The Abu Dhabi Chess Festival, held from August 15 to August 24, 2025, in the vibrant city of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is a prestigious international chess event that brings together players from around the world to compete in a dynamic 9-round Swiss tournament. The tournament is with a time control of 90 minutes with a 30-second increment per move and features GM Sanan Sjugirov (HUN, 2636), GM Arkadij Naiditsch (BUL, 2604), GM Aleksey Grebnev (FID, 2595), GM Brandon Jacobson (USA, 2594), GM Pa Iniyan (IND, 2586), GM Denis Lazavik (BLR, 2584), GM Andrew Hong (USA, 2580), GM Jingyao Tin (SGP, 2579), GM Bartosz Socko (POL, 2574), GM Ido Gorshtein (ISR, 2571), GM Subramaniyam H Bharath (IND, 2562), GM Mittal Aditya (IND, 2560), GM Sina Movahed (IRI, 2558), GM Venkataraman Karthik (IND, 2556), GM Chongsheng Zeng (CHN, 2553), GM Titas Stremavicius (LTU, 2549), GM Denis Makhnev (KAZ, 2540), GM Haowen Xue (CHN, 2535), GM Adham Fawzy (EGY, 2502), GM Igor Miladinovic (SRB, 2501) and a total of 200 players in the main section. Scroll down for the full participants list.
Live games will be daily on Chessdom in cooperation with Lichess.
Abu Dhabi chess participants
1
GM
Sjugirov, Sanan
HUN
2636
2
GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
BUL
2604
3
GM
Grebnev, Aleksey
FID
2595
4
GM
Jacobson, Brandon
USA
2594
5
GM
Iniyan, Pa
IND
2586
6
GM
Lazavik, Denis
BLR
2584
7
GM
Hong, Andrew
USA
2580
8
GM
Tin, Jingyao
SGP
2579
9
GM
Socko, Bartosz
POL
2574
10
GM
Gorshtein, Ido
ISR
2571
11
GM
Bharath, Subramaniyam H
IND
2562
12
GM
Aditya, Mittal
IND
2560
13
GM
Movahed, Sina
IRI
2558
14
GM
Karthik, Venkataraman
IND
2556
15
GM
Zeng, Chongsheng
CHN
2553
16
GM
Stremavicius, Titas
LTU
2549
17
GM
Makhnev, Denis
KAZ
2540
18
GM
Xue, Haowen
CHN
2535
19
GM
Fawzy, Adham
EGY
2502
20
GM
Miladinovic, Igor
SRB
2501
21
GM
Wan, Yunguo
CHN
2501
22
GM
Suleymenov, Alisher
KAZ
2500
23
IM
Aswath, S
IND
2500
24
IM
Materia, Marco
FRA
2500
25
IM
Rohith, Krishna S
IND
2500
26
GM
Hardaway, Brewington
USA
2499
27
IM
Seemann, Jakub
POL
2495
28
IM
Urazayev, Arystanbek
KAZ
2490
29
IM
Khubukshanov, Erdem
FID
2489
30
IM
Raczek, Krzysztof
POL
2487
31
IM
Nitish, Belurkar
IND
2486
32
IM
Rathanvel, V S
IND
2486
33
IM
Agmanov, Zhandos
KAZ
2485
34
GM
Chanda, Sandipan
IND
2482
35
GM
Srihari, L R
IND
2482
36
IM
Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav
UKR
2481
37
IM
Bronstein, Or
ISR
2479
38
IM
Md, Imran
IND
2478
39
IM
Stribuk, Artiom
FID
2474
40
IM
Tsaruk, Maksim
FID
2470
41
IM
Jubin, Jimmy
IND
2464
42
IM
Dau, Khuong Duy
VIE
2462
43
GM
Prraneeth, Vuppala
IND
2458
44
GM
Siddharth, Jagadeesh
SGP
2458
45
IM
Gan-Erdene, Sugar
MGL
2458
46
GM
Golizadeh, Asghar
IRI
2457
47
IM
Pham, Tran Gia Phuc
VIE
2456
48
IM
Pingin, Artem
RUS
2456
49
IM
Narayanan, Samrug
USA
2453
50
IM
Anuj, Shrivatri
IND
2452
51
IM
Borgaonkar, Akshay
IND
2452
52
IM
Mayank, Chakraborty
IND
2452
53
IM
Aizenberg, Benny
ISR
2450
54
IM
Ilinca, Felix-Antonio
ROU
2446
55
Vignesh, Advaith Vemula
IND
2441
56
IM
Kuru, Atilla
TUR
2435
57
IM
Audi, Ameya
IND
2428
58
IM
Mohamed, Anees M
IND
2428
59
FM
Ashraf, Artin
IRI
2428
60
IM
Chinguun, Sumiya
MGL
2427
61
FM
Bhagat, Kush
IND
2423
62
IM
Concio, Michael Jr.
