CFP - 1st National Junior Chess Championship, 2026 - BOYS

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95 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 07 Jan 2026 to 09 Jan 2026 in Lahore, Pakistan. Top 10 Elo average was 1737, and top seed was Ahsan Feroz (🇵🇰 PAK, 1875).

Ijlal Amer (🇵🇰 PAK, 1809) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Ahsan Feroz (8.0) and Kamran Fardad (8.0). Amer won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Hashmi Amr Iftikhar (1482) beat Issam Bashir (1687), a +205-point gap.

Location

🇵🇰Lahore, Pakistan

Dates

07 Jan 2026 → 09 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇵🇰Ahsan Feroz1875

Avg top 10

1,737

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇵🇰Pakistan×62

Top 3

🥇
Ijlal Amer
🇵🇰PAK·1809
8.0pts·1860perf+6.6
🥈
Ahsan Feroz
🇵🇰PAK·1875
8.0pts·1897perf+5.2
🥉
Kamran Fardad
🇵🇰PAK·1812
8.0pts·1933perf+12.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 3 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 7 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Amer8Fardad8Feroz8Tahir7Kumar7Usmani7— ex-leaders:Ferozled R5–R8, #8

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 8.0/9. Amer takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (51.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Ijlal Amer 4 wins (R1–R4)Kamran Fardad 3+5 wins (R1–R3, R5–R9)Ahsan Feroz 8 wins (R1–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ijlal Amer	*	—	—	—
2Kamran Fardad	—	*	1	—
3Ahsan Feroz	—	0	*	—
4Muhammad Hassan Tahir	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ijlal Amer	1809	PAK	+44N	+7B	+28N	+16B	=4N	+19B	=9N	+5B	+10B	8.0	51.5	56.5	49.75	1860	+6.6
2	Ahsan Feroz	1875	PAK	+45N	+54B	+38N	+5B	+26N	+4B	+11N	+7B	−3N	8.0	51.0	55.0	47.00	1897	+5.2
3	Kamran Fardad	1812	PAK	+36B	+55N	+25B	−4N	+14B	+24N	+20B	+22N	+2B	8.0	49.0	53.0	46.00	1933	+12.2
4	Muhriz Shakeel	1623	PAK	+81N	+31B	+8N	+3B	=1B	−2N	+25B	+19N	=22B	7.0	53.5	56.0	41.25	1808	+38.4
5	Ijtaba Amer	1685	PAK	+59B	+49N	+20B	−2N	+57B	+12N	+16B	−1N	+21B	7.0	49.0	53.0	37.00	1590	-15.2
6	Muhammad Hassan Tahir	0	PAK	+?N	+?B	+?N	−26B	−17N	+40B	+?N	+29B	+18N	7.0	28.0	28.0	16.50	1602	0.0
