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QCA Training Center Classical Tournament A - January 2026

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31 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 29 Jan 2026 to 31 Jan 2026 in Doha, Qatar. 2 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1741, and top seed was Albin Sajan (🇮🇳 IND, 2074).

Albin Sajan (🇮🇳 IND, 2074) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Syed Ijaz Azeem (4.5) and Erfan Mohamad Firdaus (4.5). Sajan took the lead from round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Bhavish Pandikkannan (1448) beat Layan Al-Qassabi (1635), a +187-point gap.

Location
🇶🇦Doha, Qatar
Dates
29 Jan 2026 → 31 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 79
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇳Albin Sajan2074
Avg top 10
1,741
Participants
31
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇮🇳India×12
🇶🇦Qatar×11
🇸🇾Syria×3
🇵🇭Philippines×1
🇮🇩Indonesia×1
🇩🇿Algeria×1
🇵🇰Pakistan×1
🇵🇸Palestine×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Albin Sajan led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
14
6
2
1
4
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Sajan5Firdaus4.5Azeem4.5AlJamaat4Al-Janahi4Al-Kuwari4
R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Albin Sajan held the sole lead from R4 through R6 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Albin Sajan drew with CM Erfan Mohamad Firdaus (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Erfan Mohamad Firdaus 3 wins (R2–R4)Syed Ijaz Azeem 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Albin Sajan*
½
1
1
2CMErfan Mohamad Firdaus
½
*——
3Syed Ijaz Azeem
0
—*—
4Khaled AlJamaat
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Albin Sajan2074IND+13B+11N=16B+2N=3B+7N5.020.023.019.251991-13.2
2Syed Ijaz Azeem1649PAK+27N+9B+4N−1B+15N=8B4.520.021.014.001883+67.6
3Erfan Mohamad FirdausCM1822QATF+10B+6N+15B=1N+4B4.519.519.517.002121+61.6
4Al-Kuwari, HamadCM1807QAT+18B+22N−2B+16N+5B−3N4.019.021.512.501737-16.4
5Bhavish Pandikkannan1448IND−6N+28B+9N+10B−4N+15B4.018.519.511.501727+74.8
6Al-Janahi, Ibrahim1651QAT+5B+19N−3B=14N=16B+17B4.018.020.512.751708+18.0
7AlJamaat, Khaled1775QAT+24N−15B+13N+12B+17N−1B4.018.020.012.001734-8.4
8Nuh Nizar Hilmi1683IND=23N+12B−15N+19B+14N=2N4.017.019.012.751680+8.8
9Shivansh Joshi1573IND+29B−2N−5B+20N+18B+16N4.017.018.09.501613+11.2
10Al-Qassabi, Layan1635QAT+20B−3N+18B−5N=12B+19N3.517.520.09.751598-9.6
11Ziyad Wakhiri1627PLE+21N−1B+24N−17B+23N=13B3.516.018.08.251586-17.6
12Alsawah , Mohamed Adnan1536ALG+26B−8N+20B−7N=10N+23B3.516.017.57.751589+13.2
13Djerbi, Mohamed1525QAT−1N+23B−7B+25N+30B=11N3.516.016.55.751636+25.2
14Ahmad, Saif1564QAT+28N−16B+27N=6B−8B+26N3.513.514.55.501524-10.8
15Al-Mansouri, Fahad1607QAT+25B+7N+8B−3N−2B−5N3.021.022.59.501623+3.0
16Mithran Krishnakumar1687IND+17B+14N=1N−4B=6N−9B3.020.523.511.001691-2.8
17Tushant Srinivasa Raghavan1450IND−16N+31B+22B+11N−7B−6N3.017.017.06.001593+30.0
18Shresht Nair1503IND−4N+21B−10N+29B−9N+28B3.015.016.04.50872-34.4
19Sameer Gupta1526IND+30N−6B=26N−8N+21B−10B2.515.516.03.75847-39.2
20Erlano, Earl Kristoff1435PHI−10N+30B−12N−9B+29N=24B2.514.014.52.501228-35.2
21Shruthika Sunil Kurup1422IND−11B−18N=23N+27B−19N+25B2.512.513.53.5014360.0
22Jomha,Eyad.1574SYR+31N−4B−17N−23B=25N+27B2.511.511.51.751366-57.2
23Annliya Sajan1448IND=8B−13N=21B+22N−11B−12N2.017.019.55.751434-4.4
24Ayush Pradeep1457IND−7B+25N−11B=30N−26B=20N2.013.013.53.0014740.0
25Al-Hammadi, Asma1407QAT−15N−24B+28N−13B=22B−21N1.513.514.52.251216-30.8
26Al-Zeyara, Khalid0QAT−12NF=19BF+24N−14B1.511.511.53.2514330.0
27Nathan, Kailash1447IND−2B+29N−14B−21N−28B−22N1.014.015.01.00798-36.4
28Alsharaa,Aws.0SYR−14B−5N−25BF+27N−18N1.013.013.01.0012310.0
29Al-Hammadi, Fatima0QAT−9N−27BF−18N−20B+30N1.011.011.00.506900.0
30Khan, Muhammed Al Fatih0INA−19B−20NF=24B−13N−29B0.511.511.51.0011600.0
31Daker,Hashem.0SYR−22B−17NFFFF0.06.56.50.007210.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets