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The Dubai Open took place 27th May to 4th June 2025. Aleksey Grebnev edged out Alan Pichot on tie-break after both scored 7/9. Top seed Sarin Nihal finished a point off the lead tied for sixth.

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25th Dubai Open A 2025 Dubai UAE Tue 27th May 2025 - Wed 4th Jun 2025 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	14	Grebnev, Aleksey	GM	FID	2556	7	2522	0	44.5
2	7	Pichot, Alan	GM	ESP	2587	7	2455	0	39
3	11	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	GM	RUS	2563	6.5	2489	0	41.5
4	2	Sargsyan, Shant	GM	ARM	2666	6.5	2486	0	43.5
5	3	Indjic, Aleksandar	GM	SRB	2637	6.5	2453	0	36.5
6	1	Nihal, Sarin	GM	IND	2693	6	2519	0	45.5
7	21	Movahed, Sina	GM	IRI	2518	6	2494	0	42
8	12	Gorshtein, Ido	GM	ISR	2560	6	2476	0	40.5
9	18	Aditya, Mittal	GM	IND	2547	6	2465	0	41
10	5	Tin, Jingyao	GM	SGP	2601	6	2428	0	33.5
11	13	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	GM	IND	2556	5.5	2524	0	45.5
12	28	Rohith, Krishna S	IM	IND	2490	5.5	2522	0	47
13	55	Pham, Tran Gia Phuc	IM	VIE	2424	5.5	2492	0	41
14	4	Muradli, Mahammad	GM	AZE	2603	5.5	2490	0	44.5
15	45	Bronstein, Or	IM	ISR	2443	5.5	2480	0	37
16	57	Dau, Khuong Duy	IM	VIE	2423	5.5	2466	0	36.5
17	24	Parkhov, Yair	GM	ISR	2514	5.5	2465	0	42
18	19	Sokolovsky, Yahli	GM	ISR	2539	5.5	2461	0	41.5
19	23	Aswath, S	IM	IND	2515	5.5	2449	0	39
20	65	Ashraf, Artin	FM	IRI	2407	5.5	2446	0	37.5
21	6	Narayanan, S L	GM	IND	2598	5.5	2445	0	41
22	43	Jubin, Jimmy	IM	IND	2449	5	2515	0	42.5
23	35	Ilamparthi, A R	IM	IND	2469	5	2497	0	40.5
24	39	Dotzer, Lukas	IM	AUT	2455	5	2478	0	40.5
25	51	Tsaruk, Maksim	IM	FID	2431	5	2469	0	36
26	25	Aronyak, Ghosh	IM	IND	2514	5	2458	0	40
27	50	Stribuk, Artiom	IM	FID	2433	5	2442	0	33
28	22	Kacharava, Nikolozi	GM	GEO	2516	5	2437	0	37.5
29	38	Shyam, Sundar M.	GM	IND	2462	5	2432	0	38
30	36	Srihari, L R	IM	IND	2468	5	2429	0	40
31	15	Pranav, Anand	GM	IND	2555	5	2426	0	34
32	30	Davtyan, Artur	IM	ARM	2485	5	2413	0	38.5
33	31	Ayush, Sharma	IM	IND	2478	5	2401	0	30.5
34	47	Celik, Hasan Huseyin	IM	TUR	2440	4.5	2568	0	44.5
35	67	Davtyan, Arsen	IM	ARM	2402	4.5	2526	0	40
36	58	Talibov, Shiroghlan	IM	AZE	2423	4.5	2515	0	40
37	49	Mayank, Chakraborty	IM	IND	2436	4.5	2486	0	38.5
38	34	Md, Imran	IM	IND	2472	4.5	2473	0	42.5
39	71	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	IM	SRI	2387	4.5	2470	0	38
40	68	Kushagra, Mohan	IM	IND	2400	4.5	2461	0	35.5
41	73	Tudor, Henry Edward	FM	ROU	2376	4.5	2451	0	34
42	9	Iniyan, Pa	GM	IND	2573	4.5	2447	0	38
43	44	Neelash, Saha	IM	IND	2445	4.5	2442	0	39.5
44	40	Panesar, Vedant	FM	IND	2455	4.5	2440	0	43
45	33	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	GM	SGP	2472	4.5	2432	0	37
46	42	Borgaonkar, Akshay	FM	IND	2453	4.5	2416	0	34
47	27	Royal, Shreyas	GM	ENG	2493	4.5	2414	0	35.5
48	17	Gavrilescu, David	GM	ROU	2554	4.5	2412	0	34
49	61	Sahib, Singh	FM	IND	2416	4	2499	0	41
50	41	Nitish, Belurkar	IM	IND	2454	4	2468	0	44
83 players

25th Dubai Open B 2025 Dubai UAE Tue 27th May 2025 - Wed 4th Jun 2025 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	7	Nikookar, Mahdi	FM	IRI	2202	7.5	2054	0	50
2	13	Liyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha		SRI	2114	7	2050	0	48
3	20	Vandan, Alankar Sawai	CM	IND	2075	7	2018	0	49
4	2	Pavlidis, Anastasios	IM	GRE	2286	7	1988	0	42.5
5	12	Zhang, Zhi		CHN	2126	7	1939	0	45
6	4	Sakline Mostafa, Sajid	FM	BAN	2234	6.5	1993	0	44
7	6	Shirliyev, Allayar	CM	TKM	2211	6.5	1931	0	42
8	1	Manukyan, Sargis A.	FM	ARM	2294	6.5	1929	0	43.5
9	5	Baghdasaryan, Davit		ARM	2213	6.5	1918	0	44.5
10	18	Mohit, S	AIM	IND	2086	6.5	1892	0	41
11	17	Ahmed, Fareed	FM	UAE	2090	6	1980	0	43.5
12	58	Sharma, Taksh		IND	1842	6	1942	0	41
13	27	Mridav, M		IND	2015	6	1941	0	43.5
14	51	Novodvorskiy, Dmitriy Al		FID	1861	6	1919	0	39.5
15	11	Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur	FM	BAN	2145	6	1900	0	41.5
16	33	Antonyan, Hamlet		ARM	1975	5.5	2037	0	44.5
17	41	Hamad, Essam		UAE	1916	5.5	2025	0	44.5
18	21	Mukund, Hemant Agarwal		IND	2075	5.5	2016	0	44.5
19	53	Kirthika, B		IND	1860	5.5	1999	0	45
20	3	Chubakov, Sultan	FM	KGZ	2271	5.5	1996	0	46
21	36	Alahakoon, Isuru	FM	SRI	1939	5.5	1961	0	40.5
22	44	Mohammad Abdulrahman, Alawadhi		UAE	1897	5.5	1946	0	40
23	45	Sargsyan, Karo B.		ARM	1891	5.5	1925	0	41
24	81	Daiwik, Jain		IND	1733	5.5	1873	0	35
25	22	Shashish, Subbiah	AIM	IND	2068	5.5	1834	0	42.5
26	16	Suleimanova, Ava	WGM	UKR	2096	5.5	1776	0	35
27	55	Vishal, Choudary B	AGM	IND	1851	5	2036	0	40
28	25	Gowrishankar, Jayaraj		IND	2056	5	2009	0	42
29	10	Alhassadi, Yousef A.	FM	LBA	2165	5	1928	0	41.5
30	49	Hari, Vardan Satheeskumar	AFM	IND	1870	5	1892	0	39
31	47	Khalifah, Khaled	CM	UAE	1888	5	1887	0	38.5
32	24	Mohamed, Saeed Laily	CM	UAE	2058	5	1876	0	44
33	34	Mithilesh, Ranjithkumar		IND	1971	5	1864	0	39.5
34	8	Steiners, Emils		LAT	2192	5	1833	0	38
35	19	Muhammed, Shuaau	FM	MDV	2082	5	1826	0	40.5
36	37	Al-Blooshi, Hamad Essa	CM	UAE	1939	5	1798	0	35.5
37	65	Raihan, Bin Anzar		IND	1820	5	1796	0	34
38	70	Javakhishvili, Mariam		GEO	1789	5	1781	0	37.5
39	28	Noshin, Anjum	WFM	BAN	2013	5	1777	0	37
40	42	Mal Ahmadi, Iliya		IRI	1909	5	1772	0	36.5
41	26	He, Junchen		CHN	2018	4.5	2016	0	44
42	69	Fang, Kun	WCM	SGP	1792	4.5	2002	0	37
43	90	Aahaan, Mathur	AFM	IND	1671	4.5	1988	0	41
44	59	Rashed Abubaker, Alhemeiri		UAE	1840	4.5	1913	0	38
45	60	Yahya, Shuaib Al Kaff		UAE	1837	4.5	1896	0	38.5
46	95	Ramesh Nair, Advait		IND	1613	4.5	1891	0	36
47	64	Theephigaa, K P	AIM	IND	1821	4.5	1882	0	38
48	32	Abheek, Bhatt		IND	1976	4.5	1875	0	39
49	31	Ahmad, Al Romaithi		UAE	1978	4.5	1857	0	39.5
50	52	Muhammad, Shayan Noushad Ibrahim	AIM	IND	1860	4.5	1833	0	39
100 players

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