Chesseddicts 1st Classical invitational tournament
Round-RobinStandard
5 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 28 Mar 2026 in Karachi, Pakistan. Top 10 Elo average was 1384, and top seed was Tayyab Ali (🇵🇰 PAK, 1813).
Aneeq Akhtar (🇵🇰 PAK, 1792) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Shayan Sohail Memon Jd Wala (3.0) and Syed Komail Abbas Rizvi (2.5). Akhtar shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇵🇰Karachi, Pakistan
Dates
28 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
1,384
Participants
5
Federations · 1 represented
🇵🇰Pakistan×5
Top 3
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- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 5 · 5 roundsTitle race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
2
1
2
2
2
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Aneeq Akhtar drew with Shayan Sohail Memon Jd Wala (Black).
R1–R5 · UNBEATEN
Aneeq Akhtar went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇵🇰Aneeq Akhtar | 1792 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 3.5 | 5.75 | 8.0 | +6.4 | 1835 |
| 2 | 🇵🇰Shayan Sohail Memon Jd Wala | 1694 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 5.50 | 8.5 | +28.0 | 1868 |
| 3 | 🇵🇰Syed Komail Abbas Rizvi | 1678 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 2.5 | 3.25 | 9.0 | -8.4 | 1623 |
| 4 | 🇵🇰Raif Jafri | 1758 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1.5 | 3.50 | 10.0 | -26.0 | 1596 |
| 5 | 🇵🇰Ebad Ur Rehman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1.0 | 0.75 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 1409 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Shayan Sohail Memon Jd WalaPAK+28.03.0 pts · #2
- 2Aneeq AkhtarPAK+6.43.5 pts · #1
- 3Ebad Ur RehmanPAK0.01.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Raif JafriPAK-26.01.5 pts · #4
- 2Syed Komail Abbas RizviPAK-8.42.5 pts · #3
- 3Ebad Ur RehmanPAK0.01.0 pts · #5