The Abu Dhabi Blitz Tournament, part of the 21st Abu Dhabi Chess Festival, featured 108 participants from 26 countries.
After 11 rounds of play Grandmaster Aleksandr Rakhmanov from Russia took a clear first place with 9,5/11 points, narowly edging GM Yuriy Kuzubov (UKR) and IM Gagare (IND). Full standings below.
Video by Vijay Kumar, including the interview with the winner:
Final standings:
1. GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2617 – 9.5
2. GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2672 – 9
3. IM Gagare Shardul IND 2453 – 9
4. GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2677 – 8.5
5. GM Sumets Andrey UKR 2634 – 8
6. GM Al-Modiahki Mohamad QAT 2597 – 8
7. GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2585 – 8
8. GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2522 – 8
9. GM Ankit R. Rajpara IND 2444 – 8
10. GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2640 – 8
11. GM Amin Bassem EGY 2649 – 7.5
12. GM Horvath Adam HUN 2541 – 7.5
13. IM Dimakiling Oliver PHI 2372 – 7
14. IM Zorko Jure SLO 2490 – 7
15. Primbetov Kazbek KAZ 2328 – 7
16. GM Neverov Valeriy UKR 2393 – 7
17. GM Istratescu Andrei FRA 2633 – 7
18. IM Hesham Abdelrahman EGY 2382 – 7
19. IM Al Qudaimi Basheer YEM 2389 – 7
20. IM Al-Halila Ayman YEM 2185 – 7
21. IM Meszaros Tamas HUN 2353 – 7
22. FM Faraj Yahya YEM 2227 – 7
23. FM Othman A. Moussa UAE 2318 – 7
24. Hilwani Talal SYR 2350 – 7
25. WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa IRI 2308 – 7
26. GM Rasulov Vugar AZE 2542 – 6.5
27. Al Helaoy Majed SYR 1981 – 6.5
28. IM Gameel Mohamed YEM 2180 – 6.5
29. Zayan Osama EGY 2130 – 6.5
30. CM Faisal Abdulla Kashwani UAE 2316 – 6.5
31. FM Alhuwar Jasem UAE 2277 – 6.5
32. Ioualalen Lotfi ALG 2120 – 6.5
33. Ahmed Fayez UAE 1932 – 6.5
34. IM Tissir Mohamed MAR 2319 – 6
35. FM Mohammad Samir SYR 2353 – 6
36. FM De Ramos Julius PHI 2373 – 6
37. Tabada Jobannie C. PHI 2238 – 6
38. FM Ram Aravind L N IND 2119 – 6
39. Mohammed Tarig Elther SUD 2006 – 6
40. FM Ayyad Maher BRN 2168 – 6
41. FM Ayyad Husain BRN 2209 – 6
42. FM Khouri Ibrahim Mohamed UAE 2172 – 6
43. Ali Abdulkhaleq UAE 2042 – 6
44. Yachou Nur AUS 1981 – 6
45. Villadelgado Joemarie PHI 2048 – 6
46. Al-Kaabi Abdulla UAE 2023 – 6
47. Olsen Staffan SWE 0 – 5.5
48. WFM Derakhshani Dorsa IRI 2121 – 5.5
49. Iniyan P IND 2048 – 5.5
50. FM Janahi Zeyaad BRN 2109 – 5.5
51. Ahmadzadeh Razavi Seyed Shaah IRI 1993 – 5.5
52. IM Karim Ismael MAR 2375 – 5.5
53. Zayed Ali Al-Hamed UAE 2015 – 5.5
54. Rafee Mohd Hayel SYR 1929 – 5.5
55. Bousamaha ALG 2068 – 5.5
56. FM Khouri Ahmed Abbas UAE 2082 – 5.5
57. Sanjay Chhabra IND 1848 – 5.5
58. Abed Meisam IRI 1975 – 5
59. Ghadiri Ebrahim IRI 1854 – 5
60. Abucejo Armel N PHI 2031 – 5
61. Mohamed Moussa UAE 1932 – 5
62. Al Khouri Ismaeil E UAE 2094 – 5
63. Ashirov Sanzhar KAZ 1887 – 5
64. Bukhalaf Khalil BRN 1923 – 5
65. CM Nitish Belurkar IND 1987 – 5
66. Faizutdinova Diana RUS 1828 – 5
67. Hamdan Marshool UAE 1763 – 5
68. Dimarucut Francis Erwin PHI 2118 – 5
69. FM Zayan Mohamed EGY 1861 – 5
70. WIM Al-Zarouni Kholoud Essa UAE 1857 – 5
71. GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2573 – 4.5
72. Sameir Ramez EGY 2153 – 4.5
73. FM Yahya Mohamed Saleh UAE 2144 – 4.5
74. FM Gadimbayli Abdulla AZE 2017 – 4.5
75. FM Fouad Mofleh YEM 2128 – 4.5
76. Mehrabi Manouchehr IRI 1846 – 4.5
77. FM Abdul Majeed Mohamad UAE 2203 – 4.5
78. Jumma Al Mmouhairi UAE 1965 – 4.5
79. Bousamaha Faysal FRA 1755 – 4.5
80. Al Darmaky Sultan UAE 1248 – 4.5
81. GM Areshchenko Alexander UKR 2687 – 4
82. Shaker Mosab BRN 1680 – 4
83. Kanan AZE 0 – 4
84. Nandu Gagarin IND 1484 – 4
85. Holi Sief Al Din SUD 1674 – 4
86. Al Muneer Muhammad KUW 1451 – 4
87. Niranjan R IND 1620 – 4
88. Al Hosani Saeed UAE 1472 – 4
89. Mridul Thaivalappil M. IND 1322 – 4
90. Al-Mallahi Dawood UAE 1592 – 4
91. Alshamsi Sultan Fadel UAE 1440 – 4
92. CM Derakhshani Borna IRI 1965 – 3.5
93. CM Hashem Khaled KUW 2004 – 3.5
94. Al Shamisi Hareb Nasser UAE 1466 – 3.5
95. Altaher Salman Tarek UAE 1659 – 3.5
96. Mohamed Marshool UAE 1564 – 3.5
97. FM Mayed Al-Rashedi UAE 1820 – 3
98. Al Ali Hamad UAE 1222 – 3
99. Khezrian Mohammad USA 0 – 3
100. Alali Ali UAE 1224 – 3
101. Fawwaz Mohammed IND 1245 – 3
102. Abdulla Abdulwahab UAE 1828 – 2
103. Meshari Ahmad Hasan KUW 0 – 2
104. Alshamsi Salem Fadel UAE 1396 – 2
105. Sahaja Madineni IND 0 – 1
106. Feddah Lootah UAE 0 – 1
107. Raffla Andre Nagui EGY 1509 – 1
108. Fardbehbahani Behnam IRI 1824 – 0
