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10th ACA Classical Chess Tournament- FIDE Rated

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17 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 01 Nov 2025 to 07 Nov 2025 in Zinj,Bahrain, Bahrain. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1406, and top seed was Mohamed Taher (🇧🇭 BRN, 1706).

Mohamed Taher (🇧🇭 BRN, 1706) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Safvan Subair Khan (6.0) and Noel Abraham Punnoose (5.5). Taher shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Noel Abraham Punnoose (1462) beat Mohamed Taher (1706), a +244-point gap.

Location
🇧🇭Zinj,Bahrain, Bahrain
Dates
01 Nov 2025 → 07 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇭Mohamed Taher1706
Avg top 10
1,406
Participants
17
Federations · 3 represented
🇮🇳India×12
🇧🇭Bahrain×4
🇵🇭Philippines×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
8
4
2
1
1
2
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Taher takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.0).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mohamed Taher beat Safvan Subair Khan (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Mohamed Taher 5 wins (R3–R7)Safvan Subair Khan 5 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Taher, Mohamed1706BRN+5B3N+6B+10N+9B+2B+4N6.027.030.024.501822+15.8
2Safvan Subair Khan1627IND+16B+6N+3B+9N+5B1N+7B6.026.026.020.001814+46.0
3Noel Abraham Punnoose1462IND+13N+1B2N+11B=4N+9B+5N5.526.528.520.251746+76.4
4Navaneeth Krishna K P1499IND+17B9N+13B+14N=3B+10N1B4.521.521.59.751517+1.6
5Ali, Sayed Hashim1447BRN1N+11B+7N+12B2N+6B3B4.028.031.013.501500+8.8
6Harsin Hazarika0IND+7N2B1N+15B+11N5N+10B4.025.526.510.5015100.0
7Alqallaf, Ali1553BRN6B+16N5B+13N=8N+12B2N3.522.522.56.751409-23.6
8Vivaan Anand0INDF12N10B+16N=7B+13N+14B3.513.513.55.7512700.0
9Cabaya, Joey1695PHI+14N+4B+12N2B1N3NF3.027.027.09.501488-54.4
10AlAbbas, Ali1559BRN11N+15B+8N1B+12N4B6N3.024.025.07.501448-17.6
11Brayden Anand0IND+10B5N+14B3N6B+15N12B3.021.522.56.0013050.0
12Dhruva Roy1515IND+15N+8B9B5N10B7N+11N3.020.021.07.50768-68.8
13Vidhun Kumaresan0IND3BF4N7B+16N8B+15B2.018.018.01.007030.0
14Arav Mehta0IND9BF11N4B+15N+16B8N2.015.015.01.007970.0
15Mithun Karthik Ganesh0IND12B10N+16B6N14B11B13N1.017.017.00.007370.0
16Ayra Mehta0IND2N7B15N8B13B14NF0.018.018.00.007910.0
17Rihaan Bibin0IND4NFFFFFF0.06.56.50.006980.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets