1st FUJAIRAH Global Chess Championships - Superstars

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44 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 25 Aug 2025 to 04 Sept 2025 in Fujairah, UAE. 44 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2655, and top seed was Nihal Sarin (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2692).

V Pranav (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2597) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Brandon Jacobson (6.0) and M. Amin Tabatabaei (6.0). Pranav shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 7.

Location

🇦🇪Fujairah, UAE

Dates

25 Aug 2025 → 04 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳GMNihal Sarin2692

Avg top 10

2,655

Participants

Titled players · 44

GM×44

Federations · 8 represented

🇮🇳India×10

🇺🇸United States of America×4

🇭🇺Hungary×4

🇺🇦Ukraine×3

🇮🇷Iran×3

🇪🇸Spain×2

🇵🇱Poland×2

🇨🇳China×2

Top 3

🥇
GMV Pranav
🇮🇳IND·2597
7.0pts·2843perf+28.2
🥈
GMBrandon Jacobson
🇺🇸USA·2594
6.0pts·2762perf+20.2
🥉
GMM. Amin Tabatabaei
🇮🇷IRI·2673
6.0pts·2725perf+5.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM V Pranav led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 9 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders

Pranav7Tabatabaei6Jacobson6Martinez Alcantara6Mishra5.5Mittal5.5

R7–R9 · LEAD HELD

GM V Pranav never relinquished the lead after R7; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM V Pranav beat GM M. Amin Tabatabaei (White).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

