32nd Abu Dhabi Masters R6: Dubov beats Ahmadzada, Avirat Scores Another Win

by Devansh Singh - 22/08/2026

In the 6th Round of the Abu Dhabi Masters, top seed Daniil Dubov defeated Ahmad Ahmadzada. Iniyan P. drew against Jakhongir Vakhidov. IM Usov Aleksandr E is showing an outstanding performance, and he defeated GM SL Narayanan in the 6th round. Talented Youngster Avirat Chauhan scored his 2nd consecutive win after beating Roman Shogdzhiev. The 7th round will start on 22nd August at 5 PM Local Time/6:30 PM IST. Photos: Anmol Bhargav

Avirat Wins Again

India is blessed with many young talents. One of the brightest ones is Avirat Chauhan. The 2013-born youngster from Pune scored another win in the tournament to reach 4/6 points against 6 International Masters. He is closing in on scoring his IM/GM Norm.

Daniil Dubov defeated Ahmad Ahmadzada

Iniyan P. drew against Jakhongir Vakhidov

IM Usov Aleksandr E vs. SL Narayanan (1-0)

Liyanage Dilshan defeated Abhijeet Gupta (1-0)

Aarit Kapil drew against Wafa Hamed

Roman Shogdzhiev vs. Avirat Chauhan (0-1)

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Check out the game along with commentary by IM Sagar Shah at the 5th round of the event.

Round 6 Results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	10	GM	Ahmadzada, Ahmad	2550	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Dubov, Daniil	2652	1
2	2	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2609	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	2508	14
3	18	IM	Zverev, Lev	2496	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	2590	4
4	28	IM	Usov, Aleksandr E.	2457	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Narayanan, S L	2576	6
5	9	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	2551	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Mamedov, Edgar	2461	26
6	24	IM	Sklokin-Bagiyan, Sergey	2466	3½	1 - 0	3½	GM	Paravyan, David	2597	3
7	5	GM	Pranav, Anand	2584	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Amilal, Munkhdalai	2481	22
8	7	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2569	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Srihari, L R	2453	30
9	29	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2454	3½	1 - 0	3½	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2553	8
10	32	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	2446	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Makarian, Rudik	2543	12

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3
1	1	GM	Dubov, Daniil	RUS	2652	5	20	17
2	28	IM	Usov, Aleksandr E.	RUS	2457	5	18,5	16,5
3	4	GM	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	FID	2590	5	17,5	15
4	2	GM	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2609	4,5	21	17,5
5	14	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	UZB	2508	4,5	20	16,5
6	29	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	SRI	2454	4,5	20	16,5
7	26	GM	Mamedov, Edgar	KAZ	2461	4,5	19,5	17
8	5	GM	Pranav, Anand	IND	2584	4,5	18	15,5
9	12	GM	Makarian, Rudik	FID	2543	4,5	18	15
10	24	IM	Sklokin-Bagiyan, Sergey	ARM	2466	4,5	17,5	14,5

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Round 7 Pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	4	GM	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	2590	5		5	IM	Usov, Aleksandr E.	2457	28
2	1	GM	Dubov, Daniil	2652	5		4½	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2609	2
3	12	GM	Makarian, Rudik	2543	4½		4½	GM	Pranav, Anand	2584	5
4	14	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	2508	4½		4½	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	2551	9
5	26	GM	Mamedov, Edgar	2461	4½		4½	IM	Sklokin-Bagiyan, Sergey	2466	24
6	6	GM	Narayanan, S L	2576	4		4½	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2454	29
7	27	IM	Jiang, Haochen	2457	4		4	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2569	7
8	30	GM	Srihari, L R	2453	4		4	GM	Ahmadzada, Ahmad	2550	10
9	16	IM	Agmanov, Zhandos	2501	4		4	IM	Goutham, Krishna H	2451	31
10	84		Avirat, Chauhan	2301	4		4	IM	Sapenov, Daniyal	2500