12th ACA Classical Chess Tournament
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsA. 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.
A. HUDSON held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.
A. HUDSON went unbeaten across 7 games (R1–R7).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1A. HUDSON | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Sriram Palaniappan | — | * | 0 | — |
| 3Dhruvi Shrikant Panigrahi | — | 1 | * | — |
| 4Arnav Singh Dewan | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A. HUDSON | 1644 | IND | +30N | +14B | =9N | +25B | +4N | =6B | =8N | 5.5 | 23.5 | 24.0 | 17.50 | 1837 | +50.0 |
| 2 | Dhruvi Shrikant Panigrahi | 1647 | IND | +28B | +11N | −8N | +5B | =10B | +3N | =6N | 5.0 | 27.0 | 28.5 | 19.75 | 1656 | +1.2 |
| 3 | Sriram Palaniappan | 0 | IND | +17N | =7B | +13N | =6B | +22N | −2B | +9N | 5.0 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 17.50 | 1631 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Arnav Singh Dewan | 1662 | IND | +24N | +16B | +25N | −9B | −1B | +17N | +10B | 5.0 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 14.00 | 1612 | -10.8 |
| 5 | Kasinath Kochunniramparambil Siljith | 1482 | IND | −19B | +28N | +21B | −2N | +16B | +24N | +13B | 5.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 13.00 | 1585 | +11.2 |
| 6 | Rudra Desai | 1536 | IND | F | +23N | +18B | =3N | +19B | =1N | =2B | 4.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 16.25 | 1818 | +44.4 |
| 7 | Veiom Guptaa | 1575 | IND | =23B | =3N | +27B | −19N | +21B | =10N | +11B | 4.5 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 14.75 | 1675 | +10.0 |
| 8 | Prithvi Raj Prajeesh | 1937 | IND | +31B | +22N | +2B | F | +9N | F | =1B | 4.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 14.25 | 1975 | +4.4 |
| 9 | Noel Abraham Punnoose | 1701 | IND | +32B | +10N | =1B | +4N | −8B | =13N | −3B | 4.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 13.50 | 1725 | +7.2 |
| 10 | Sanidhya Kumar | 1501 | IND | +26N | −9B | +12N | +20B | =2N | =7B | −4N | 4.0 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 13.75 | 1561 | +15.2 |
| 11 | Rohan Atul Singhvi | 1463 | IND | +21N | −2B | =14N | =16B | +26N | +12B | −7N | 4.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 12.25 | 811 | -24.4 |
| 12 | Jonah K Aji | 0 | IND | −22B | +31N | −10B | +?N | +15B | −11N | +24B | 4.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 5.50 | 710 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Yaqoob, WafaWCM | 1522 | BRN | +27B | +18N | −3B | F | +20N | =9B | −5N | 3.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 10.00 | 1732 | +21.4 |
| 14 | Trishan Moorkoth | 0 | IND | +?B | −1N | =11B | −24N | +31N | +22B | F | 3.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 4.50 | 1557 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 11211091 | 0 | — | −25N | +17B | −20N | =23B | −12N | +32B | +?N | 3.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 4.25 | 790 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Gunjan Pal | 0 | IND | +20B | −4N | =22B | =11N | −5N | +29B | −21N | 3.0 | 22.5 | 23.0 | 6.75 | 1478 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Aarav Pandya | 0 | IND | −3B | −15N | +32B | +27N | +18B | −4B | F | 3.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 5.00 | 1725 | 0.0 |
| 18 | AlBurshaid, Ebrahim | 1788 | BRN | +29N | −13B | −6N | +28B | −17N | +23B | F | 3.0 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 4.50 | 729 | -32.6 |
| 19 | Mohamed Bakr, Omar | 0 | EGY | +5N | −25B | +23N | +7B | −6N | F | F | 3.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 12.00 | 1549 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Shaarav Haneesh Balankurup | 1578 | IND | −16N | F | +15B | −10N | −13B | +27N | +26B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 7.50 | 712 | -47.6 |
| 21 | Muhammad Ahmad Umar | 0 | PAK | −11B | F | −5N | +31B | −7N | +?N | +16B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 3.00 | 707 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Mohamed Ali Albuainain | 1565 | BRN | +12N | −8B | =16N | +26B | −3B | −14N | F | 2.5 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 7.50 | 1137 | -4.0 |
| 23 | Jairam Kannappan | 0 | IND | =7N | −6B | −19B | =15N | +30B | −18N | =28B | 2.5 | 20.0 | 20.5 | 5.25 | 1360 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Anikait Balan | 0 | IND | −4B | F | +29N | +14B | F | −5B | −12N | 2.0 | 22.5 | 23.0 | 4.00 | 772 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Al-Mansouri, Fahad | 1602 | QAT | +15B | +19N | −4B | −1N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 6.50 | 853 | -17.2 |
| 26 | MATHEW VINOD | 0 | IND | −10B | +32N | +?B | −22N | −11B | F | −20N | 2.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.00 | 727 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Karthik, Suri | 0 | IND | −13N | +29B | −7N | −17B | +32N | −20B | F | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 0.50 | 758 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Danial Mohamed Alkhalidi | 0 | BRN | −2N | −5B | F | −18N | −?B | +31B | =23N | 1.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 1.25 | 839 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 11209348 | 0 | — | −18B | −27N | −24B | =30N | F | −16N | F | 0.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.25 | 988 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 577067339 | 0 | — | −1B | −?N | F | =29B | −23N | F | F | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.25 | 844 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 11209364 | 0 | — | −8N | −12B | F | −21N | −14B | −28N | F | 0.0 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 0.00 | 1137 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Alburshaid, Khalid Abdulla | 0 | BRN | −9N | −26B | −17N | F | −27B | −15N | F | 0.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 901 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1A. HUDSONIND+50.05.5 pts · #2
- 2Rudra DesaiIND+44.44.5 pts · #11
- 3Yaqoob, WafaWCMBRN+21.43.5 pts · #6
- 1Shaarav Haneesh BalankurupIND-47.63.0 pts · #27
- 2AlBurshaid, EbrahimBRN-32.63.0 pts · #22
- 3Rohan Atul SinghviIND-24.44.0 pts · #28
- R2+266 Elo gap
- R3+252 Elo gap