7	Amish Kumar	0	PAK	+?B	−1N	+?B	+?N	+?B	+?N	+24B	−2N	+17B	7.0	27.5	27.5	11.50	1738	0.0
8	Muhammad Hassaan Ghufran Usmani	0	PAK	+?B	+?N	−4B	+66N	−35B	+75N	+?B	+?N	+20B	7.0	24.5	24.5	12.50	1561	0.0
9	Suhan Ahsan	1727	PAK	+43B	+30N	+66B	−11N	+49B	+35N	=1B	=18B	=14N	6.5	47.0	50.5	33.75	1646	-7.6
10	Hafiz Taha Hassan	1595	PAK	+86B	+77N	=12B	−19N	+50B	+36N	+43B	+11B	−1N	6.5	44.5	46.0	28.75	1009	-9.2
11	Aaliyan Hussan	0	PAK	+?N	+?B	+?N	+9B	=22N	+18B	−2B	−10N	+30B	6.5	38.0	38.0	20.75	1714	0.0
12	Ali Aslam Chaudhry	0	PAK	+?N	+?B	=10N	=13B	+?N	−5B	=15N	+37B	+23B	6.5	37.0	37.0	20.25	1700	0.0
13	Adheen Ahmad	0	PAK	+27B	=?N	+39B	=12N	+?B	−22N	=37B	+?N	+24B	6.5	33.0	33.0	21.75	1731	0.0
14	Ahmed, Iyaad Moeed	0	PAK	+?B	+?N	=?B	=67N	−3N	+47B	+52B	+16N	=9B	6.5	32.5	32.5	19.50	1666	0.0
15	Talha Mehmood Khan	0	PAK	+?B	+35N	+?B	=23N	=?B	−?N	=12B	+36N	+25B	6.5	27.5	27.5	21.50	1561	0.0
16	Syed Zayaan Ali	1463	PAK	+89B	+71N	+52B	−1N	+42B	+37N	−5N	−14B	+58N	6.0	43.0	44.5	23.00	949	-13.2
17	Muhammad Azan	1595	PAK	−31N	+76B	+87B	+30N	+6B	+27N	−22B	+72N	−7N	6.0	42.0	43.5	25.50	939	-12.4
18	Amr Iftikhar, Hashmi	1482	PAK	+73N	+88B	+80N	=22B	+23B	−11N	+39B	=9N	−6B	6.0	41.5	43.0	23.50	1843	+54.8
19	Muhammad Sohaib Malik	0	PAK	+21B	+?N	+?N	+10B	=24B	−1N	+23B	−4B	=?N	6.0	38.5	38.5	20.75	1685	0.0
20	Abdullah Wahla	0	PAK	+?B	+?N	−5N	+47B	+72N	+26B	−3N	+?B	−8N	6.0	35.0	35.0	13.00	1735	0.0
21	FIDE 7854609	0	—	−19N	+94B	+?N	=80B	=56N	+?B	+?N	+?B	−5N	6.0	20.0	20.0	3.75	1675	0.0
22	Hani Imran	1735	PAK	F	+93B	+29N	=18N	=11B	+13B	+17N	−3B	=4N	5.5	46.5	46.5	28.75	1629	-11.2
23	Issam Bashir	1687	PAK	+69N	+33B	+48N	=15B	−18N	+31B	−19N	+32B	−12N	5.5	46.0	49.5	27.75	683	-30.4
24	Diviyansh Kumar Punshi	1723	PAK	+60N	+74B	+40N	+37B	=19N	−3B	−7N	+69B	−13N	5.5	45.0	48.0	23.50	1012	-15.2
25	Amaan Saad Garib	0	PAK	+94N	+53B	−3N	+44B	=32N	+67B	−4N	+31B	−15N	5.5	45.0	45.5	21.25	918	0.0
26	Shayan Sohail Memon Jd Wala	1692	PAK	+84B	+92N	+75B	+6N	−2B	−20N	−30B	=70N	+56N	5.5	39.0	40.0	18.75	1707	+1.6
27	Muhammad Sameed	0	PAK	−13N	+78B	+74N	+?B	+28N	−17B	−?N	+35B	=29N	5.5	34.5	34.5	19.25	1394	0.0
28	Muhammad Ayan Ahsan	0	PAK	+72B	+?N	−1B	+?N	−27B	=73N	+50B	=43N	=46B	5.5	33.5	33.5	13.75	1009	0.0
29	FIDE 7850875	0	—	+?B	+?N	−22B	+41N	=67B	+?N	=?B	−6N	=27B	5.5	26.5	26.5	9.50	1392	0.0
30	Ayyan Tauqeer	0	PAK	+?N	−9B	+85N	−17B	+?N	+?B	+26N	=?B	−11N	5.5	26.5	26.5	7.50	1554	0.0
31	Muhammad Alyan	0	PAK	+17B	−4N	+?B	+?N	=?B	−23N	+?B	−25N	+?N	5.5	24.0	24.0	6.00	1569	0.0
32	Muhammad Ashaj Tariq	0	PAK	+?B	−?N	+?B	+?N	=25B	=54N	=?B	−23N	+48N	5.5	19.5	19.5	9.25	1467	0.0
33	Hamza Maqbool	0	PAK	+?B	−23N	+?B	−?N	+41B	−?N	+?B	+52N	=?N	5.5	14.5	14.5	9.00	1351	0.0
34	Mahad Butt	0	PAK	=87B	+?N	+?B	−?N	=46B	−?N	=?B	+?N	+?B	5.5	6.0	6.0	3.00	792	0.0
35	FIDE 7857969	0	—	+47N	−15B	+83N	+?B	+8N	−9B	F	−27N	+73B	5.0	38.0	38.0	16.50	928	0.0
36	Mohid Khan	0	PAK	−3N	+?B	=46N	+?B	+80N	−10B	+?N	−15B	=37N	5.0	33.0	33.0	7.25	1514	0.0
37	Sayyed Rahwaar Abbas Zaidi	0	PAK	+?B	+?N	+?B	−24N	+?B	−16B	=13N	−12N	=36B	5.0	29.5	29.5	5.75	1445	0.0
38	Haziq Adnan	0	PAK	+?B	+?N	−2B	−42N	−73B	+71N	−?B	+76N	+62B	5.0	26.5	26.5	10.50	1073	0.0
39	Sharjeel Ailia Ramal	0	PAK	=?N	+?B	−13N	F	+68B	+48B	−18N	+57B	=?N	5.0	25.5	25.5	12.00	1322	0.0
40	FIDE 7859376	0	—	+?B	+41N	−24B	−?N	+?B	−6N	−59N	+?B	+60N	5.0	25.5	25.5	9.00	923	0.0
41	FIDE 7858850	0	—	+?N	−40B	+63N	−29B	−33N	+65B	+?N	−?B	+?N	5.0	24.0	24.0	8.00	709	0.0
42	Muhammad Muddassir Hashmi	0	PAK	=?N	=?B	+93N	+38B	−16N	−55B	F	+61N	+?B	5.0	23.0	23.0	10.00	1247	0.0
43	Muhammad Abdullah	0	PAK	−9N	+82B	=?N	+?B	+?N	+?B	−10N	=28B	−?N	5.0	20.5	20.5	4.75	1436	0.0
44	Mohid Qureshi	0	PAK	−1B	+?N	+?B	−25N	−?B	+?N	+?B	−?N	+52B	5.0	17.5	17.5	4.00	1489	0.0
45	Mohid Adnan	0	PAK	−2B	+?N	−?B	+?N	+?B	=?N	+?B	=46N	−?B	5.0	12.5	12.5	2.25	1495	0.0
46	Zarar Naeem	0	PAK	−64B	+62N	=36B	F	=34N	+?B	=?N	=45B	=28N	4.5	30.5	30.5	14.50	1577	0.0
47	FIDE 7859546	0	—	−35B	+?N	+92B	−20N	+61B	−14N	=68B	+?N	−49B	4.5	30.5	30.5	6.75	1542	0.0
48	Abdullah Akber	0	PAK	+56B	+?N	−23B	+52N	=?B	−39N	=73B	=?N	−32B	4.5	27.0	27.0	9.50	888	0.0
49	Haziq Ali	0	PAK	F	−5B	+53N	+?B	−9N	−?B	+?N	=?B	+47N	4.5	22.0	22.0	8.50	1489	0.0
50	FIDE 7859147	0	—	−?B	=?N	+?B	+?N	−10N	+?B	−28N	+80B	−68N	4.5	18.0	18.0	2.50	1530	0.0
51	FIDE 7859309	0	—	−57B	=86N	+69N	+?B	−?N	−?B	F	+?N	+70B	4.5	13.0	13.0	7.75	697	0.0
52	Syed Shahmeer Ali	0	PAK	+68B	+?N	−16N	−48B	+?N	+84B	−14N	−33B	−44N	4.0	33.0	33.0	5.50	663	0.0
53	Muhammad Zain Ali	0	PAK	+?B	−25N	−49B	+58N	−63B	+92N	−61B	+74N	−?B	4.0	26.0	26.0	8.00	1560	0.0
