Fujairah Global R6: Tabatabaei becomes the new coleader of Pranav Venkatesh

by Shahid Ahmed - 30/08/2025

GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) outplayed GM Sanan Sjugirov (HUN) in the sixth round of Fujairah Global 2025 Superstars. GM Brandon Jacobson (USA) drew against GM Pranav Venkatesh. Thus, Tabatabaei became the new coleader of Pranav. Both are at 4.5/6 each. They will inevitably clash against each other in Round 7. GM Jiner Zhu (CHN) continues her impressive run as she had a well contested draw against GM Andrew Hong (USA). World's youngest GM Abhimanyu Mishra played fantastic chess to beat the strong tactician, GM Raunak Sadhwani. GM Aditya Mittal drew against GM Ivan Cheparinov (BUL) to move to 3.5/6. The top seed, GM Nihal Sarin scored a welcome victory after three draws, against GM Alexander Motylev (ROU). Round 7 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy

Superstars: Abhimanyu Mishra plays fantastic chess

GM Brewington Hardaway (USA) claimed the sole leader spot from GM Vitaly Sivuk (SWE) by defeating him in the Masters section. Eight players including two Indians are trailing him by a half point at 5/8 each. GM Karthik Venkataraman scored a win against compatriot GM Prraneeth Vuppala. IM Jubin Jimmy won against IM Prin Laohawirapap (THA). Karthik will face the leader, Brewington in Round 7, while Jubin will be up against GM Vahap Sanal (TUR).

GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) outplayed GM Sanan Sjugirov (HUN) to move to the top of the standings

GM Brandon Jacobson (USA) - GM Pranav Venkatesh: 0.5-0.5

GM Jiner Zhu (CHN) drew against GM Andrew Hong (USA) to move to an unbeaten 4/6

GM Jiner Zhu (CHN) is now World no.2 among Women with a live rating of 2563.9 | Source: 2700chess.com

Abhimanyu - Raunak

Position after 20.b6!

GM Abhimanyu Mishra (USA, 2610) quite possibly played the best game of his career so far against GM Raunak Sadhwani (2676). Beating a strong tactician like that is not an easy task. White started the attack by sacrificing a pawn 20.b6! Bxb6 21.Bb5+ c6 22.f6! Qxf6 23.Ne4 bringing more pieces into the attack Qe7 24.Bxh4 Qxh4 25.Nxd6+ Kf8 26.Bc4 exd4 27.Nxc8 Rxc8 28.Qb1 it's time for the queen to join the attack with a tempo Bc7 29.Qf5+ Kg7 30.g3 Qe7 31.Qxc8 Rf8 and White won the game.

GM Abhimanyu Mishra (USA) took the game to GM Raunak Sadhwani

GM Ivan Cheparinov (BUL) - GM Aditya Mittal: 0.5-0.5

GM Nihal Sarin scored a welcome victory after three draws against GM Alexander Motylev (ROU)

GM Daniel Dardha (BEL) made a late error in a rook and few pawns endgame when GM Pranesh M capitalized

Masters: Jubin and Karthik stay in pursuit

GM Karthik Venkataraman got the better of GM Prraneeth Vuppala

IM Mohamed Anees M drew against IM Aswath S, both moved to 4.5/6 each

IM Sambit Panda (yellow) and IM Jubin Jimmy (right) glances IM Soham Kamotra en route his win over IM Ilamparthi A R

Jubin is at 5/6, Soham 4.5/6 and Sambit 4/6.

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Round 6 Superstars results

Bo.	No.		White	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	3	GM	TABATABAEI, M. Amin	IRI	2673	3½	1 - 0	4	GM	SJUGIROV, Sanan	HUN	2636	9	PGN
2	27	GM	JACOBSON, Brandon	USA	2594	3½	½ - ½	4	GM	PRANAV, V	IND	2597	23	PGN
3	44	GM	ZHU, Jiner	CHN	2536	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	HONG, Andrew	USA	2580	35	PGN
4	4	GM	SHANKLAND, Sam	USA	2670	3	½ - ½	3½	GM	SULEYMANLI, Aydin	AZE	2609	19	PGN
5	18	GM	MISHRA, Abhimanyu	USA	2610	3	1 - 0	3	GM	SADHWANI, Raunak	IND	2676	2	PGN
6	6	GM	THEODOROU, Nikolas	GRE	2646	3	½ - ½	3	GM	DANESHVAR, Bardiya	IRI	2625	13	PGN
7	8	GM	MARTINEZ ALCANTARA, Jose Eduardo	MEX	2636	3	1 - 0	3	GM	DUDIN, Gleb	HUN	2583	33	PGN
8	12	GM	CHEPARINOV, Ivan	BUL	2625	3	½ - ½	3	GM	ADITYA, Mittal	IND	2560	42	PGN
9	1	GM	NIHAL, Sarin	IND	2692	2½	1 - 0	2½	GM	MOTYLEV, Alexander	ROU	2595	25	PGN
10	32	GM	ZEMLYANSKII, Ivan	FID	2586	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	SALEM, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2640	7	PGN
11	24	GM	GREBNEV, Aleksey	FID	2595	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	VOLOKITIN, Andrei	UKR	2628	11	PGN
12	34	GM	PICHOT, Alan	ESP	2581	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	IVANCHUK, Vasyl	UKR	2623	15	PGN
13	16	GM	DARDHA, Daniel	BEL	2616	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	PRANESH, M	IND	2589	29	PGN
14	41	GM	BHARATH, Subramaniyam H	IND	2562	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	DONCHENKO, Alexander	GER	2616	17	PGN
15	14	GM	HAKOBYAN, Aram	ARM	2625	2	½ - ½	2½	GM	MURADLI, Mahammad	AZE	2586	31	PGN
16	22	GM	KUZUBOV, Yuriy	UKR	2600	2	0 - 1	2	GM	LU, Shanglei	CHN	2647	5	PGN
17	26	GM	NARAYANAN, S L	IND	2595	2	½ - ½	2	GM	PURANIK, Abhimanyu	IND	2635	10	PGN
18	20	GM	MENDONCA, Leon Luke	IND	2606	2	½ - ½	2	GM	KOZAK, Adam	HUN	2586	30	PGN
19	28	GM	PRANAV, Anand	IND	2590	2	0 - 1	1½	GM	SOCKO, Bartosz	POL	2574	37	PGN
20	36	GM	ITURRIZAGA BONELLI, Eduardo	ESP	2576	1½	1 - 0	1½	GM	KANTOR, Gergely	HUN	2569	39	PGN
21	40	GM	PIORUN, Kacper	POL	2568	1½	1 - 0	1½	GM	GORSHTEIN, Ido	ISR	2571	38	PGN

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	K	rtg+/-
1	23	GM	PRANAV, V		IND	2597	4,5	22	10	17,2
2	3	GM	TABATABAEI, M. Amin		IRI	2673	4,5	19	10	8,9
3	27	GM	JACOBSON, Brandon		USA	2594	4	24	10	13,3
4	19	GM	SULEYMANLI, Aydin		AZE	2609	4	21,5	10	8,2
5	35	GM	HONG, Andrew		USA	2580	4	21	10	12,7
6	9	GM	SJUGIROV, Sanan		HUN	2636	4	20,5	10	7,4
7	8	GM	MARTINEZ ALCANTARA, Jose Eduardo		MEX	2636	4	20	10	6
8	18	GM	MISHRA, Abhimanyu		USA	2610	4	20	10	8,6
9	44	GM	ZHU, Jiner	w	CHN	2536	4	19,5	10	15,8
10	29	GM	PRANESH, M		IND	2589	3,5	20	10	9,7
11	12	GM	CHEPARINOV, Ivan		BUL	2625	3,5	19,5	10	2,1
12	42	GM	ADITYA, Mittal		IND	2560	3,5	19	10	9,7
13	4	GM	SHANKLAND, Sam		USA	2670	3,5	18	10	-0,7
14	1	GM	NIHAL, Sarin		IND	2692	3,5	17,5	10	-3,3
15	6	GM	THEODOROU, Nikolas		GRE	2646	3,5	17	10	0

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	FED	Rtg	No.
1	23	GM	PRANAV, V	IND	2597	4½		4½	GM	TABATABAEI, M. Amin	IRI	2673	3
2	35	GM	HONG, Andrew	USA	2580	4		4	GM	MARTINEZ ALCANTARA, Jose Eduardo	MEX	2636	8
3	9	GM	SJUGIROV, Sanan	HUN	2636	4		4	GM	ZHU, Jiner	CHN	2536	44
4	19	GM	SULEYMANLI, Aydin	AZE	2609	4		4	GM	MISHRA, Abhimanyu	USA	2610	18
5	13	GM	DANESHVAR, Bardiya	IRI	2625	3½		4	GM	JACOBSON, Brandon	USA	2594	27
6	17	GM	DONCHENKO, Alexander	GER	2616	3½		3½	GM	NIHAL, Sarin	IND	2692	1
7	42	GM	ADITYA, Mittal	IND	2560	3½		3½	GM	SHANKLAND, Sam	USA	2670	4
8	29	GM	PRANESH, M	IND	2589	3½		3½	GM	THEODOROU, Nikolas	GRE	2646	6
9	5	GM	LU, Shanglei	CHN	2647	3		3½	GM	CHEPARINOV, Ivan	BUL	2625	12
10	2	GM	SADHWANI, Raunak	IND	2676	3		3	GM	PICHOT, Alan	ESP	2581	34
11	7	GM	SALEM, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2640	3		3	GM	GREBNEV, Aleksey	FID	2595	24
12	11	GM	VOLOKITIN, Andrei	UKR	2628	3		3	GM	MURADLI, Mahammad	AZE	2586	31
13	15	GM	IVANCHUK, Vasyl	UKR	2623	3		3	GM	ZEMLYANSKII, Ivan	FID	2586	32
14	33	GM	DUDIN, Gleb	HUN	2583	3		2½	GM	MENDONCA, Leon Luke	IND	2606	20
15	10	GM	PURANIK, Abhimanyu	IND	2635	2½		2½	GM	ITURRIZAGA BONELLI, Eduardo	ESP	2576	36
16	43	GM	MOVAHED, Sina	IRI	2558	2½		2½	GM	HAKOBYAN, Aram	ARM	2625	14
17	30	GM	KOZAK, Adam	HUN	2586	2½		2½	GM	DARDHA, Daniel	BEL	2616	16
18	25	GM	MOTYLEV, Alexander	ROU	2595	2½		2½	GM	PIORUN, Kacper	POL	2568	40
19	37	GM	SOCKO, Bartosz	POL	2574	2½		2½	GM	NARAYANAN, S L	IND	2595	26
20	28	GM	PRANAV, Anand	IND	2590	2		2½	GM	BHARATH, Subramaniyam H	IND	2562	41
21	38	GM	GORSHTEIN, Ido	ISR	2571	1½		2	GM	KUZUBOV, Yuriy	UKR	2600	22
22	39	GM	KANTOR, Gergely	HUN	2569	1½				bye

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Masters Round 6 results

Bo.	No.		White	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	16	GM	SIVUK, Vitaly	SWE	2495	5	0 - 1	4½	GM	HARDAWAY, Brewington	USA	2499	14	PGN
2	32	IM	ORO, Faustino	ARG	2465	4½	½ - ½	4½	IM	CHASIN, Nico	USA	2458	37	PGN
3	2	GM	KARTHIK, Venkataraman	IND	2556	4	1 - 0	4	GM	PRRANEETH, Vuppala	IND	2458	36	PGN
4	39	IM	MAHDAVI, Reza	IRI	2454	4	0 - 1	4	GM	SANAL, Vahap	TUR	2550	3	PGN
5	51	IM	MOHAMED, Anees M	IND	2428	4	½ - ½	4	IM	ASWATH, S	IND	2500	13	PGN
6	54	GM	ROZUM, Ivan	RUS	2426	4	½ - ½	4	GM	GHARIBYAN, Mamikon	ARM	2495	15	PGN
7	18	GM	BELLAHCENE, Bilel	ALG	2488	4	0 - 1	4	IM	AKBAS, Umut Ata	TUR	2425	55	PGN
8	63	IM	PILIPOSYAN, Robert	ARM	2415	4	1 - 0	4	IM	STRIBUK, Artiom	FID	2474	25	PGN
9	65	IM	SONG, Yuxin	CHN	2414	4	½ - ½	4	IM	ZVEREV, Lev	FID	2471	27	PGN
10	34	IM	JUBIN, Jimmy	IND	2464	4	1 - 0	4	IM	LAOHAWIRAPAP, Prin	THA	2410	66	PGN

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	K	rtg+/-
1	14	GM	HARDAWAY, Brewington		USA	2499	5,5	25,5	10	14,7
2	16	GM	SIVUK, Vitaly		SWE	2495	5	25	10	11
3	63	IM	PILIPOSYAN, Robert		ARM	2415	5	23	10	19,9
4	32	IM	ORO, Faustino		ARG	2465	5	22,5	10	14,2
5	34	IM	JUBIN, Jimmy		IND	2464	5	22,5	10	11,4
6	37	IM	CHASIN, Nico		USA	2458	5	21,5	10	11,2
7	3	GM	SANAL, Vahap		TUR	2550	5	20	10	8,1
8	2	GM	KARTHIK, Venkataraman		IND	2556	5	19,5	10	7,9
9	55	IM	AKBAS, Umut Ata		TUR	2425	5	18,5	10	18,1
10	27	IM	ZVEREV, Lev		FID	2471	4,5	26,5	10	6,4

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Round 7 pairings

7	1	14	GM	HARDAWAY Brewington	USA	2499	5½	5	GM	KARTHIK Venkataraman	IND	2556	2
7	2	3	GM	SANAL Vahap	TUR	2550	5	5	IM	JUBIN Jimmy	IND	2464	34
7	6	13	IM	ASWATH S	IND	2500	4½	4½	FM	ASHRAF Artin	IRI	2428	52
7	9	29	IM	TSARUK Maksim	FID	2470	4½	4½	IM	SOHAM Kamotra	IND	2407	74
7	12	85	IM	AADITYA Dhingra	IND	2394	4½	4½	IM	MOHAMED Anees M	IND	2428	51
7	15	71	IM	JAIN Kashish Manoj	IND	2408	4	4	GM	BELLAHCENE Bilel	ALG	2488	18
7	16	72	IM	KUSHAGRA Mohan	IND	2408	4	4	IM	RACZEK Krzysztof	POL	2487	19
7	17	80	IM	SHAHIL Dey	IND	2401	4	4	IM	DAVTYAN Artur	ARM	2479	22
7	18	24	IM	TAHBAZ Arash	IRI	2477	4	4	IM	PANDA Sambit	IND	2379	94
7	21	36	GM	PRRANEETH Vuppala	IND	2458	4	4	IM	MANISH Anto Cristiano F	IND	2352	112

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