Dubai Open Chess Tournament 2025 Category A

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82 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 May 2025 to 04 Jun 2025 in Dubai, UAE. 81 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2610, and top seed was Nihal Sarin (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2693).

Aleksey Grebnev ( FID, GM, 2556) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Alan Pichot (7.0) and Shant Sargsyan (6.5). Grebnev shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Hasan Huseyin Celik (IM, 2440) beat Aleksandar Indjic (GM, 2637), a +197-point gap.

Location

🇦🇪Dubai, UAE

Dates

27 May 2025 → 04 Jun 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳GMNihal Sarin2693

Avg top 10

2,610

Participants

Titled players · 81

GM×37

IM×36

FM×5

WGM×3

Federations · 8 represented

🇮🇳India×33

🇦🇲Armenia×6

🇦🇿Azerbaijan×5

🇮🇱Israel×5

FIDE (no federation)×4

🇹🇷Turkiye×3

🇷🇴Romania×3

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates×2

Top 3

🥇
GMAleksey Grebnev
FID·2556
7.0pts·2761perf+23.2
🥈
GMAlan Pichot
🇪🇸ESP·2587
7.0pts·2682perf+9.8
🥉
GMShant Sargsyan
🇦🇲ARM·2666
6.5pts·2660perf-0.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Pichot7Grebnev7Sargsyan6.5Zemlyanskii6.5Indjic6.5Tin6

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Grebnev takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Alan Pichot 4 wins (R6–R9)GM Aleksey Grebnev 3 wins (R1–R3)GM Shant Sargsyan 3 wins (R3–R5)

R5 · LATE SURGE

GM Alan Pichot was #15 at R5, climbed to #1 over the final stretch.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMAlan Pichot	*	—	—	—
2GMAleksey Grebnev	—	*	½	—
3GMShant Sargsyan	—	½	*	1
4GMIvan Zemlyanskii	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Grebnev, AlekseyGM	2556	FID	+16B	+67N	+33B	=12B	+31N	=6N	+11B	=7N	=3B	7.0	44.0	47.0	35.00	2761	+23.2
2	Pichot, AlanGM	2587	ESP	=53N	+38B	=52N	=33B	=35N	+36B	+37N	+11B	+7N	7.0	38.0	42.0	33.50	2682	+9.8
3	Sargsyan, ShantGM	2666	ARM	=19B	=32N	+40B	+26N	+67B	=7N	=31B	+4B	=1N	6.5	43.0	46.0	32.50	2660	-0.2
4	Zemlyanskii, IvanGM	2563	RUS	=61N	+53B	+43N	=49B	=11N	+13B	+6B	−3N	+16B	6.5	41.5	45.0	32.00	2678	+13.7
5	Indjic, AleksandarGM	2637	SRB	=38N	=72B	−32N	+59B	+55N	+49B	=8N	+20B	+31B	6.5	36.0	38.5	27.50	2630	-0.1
6	Nihal SarinGM	2693	IND	+47N	+51B	=11N	+34B	=12N	=1B	−4N	+13B	=9N	6.0	45.0	49.0	30.50	2653	-4.4
7	Movahed, SinaGM	2518	IRI	=62N	+59B	=26N	+74B	+51N	=3B	+12N	=1B	−2B	6.0	42.0	44.0	26.00	2638	+14.4
8	Aditya MittalGM	2547	IND	+56B	−33N	=50B	+27N	+23B	=20N	=5B	+48N	=10B	6.0	40.5	44.5	29.25	2609	+7.1
9	Gorshtein, IdoGM	2560	ISR	+55B	=22N	=19B	=23N	=21B	+67N	+15B	=31N	=6B	6.0	40.0	43.0	27.75	2625	+7.6
10	Tin, JingyaoGM	2601	SGP	−74N	=68B	=59N	+62N	+50B	=32B	+49N	+25B	=8N	6.0	33.5	35.5	25.00	2567	-3.8
11	Rohith Krishna SGM	2490	IND	+63B	+44N	=6B	+39N	=4B	+12B	−1N	−2N	=15B	5.5	46.5	50.0	27.00	2621	+16.0
12	Muradli, MahammadGM	2603	AZE	+18B	+54N	+23B	=1N	=6B	−11N	−7B	+47N	=34B	5.5	44.0	48.0	27.75	2592	-1.1
13	Sokolovsky, YahliGM	2539	ISR	=59N	+69B	=22B	=19N	+18B	−4N	+23B	−6N	+21B	5.5	41.5	44.5	25.25	2567	+3.4
14	Narayanan S LGM	2598	IND	=32B	=50N	=27B	+40N	+17B	=15N	=20B	=21N	=18B	5.5	40.5	44.5	27.25	2532	-7.4
15	Aswath, SIM	2515	IND	=57N	+62B	=36N	=32B	+33N	=14B	−9N	+37B	=11N	5.5	39.0	42.5	24.50	2546	+4.0
16	Pham Tran Gia PhucIM	2424	VIE	−1N	+81B	+76N	=52B	=34N	=25B	+51N	+24B	−4N	5.5	38.0	39.0	18.75	2580	+19.3
17	Ashraf, ArtinFM	2407	IRI	F	+65N	+54B	+22B	−14N	−35B	=41N	+49B	+43N	5.5	36.5	40.0	23.25	2606	+21.3
18	Bronstein, OrIM	2443	ISR	−12N	+75B	+68N	=24B	−13N	+69B	=34N	+52B	=14N	5.5	36.0	38.0	19.50	2573	+16.1
19	Jubin JimmyIM	2449	IND	=3N	+82B	=9N	=13B	=24N	=34B	=52N	=22B	=25N	5.0	41.5	42.5	21.75	2575	+15.0
20	Aronyak GhoshIM	2514	IND	+66N	=36B	=72N	+37B	=49N	=8B	=14N	−5N	=23B	5.0	39.5	42.0	21.75	2520	+0.8
21	Ilamparthi A RGM	2469	IND	=68N	+42B	+77N	−31B	=9N	=24B	+35N	=14B	−13N	5.0	38.5	40.5	20.75	2551	+9.7
22	Srihari L RGM	2468	IND	+79B	=9B	=13N	−17N	=73B	+45N	=44B	=19N	=28B	5.0	38.5	39.5	19.75	2487	+2.1
23	Dotzer, LukasIM	2455	AUT	+78N	+76B	−12N	=9B	−8N	+61B	−13N	+45B	=20N	5.0	38.0	39.5	17.00	2534	+9.6
24	Kacharava, NikoloziGM	2516	GEO	+60B	−49N	+56B	=18N	=19B	=21N	=47B	−16N	+53B	5.0	37.5	41.0	21.50	2483	-4.5
25	Davtyan, ArturGM	2485	ARM	−44B	=63N	+60B	=48N	+42B	=16N	+50B	−10N	=19B	5.0	37.5	41.0	21.25	2477	-1.3
26	Shyam, Sundar M.GM	2462	IND	+81B	=31N	=7B	−3B	=72N	=40N	=42B	=27N	+50B	5.0	37.5	38.5	18.50	2501	+4.3
27	Tsaruk, MaksimGM	2431	FID	−77N	+79B	=14N	−8B	=41N	=43B	+72N	=26B	+51N	5.0	34.0	35.0	17.25	2526	+11.4