PHI
2421
63
IM
Talibov, Shiroghlan
AZE
2420
64
IM
Manafov, Vugar
AZE
2419
65
FM
Daaevik, Wadhawan
IND
2419
66
IM
Ravi, Teja S.
IND
2417
67
IM
Sahib, Singh
IND
2416
68
IM
Bai, Adelard
TPE
2415
69
IM
Piliposyan, Robert
ARM
2415
70
IM
Goutham, Krishna H
IND
2414
71
IM
Song, Yuxin
CHN
2414
72
IM
Amilal, Munkhdalai
MGL
2410
73
IM
Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan
SRI
2410
74
IM
Vidyarthi, Vyom
USA
2410
75
IM
Sibashvili, Giorgi
GEO
2409
76
IM
Agasarov, Benik
ARM
2408
77
IM
Jain, Kashish Manoj
IND
2408
78
IM
Kushagra, Mohan
IND
2408
79
FM
Suleimen, Ergali
KAZ
2408
80
IM
Soham, Kamotra
IND
2407
81
IM
Makkar, Rajat
FRA
2406
82
IM
Sahakyan, Aleks
ARM
2405
83
FM
Chan, Kim Yew
MAS
2405
84
IM
Nazari, Arad
IRI
2401
85
IM
Shahil, Dey
IND
2401
86
IM
Dixit, Nikhil
IND
2400
87
FM
Wagh, Suyog
IND
2400
88
FM
Yeganegi, Barad
IRI
2400
89
IM
Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi
IND
2396
90
IM
Tudor, Henry Edward
ROU
2396
91
IM
Chen, Ryo
USA
2395
92
IM
Aaditya, Dhingra
IND
2394
93
FM
Aditya, Vikram Paul
IND
2394
94
IM
Arfan, Aditya Bagus
INA
2391
95
Lad, Mandar Pradip
IND
2390
96
IM
Budhidharma, Nayaka
INA
2389
97
FM
Yadegar, Radin
IRI
2388
98
IM
Aradhya, Garg
IND
2386
99
IM
Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim
UZB
2386
100
FM
Manvelyan, Mikayel
ARM
2386
101
FM
Ebrahimi Herab, Hamidreza
IRI
2385
102
IM
Panda, Sambit
IND
2379
103
FM
Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy
IND
2379
104
IM
Raahul, V S
IND
2378
105
IM
Dushyant, Sharma
IND
2376
106
FM
Vivaan, Vishal Shah
IND
2376
107
IM
Akhmedinov, Satbek
KAZ
2375
108
IM
Vantika, Agrawal
IND
2375
109
FM
Yang, Zilong
CHN
2375
110
FM
Harshad, S
IND
2374
111
FM
Pashikyan, Rudolf
ARM
2373
112
IM
Gasparyan, Erik R.
ARM
2372
113
FM
Rosh, Jain
IND
2372
114
FM
Bukreev, Stanislav
RUS
2370
115
GM
Krush, Irina
USA
2367
116
FM
Swarna, Nihal
IND
2366
117
IM
Ameir, Moheb
EGY
2364
118
IM
Viani, Antonio Dcunha
IND
2364
119
FM
Xie, Felix
NZL
2364
120
FM
Galaktionov, Artem
RUS
2360
121
FM
Paszewski, Mateusz
POL
2360
122
FM
Novozhilov, Semen
RUS
2358
123
FM
Akhilbay, Imangali
KAZ
2357
124
FM
Reyan, Md.
