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12th ACA Classical Chess Tournament

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32 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 24 May 2026 to 28 May 2026 in Zinj,Bahrain, Bahrain. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1670, and top seed was Prithvi Raj Prajeesh (🇮🇳 IND, 1937).

A. HUDSON (🇮🇳 IND, 1644) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Dhruvi Shrikant Panigrahi (5.0) and Sriram Palaniappan (5.0). HUDSON shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Wafa Yaqoob (WCM, 1522) beat Ebrahim AlBurshaid (1788), a +266-point gap.

Location
🇧🇭Zinj,Bahrain, Bahrain
Dates
24 May 2026 → 28 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
1,670
Participants
32
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇮🇳India×20
🇧🇭Bahrain×5
🇪🇬Egypt×1
🇶🇦Qatar×1
🇵🇰Pakistan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

A. HUDSON led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
15
7
2
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

A. HUDSON held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R1–R7 · UNBEATEN

A. HUDSON went unbeaten across 7 games (R1–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1A. HUDSON1644IND+30N+14B=9N+25B+4N=6B=8N5.523.524.017.501837+50.0
2Dhruvi Shrikant Panigrahi1647IND+28B+11N8N+5B=10B+3N=6N5.027.028.519.751656+1.2
3Sriram Palaniappan0IND+17N=7B+13N=6B+22N2B+9N5.024.527.017.5016310.0
4Arnav Singh Dewan1662IND+24N+16B+25N9B1B+17N+10B5.021.523.514.001612-10.8
5Kasinath Kochunniramparambil Siljith1482IND19B+28N+21B2N+16B+24N+13B5.019.521.013.001585+11.2
6Rudra Desai1536INDF+23N+18B=3N+19B=1N=2B4.524.024.016.251818+44.4
7Veiom Guptaa1575IND=23B=3N+27B19N+21B=10N+11B4.521.523.514.751675+10.0
8Prithvi Raj Prajeesh1937IND+31B+22N+2BF+9NF=1B4.517.017.014.251975+4.4
9Noel Abraham Punnoose1701IND+32B+10N=1B+4N8B=13N3B4.027.527.513.501725+7.2
10Sanidhya Kumar1501IND+26N9B+12N+20B=2N=7B4N4.025.527.513.751561+15.2
11Rohan Atul Singhvi1463IND+21N2B=14N=16B+26N+12B7N4.023.025.012.25811-24.4
12Jonah K Aji0IND22B+31N10B+?N+15B11N+24B4.016.016.05.507100.0
13Yaqoob, WafaWCM1522BRN+27B+18N3BF+20N=9B5N3.522.022.010.001732+21.4
14Trishan Moorkoth0IND+?B1N=11B24N+31N+22BF3.517.017.04.5015570.0
15FIDE 11211091025N+17B20N=23B12N+32B+?N3.514.514.54.257900.0
16Gunjan Pal0IND+20B4N=22B=11N5N+29B21N3.022.523.06.7514780.0
17Aarav Pandya0IND3B15N+32B+27N+18B4BF3.021.021.05.0017250.0
18AlBurshaid, Ebrahim1788BRN+29N13B6N+28B17N+23BF3.018.519.04.50729-32.6
19Mohamed Bakr, Omar0EGY+5N25B+23N+7B6NFF3.018.518.512.0015490.0
20Shaarav Haneesh Balankurup1578IND16NF+15B10N13B+27N+26B3.018.020.07.50712-47.6
21Muhammad Ahmad Umar0PAK11BF5N+31B7N+?N+16B3.016.516.53.007070.0
22Mohamed Ali Albuainain1565BRN+12N8B=16N+26B3B14NF2.523.025.07.501137-4.0
23Jairam Kannappan0IND=7N6B19B=15N+30B18N=28B2.520.020.55.2513600.0
24Anikait Balan0IND4BF+29N+14BF5B12N2.022.523.04.007720.0
25Al-Mansouri, Fahad1602QAT+15B+19N4B1NFFF2.021.021.06.50853-17.2
26MATHEW VINOD0IND10B+32N+?B22N11BF20N2.015.515.50.007270.0
27Karthik, Suri0IND13N+29B7N17B+32N20BF2.014.514.50.507580.0
28Danial Mohamed Alkhalidi0BRN2N5BF18N?B+31B=23N1.515.515.51.258390.0
29FIDE 11209348018B27N24B=30NF16NF0.510.510.50.259880.0
30FIDE 57706733901B?NF=29B23NFF0.58.58.50.258440.0
31FIDE 1120936408N12BF21N14B28NF0.017.017.50.0011370.0
32Alburshaid, Khalid Abdulla0BRN9N26B17NF27B15NF0.015.015.00.009010.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets