Chess masters academy Classic Tournament Under 1800

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55 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 08 May 2026 to 09 May 2026 in Muscat, Oman. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1720, and top seed was Emad Al Balushi (🇴🇲 OMA, 1788).

Emad Al Balushi (🇴🇲 OMA, 1788) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Said Ahmed Al Mamari (5.5) and Aayush Nair (4.5). Al Balushi shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Sraavan Nair (1498) beat Harshavardhan V (1740), a +242-point gap.

Location

🇴🇲Muscat, Oman

Dates

08 May 2026 → 09 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇴🇲Emad Al Balushi1788

Avg top 10

1,720

Participants

Federations · 4 represented

🇮🇳India×35

🇴🇲Oman×9

FIDE (no federation)×1

🇮🇷Iran×1

Top 3

🥇
Emad Al Balushi
🇴🇲OMA·1788
5.5pts·2055perf+29.6
🥈
Said Ahmed Al Mamari
🇴🇲OMA·1768
5.5pts·2017perf+27.0
🥉
Aayush Nair
🇮🇳IND·1637
4.5pts·1838perf+21.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Al Balushi5.5Al Mamari5.5Al Hamrashdi4.5Al Rawahi4.5Nair4.5Al Habsi4.5

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/6. Al Balushi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (21.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Emad Al Balushi drew with Said Ahmed Al Mamari (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Emad Al Balushi 5 wins (R1–R5)Said Ahmed Al Mamari 5 wins (R1–R5)Ali Al Hamrashdi 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Emad Al Balushi	*	½	—	—
2Said Ahmed Al Mamari	½	*	—	—
3Ali Al Hamrashdi	—	—	*	—
4Naeem Abdullah Al Rawahi	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Al Balushi, Emad	1788	OMA	+29N	+9B	+8N	+10B	+7N	=2B	5.5	21.5	24.5	21.75	2055	+29.6
2	Al Mamari, Said Ahmed	1768	OMA	+28N	+23B	+16N	+4B	+3N	=1N	5.5	21.0	24.0	21.25	2017	+27.0
3	Nair, Aayush	1637	IND	=6N	+20B	+33N	+14B	−2B	+17N	4.5	21.0	23.5	15.75	1838	+21.0
4	Al Habsi, Sultan Mohamed	1658	OMA	+52B	+32N	+13B	−2N	=5B	+7B	4.5	20.5	20.5	12.75	1791	+14.4
5	Al Hamrashdi, Ali	1758	OMA	+37N	+27B	+21N	−7B	=4N	+16B	4.5	18.5	21.0	14.75	1764	+6.4
6	Al Rawahi, Naeem Abdullah	0	OMA	=3B	−11N	+40B	+35N	+30B	+18N	4.5	17.0	19.0	12.75	1620	0.0
7	Ilaan Shafeek	1784	IND	+26B	+35N	+17B	+5N	−1B	−4N	4.0	21.0	23.5	13.50	1757	-4.8
8	Marksim Karki Abirami, Sriiyukthaa	1632	IND	+54B	+19N	−1B	+12N	−18B	+39N	4.0	18.5	18.5	9.50	1593	-8.4
9	Christopher M Anish	1595	IND	+42N	−1N	=31B	+38B	+22N	=11B	4.0	18.0	20.0	11.25	1628	+4.8
10	Tomy Mulackal Joseph	1686	IND	+55B	+30N	+12B	−1N	−23B	+27N	4.0	18.0	18.0	9.50	1639	-10.8
11	Keith Mathew	1623	IND	=20N	+6B	=24B	=30N	+32B	=9N	4.0	17.5	20.0	13.50	1650	+5.2
12	Nair, Sraavan	1498	IND	+50N	+14B	−10N	−8B	+31B	+24N	4.0	17.5	18.5	10.50	1680	+37.6
13	Mogurampally, Santhosh	0	IND	+25N	+18B	−4N	F	+24B	+23N	4.0	17.0	19.5	12.50	1662	0.0
14	Harshavardhan V	1740	IND	+31B	−12N	+26B	−3N	+34B	+25N	4.0	17.0	19.5	11.00	1520	-43.6
15	Rajulal, Al Ameen	0	FID	−30B	+52N	=19B	=25N	+26B	+32N	4.0	14.5	14.5	8.75	1495	0.0
16	Mourizadeh, Mohammadkazem	1605	IRI	+34B	+39N	−2B	=32N	+19B	−5N	3.5	18.5	20.5	9.25	1530	-18.0
17	Niyola Pinto	1610	IND	+36N	+43B	−7N	=22B	+21N	−3B	3.5	18.0	20.0	9.75	1561	-9.0
18	Aswanthram Sankar Ganesh Kannan	1618	IND	+48B	−13N	+43N	=21B	+8N	−6B	3.5	18.0	19.5	9.25	1787	+23.6
19	Ohmkar Sreejith Krishna	1466	IND	+45N	−8B	=15N	+20B	−16N	+37B	3.5	17.5	19.5	10.00	1421	-7.2
20	Arush Bimal	0	IND	=11B	−3N	+55B	−19N	+35B	+30N	3.5	17.0	17.0	7.00	1550	0.0
21	Sai Prasath Karthikeyan	1486	IND	+47B	+44N	−5B	=18N	−17B	+33N	3.5	16.0	18.0	8.25	1634	+38.0
22	Yashkrishna V	1473	IND	−39B	+36N	+45B	=17N	−9B	+31N	3.5	14.5	16.5	8.75	1410	-6.0
23	Al Jabri, Zakariya Saif	1571	OMA	+53B	−2N	+34B	F	+10N	−13B	3.0	18.0	18.0	6.50	1727	+16.4
24	Ba Omar, Hisham	1661	OMA	+51N	=33B	=11N	+27B	−13N	−12B	3.0	17.5	18.5	7.25	1518	-30.0
25	Avantika Priyesh	1502	IND	−13B	=48N	+46N	=15B	+36N	−14B	3.0	16.5	18.0	7.25	940	-8.0
26	Stuthi Nayak	1442	IND	−7N	+42B	−14N	+50B	−15N	+41B	3.0	16.0	17.0	5.00	962	-10.8
27	Aniketh Sailesh	1491	IND	+40B	−5N	+39B	−24N	+41B	−10B	3.0	15.5	17.5	6.00	902	-28.4
28	Sreenand Arun	1437	IND	−2B	+53N	−44B	−34N	+40B	+46N	3.0	14.0	14.0	4.00	946	-11.2
29	Rebixon Geordi	1458	IND	−1B	−34N	+53B	−41N	+48B	+50N	3.0	12.5	12.5	2.50	988	-4.8
30	Aryan Barani	1488	IND	+15N	−10B	+51N	=11B	−6N	−20B	2.5	20.0	21.0	7.00	1462	-2.4
31	Tejas Dinesh Kumar	0	IND	−14N	+41B	=9N	+37B	−12N	−22B	2.5	18.0	20.0	6.50	1393	0.0
32	Al Rawahi, Abdulrahman	1475	OMA	+46N	−4B	+50N	=16B	−11N	−15B	2.5	18.0	19.0	4.75	1356	-15.2
33	Meenakshi Madhu	1461	IND	+49B	=24N	−3B	F	+38N	−21B	2.5	17.5	19.0	5.50	1322	-19.2
34	Deepen, Vellore Suresh	0	IND	−16N	+29B	−23N	+28B	−14N	=36B	2.5	16.5	19.0	7.25	1490	0.0
35	Yadhukrishna V	1534	IND	+41N	−7B	=38N	−6B	−20N	+54B	2.5	16.5	16.5	3.25	984	-7.6
36	Dakshita Bawal	0	IND	−17B	−22B	+?N	+45N	−25B	=34N	2.5	14.5	14.5	3.25	728	0.0
37	Haran Vaibhav Senthilkumar	1402	IND	−5B	=40N	+48B	−31N	+49B	−19N	2.5	14.0	15.5	4.00	812	-20.8
38	Aarav Bajaj	0	IND	−44B	+47N	=35B	−9N	−33B	+48N	2.5	13.0	14.5	4.75	1256	0.0
39	Rolvin Pinto	0	IND	+22N	−16B	−27N	F	+43B	−8B	2.0	16.0	17.0	5.50	1453	0.0
40	Pranav Kruthik Vijayakumar	0	IND	−27N	=37B	−6N	=42B	−28N	+52N	2.0	15.0	15.0	2.25	1170	0.0
41	FIDE 555022120	0	—	−35B	−31N	+52B	+29B	−27N	−26N	2.0	14.0	14.0	3.00	1288	0.0
42	Eshal Shafeek	0	IND	−9B	−26N	=49B	=40N	+47B	−43N	2.0	13.0	14.5	3.75	687	0.0
43	Siddhanth Subramanian	1424	IND	F	−17N	−18B	+46B	−39N	+42B	2.0	13.0	13.0	4.00	814	-20.4
44	Al Aisaee, Anat	1723	OMA	+38N	−21B	+28N	F	F	F	2.0	12.0	12.0	5.50	1462	-12.8
45	Syed Shafee Ullah	0	IND	−19B	F	−22N	−36B	+54N	+49N	2.0	11.0	11.0	1.50	670	0.0
46	Riddhish Kende	0	IND	−32B	+54N	−25B	−43N	+53N	−28B	2.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	660	0.0
47	FIDE 22098542	0	—	−21N	−38B	+54B	−48N	−42N	+53B	2.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	686	0.0
48	FIDE 547092165	0	—	−18N	=25B	−37N	+47B	−29N	−38B	1.5	14.5	16.5	3.50	1173	0.0
49	Yaswanth Chezhian	0	IND	−33N	−51B	=42N	+52B	−37N	−45B	1.5	10.0	10.0	1.00	632	0.0
50	FIDE 577044002	0	—	−12B	+55N	−32B	−26N	F	−29B	1.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	668	0.0
51	FIDE 22036377	0	—	−24B	+49N	−30B	F	F	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.50	775	0.0
52	FIDE 564020304	0	—	−4N	−15B	−41N	−49N	F	−40B	0.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	858	0.0
53	FIDE 577065352	0	—	−23N	−28B	−29N	F	−46B	−47N	0.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	689	0.0
54	FIDE 577060954	0	—	−8N	−46B	−47N	F	−45B	−35N	0.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	783	0.0
55	FIDE 304099019	0	—	−10N	−50B	−20N	F	F	F	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	886	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Sai Prasath KarthikeyanIND
+38.0
3.5 pts · #15
2Nair, SraavanIND
+37.6
4.0 pts · #21
3Al Balushi, EmadOMA
+29.6
5.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Harshavardhan VIND
-43.6
4.0 pts · #16
2Ba Omar, HishamOMA
-30.0
3.0 pts · #17
3Aniketh SaileshIND
-28.4
3.0 pts · #47

Biggest upsets

R2+242 Elo gap
Nair, Sraavan1498 beat Harshavardhan V1740
R2+237 Elo gap
Sai Prasath Karthikeyan1486 beat Al Aisaee, Anat1723
R6+163 Elo gap
Nair, Sraavan1498 beat Ba Omar, Hisham1661