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B1 Mall Back to School Classic Tournament

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28 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 21 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Dubai, UAE. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1662, and top seed was Sardarbek Matyakubov (🇹🇲 TKM, 1789).

Sergey V. Hakobyan (🇦🇲 ARM, 1505) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Akhil Vijayakumar (5.5) and Nishita Karthick (5.5). Hakobyan clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Nilesh Karthick (1424) beat Alikhan Ydyrysov (1775), a +351-point gap.

Location
🇦🇪Dubai, UAE
Dates
21 Mar 2026 → 22 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇹🇲Sardarbek Matyakubov1789
Avg top 10
1,662
Participants
28
Federations · 8 represented
🇮🇳India×15
🇵🇭Philippines×3
🇦🇲Armenia×2
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×2
🇩🇪Germany×1
🇫🇷France×1
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×1
🇹🇲Turkmenistan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Sergey V. Hakobyan led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
12
7
3
1
2
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Karthick takes leadHakobyan takes lead
Hakobyan6Vijayakumar5.5Karthick5.5Matyakubov5Jenny5Karthick5
R6 · LEADER CHANGE21 Mar

Nishita Karthick takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Sergey V. Hakobyan drew with Akhil Vijayakumar (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Sergey V. Hakobyan 4 wins (R4–R7)Nishita Karthick 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Sergey V. Hakobyan*
½
1
1
2Akhil Vijayakumar
½
*
½
—
3Nishita Karthick
0
½
*—
4Sardarbek Matyakubov
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Hakobyan, Sergey V.1505ARM+17B=2N=5B+18N+4B+6N+3B6.029.031.025.751902+115.6
2Akhil Vijayakumar1731IND+14N=1B+25N=3N+15B+8B=5N5.527.028.019.751809+12.8
3Nishita Karthick1704IND+26N+28B+13N=2B+16N+5B−1N5.523.023.014.251688-1.2
4Matyakubov, Sardarbek1789TKM+7N+16B+19N−8B−1N+12B+9N5.025.527.517.501708-18.4
5Aaron Joseph Jenny1467IND+24N+25B=1N+19B+8N−3N=2B5.024.025.013.751811+104.8
6Nikhilesh Karthick1646IND+21N+18B−8N+12B+10N−1B+11N5.023.525.515.501546-20.4
7Nilesh Karthick1424IND−4B−13N+27N+23B+20N+16B+8N5.018.518.510.001821+57.6
8Ydyrysov, Alikhan1775KGZ+22B+15N+6B+4N−5B−2N−7B4.028.530.014.501596-50.8
9Minesh Patil1456IND+20N−19B−18N+14B+13N+17B−4B4.019.021.012.00837-37.6
10Hameed Suhail S K0IND−15B=14B+21N+22N−6B+24B=12N4.018.519.58.0012680.0
11Avetisyan, Aram0ARM−19N−12B+24N+25B+14N+15N−6B4.018.019.08.5015330.0
12Gavrylchenko, Illia1451GER−13B+11N+20B−6N+18B−4N=10B3.523.525.510.001501+4.0
13Tishika Bodal0IND+12N+7B−3B−15N−9B=22N+18B3.523.024.511.2515050.0
14Thusha Hary, Subaraj0SRI−2B=10N+26B−9N−11B+23N+22B3.520.020.04.508060.0
15Kalia, Rahul1520IND+10N−8B+23N+13B−2N−11B−17N3.024.025.08.50951-8.4
16Ivaan Mathew Elias1546INDF−4N+22B+17N−3B−7N+21B3.022.022.06.50837-44.0
17Junio, Ezekiel0PHI−1N+26B+28N−16BF−9N+15B3.018.018.03.0014280.0
18Vaibhav Girish0INDF−6N+9B−1B−12N+20B−13N2.024.024.06.001331-23.2
19Pawar Yashwant1678IND+11B+9N−4B−5NFFF2.021.021.08.001454-17.4
20Sara Susan Elias0IND−9B+27B−12N+26N−7B−18NF2.015.515.50.006510.0
21FIDE 5770104930—−6B−22N−10B+27NF+26B−16N2.014.514.50.007880.0
22Thakkshanya, Subaraj0SRI−8N+21B−16N−10BF=13B−14N1.520.021.03.758510.0
23Manalili, Aurell Christopher Lantican0PHI−25N+24B−15B−7NF−14BF1.016.017.01.007560.0
24Kanthee Paras Gandhi0IND−5B−23N−11BFF−10N+26N1.016.016.00.006660.0
25Kindipan, Zyralle1729PHI+23B−5N−2B−11NFFF1.015.515.51.00798-26.2
26Agnes Maria Jenny0IND−3B−17N−14N−20BF−21N−24B0.017.017.00.009010.0
27FIDE 3040954030—F−20N−7B−21BFFF0.09.09.00.006220.0
28McDonald, Margaret1457FRAF−3N−17BFFFF0.08.58.50.00901-4.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets