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Fujairah Global 2025 – Superstars LIVE

The 1st Fujairah Global Chess Championship 2025, organized by the Fujairah Chess & Culture Club, is scheduled to be held in Fujairah, UAE, from August 24 to September 01 in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. The tournament is separated in 3 categories – Superstars, Masters, and Open. With a prize fund of 30 000 $ and more than 250 registered players, the Masters section will be one of the biggest tournaments this summer. For more events from United Arab Emirates, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

This is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 secs. The top-rated player is GM Nihal Sarin (2692), followed by GM Murzin Volodar (2678) and GM Sadhwani Raunak (2676). Top is completed by GM Tabatabaei M. Amin (2673), GM Shankland Sam (2670), GM Lu Shanglei (2647), GM Theodorou Nikolas (2646), GM Salem A.R. Saleh (2640), GM Martinez Alcantara Jose Eduardo (2636), GM Sjugirov Sanan (2636), GM Puranik Abhimanyu (2635), GM Volokitin Andrei (2628), GM Cheparinov Ivan (2625), GM Daneshvar Bardiya (2625), GM Hakobyan Aram (2625), GM Ivanchuk Vasyl (2623), GM Dardha Daniel (2616), GM Donchenko Alexander (2616), GM Mishra Abhimanyu (2610), GM Suleymanli Aydin (2609). Scroll down for the full participants list.

Categories: Masters / Open
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Fujairah Global 2025 – Superstars Participants


1 GM Nihal, Sarin IND 2692
2 GM Murzin, Volodar FID 2678
3 GM Sadhwani, Raunak IND 2676
4 GM Tabatabaei, M. Amin IRI 2673
5 GM Shankland, Sam USA 2670
6 GM Lu, Shanglei CHN 2647
7 GM Theodorou, Nikolas GRE 2646
8 GM Salem, A.R. Saleh UAE 2640
9 GM Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo MEX 2636
10 GM Sjugirov, Sanan HUN 2636
11 GM Puranik, Abhimanyu IND 2635
12 GM Volokitin, Andrei UKR 2628
13 GM Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2625
14 GM Daneshvar, Bardiya IRI 2625
15 GM Hakobyan, Aram ARM 2625
16 GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl UKR 2623
17 GM Dardha, Daniel BEL 2616
18 GM Donchenko, Alexander GER 2616
19 GM Mishra, Abhimanyu USA 2610
20 GM Suleymanli, Aydin AZE 2609
21 GM Mendonca, Leon Luke IND 2606
22 GM Naiditsch, Arkadij BUL 2604
23 GM Kuzubov, Yuriy UKR 2600
24 GM Pranav, V IND 2597
25 GM Grebnev, Aleksey FID 2595
26 GM Motylev, Alexander ROU 2595
27 GM Narayanan, S L IND 2595
28 GM Jacobson, Brandon USA 2594
29 GM Pranav, Anand IND 2590
30 GM Pranesh, M IND 2589
31 GM Kozak, Adam HUN 2586
32 GM Muradli, Mahammad AZE 2586
33 GM Zemlyanskii, Ivan FID 2586
34 GM Dudin, Gleb HUN 2583
35 GM Pichot, Alan ESP 2581
36 GM Hong, Andrew USA 2580
37 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo ESP 2576
38 GM Socko, Bartosz POL 2574
39 GM Gorshtein, Ido ISR 2571
40 GM Kantor, Gergely HUN 2569
41 GM Piorun, Kacper POL 2568
42 GM Aditya, Mittal IND 2560
43 GM Zhu, Jiner CHN 2536
44 GM Vaishali, Rameshbabu IND 2476