Chess Lab U2100 Classic June Tournament

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60 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 19 Jun 2026 to 21 Jun 2026 in Dubai, UAE. 1 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1885, and top seed was Isuru Alahakoon (🇱🇰 SRI, FM, 2044).

Isuru Alahakoon (🇱🇰 SRI, FM, 2044) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Paul Karageziyan (5.0) and Jason Nabatlao (5.0). Alahakoon won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Paul Karageziyan (1525) beat Levi Mercado (2040), a +515-point gap.

Location

🇦🇪Dubai, UAE

Dates

19 Jun 2026 → 21 Jun 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇱🇰FMIsuru Alahakoon2044

Avg top 10

1,885

Participants

Titled players · 1

FM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇮🇳India×28

🇵🇭Philippines×6

🇮🇷Iran×2

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇨🇳China×1

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia×1

🇺🇸United States of America×1

Top 3

🥇
FMIsuru Alahakoon
🇱🇰SRI·2044
5.5pts·2156perf+11.6
🥈
Paul Karageziyan
🇺🇸USA·1525
5.0pts·1918perf+91.2
🥉
Jason Nabatlao
🇵🇭PHI·1872
5.0pts·1787perf-7.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

FM Isuru Alahakoon led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Alahakoon5.5Karageziyan5Nabatlao5Dimarucut4.5Marcos4.5Delloro4.5

R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

FM Isuru Alahakoon held the sole lead from R4 through R6 without losing it.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Isuru Alahakoon beat Paul Karageziyan (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Isuru Alahakoon 5 wins (R1–R5)Paul Karageziyan 4 wins (R3–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMIsuru Alahakoon	*	1	—	—
2Paul Karageziyan	0	*	—	—
3Jason Nabatlao	—	—	*	—
4Francis Erwin Dimarucut	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Alahakoon, IsuruFM	2044	SRI	+25N	+2B	+23B	+16N	+4B	=11N	5.5	20.0	23.0	21.00	2156	+11.6
2	Karageziyan, Paul	1525	USA	+51B	−1N	+37B	+13N	+23B	+17N	5.0	18.5	19.5	14.00	1918	+91.2
3	Nabatlao, Jason	1872	PHI	+14B	=35N	+34B	=33N	+9B	+10N	5.0	17.0	19.5	17.00	1787	-7.0
4	Marcos, Marvin	2018	PHI	+55N	+24B	+7N	=6B	−1N	+19B	4.5	21.0	22.0	14.25	1943	-4.8
5	Dimarucut, Francis Erwin	1938	PHI	+13B	+18N	=11B	+20N	=6B	=16N	4.5	19.5	23.0	17.00	1885	-3.6
6	Delloro, Noli	1911	PHI	+56N	+15B	+27B	=4N	=5N	=33B	4.5	18.5	19.5	13.75	1880	+0.8
7	Andria Bhattacharya	1690	IND	+53N	+19B	−4B	=26N	+18B	+34N	4.5	17.0	18.0	12.00	1748	+14.8
8	Beifus, Daniel	1746	ENG	+43B	+12N	=33B	+35N	−16B	+20N	4.5	16.0	18.0	13.25	1760	+6.0
9	Sai Shri Ramesh Prabhavathy	1461	IND	+21N	−10B	+28N	+30B	−3N	+29B	4.0	18.5	21.5	12.50	1531	+6.4
10	Deshmukh, Omm	1650	IND	+46B	+9N	−16B	+50N	+12B	−3B	4.0	18.5	19.5	11.00	1696	+12.4
11	SOWRRIRAJAN, SENTHIL NATHAN	1668	IND	F	+48B	=5N	+22B	+17N	=1B	4.0	18.5	18.5	13.50	2087	+39.6
12	Vedhanth Mani Bharathi	1494	IND	+39N	−8B	+58N	+21B	−10N	+28B	4.0	17.5	18.5	10.00	898	-19.2
13	Qiao, Haobo	1403	CHN	−5N	+39B	+24N	−2B	+59N	+41B	4.0	17.0	17.0	7.50	1638	+43.6
14	Aashish Sinha	0	IND	−3N	−21B	+44N	+52B	+36N	+24B	4.0	16.0	17.0	8.50	1678	0.0
15	HADI BANDA	1477	IND	+45B	−6N	+43B	+42N	F	+31N	4.0	14.0	16.0	9.00	1651	+14.0
16	Yeshwant Saravanan	1841	IND	F	+38B	+10N	−1B	+8N	=5B	3.5	21.0	21.0	13.25	1917	+24.0
17	Mercado, Levi	2040	PHI	+37B	=34N	+26B	+41N	−11B	−2B	3.5	17.0	19.0	8.75	1716	-38.8
18	Atharva Manoj	1542	IND	+32N	−5B	+55N	=25B	−7N	+48B	3.5	16.5	17.5	7.00	1530	-8.4
19	Niranjjan Palaniappan	1435	IND	+42B	−7N	+57B	+27N	=41B	−4N	3.5	16.0	17.0	7.00	1633	+32.8
20	Talal Murdy Alzahrani	1651	KSA	+60N	=49B	+36N	−5B	+25N	−8B	3.5	16.0	16.0	6.25	1678	+4.8
21	Omarov, Iusup	0	RUS	−9B	+14N	+?B	−12N	+?N	=25B	3.5	15.0	15.0	5.50	1458	0.0
22	Sinha, Aakrit	1553	IND	+47B	+59N	=41B	−11N	+26B	−23N	3.5	14.0	14.0	6.00	1554	-0.8
23	Aditi Arun	1717	IND	F	+50B	−1N	+29B	−2N	+22B	3.0	18.0	18.0	7.50	1678	-9.6
24	Rohan Santhana	1498	IND	+44B	−4N	−13B	+51N	+35B	−14N	3.0	17.0	18.0	5.50	1480	-7.6
25	Leuranguer, Maxime	1424	FRA	−1B	+51N	+59B	=18N	−20B	=21N	3.0	17.0	17.0	4.50	1399	-5.2
26	Tribiana, John-Paul Benedict	1455	PHI	+52N	+36B	−17N	=7B	−22N	=38B	3.0	16.5	17.5	7.00	1561	+22.0
27	Keertiganesh S R	1630	IND	F	+28B	−6N	−19B	+45N	+30B	3.0	16.0	16.0	8.00	873	-36.4
28	SHEKHAR, SPARSH	0	FID	+?B	−27N	−9B	+43N	+37B	−12N	3.0	15.5	15.5	4.50	1417	0.0
29	Vardi Nejad, Rasa	1456	IRI	+40B	−41N	+54B	−23N	+42B	−9N	3.0	13.5	14.5	5.50	834	-33.6
30	FIDE 88189791	0	—	+31B	−33N	+?B	−9N	+50B	−27N	3.0	13.5	13.5	4.00	1512	0.0
