31st Abu Dhabi Masters R1: Rosh Jain stuns Sina Movahed

by Shahid Ahmed - 16/08/2025

The 31st edition of Abu Dhabi Chess Festival 2025 Masters started with a lot of minor upsets in the first round. The biggest one was FM Rosh Jain defeating GM Sina Movahed (IRI). The teenager played courageously to beat the Grandmaster. FM Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy held the top seed, GM Sanan Sjugirov (HUN) to a draw. In a battle of former Asian Junior champions, IM V S Raahul missed a win against GM Aleksey Grebnev. 28 GMs, 81 IMs, 3 WGMs and 2 WIMs are taking part. The average rating of the tournament is 2389. It certainly creates a huge opportunity for the norm seekers. The total prize fund in the Masters is US$ 55000. Top three prizes are - US$ 15000, $10000 and $6000 each. Round 2 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy

Lots of upsets

The first round witnessed a lot of Indians sharing the point with their GM opponents.

GM Sanan Sjugirov (HUN) - FM Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy: 0.5-0.5

Raahul - Grebnev

Position after 61...Bg1

In a battle of two former Asian Junior champions, IM V S Raahul (2378) got himself a substantial advantage against GM Aleksey Grebnev (2595). In the above rook and minor piece endgame, White needed to support his knight 62.Re2 immediately. After 62.Rg2? Bd4+ 63.Kf7 Kc4 Black got enough time to bring his king into the fray and Rc2+ no longer forces the rook trade. The game eventually ended in a draw.

IM V S Raahul missed a great chance to push for a win against GM Aleksey Grebnev

Sina - Rosh

Position after 14...Nxb3!

FM Rosh Jain (2372) did what the position needed him to do 14...Nxb3! 15.Bxb6 Nxd2 16.Bd4 Nc4 Black got three minor pieces for GM Sina Movahed's (IRI, 2558) queen. 17.Qg4 g5 fearless play 18.hxg5 hxg5 and Black went on to win the game with courageous play.

FM Rosh Jain played boldly to beat GM Sina Movahed (IRI)

IM Viani Antonio Dcunha - GM Adham Fawzy (EGY): 0.5-0.5

IM Manish Anto Cristiano F held Poland's latest GM Jakub Seemann to a well contested draw | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

FM John Veny Akkarakaran (pictured) - IM Erdem Khubukshanov: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

FM Jinan Jomon missed a win against IM Zhandos Agmanov (KAZ)

IM Moksh Amit Doshi had some good chances against GM Srihari L R

Priansh Das (pictured) drew against one of the latest IMs of India - Vignesh Advaith Vemula

FM Mahitosh Dey missed a few good opportunities against IM Giorgi Sibashvili (GEO)

Delaying a tactic cost FM Anirudhha Potawad half point against IM Benik Agasarov (ARM)

Inauguration Ceremony

The tournament hall at Radisson Blu Abu Dhabi Corniche Hotel

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Round 1 results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	1	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	2636	½ - ½	FM	Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy	2379	103
1	2	104	IM	Raahul V S	2378	½ - ½	GM	Grebnev Aleksey	2595	3
1	3	4	GM	Jacobson Brandon	2594	1 - 0	IM	Dushyant Sharma	2376	105
1	4	106	FM	Vivaan Vishal Shah	2376	0 - 1	GM	Lazavik Denis	2584	6
1	6	108	IM	Vantika Agrawal	2375	0 - 1	GM	Tin Jingyao	2579	8
1	8	110	FM	Harshad S	2374	0 - 1	GM	Gorshtein Ido	2571	10
1	9	11	GM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2562	1 - 0	FM	Pashikyan Rudolf	2373	111
1	10	112	IM	Gasparyan Erik R.	2372	0 - 1	GM	Aditya Mittal	2560	12
1	11	13	GM	Movahed Sina	2558	0 - 1	FM	Rosh Jain	2372	113
1	12	114	FM	Bukreev Stanislav	2370	½ - ½	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2556	14
1	14	116	FM	Swarna Nihal	2366	0 - 1	GM	Stremavicius Titas	2549	16
1	16	118	IM	Viani Antonio Dcunha	2364	½ - ½	GM	Fawzy Adham	2502	19
1	20	122	FM	Novozhilov Semen	2358	1 - 0	IM	Aswath S	2500	23
1	22	124	FM	Reyan Md.	2357	0 - 1	IM	Rohith Krishna S	2500	25
1	23	26	GM	Hardaway Brewington	2499	1 - 0	IM	Ritviz Parab	2356	125
1	24	126	IM	Manish Anto Cristiano F	2353	½ - ½	IM	Seemann Jakub	2495	27
1	25	28	IM	Urazayev Arystanbek	2490	½ - ½	IM	Senthil Maran K	2351	127
1	26	128	FM	John Veny Akkarakaran	2351	½ - ½	IM	Khubukshanov Erdem	2489	29
1	28	130	FM	Otsuka Shou	2350	½ - ½	IM	Nitish Belurkar	2486	31
1	29	32	IM	Rathanvel V S	2486	½ - ½	FM	Ang Ern Jie Anderson	2348	131
1	30	132	FM	Jinan Jomon	2347	½ - ½	IM	Agmanov Zhandos	2485	33
1	31	34	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2482	½ - ½	FM	George Samir David	2345	133
1	32	134	IM	Moksh Amit Doshi	2344	½ - ½	GM	Srihari L R	2482	35
1	34	136	FM	Garv Gaur	2342	0 - 1	IM	Bronstein Or	2479	37
1	35	38	IM	Md Imran	2478	1 - 0	FM	Namitbir Singh Walia	2340	137

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Standings after Round 1

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	K	rtg+/-
1	4	GM	Jacobson, Brandon	USA	2594	1	0	0	0	10	2,2
2	6	GM	Lazavik, Denis	BLR	2584	1	0	0	0	10	2,3
3	7	GM	Hong, Andrew	USA	2580	1	0	0	0	10	2,4
4	8	GM	Tin, Jingyao	SGP	2579	1	0	0	0	10	2,4
5	9	GM	Socko, Bartosz	POL	2574	1	0	0	0	10	2,4
6	10	GM	Gorshtein, Ido	ISR	2571	1	0	0	0	10	2,5
7	11	GM	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	IND	2562	1	0	0	0	10	2,5
8	12	GM	Aditya, Mittal	IND	2560	1	0	0	0	10	2,6
9	15	GM	Zeng, Chongsheng	CHN	2553	1	0	0	0	10	2,6
10	16	GM	Stremavicius, Titas	LTU	2549	1	0	0	0	10	2,6
11	18	GM	Xue, Haowen	CHN	2535	1	0	0	0	10	2,7
12	25	IM	Rohith, Krishna S	IND	2500	1	0	0	0	10	3,1
13	26	GM	Hardaway, Brewington	USA	2499	1	0	0	0	10	3,1
14	36	IM	Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav	UKR	2481	1	0	0	0	10	3,1
15	37	IM	Bronstein, Or	ISR	2479	1	0	0	0	10	3,2
16	38	IM	Md, Imran	IND	2478	1	0	0	0	10	3,1
17	39	IM	Stribuk, Artiom	FID	2474	1	0	0	0	10	3,2
18	41	IM	Jubin, Jimmy	IND	2464	1	0	0	0	10	0
19	43	GM	Prraneeth, Vuppala	IND	2458	1	0	0	0	10	3,3
20	44	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	SGP	2458	1	0	0	0	10	3,3
21	47	IM	Pham, Tran Gia Phuc	VIE	2456	1	0	0	0	10	3,2
22	50	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	IND	2452	1	0	0	0	10	0
23	51	IM	Borgaonkar, Akshay	IND	2452	1	0	0	0	10	3,3
24	52	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty	IND	2452	1	0	0	0	10	3,2
25	53	IM	Aizenberg, Benny	ISR	2450	1	0	0	0	10	3,2

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Round 2 pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
2	3	78	IM	Kushagra Mohan	2408	1	1	GM	Hong Andrew	2580	7
2	5	80	IM	Soham Kamotra	2407	1	1	GM	Socko Bartosz	2574	9
2	7	82	IM	Sahakyan Aleks	2405	1	1	GM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2562	11
2	8	12	GM	Aditya Mittal	2560	1	1	IM	Makkar Rajat	2406	81
2	11	86	IM	Dixit Nikhil	2400	1	1	GM	Xue Haowen	2535	18
2	12	25	IM	Rohith Krishna S	2500	1	1	FM	Wagh Suyog	2400	87
2	13	92	IM	Aaditya Dhingra	2394	1	1	GM	Hardaway Brewington	2499	26
2	15	37	IM	Bronstein Or	2479	1	1	IM	Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi	2396	89
2	16	96	IM	Budhidharma Nayaka	2389	1	1	IM	Md Imran	2478	38
2	18	98	IM	Aradhya Garg	2386	1	1	IM	Jubin Jimmy	2464	41
2	19	43	GM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2458	1	1	FM	Aditya Vikram Paul	2394	93
2	20	102	IM	Panda Sambit	2379	1	1	GM	Siddharth Jagadeesh	2458	44
2	22	113	FM	Rosh Jain	2372	1	1	IM	Anuj Shrivatri	2452	50
2	23	51	IM	Borgaonkar Akshay	2452	1	1	FM	Novozhilov Semen	2358	122
2	24	119	FM	Xie Felix	2364	1	1	IM	Mayank Chakraborty	2452	52
2	26	58	IM	Mohamed Anees M	2428	1	1	FM	Vaibhav Jayant Raut	2324	148
2	28	139	FM	Aansh Nandan Nerurkar	2335	1	1	IM	Talibov Shiroghlan	2420	63
2	30	66	IM	Ravi Teja S.	2417	1	1	FM	Putrenko Kirill	2314	158
2	31	159	IM	Ramoutar Alan-Safar	2313	1	1	IM	Sahib Singh	2416	67
2	33	70	IM	Goutham Krishna H	2414	1	1	FM	Ammar Sedrani	2187	200
2	37	103	FM	Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy	2379	½	½	GM	Iniyan Pa	2586	5
2	38	14	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2556	½	½	IM	Raahul V S	2378	104
2	39	17	GM	Makhnev Denis	2540	½	½	IM	Viani Antonio Dcunha	2364	118
2	41	21	GM	Wan Yunguo	2501	½	½	IM	Manish Anto Cristiano F	2353	126
2	42	127	IM	Senthil Maran K	2351	½	½	GM	Suleymenov Alisher	2500	22

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