Jakhongir Vakhidov Wins 32nd Abu Dhabi Masters 2026, Avirat Chauhan Scores IM Norm

by Devansh Singh - 25/08/2026

Jakhongir Vakhidov scored an unbeaten 7/9 points to win the prestigious 32nd Abu Dhabi Masters. In the final round, Jakhongir drew against Aleksandr Rakhmanov to win the tournament. Five players, including Daniil Dubov, Aleksandr Rakhmanov, Rudik Makarian, Pranav Anand and Daniyal Sapenov, scored 6/9 points to secure 2nd to 6th places according to tiebreak scores. Young Indian Talent Avirat Chauhan scored his IM Norm. Photos: Anmol Bhargav

Avirat Scores IM Norm

Avirat Chauhan scored 5.5/9 points with a massive performance rating of 2527 to score his IM norm. In all 9 games, he played against International Masters. He defeated 4 IMs and drew against the other 3. Avirat also increased his rating by 54.8 points, taking it live to 2356.

Champion: Jakhongir Vakhidov 7/9 (UZB)

The Smile after winning one of the strongest Open Tournaments

Avirat Chauhan scores IM Norm with 5.5/9 points

Avirat played with a performance rating of 2527 and also increased his rating by 54.8

All Prize Winners

Runner-up: Daniil Dubov

Pranav Anand also scored 6.5/9 to secure joint second and overall 5th place

In the final round, Avirat Chauhan drew against IM Agmanov Zhandos

Advik Agrawal drew against IM Urazayev Arystanbek in the final round

FM Aarit Kapil scored 4/9 points

Replay Round 9 Games

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Round 9 Results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	14	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	2508	6½	½ - ½	6	GM	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	2590	4
2	1	GM	Dubov, Daniil	2652	6	½ - ½	6	IM	Sapenov, Daniyal	2500	17
3	7	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2569	5½	½ - ½	6	GM	Pranav, Anand	2584	5
4	29	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2454	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2609	2
5	12	GM	Makarian, Rudik	2543	5½	1 - 0	5½	IM	Usov, Aleksandr E.	2457	28
6	26	GM	Mamedov, Edgar	2461	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Ansat, Aldiyar	2490	21
7	8	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2553	5	½ - ½	5½	FM	Hakobyan, Eduard	2366	57
8	30	GM	Srihari, L R	2453	5	1 - 0	5	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	2551	9
9	10	GM	Ahmadzada, Ahmad	2550	5	1 - 0	5	IM	Goutham, Krishna H	2451	31
10	27	IM	Jiang, Haochen	2457	5	½ - ½	5	IM	Aswath, S	2546	11

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Final Standing

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3
1	14	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	UZB	2508	7	45	40
2	1	GM	Dubov, Daniil	RUS	2652	6,5	46	41,5
3	4	GM	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	FID	2590	6,5	45	40,5
4	12	GM	Makarian, Rudik	FID	2543	6,5	44,5	40
5	5	GM	Pranav, Anand	IND	2584	6,5	42,5	38,5
6	17	IM	Sapenov, Daniyal	KAZ	2500	6,5	42	37,5
7	2	GM	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2609	6	49	44
8	29	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	SRI	2454	6	46	41,5
9	10	GM	Ahmadzada, Ahmad	AZE	2550	6	45	40
10	26	GM	Mamedov, Edgar	KAZ	2461	6	44,5	40