Aleksey Grebnev wins Dubai Open 2025

Sergio — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:35:46 +0000

Aleksey Grebnev is the winner of Dubai Chess Open 2025. Grebnev won the event with 7,0/9, the same points but better tiebreak than Alan Pichot. Top woman is Zsoka Gaal, again with better tiebreak ahead of Ravi Rakshitta and half a point ahead of Eline Roebers. Replay all games here

The Women League Elite 2025 is among the major events in The Chess Calendar and is also part of the Chess Calendar of Asia

Dubai Open 2025 final standings

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Grebnev, Aleksey	FID	2556	7
2	GM	Pichot, Alan	ESP	2587	7
3	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	RUS	2563	6.5
4	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	ARM	2666	6.5
5	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2637	6.5
6	GM	Nihal, Sarin	IND	2693	6
7	GM	Movahed, Sina	IRI	2518	6
8	GM	Gorshtein, Ido	ISR	2560	6
9	GM	Aditya, Mittal	IND	2547	6
10	GM	Tin, Jingyao	SGP	2601	6
11	GM	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	IND	2556	5.5
12	IM	Rohith, Krishna S	IND	2490	5.5
13	IM	Pham, Tran Gia Phuc	VIE	2424	5.5
14	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	AZE	2603	5.5
15	IM	Bronstein, Or	ISR	2443	5.5
16	IM	Dau, Khuong Duy	VIE	2423	5.5
17	GM	Parkhov, Yair	ISR	2514	5.5
18	GM	Sokolovsky, Yahli	ISR	2539	5.5
19	IM	Aswath, S	IND	2515	5.5
20	FM	Ashraf, Artin	IRI	2407	5.5
21	GM	Narayanan, S L	IND	2598	5.5
22	IM	Jubin, Jimmy	IND	2449	5
23	IM	Ilamparthi, A R	IND	2469	5
24	IM	Dotzer, Lukas	AUT	2455	5
25	IM	Tsaruk, Maksim	FID	2431	5
26	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	IND	2514	5
27	IM	Stribuk, Artiom	FID	2433	5
28	GM	Kacharava, Nikolozi	GEO	2516	5
29	GM	Shyam, Sundar M.	IND	2462	5
30	IM	Srihari, L R	IND	2468	5
31	GM	Pranav, Anand	IND	2555	5
32	IM	Davtyan, Artur	ARM	2485	5
33	IM	Ayush, Sharma	IND	2478	5
34	IM	Celik, Hasan Huseyin	TUR	2440	4.5
35	IM	Davtyan, Arsen	ARM	2402	4.5
36	IM	Talibov, Shiroghlan	AZE	2423	4.5
37	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty	IND	2436	4.5
38	IM	Md, Imran	IND	2472	4.5
39	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	SRI	2387	4.5
40	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	IND	2400	4.5
41	FM	Tudor, Henry Edward	ROU	2376	4.5
42	GM	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2573	4.5
43	IM	Neelash, Saha	IND	2445	4.5
44	FM	Panesar, Vedant	IND	2455	4.5
45	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	SGP	2472	4.5
46	FM	Borgaonkar, Akshay	IND	2453	4.5
47	GM	Royal, Shreyas	ENG	2493	4.5
48	GM	Gavrilescu, David	ROU	2554	4.5
49	FM	Sahib, Singh	IND	2416	4
50	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	IND	2454	4
51	IM	Goutham, Krishna H	IND	2427	4
52		Zhang, Di	CHN	2410	4
53	GM	Boruchovsky, Avital	ISR	2513	4
54		Jiang, Haochen	CHN	2439	4
55	GM	Prraneeth, Vuppala	IND	2474	4
56	IM	Muthaiah, Al	IND	2487	4
57	IM	Ghimpu, Samuel-Timotei	ROU	2421	4
58	IM	Garayev, Kanan	AZE	2336	4
59	IM	Piliposyan, Robert	ARM	2416	3.5
60	GM	Shyaam, Nikhil P	IND	2430	3.5
61	FM	Agasarov, Benik	ARM	2414	3.5
62	FM	Vivaan, Vishal Shah	IND	2410	3.5
63	WGM	Gaal, Zsoka	HUN	2395	3.5
64	WGM	Rakshitta, Ravi	IND	2324	3.5
65	IM	Manon, Reja Neer	BAN	2403	3.5
66		Tregubenko, Nikolay	FID	2277	3.5
67	IM	Harikrishnan.A.Ra,	IND	2467	3
68	IM	Roebers, Eline	NED	2361	3
69	GM	Hayrapetyan, Hovik	ARM	2423	3
70	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	IND	2577	3
71	WGM	Beydullayeva, Govhar	AZE	2394	3
72	IM	Raahul, V S	IND	2378	2.5
73	WGM	Nandhidhaa, P V	IND	2363	2.5
74	GM	Can, Emre	TUR	2568	2
75	IM	Harshavardhan, G B	IND	2441	2
76	GM	Sanal, Vahap	TUR	2555	2
77	IM	Sultan, Ibrahim	UAE	2222	2
78	IM	Balajayeva, Khanim	AZE	2358	2
79	FM	Zia, Tahsin Tajwar	BAN	2374	2
80	IM	Al Hosani, Omran	UAE	2299	1.5
81	IM	Farahat, Ali	USA	2321	1
82	GM	Petkov, Momchil	BUL	2524	1
83	IM	Veinberg, Nimrod	ISR	2425	0

Interview with Alexandar Indjic

Sergio — Thu, 08 May 2025 17:40:24 +0000

Alexandar Indjic won Baku Open 2025, remaining undefeated through the tournament and adding extra ELO in his bag (replay the games here) Alexandar Indjic won his first Serbia Championship when he was 19. Since then he repeated the success in 2018, 2020, 2023, and 2024. Among the many titles he has are the 15th Tashkent Open, Portugal Open, etc. But certainly his biggest success so far remains the European Chess Championship 2024

Chessdom had the pleasure to talk to the 2024 European Individual Chess Champion and winner of Baku Open.

Congratulations to Alexander Indjic champion of Baku Open 2025

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You have just won Baku Open in an impressive manner – 2729 performance and a clear first ahead of strong opposition. Tell us more about the tournament and your experience in Baku?

It was my 4th visit to Baku, and for the 3rd time I had a very good showing. The tournament was nicely organized and had an interesting mix of established Grandmasters and young upcoming talents. It was a pleasure to compete and win the tournament.

Is it easier or more difficult to play after you became European Champion?

The level of difficulty is pretty much the same but my “appetite” for wins started growing after the European title.

How do you see the development of chess in Serbia?

There seems to be an increased interest among children. I like the trend and I hope that my success, the national team’s, and the newest European Champion title of Teodora Injac will increase the interest and level of support even more.

Aleksandar Indjic is European Chess Champion 2024 / Teodora Injac shines at the European Women Individual Chess Championship

What are the next tournaments on your calendar?

My next events are two opens – Sharjah Masters (info) and Dubai (info and participants)

Do you plan to participate in more Freestyle events, or classical is your main game?

Classical is my main focus and interest but I wouldn’t be against testing myself in Freestyle in the future. At the moment it is pretty much a closed club.

dubai open 2025 – Chessdom

Aleksey Grebnev wins Dubai Open 2025

Interview with Alexandar Indjic