Fujairah Global 2025

Fujairah Global 2025 · Superstars

WinnerGMV PranavFinished first on 7/9

Dates: 25 Aug – 1 Sep 2025
Location: Fujairah - United Arab Emirates
Format: 9-round Swiss
Time control: 90+30

About this event

The 1st Fujairah Global Chess Championship, organized by the Fujairah Chess & Culture Club, is scheduled to be held in Fujairah, UAE, from August 24th to September 1st, 2025. This tournament welcomes all FIDE players and features three distinct categories to ensure fair competition: the Superstars Tournament for elite players rated 2600 and above, the Masters Tournament for players with ratings between 2200 and 2599, and the Youth-Open Tournament for players rated below 2200.

#	Player	Elo	Perf	Pts
1	GMV Pranav	2597	2843	7/9
2	GMM. Amin Tabatabaei	2673	2725	6/9
3	GMJose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara	2636	2727	6/9
4	GMBrandon Jacobson	2594	2761	6/9
5	GMNihal Sarin	2692	2663	5½/9
6	GMSanan Sjugirov	2636	2680	5½/9
7	GMAlexander Donchenko	2616	2688	5½/9
8	GMAbhimanyu Mishra	2610	2679	5½/9
9	GMAydin Suleymanli	2609	2671	5½/9
10	GMAditya Mittal	2560	2701	5½/9
11	GMZhu Jiner	2536	2701	5½/9
12	GMLu Shanglei	2647	2690	5/8
13	GMBardiya Daneshvar	2625	2642	5/9
14	GMPranesh M	2589	2672	5/9
15	GMMahammad Muradli	2586	2672	5/9
16	GMAlan Pichot	2581	2672	5/9
17	GMSam Shankland	2670	2597	4½/9
18	GMNikolas Theodorou	2646	2588	4½/9
19	GMIvan Cheparinov	2625	2595	4½/9
20	GMVasyl Ivanchuk	2623	2581	4½/9
21	GMLeon Luke Mendonca	2606	2593	4½/9
22	GMAleksey Grebnev	2595	2613	4½/9
23	GMNarayanan S L	2595	2638	4½/9
24	GMIvan Zemlyanskii	2586	2630	4½/9
25	GMGleb Dudin	2583	2626	4½/9
26	GMAndrew Hong	2580	2626	4½/9
27	GMYuriy Kuzubov	2600	2544	4/9
28	GMAlexander Motylev	2595	2558	4/9
29	GMBartosz Socko	2574	2557	4/9
30	GMBharath Subramaniyam H	2562	2564	4/9
31	GMSina Movahed	2558	2615	4/8
32	GMA.R. Saleh Salem	2640	2546	3½/8
33	GMAndrei Volokitin	2628	2511	3½/9
34	GMDaniel Dardha	2616	2500	3½/9
35	GMRaunak Sadhwani	2676	2543	3/7
36	GMAbhimanyu Puranik	2635	2528	3/7
37	GMAram Hakobyan	2625	2494	3/8
38	GMPranav Anand	2590	2476	2½/8
39	GMEduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli	2576	2513	2½/7
40	GMKacper Piorun	2568	2463	2½/8
41	GMAdam Kozak	2586	2456	2/7
42	GMIdo Gorshtein	2571	2422	2/8
43	GMGergely Kantor	2569	2371	1½/7
44	GMArkadij Naiditsch	2604	1815	0/2

