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Chess Movement Classic Under 1800 Tournament-January 2026

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28 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 24 Jan 2026 to 25 Jan 2026 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1568, and top seed was Sardarbek Matyakubov (🇹🇲 TKM, 1774).

Sardarbek Matyakubov (🇹🇲 TKM, 1774) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Aren Hasratyan (5.5) and Hayk Makaryan (5.0). Matyakubov shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Edzel Reveche (1430) beat Sardarbek Matyakubov (1774), a +344-point gap.

Location
🇦🇪Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dates
24 Jan 2026 → 25 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇹🇲Sardarbek Matyakubov1774
Avg top 10
1,568
Participants
28
Federations · 4 represented
🇮🇳India×24
🇦🇲Armenia×2
🇹🇲Turkmenistan×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Sardarbek Matyakubov led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
13
7
3
1
5
2
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Matyakubov takes lead
Matyakubov6Hasratyan5.5Makaryan5Bhate5Sai5Kotikalakoti4.5
R7 · LEADER CHANGE25 Jan

Sardarbek Matyakubov takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Sardarbek Matyakubov beat Aren Hasratyan (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Sardarbek Matyakubov 6 wins (R2–R7)Aren Hasratyan 4 wins (R1–R4)Hayk Makaryan 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Sardarbek Matyakubov*
1
1
—
2Aren Hasratyan
0
*
1
—
3Hayk Makaryan
0
0
*
1
4Rahul Bhate——
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Matyakubov, Sardarbek1774TKM−9N+21B+16N+8B+2N+7B+3N6.025.528.024.001793+7.2
2Hasratyan, Aren1723ARM+11B+23N+3B+4N−1B=10N+7B5.528.030.022.001785+21.6
3Makaryan, Hayk1522ARM+27N+9B−2N+7B+5N+6B−1B5.029.030.018.501677+20.2
4Rishan Sai1625IND+16N+13B+8N−2B−6N+14B+9N5.024.527.517.501521-21.6
5Rahul Bhate0IND+17N+6B−18N+15N−3B+21B+8N5.022.525.017.0015300.0
6Rishi Raghavendran Kotikalakoti1508IND+14B−5N+11B+23N+4B−3N=10B4.526.028.016.001648+44.8
7Sarvesh Raveender1605IND+19B+12N+15B−3N+10B−1N−2N4.027.530.514.001590-8.4
8Muthukrishnan, Murali0IND+10B+28N−4B−1N+23B+11N−5B4.026.026.510.5015700.0
9Reveche, Edzel1430PHI+1B−3N−23B+25N+15B+12N−4B4.025.027.015.001522+20.4
10Reyansh Amit Bodkhe1448IND−8N+26B+24N+18B−7N=2B=6N4.023.025.012.001579+28.4
11Navadeep Saki Saravanan1416IND−2N+20B−6N+24B+17N−8B+14N4.023.025.011.00802-24.0
12HADI BANDA0IND+22N−7B=13N=17B+18N−9B+21N4.020.022.511.2515050.0
13Vedhika Vipin1461IND+25B−4N=12B−14N+19BF+22N3.520.522.59.501651+32.4
14Anesh Saravanan0IND−6N=17B+22N+13B=21N−4N−11B3.022.525.08.7514290.0
15Dhairya Khandelwal1473IND+26N+24B−7N−5B−9NF+16B3.021.523.57.00723-45.2
16Sarveswaran Vignesh Raja0IND−4B+25N−1B−19N+22N+26B−15N3.021.523.56.5013460.0
17Dhawan Viraj Muppalla1440IND−5B=14N+28B=12N−11B+25NF3.021.021.56.006400.0
18Sashneetha Raveender1495IND−24N+27B+5B−10N−12B−19N+26N3.020.021.08.00672-42.8
19Aarav Srivathsan0IND−7N=22B=21N+16B−13N+18BF3.019.021.58.501424-22.4
20Jaana Robiston0IND−23B−11N−27N−26B+28B+24N+25B3.013.013.54.506560.0
21Pavan Muppalla1473IND=28B−1N=19B+27N=14B−5N−12B2.522.022.54.251447-4.4
22Amit Bodkhe1480IND−12B=19N−14B+28N−16B+27N−13B2.517.518.03.001284-16.8
23Abhishek Kumar Pateria1471IND+20N−2B+9N−6B−8NFF2.021.021.07.001420-9.6
24Ayaan Haseeb0IND+18B−15N−10B−11N−25B−20B+28N2.019.019.53.5012940.0
25Kundan Viraj Muppalla0IND−13N−16B+26N−9B+24N−17B−20N2.018.520.54.006390.0
26HAMI ILAN0IND−15B−10N−25B+20N+27B−16N−18B2.018.019.04.007030.0
27Ahyan Haseeb0IND−3B−18N+20B−21B−26N−22BF1.018.018.03.006850.0
28HAZI RUHAN0IND=21N−8B−17N−22B−20NF−24B0.517.017.01.2512680.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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