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11th ACA Classical Chess Tournament FIDE Rated

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29 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 25 Jan 2026 to 03 Feb 2026 in Zinj,Bahrain, Bahrain. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1696, and top seed was Prithvi Raj Prajeesh (🇮🇳 IND, 1890).

Eddie Jr. L. Lumanog (🇵🇭 PHI, 1836) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Prithvi Raj Prajeesh (5.0) and Dhruvi Shrikant Panigrahi (4.0). Lumanog shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Sayed Hashim Ali (1470) beat Mohamed Taher (1721), a +251-point gap.

Location
🇧🇭Zinj,Bahrain, Bahrain
Dates
25 Jan 2026 → 03 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
1,696
Participants
29
Federations · 4 represented
🇮🇳India×16
🇧🇭Bahrain×7
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia×2
🇵🇭Philippines×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
13
4
2
1
3
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Eddie Jr. L. Lumanog held the sole lead from R4 through R6 without losing it.

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Lumanog takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (18.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Eddie Jr. L. Lumanog lost to Prithvi Raj Prajeesh (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Lumanog, Eddie Jr. L.1836PHI+25B+13N+12B+3N2N+7B5.018.519.514.501921+24.4
2Prithvi Raj Prajeesh1890IND+11N+24B+7NF+1B+5N5.017.017.017.002466+46.8
3Dhruvi Shrikant Panigrahi1661IND+22B=4N+8B1B+16N=11N4.018.520.511.751612-9.6
4Noel Abraham Punnoose1532IND+19N=3B=6B+13N5B+12N4.018.020.512.501717+50.4
5Taher, Mohamed1721BRN9N+29B+14N+16B+4N2B4.018.018.09.501610-11.4
6Gabriel Vivek Joseph1662IND+14N=16B=4N+12B=7N=18B4.016.018.512.251664+1.6
7Talal Murdy Alzahrani1656KSA+29N+21B2B+20N=6B1N3.519.019.07.001642-5.2
8Ebrahim Tareq Albureshaid0BRN=17N+9B3N+10B18N+21B3.516.018.510.7516200.0
9Ali, Sayed Hashim1470BRN+5B8N=10NF+23B+17N3.516.017.59.751952+72.0
10Safvan Subair Khan1673IND+20B12N=9B8N+24N+19B3.515.016.07.751550-19.6
11Binzaiman, Ayman1529BRN2B+27N+28NF+17B=3B3.512.512.55.501729+28.8
12Aaryan Anil Jai Prabhakaran1586IND+26N+10B1N6N+15B4B3.019.520.57.501482-23.2
13Mikael Vivek Joseph1594IND+15N1B+19N4B+14NF3.017.520.08.50884-31.6
14Aayush Prabodhan Desai0IND6B+23N5B+28N13B+22B3.014.514.53.508590.0
15Hridik Dhananjaya Shetty0IND13B+25N17B+22N12N+28B3.011.511.53.0013890.0
16Fardan, Yousif1550BRN+23B=6N+18B5N3BF2.517.519.06.001580+2.6
17Cabaya, Joey1641PHI=8B18N+15N+24B11N9B2.516.017.05.751361-58.8
18Arnav Singh Dewan1629INDF+17B16NF+8B=6N2.516.016.08.001617-2.0
19Sanidhya Kumar0IND4B+22N13B+25N=20B10N2.515.016.04.2513810.0
20DHNEEM, ABDULLAH FAISAL0KSA10N+26B+21N7B=19NF2.513.013.04.7514950.0
21Mohamed Ali Albuainain1530BRN+28B7N20B=23N+26B8N2.512.012.01.75856-13.2
22Abhinav Santhosh0IND3N19B+26N15B+27B14N2.013.514.52.008550.0
23Pranav Santhosh0IND16N14B+29N=21B9NF1.512.512.51.2512440.0
24Ahmed, Najla1588BRN+27B2NF17N10BF1.013.513.51.00935-19.2
25Brayden Anand1499IND1N15B+27N19BFF1.011.511.51.001037-4.8
26Mithun Sasikumar0IND12B20N22B+29B21NF1.010.010.00.007610.0
27Hyndav Gattu0IND24N11B25BF22N+29N1.07.57.50.007380.0
28FIDE 564035646021NF11B14BF15N0.013.013.00.007300.0
29FIDE 56403114407B5N23B26NF27B0.011.011.00.008890.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets