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Fujairah Global Superstars Tournament
Pranav Venkatesh7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
M Amin Tabatabaei6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Brandon Jacobson6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Nihal Sarin5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Abhimanyu Mishra5.5/9(+2 -0 =7)[games]
Jiner Zhu5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Aditya Mittal5.5/9(+2 -0 =7)[games]
Sanan Sjugirov5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Alexander Donchenko5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Aydin Suleymanli5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Bardiya Daneshvar5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Mahammad Muradli5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Alan Pichot5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Shanglei Lu5/8(+3 -1 =4)[games]
M Pranesh5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Ivan Cheparinov4.5/9(+2 -2 =5)[games]
Vasyl Ivanchuk4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Gleb Dudin4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Andrew Hong4.5/9(+2 -2 =5)[games]
Nikolas Theodorou4.5/9(+2 -2 =5)[games]
Ivan Zemlyanskii4.5/9(+2 -2 =5)[games]
Leon Mendonca4.5/9(+1 -1 =7)[games]
Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan4.5/9(+2 -2 =5)[games]
Sam Shankland4.5/9(+1 -1 =7)[games]
Aleksey Grebnev4.5/9(+1 -1 =7)[games]
Sina Movahed4/8(+3 -3 =2)[games]
Bharath Subramaniyam4/9(+2 -3 =4)[games]
Bartosz Socko4/9(+2 -3 =4)[games]
Yuriy Kuzubov4/9(+2 -3 =4)[games]
Alexander Motylev4/9(+3 -4 =2)[games]
A R Saleh Salem3.5/8(+1 -2 =5)[games]
* (44 players total; 12 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Fujairah Global Superstars (2025)

Name: Fujairah Global Superstars
Event Date: August 25 - September 1, 2025
Site: Fujairah City UAE
Format: 44 Players, 9 Rds Swiss. TC: 90m+30spm(1)

Official site: https://www.fujairahchessclub.com/f...

Pairings/results: https://s2.chess-results.com/tnrWZ....

 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 54  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. P Venkatesh vs N Sarin 1-0712025Fujairah Global SuperstarsB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
2. Motylev vs M A Tabatabaei 1-0852025Fujairah Global SuperstarsB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
3. B Jacobson vs N Theodorou  1-0592025Fujairah Global SuperstarsA26 English
4. S Sjugirov vs A Kozak  1-0372025Fujairah Global SuperstarsB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
5. M Muradli vs A Puranik  1-0902025Fujairah Global SuperstarsD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. A Hong vs A Hakobyan  1-0572025Fujairah Global SuperstarsB40 Sicilian
7. A Suleymanli vs B Subramaniyam  1-0542025Fujairah Global SuperstarsB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
8. J Zhu vs Kuzubov  1-0502025Fujairah Global SuperstarsC53 Giuoco Piano
9. J Martinez Alcantara vs B Socko  1-0522025Fujairah Global SuperstarsB40 Sicilian
10. Anand Pranav vs B Daneshvar  1-0552025Fujairah Global SuperstarsE81 King's Indian, Samisch
11. M A Tabatabaei vs Naiditsch 1-0572025Fujairah Global SuperstarsC50 Giuoco Piano
12. S Sjugirov vs Anand Pranav  1-0372025Fujairah Global SuperstarsB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
13. A Hong vs I Cheparinov  1-0302025Fujairah Global SuperstarsE01 Catalan, Closed
14. M Pranesh vs S Lu  1-0352025Fujairah Global SuperstarsB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
15. A R Saleh Salem vs E Iturrizaga Bonelli  1-0272025Fujairah Global SuperstarsD12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
16. G Dudin vs D Dardha  1-0332025Fujairah Global SuperstarsC41 Philidor Defense
17. A Mittal vs A Grebnev  1-0592025Fujairah Global SuperstarsD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
18. A Volokitin vs I Gorshtein  1-0672025Fujairah Global SuperstarsC67 Ruy Lopez
19. B Daneshvar vs A Kozak  1-0382025Fujairah Global SuperstarsD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
20. M A Tabatabaei vs M Pranesh  1-0882025Fujairah Global SuperstarsC55 Two Knights Defense
21. G Dudin vs A R Saleh Salem  1-0542025Fujairah Global SuperstarsE48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5
22. J Zhu vs Motylev  1-0672025Fujairah Global SuperstarsC53 Giuoco Piano
23. N Theodorou vs G Kantor  1-0382025Fujairah Global SuperstarsD02 Queen's Pawn Game
24. I Cheparinov vs S Movahed  1-0502025Fujairah Global SuperstarsD02 Queen's Pawn Game
25. A Grebnev vs B Socko  1-0602025Fujairah Global SuperstarsE00 Queen's Pawn Game
 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 54  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-28-25
Premium Chessgames Member		  offramp: Fujairah is on the Gulf of Oman, a city and resort, with its cloud-capped towers, gorgeous palaces and solemn temples. I believe that non-Muslims can buy alcohol in the hotel bars, just like Hastings.

There's a long list of players from all over the globe. I was really happy to see Vasyl Ivanchuk.

That great chess nomad has now out-rank <himself>! YEAH! He has gone beyond the GM title. People never say <"Grandmaster Fischer"> or <"Grandmaster Karpov"> - some players have gone way, way beyond that.

Aug-28-25
Premium Chessgames Member		  offramp: Sam Shankland is here. He (ATM) has 2½/4.

He appears in today's <Game of the Day>: Caruana vs Shankland, 2025. The game was played in St Louis MO on 12th August 2025, i.e. 16 days ago.

Did he use an aeroplane to get to Fujairah Global Superstars (2025) ?

Aug-28-25
Premium Chessgames Member		  MissScarlett: World #36 Nihal Sarin is the top rated global superstar.
Aug-28-25
Premium Chessgames Member		  Freelance Assassin: I'd go to this tournament if I was Ivanchuk, too, just to get away from those damn air raid sirens that keep going off.
Aug-29-25
Premium Chessgames Member		  offramp: I am thinking to myself about modern chess professionals' life. ( I mentioned this point earlier, Fujairah Global Superstars (2025) (kibitz #2) ).

Sam Shankland played in Saint Louis Blitz (2025). In Round 18 he played Shankland vs Aronian, 2025 on 15th August.

His next game was Shankland vs S L Narayanan, 2025, on August 25th, in Fujairah Global Superstars (2025).

There must have been one whole day travelling: security, customs, passports, check-ins, changing at London, then gyrocopter, Dubai to Fujairah.

One whole day to accustom to the time-zone.

One whole day to
1) figger out how the shower works
2) why is there only one reasonable channel on TV?
3) is there <anything> to eat <anywhere>??

One day to play through the 1,200 GM games played in the last week.

Then he is ready for Round 1.

That's the life of a professional GM.

Aug-30-25  Albertan: Fujarah Global Chess:Pranav V and Sanan Sjugirov share the lead at midpoint:

https://www.fide.com/fujairah-globa...

Aug-30-25  Albertan: World Junior Champion Pranav V stuns Top Seed Nihal Sarin:

https://www.fide.com/fujairah-globa...

Sep-01-25  Albertan: Chessbase Round 8 report:

https://en.chessbase.com/post/fujai...

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