33rd Abu Dhabi Armature Chess Tournament
Open SwissStandard
62 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 24 May 2025 to 28 May 2025 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1631, and top seed was Joshua Ezekiel Alviz (🇵🇭 PHI, 1787).
Joshua Ezekiel Alviz (🇵🇭 PHI, 1787) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Mhanna Jean (6.0) and Nurali Amirgali (5.5). Alviz won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Bushkar Chembatheyil Muhammad (1478) beat Mariam Khalifa AlQubaisi (1709), a +231-point gap.
Location
🇦🇪Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dates
24 May 2025 → 28 May 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 45 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 8 represented
🇮🇳India×29
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates×19
🇵🇭Philippines×3
FIDE (no federation)×2
🇺🇸United States of America×1
🇱🇧Lebanon×1
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsJoshua Ezekiel Alviz led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
24
11
5
2
1
1
1
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD
Joshua Ezekiel Alviz held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Joshua Ezekiel Alviz beat Mhanna Jean (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Joshua Ezekiel Alviz 6 wins (R1–R6)Mhanna Jean 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Nurali Amirgali 4 wins (R3–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Joshua Ezekiel Alviz | * | 1 | ½ | — |
| 2Mhanna Jean | 0 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Nurali Amirgali | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Amaey Vibin | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alviz, Joshua Ezekiel | 1787 | PHI | +46B | +15N | +36B | +2N | +9B | +10N | =3B | 6.5 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 26.25 | 1962 | +32.8 |
| 2 | Mhanna Jean | 1571 | LBN | +58N | +11B | +5N | −1B | +13N | +4B | +14N | 6.0 | 29.0 | 30.0 | 23.50 | 1803 | +56.8 |
| 3 | Amirgali, Nurali | 1550 | KAZ | +60B | −28N | +40B | +49N | +19B | +9N | =1N | 5.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 15.25 | 2015 | +70.0 |
| 4 | Lulwa Khalifa Alhammadi | 1581 | UAE | +40B | +21N | =10B | =6B | +15N | −2N | +20B | 5.0 | 27.5 | 29.5 | 18.75 | 1624 | +16.0 |
| 5 | Vibin, Amaey | 1427 | IND | +33B | +7N | −2B | =36N | +26B | =12B | +18N | 5.0 | 26.0 | 28.5 | 19.00 | 1649 | +60.4 |
| 6 | Gade, Kaustubh | 1564 | IND | +41B | +55N | +28B | =4N | −10B | +8N | =9B | 5.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 15.75 | 1469 | -15.6 |
| 7 | Enrique Brosnan Mendez | 1579 | IND | +43N | −5B | +44N | +31B | +16N | −14B | +10N | 5.0 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 15.50 | 1545 | -8.8 |
| 8 | Laguador, Marlon | 0 | PHI | =52N | +51B | +39N | =16B | +25N | −6B | +13N | 5.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 13.50 | 1547 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Felix, Winnie | 1732 | PHI | +44B | +18N | +14B | +13N | −1N | −3B | =6N | 4.5 | 29.0 | 31.0 | 16.50 | 1619 | -15.6 |
| 10 | V. Abhinav Subramanian | 1478 | IND | +53B | +30N | =4N | +38B | +6N | −1B | −7B | 4.5 | 27.0 | 28.0 | 14.00 | 1621 | +36.8 |
| 11 | Shivam Arora | 0 | IND | +49B | −2N | +24B | −14N | +?B | +23N | =25B | 4.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 10.25 | 1492 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Dhairya Khandelwal | 1443 | IND | −27B | =50N | +49B | +54N | +23B | =5N | =24B | 4.5 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 11.00 | 1461 | +2.0 |
| 13 | Bushkar Chembatheyil Muhammad | 1478 | IND | +61N | +17B | +25N | −9B | −2B | +19N | −8B | 4.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 11.50 | 1711 | +62.0 |
| 14 | Rakshit Raghavendra | 1515 | IND | +50B | +27N | −9N | +11B | F | +7N | −2B | 4.0 | 26.5 | 28.0 | 14.50 | 1502 | -1.0 |
| 15 | Sarfudeen Parapurayil | 1492 | IND | +48N | −1B | +43N | +17B | −4B | −22N | +29N | 4.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 11.00 | 1407 | -21.6 |
| 16 | Rowdah Ghalib Alafeefi | 1489 | UAE | =42B | +29N | +52B | =8N | −7B | −24N | +32B | 4.0 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 10.50 | 1333 | -15.6 |
| 17 | Khalid, Habib | 1612 | PAK | +24B | −13N | +46B | −15N | +40B | −20N | +26B | 4.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 11.00 | 1301 | -32.4 |
| 18 | Al Khoori, Noora Mahmood Abdulla | 1485 | UAE | +56N | −9B | +41N | −30B | +39N | +32B | −5B | 4.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 8.00 | 797 | -41.6 |
| 19 | Mariam Khalifa AlQubaisi | 1709 | UAE | −39N | +57B | +45N | +35B | −3N | −13B | +33N | 4.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 8.50 | 1368 | -52.4 |
| 20 | Dhawan Viraj Muppalla | 1430 | IND | =51N | F | +50B | =29N | +28B | +17B | −4N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 10.75 | 1591 | +17.6 |
| 21 | Abdulrahman Sami Al-Ali | 1449 | UAE | +59N | −4B | =23N | =37B | −32N | +41N | +52B | 4.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 6.00 | 1301 | -15.2 |
| 22 | Sarvesh Raveender | 1413 | IND | F | F | F | +53N | +29B | +15B | +37N | 4.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.50 | 2260 | +43.6 |
| 23 | Pavan Muppalla | 0 | IND | =38N | =31B | =21B | +42N | −12N | −11B | +35N | 3.5 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 9.25 | 1465 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Rohan Santhana | 0 | IND | −17N | +61B | −11N | +55B | F | +16B | =12N | 3.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 7.25 | 1506 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Kurchyk, Matviy | 1579 | UKR | F | +47N | −13B | +28N | −8B | +52B | =11N | 3.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 8.25 | 1477 | -11.2 |
| 26 | Rishikesh Jayagopal | 1563 | IND | +57N | =39B | −38N | +32B | −5N | +35B | −17N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 7.50 | 1382 | -29.2 |
| 27 | Rishan Jacob Ligin | 0 | IND | +12N | −14B | −31N | +45B | =35N | −37B | +50N | 3.5 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 9.25 | 1298 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Reem Alsaqqaf | 0 | UAE | +35N | +3B | −6N | −25B | −20N | +39B | F | 3.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 10.00 | 1442 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Sharif, Khaled Alawi | 0 | UAE | =31N | −16B | +34N | =20B | −22N | +43N | −15B | 3.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 8.50 | 1215 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Advay Dingari | 1599 | IND | +34N | −10B | +55B | +18N | F | F | F | 3.0 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 8.00 | 1477 | -13.6 |
| 31 | Shlok Saraogi | 1425 | IND | =29B | =23N | +27B | −7N | +33B | F | F | 3.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 9.75 | 779 | -12.0 |
| 32 | Thani Faisal Alkhoori | 0 | UAE | +45B | −36N | +47B | −26N | +21B | −18N | −16N | 3.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 8.00 | 1371 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Sashneetha Raveender | 0 | IND | −5N | −43B | +54N | +44B | −31N | +40N | −19B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 5.00 | 732 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Aliya Fahed Alharazi | 0 | UAE | −30B | −53N | −29B | +56N | =49B | =42N | +?B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.75 | 1343 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Saeed Sami Al-Ali | 1452 | UAE | −28B | +60N | +53B | −19N | =27B | −26N | −23B | 2.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 2.75 | 835 | -21.6 |
| 36 | Kassem, Mahmoud | 1527 | FID | +54N | +32B | −1N | =5B | F | F | F | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 6.50 | 1432 | -5.4 |
| 37 | Reyansh Amit Bodkhe | 1423 | IND | F | F | F | =21N | +42B | +27N | −22B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 7.50 | 1450 | +6.0 |
| 38 | Tishanth Satish | 0 | IND | =23B | +42N | +26B | −10N | F | F | F | 2.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 7.25 | 1524 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Adherv Krishnn Vinay | 0 | IND | +19B | =26N | −8B | =52N | −18B | −28N | F | 2.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 6.25 | 1582 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Alvarado, Sebastian | 0 | USA | −4N | +59B | −3N | +?B | −17N | −33B | F | 2.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 0.00 | 777 | 0.0 |
