The Asian Individual Chess Championship 2025 is taking place 7-15 May in Al Ain, UAE. The event features Nihal Sarin, M. Amin Tabatabaei, Nodirbek Yakubboev, Murali Karthikeyan, Shamsiddin Vokhidov, Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen, A.R. Saleh Salem, Pouya Idani, Leon Luke Mendonca, Abhimanyu Puranik, Xiangyu Xu, Bardiya Daneshvar, V Pranav, Jingyao Tin, S L Narayanan, etc. Scroll down for the full list. The top 10 in the Open section and the top 2 in the Women’s section will qualify for their respective FIDE World Cups. Live games will be daily on Chessdom
Asian Chess Championship 2025 participants
1
GM
Nihal, Sarin
IND
2693
2
GM
Tabatabaei, M. Amin
IRI
2670
3
GM
Yakubboev, Nodirbek
UZB
2665
4
GM
Karthikeyan, Murali
IND
2658
5
GM
Vokhidov, Shamsiddin
UZB
2641
6
GM
Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son
VIE
2632
7
GM
Salem, A.R. Saleh
UAE
2631
8
GM
Idani, Pouya
IRI
2630
9
GM
Mendonca, Leon Luke
IND
2630
10
GM
Puranik, Abhimanyu
IND
2624
11
GM
Xu, Xiangyu
CHN
2623
12
GM
Daneshvar, Bardiya
IRI
2621
13
GM
Pranav, V
IND
2621
14
GM
Tin, Jingyao
SGP
2601
15
GM
Narayanan, S L
IND
2598
16
GM
Paravyan, David
FID
2596
17
GM
Gupta, Abhijeet
IND
2577
18
GM
Pranesh, M
IND
2576
19
GM
Iniyan, Pa
IND
2573
20
GM
Bai, Jinshi
CHN
2572
21
GM
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar
IND
2569
22
GM
Karthik, Venkataraman
IND
2565
23
GM
Zemlyanskii, Ivan
FID
2563
24
GM
Sankalp, Gupta
IND
2559
25
GM
Vetokhin, Savva
FID
2558
26
GM
Bharath, Subramaniyam H
IND
2556
27
GM
Grebnev, Aleksey
FID
2556
28
GM
Pranav, Anand
IND
2555
29
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
IND
2552
30
GM
Jumabayev, Rinat
KAZ
2551
31
GM
Demidov, Mikhail
FID
2549
32
GM
Aditya, Mittal
IND
2547
33
GM
Raja, Rithvik R
IND
2545
34
GM
Goryachkina, Aleksandra
FID
2544
35
IM
Makarian, Rudik
FID
2532
36
GM
Dai, Changren
CHN
2531
37
GM
Lobanov, Sergei
FID
2527
38
GM
Makhnev, Denis
KAZ
2526
39
GM
Madaminov, Mukhiddin
UZB
2520
40
GM
Adhiban, B.
IND
2518
41
GM
Movahed, Sina
IRI
2518
42
IM
Aswath, S
IND
2515
43
GM
Goganov, Aleksey
FID
2511
44
IM
Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid
UZB
2491
45
Huang, Renjie
CHN
2491
46
IM
Ansat, Aldiyar
KAZ
2489
47
IM
Muthaiah, Al
IND
2487
48
IM
Pang, Tao
CHN
2485
49
IM
Chen, Qi B
CHN
2482
50
IM
Urazayev, Arystanbek
KAZ
2482
51
IM
Zhao, Yuanhe
CHN
2482
52
GM
Xu, Yi
CHN
2481
53
IM
Agmanov, Zhandos
KAZ
2480
54
IM
Ayush, Sharma
IND
2478
55
GM
Megaranto, Susanto
INA
2477
56
GM
Prraneeth, Vuppala
IND
2474
57
GM
Siddharth, Jagadeesh
SGP
2472
58
IM
Zverev, Lev
FID
2471
59
IM
Ilamparthi, A R
IND
2469
60
IM
Srihari, L R
IND
2468
61
IM
Lou, Yiping
CHN
2467
62
IM
Gan-Erdene, Sugar
MGL
2464
63
IM
Pingin, Artem
FID
2464
64
IM
Wang, Shixu B
CHN
2462
65
GM
Quizon, Daniel
PHI
2461
66
IM
Begmuratov, Khumoyun
UZB
2461
67
Kong, Xiangrui
CHN
2461
68
GM
Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan
KAZ
2456
69
IM
Mahdavi, Reza
IRI
2445
70
IM
