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