Grand Mall Classical Chess Tournamuent U1600

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40 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 13 Nov 2025 to 15 Nov 2025 in Muscat, Oman. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1540, and top seed was Fatemeh Barghol (🇮🇷 IRI, 1593).

Aswanthram Sankar Ganesh Kannan (🇮🇳 IND, 1514) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Sai Prasath Karthikeyan (5.5) and Dawood Al Yousufi (5.0). Kannan shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Vihang Dadasaheb Kumbhar (1461) beat Fatemeh Barghol (1593), a +132-point gap.

Location

🇴🇲Muscat, Oman

Dates

13 Nov 2025 → 15 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 45 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇷Fatemeh Barghol1593

Avg top 10

1,540

Participants

Federations · 5 represented

🇮🇳India×23

🇴🇲Oman×6

🇸🇩Sudan×1

🇮🇷Iran×1

🇪🇬Egypt×1

Top 3

🥇
Aswanthram Sankar Ganesh Kannan
🇮🇳IND·1514
6.0pts·1737perf+55.6
🥈
Sai Prasath Karthikeyan
🇮🇳IND·1517
5.5pts·1692perf+36.8
🥉
Dawood Al Yousufi
🇴🇲OMA·1562
5.0pts·1733perf+20.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Aswanthram Sankar Ganesh Kannan led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Kannan6Karthikeyan5.5Al Yousufi5Al Khadouri5Sujith5Al Yahyaee5

