11th ACA Classical Chess Tournament FIDE Rated
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.
Eddie Jr. L. Lumanog held the sole lead from R4 through R6 without losing it.
2 players finish on 5.0/6. Lumanog takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (18.5).
Eddie Jr. L. Lumanog lost to Prithvi Raj Prajeesh (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eddie Jr. L. Lumanog | * | 0 | — | — |
| 2Prithvi Raj Prajeesh | 1 | * | — | — |
| 3Noel Abraham Punnoose | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Gabriel Vivek Joseph | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lumanog, Eddie Jr. L. | 1836 | PHI | +25B | +13N | +12B | +3N | −2N | +7B | 5.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 14.50 | 1921 | +24.4 |
| 2 | Prithvi Raj Prajeesh | 1890 | IND | +11N | +24B | +7N | F | +1B | +5N | 5.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.00 | 2466 | +46.8 |
| 3 | Dhruvi Shrikant Panigrahi | 1661 | IND | +22B | =4N | +8B | −1B | +16N | =11N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 11.75 | 1612 | -9.6 |
| 4 | Noel Abraham Punnoose | 1532 | IND | +19N | =3B | =6B | +13N | −5B | +12N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 20.5 | 12.50 | 1717 | +50.4 |
| 5 | Taher, Mohamed | 1721 | BRN | −9N | +29B | +14N | +16B | +4N | −2B | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 9.50 | 1610 | -11.4 |
| 6 | Gabriel Vivek Joseph | 1662 | IND | +14N | =16B | =4N | +12B | =7N | =18B | 4.0 | 16.0 | 18.5 | 12.25 | 1664 | +1.6 |
| 7 | Talal Murdy Alzahrani | 1656 | KSA | +29N | +21B | −2B | +20N | =6B | −1N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 7.00 | 1642 | -5.2 |
| 8 | Ebrahim Tareq Albureshaid | 0 | BRN | =17N | +9B | −3N | +10B | −18N | +21B | 3.5 | 16.0 | 18.5 | 10.75 | 1620 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Ali, Sayed Hashim | 1470 | BRN | +5B | −8N | =10N | F | +23B | +17N | 3.5 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 9.75 | 1952 | +72.0 |
| 10 | Safvan Subair Khan | 1673 | IND | +20B | −12N | =9B | −8N | +24N | +19B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 7.75 | 1550 | -19.6 |
| 11 | Binzaiman, Ayman | 1529 | BRN | −2B | +27N | +28N | F | +17B | =3B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 5.50 | 1729 | +28.8 |
| 12 | Aaryan Anil Jai Prabhakaran | 1586 | IND | +26N | +10B | −1N | −6N | +15B | −4B | 3.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 7.50 | 1482 | -23.2 |
| 13 | Mikael Vivek Joseph | 1594 | IND | +15N | −1B | +19N | −4B | +14N | F | 3.0 | 17.5 | 20.0 | 8.50 | 884 | -31.6 |
| 14 | Aayush Prabodhan Desai | 0 | IND | −6B | +23N | −5B | +28N | −13B | +22B | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 3.50 | 859 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Hridik Dhananjaya Shetty | 0 | IND | −13B | +25N | −17B | +22N | −12N | +28B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.00 | 1389 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Fardan, Yousif | 1550 | BRN | +23B | =6N | +18B | −5N | −3B | F | 2.5 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 6.00 | 1580 | +2.6 |
| 17 | Cabaya, Joey | 1641 | PHI | =8B | −18N | +15N | +24B | −11N | −9B | 2.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 5.75 | 1361 | -58.8 |
| 18 | Arnav Singh Dewan | 1629 | IND | F | +17B | −16N | F | +8B | =6N | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 8.00 | 1617 | -2.0 |
| 19 | Sanidhya Kumar | 0 | IND | −4B | +22N | −13B | +25N | =20B | −10N | 2.5 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 4.25 | 1381 | 0.0 |
| 20 | DHNEEM, ABDULLAH FAISAL | 0 | KSA | −10N | +26B | +21N | −7B | =19N | F | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 4.75 | 1495 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Mohamed Ali Albuainain | 1530 | BRN | +28B | −7N | −20B | =23N | +26B | −8N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.75 | 856 | -13.2 |
| 22 | Abhinav Santhosh | 0 | IND | −3N | −19B | +26N | −15B | +27B | −14N | 2.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 2.00 | 855 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Pranav Santhosh | 0 | IND | −16N | −14B | +29N | =21B | −9N | F | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.25 | 1244 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Ahmed, Najla | 1588 | BRN | +27B | −2N | F | −17N | −10B | F | 1.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 1.00 | 935 | -19.2 |
| 25 | Brayden Anand | 1499 | IND | −1N | −15B | +27N | −19B | F | F | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.00 | 1037 | -4.8 |
| 26 | Mithun Sasikumar | 0 | IND | −12B | −20N | −22B | +29B | −21N | F | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 761 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Hyndav Gattu | 0 | IND | −24N | −11B | −25B | F | −22N | +29N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 738 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 564035646 | 0 | — | −21N | F | −11B | −14B | F | −15N | 0.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 730 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 564031144 | 0 | — | −7B | −5N | −23B | −26N | F | −27B | 0.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 889 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Ali, Sayed HashimBRN+72.03.5 pts · #6
- 2Noel Abraham PunnooseIND+50.44.0 pts · #4
- 3Prithvi Raj PrajeeshIND+46.85.0 pts · #2
- 1Cabaya, JoeyPHI-58.82.5 pts · #18
- 2Mikael Vivek JosephIND-31.63.0 pts · #21
- 3Aaryan Anil Jai PrabhakaranIND-23.23.0 pts · #16
- R1+251 Elo gap
- R6+171 Elo gap
- R5+112 Elo gap