54	Ali seena	0	PAK	+?B	−2N	=56B	F	+?N	=32B	−?N	−58B	+?N	4.0	23.0	23.0	4.75	1010	0.0
55	Anas Kamran	0	PAK	F	−3B	+?N	−?B	+?N	+42N	F	−59B	+79B	4.0	20.0	20.0	8.00	979	0.0
56	Muhammad Ibrahim Zeeshan	0	PAK	−48N	+?B	=54N	F	=21B	=?N	+?B	=?N	−26B	4.0	20.0	20.0	5.00	892	0.0
57	Mian Shayan Shahid	0	PAK	+51N	−?B	+?N	+?B	−5N	=?B	F	−39N	=?B	4.0	20.0	20.0	4.50	1493	0.0
58	FIDE 7833512	0	—	−?N	+?B	−?N	−53B	F	+?N	+66B	+54N	−16B	4.0	17.5	17.5	7.50	791	0.0
59	Muhammad Adil Arfan	0	PAK	−5N	+?B	−?N	F	+?B	−?N	+40B	+55N	−?B	4.0	16.0	16.0	9.00	711	0.0
60	FIDE 7859333	0	—	−24B	+?N	−?B	+82N	−66B	−?N	+?B	+?N	−40B	4.0	16.0	16.0	2.00	777	0.0
61	Ateeb Amer	0	PAK	+?N	−?B	−?N	+?B	−47N	+89B	+53N	−42B	−?N	4.0	15.0	15.0	5.50	946	0.0
62	Muhammad Anas	0	PAK	−?N	−46B	+?N	+74B	+?N	−?B	+?N	−?B	−38N	4.0	12.5	12.5	3.00	1333	0.0
63	Rana Salman Ahsan	0	PAK	F	+?N	−41B	F	+53N	−?B	+?N	+?B	−?N	4.0	10.5	10.5	4.00	771	0.0
64	FIDE 7854390	0	—	+46N	−?B	−?N	−?B	+?B	+82N	−?N	−?B	+?N	4.0	6.5	6.5	6.50	681	0.0
65	Mohammad Baasil Zohair	0	PAK	+?B	−?N	+?B	−?N	−?B	−41N	+?B	−?N	+?B	4.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	733	0.0
66	Aayan Ahmed	0	PAK	+?B	F	−9N	−8B	+60N	−72B	−58N	+83B	=90N	3.5	28.0	28.0	6.75	928	0.0
67	Muhammad Sana Khan	0	PAK	+?B	=?N	+91B	=14B	=29N	−25N	F	F	F	3.5	26.5	26.5	7.50	1463	0.0
68	FIDE 7854544	0	—	−52N	+?B	F	=?B	−39N	=?B	=47N	F	+50B	3.5	23.0	23.0	6.75	1577	0.0
69	FIDE 7859368	0	—	−23B	=?N	−51B	+?N	+?B	+?N	F	−24N	−?B	3.5	15.5	15.5	0.00	906	0.0
70	FIDE 7854579	0	—	−?B	+?N	−?B	+?N	−75B	F	+?N	=26B	−51N	3.5	13.0	13.0	2.75	1484	0.0
71	FIDE 7854358	0	—	F	−16B	−?N	+?B	−?N	−38B	+?N	+?B	=?N	3.5	11.0	11.0	0.00	705	0.0
72	FIDE 7836473	0	—	−28N	F	+?B	+75N	−20B	+66N	F	−17B	−?N	3.0	29.0	29.0	6.50	706	0.0
73	Muhammad Bin Ammar	0	PAK	−18B	−?N	+?B	F	+38N	=28B	=48N	−?B	−35N	3.0	26.0	26.0	10.00	730	0.0
74	FIDE 7859473	0	—	+?B	−24N	−27B	−62N	+?B	+?N	F	−53B	−?N	3.0	24.0	24.0	0.00	923	0.0
75	FIDE 7857152	0	—	+?N	+?B	−26N	−72B	+70N	−8B	F	F	F	3.0	22.5	22.5	3.50	892	0.0
76	FIDE 7842457	0	—	−?B	−17N	−?B	F	+?N	−?B	+?N	−38B	+?N	3.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	760	0.0
77	FIDE 7849931	0	—	+?N	−10B	−?N	+?B	+?N	F	F	F	F	3.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	796	0.0