IND
2357
125
IM
Ritviz, Parab
IND
2356
126
IM
Manish, Anto Cristiano F
IND
2353
127
IM
Senthil, Maran K
IND
2351
128
FM
John, Veny Akkarakaran
IND
2351
129
FM
Zielonka, Adam
POL
2351
130
FM
Otsuka, Shou
JPN
2350
131
FM
Ang, Ern Jie Anderson
MAS
2348
132
FM
Jinan, Jomon
IND
2347
133
FM
George Samir, David
EGY
2345
134
IM
Moksh, Amit Doshi
IND
2344
135
IM
Mammadova, Gulnar
AZE
2342
136
FM
Garv, Gaur
IND
2342
137
FM
Namitbir, Singh Walia
IND
2340
138
AFM
Akshat, Sureka
IND
2337
139
FM
Aansh, Nandan Nerurkar
IND
2335
140
FM
Sharipov, Davron
UZB
2333
141
IM
Setyaki, Azarya Jodi
INA
2331
142
FM
Abdulraheem, Abdulrahman Akintoye
NGR
2330
143
FM
Jval, Saurin Patel
IND
2330
144
IM
Sanket, Chakravarty
IND
2329
145
FM
Citak, Selim
TUR
2328
146
FM
Arakelyan, Manvel
ARM
2326
147
FM
Negrean, Andrei
ROU
2325
148
FM
Vaibhav, Jayant Raut
IND
2324
149
FM
Winkelman, Albert
AUS
2324
150
FM
Sklokin, Sergey
FID
2323
151
Nithin, Babu
IND
2321
152
IM
Saydaliev, Akobirkhon
UZB
2319
153
FM
Priansh, Das
IND
2317
154
FM
Suleymanli, Suleyman
AZE
2316
155
IM
Salcedo, Richilieu Iii
PHI
2315
156
FM
Ilkhomi, Jaloliddin
TJK
2315
157
IM
Nugumanov, Bakhtiyar
KAZ
2314
158
FM
Putrenko, Kirill
FID
2314
159
IM
Ramoutar, Alan-Safar
TTO
2313
160
FM
Karimov, Alisher
TJK
2312
161
FM
Lim, Zhuo Ren
MAS
2311
162
IM
Tissir, Mohamed
MAR
2309
163
FM
Dhananjay, S
IND
2308
164
FM
Lyutsinger, Iren
FID
2308
165
FM
Noy, Eyal
ISR
2308
166
FM
Tregubenko, Nikolay
FID
2308
167
FM
Jai, Sankar Subramanian
IND
2306
168
FM
Nayak, Rajesh
IND
2305
169
FM
Baradaran Tamadon, Arian
IRI
2304
170
FM
Sherali, Pattnaik
IND
2304
171
IM
Al Hosani, Omran
UAE
2303
172
FM
Orujov, Farid
AZE
2303
173
FM
Fandi, Mazen.
SYR
2302
174
FM
Mahitosh, Dey
IND
2301
175
FM
Potawad, Anirudhha
IND
2301
176
FM
Wong, Yinn Long
MAS
2300
177
WIM
Tejaswini, G
IND
2298
178
WGM
Frayna, Janelle Mae
PHI
2297
179
FM
Jin, Hongtao
CHN
2293
180
FM
Singh, Ojasva
IND
2290
181
IM
Aziz, Husain
QAT
2286
182
FM
Moosavifar, Seyed Abolfazl
IRI
2283
183
FM
Advaitt, Srikant Koduri
IND
2281
184
FM
Dhruva, Thota
IND
2276
185
FM
Sriansh, Das
IND
2275
186
FM
Ashraf, Shereif
EGY
2261
187
FM
Tamer Waguih, Farid
EGY
2261
188
WGM
Zhapova, Yana
FID
2259
189
FM
Bagwe, Gaurang
IND
2259
190
IM
Karavade, Eesha
IND
2247
191
FM
Abdulrahman Mohammad, Al Taher
UAE
2244
192
FM
Chubakov, Sultan
KGZ
2242
193
FM
Khoder, Akram
LBN
2237
194
FM
Jaiveer, Mahendru
IND
2228
195
CM
Jain, Kushagra
IND
2224
196
CM
Ghoreishi Amiri, Seyed Kian
IRI
2216
197
WFM
Sivanandan, Bodhana
ENG
2216
198
WIM
Wang, Chuqiao
CHN
2214
199
Sharon, Rafael
ZAM
2200
200
FM
Ammar, Sedrani
UAE
2187
201
WGM
Rouda Essa, Alserkal
UAE
2127