Neelash, Saha
IND
2445
71
IM
Shubin, Kirill
FID
2443
72
Meng, Yihan
CHN
2443
73
IM
Harshavardhan, G B
IND
2441
74
GM
Rozum, Ivan
FID
2439
75
Jiang, Haochen
CHN
2439
76
GM
Priasmoro, Novendra
INA
2437
77
IM
Mayank, Chakraborty
IND
2436
78
IM
Amartuvshin, Ganzorig
MGL
2429
79
IM
Bersamina, Paulo
PHI
2426
80
IM
Dau, Khuong Duy
VIE
2423
81
GM
Matinian, Nikita
FID
2420
82
Cao, Qingfeng
CHN
2420
83
FM
Chinguun, Sumiya
MGL
2419
84
IM
Sapenov, Daniyal
KAZ
2415
85
IM
Tarigan, Gilbert Elroy
INA
2415
86
FM
Tan, Jun Ying
MAS
2414
87
IM
Atakhan, Abtin
IRI
2410
88
IM
Audi, Ameya
IND
2408
89
IM
Nurgaliyev, Sauat
KAZ
2407
90
FM
Bakhrillaev, Bakhrom
UZB
2407
91
IM
Garcia, Jan Emmanuel
PHI
2403
92
IM
Manon, Reja Neer
BAN
2403
93
IM
Arfan, Aditya Bagus
INA
2402
94
Gong, Sunle
CHN
2398
95
IM
Bai, Adelard
TPE
2393
96
IM
Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan
SRI
2387
97
FM
Omonov, Asrorjon
UZB
2387
98
Zhu, Hengyi
CHN
2385
99
IM
Aradhya, Garg
IND
2383
100
IM
Poormosavi, Seyed Kian
IRI
2379
101
FM
Zia, Tahsin Tajwar
BAN
2374
102
IM
Isanzhulov, Arystan
KAZ
2372
103
IM
Firman Syah, Farid
INA
2369
104
IM
Panda, Sambit
IND
2369
105
IM
Setyaki, Azarya Jodi
INA
2364
106
IM
Ritviz, Parab
IND
2362
107
IM
Abdyzhapar, Asylbek
KGZ
2355
108
IM
Belyakov, Bogdan
FID
2355
109
IM
Senthil, Maran K
IND
2355
110
IM
Jin, Yueheng
CHN
2353
111
IM
Prathamesh, Sunil Mokal
IND
2351
112
FM
Akhilbay, Imangali
KAZ
2346
113
FM
Xie, Felix
NZL
2345
114
FM
Otsuka, Shou
JPN
2339
115
IM
Akshat, Khamparia
IND
2335
116
FM
Yang, Zilong
CHN
2326
117
IM
Omar, Noaman
UAE
2319
118
IM
Aziz, Husain
QAT
2309
119
IM
Al Hosani, Omran
UAE
2299
120
GM
Ahmad, Al Khatib
JOR
2283
121
FM
Ilkhomi, Jaloliddin
TJK
2272
122
CM
Matyakubov, Miraziz
UZB
2272
123
FM
Liu, Yi
AUS
2261
124
FM
Assylov, Miras
KAZ
2249
125
FM
Sakline Mostafa, Sajid
BAN
2234
126
IM
Saravana, Krishnan P.
IND
2231
127
FM
Nikookar, Mahdi
IRI
2202
128
Vasilkov, Nikolay
FID
2201
129
FM
Abuazizah, Raji
PLE
2182
130
Sobirov, Afruzbek
UZB
2178
131
Anas, Khwaira
JOR
2173
132
FM
Sodbilegt, Naranbold
MGL
2159
133
FM
Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur
BAN
2145
134
Khaled, Waleed Abdullah
YEM
2141
135
FM
Fu, Yihe
AUS
2123
136
CM
Huh, Isaak
KOR
2087
137
FM
Muhammed, Shuaau
MDV
2082
138
Schain, Randolph
CAM
2080
139
CM
Obidjonov, Oriyat
UZB
2078
140
CM
Mohamed, Saeed Laily
UAE
2058
141
CM
Dahal, Sushrut
NEP
2056
142
Saif, Ahmed
UAE
2053
143
Ashikmamutov, Saidkhon
UZB
2046
144
Xu, Pengmo
CHN
2039
145
FM
Mirzaad, S.Wahabuddin
AFG
2035
146
FM
Munkhbayar, Gijir
MGL
2018
147
CM
Kodithuwakku, K K Dinujaya
SRI
2011
148
Baturin-Vinogradov, Miroslav
FID
2010
149
Fedorov, Grigory
FID
2008
150
Yakimenko, Alexander A.
FID
2000
151
CM
Hsu, Hsuan-Ming
TPE
1975
152
Tenezaca, Cristian
GUM
1942
153
FM
Fancy, Stuart
PNG
1937
154
CM
Al Kathiri, Mana
OMA
1880
155
Moughames, Ronald
LBN
1855
156
Rashid, Husain Alhammadi
UAE
1853
157
Mujahid, Bin Yazeed
MDV
1809
158
Abdulazizov, Asilbek
UZB
1759