Chess Masters Academy Classic Tournament

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52 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 28 Nov 2025 to 29 Nov 2025 in Muscat, Oman. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1643, and top seed was Usama Al Darwashi (🇴🇲 OMA, 1774).

Ilaan Shafeek (🇮🇳 IND, 1473) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Ramez Mahmoud Mohamed (5.0) and Nachiketha Krishnendra Mulgund (5.0). Shafeek shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Ilaan Shafeek (1473) beat Usama Al Darwashi (1774), a +301-point gap.

Location

🇴🇲Muscat, Oman

Dates

28 Nov 2025 → 29 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇴🇲Usama Al Darwashi1774

Avg top 10

1,643

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇮🇳India×33

🇴🇲Oman×4

🇪🇬Egypt×3

🇱🇾Libya×1

FIDE (no federation)×1

🇵🇰Pakistan×1

🇸🇩Sudan×1

🇹🇳Tunisia×1

Top 3

🥇
Ilaan Shafeek
🇮🇳IND·1473
5.5pts·2013perf+124.0
🥈
Ramez Mahmoud Mohamed
🇪🇬EGY·1766
5.0pts·1729perf-4.8
🥉
Nachiketha Krishnendra Mulgund
🇮🇳IND·1668
5.0pts·1859perf+46.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Ilaan Shafeek led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Shafeek5.5Al Yousufi5Mulgund5Mahmoud Mohamed5Pinto4.5Mathew4

