Ivan Zemlyanskii is Asian Individual Blitz Chess Champion

The youngest Russian chess Grandmaster in history Ivan Zemlyanskii became Asian Individual Blitz Chess Champion 2025! He finished with 8,0/9, remaining undefeated through the competition. Scroll down for the full standings

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Ivan Zemlyanskii is born on August 31, 2010. He became the youngest Russian grandmaster in history at the age of 13. In May 2024, Zemlyanskii earned his final grandmaster norm during the 8th round of the Sharjah Masters, a prestigious international tournament. He was not yet 14 at the time, making him the youngest Russian to achieve the grandmaster title. His performance in Sharjah included a notable victory against GM Leon Luke Mendonca in the final round, finishing the tournament in 11th place. Ivan Zemlyanskii is currently top 20 in the Junior FIDE ranking list

Asian Individual Blitz Chess Championship final standings

1	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	FID	2546	8
2	GM	Movahed, Sina	IRI	2427	7.5
3	IM	Makarian, Rudik	FID	2577	7
4	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali	IND	2511	7
5	IM	Neelash, Saha	IND	2336	7
6		Jiang, Haochen	CHN	2475	7
7	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	IND	2454	6.5
8	IM	Aswath, S	IND	2360	6.5
9	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	FID	2690	6.5
10	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat	KAZ	2523	6.5
11		Gong, Sunle	CHN	2256	6.5
12	GM	Pranesh, M	IND	2549	6
13	IM	Agmanov, Zhandos	KAZ	2434	6
14	GM	Adhiban, B.	IND	2567	6
15	GM	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	IND	2524	6
16	IM	Zverev, Lev	FID	2409	6
17	GM	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2431	6
18	IM	Sapenov, Daniyal	KAZ	2422	6
19	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	UZB	2458	6
20	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	IND	2454	6
21		Cao, Qingfeng	CHN	2191	5.5
22	GM	Pranav, V	IND	2606	5.5
23	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2488	5.5
24	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty	IND	2350	5.5
25	GM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	UZB	2493	5.5
26	IM	Shubin, Kirill	FID	2440	5.5
27	GM	Megaranto, Susanto	INA	2606	5.5
28	IM	Lou, Yiping	CHN	2437	5.5
29	IM	Ayush, Sharma	IND	2262	5.5
30	IM	Panda, Sambit	IND	2178	5.5
31	IM	Ilamparthi, A R	IND	2417	5
32	IM	Begmuratov, Khumoyun	UZB	2389	5
33	GM	Paravyan, David	FID	2537	5
34	FM	Yang, Zilong	CHN	1921	5
35	GM	Makhnev, Denis	KAZ	2527	5
36	IM	Pang, Tao	CHN	2334	5
37	GM	Tin, Jingyao	SGP	2478	5
38	IM	Srihari, L R	IND	2351	5
39	FM	Omonov, Asrorjon	UZB	2391	5
40	IM	Firman Syah, Farid	INA	2358	5
41	FM	Ilkhomi, Jaloliddin	TJK	2139	5
42	IM	Amartuvshin, Ganzorig	MGL	2345	5
43	GM	Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan	KAZ	2471	5
44	GM	Priasmoro, Novendra	INA	2379	5
45	IM	Aradhya, Garg	IND	2376	4.5
46	FM	Xie, Felix	NZL	2291	4.5
47	IM	Harshavardhan, G B	IND	2274	4.5
48	GM	Bilguun, Sumiya	MGL	2396	4.5
49	IM	Ansat, Aldiyar	KAZ	2502	4.5
50	IM	Nurgaliyev, Sauat	KAZ	2315	4.5
51	GM	Demidov, Mikhail	FID	2441	4.5
52	GM	Matinian, Nikita	FID	2411	4.5
53	FM	Bakhrillaev, Bakhrom	UZB	2176	4.5
54	IM	Urazayev, Arystanbek	KAZ	2435	4.5
55	IM	Gan-Erdene, Sugar	MGL	2370	4.5
56	GM	Ahmad, Al Khatib	JOR	2197	4.5
57	FM	Sakline Mostafa, Sajid	BAN	2061	4
58	IM	Tarigan, Gilbert Elroy	INA	2279	4
59		Meng, Yihan	CHN	2253	4
60	FM	Akhilbay, Imangali	KAZ	2335	4
61	FM	Zia, Tahsin Tajwar	BAN	2119	4
62	FM	Nikookar, Mahdi	IRI	2064	4
63	GM	Vetokhin, Savva	FID	2513	4
64	IM	Isanzhulov, Arystan	KAZ	2515	4
65		Anas, Khwaira	JOR	2155	4
66	IM	Senthil, Maran K	IND	2186	4
67	IM	Sultan, Ibrahim	UAE	2022	4
68	IM	Akshat, Khamparia	IND	2274	4
69	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	SRI	2256	3.5
70	FM	Chinguun, Sumiya	MGL	2330	3.5
71	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2667	3.5
72	FM	Fu, Yihe	AUS	2131	3.5
73	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	IND	2480	3.5
74	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2591	3.5
75	IM	Belyakov, Bogdan	FID	2360	3.5
76		Baturin-Vinogradov, Miroslav	FID	2039	3.5
77	CM	Obidjonov, Oriyat	UZB	1933	3.5
78	FM	Sodbilegt, Naranbold	MGL	1914	3.5
79		Ashikmamutov, Saidkhon	UZB	1912	3.5
80	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.	IND	2205	3.5
81		Xu, Pengmo	CHN	2039	3.5
82	IM	Manon, Reja Neer	BAN	2237	3.5
83	CM	Al Kathiri, Mana	OMA	1743	3.5
84	FM	Abdulrahman Mohammad, Al Taher	UAE	2020	3
85	FM	Fancy, Stuart	PNG	1956	3
86		Saif, Ahmed	UAE	1956	3
87		Abdulazizov, Asilbek	UZB	1642	3
88	CM	Khalifah, Khaled	UAE	1922	3
89	CM	Kodithuwakku, K K Dinujaya	SRI	1854	3
90	CM	Mohamed, Saeed Laily	UAE	1976	3
91	FM	Abuazizah, Raji	PLE	1968	2.5
92		Fedorov, Grigory	FID	1812	2.5
93		Rashid, Husain Alhammadi	UAE	1855	2.5
94	FM	Ammar, Sedrani	UAE	2209	2.5
95		Zayed, Sultan Al Taher	UAE	1844	2.5
96	FM	Mirzaad, S.Wahabuddin	AFG	1959	2
97		Moughames, Ronald	LBN	1831	2
98	FM	Muhammed, Shuaau	MDV	1886	2
99	IM	Poormosavi, Seyed Kian	IRI	2228	1.5
100	CM	Dahal, Sushrut	NEP	1997	1
101	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	IRI	2516	1
102		Huang, Renjie	CHN	2382	1
103		Tenezaca, Cristian	GUM	1908	1
104		Schain, Randolph	CAM	2110	0.5
105	GM	Rozum, Ivan	FID	2419	0
106	IM	Pingin, Artem	FID	2342	0
107	IM	Setyaki, Azarya Jodi	INA	2301	0
108	IM	Arfan, Aditya Bagus	INA	2283	0
109	IM	Al Hosani, Omran	UAE	2182	0
110	FM	Issabayev, Dias	KAZ	2092	0
111	FM	Munkhbayar, Gijir	MGL	1995	0