28	Pranav AnandGM	2555	IND	=69N	=61B	=55N	−35B	+60N	+72B	=32N	=29B	=22N	5.0	33.0	35.5	18.50	2474	-10.0
29	Stribuk, ArtiomIM	2433	FID	−39B	−73N	=64B	+80N	=71B	+46N	+67B	=28N	=30B	5.0	31.0	32.0	16.75	2500	+8.0
30	Ayush SharmaIM	2478	IND	−72N	+70B	−37N	−68B	+57N	=59B	+69N	+36B	=29N	5.0	30.5	33.0	18.75	2447	-4.4
31	Bharath Subramaniyam HGM	2556	IND	F	=26B	+35N	+21N	−1B	+52B	=3N	=9B	−5N	4.5	44.5	44.5	22.25	2585	+3.4
32	Celik, Hasan HuseyinIM	2440	TUR	=14N	=3B	+5B	=15N	=39B	=10N	=28B	−34N	=46B	4.5	44.0	48.5	25.25	2579	+16.6
33	Panesar VedantFM	2455	IND	+65B	+8B	−1N	=2N	−15B	−44N	+56B	=50N	=42B	4.5	42.5	46.0	21.25	2456	+0.3
34	Parkhov, YairGM	2514	ISR	F	+74B	=49N	−6N	=16B	=19N	=18B	+32B	=12N	4.5	41.5	43.5	19.25	2536	+2.6
35	Md ImranIM	2472	IND	+73B	=39N	−31B	+28N	=2B	+17N	−21B	=44N	F	4.5	40.5	43.0	21.00	2530	+6.7
36	Talibov, ShiroghlanIM	2423	AZE	+46B	=20N	=15B	−51B	+76N	−2N	+39B	−30N	=47B	4.5	40.0	42.0	18.50	2523	+12.2
37	Davtyan, ArsenIM	2402	ARM	−52N	+71B	+30B	−20N	+46B	+39N	−2B	−15N	=54N	4.5	39.5	42.5	19.00	2533	+15.8
38	Neelash SahaIM	2445	IND	=5B	−2N	=57B	=44N	+66B	−50N	+73B	=42N	=39B	4.5	38.5	41.0	18.00	2464	+2.1
39	Iniyan, PaGM	2573	IND	+29N	=35B	+41N	−11B	=32N	−37B	−36N	+67B	=38N	4.5	37.5	40.5	19.25	2452	-14.7
40	Mayank ChakrabortyIM	2436	IND	+71N	=52B	−3N	−14B	+70N	=26B	=45N	=51B	=41N	4.5	37.0	40.0	17.00	2506	+8.3
41	Royal, ShreyasGM	2493	ENG	=42N	+57B	−39B	−69N	=27B	+73N	=17B	=53N	=40B	4.5	35.0	37.5	18.25	2431	-7.8
42	Kushagra MohanIM	2400	IND	=41B	−21N	=53N	+82B	−25N	+74B	=26N	=38B	=33N	4.5	34.5	35.5	14.25	2468	+8.6
43	Siddharth, JagadeeshGM	2472	SGP	+75N	=77B	−4B	−50N	=56B	=27N	+60B	+61N	−17B	4.5	34.0	36.0	14.50	2447	-3.1
44	Liyanage, Ranindu DilshanIM	2387	SRI	+25N	−11B	−51N	=38B	+82N	+33B	=22N	=35B	F	4.5	34.0	34.0	17.50	2520	+14.7
45	Tudor, Henry EdwardIM	2376	ROU	−51N	+47B	−67B	+54N	+74N	−22B	=40B	−23N	+60B	4.5	33.5	35.5	16.25	2455	+9.7
46	Gavrilescu, DavidGM	2554	ROU	−36N	+66B	=61N	=55B	−37N	−29B	+68N	+59B	=32N	4.5	33.0	36.0	16.00	2415	-16.8
47	Borgaonkar AkshayIM	2453	IND	−6B	−45N	+79N	=70B	+78N	+68B	=24N	−12B	=36N	4.5	33.0	34.0	11.75	2447	-1.1
48	Dau Khuong DuyIM	2423	VIE	−76N	=78B	+58N	=25B	+77N	=51B	+71N	−8B	F	4.5	30.5	32.0	14.25	2523	+11.2
49	Nitish BelurkarIM	2454	IND	+80N	+24B	=34B	=4N	=20B	−5N	−10B	−17N	=57B	4.0	43.0	44.0	16.00	2444	-0.8
50	Sahib SinghIM	2416	IND	=82N	=14B	=8N	+43B	−10N	+38B	−25N	=33B	−26N	4.0	41.0	42.0	17.50	2467	+6.4
51	Prraneeth VuppalaGM	2474	IND	+45B	−6N	+44B	+36N	−7B	=48N	−16B	=40N	−27B	4.0	40.5	45.0	18.00	2414	-7.3
52	Boruchovsky, AvitalGM	2513	ISR	+37B	=40N	=2B	=16N	+69B	−31N	=19B	−18N	F	4.0	39.5	39.5	18.50	2465	-5.3
53	Jiang, HaochenIM	2439	CHN	=2B	−4N	=42B	−73N	+81B	=56N	+66B	=41B	−24N	4.0	37.5	38.5	14.50	2409	-3.3
54	Muthaiah ALIM	2487	IND	+70N	−12B	−17N	−45B	=62N	+58B	=59N	=57N	=37B	4.0	35.0	38.0	14.75	2375	-13.6
55	Goutham Krishna HIM	2427	IND	−9N	+64B	=28B	=46N	−5B	−71N	−63N	+79B	+69N	4.0	35.0	36.0	12.25	2444	+2.0
56	Ghimpu, Samuel-TimoteiIM	2421	ROU	−8N	+80B	−24N	=78B	=43N	=53B	−33N	+63B	=58N	4.0	33.0	34.0	11.50	2366	-6.4
57	Zhang, Di	2410	CHN	=15B	−41N	=38N	−76B	−30B	+81N	+74N	=54B	=49N	4.0	31.5	32.5	12.00	2423	+1.8
