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25th Jan Intchess Asia Classical - Open

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37 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 25 Jan 2026 in Singapore, Singapore. 7 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1675, and top seed was Sutanto Karl (🇸🇬 SGP, 1776).

Sutanto Karl (🇸🇬 SGP, 1776) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Zilin Zhou (4.5) and Zezhou Liu (4.5). Karl won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Hao Wan (1480) beat Chit Ye Thu (1665), a +185-point gap.

Location
🇸🇬Singapore, Singapore
Dates
25 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇸🇬Sutanto Karl1776
Avg top 10
1,675
Participants
37
Federations · 7 represented
🇸🇬Singapore×15
🇮🇳India×5
🇨🇳China×5
🇧🇷Brazil×1
🇺🇸United States of America×1
🇲🇲Myanmar×1
🇲🇾Malaysia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
16
8
3
1
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.5/5. Karl takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Sutanto Karl 3 wins (R1–R3)Zezhou Liu 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Zilin Zhou*
½
2Sutanto Karl*
3Zezhou Liu*
½
4Dominic Law
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Karl, Sutanto1776SGP+7N+18B+5N=6B+10N4.514.016.014.251909+19.2
2Zhou, Zilin1683CHN+12N+8B=4N+20B+6N4.514.016.014.001927+40.8
3Liu, Zezhou1651CHN+26N+11B+10N+16B=4N4.512.514.512.501861+30.0
4Law, Dominic1635SGP+27N+25B=2B+15N=3B4.013.515.511.001748+9.0
5Lee, Chun Leong George1643SGP+29B+21N1B+19N+18B4.010.512.58.001669+2.8
6Medhansh Veer Potluri1607SGP+13N+23B+22B=1N2B3.514.016.09.251818+44.4
7Ryan, De0SGP1B+37N+24B=8N+17B3.512.512.56.2514240.0
8Shoban Babu, Lavinesh Babu1480MAS+37B2N+34N=7B+16N3.511.511.55.251667+21.2
9Daniel, Thomas John1608SGP+34B=33N15B+30N+13B3.58.09.06.00734-24.0
10Wan, Hao1480CHN+32N+20B3B+22N1B3.013.014.55.501688+42.4
11Ng, Shin Sheng Hayden0SGP+24B3N+21B18N+19B3.010.512.56.008070.0
12Bansal, Mahit0SGP2B=30N+35B+33N=15B3.09.510.54.0014160.0
13Rubel, Keagan0USA6B+36N+?N+23B9N3.09.59.52.5016120.0
14Wu, Kun1444CHN+30B22N19B+24N+21B3.08.09.55.50860-8.8
15Low, Hei Yuet Cheryl1533SGPF+19B+9N4B=12N2.512.512.57.001621+4.8
16Wong, Shyun Fwu Aldrin1655SGP=17B+35N+33B3N8B2.511.512.53.25755-25.0
17Goh, Xuan Yi Jireh0SGP=16N+?B23N+25B7N2.510.010.03.2516420.0
18Lim, Josiah Zheng Xian1561SGPF1N+27B+11B5N2.013.513.55.00909-24.8
19Sharsh Reddy Koppala0IND+?B15N+14N5B11N2.012.512.53.0015400.0
20Chit Ye Thu1665MYA+28B10N+26B2NF2.011.511.54.00782-24.2
21Venkata Naga Sai Vrishin Thavisetty0IND+?N5B11N+31B14N2.011.511.51.5013880.0
22Tan, Kok Han1660SGP+31N+14B6N10BF2.011.012.04.501384-21.8
23Amarnani, Adityan Vivek1774BRA+36B6N+17B13NF2.011.011.53.00807-28.8
24FIDE 8694800011N+31B7N14B+37N2.011.011.01.506400.0
25Viharsh Reddy Koppala0INDF4N+28B17N+26B2.010.510.54.008340.0
26Havesh, Amrith0SGP3B+?N20N+37B25N2.08.58.50.008580.0
27Quek, Wei Jian Eugene0SGP4B+?N18N+?BF2.08.08.00.0015490.0
28Chavan Vallabh0IND20N+32B25N34B+?N2.06.56.51.508650.0
29Nalini Jayaprakash0IND5N?B=?B+36N=33B2.05.55.51.0012740.0
30FIDE 8694818014N=12B+?N9B?B1.59.59.51.5013300.0
31FIDE 8694796022B24N+?B21N=36B1.56.56.50.258600.0
32FIDE 8640475010B28N+36B?N=?N1.55.55.50.5012200.0
33Xu, Kaixuan0CHNF=9B16N12B=29N1.011.011.02.7514360.0
34FIDE 588580909NF8B+28NF1.011.011.02.007330.0
35FIDE 58589250F16B12N+?BF1.05.55.50.0015760.0
36FIDE 547074965023N13B32N29B=31N0.58.510.00.759750.0
37FIDE 588548508N7BF26N24B0.011.011.00.006580.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets