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2nd AR Chess Academy Classical Tournament

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28 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 07 Nov 2025 to 13 Nov 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1776, and top seed was Sameh Sadek (🇪🇬 EGY, FM, 2291).

Tunar Garayev (🇦🇿 AZE, 1791) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Sameh Sadek (6.0) and Ramez Alskafy (5.0). Garayev shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Tunar Garayev (1791) beat Jesse Nikki February (WIM, 2026), a +235-point gap.

Location
🇸🇦Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dates
07 Nov 2025 → 13 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇬FMSameh Sadek2291
Avg top 10
1,776
Participants
28
Titled players · 2
FM×1
WIM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇮🇳India×5
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia×5
🇪🇬Egypt×4
🇯🇴Jordan×3
🇺🇸United States of America×2
🇸🇾Syria×2
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇹🇳Tunisia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
15
6
1
1
5
3
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7February takes lead
Sadek6Garayev6Alskafy5ALBALAWI5Sayeed4.5Bukhari4.5— ex-leaders:Vicencioled R3, #7Februaryled R4, #10
R4 · LEADER CHANGE10 Nov

WIM Jesse Nikki February takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Garayev takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (25.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Sameh Sadek 6 wins (R2–R7)Tunar Garayev 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMSameh Sadek*
1
2Tunar Garayev*
½
3Ramez Alskafy
0
½
*
4SULTAN QALIT ALBALAWI*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Garayev, Tunar1791AZE+7B+20N=6N=3B+15N+10B+5N6.025.027.022.252009+33.6
2Sadek, SamehFM2291EGYF+13N+10B+6B+5N+9N+3B6.024.524.524.502736+6.8
3Ramez Alskafy1806JOR+25B+21N=5B=1N+7B+8N2N5.027.029.017.751861+10.8
4ALBALAWI,SULTAN QALIT1618KSA+14B5NF+27B+22N+20B+9N5.017.518.512.001218-3.2
5February, Jesse NikkiWIM2026RSA+24N+4B=3N+8B2B+19N1B4.528.530.516.001792-23.4
6Shahan Abu Sayeed1834IND+12B+23N=1B2N19B+21N+8B4.523.525.514.001856+8.0
7Bukhari, Ibrahim F0USA1N+22B+?B+23N3N=11B+15N4.521.521.58.7517090.0
8Vicencio, Emmerson0PHI+?B+?N+18B5N+12N3B6N4.019.519.55.5017800.0
9Ghali, Bacem0TUN+?B=?N+?B=18N+11N2B4B4.017.017.04.7518250.0
10Vemuri, Kalyan Kumar0IND=19N+?B2NF+18B1N+24B3.519.019.05.7519030.0
11Chaanthnisri V1549IND+26B18N+13B+20N9B=7NF3.518.519.58.251021-6.8
12ALZAHRANI,BASIL MOHAMMED A0KSA6N+16B+17NF8BF+13B3.020.520.59.0010190.0
13Waleed Almoustafa0SYR+22N2B11N+?BF+15B12N3.017.517.55.0017240.0
14Ibrahim Albweitel0JOR4N+24B23B+28N+21BF16N3.017.017.04.0014240.0
15Cowell, Isaac Bainbridge0USA?B+?N+?B+21N1B13N7B3.015.515.52.0016720.0
16Mohamed elsayed, abdelrhman0EGY23B12N22N+25BF+26N+14B3.013.013.06.008100.0
17Suliman,Yasser.0SYR21B+25N12BF24N+27B+26B3.011.011.04.006180.0
18ALNUWAISER,MOHAMMED BASSAM S1821KSA+28N+11B8N=9B10NFF2.517.017.05.502349+6.8
19Kunding, Julmin0FID=10B?N+28BF+6N5BF2.516.016.06.2517820.0
20Elhendy, Mohamed0EGY+?N1BF11BF4N+22B2.023.523.52.0014740.0
21Mahmoud Wahba, Marwan1418EGY+17N3B+26N15B14N6BF2.020.521.54.001012-6.8
22Ahmad Hussein0JOR13B7N+16B+26N4BF20N2.019.520.54.008180.0
23Alotaibi, Maitha Abdulrahman A1609KSA+16N6B+14N7BFFF2.019.019.06.001019-4.6
24FIDE 762081005B14NF+?N+17BF10N2.016.516.53.0012260.0
25Arhant Reddy Swarna0IND3N17B?N16N+28B+?BF2.013.013.00.009570.0
26FIDE 7621060011NF21B22B+27N16B17N1.014.514.51.006840.0
27Basmaih,Faisal Ayman0KSA?B?N+?B4N26B17NF1.09.09.00.008990.0
28Anshita Reddy Swarna0IND18BF19N14B25NF?N0.010.010.00.0010210.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets