The 30th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival took place from 15-24th August at the St. Regis Abu Dhabi Corniche Hotel in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of United Arab Emirates.
The Abu Dhabi Chess Club & Mind Games organized the Festival in cooperation with Abu Dhabi Sports Council.
The Festival consisted of as many as 29 various events, from Masters Group, speed tournaments, Youth sections to promotional events, for a record participation of more than 2200 players from 82 countries.
The Masters Tournament was open to all Fide rated players with standard rating of 2300 ELO and above. The tournament was a 9 rounds Swiss with 217 participants from 46 chess federations. Among them were 52 Grandmasters and 80 International Masters.
Six players shared the first place with 7/9 points each – Grandmasters Nodirbek Yakubboev, Shamsiddin Vokhidov (Uzbekistan), David Paravyan (FIDE), Leon Luke Mendonca (India), Amin Tabatabaei (Iran) and IM Daniel Quizon (Philippines) who also earned a GM norm and massive rating jump of 33 points.
Nodirbek Yakubboev is declared winner on best tiebreak.
Other players that have scored GM norms are Jakub Seemann (Poland), Ortik Nigmatov (Uzbekistan) and Arash Daghli (Iran). Full standings below.
Replay Games / Tournament Website
Masters Group – Final Standings:
1 GM Yakubboev Nodirbek UZB 2655 – 7
2 GM Paravyan David FID 2600 – 7
3 GM Vokhidov Shamsiddin UZB 2643 – 7
4 GM Mendonca Leon Luke IND 2621 – 7
5 GM Tabatabaei M. Amin IRI 2712 – 7
6 IM Quizon Daniel PHI 2457 – 7
7 GM Murzin Volodar FID 2641 – 6.5
8 GM Pranav V IND 2598 – 6.5
9 GM Tin Jingyao SGP 2575 – 6.5
10 GM Sadhwani Raunak IND 2653 – 6.5
11 GM Sindarov Javokhir UZB 2674 – 6.5
12 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2703 – 6.5
13 IM Seemann Jakub POL 2462 – 6.5
14 GM Samunenkov Ihor UKR 2517 – 6.5
15 IM Nigmatov Ortik UZB 2415 – 6.5
16 GM Nasuta Grzegorz POL 2533 – 6
17 GM Bharath Subramaniyam H IND 2566 – 6
18 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2669 – 6
19 GM Suleymenov Alisher KAZ 2461 – 6
20 FM Yadegar Radin IRI 2331 – 6
21 IM Daghli Arash IRI 2411 – 6
22 GM Puranik Abhimanyu IND 2649 – 6
23 IM Erdogmus Yagiz Kaan TUR 2599 – 6
24 IM Aswath S IND 2470 – 6
25 GM Theodorou Nikolas GRE 2619 – 6
26 IM Kilic Eray TUR 2422 – 6
27 IM Divya Deshmukh IND 2472 – 6
28 IM Movahed Sina IRI 2530 – 6
29 IM Urazayev Arystanbek KAZ 2466 – 6
30 IM Vaz Ethan IND 2392 – 6
31 GM Predke Alexandr SRB 2685 – 5.5
32 IM Wang Shixu B CHN 2427 – 5.5
33 FM Banh Gia Huy VIE 2403 – 5.5
34 GM Narayanan S L IND 2649 – 5.5
35 IM Harikrishnan.A.Ra IND 2468 – 5.5
36 GM Cardoso Cardoso Jose Gabriel COL 2507 – 5.5
37 GM Supi Luis Paulo BRA 2571 – 5.5
38 FM Ahmad Khagan AZE 2388 – 5.5
39 GM Adhiban B. IND 2532 – 5.5
40 IM Akhmetov Ayan KAZ 2380 – 5.5
41 FM Daaevik Wadhawan IND 2323 – 5.5
42 IM Mayank Chakraborty IND 2425 – 5.5
43 IM Galaviz Medina Sion Radamantys MEX 2458 – 5.5
44 IM Siddharth Jagadeesh SGP 2516 – 5.5
45 GM Ivanchuk Vasyl UKR 2648 – 5.5
46 GM Lodici Lorenzo ITA 2562 – 5.5
47 FM Bakhrillaev Bakhrom UZB 2344 – 5.5
48 IM Rohith Krishna S IND 2472 – 5.5
49 IM Akbas Umut Ata TUR 2452 – 5.5
50 GM Ohanyan Emin ARM 2519 – 5.5
51 IM Tarhan Adar TUR 2467 – 5.5
52 IM Harsh Suresh IND 2418 – 5.5
53 FM Moosavifar Seyed Abolfazl IRI 2364 – 5.5
54 FM Pham Tran Gia Phuc VIE 2442 – 5.5
55 CM Xie Kaifan CHN 2391 – 5.5
56 FM Goutham Krishna H IND 2446 – 5
57 GM Abdisalimov Abdimalik UZB 2544 – 5
58 GM Zhu Jiner CHN 2479 – 5
59 GM Pranesh M IND 2598 – 5
60 IM Saydaliev Saidakbar UZB 2469 – 5
61 GM Dai Changren CHN 2532 – 5
62 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2652 – 5
63 IM Srihari L R IND 2500 – 5
64 IM Ritviz Parab IND 2375 – 5
65 FM Mamedov Edgar KAZ 2443 – 5
66 GM Pranav Anand IND 2552 – 5
67 Jani Kushal R IND 2106 – 5
68 FM Khayrullin Denis FID 2377 – 5
69 IM Suyarov Mukhammadzokhid UZB 2477 – 5
70 FM Soham Kamotra IND 2382 – 5
71 GM Prraneeth Vuppala IND 2456 – 5
72 Xiao Tong(Qd) CHN 2506 – 5
73 Kong Xiangrui CHN 2445 – 5
74 IM Aitbayev Aslan KAZ 2380 – 5
75 GM Albornoz Cabrera Carlos Daniel CUB 2599 – 5
76 FM Bagwe Gaurang IND 2248 – 5
77 FM Wagh Suyog IND 2296 – 5
78 IM Avinash Ramesh IND 2305 – 5
79 IM Makkar Rajat FRA 2436 – 5
80 IM Audi Ameya IND 2407 – 5
81 FM Borgaonkar Akshay IND 2412 – 5
82 Wu Yixing CHN 2301 – 5
83 FM Hakobyan Erik ARM 2393 – 5
84 IM Manafov Vugar AZE 2441 – 5
85 GM Chanda Sandipan IND 2488 – 5
86 FM Sahib Singh IND 2445 – 5
87 GM Krush Irina USA 2405 – 5
88 IM Agibileg Uurtsaikh MGL 2411 – 5
89 GM Sychev Klementy FID 2531 – 4.5
90 IM Muthaiah Al IND 2482 – 4.5
91 IM Szpar Milosz POL 2483 – 4.5
92 FM Mohamed Anees M IND 2370 – 4.5
93 IM Pang Tao CHN 2476 – 4.5
94 FM Bukreev Stanislav RUS 2390 – 4.5
95 IM Ayush Sharma IND 2449 – 4.5
96 IM Aziz Husain QAT 2326 – 4.5
97 FM Ashraf Artin IRI 2383 – 4.5
98 GM Gharibyan Mamikon ARM 2492 – 4.5
99 IM Kushagra Mohan IND 2359 – 4.5
100 IM Begmuratov Khumoyun UZB 2416 – 4.5
101 IM Sanket Chakravarty IND 2363 – 4.5
102 GM Amin Bassem EGY 2667 – 4.5
103 IM Nitish Belurkar IND 2432 – 4.5
104 WGM Zhai Mo CHN 2359 – 4.5
105 Omidi Arya IRI 2317 – 4.5
106 GM Cubas Jose Fernando PAR 2420 – 4.5
107 FM Abdulrahman Mohammad Al Taher UAE 2175 – 4.5
108 GM Sonis Francesco ITA 2577 – 4.5
109 GM Mammadov Zaur AZE 2424 – 4.5
110 IM Tanriverdi Enes TUR 2384 – 4.5
111 IM Kanyamarala Tarun IRL 2337 – 4.5
112 WIM Yan Tianqi CHN 2288 – 4.5
113 IM Concio Michael Jr. PHI 2373 – 4.5
114 IM Sidhant Mohapatra IND 2376 – 4.5
115 IM Aradhya Garg IND 2412 – 4.5
116 FM Galaktionov Artem RUS 2316 – 4.5
117 IM Poormosavi Seyed Kian IRI 2380 – 4.5
118 Patil Priyanshu IND 2307 – 4.5
119 FM Ebrahimi Herab Hamidreza IRI 2377 – 4.5
120 IM Ilamparthi A R IND 2458 – 4.5
121 FM Sukiasyan Vahe A. ARM 2347 – 4.5
122 Sriansh Das IND 2286 – 4.5
123 IM Sai Agni Jeevitesh J IND 2274 – 4.5
124 IM Dushyant Sharma IND 2324 – 4.5
125 FM Senthil Maran K IND 2411 – 4.5
126 CM Tan Jun Ying MAS 2330 – 4.5
127 FM Nurgaliyev Sauat KAZ 2380 – 4
128 IM Hari Madhavan N B IND 2386 – 4
129 IM Srihari L IND 2389 – 4
130 IM Jubin Jimmy IND 2441 – 4
131 FM Yarar Bora TUR 2365 – 4
132 FM Baradaran Tamadon Arian IRI 2304 – 4
133 FM Novozhilov Semen RUS 2324 – 4
134 FM Suleimen Ergali KAZ 2334 – 4
135 IM Karavade Eesha IND 2256 – 4
136 WFM Khamdamova Afruza UZB 2292 – 4
137 Priansh Das IND 2280 – 4
138 FM Doroodgar Amir Hossein IRI 2302 – 4
139 FM Mahdavi Reza IRI 2389 – 4
140 Dhruva Thota IND 2350 – 4
141 Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi IND 2332 – 4
142 GM Zajic Milan SRB 2434 – 4
143 GM Czebe Attila HUN 2302 – 4
144 Pattnayak Nilsu IND 2154 – 4
145 FM Ojas Kulkarni IND 2254 – 4
146 IM Al Hosani Omran UAE 2216 – 4
147 IM Rathanvel V S IND 2474 – 3.5
148 FM Ermitsch Magnus GER 2410 – 3.5
149 WGM Nandhidhaa P V IND 2323 – 3.5
150 IM Vantika Agrawal IND 2362 – 3.5
151 FM Yeganegi Barad IRI 2355 – 3.5
152 Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy IND 2382 – 3.5
153 FM Aquino Jethro Dino PHI 2316 – 3.5
154 IM Shahil Dey IND 2374 – 3.5
155 FM Xie Felix NZL 2326 – 3.5
156 IM Barp Alberto ITA 2452 – 3.5
157 FM Tudor Henry Edward ROU 2390 – 3.5
158 FM Jain Kashish Manoj IND 2358 – 3.5
159 IM Salcedo Richilieu Iii PHI 2320 – 3.5
160 IM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan SRI 2370 – 3.5
161 Galopoulos Nikolaos GRE 2400 – 3.5
162 FM Chen Yining CHN 2266 – 3.5
163 WCM Rouda Essa Alserkal UAE 1963 – 3.5
164 FM Smirnov Mark KAZ 2315 – 3.5
165 FM Stevanic David SLO 2312 – 3.5
166 FM Pawar Harshit IND 2284 – 3.5
167 Jinan Jomon IND 2348 – 3.5
168 IM Sanchez Alvarez Roberto Carlos PAN 2387 – 3.5
169 GM Aditya Mittal IND 2591 – 3.5
170 FM Namitbir Singh Walia IND 2367 – 3.5
171 IM Jimenez Garcia Emmanuel CRC 2364 – 3.5
172 FM Rohit S IND 2311 – 3.5
173 Ankit Ray IND 2224 – 3.5
174 FM Liu Yi AUS 2328 – 3.5
175 IM Kiolbasa Oliwia POL 2367 – 3.5
176 CM Nayak Rajesh IND 2285 – 3.5
177 FM Akhmedinov Satbek KAZ 2379 – 3.5
178 IM Gemy Jose Daniel BOL 2321 – 3.5
179 WFM Davari Sara IRI 2226 – 3.5
180 WFM Sachi Jain IND 2108 – 3.5
181 IM Hedman Erik SWE 2303 – 3.5
182 FM Paltrinieri Nicholas ITA 2338 – 3
183 IM Lee Junhyeok KOR 2378 – 3
184 FM Dixit Nikhil IND 2382 – 3
185 Arakelyan Manvel ARM 2190 – 3
186 IM Manish Anto Cristiano F IND 2378 – 3
187 GM Salinas Herrera Pablo CHI 2487 – 3
188 IM Giron Jorge Ernesto ESA 2306 – 3
189 FM Paszewski Mateusz POL 2351 – 3
190 CM Akshit Kumar J IND 2137 – 3
191 WIM Monnisha G K IND 2182 – 3
192 FM John Veny Akkarakaran IND 2322 – 3
193 WIM Mahalakshmi M IND 2205 – 2.5
194 FM Nagarkatte Vedant IND 2262 – 2.5
195 Ahmad Al Romaithi UAE 1946 – 2.5
196 WIM Sharma Isha IND 2237 – 2.5
197 FM Konyves Almos HUN 2291 – 2.5
198 FM Aarav Sinha IND 2234 – 2.5
199 IM Madaminov Mukhiddin UZB 2533 – 2.5
200 WIM Kanyamarala Trisha IRL 2165 – 2.5
201 WIM Mammadova Narmin AZE 2327 – 2
202 Phatak Aanjaneya IND 2153 – 2
203 Devnani Kush IND 2208 – 2
204 GM Daneshvar Bardiya IRI 2610 – 2
205 FM Karthik Rajaa IND 2388 – 1.5
206 IM Omar Noaman UAE 2350 – 1.5
207 Gu Xianghan CHN 2305 – 1.5
208 IM Ajay Krishna S IND 2365 – 1.5
209 FM Singh Ojasva IND 2314 – 1
210 FM Panesar Vedant IND 2436 – 1
211 Jake Shanty IND 2278 – 0.5
212 IM Raahul V S IND 2311 – 0.5
213 GM Darini Pouria IRI 2399 – 0.5
214 GM Ioannidis Evgenios GRE 2505 – 0
215 GM Obregon Rivero Juan Carlos MEX 2487 – 0
216 IM Babazada Khazar AZE 2459 – 0
217 IM Liu Guanchu CHN 2426 – 0
