32nd Abu Dhabi Masters R5: Avirat Chauhan Beats IM Bakhrom Bakhrillaev

by Devansh Singh - 20/08/2026

The 32nd Abu Dhabi Masters is past the halfway mark, and after completion of 5 rounds, 10 players are in joint first place with 4/5. GM Iniyan P. and GM SL Narayanan are also among those 10 players. In the 5th round, untitled Avirat Chauhan defeated Bakhrom Bakhrillaev to reach 3/5 points. Avirat is increasing his rating by 28 points as he scored all 3 points against International Masters. 20th August is a rest day, and the 6th round will start on 21st August at 5 PM Local Time/6:30 PM IST. Photos: Anmol Bhargav

Top Seeds back on Top

Daniil Dubov had 2 draws in the first 4 rounds. he defeated GM Ansat Aldiyar with the white pieces. On the top board, Iniyan drew against Edgar Mamedov. SL Narayanan defeated Roman Shogdzhiev with the white pieces. The action will resume in Abu Dhabi after the rest day.

Edgar Mamedov vs. Iniyan P.

Iniyan is looking in great shape in this tournament with 3 wins and 2 draws

SL Naryanan vs. Roman Shogdzhiev (1-0)

The clash of talented youngsters Adhiraj Mitra and Aarit Kapil ended in a draw

Antonio Viani vs. Pranav Anand (0-1)

Avirat Chauhan vs. IM Bakhrom Bakhrillaev (1-0)

Replay Round 5 Games

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In this video, you will see a complete venue tour of the 32nd Abu Dhabi Chess Festival.

Advik Agrawal is one of India's most talented youngsters. His opponent in this game is a talented youngster from Russia - 16-year-old Lev Zverev. Check out this game at the Abu Dhabi Masters 2026. The end of this video is quite unfortunate. Commentary by IM Sagar Shah.

Round 5 Results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	26	GM	Mamedov, Edgar	2461	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2609	2
2	10	GM	Ahmadzada, Ahmad	2550	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Usov, Aleksandr E.	2457	28
3	1	GM	Dubov, Daniil	2652	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Ansat, Aldiyar	2490	21
4	3	GM	Paravyan, David	2597	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Amilal, Munkhdalai	2481	22
5	4	GM	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	2590	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Talibov, Shiroghlan	2470	23
6	6	GM	Narayanan, S L	2576	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Shogdzhiev, Roman	2464	25
7	8	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2553	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Jiang, Haochen	2457	27
8	96	WGM	Zhapova, Yana	2220	3	0 - 1	3	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	2551	9
9	18	IM	Zverev, Lev	2496	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Aswath, S	2546	11
10	12	GM	Makarian, Rudik	2543	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2454	29

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Standings after Round 5

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3
1	2	GM	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2609	4	15	11,5
2	28	IM	Usov, Aleksandr E.	RUS	2457	4	13,5	11,5
3	10	GM	Ahmadzada, Ahmad	AZE	2550	4	13	11
4	26	GM	Mamedov, Edgar	KAZ	2461	4	12,5	10
5	4	GM	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	FID	2590	4	12,5	10
6	1	GM	Dubov, Daniil	RUS	2652	4	12	10
7	9	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	UZB	2551	4	12	9,5
8	14	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	UZB	2508	4	11,5	9
9	18	IM	Zverev, Lev	FID	2496	4	11	8,5
10	6	GM	Narayanan, S L	IND	2576	4	10,5	8,5

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Round 6 Pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	10	GM	Ahmadzada, Ahmad	2550	4		4	GM	Dubov, Daniil	2652	1
2	2	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2609	4		4	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	2508	14
3	18	IM	Zverev, Lev	2496	4		4	GM	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	2590	4
4	28	IM	Usov, Aleksandr E.	2457	4		4	GM	Narayanan, S L	2576	6
5	9	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	2551	4		4	GM	Mamedov, Edgar	2461	26
6	24	IM	Sklokin-Bagiyan, Sergey	2466	3½		3½	GM	Paravyan, David	2597	3
7	5	GM	Pranav, Anand	2584	3½		3½	IM	Amilal, Munkhdalai	2481	22
8	7	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2569	3½		3½	GM	Srihari, L R	2453	30
9	29	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2454	3½		3½	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2553	8
10	32	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	2446	3½		3½	GM	Makarian, Rudik	2543	12