Brewington Hardaway wins the Masters section of Fujairah Global Chess 2025

The US Grandmaster Brewington Hardaway is the winner of Fujairah Global Chess 2025 in the Masters section. Brewington Hardaway collected 7,5/9 and finished half a point ahead of Umut Ata Akbas, Artin Ashraf, Venkataraman Karthik, Reza Mahdavi, and Nico Chasin.

This is a second success this month for Brewington Hardaway after his convincing win at Abu Dhabi blitz

Top woman of the Masters section Yuxin Song with 6,5/9 at 7th position. The Superstars section was won by Pranav V

Congratulations to Brewington Hardaway @IMBrewChess 🇺🇸 for his win at the Masters section of Fujairah Global Chess 2025

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Fujairah Global Chess 2025 Masters section final standings

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	HARDAWAY, Brewington	USA	2499	7.5
2	IM	AKBAS, Umut Ata	TUR	2425	7
3	FM	ASHRAF, Artin	IRI	2428	7
4	GM	KARTHIK, Venkataraman	IND	2556	7
5	IM	MAHDAVI, Reza	IRI	2454	7
6	IM	CHASIN, Nico	USA	2458	7
7	IM	SONG, Yuxin	CHN	2414	6.5
8	GM	SIVUK, Vitaly	SWE	2495	6.5
9	FM	NOVOZHILOV, Semen	RUS	2358	6.5
10	GM	ROZUM, Ivan	RUS	2426	6.5
11	IM	ORO, Faustino	ARG	2465	6.5
12	GM	SOKOLOVSKY, Yahli	ISR	2539	6.5
13	GM	PRRANEETH, Vuppala	IND	2458	6.5
14	IM	TSARUK, Maksim	FID	2470	6.5
15	IM	STRIBUK, Artiom	FID	2474	6.5
16	GM	GOKERKAN, Cem Kaan	TUR	2464	6.5
17	IM	KUSHAGRA, Mohan	IND	2408	6.5
18	IM	DAVTYAN, Artur	ARM	2479	6.5
19	IM	ERMITSCH, Magnus	GER	2409	6.5
20	IM	PANDA, Sambit	IND	2379	6
21	IM	AADITYA, Dhingra	IND	2394	6
22	FM	ZHAUYNBAY, Aldiyar	KAZ	2214	6
23	GM	SANAL, Vahap	TUR	2550	6
24	IM	JUBIN, Jimmy	IND	2464	6
25	IM	SAMADOV, Read	AZE	2522	6
26	GM	GHARIBYAN, Mamikon	ARM	2495	6
27	IM	SAPENOV, Daniyal	KAZ	2429	6
28	IM	URAZAYEV, Arystanbek	KAZ	2490	6
29	IM	KURU, Atilla	TUR	2435	6
30	IM	DAVTYAN, Arsen	ARM	2421	6
31	IM	SHAHIL, Dey	IND	2401	6
32	IM	ANSAT, Aldiyar	KAZ	2469	6
33	IM	ILINCA, Felix-Antonio	ROU	2446	6
34	IM	AHMAD, Khagan	AZE	2449	6
35	IM	TALIBOV, Shiroghlan	AZE	2420	6
36	IM	VIANI, Antonio Dcunha	IND	2364	6
37	FM	SHTURMAN, Arseniy	FID	2348	5.5
38	IM	PILIPOSYAN, Robert	ARM	2415	5.5
39	IM	GASPARYAN, Erik R.	ARM	2372	5.5
40	FM	YADEGAR, Radin	IRI	2387	5.5
41	IM	ZVEREV, Lev	FID	2471	5.5
42	IM	MOHAMED, Anees M	IND	2428	5.5
43	FM	SHAMATAVA, Nikolozi	GEO	2246	5.5
44	IM	ARADHYA, Garg	IND	2386	5.5
45	FM	JOHN, Veny Akkarakaran	IND	2351	5.5
46	IM	RACZEK, Krzysztof	POL	2487	5.5
47	GM	BELLAHCENE, Bilel	ALG	2488	5.5
48	IM	ILAMPARTHI, A R	IND	2515	5.5
49	IM	SOHAM, Kamotra	IND	2407	5.5
50	IM	NARAYANAN, Samrug	USA	2453	5.5
51	GM	NIKITENKO, Mihail	BLR	2504	5.5
52	GM	SOCKO, Monika	POL	2362	5.5
53	IM	AIZENBERG, Benny	ISR	2450	5.5
54	IM	ARFAN, Aditya Bagus	INA	2391	5.5
55	FM	HAKOBYAN, Eduard	USA	2339	5
56	IM	ALIYEV, Ravan	AZE	2304	5
57	IM	TISSIR, Mohamed	MAR	2309	5
58	FM	CHAN, Kim Yew	MAS	2405	5
59		AVSAR, Gediz	TUR	2229	5
60	CM	KUANDYKULY, Danis	KAZ	2211	5
61	FM	YANG, Zilong	CHN	2375	5
62	FM	JIN, Hongtao	CHN	2293	5
63	FM	GEORGE SAMIR, David	EGY	2345	5
64	FM	ASLANOV, Umid	AZE	2299	5
65	IM	JAIN, Kashish Manoj	IND	2408	5
66	FM	EFIMOV, Leonid	FID	2273	5
67	CM	MUKUND, Hemant Agarwal	IND	2208	5
68	WGM	SLIWICKA, Alicja	POL	2300	5
69	IM	MANISH, Anto Cristiano F	IND	2352	5
70	IM	MALTSEVSKAYA, Aleksandra	POL	2385	5
71	IM	ASWATH, S	IND	2500	5
72	FM	DHRUVA, Thota	IND	2276	5
73	FM	XIE, Felix	NZL	2364	5
74	IM	ANUJ, Shrivatri	IND	2452	5
75	IM	MAYANK, Chakraborty	IND	2452	5
76	FM	GHAYOURIFAR, Amir	IRI	2307	5
77	IM	BUDHIDHARMA, Nayaka	INA	2389	5
78	IM	SHOGDZHIEV, Roman	FID	2408	5
79		SINGH, Siddharth	USA	2206	5
80	FM	ROSTOVTSEV, Dmitry	RUS	2458	5
81	FM	ROSH, Jain	IND	2372	5
82	IM	GOUTHAM, Krishna H	IND	2414	5
83	IM	DUSHYANT, Sharma	IND	2376	5
84	IM	ROEBERS, Eline	NED	2360	4.5
85	WGM	NURMAN, Alua	KAZ	2315	4.5
86	FM	PRIANSH, Das	IND	2317	4.5
87	IM	MOKSH, Amit Doshi	IND	2344	4.5
88	FM	TEIMOURI YADKURI, Shahdad	IRI	2267	4.5
89	FM	AKHILBAY, Imangali	KAZ	2357	4.5
90	CM	GHOREISHI AMIRI, Seyed Kian	IRI	2215	4.5
91		GARV, Rai	IND	2250	4.5
92	CM	CHITRE, Arush	IND	2228	4.5
93	FM	ARAKELYAN, Manvel	ARM	2326	4.5
94	WGM	ZHAPOVA, Yana	FID	2258	4.5
95	FM	AVERIN, Nikolay	FID	2284	4.5
96	CM	SALIMIYAN, Behzad	IRI	2262	4.5
97	FM	SAHITHI, Varshini M	IND	2266	4.5
98	GM	FAWZY, Adham	EGY	2502	4.5
99	WFM	DAVARI, Sara	IRI	2204	4.5
100	IM	DAU, Khuong Duy	VIE	2462	4.5
101	IM	BIGALIEV, Renat	RUS	2417	4.5
102	WFM	MOHAMMADI, Melika	IRI	2244	4.5
103	FM	JAIVEER, Mahendru	IND	2228	4.5
104	GM	CHANDA, Sandipan	IND	2482	4.5
105	IM	BRONSTEIN, Or	ISR	2479	4.5
106	FM	OTSUKA, Shou	JPN	2350	4.5
107	IM	WAFA, Hamed	EGY	2353	4.5
108	CM	CHIDVILASH, Sai Surapaneni	IND	2212	4.5
109	FM	NOY, Eyal	ISR	2308	4.5
110	FM	PASHIKYAN, Rudolf	ARM	2373	4.5
111	IM	CHEN, Ryo	USA	2395	4.5
112	IM	AGASAROV, Benik	ARM	2408	4.5
113	IM	SANKET, Chakravarty	IND	2329	4.5
114	FM	JVAL, Saurin Patel	IND	2331	4.5
115	FM	WAGH, Suyog	IND	2400	4.5
116	FM	BUKREEV, Stanislav	RUS	2370	4.5
117	FM	MOOSAVIFAR, Seyed Abolfazl	IRI	2283	4
118	IM	LAOHAWIRAPAP, Prin	THA	2410	4
119	FM	BAGWE, Gaurang	IND	2259	4
120		OMIDI, Arya	IRI	2313	4
121	FM	GARV, Gaur	IND	2342	4
122	IM	TAHBAZ, Arash	IRI	2477	4
123	IM	SAHIB, Singh	IND	2416	4
124	CM	SOHAM, Datar	IND	2259	4
125	FM	KWON, Sehyun	KOR	2239	4
126	FM	SKLOKIN, Sergey	FID	2323	4
127	FM	GOH, Zi Han	SGP	2266	4
128	FM	BIZHIGITOV, Zhangir	KAZ	2289	4
129	IM	MAKKAR, Rajat	FRA	2406	4
130	IM	SARAVANA, Krishnan P.	IND	2270	4
131	FM	GOLUBOVSKIS, Maksims	LAT	2254	4
132	FM	AMMAR, Sedrani	UAE	2187	4
133	FM	KAKAVAND, Ramtin	IRI	2106	4
134		SHARON, Rafael	ZAM	2200	4
135	FM	HAMIDOV, Allahverdi	AZE	2287	4
136	FM	DUMANULY, Sultanbeibarys	KAZ	2215	4
137	GM	BAGHDASARYAN, Vahe	ARM	2243	4
138	FM	ABBASI ABELUIE, Mohammad Mehdi	IRI	2244	4
139	FM	ABDULRAHEEM, Abdulrahman Akintoye	NGR	2330	4
140	IM	SIMPSON, Michael	RSA	2229	4
141	FM	PATIL, Priyanshu	IND	2175	4
142	IM	LIYANAGE, Ranindu Dilshan	SRI	2410	4
143	FM	ANG, Ern Jie Anderson	MAS	2348	4
144	FM	NAMITBIR, Singh Walia	IND	2340	4
145	FM	JINAN, Jomon	IND	2347	4
146	IM	DIXIT, Nikhil	IND	2400	3.5
147	GM	AKOPIAN, Vladimir	USA	2582	3.5
148	IM	NAZARI, Arad	IRI	2401	3.5
149	WIM	TEJASWINI, G	IND	2298	3.5
150		HOJJATINEJAD, Ilia	IRI	2245	3.5