iMaster U1800 Classic Chess Tournament -January
Open SwissStandard
37 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 17 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in Dubai, UAE. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1668, and top seed was Dinmukhammed Berik (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1798).
Aditya Shah (🇮🇳 IND, 1646) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Akhil Vijayakumar (5.0) and Pawar Yashwant (5.0). Shah clinched sole first place in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Illia Gavrylchenko (1441) beat Dinmukhammed Berik (1798), a +357-point gap.
Location
🇦🇪Dubai, UAE
Dates
17 Jan 2026 → 18 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 8 represented
🇮🇳India×22
🇦🇲Armenia×2
🇪🇬Egypt×2
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1
🇨🇳China×1
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
🇵🇰Pakistan×1
🇹🇯Tajikistan×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsAditya Shah led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R5 · LEADER CHANGE17 Jan
Aditya Shah takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Aditya Shah 3 wins (R1–R3)Pawar Yashwant 4 wins (R4–R7)
R4 · LATE SURGE
Pawar Yashwant was #13 at R4, climbed to #2 over the final stretch.
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Aditya Shah | * | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2Kavyansh Srivastava | — | * | — | — |
| 3Pawar Yashwant | 1 | — | * | 0 |
| 4Akhil Vijayakumar | 0 | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aditya Shah | 1646 | IND | +21N | +23B | +24N | =6B | +8N | −3B | +2B | 5.5 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 18.25 | 1781 | +35.2 |
| 2 | Akhil Vijayakumar | 1716 | IND | +5N | +7B | +3N | +10B | −6N | +14B | −1N | 5.0 | 29.0 | 33.0 | 23.00 | 1740 | +6.0 |
| 3 | Pawar Yashwant | 1641 | IND | F | +16N | −2B | +9N | +7B | +1N | +6N | 5.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 23.00 | 1871 | +33.4 |
| 4 | Kavyansh Srivastava | 1660 | IND | −11B | +13N | =30N | +23B | +15N | =8B | +14N | 5.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 17.00 | 1832 | +52.8 |
| 5 | Gavrylchenko, Illia | 1441 | GER | −2B | −12N | +37B | +32N | +25B | +13N | +11B | 5.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 11.00 | 1757 | +29.2 |
| 6 | Mihir Bhalchandra khanolkar | 1703 | IND | F | +9N | +18B | =1N | +2B | +11N | −3B | 4.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 19.75 | 1778 | +10.6 |
| 7 | Jain Arnav Shirish | 1532 | IND | +12N | −2N | +31B | +24B | −3N | +15B | =8N | 4.5 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 13.25 | 1521 | -1.2 |
| 8 | Mohamed Mahmoud, Omar | 1633 | EGY | =22B | +31N | +11B | +26N | −1B | =4N | =7B | 4.5 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 12.75 | 1630 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Hakobyan, Sergey V. | 1504 | ARM | +34N | −6B | +21N | −3B | =13B | +30N | +17B | 4.5 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 10.50 | 1553 | +6.8 |
| 10 | Krishneel Maipady | 1551 | IND | +35N | +32B | +26B | −2N | −11B | =17N | +12N | 4.5 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 9.75 | 1707 | +17.6 |
| 11 | Muhammad Qasim | 0 | PAK | +4N | +14B | −8N | +?B | +10N | −6B | −5N | 4.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 13.50 | 1603 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Nazeih Ragab, Ragab | 0 | EGY | −7B | +5B | −20N | +36B | +19N | +16N | −10B | 4.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 12.00 | 1489 | -25.6 |
| 13 | Berik, Dinmukhammed | 1798 | KAZ | =15N | −4B | +28N | +30B | =9N | −5B | +19N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 25.0 | 10.75 | 1536 | -79.2 |
| 14 | Maneesh Abdulsalam | 1579 | IND | +37B | −11N | +22B | +16N | +20B | −2N | −4B | 4.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 9.00 | 1596 | +3.2 |
| 15 | Abdukarimzoda, Muhamadamin | 1448 | TJK | =13B | =22N | +17B | +27N | −4B | −7N | +28B | 4.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 10.50 | 1621 | +43.6 |