| 41 | FIDE 9336150 | 0 | — | −6N | +62B | −18B | −47N | +45N | −21B | −55N | 2.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 2.00 | 691 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Aditya Tiwary | 1472 | IND | =16N | −38B | +51N | −23B | −37N | =34B | −58N | 2.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 5.00 | 1257 | -22.4 |
| 43 | Atharv Nayak | 0 | IND | −7B | +33N | −15B | −?N | +?N | −29B | F | 2.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 3.00 | 814 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Abdulrahman Mohamed Alzaabi | 0 | UAE | −9N | +56B | −7B | −33N | +48N | F | −54B | 2.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 3.00 | 855 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Aadira Akhtar | 0 | IND | −32N | +54B | −19B | −27N | −41B | +56N | F | 2.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 2.00 | 907 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Aarav Srivathsan | 0 | IND | −1N | +48B | −17N | +57B | F | F | F | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 3.00 | 899 | 0.0 |
| 47 | AL Reem AL Hamadi | 1425 | UAE | +62N | −25B | −32N | +41B | F | F | F | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 779 | -14.4 |
| 48 | Meera Khalifa Alhammadi | 0 | UAE | −15B | −46N | −?B | +62N | −44B | +59N | F | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 832 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Suhas Thouta | 0 | IND | −11N | +58B | −12N | −3B | =34N | −50B | F | 1.5 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 2.50 | 687 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Mansoor Ibrahim AlHammadi | 0 | UAE | −14N | =12B | −20N | −51B | F | +49N | −27B | 1.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 3.75 | 1182 | 0.0 |
| 51 | Salama AL Hamadi | 0 | UAE | =20B | −8N | −42B | +50N | F | F | F | 1.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 3.50 | 1257 | 0.0 |
| 52 | Shreyas Roshan Gosavi | 0 | IND | =8B | F | −16N | =39B | F | −25N | −21N | 1.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 3.50 | 705 | 0.0 |
| 53 | Parayil, Said Muhammed | 0 | FID | −10N | +34B | −35N | −22B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 3.00 | 652 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Kundan Viraj Muppalla | 0 | IND | −36B | −45N | −33B | −12B | F | F | +44N | 1.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 2.00 | 676 | 0.0 |
| 55 | Abdulla Mohamed Alzaabi | 0 | UAE | F | −6B | −30N | −24N | F | F | +41B | 1.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 2.00 | 782 | 0.0 |
| 56 | Omar Alhashmi | 0 | UAE | −18B | −44N | −?B | −34B | +62N | −45B | F | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 764 | 0.0 |
| 57 | Khalifa Khaled Al Kaabi | 0 | UAE | −26B | −19N | +62B | −46N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 835 | 0.0 |
| 58 | Hamda Mohamed Alzaabi | 0 | UAE | −2B | −49N | F | −?N | F | F | +42B | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.00 | 1440 | 0.0 |
| 59 | FIDE 9333924 | 0 | — | −21B | −40N | F | F | F | −48B | F | 0.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 649 | 0.0 |
| 60 | FIDE 9333932 | 0 | — | −3N | −35B | F | F | F | −?N | F | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 701 | 0.0 |
| 61 | Prabhav Patil | 0 | IND | −13B | −24N | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 678 | 0.0 |
| 62 | FIDE 429047803 | 0 | — | −47B | −41N | −57N | −48B | −56B | F | F | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 676 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Amirgali, NuraliKAZ+70.05.5 pts · #11
- 2Bushkar Chembatheyil MuhammadIND+62.04.0 pts · #8
- 3Vibin, AmaeyIND+60.45.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Mariam Khalifa AlQubaisiUAE-52.44.0 pts · #24
- 2Al Khoori, Noora Mahmood AbdullaUAE-41.64.0 pts · #50
- 3Khalid, HabibPAK-32.44.0 pts · #21
Biggest upsets
- R6+231 Elo gap
- R6+182 Elo gap
- R6+182 Elo gap