31	HAZI RUHAN	1425	IND	−30N	+32B	−42N	+54B	+57N	−15B	3.0	13.0	14.0	5.00	677	-17.2
32	Honcharova, Anisiia	0	UKR	−18B	−31N	+56N	−36B	+52N	+50B	3.0	11.0	12.0	3.00	1313	0.0
33	Aaron Joseph Jenny	1556	IND	F	+30B	=8N	=3B	F	=6N	2.5	21.0	21.0	10.00	1843	+40.4
34	Gandasarakula, Nibhish	1543	RSA	F	=17B	−3N	+38B	+48N	−7B	2.5	17.0	17.0	5.75	1655	+15.6
35	Kalia, Rahul	1514	IND	F	=3B	+49N	−8B	−24N	+40B	2.5	16.5	16.5	6.50	1432	-6.6
36	Riyas Muhamed	1605	IND	+58B	−26N	−20B	+32N	−14B	=39N	2.5	16.0	17.0	5.25	753	-45.6
37	Vaibhav Girish	1419	IND	−17N	+44B	−2N	=40B	−28N	+51B	2.5	16.0	17.0	4.25	872	-17.6
38	Kathiravan Nagarajan	1463	IND	+54B	−16N	=48B	−34N	=46B	=26N	2.5	12.5	13.5	4.25	1340	-19.6
39	Kavin Inba V	0	IND	−12B	−13N	+60N	−?B	+56N	=36B	2.5	11.5	11.5	2.25	1171	0.0
40	Rajveer Gupta	0	IND	−29N	+53B	F	=37N	+?B	−35N	2.5	10.0	10.0	2.25	1397	0.0
41	Husain Zahoor	1725	PAK	F	+29B	=22N	−17B	=19N	−13N	2.0	17.5	17.5	6.50	1505	-56.4
42	Vardi Nejad, Abouzar	0	IRI	−19N	F	+31B	−15B	−29N	+46N	2.0	15.5	15.5	5.00	1255	0.0
43	Agnes Maria Jenny	0	IND	−8N	+52B	−15N	−28B	−44N	+53B	2.0	14.5	15.5	2.00	812	0.0
44	FIDE 547064404	0	—	−24N	−37N	−14B	F	+43B	+?N	2.0	11.5	11.5	2.00	1337	0.0
45	FIDE 531060935	0	—	−15N	−55B	+47N	+?N	−27B	−?N	2.0	10.0	10.0	2.00	1262	0.0
46	Darshni Senthil Nathan	0	IND	−10N	=?N	−?B	+53B	=38N	−42B	2.0	9.5	9.5	2.25	1340	0.0
47	FIDE 558052437	0	—	−22N	−?N	−45B	+60B	+54N	F	2.0	6.5	6.5	1.00	698	0.0
48	HAMI ILAN	0	IND	+?B	−11N	=38N	F	−34B	−18N	1.5	14.0	14.0	1.25	1404	0.0
49	FIDE 88128121	0	—	+?B	=20N	−35B	F	F	F	1.5	7.5	7.5	1.75	1545	0.0
50	Neya Shri Ramesh Prabhavathy	1452	IND	+57B	−23N	F	−10B	−30N	−32N	1.0	15.5	16.5	1.00	884	-16.8
51	FIDE 577007280	0	—	−2N	−25B	+53N	−24B	−?B	−37N	1.0	14.5	14.5	1.00	662	0.0
52	FIDE 577017994	0	—	−26B	−43N	F	−14N	−32B	+54N	1.0	13.0	13.0	1.00	655	0.0
53	FIDE 577078306	0	—	−7B	−40N	−51B	−46N	+60B	−43N	1.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	890	0.0
54	FIDE 22098623	0	—	−38N	+56B	−29N	−31N	−47B	−52B	1.0	11.5	12.5	1.00	648	0.0
55	Sangeetha R	1414	IND	−4B	+45N	−18B	F	F	F	1.0	11.0	11.0	2.00	878	-16.4
56	FIDE 547021110	0	—	−6B	−54N	−32B	−?N	−39B	+60N	1.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	930	0.0
57	Shaurya Lahoti	0	IND	−50N	+60B	−19N	F	−31B	−?N	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	639	0.0
58	FIDE 14327724	0	—	−36N	+?N	−12B	F	F	F	1.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	1398	0.0
59	FIDE 531012116	0	—	F	−22B	−25N	F	−13B	F	0.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	660	0.0
60	FIDE 547094087	0	—	−20B	−57N	−39B	−47N	−53N	−56B	0.0	10.0	11.0	0.00	851	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Karageziyan, PaulUSA
+91.2
5.0 pts · #4
2Qiao, HaoboCHN
+43.6
4.0 pts · #17
3Aaron Joseph JennyIND
+40.4
2.5 pts · #26

Top rating losers

1Husain ZahoorPAK
-56.4
2.0 pts · #21
2Riyas MuhamedIND
-45.6
2.5 pts · #43
3Mercado, LeviPHI
-38.8
3.5 pts · #10

Biggest upsets

R6+515 Elo gap
Karageziyan, Paul1525 beat Mercado, Levi2040
R5+372 Elo gap
SOWRRIRAJAN, SENTHIL NATHAN1668 beat Mercado, Levi2040
R6+322 Elo gap
Qiao, Haobo1403 beat Husain Zahoor1725