2nd classical chess championship 2026

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44 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 24 Jan 2026 to 25 Jan 2026 in Lahore, Pakistan. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1779, and top seed was Fauzan Ullah (🇵🇰 PAK, 1911).

Syed Zain Nasir (🇵🇰 PAK, 1873) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Fauzan Ullah (5.0) and Zorez Shabkhez (5.0). Nasir won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Hashmi Amr Iftikhar (1482) beat Muhammad Saif Ullah (1849), a +367-point gap.

Location

🇵🇰Lahore, Pakistan

Dates

24 Jan 2026 → 25 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇵🇰Fauzan Ullah1911

Avg top 10

1,779

Participants

Titled players · 1

WCM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇵🇰Pakistan×33

🇪🇸Spain×1

Top 3

🥇
Syed Zain Nasir
🇵🇰PAK·1873
5.0pts·1965perf+21.6
🥈
Fauzan Ullah
🇵🇰PAK·1911
5.0pts·1971perf+10.4
🥉
Zorez Shabkhez
🇵🇰PAK·1882
5.0pts·1989perf+11.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 5 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 5 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Ullah5Shabkhez5Nasir5Amr Iftikhar5Hussain5Javed4.5

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

5 players finish on 5.0/6. Nasir takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (23.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Fauzan Ullah drew with Zorez Shabkhez (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Fauzan Ullah 3 wins (R3–R5)Zorez Shabkhez 4 wins (R1–R4)Syed Zain Nasir 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Fauzan Ullah	*	½	1	—
2Zorez Shabkhez	½	*	—	—
3Syed Zain Nasir	0	—	*	1
4Hashmi Amr Iftikhar	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Syed Zain Nasir	1873	PAK	+37N	+9B	+4N	+5B	−2N	+6B	5.0	23.5	24.5	19.50	1965	+21.6
2	Fauzan Ullah	1911	PAK	+11B	=10N	+32B	+15N	+1B	=3N	5.0	21.5	23.5	19.00	1971	+10.4
3	Zorez Shabkhez	1882	PAK	+14N	+19B	+13N	+8B	=6N	=2B	5.0	20.5	23.5	18.75	1989	+11.8
4	Amr Iftikhar, Hashmi	1482	PAK	+31B	+43N	−1B	+11N	+21B	+8N	5.0	18.5	18.5	13.50	1863	+32.8
5	Akhtar Hussain	1837	PAK	+44B	+29N	+22B	−1N	+12B	+9N	5.0	18.5	18.5	13.50	1077	-8.8
6	Asad Javed	1858	PAK	+33B	+36N	+17B	+18N	=3B	−1N	4.5	18.5	20.5	13.00	1820	-4.0
7	Muhammad Salman Hayat	0	PAK	=23N	−30B	+?N	+?B	+16N	+13B	4.5	12.5	12.5	8.50	1566	0.0
8	Muhammad Saif Ullah	1849	PAK	+40N	+24B	+16N	−3N	+19B	−4B	4.0	19.5	20.0	10.00	1492	-50.0
9	Muhammad Ayan Ahsan	0	PAK	+?B	−1N	+26B	+22N	+18B	−5B	4.0	19.0	19.0	9.00	1668	0.0
10	Rayaan Rehman	1431	PAK	+21N	=2B	−19N	+34B	=23N	+24B	4.0	17.0	19.0	12.00	1830	+16.8
11	FIDE 7816294	0	—	−2N	+?B	+39N	−4B	+20N	+23B	4.0	17.0	17.0	7.00	897	0.0
12	Muhammad Aarib Khan	0	PAK	+?N	−15B	+33N	+25B	−5N	+22B	4.0	16.5	16.5	8.00	1056	0.0
13	Muhammad Chaudhry	1565	PAK	+35B	+27N	−3B	+24N	=14B	−7N	3.5	19.0	21.0	9.75	1082	-5.2
14	Farhat Mahmood	0	PAK	−3B	+31N	+20B	+17N	=13N	−19B	3.5	18.0	20.5	10.75	1641	0.0
15	Muhammad, Qasim	1874	ESP	+42B	+12N	−18B	−2B	+33N	=29N	3.5	16.5	17.0	7.75	988	-24.4
16	Aayat AsmiWCM	1461	PAK	+26B	+20N	−8B	=35N	−7B	+41N	3.5	16.5	17.0	7.50	1049	-4.0
17	Qamar, Hafsa	1475	PAK	+38N	+39B	−6N	−14B	+35B	=30N	3.5	13.5	14.5	5.25	1058	-3.6
18	Muhammad Saleem Khan	1656	PAK	+28N	+34B	+15N	−6B	−9N	−27B	3.0	18.0	20.0	8.50	1866	+20.8
19	Haziq Adnan	0	PAK	+41B	−3N	+10B	F	−8N	+14N	3.0	17.0	17.0	8.00	1595	0.0
20	Saad Bin Umar	0	PAK	+30N	−16B	−14N	+28B	−11B	+37N	3.0	16.5	17.5	6.50	686	0.0
21	Muhammad Bilal Saleem	0	PAK	−10B	+?N	+27B	+29N	−4N	F	3.0	16.5	16.5	5.50	657	0.0
22	Shahzaib Hassan Khan	0	PAK	+?B	+32N	−5N	−9B	+40B	−12N	3.0	15.5	15.5	2.50	1663	0.0
23	Saif Ur Rehman	0	PAK	=7B	−?N	+41B	+40N	=10B	−11N	3.0	13.5	13.5	5.25	1430	0.0
24	Ali seena	0	PAK	+?B	−8N	+?B	−13B	+34N	−10N	3.0	13.5	13.5	2.00	815	0.0
25	FIDE 7860781	0	—	−32B	+?N	+36B	−12N	−29B	+?N	3.0	10.5	10.5	2.00	689	0.0
26	Muhammad Ashaj Tariq	0	PAK	−16N	+37B	−9N	−33B	+?N	+?B	3.0	10.5	10.5	1.00	686	0.0
27	FIDE 7861591	0	—	+?N	−13B	−21N	+?B	F	+18N	3.0	9.5	9.5	3.00	1615	0.0
28	Mohid Adnan	0	PAK	−18B	−?N	+?B	−20N	+?N	+34B	3.0	8.0	8.0	2.00	864	0.0
29	Abdullah Akber	0	PAK	F	−5B	+38N	−21B	+25N	=15B	2.5	15.5	15.5	5.75	1663	0.0
30	Ahmed Shehran Zafar	0	PAK	−20B	+7N	−?B	+31N	F	=17B	2.5	14.5	14.5	8.75	1475	0.0
31	Muhammad Ali	0	PAK	−4N	−14B	+37N	−30B	=32N	+40B	2.5	14.0	14.5	2.50	1293	0.0
32	Syeda Minahil Abdul Rahman	1489	PAK	+25N	−22B	−2N	F	=31B	=35N	2.0	15.5	16.5	5.25	1089	-3.2
33	FIDE 7860951	0	—	−6N	F	−12B	+26N	−15B	+?N	2.0	15.0	15.0	3.00	1066	0.0
34	Muhammad Hamza Ali Peerzada	0	PAK	+?B	−18N	+43B	−10N	−24B	−28N	2.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	747	0.0
35	Muhammad Ahmad Khurram	0	PAK	−13N	F	+?B	=16B	−17N	=32B	2.0	12.5	12.5	2.75	1311	0.0
36	Abdul Haadi	0	PAK	+?N	−6B	−25N	F	+?B	F	2.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	1058	0.0
37	Huzzaifa Hassan Khan	0	PAK	−1B	−26N	−31B	+?N	F	−20B	1.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	1077	0.0
38	FIDE 7848641	0	—	−17B	+?N	−29B	F	F	F	1.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	675	0.0
39	FIDE 7843666	0	—	+?B	−17N	−11B	F	F	F	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	675	0.0
40	FIDE 7827059	0	—	−8B	=41N	F	−23B	−22N	−31N	0.5	13.0	13.5	0.25	1049	0.0
41	FIDE 7828241	0	—	−19N	=40B	−23N	F	F	−16B	0.5	10.5	11.0	0.25	686	0.0
42	FIDE 7857977	0	—	−15N	=?B	F	F	F	F	0.5	5.0	5.0	0.00	1074	0.0
43	FIDE 7861575	0	—	F	−4B	−34N	F	F	F	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	683	0.0
44	Mohammad Baasil Zohair	0	PAK	−5N	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	1037	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Amr Iftikhar, HashmiPAK
+32.8
5.0 pts · #10
2Syed Zain NasirPAK
+21.6
5.0 pts · #3
3Muhammad Saleem KhanPAK
+20.8
3.0 pts · #8

Top rating losers

1Muhammad Saif UllahPAK
-50.0
4.0 pts · #14
2Muhammad, QasimESP
-24.4
3.5 pts · #37
3Akhtar HussainPAK
-8.8
5.0 pts · #34

Biggest upsets

R6+367 Elo gap
Amr Iftikhar, Hashmi1482 beat Muhammad Saif Ullah1849
R3+218 Elo gap
Muhammad Saleem Khan1656 beat Muhammad, Qasim1874