GM M. Amin Tabatabaei won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMV Pranav	*	1	½	1
2GMM. Amin Tabatabaei	0	*	½	—
3GMBrandon Jacobson	½	½	*	½
4GMJose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara	0	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Pranav, VGM	2597	IND	+6B	+40N	=7N	=5B	+4B	=2N	+3B	=9N	+13B	7.0	45.0	47.5	36.25	2843	+28.2
2	Jacobson, BrandonGM	2594	USA	+20B	=5B	+10N	=4N	=3B	=1B	=14N	+7B	=6N	6.0	46.0	50.5	33.00	2762	+20.2
3	Tabatabaei, M. AminGM	2673	IRI	−27N	+44B	+15N	+12B	=2N	+5B	−1N	+17B	=10N	6.0	42.5	42.5	25.75	2725	+5.8
4	Martinez Alcantara, Jose EduardoGM	2636	MEX	=12N	+29B	+27N	=2B	−1N	+22B	=17N	=5B	+18N	6.0	41.0	45.0	27.50	2727	+10.7
5	Sjugirov, SananGM	2636	HUN	+42B	=2N	+38B	=1N	+22B	−3N	=8B	=4N	=9B	5.5	43.0	45.0	24.00	2681	+5.6
6	Nihal SarinGM	2692	IND	−1N	+41N	=24B	=15B	=12N	+27B	=10N	+8B	=2B	5.5	42.5	44.5	24.50	2667	-2.7
7	Suleymanli, AydinGM	2609	AZE	+28B	+21N	=1B	=17N	=8B	=18N	=9B	−2N	+24B	5.5	42.0	46.0	26.50	2672	+7.8
8	Zhu, JinerGM	2536	CHN	+30B	=16N	=9B	+27B	=7N	=17B	=5N	−6N	+19B	5.5	40.0	44.0	25.50	2702	+20.5
9	Mishra, AbhimanyuGM	2610	USA	+39N	=17B	=8N	=11B	=33N	+35B	=7N	=1B	=5N	5.5	40.0	42.5	24.00	2680	+8.8
10	Donchenko, AlexanderGM	2616	GER	=41B	+43N	−2B	=13N	=21B	+28N	=6B	+20N	=3B	5.5	37.5	39.0	21.50	2688	+8.9
11	Aditya MittalGM	2560	IND	=25B	=34N	+23B	=9N	=20B	=19N	=18B	=37N	+21B	5.5	36.0	39.0	24.00	2701	+17.6
12	Pranesh MGM	2589	IND	=4B	=25N	+16B	−3N	=6B	+34N	=20B	−13N	+28B	5.0	40.5	44.0	22.75	2672	+10.0
13	Pichot, AlanGM	2581	ESP	=14N	=33B	=18N	=10B	=32N	=26B	+35N	+12B	−1N	5.0	38.5	41.5	21.25	2672	+11.0
14	Daneshvar, BardiyaGM	2625	IRI	=13B	−38N	+42B	=21N	+24B	=20N	=2B	=19N	=15B	5.0	36.5	38.5	21.25	2642	+1.9
15	Muradli, MahammadGM	2586	AZE	+37B	=19N	−3B	=6N	=23B	=36N	=32N	+27B	=14N	5.0	36.0	39.0	20.00	2676	+10.6
16	Lu, ShangleiGM	2647	CHN	F	=8B	−12N	=34N	=25B	+30N	=19B	+32B	+17N	5.0	35.0	35.0	21.00	2693	+4.5
17	Hong, AndrewGM	2580	USA	+36B	=9N	+19B	=7B	=35N	=8N	=4B	−3N	−16B	4.5	41.0	44.0	20.25	2626	+5.7
18	Shankland, SamGM	2670	USA	=24B	=23N	=13B	+38N	=19B	=7B	=11N	=21N	−4B	4.5	40.0	42.5	19.50	2597	-8.9
19	Cheparinov, IvanGM	2625	BUL	+22N	=15B	−17N	+31B	=18N	=11B	=16N	=14B	−8N	4.5	39.5	43.5	21.00	2594	-3.8
20	Theodorou, NikolasGM	2646	GRE	−2N	=30B	+39N	+43B	=11N	=14B	=12N	−10B	=22N	4.5	38.0	39.5	16.00	2589	-7.1
21	Zemlyanskii, IvanGM	2586	RUS	+32N	−7B	=35N	=14B	=10N	=33B	+26N	=18B	−11N	4.5	37.5	40.5	18.75	2627	+5.1
22	Dudin, GlebGM	2583	HUN	−19B	+37N	+34B	+33B	−5N	−4N	=25B	=23N	=20B	4.5	36.5	39.5	16.75	2626	+5.4
23	Grebnev, AlekseyGM	2595	FID	=35N	=18B	−11N	+29B	=15N	=32B	=33N	=22B	=26N	4.5	35.0	38.0	18.25	2616	+2.5
24	Narayanan S LGM	2595	IND	=18N	=35B	=6N	=32B	−14N	=37B	+29N	+33B	−7N	4.5	34.5	37.5	17.25	2639	+5.4
25	Mendonca, Leon LukeGM	2606	IND	=11N	=12B	=31N	−35B	=16N	=42B	=22N	=29B	+39N	4.5	33.5	35.5	17.50	2593	-1.4
26	Ivanchuk, VasylGM	2623	UKR	−40B	=28N	−43B	+41N	+31B	=13N	−21B	+36N	=23B	4.5	29.5	31.0	15.75	2580	-5.4
27	Motylev, AlexanderGM	2595	ROU	+3B	+31N	−4B	−8N	=28B	−6N	+39B	−15N	=30B	4.0	40.0	42.5	16.50	2558	-4.2
28	Bharath Subramaniyam HGM	2562	IND	−7N	=26B	+30N	=37B	=27N	−10B	=38N	+42B	−12N	4.0	34.0	36.0	13.00	2562	+0.4
29	Socko, BartoszGM	2574	POL	=34B	−4N	=36B	−23N	=39B	+38N	−24B	=25N	+43B	4.0	31.0	32.5	10.75	2557	-1.8
30	Kuzubov, YuriyGM	2600	UKR	−8N	=20N	−28B	=39B	+43N	−16B	=41N	+38B	=27N	4.0	30.0	31.5	10.50	2544	-6.5
31	Movahed, SinaGM	2558	IRI	+44N	−27B	=25B	−19N	−26N	F	=36B	+34N	+32B	4.0	27.5	27.5	10.75	2615	+6.3
32	Volokitin, AndreiGM	2628	UKR	−21B	=42N	+41B	=24N	=13B	=23N	=15B	−16N	−31N	3.5	34.5	36.5	12.50	2509	-15.0
33	Salem, A.R. SalehGM	2640	UAE	=38B	=13N	+40B	−22N	=9B	=21N	=23B	−24N	F	3.5	33.5	33.5	13.50	2547	-10.6
34	Dardha, DanielGM	2616	BEL	=29N	=11B	−22N	=16B	+40N	−12B	=42N	−31B	=41N	3.5	32.5	34.5	11.75	2503	-14.3
35	Sadhwani, RaunakGM	2676	IND	=23B	=24N	=21B	+25N	=17B	−9N	−13B	F	F	3.0	33.0	33.0	13.50	2543	-12.9
36	Hakobyan, AramGM	2625	ARM	−17N	=39B	=29N	=40B	=42N	=15B	=31N	−26B	F	3.0	29.0	29.0	10.00	2494	-14.7
37	Puranik, AbhimanyuGM	2635	IND	−15N	−22B	F	=28N	=38B	=24N	+40B	=11B	F	3.0	28.5	28.5	10.75	2529	-10.4
38	Pranav AnandGM	2590	IND	=33N	+14B	−5N	−18B	=37N	−29B	=28B	−30N	F	2.5	33.5	33.5	10.25	2477	-12.0
39	Piorun, KacperGM	2568	POL	−9B	=36N	−20B	=30N	=29N	+41B	−27N	F	−25B	2.5	31.5	31.5	7.50	2462	-11.1
40	Iturrizaga Bonelli, EduardoGM	2576	ESP	+26N	−1B	−33N	=36N	−34B	+43B	−37N	F	F	2.5	26.0	26.0	7.50	2513	-6.1
41	Gorshtein, IdoGM	2571	ISR	=10N	−6B	−32N	−26B	F	−39N	=30B	=43N	=34B	2.0	30.5	30.5	7.25	2421	-15.3
42	Kozak, AdamGM	2586	HUN	−5N	=32B	−14N	F	=36B	=25N	=34B	−28N	F	2.0	29.0	29.0	7.25	2456	-12.3
43	Kantor, GergelyGM	2569	HUN	F	−10B	+26N	−20N	−30B	−40N	F	=41B	−29N	1.5	27.0	27.0	5.50	2371	-16.8
44	Naiditsch, ArkadijGM	2604	BUL	−31B	−3N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	1816	-9.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Pranav, VGMIND
+28.2
7.0 pts · #1
2Zhu, JinerGMCHN
+20.5
5.5 pts · #9
3Jacobson, BrandonGMUSA
+20.2
6.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Kantor, GergelyGMHUN
-16.8
1.5 pts · #43
2Gorshtein, IdoGMISR
-15.3
2.0 pts · #41
3Volokitin, AndreiGMUKR
-15.0
3.5 pts · #32