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
1	Pranav	15w	139b	½9b	½6w	13w	½4b	12w	½8b	116w	7
2	Tabatabaei	028b		115b	114w	½4b	16w	01b	126w	½7b	6
3	Martinez	½14b		128b	½4w	01b	125w	½26b	½6w	117b	6
4	Jacobson	118w	½6w	17b	½3b	½2w	½1w	½13b	19w	½5b	6
5	Sarin	01b		½23w	½15w	½14b	128w	½7b	111w	½4w	5.5
6	Sjugirov	141w	½4b	138w	½1b	125w	02b	½11w	½3b	½8w	5.5
7	Donchenko			04w				½5w	118b	½2w	5.5
8	Mishra		½26w	½11b	½10w	½32b	135w	½9b	½1w	½6b	5.5
9	Suleymanli		124b	½1w	½26b	½11w	½17b	½8w	04b	123w	5.5
10	Mittal				½8b	½18w	½19b	½17w	½36b	124w	5.5
11	Zhu		½12b	½8w	128w	½9b	½26w	½6b	05b	119w	5.5
12	Lu		½11w					½19w		126b	5
13	Daneshvar						½18b	½4w	½19b	½15w	5
14	Pranesh	½3w			02b	½5w		½18w	016b		5
15	Muradli	136w	½19b	02w	½5b					½13b	5
16	Pichot		½32w	½17b		½33b		135b	114w	01b	5
17	Shankland	½23w	½22b	½16w	138b	½19w	½9w	½10b	½24b	03w	4.5
18	Theodorou	04b				½10b	½13w	½14b	07w		4.5
19	Cheparinov		½15w	026b		½17b	½10w	½12b	½13w	011b	4.5
20	Ivanchuk										4.5
21	Mendonca				035w						4.5
22	Grebnev	½35b	½17w								4.5
23	Narayanan	½17b	½35w	½5b						09b	4.5
24	Zemlyanskii	133b	09w	½35b			½32w		½17w	010b	4.5
25	Dudin				132w	06b	03b				4.5
26	Hong		½8b	119w	½9w	½35b	½11b	½3w	02b	012w	4.5
27	Kuzubov										4
28	Motylev	12w	131b	03w	011b		05b				4
29	Socko										4
30	Subramaniyam										4
31	Movahed		028w								4
32	Salem	½38w	½16b		025b	½8w	½24b				3.5
33	Volokitin	024w				½16w					3.5
34	Dardha										3.5
35	Sadhwani	½22w	½23b	½24w	121b	½26w	08b	016w			3
36	Puranik	015b							½10w		3
37	Hakobyan										3
38	Anand	½32b		06b	017w						2.5
39	Iturrizaga Bonelli		01w								2.5
40	Piorun										2.5
41	Kozak	06b									2
42	Gorshtein										2
43	Kantor										1.5
44	Naiditsch										0

Round 9 · 1 Sep

GMPranav2596vsGMPichot25881–0 GMDonchenko2624vsGMTabatabaei2673½–½ GMSarin2693vsGMJacobson2569½–½ GMSjugirov2627vsGMMishra2611½–½ GMShankland2670vsGMMartinez26390–1 GMHong2562vsGMLu26470–1 GMZhu2548vsGMCheparinov26271–0 GMDaneshvar2598vsGMMuradli2590½–½ GMSuleymanli2602vsGMNarayanan25911–0 GMMittal2589vsGMZemlyanskii25861–0

Top 10 boards from each round.

44 players · average classical Elo 2606

#	Player	Elo
1	GMNihal Sarin	2692
2	GMRaunak Sadhwani	2676
3	GMM. Amin Tabatabaei	2673
4	GMSam Shankland	2670
5	GMLu Shanglei	2647
6	GMNikolas Theodorou	2646
7	GMA.R. Saleh Salem	2640
8	GMJose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara	2636
9	GMSanan Sjugirov	2636
10	GMAbhimanyu Puranik	2635
11	GMAndrei Volokitin	2628
12	GMIvan Cheparinov	2625
13	GMBardiya Daneshvar	2625
14	GMAram Hakobyan	2625
15	GMVasyl Ivanchuk	2623
16	GMDaniel Dardha	2616
17	GMAlexander Donchenko	2616
18	GMAbhimanyu Mishra	2610
19	GMAydin Suleymanli	2609
20	GMLeon Luke Mendonca	2606
21	GMArkadij Naiditsch	2604
22	GMYuriy Kuzubov	2600

#	Player	Elo
23	GMV Pranav	2597
24	GMAleksey Grebnev	2595
25	GMAlexander Motylev	2595
26	GMNarayanan S L	2595
27	GMBrandon Jacobson	2594
28	GMPranav Anand	2590
29	GMPranesh M	2589
30	GMAdam Kozak	2586
31	GMMahammad Muradli	2586
32	GMIvan Zemlyanskii	2586
33	GMGleb Dudin	2583
34	GMAlan Pichot	2581
35	GMAndrew Hong	2580
36	GMEduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli	2576
37	GMBartosz Socko	2574
38	GMIdo Gorshtein	2571
39	GMGergely Kantor	2569
40	GMKacper Piorun	2568
41	GMBharath Subramaniyam H	2562
42	GMAditya Mittal	2560
43	GMSina Movahed	2558
44	GMZhu Jiner	2536

Fujairah Global 2025

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