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Ilaan Shafeek held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Ilaan Shafeek 5 wins (R1–R5)Dawood Al Yousufi 3 wins (R1–R3)Nachiketha Krishnendra Mulgund 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ilaan Shafeek	*	—	—	½
2Dawood Al Yousufi	—	*	—	—
3Nachiketha Krishnendra Mulgund	—	—	*	0
4Ramez Mahmoud Mohamed	½	—	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ilaan Shafeek	1473	IND	+20B	+27N	+14B	+7N	+6B	=2N	5.5	20.5	23.5	21.00	2013	+124.0
2	Mahmoud Mohamed, Ramez	1766	EGY	+29B	=15N	+10B	+8N	+3N	=1B	5.0	22.5	25.5	20.75	1729	-4.8
3	Nachiketha Krishnendra Mulgund	1668	IND	+41B	+26N	+9B	+5N	−2B	+6N	5.0	20.5	22.5	17.50	1859	+46.4
4	Al Yousufi, Dawood	1562	OMA	+31B	+17N	+13B	−6N	+11B	+12N	5.0	19.5	22.5	18.50	1782	+26.8
5	Niyola Pinto	1536	IND	+38B	+46N	+19N	−3B	=18N	+17B	4.5	17.5	18.5	11.75	1672	+27.6
6	Al Darwashi, Usama	1774	OMA	+37N	+12B	+16N	+4B	−1N	−3B	4.0	23.5	26.0	15.50	1623	-17.6
7	Anush Bansal	1609	IND	+30N	+36B	+11N	−1B	−12N	+26B	4.0	19.5	22.0	12.50	1559	-12.4
8	Mohammed Helal Uddin, Hossam	1496	FID	=10B	+29N	+15B	−2B	=22N	+24N	4.0	19.0	22.0	13.50	1686	+29.2
9	Hudhaifa Maqbool	1523	IND	+35N	+18B	−3N	+30B	=19N	=16B	4.0	19.0	21.5	12.75	1599	+14.8
10	Reev Shajina Rajesh	0	IND	=8N	+37B	−2N	+44B	=14B	+27N	4.0	18.5	20.0	11.00	1635	+15.2
11	Keith Mathew	1485	IND	+21B	+23N	−7B	+27N	−4N	+25B	4.0	18.0	21.0	12.00	1652	+46.8
12	Al Yahyaee, Mohammed	1502	OMA	+40B	−6N	+38B	+28N	+7B	−4B	4.0	18.0	20.0	11.00	1522	+2.0
13	Al Khadouri, Sultan	1483	OMA	+22N	+25B	−4N	−19B	+39N	+23N	4.0	17.5	19.5	11.00	1625	+14.6
14	Stuthi Nayak	1539	IND	+32N	=44B	−1N	+43B	=10N	+21B	4.0	17.5	19.0	10.75	1477	-9.2
15	Rilwin S Rajesh	1500	IND	+45N	=2B	−8N	=21N	+46B	+22B	4.0	16.5	17.5	9.50	1438	-8.4
16	Hamid Gulzar	1554	PAK	+51B	+24N	−6B	+46N	=17B	=9N	4.0	15.5	15.5	7.75	1544	-3.2
17	Christopher M Anish	1466	IND	+42N	−4B	+34N	+25B	=16N	−5N	3.5	19.0	21.0	9.50	1477	+1.2
18	Madhuranjan M	1402	IND	+28B	−9N	+20B	+23N	=5B	−19N	3.5	18.5	21.5	11.75	1513	0.0
19	Elwali, Gismalla	1763	SUD	F	+43N	−5B	+13N	=9B	+18B	3.5	18.0	18.0	11.50	1641	-12.2
20	Siddhanth Subramanian	0	IND	−1N	+50B	−18N	=32B	+44N	+34B	3.5	16.0	16.0	5.50	1324	0.0
21	Samarth Gowda .B	0	IND	−11N	+33B	+36N	=15B	=26B	−14N	3.0	18.0	20.5	9.00	1429	0.0
22	Shrihan Santhosh Kumar	0	IND	−13B	+51N	+24B	=26N	=8B	−15N	3.0	18.0	18.0	6.50	1405	0.0
23	Hafnaoui Hamdi	1578	TUN	+33N	−11B	+44N	−18B	+30N	−13B	3.0	17.5	19.0	7.50	1268	-65.2
24	Avantika Priyesh	1436	IND	+34N	−16B	−22N	+35N	+28B	−8B	3.0	16.5	19.0	8.00	725	-27.2
25	Maher, Aly	1602	EGY	+48B	−13N	+31B	−17N	+41B	−11N	3.0	16.5	17.5	6.00	677	-80.0
26	Priyesh Valoorakayil Sankaran	1489	IND	+47N	−3B	+45N	=22B	=21N	−7N	3.0	16.5	17.5	5.50	838	-24.0
27	Mahmoud Abdou Hassan, Hossameldin	1557	EGY	+50N	−1B	+48N	−11B	+38N	−10B	3.0	16.5	16.5	3.00	676	-48.8
28	Yadhukrishna V	0	IND	−18N	+35B	+33N	−12B	−24N	+38B	3.0	16.0	18.0	7.50	641	0.0
29	Aarav Bajaj	0	IND	−2N	−8B	+52N	+45B	=34N	=32B	3.0	16.0	16.0	4.25	831	0.0
30	DAKSHITH GOWDA B	0	IND	−7B	+49N	+39B	−9N	−23B	+40N	3.0	15.0	15.0	4.00	770	0.0
31	Haran Vaibhav Senthilkumar	0	IND	−4N	+47B	−25N	−34B	+43N	+39B	3.0	14.5	15.5	5.00	1428	-30.4
32	Meenakshi Madhu	0	IND	−14B	−39N	+49B	=20N	+40B	=29N	3.0	14.5	14.5	5.25	733	0.0
33	Eshal Shafeek	0	IND	−23B	−21N	−28B	+49N	+42B	+47N	3.0	12.0	12.0	3.00	776	-14.8
34	Vihaan Praveen	0	IND	−24B	+40N	−17B	+31N	=29B	−20N	2.5	16.0	18.0	6.50	637	-49.2
35	Neeraj Praveen	0	IND	−9B	−28N	+37N	−24B	=36N	+44B	2.5	15.0	16.5	5.25	1385	0.0
36	Aswathi Unnikrishnan	1491	IND	+49B	−7N	−21B	−38N	=35B	+45N	2.5	13.0	13.0	2.75	807	-13.6
37	Aadvay Hegde	0	IND	−6B	−10N	−35B	+51N	=45B	+49N	2.5	12.0	12.0	0.75	974	0.0
38	Muhammed Iziyan	0	IND	−5N	+42B	−12N	+36B	−27B	−28N	2.0	17.0	19.0	4.50	1329	0.0
39	Thiyasika Kobiga	0	IND	−44N	+32B	−30N	+50B	−13B	−31N	2.0	14.5	14.5	3.00	675	0.0
40	FIDE 429094089	0	—	−12N	−34B	+50N	+48B	−32N	−30B	2.0	13.5	13.5	1.00	702	0.0
41	FIDE 564007090	0	—	−3N	−45B	+47N	+42B	−25N	F	2.0	12.5	13.5	3.00	836	0.0
42	Sravan Mahesh	0	IND	−17B	−38N	+51B	−41N	−33N	+48B	2.0	11.5	11.5	1.00	666	0.0
43	Yashkrishna V	1496	IND	+52N	−19B	−46B	−14N	−31B	+50N	2.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	847	-25.2
44	Aniketh Sailesh	1466	IND	+39B	=14N	−23B	−10N	−20B	−35N	1.5	17.0	19.0	4.00	1362	0.0
45	Pranav Kruthik Vijayakumar	0	IND	−15B	+41N	−26B	−29N	=37N	−36B	1.5	15.0	17.0	3.25	696	0.0
46	Omer, Mohamed Alhadi	0	LBA	F	−5B	+43N	−16B	−15N	F	1.0	16.5	16.5	2.00	1332	0.0
47	FIDE 547022434	0	—	−26B	−31N	−41B	F	+48N	−33B	1.0	12.0	12.0	1.00	689	0.0
48	Elon Peter Dsouza	0	IND	−25N	+52B	−27B	−40N	−47B	−42N	1.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	779	0.0
49	FIDE 558017887	0	—	−36N	−30B	−32N	−33B	F	−37B	0.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	690	0.0
50	FIDE 558014527	0	—	−27B	−20N	−40B	−39N	F	−43B	0.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	726	0.0
51	FIDE 9218360	0	—	−16N	−22B	−42N	−37B	F	F	0.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	754	0.0
52	FIDE 558079190	0	—	−43B	−48N	−29B	F	F	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	696	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ilaan ShafeekIND
+124.0
5.5 pts · #1
2Keith MathewIND
+46.8
4.0 pts · #5
3Nachiketha Krishnendra MulgundIND
+46.4
5.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Maher, AlyEGY
-80.0
3.0 pts · #35
2Hafnaoui HamdiTUN
-65.2
3.0 pts · #24
3Vihaan PraveenIND
-49.2
2.5 pts · #29

Biggest upsets

R5+301 Elo gap
Ilaan Shafeek1473 beat Al Darwashi, Usama1774
R3+227 Elo gap
Niyola Pinto1536 beat Elwali, Gismalla1763
R4+176 Elo gap
Madhuranjan M1402 beat Hafnaoui Hamdi1578