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