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Grandmaster Chess Cup 2025

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25 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 13 Dec 2025 to 20 Dec 2025 in Dubai, UAE. 13 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2289, and top seed was Mikheil Mchedlishvili (🇬🇪 GEO, GM, 2563).

Farid Mustafayev (🇦🇿 AZE, FM, 2319) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Ibrahim Sultan (7.0) and Mikheil Mchedlishvili (6.5). Mustafayev took the lead from round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Ibrahim Sultan (IM, 2119) beat Tornike Sanikidze (GM, 2411), a +292-point gap.

Location
🇦🇪Dubai, UAE
Dates
13 Dec 2025 → 20 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇪GMMikheil Mchedlishvili2563
Avg top 10
2,289
Participants
25
Titled players · 13
GM×3
IM×4
FM×3
CM×1
WIM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×8
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates×7
🇬🇪Georgia×3
🇩🇰Denmark×2
🇮🇳India×1
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇺🇿Uzbekistan×1
🇲🇳Mongolia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Farid Mustafayev led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
5
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Mustafayev takes lead
Mustafayev8Sultan7Mchedlishvili6.5Gasimov6Sanikidze5.5Abdulrahman Mohammad5.5
R4 · LEADER CHANGE15 Dec

FM Farid Mustafayev takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Farid Mustafayev beat IM Ibrahim Sultan (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Farid Mustafayev 3 wins (R4–R6)IM Ibrahim Sultan 5 wins (R5–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMFarid Mustafayev*
1
½
1
2IMIbrahim Sultan
0
*—
0
3GMMikheil Mchedlishvili
½
—*—
4IMParviz Gasimov
0
1
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mustafayev, FaridFM2319AZE+9N+2B=5N+6N+4B+7B=3N+11B+16N8.045.549.043.002569+50.0
2Sultan, IbrahimIM2119UAE+20B−1N+21B−4B+18N+9N+6B+7B+5N7.042.044.530.502330+40.6
3Mchedlishvili, MikheilGM2563GEO=12B+10N=8B=13N+16B+14N=1B=5B+6N6.542.045.531.752392-13.2
4Gasimov, ParvizIM2328AZE=16B=12N+9B+2N−1N+8B−5N+17B+11N6.043.046.529.002205-10.3
5Abdulrahman Mohammad, Al TaherFM2193UAE+25N+14B=1B=8N=6B=10N+4B=3N−2B5.547.048.026.002315+24.8
6Sanikidze, TornikeGM2411GEO+17N+13B+7N−1B=5N+11B−2N+14B−3B5.545.549.024.752320-8.7
7Sevdimaliyev, UrfanGM2295AZE+15N+19B−6B+10N+8B−1N=14B−2N+12B5.543.046.524.002187-8.9
8Ahmed, FareedFM2124UAE+22N+11B=3N=5B−7N−4N=9B=10N+15B5.042.044.021.502153+5.6
9Mohammad Abdulrahman, Alawadhi1854UAE−1B+23N−4N+20B+22N−2B=8N+13B=18N5.039.041.015.751991+15.2
10Rashid Husain AlhammadiCM2011UAE+21N−3B+22N−7B+15N=5B−11N=8B+14N5.037.539.517.752141+39.2
11Shalamberidze, AkakiIM2215GEO+24B−8N+18B=12N+13B−6N+10B−1N−4B4.542.044.017.252104-10.9
12Al Maamari, Wafia DarwishWIM1969UAE=3N=4B+19N=11B−14N+17B=13N=16B−7N4.538.041.519.502142+29.2
13Agolzer, Luca2140ITA+23B−6N+15B=3B−11N=16N=12B−9N+24N4.535.537.515.252016-51.6
14Hasanzade, ToghrulIM2301AZE+18B−5N=16B+17N+12B−3B=7N−6N−10B4.039.543.016.002087-21.5
15Guliyev, Yunis1800AZE−7B+20N−13N+23B−10B=19N=21B+22N−8N4.031.033.010.001319-22.4
16Naghiyev, Ali1909AZE=4N=17B=14N+25B−3N=13BF=12N−1B3.540.541.512.252078+42.4
17Ahlam RashedWIM1920UAE−6B=16N+24B−14B+20N−12N+19B−4NF3.532.032.010.251905-8.0
18Mammadov, Javid1805AZE−14N+25B−11N+19B−2B+21NFF=9B3.531.031.09.501774-9.2
19Yuldashev, Jakhongir0UZBF−7N−12B−18N+25B=15B−17N+20N+22B3.527.027.08.0015920.0
20Volkov, Anton Patrik0DEN−2N−15BF−9N−17B+24B+25N−19B+23N3.028.028.05.0016530.0
21Volkov, Roman0DEN−10BF−2N−22B+24N−18B=15N−23N+25B2.526.526.55.0017520.0
22Nishanth Vardhan Gowducheruvu0IND−8B+24N−10B+21N−9B−23NF−15B−19N2.029.029.04.5016720.0
23FIDE 4470036690—−13N−9B−25N−15NF+22B−24N+21B−20B2.024.024.04.5010910.0
24Karimov, Isgandar1770AZE−11N−22B−17NF−21B−20N+23B+25N−13B2.023.023.03.001277-19.2
25Bat-Ireedui Lkhagvajav0MGL−5B−18N+23B−16N−19NF−20B−24B−21N1.025.525.52.0011190.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets