UW Mall Classic Chess Tournament by iMaster Chess
Open SwissStandard
44 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 27 Dec 2025 to 28 Dec 2025 in Dubai, UAE. 2 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1813, and top seed was Jan Nigel Galan (🇵🇭 PHI, CM, 2099).
Isuru Alahakoon (🇱🇰 SRI, FM, 2010) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Jan Nigel Galan (5.0) and Anastasiya Sevastsyanchuk (5.0). Alahakoon won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Sarvesh Raveender (1575) beat Tawfeek Abalsalam Tawfeek (1868), a +293-point gap.
Location
🇦🇪Dubai, UAE
Dates
27 Dec 2025 → 28 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Titled players · 2
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇮🇳India×23
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×2
🇫🇷France×2
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×2
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇪🇬Egypt×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsFM Isuru Alahakoon 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
21
10
4
2
1
1
R5–R6 · LEAD HELD
FM Isuru Alahakoon held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
FM Isuru Alahakoon beat CM Jan Nigel Galan (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
FM Isuru Alahakoon 5 wins (R1–R5)CM Jan Nigel Galan 4 wins (R1–R4)Anastasiya Sevastsyanchuk 4 wins (R3–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMIsuru Alahakoon | * | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2CMJan Nigel Galan | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Anastasiya Sevastsyanchuk | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Dinmukhammed Berik | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alahakoon, IsuruFM | 2010 | SRI | +24B | +3N | +19B | +11N | +2B | =4N | 5.5 | 21.5 | 24.5 | 22.25 | 2531 | +20.4 |
| 2 | Galan, Jan NigelCM | 2099 | PHI | +39N | +9B | +7N | +6B | −1N | +12B | 5.0 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 17.50 | 2014 | -5.2 |
| 3 | Sevastsyanchuk, Anastasiya | 1625 | FID | +38N | −1B | +23N | +9B | +10N | +7B | 5.0 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 16.50 | 1912 | +56.8 |
| 4 | Ydyrysov, Alikhan | 0 | KGZ | =17N | +?B | +16N | +8B | =6N | =1B | 4.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 14.00 | 1748 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Berik, Dinmukhammed | 1808 | KAZ | +23N | +15B | −6N | +21B | =13N | +16B | 4.5 | 18.0 | 21.0 | 15.00 | 1756 | -10.0 |
| 6 | Saicharan Srinivasan | 1693 | IND | +43B | +22N | +5B | −2N | =4B | =8B | 4.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 11.75 | 1893 | +38.0 |
| 7 | Kaushika Sridharan | 1764 | IND | +28B | +21N | −2B | +14N | +11B | −3N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 13.00 | 1769 | +4.0 |
| 8 | Yeshwant Saravanan | 1812 | IND | +20B | +13N | =14B | −4N | +27B | =6N | 4.0 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 13.25 | 1807 | +2.0 |
| 9 | Aryan Madhav Sarath | 1653 | IND | +29B | −2N | +20B | −3N | +28B | +22N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 10.50 | 1669 | +1.2 |
| 10 | Tasbolat, Altair | 0 | KAZ | +27B | −14N | +22B | +37N | −3B | +19N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 10.00 | 1608 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Lobo, Dhruv | 1599 | NED | +33B | +32N | +36B | −1B | −7N | +20N | 4.0 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 8.50 | 1763 | +29.6 |
| 12 | Alhasan,Modar. | 1688 | SYR | +35N | +25B | F | +29N | +15B | −2N | 4.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 10.50 | 1793 | +7.2 |
| 13 | Sarvesh Raveender | 1575 | IND | +41B | −8B | +40N | +32N | =5B | =15N | 4.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 8.00 | 1747 | +32.0 |
| 14 | Chauhan Atul | 1663 | IND | +26N | +10B | =8N | −7B | −16N | +21B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 21.5 | 12.00 | 1595 | -7.6 |
| 15 | Kalia, Rahul | 1488 | IND | +30B | −5N | +28B | +19N | −12N | =13B | 3.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 9.50 | 1639 | +17.0 |
| 16 | Mihir Bhalchandra khanolkar | 1676 | IND | +44B | =36N | −4B | +18N | +14B | −5N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 7.75 | 1810 | +10.8 |
| 17 | Reyansh Amit Bodkhe | 1465 | IND | =4B | −18N | +30B | +36N | −19B | +27N | 3.5 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 8.25 | 1463 | +3.6 |
| 18 | Sai Anish Katari | 1585 | IND | −40N | +17B | =25N | −16B | +29B | +37N | 3.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 8.50 | 1555 | -3.2 |
| 19 | Tribuwan, T W Helik | 1713 | SRI | +34N | +40B | −1N | −15B | +17N | −10B | 3.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 6.50 | 1522 | -15.2 |
| 20 | Ahaan Vedant Maheshwari | 1425 | IND | −8N | +38B | −9N | +31B | +24N | −11B | 3.0 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 6.50 | 1433 | -2.0 |
| 21 | B S, Pujesh | 1469 | IND | +37B | −7B | +31N | −5N | +26B | −14N | 3.0 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 6.50 | 944 | -21.6 |
| 22 | Rajendra Sawant | 1465 | IND | +31N | −6B | −10N | +40B | +23N | −9B | 3.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 6.00 | 1475 | -0.4 |
| 23 | Vihaan Amit Dubey | 1421 | IND | −5B | +33N | −3B | +30N | −22B | +31N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 6.00 | 835 | -33.2 |
| 24 | Yogendra Sai Kondragunta | 1457 | IND | −1N | +26B | −32B | +41N | −20B | +29N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 6.00 | 900 | -27.2 |
| 25 | Semenov, Nikita Al. | 0 | RUS | +?B | −12N | =18B | −27N | +36B | =28N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.50 | 1456 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 558015647 | 0 | — | −14B | −24N | +34N | +43B | −21N | +41B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 725 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Gavrylchenko, Illia | 1485 | GER | −10N | +35B | =37N | +25B | −8N | −17B | 2.5 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 5.75 | 823 | -26.4 |
| 28 | Mayank, Arjun | 1407 | IND | −7N | +41B | −15N | +39B | −9N | =25B | 2.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 4.00 | 840 | -26.8 |
| 29 | Devank Praveen | 0 | IND | −9N | +42B | +39N | −12B | −18N | −24B | 2.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 2.50 | 1322 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 4932668 | 0 | — | −15N | +34B | −17N | −23B | −33N | +44B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.00 | 660 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Yatharth Amit Dubey | 0 | IND | −22B | +43N | −21B | −20N | +40N | −23B | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 1.00 | 655 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Abalsalam Tawfeek, Tawfeek | 1868 | EGY | +42N | −11B | +24N | −13B | F | F | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 1529 | -30.2 |
| 33 | FIDE 558089101 | 0 | — | −11N | −23B | F | +35N | +30B | −?N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 4.00 | 713 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Adwita Jha | 0 | IND | −19B | −30N | −26B | +44N | −41N | +38B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.50 | 913 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 558075186 | 0 | — | −12B | −27N | −?N | −33B | +43N | +40B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 749 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Yoon, Jiwan | 0 | KOR | F | =16B | −11N | −17B | −25N | +39B | 1.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 3.25 | 1295 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Vaibhav Girish | 0 | IND | −21N | F | =27B | −10B | +38N | −18B | 1.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 2.75 | 1236 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Dhruv Praveen | 0 | IND | −3B | −20N | +43B | =?N | −37B | −34N | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 1242 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Honcharova, Anisiia | 1457 | UKR | −2B | +44N | −29B | −28N | =?B | −36N | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 1395 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Karthikeyan Ramachandran | 0 | IND | +18B | −19N | −13B | −22N | −31B | −35N | 1.0 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 3.50 | 1395 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Raj Nagvekar | 0 | IND | −13N | −28N | F | −24B | +34B | −26N | 1.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 2.00 | 676 | 0.0 |
| 42 | McDonald, Margaret | 1447 | FRA | −32B | −29N | +44B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1045 | -1.6 |
| 43 | Ali, Ayaan | 0 | FRA | −6N | −31B | −38N | −26N | −35B | F | 0.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 897 | 0.0 |
| 44 | FIDE 564020720 | 0 | — | −16N | −39B | −42N | −34B | F | −30N | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 761 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Sevastsyanchuk, AnastasiyaFID+56.85.0 pts · #9
- 2Saicharan SrinivasanIND+38.04.0 pts · #10
- 3Sarvesh RaveenderIND+32.04.0 pts · #12
Top rating losers
- 1Vihaan Amit DubeyIND-33.23.0 pts · #38
- 2Abalsalam Tawfeek, TawfeekEGY-30.22.0 pts · #14
- 3Yogendra Sai KondraguntaIND-27.23.0 pts · #35
Biggest upsets
- R4+293 Elo gap
- R2+269 Elo gap
- R4+225 Elo gap