Nihal Sarin prevails at 18th Tashkent Open, Abhimanyu Puranik third
GM Nihal Sarin drew against GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB) to win 18th Tashkent Open, Agzamov Memorial 2025 Open A (≥1800). He finished a half point ahead of the rest as both GM Abhimanyu Puranik and GM Sanan Sjugirov (HUN) drew their games against GM Aleksandar Indjic (SRB) and GM S L Narayanan respectively. Sanan secured second place and Abhimanyu third according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was US$ 75000. The top three prizes were US$ 20000, 10000 and 7000 along with a trophy each. GM Aditya Mittal is the only other Indian to make a top ten finish. He scored 7/10 to finish tenth. This was Nihal's first Classical rating tournament in 2025 and he won it convincingly. Photo: Uzbekistan Chess Federation
Nihal wins two consecutive tournaments in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
The last Classical rating tournament Nihal Sarin won was 3rd President Cup in November 2024 in Uzbekistan. He started 2025 by winning the first Classical rating tournament he played. WFM Shubhi Gupta became the top female performer. She scored 6/10 to finish 44th overall and first among female participants.
A total of 153 players including 20 GMs, 32 IMs, a WIM took part from 15 countries across the world in Open A (≥1800). The ten day ten-round Swiss league rating tournament was organized by Uzbekistan Chess Federation at International Chess Academy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 20th to 29th March. It had a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.
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Round 10 results
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | 2 | GM | Vokhidov Shamsiddin | 2670 | 7 | ½ - ½ | 7½ | GM | Nihal Sarin | 2687 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 2 | 5 | GM | Puranik Abhimanyu | 2636 | 7 | ½ - ½ | 6½ | GM | Indjic Aleksandar | 2651 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 7 | GM | Narayanan S L | 2622 | 6½ | ½ - ½ | 7 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | 2631 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 5 | 11 | GM | Adhiban B. | 2554 | 6 | ½ - ½ | 6½ | IM | Begmuratov Khumoyun | 2430 | 34 | ||
| 10 | 6 | 13 | GM | Madaminov Mukhiddin | 2550 | 6 | 1 - 0 | 6 | IM | Nitish Belurkar | 2441 | 30 | ||
| 10 | 7 | 15 | GM | Tiviakov Sergei | 2530 | 6 | 1 - 0 | 6 | IM | Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad | 2432 | 33 | ||
| 10 | 8 | 31 | GM | Prraneeth Vuppala | 2437 | 6 | 1 - 0 | 6 | IM | Atabayev Saparmyrat | 2529 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 9 | 18 | GM | Lobanov Sergei | 2508 | 6 | 1 - 0 | 6 | IM | Soham Kamotra | 2430 | 36 | ||
| 10 | 11 | 12 | GM | Aditya Mittal | 2550 | 6½ | ½ - ½ | 6½ | GM | Tin Jingyao | 2597 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 12 | 68 | FM | Rostovtsev Dmitry | 2292 | 6 | ½ - ½ | 6 | IM | Goutham Krishna H | 2449 | 29 | ||
| 10 | 13 | 4 | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | 2643 | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | IM | Khoroshev Nikita | 2358 | 53 | ||
| 10 | 14 | 40 | IM | Audi Ameya | 2404 | 5½ | ½ - ½ | 5½ | IM | Makarian Rudik | 2547 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 17 | 20 | GM | Lalit Babu M R | 2495 | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | IM | Manish Anto Cristiano F | 2355 | 54 | ||
| 10 | 18 | 56 | IM | Slizhevsky Alexander | 2353 | 5½ | 0 - 1 | 5½ | IM | Ayush Sharma | 2485 | 21 | ||
| 10 | 21 | 50 | IM | Ritviz Parab | 2363 | 5½ | ½ - ½ | 5½ | IM | Neelash Saha | 2460 | 25 |
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | K | rtg+/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | GM | Nihal, Sarin | IND | 2687 | 8 | 59 | 63 | 0 | 6 | 2699 | 0,71 | 10 | 7,1 | |||
| 2 | 6 | GM | Sjugirov, Sanan | HUN | 2631 | 7,5 | 59,5 | 64,5 | 0 | 6 | 2702 | 1,09 | 10 | 10,9 | |||
| 3 | 5 | GM | Puranik, Abhimanyu | IND | 2636 | 7,5 | 58,5 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 2643 | 0,34 | 10 | 3,4 | |||
| 4 | 8 | GM | Daneshvar, Bardiya | U20 | IRI | 2609 | 7,5 | 53,5 | 58,5 | 0 | 6 | 2529 | -0,54 | 10 | -5,4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | GM | Vokhidov, Shamsiddin | UZB | 2670 | 7,5 | 52 | 56,5 | 0 | 5 | 2556 | -0,67 | 10 | -6,7 | |||
| 6 | 9 | GM | Tin, Jingyao | SGP | 2597 | 7 | 59 | 64,5 | 0 | 6 | 2607 | 0,42 | 10 | 4,2 | |||
| 7 | 3 | GM | Indjic, Aleksandar | SRB | 2651 | 7 | 58,5 | 63,5 | 0 | 4 | 2587 | -0,52 | 10 | -5,2 | |||
| 8 | 10 | GM | Nesterov, Arseniy | FID | 2593 | 7 | 57,5 | 62 | 0 | 4 | 2539 | -0,61 | 10 | -6,1 | |||
| 9 | 34 | IM | Begmuratov, Khumoyun | U16 | UZB | 2430 | 7 | 57 | 61 | 0 | 4 | 2633 | 2,85 | 10 | 28,5 | ||
| 10 | 12 | GM | Aditya, Mittal | U20 | IND | 2550 | 7 | 56,5 | 60 | 0 | 4 | 2576 | 0,51 | 10 | 5,1 | ||
| 11 | 31 | GM | Prraneeth, Vuppala | U18 | IND | 2437 | 7 | 55,5 | 59,5 | 0 | 6 | 2492 | 1,25 | 10 | 12,5 | ||
| 12 | 7 | GM | Narayanan, S L | IND | 2622 | 7 | 55 | 59 | 0 | 5 | 2577 | -0,30 | 10 | -3 | |||
| 13 | 38 | IM | Rakhmatullaev, Almas | U20 | UZB | 2413 | 7 | 54,5 | 58,5 | 0 | 5 | 2456 | 1,03 | 10 | 10,3 | ||
| 14 | 18 | GM | Lobanov, Sergei | FID | 2508 | 7 | 54 | 59 | 0 | 5 | 2560 | 0,80 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 15 | 23 | IM | Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid | U16 | UZB | 2474 | 7 | 53,5 | 57,5 | 0 | 7 | 2542 | 1,01 | 10 | 10,1 |