R5 · LEADER CHANGE14 Nov

Aswanthram Sankar Ganesh Kannan takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Aswanthram Sankar Ganesh Kannan 3 wins (R3–R5)Dawood Al Yousufi 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Aswanthram Sankar Ganesh Kannan	*	—	½	—
2Sai Prasath Karthikeyan	—	*	½	1
3Dawood Al Yousufi	½	½	*	—
4Sultan Al Khadouri	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Aswanthram Sankar Ganesh Kannan	1514	IND	+38B	=29N	+11B	+20B	+10N	=3N	+4B	6.0	24.5	25.5	21.75	1737	+55.6
2	Sai Prasath Karthikeyan	1517	IND	+23N	=9B	+5N	+14B	=3B	=8N	+12B	5.5	27.0	30.5	23.50	1692	+36.8
3	Al Yousufi, Dawood	1562	OMA	F	+16N	+4B	+13B	=2N	=1B	+9N	5.0	29.0	29.0	23.25	1733	+20.6
4	Rilwin S Rajesh	1500	IND	+32N	+18B	−3N	+30B	+13N	+24B	−1N	5.0	24.5	26.5	15.50	1409	-15.6
5	Al Khadouri, Sultan	1483	OMA	+8B	=15N	−2B	+29N	=11N	+25B	+24N	5.0	24.0	26.5	17.00	1596	+11.8
6	Sloka Sujith	1458	IND	+26N	=28B	−20N	+15N	=12B	+18B	+8N	5.0	23.0	25.5	18.75	1540	+18.8
7	Al Yahyaee, Mohammed	1502	OMA	+27B	−13N	−8B	+34N	+26B	+28N	+11B	5.0	21.0	22.5	14.00	2355	+22.8
8	Reev Shajina Rajesh	0	IND	−5N	+23B	+7N	+17B	+18N	=2B	−6B	4.5	28.5	32.0	19.25	1490	0.0
9	Vihang Dadasaheb Kumbhar	1461	IND	+34B	=2N	+15B	−28N	+20N	+17B	−3B	4.5	24.5	26.0	15.75	1597	+46.0
10	Avantika Priyesh	1436	IND	=25B	=14N	+34B	+35N	−1B	=21N	+28B	4.5	20.5	22.0	10.75	1526	+19.2
11	Haran Vaibhav Senthilkumar	0	IND	+24N	=17B	−1N	+16N	=5B	+20B	−7N	4.0	27.5	30.5	15.00	1530	0.0
12	Aswathi Unnikrishnan	1491	IND	+39N	=20B	−14N	+22B	=6N	+13B	−2N	4.0	25.5	26.0	12.25	1391	-16.0
13	Al Rawahi, Faisal	0	OMA	+?N	+7B	+21B	−3N	−4B	−12N	+25B	4.0	25.5	25.5	11.50	1521	0.0
14	Vihaan Praveen	0	IND	+33N	=10B	+12B	−2N	−21B	=16B	+27N	4.0	24.5	26.5	13.25	1405	0.0
15	Stuthi Nayak	1539	IND	+22N	=5B	−9N	−6B	+35B	+30N	=19B	4.0	24.5	26.0	12.00	1301	-48.8
16	Arush Bimal	1467	IND	+30N	−3B	=22N	−11B	+32B	=14N	+21B	4.0	22.5	24.5	11.75	1535	+7.6
17	Yashkrishna V	1496	IND	+31B	=11N	=25B	−8N	+27B	−9N	+26B	4.0	22.0	24.5	12.00	662	-22.0
18	Yadhukrishna V	0	IND	+?B	−4N	+32B	+21N	−8B	−6N	+?B	4.0	20.0	20.0	5.50	1506	0.0
19	Al Mughaizwi, Muna	1577	OMA	F	F	+33N	+39B	=30N	+22B	=15N	4.0	13.5	13.5	9.25	1533	-2.4
20	Barghol, Fatemeh	1593	IRI	+40B	=12N	+6B	−1N	−9B	−11N	+30B	3.5	26.0	26.0	9.50	1393	-20.8
21	Sara Mohamed	1513	SUD	+37N	+36B	−13N	−18B	+14N	=10B	−16N	3.5	21.5	22.5	8.25	1244	-14.0
22	Eshal Shafeek	0	IND	−15B	+31N	=16B	−12N	+29B	−19N	+36N	3.5	21.0	22.0	8.00	1350	0.0
23	Janaraksha Rajesh	0	IND	−2B	−8N	+31B	−?N	=33B	+29N	+35N	3.5	18.5	18.5	7.50	1472	0.0
24	Al Sabagh, Mohamed	1528	OMA	−11B	+27N	F	+25N	+28B	−4N	−5B	3.0	22.5	23.5	8.50	1391	-22.0
25	Tejas Dinesh Kumar	0	IND	=10N	+?B	=17N	−24B	+?B	−5N	−13N	3.0	20.5	20.5	4.25	1422	0.0
26	Siddhanth Subramanian	0	IND	−6B	−38N	+37N	+33B	−7N	+36B	−17N	3.0	18.0	19.0	4.00	684	0.0
27	Muhammed Iziyan	0	IND	−7N	−24B	+?N	+36B	−17N	+?N	−14B	3.0	17.0	17.0	1.00	1327	0.0
28	Mahmoud Abdou Hassan, Hossameldin	1557	EGY	F	=6N	+29B	+9B	−24N	−7B	−10N	2.5	24.5	24.5	9.50	1407	-50.0
29	Shashini S	1429	IND	+35N	=1B	−28N	−5B	−22N	−23B	+37N	2.5	22.0	23.0	5.50	1245	-25.2
30	FIDE 547004029	0	—	−16B	+40N	+?B	−4N	=19B	−15B	−20N	2.5	20.5	20.5	2.00	1167	0.0
31	Neeraj Praveen	0	IND	−17N	−22B	−23N	−?B	+37N	=32B	+39N	2.5	14.5	14.5	2.50	725	0.0
32	FIDE 558045066	0	—	−4B	=33B	−18N	+37B	−16N	=31N	−?B	2.0	18.5	18.5	3.25	688	0.0
33	FIDE 22033246	0	—	−14B	=32N	−19B	−26N	=23N	−37B	+34B	2.0	18.0	19.0	4.25	775	0.0
34	FIDE 547022434	0	—	−9N	+37B	−10N	−7B	−36N	=39B	−33N	1.5	18.0	18.5	1.25	657	0.0
35	Thiyasika Kobiga	0	IND	−29B	F	+36N	−10B	−15N	=?N	−23B	1.5	15.5	15.5	1.00	1159	0.0
36	FIDE 22033220	0	—	F	−21N	−35B	−27N	+34B	−26N	−22B	1.0	18.5	20.0	1.50	708	0.0
37	FIDE 562014692	0	—	−21B	−34N	−26B	−32N	−31B	+33N	−29B	1.0	15.5	17.0	2.00	669	0.0
38	FIDE 555007309	0	—	−1N	+26B	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	12.0	12.0	3.00	714	0.0
39	Pranav Kruthik Vijayakumar	0	IND	−12B	−?N	F	−19N	−?B	=34N	−31B	0.5	12.0	12.0	0.75	739	0.0
40	FIDE 22033238	0	—	−20N	−30B	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	780	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Aswanthram Sankar Ganesh KannanIND
+55.6
6.0 pts · #3
2Vihang Dadasaheb KumbharIND
+46.0
4.5 pts · #4
3Sai Prasath KarthikeyanIND
+36.8
5.5 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Mahmoud Abdou Hassan, HossameldinEGY
-50.0
2.5 pts · #9
2Stuthi NayakIND
-48.8
4.0 pts · #20
3Shashini SIND
-25.2
2.5 pts · #29

Biggest upsets

R5+132 Elo gap
Vihang Dadasaheb Kumbhar1461 beat Barghol, Fatemeh1593
R7+121 Elo gap
Avantika Priyesh1436 beat Mahmoud Abdou Hassan, Hossameldin1557