78	FIDE 7846819	0	—	−?B	−27N	+?B	F	−?N	+?B	−?N	+?B	−?N	3.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	765	0.0
79	FIDE 7844867	0	—	−?B	−?N	F	+?B	−?N	+?B	+?N	−?B	−55N	3.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	623	0.0
80	Syed Fazal Shah	0	PAK	+?B	+?N	−18B	=21N	−36B	−?N	F	−50N	−?B	2.5	22.5	22.5	3.00	673	0.0
81	FIDE 7850930	0	—	−4B	+?N	−?B	F	F	F	+?N	=?B	F	2.5	7.5	7.5	0.00	823	0.0
82	FIDE 7842147	0	—	−92B	−43N	F	−60B	+90N	−64B	−83N	−?B	+95N	2.0	18.0	18.0	2.00	740	0.0
83	FIDE 7855800	0	—	−?N	F	−35B	−?N	+?B	−?N	+82B	−66N	F	2.0	13.5	13.5	2.00	728	0.0
84	FIDE 7859511	0	—	−26N	F	−?B	=?N	+86B	−52N	−?B	=85N	−?B	2.0	13.0	13.0	2.50	892	0.0
85	FIDE 7859538	0	—	−?B	+?N	−30B	=?N	−?B	−?N	F	=84B	−?N	2.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	663	0.0
86	Muhammad Aliyan Rathore	0	PAK	−10N	=51B	+?N	−?B	−84N	−?B	F	F	F	1.5	17.5	17.5	2.25	796	0.0
87	FIDE 7859554	0	—	=34N	+?B	−17N	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.5	15.5	15.5	2.75	796	0.0
88	FIDE 7832559	0	—	+?B	−18N	F	F	F	F	F	=95B	F	1.5	15.5	15.5	0.25	683	0.0
89	Muhammad Essa Zia	0	PAK	−16N	−?B	F	−?N	+?B	−61N	−?B	=?N	−?B	1.5	10.0	10.0	0.00	663	0.0
90	FIDE 7851243	0	—	−?N	F	−?B	−?N	−82B	F	+?N	F	=66B	1.5	8.5	8.5	1.75	661	0.0
91	Muhammad Hamza Ali Peerzada	0	PAK	=?N	+?B	−67N	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.5	8.0	8.0	0.00	1416	0.0
92	Ghulam Hassan	0	PAK	+82N	−26B	−47N	F	F	−53B	F	F	F	1.0	18.5	18.5	2.00	892	-12.0
93	FIDE 7845987	0	—	+?B	−22N	−42B	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	17.0	17.0	0.00	939	0.0
94	FIDE 7855842	0	—	−25B	−21N	F	F	=?B	−?N	F	F	F	0.5	18.5	18.5	0.00	663	0.0
95	FIDE 7858680	0	—	−?B	F	F	F	F	F	F	=88N	−82B	0.5	3.5	3.5	0.75	663	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Amr Iftikhar, HashmiPAK
+54.8
6.0 pts · #15
2Muhriz ShakeelPAK
+38.4
7.0 pts · #14
3Kamran FardadPAK
+12.2
8.0 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Issam BashirPAK
-30.4
5.5 pts · #45
2Ijtaba AmerPAK
-15.2
7.0 pts · #31
3Diviyansh Kumar PunshiPAK
-15.2
5.5 pts · #73

Biggest upsets

R5+205 Elo gap
Amr Iftikhar, Hashmi1482 beat Issam Bashir1687
R4+189 Elo gap
Muhriz Shakeel1623 beat Kamran Fardad1812