4th Jan Intchess Asia Classical - Open

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41 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 04 Jan 2026 in Singapore, Singapore. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1663, and top seed was Wong Conan (🇸🇬 SGP, 1754).

Yokgan Manjunathan Janani (🇸🇬 SGP, 1736) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Dominic Law (4.5) and Chit Ye Thu (4.0). Manjunathan Janani shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Peng Yi Arthur Tan (1426) beat Darwen Dacumos (1694), a +268-point gap.

Location

🇸🇬Singapore, Singapore

Dates

04 Jan 2026

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇸🇬Wong Conan1754

Avg top 10

1,663

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇸🇬Singapore×23

🇲🇾Malaysia×6

🇮🇳India×3

🇨🇦Canada×1

🇦🇺Australia×1

🇵🇭Philippines×1

🇲🇲Myanmar×1

🇫🇷France×1

Top 3

🥇
Yokgan Manjunathan Janani
🇸🇬SGP·1736
4.5pts·1863perf+20.8
🥈
Dominic Law
🇸🇬SGP·1635
4.5pts·1882perf+20.4
🥉
Chit Ye Thu
🇲🇲MYA·1665
4.0pts·1710perf+4.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Manjunathan Janani4.5Law4.5Conan4Thu4Tham3.5Shoban Babu3.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Manjunathan Janani takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Yokgan Manjunathan Janani 3 wins (R3–R5)Dominic Law 3 wins (R1–R3)Wong Conan 3 wins (R3–R5)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Manjunathan Janani, Yokgan	1736	SGP	+25B	=8N	+16B	+5N	+6B	4.5	13.0	15.0	13.25	1863	+20.8
2	Law, Dominic	1635	SGP	+23N	+31B	+12B	=6N	+9B	4.5	12.0	13.5	11.75	1882	+20.4
3	Chit Ye Thu	1665	MYA	+18N	+15B	−11N	+14B	+7N	4.0	12.5	15.0	12.00	1710	+4.4
4	Conan, Wong	1754	SGP	+20N	−11B	+32N	+31B	+13N	4.0	10.0	11.5	8.50	1766	+2.0
5	Shoban Babu, Lavinesh Babu	1480	MAS	+19N	+10B	=7N	−1B	+17N	3.5	14.0	16.5	10.25	1743	+58.4
6	Ng, Yuval	1545	SGP	+29N	+27B	+14N	=2B	−1N	3.5	14.0	16.0	9.25	1598	+10.0
7	Soh, Joo Sheng Judson	1581	MAS	+30B	+33N	=5B	+8N	−3B	3.5	13.0	14.5	8.75	1553	-4.0
8	Tham, Ming Cher	1537	SGP	+36N	=1B	+17N	−7B	+21N	3.5	13.0	14.0	8.25	1719	+38.4
9	Medhansh Veer Potluri	1607	SGP	+34N	=32B	+37N	+11B	−2N	3.5	10.5	11.5	6.25	1548	-9.6
10	Feng, ZiFan	1619	CAN	+41B	−5N	+23B	=24N	+16B	3.5	10.0	10.0	5.50	1458	-25.6
11	Tay, Ye Zhe Eliot	1545	SGP	+40B	+4N	+3B	−9N	−12B	3.0	14.5	14.5	8.00	1646	+24.8
12	Jin, Yi	1529	SGP	F	+13B	−2N	+19B	+11N	3.0	13.0	13.0	8.50	1739	+29.2
13	Wan, Joshua	1680	AUS	+24B	−12N	+18B	+27N	−4B	3.0	11.5	13.5	6.50	1449	-36.0
14	Tan, Peng Yi Arthur	1426	SGP	+28B	+39N	−6B	−3N	+26B	3.0	11.5	12.0	4.50	1441	+2.0
15	Low, Hei Yuet Cheryl	1533	SGP	+35B	−3N	=34B	+33N	=24B	3.0	9.0	10.0	4.25	1345	-9.8
16	Rajan, Thinesh	1507	SGP	+26N	=17B	−1N	+32B	−10N	2.5	12.5	14.0	4.75	1537	+4.8
17	Kumaran, Somasundaram	1657	SGP	+22B	=16N	−8B	+34N	−5B	2.5	12.0	13.5	5.25	1227	-64.8
18	Tan, Kah Choon Connery	1406	SGP	−3B	+35N	−13N	+38B	=19N	2.5	10.5	11.5	3.25	873	0.0
19	Tanish Venkatasubramanian	0	IND	−5B	+41N	+?B	−12N	=18B	2.5	9.0	9.0	1.25	709	0.0
20	Liow, Ying Xiang Lucas	1455	SGP	−4B	+40N	=33B	−25N	+37B	2.5	8.5	8.5	1.75	804	-26.0
21	Tan, Yean Shin	1526	MAS	−33B	=30N	+39B	+37N	−8B	2.5	8.0	8.5	2.50	1519	-0.4
22	Aarush Gaurav Tipnis	0	IND	−17N	−26B	+36N	+35B	=31N	2.5	7.0	8.0	2.75	1378	0.0
23	Ryan, De	0	SGP	−2B	F	−10N	+29N	+25B	2.0	12.0	12.0	4.00	1444	0.0
24	Tan, Yean Chee	1411	MAS	−13N	F	+26B	=10B	=15N	2.0	11.5	11.5	5.25	1487	+10.8
25	Tan, Yu Yang	1454	MAS	−1N	+36B	−27N	+20B	−23N	2.0	11.0	12.0	3.50	1595	+13.6
26	Niharika Vijayakumar	0	IND	−16B	+22N	−24N	+28B	−14N	2.0	10.0	12.0	4.50	647	0.0
27	Yong, Joon Fong Elliot	0	SGP	F	−6N	+25B	−13B	+32N	2.0	10.0	10.0	3.50	1538	0.0
28	Dacumos, Darwen	1694	PHI	−14N	−29B	+30B	−26N	+36N	2.0	9.0	10.0	3.00	626	0.0
29	Besnaud, Jerome	0	FRA	−6B	+28N	−31N	−23B	+38N	2.0	9.0	10.0	3.00	709	0.0
30	Bansal, Mahit	0	SGP	−7N	=21B	−28N	=39B	+35N	2.0	9.0	9.5	2.50	1410	0.0
31	Peh, Yue Heng Randall	1485	SGP	F	−2N	+29B	−4N	=22B	1.5	13.0	13.0	3.25	894	-18.8
32	Koh, Hui Qi	1458	MAS	+38B	=9N	−4B	−16N	−27B	1.5	12.0	13.0	2.75	1349	-18.8
33	Ng, Ernest Kai Yao	0	SGP	+21N	−7B	=20N	−15B	F	1.5	11.5	12.0	3.75	1436	0.0
34	Balaji, Shyam	0	SGP	−9B	+38N	=15N	−17B	F	1.5	10.0	10.0	2.50	1326	0.0
35	Iyer, Saachi	0	SGP	−15N	−18B	+41B	−22N	−30B	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	734	0.0
36	FIDE 5882532	0	—	−8B	−25N	−22B	+40N	−28B	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	695	0.0
37	Madrid, Virgilio	0	SGP	F	+?N	−9B	−21B	−20N	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	729	0.0
38	FIDE 5876907	0	—	−32N	−34B	+40B	−18N	−29B	1.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	683	0.0
39	Yap, Chee Khean	1502	SGP	F	−14B	−21N	=30N	F	0.5	9.0	9.0	1.00	676	-42.8
40	FIDE 5885558	0	—	−11N	−20B	−38N	−36B	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	691	0.0
41	FIDE 558051015	0	—	−10N	−19B	−35N	F	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	820	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Shoban Babu, Lavinesh BabuMAS
+58.4
3.5 pts · #6
2Tham, Ming CherSGP
+38.4
3.5 pts · #5
3Jin, YiSGP
+29.2
3.0 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1Kumaran, SomasundaramSGP
-64.8
2.5 pts · #27
2Yap, Chee KheanSGP
-42.8
0.5 pts · #29
3Wan, JoshuaAUS
-36.0
3.0 pts · #17

Biggest upsets

R1+268 Elo gap
Tan, Peng Yi Arthur1426 beat Dacumos, Darwen1694
R2+209 Elo gap
Tay, Ye Zhe Eliot1545 beat Conan, Wong1754
R5+177 Elo gap
Shoban Babu, Lavinesh Babu1480 beat Kumaran, Somasundaram1657