Tournaments
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 1 · 25 Aug
Round 2 · 26 Aug
Round 3 · 27 Aug
Round 4 · 27 Aug
Round 5 · 28 Aug
Round 6 · 29 Aug
Round 7 · 30 Aug
Round 8 · 31 Aug
Round 9 · 1 Sep
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 |
Times are local to Fujairah - United Arab Emirates
Mon 25 Aug17:30Round 1Finished
Tue 26 Aug17:30Round 2Finished
Wed 27 Aug10:30Round 3Finished
Wed 27 Aug18:30Round 4Finished
Thu 28 Aug17:30Round 5Finished
Fri 29 Aug17:30Round 6Finished
Sat 30 Aug17:30Round 7Finished
Sun 31 Aug17:30Round 8Finished
Mon 1 Sept10:30Round 9Finished