58	Garayev, KananIM	2336	AZE	F	=60N	−48B	−66N	+75B	−54N	+80B	+73N	=56B	4.0	25.0	25.0	9.25	2388	+5.6
59	Piliposyan, RobertIM	2416	ARM	=13B	−7N	=10B	−5N	+80B	=30N	=54B	−46N	=63N	3.5	41.0	42.0	13.00	2412	-0.7
60	Vivaan Vishal ShahFM	2410	IND	−24N	=58B	−25N	+64N	−28B	+70B	−43N	+72B	−45N	3.5	34.5	37.0	11.00	2346	-8.2
61	Shyaam Nikhil PGM	2430	IND	=4B	=28N	=46B	=77B	=68N	−23N	+64B	−43B	F	3.5	34.0	34.0	14.00	2438	+0.6
62	Agasarov, BenikIM	2414	ARM	=7B	−15N	=82N	−10B	=54B	−64N	−65N	+75B	+72N	3.5	33.0	34.0	10.00	2364	-6.4
63	Gaal, ZsokaIM	2395	HUN	−11N	=25B	−69N	−71N	=65B	+80N	+55B	−56N	=59B	3.5	31.5	32.5	11.00	2335	-7.5
64	Rakshitta RaviWGM	2324	IND	−67B	−55N	=29N	−60B	+79N	+62B	−61N	=70N	=65B	3.5	29.0	30.0	10.25	2321	-1.2
65	Tregubenko, NikolayFM	2277	FID	−33N	−17B	−70N	=79B	=63N	=75N	+62B	=69B	=64N	3.5	28.5	29.5	10.00	2314	+16.8
66	Manon, Reja NeerIM	2403	BAN	−20B	−46N	=81N	+58B	−38N	+78B	−53N	+68B	F	3.5	27.5	27.5	9.00	2366	-4.4
67	Harikrishnan.A.RaGM	2467	IND	+64N	−1B	+45N	+72B	−3N	−9B	−29N	−39N	F	3.0	39.5	39.5	10.50	2396	-8.3
68	Roebers, ElineIM	2361	NED	=21B	=10N	−18B	+30N	=61B	−47N	−46B	−66N	=70B	3.0	37.5	40.5	13.75	2345	-1.9
69	Hayrapetyan, HovikGM	2423	ARM	=28B	−13N	+63B	+41B	−52N	−18N	−30B	=65N	−55B	3.0	37.0	40.5	12.25	2333	-10.6
70	Beydullayeva, GovharWGM	2394	AZE	−54B	−30N	+65B	=47N	−40B	−60N	=79N	=64B	=68N	3.0	31.5	32.5	9.50	2273	-14.5
71	Gupta, AbhijeetGM	2577	IND	−40B	−37N	=78N	+63B	=29N	+55B	−48B	F	F	3.0	27.5	27.5	10.75	2352	-20.9
72	Raahul V SGM	2378	IND	+30B	=5N	=20B	−67N	=26B	−28N	−27B	−60N	−62B	2.5	38.5	41.5	13.25	2319	-7.3
73	Nandhidhaa, P VWGM	2363	IND	−35N	+29B	−74N	+53B	=22N	−41B	−38N	−58B	F	2.5	33.5	34.5	11.50	2300	-13.0
74	Harshavardhan G BIM	2441	IND	+10B	−34N	+73B	−7N	−45B	−42N	−57B	F	F	2.0	32.0	32.0	8.50	2297	-13.8
75	Zia, Tahsin TajwarFM	2374	BAN	−43B	−18N	−80B	=81N	−58N	=65B	+78N	−62N	F	2.0	24.5	24.5	3.75	2155	-45.2
76	Sanal, VahapGM	2555	TUR	+48B	−23N	−16B	+57N	−36B	F	F	F	F	2.0	23.5	23.5	8.50	2355	-13.7
77	Can, EmreGM	2568	TUR	+27B	=43N	−21B	=61N	−48B	F	F	F	F	2.0	22.5	22.5	9.00	2373	-13.3
78	Al Hosani, OmranIM	2299	UAE	−23B	=48N	=71B	=56N	−47B	−66N	−75B	F	F	1.5	26.5	26.5	5.75	2214	-13.4
79	Balajayeva, KhanimIM	2358	AZE	−22N	−27N	−47B	=65N	−64B	F	=70B	−55N	F	1.0	28.5	28.5	3.25	2087	-21.3
80	Sultan, IbrahimIM	2222	UAE	−49B	−56N	+75N	−29B	−59N	−63B	−58N	F	F	1.0	28.5	28.5	2.00	2095	-16.8
81	Farahat, AliIM	2321	USA	−26N	−16N	=66B	=75B	−53N	−57B	F	F	F	1.0	24.0	24.0	2.75	2146	-12.1
82	Petkov, MomchilGM	2524	BUL	=50B	−19N	=62B	−42N	−44B	F	F	F	F	1.0	21.5	21.5	3.75	2173	-22.5

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Grebnev, AlekseyGMFID
+23.2
7.0 pts · #2
2Ashraf, ArtinFMIRI
+21.3
5.5 pts · #15
3Pham Tran Gia PhucIMVIE
+19.3
5.5 pts · #13

Top rating losers

1Zia, Tahsin TajwarFMBAN
-45.2
2.0 pts · #74
2Petkov, MomchilGMBUL
-22.5
1.0 pts · #79
3Balajayeva, KhanimIMAZE
-21.3
1.0 pts · #80

Biggest upsets

R3+197 Elo gap
IMCelik, Hasan Huseyin2440 beat GMIndjic, Aleksandar2637
R2+175 Elo gap
IMDavtyan, Arsen2402 beat GMGupta, Abhijeet2577
R6+171 Elo gap
IMDavtyan, Arsen2402 beat GMIniyan, Pa2573