| 16 | Minesh Patil | 1471 | IND | +33N | −3B | +32N | −14B | +22N | −12B | +30B | 4.0 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 5.50 | 1422 | -11.6 |
| 17 | Yoon, Jiwan | 0 | KOR | −23N | +36B | −15N | +29B | +24N | =10B | −9N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 6.25 | 1169 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Kharwandikar Yash Sandeep | 1609 | IND | +36N | +30B | −6N | F | F | +29B | =21B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.75 | 1562 | -7.2 |
| 19 | Qiao, Haobo | 1407 | CHN | −26B | +25N | −27B | +31N | −12B | +33N | −13B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 4.00 | 900 | -20.0 |
| 20 | Benu ,Varghese Benjamin | 1517 | IND | +25B | −26N | +12B | +33N | −14N | F | F | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 7.00 | 839 | -14.0 |
| 21 | Niranjan Ramkumar | 0 | IND | −1B | +34N | −9B | −25N | +31B | F | =18N | 2.5 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 3.75 | 1324 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Avetisyan, Aram | 0 | ARM | =8N | =15B | −14N | +34B | −16B | −28N | F | 2.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 5.25 | 1297 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Anay Kale | 1489 | IND | +17B | −1N | −33B | −4N | +32B | F | −24N | 2.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 4.50 | 849 | -21.6 |
| 24 | Aadam Johan Bibin | 0 | IND | F | +27N | −1B | −7N | −17B | F | +23B | 2.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 4.00 | 1563 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Peris, Nigel | 0 | IND | −20N | −19B | +36N | +21B | −5N | F | F | 2.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 2.50 | 658 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Tribuwan, T W Helik | 1698 | SRI | +19N | +20B | −10N | −8B | F | F | F | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 6.00 | 1526 | -17.4 |
| 27 | Gokul Krishna Sajin Resmy | 1566 | IND | +29N | −24B | +19N | −15B | F | F | F | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 5.00 | 1428 | -18.4 |
| 28 | Shvets, Andrey | 1536 | FID | −31B | −29N | −13B | F | +37N | +22B | −15N | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.00 | 823 | -32.0 |
| 29 | Harihara Sudhan Akila Swaminathan | 0 | IND | −27B | +28B | −?N | −17N | +34B | −18N | F | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 1387 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Arjun Maipady | 1446 | IND | F | −18N | =4B | −13N | +33B | −9B | −16N | 1.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 3.50 | 1250 | -33.2 |
| 31 | Nandhitha Vivek | 0 | IND | +28N | −8B | −7N | −19B | −21N | F | F | 1.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 2.00 | 1332 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Jahnavi | 0 | IND | +?N | −10N | −16B | −5B | −23N | F | F | 1.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 0.00 | 1258 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Zayan Ahmed | 0 | IND | −16B | F | +23N | −20B | −30N | −19B | F | 1.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 2.00 | 1225 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 8687870 | 0 | — | −9B | −21B | F | −22N | −29N | F | +35B | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.00 | 704 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Karthikeyan Ramachandran | 0 | IND | −10B | F | F | F | +36N | F | −34N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 739 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 522057730 | 0 | — | −18B | −17N | −25B | −12N | −35B | F | F | 0.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 0.00 | 838 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 558099352 | 0 | — | −14N | −?B | −5N | F | −28B | F | F | 0.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 725 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Kavyansh SrivastavaIND+52.85.0 pts · #1
- 2Abdukarimzoda, MuhamadaminTJK+43.64.0 pts · #9
- 3Aditya ShahIND+35.25.5 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Berik, DinmukhammedKAZ-79.24.0 pts · #4
- 2Arjun MaipadyIND-33.21.5 pts · #28
- 3Shvets, AndreyFID-32.02.0 pts · #36
Biggest upsets
- R6+357 Elo gap
- R3+147 Elo gap
- R2+138 Elo gap