	1574	0.0
24	Salunke, Shlok Prashant	0	IND	−1N	+50B	+75N	+37B	−12B	=28N	=39B	4.0	26.0	27.5	12.25	1569	0.0
25	Chogle Sahil Prashant	1848	IND	+78N	+45B	−7N	+56B	+21N	−3B	−9N	4.0	26.0	27.5	12.00	1630	-62.4
26	Parmesh Sendhil	1494	IND	+81N	=22B	+44N	−3B	−5B	=35N	+59B	4.0	25.5	26.0	11.00	1651	+27.6
27	Banquerigo, Filjohn	1688	PHI	+71B	+33N	−2B	+57N	−16B	−18N	+53B	4.0	25.0	27.0	12.00	1676	-3.6
28	Djerbi, Mohamed	1548	QAT	+77N	−3B	+30N	=41B	=23N	=24B	=22N	4.0	25.0	26.5	13.25	1600	+5.6
29	Ramsiva Ramesh Babu	1442	IND	+80N	−21B	+51N	=19B	+44N	=9B	−10N	4.0	25.0	26.0	12.25	1559	+31.2
30	Hana N Sandeep	0	IND	−10B	+83N	−28B	+63N	+57B	+43N	−7N	4.0	23.5	23.5	9.50	1486	0.0
31	Shruthika Sunil Kurup	1434	IND	+47N	=44B	−22N	+58B	−9N	=49B	+51N	4.0	22.5	25.5	13.00	1392	-3.2
32	Sriram Srinivasan Shailaja	1484	IND	=18B	−23N	+46N	+67B	−22N	=48B	+55N	4.0	22.5	25.0	13.00	936	-8.0
33	Tushant Srinivasa Raghavan	1483	IND	+70N	−27B	+49N	−10B	+55N	−21B	+52N	4.0	22.5	25.0	12.00	872	-32.8
34	Anu Mathew	0	IND	−22N	+81B	−19N	+51B	−37N	+47B	+54N	4.0	21.5	22.0	10.00	1393	0.0
35	Jefre Nersto Justin	0	IND	−9N	−58B	=66N	+65N	+?B	=26B	+56N	4.0	20.0	20.0	8.75	1559	0.0
36	Annliya Sajan	1552	IND	+63B	−6N	+71B	=23B	+41N	−5N	−20B	3.5	26.0	28.0	10.50	898	-40.8
37	Shresht Nair	1510	IND	+62B	−8B	+42N	−24N	+34B	−14B	=48N	3.5	25.0	28.0	12.25	961	-7.6
38	Bhavish Pandikkannan	1457	IND	+61B	−5N	+60B	−12N	+64B	−11N	=42B	3.5	25.0	28.0	10.75	867	-26.0
39	Abiram K	1542	IND	+49N	−15B	=52N	=14B	+40N	−23B	=24N	3.5	24.5	27.5	13.00	1615	+6.0
40	Edwin Idiculla Sanju	1402	IND	+75B	+10N	−17B	−11N	−39B	+72N	=43B	3.5	23.5	25.0	10.25	1465	+12.4
41	Samriddhi Karuppaiah	0	IND	+43B	−7B	+58N	=28N	−36B	−20N	+74B	3.5	23.5	25.0	10.00	1388	0.0
42	Jlassi, Bilel	0	TUN	+?B	−13N	−37B	+60N	+53N	−10B	=38N	3.5	23.0	23.0	7.75	1485	0.0
43	Sameer Gupta	1528	IND	−41N	=46B	+62N	+52B	=14N	−30B	=40N	3.5	22.5	25.5	12.00	1403	-6.8
44	Kishore Arunagiri	1654	IND	+69B	=31N	−26B	+59N	−29B	+74N	−14N	3.5	22.5	24.0	9.00	1174	-71.6
45	Emmanuel Mathew	1547	IND	+73B	−25N	=59B	−18N	+76B	+46N	−19N	3.5	21.5	23.0	8.50	907	-25.2
46	Jawahar Bharathan	0	IND	−7N	=43N	−32B	+70B	+75N	−45B	+66N	3.5	21.0	22.5	8.25	1227	0.0
47	Tejas Dulange	0	IND	−31B	+69N	−57B	+79N	=20B	−34N	+65B	3.5	20.5	21.5	8.25	1171	0.0
48	Ain Vaibhav	0	IND	−4B	−60N	+81B	=76N	+77B	=32N	=37B	3.5	19.0	19.5	6.50	1467	0.0
49	Rishikesh S	0	IND	−39B	+65N	−33B	=?N	+71B	=31N	=58B	3.5	19.0	19.0	8.00	1316	0.0
50	Krishna Tejaswi	0	IND	−16B	−24N	−20B	+83N	+60B	=58N	+?B	3.5	19.0	19.0	4.50	1408	0.0
51	Tomy Benjamin	0	IND	+20B	−11N	−29B	−34N	+78B	+64N	−31B	3.0	24.5	26.0	9.00	1286	0.0
52	Jaydeep Sai Ulama	0	IND	−11B	+20N	=39B	−43N	=62B	+57N	−33B	3.0	23.5	26.5	10.75	1459	0.0
53	Prashant Prakash Mannur	1418	IND	+83B	−12N	+61B	−13N	−42B	+62N	−27N	3.0	23.5	23.5	6.00	870	-22.8
54	Laina Mathew	1535	IND	+60B	−4N	+63B	=74N	−18B	=59N	−34B	3.0	23.0	24.5	8.25	967	-8.4
55	Dakshit Karthikeyan	0	IND	−5B	+72N	+?B	−16N	−33B	+61N	−32B	3.0	23.0	23.0	5.00	1330	0.0
56	Chidambaram Chockalingam	1478	IND	+72B	−17N	+73B	−25N	+61B	−13N	−35B	3.0	22.5	24.5	7.00	944	-22.8
57	Ayush Pradeep	1459	IND	=67N	=14B	+47N	−27B	−30N	−52B	+75N	3.0	22.0	23.5	8.75	882	-8.8
58	Jo, Christopher Redd	1441	PHI	F	+35N	−41B	−31N	+63B	=50B	=49N	3.0	21.5	21.5	10.50	615	0.0
59	Erlano, Earl Kristoff	0	PHI	−21N	+80B	=45N	−44B	+67N	=54B	−26N	3.0	20.5	21.5	6.75	1340	0.0
60	Rohan Sai Suresh	0	IND	−54N	+48B	−38N	−42B	−50N	+82B	+79N	3.0	18.0	18.5	5.00	688	0.0
61	Si-Kebir, Slimane	0	ALG	−38N	+68B	−53N	+66B	−56N	−55B	+73N	3.0	17.5	19.5	7.00	647	0.0
62	FIDE 564006182	0	—	−37N	=82N	−43B	+68B	=52N	−53B	+71N	3.0	17.5	18.0	6.25	684	0.0
63	Milan Jacob	0	IND	−36N	+66B	−54N	−30B	−58N	+83B	+80N	3.0	17.0	17.0	3.50	744	0.0
64	ALSIDDIQI,IBRAHIM	0	KSA	−13B	−?N	+83B	+73N	−38N	−51B	+72B	3.0	15.5	15.5	4.00	756	0.0
65	Yilmazsoy, Ahmet Dogukan	0	TUR	−15N	−49B	=77N	−35B	+68N	+67B	−47N	2.5	20.5	22.0	5.75	1026	0.0
66	Aadhavan Rajasekar	0	IND	−6B	−63N	=35B	−61N	+81B	+76N	−46B	2.5	20.5	21.0	4.00	1124	0.0
67	FIDE 531004792	0	—	=57B	−18N	+82B	−32N	−59B	−65N	+83N	2.5	17.5	17.5	2.00	1286	0.0
68	Dhrish Jibin	0	IND	−12B	−61N	=72B	−62N	−65B	+78N	+77B	2.5	17.0	18.5	4.00	881	0.0
69	FIDE 558072411	0	—	−44N	−47B	=70N	=72B	=80N	−75B	+81N	2.5	14.0	14.5	3.25	854	0.0
70	Shravan Vimalraj	0	IND	−33B	−71N	=69B	−46N	+82B	−?N	+76B	2.5	14.0	14.0	3.25	740	0.0
71	FIDE 547015730	0	—	−27N	+70B	−36N	=75B	−49N	=80B	−62B	2.0	18.0	19.0	3.75	818	0.0
72	Shreyanshi Madineedi	0	IND	−56N	−55B	=68N	=69N	+79B	−40B	−64N	2.0	17.5	18.5	3.50	642	0.0
73	Alfares, Reiad	0	ARG	−45N	+78B	−56N	−64B	F	+77N	−61B	2.0	15.5	15.5	3.00	714	0.0
74	Nathan, Kailash	0	IND	−2B	+76N	F	=54B	−19N	−44B	−41N	1.5	22.0	22.0	3.00	1387	0.0
75	FIDE 558072454	0	—	−40N	F	−24B	=71N	−46B	+69N	−57B	1.5	18.5	18.5	3.50	631	0.0
76	Karthick Atharva Murugesan	0	IND	−19N	−74B	+78N	=48B	−45N	−66B	−70N	1.5	18.0	19.5	3.25	756	0.0
77	FIDE 537085352	0	—	−28B	−79N	=65B	+82N	−48N	−73B	−68N	1.5	15.5	16.0	1.75	723	0.0
78	Gowid, Adam	0	RUS	−25B	−73N	−76B	=81N	−51N	−68B	+82N	1.5	13.5	14.0	0.75	1049	0.0
79	Abhirakshit Bhadoria	0	IND	−3N	+77B	−14N	−47B	−72N	F	−60B	1.0	20.5	20.5	1.50	1050	0.0
80	FIDE 531088864	0	—	−29B	−59N	F	−20N	=69B	=71N	−63B	1.0	19.0	19.0	2.25	646	0.0
81	Sashtika Murugesan	0	IND	−26B	−34N	−48N	=78B	−66N	F	−69B	0.5	18.0	18.0	0.75	692	0.0
82	FIDE 429085705	0	—	−8N	=62B	−67N	−77B	−70N	−60N	−78B	0.5	17.5	19.0	1.50	961	0.0
83	FIDE 537089943	0	—	−53N	−30B	−64N	−50B	F	−63N	−67B	0.0	19.0	19.0	0.00	618	0.0
84	FIDE 447094346	0	—	F	−9B	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	804	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Advaith SaravananIND
+64.8
4.5 pts · #6
2Akshith SaravananIND
+53.2
5.5 pts · #4
3Narain, GopinathIND
+46.4
4.5 pts · #25

Top rating losers

1Kishore ArunagiriIND
-71.6
3.5 pts · #49
2Chogle Sahil PrashantIND
-62.4
4.0 pts · #13
3Advik PraveenIND
-51.2
4.0 pts · #17

Biggest upsets

R2+257 Elo gap
Edwin Idiculla Sanju1402 beat Nuh Nizar Hilmi1659
R3+249 Elo gap
Mithran Krishnakumar1675 beat Johan Jobsy1924
R7+244 Elo gap
Yilmazsoy, Kaan1604 beat Chogle Sahil Prashant1848