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3rd Al-Beruniy International Chess Tournament | Masters

13 Feb to 21 Feb 2026 · Tashkent, Uzbekistan · 10-player round-robin · 90 min + 30 sec Finished

Top 100 players in this event

GM Aram Hakobyan ★: No. 1, 5½/9, performance 2680 (+8)
GM Etienne Bacrot ★: No. 2, 5/9, performance 2642 (+2)
GM Shant Sargsyan ★: No. 3, 5/9, performance 2638 (-2)
GM Boris Gelfand ★: No. 4, 5/9, performance 2642 (+2)
GM Volodar Murzin ★: No. 5, 5/9, performance 2639 (-2)
GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov ★: No. 6, 4½/9, performance 2597 (-5)
WGM Afruza Khamdamova ★: No. 10, 2½/9, performance 2458 (+5)

Standings

Standings, 3rd Al-Beruniy International Chess Tournament | Masters
#	Name	Fed	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	w-we	rtg+/-
1	GM Hakobyan, Aram ★	ARM	2619	5.5	0	23	2	0	3	0.78	7.8
2	GM Bacrot, Etienne ★	FRA	2629	5	0	22.25	1	1	3.5	0.15	1.5
3	GM Sargsyan, Shant ★	ARM	2659	5	0	21.5	2	0	3.5	-0,25	-2,5
4	GM Gelfand, Boris ★	ISR	2629	5	0	21.25	1	1	3	0.15	1.5
5	GM Murzin, Volodar ★	FID	2652	5	0	21	2	2	2.5	-0,16	-1,6
6	GM Vokhidov, Shamsiddin ★	UZB	2644	4.5	1	18.75	2	0	2.5	-0,54	-5,4
7	GM Abdisalimov, Abdimalik	UZB	2563	4.5	2	21.25	2	0	3	0.55	5.5
8	GM Donchenko, Alexander	GER	2655	4	1	17.5	1	1	2.5	-1,20	-12
9	GM Madaminov, Mukhiddin	UZB	2567	4	2	18.5	1	0	3.5	0.00	0
10	WGM Khamdamova, Afruza ★	UZB	2403	2.5	0	11	1	0	1.5	0.52	5.2

TB1 Direct Encounter (DE) · TB2 Sonneborn Berger Tie-Break Variable (2023) (Gamepoints) · TB3 Number of wins including byes (WIN) (Matchpoints, Forfeited games count) · TB4 Number of games won with black (BWG) (Matchpoints) · TB5 Koya System (KS) (Gamepoints/Limit 50")

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds. Official ranking from chess-results.com.

Games

Games
Round	Game	Result
1.1	Aram Hakobyan – Afruza Khamdamova	1-0
1.2	Shant Sargsyan – Volodar Murzin	½-½
1.3	Etienne Bacrot – Mukhiddin Madaminov	½-½
1.4	Alexander Donchenko – Boris Gelfand	½-½
1.5	Shamsiddin Vokhidov – Abdimalik Abdisalimov	1-0
2.1	Afruza Khamdamova – Abdimalik Abdisalimov	1-0
2.2	Boris Gelfand – Shamsiddin Vokhidov	½-½
2.4	Volodar Murzin – Etienne Bacrot	½-½
2.5	Aram Hakobyan – Shant Sargsyan	½-½
3.1	Shant Sargsyan – Afruza Khamdamova	1-0
3.2	Etienne Bacrot – Aram Hakobyan	½-½
3.3	Alexander Donchenko – Volodar Murzin	½-½
3.4	Shamsiddin Vokhidov – Mukhiddin Madaminov	½-½
3.5	Abdimalik Abdisalimov – Boris Gelfand	½-½
4.1	Afruza Khamdamova – Boris Gelfand	0-1
4.3	Volodar Murzin – Shamsiddin Vokhidov	½-½
4.4	Aram Hakobyan – Alexander Donchenko	1-0
4.5	Shant Sargsyan – Etienne Bacrot	½-½
5.1	Etienne Bacrot – Afruza Khamdamova	½-½
5.2	Alexander Donchenko – Shant Sargsyan	½-½
5.3	Shamsiddin Vokhidov – Aram Hakobyan	½-½
5.4	Abdimalik Abdisalimov – Volodar Murzin	1-0
5.5	Boris Gelfand – Mukhiddin Madaminov	½-½
6.1	Afruza Khamdamova – Mukhiddin Madaminov	½-½
6.2	Volodar Murzin – Boris Gelfand	½-½
6.3	Aram Hakobyan – Abdimalik Abdisalimov	½-½
6.4	Shant Sargsyan – Shamsiddin Vokhidov	1-0
6.5	Etienne Bacrot – Alexander Donchenko	½-½
7.1	Alexander Donchenko – Afruza Khamdamova	½-½
7.2	Shamsiddin Vokhidov – Etienne Bacrot	0-1
7.3	Abdimalik Abdisalimov – Shant Sargsyan	½-½
7.4	Boris Gelfand – Aram Hakobyan	½-½
7.5	Mukhiddin Madaminov – Volodar Murzin	0-1
8.1	Afruza Khamdamova – Volodar Murzin	0-1
8.2	Aram Hakobyan – Mukhiddin Madaminov	½-½
8.3	Shant Sargsyan – Boris Gelfand	½-½
8.4	Etienne Bacrot – Abdimalik Abdisalimov	½-½
8.5	Alexander Donchenko – Shamsiddin Vokhidov	½-½
9.1	Shamsiddin Vokhidov – Afruza Khamdamova	1-0
9.3	Boris Gelfand – Etienne Bacrot	½-½
9.4	Mukhiddin Madaminov – Shant Sargsyan	1-0
9.5	Volodar Murzin – Aram Hakobyan	½-½

Games involving a top-100 player. Click a game to replay it.

Standings and games from Lichess broadcasts. ★ marks a player on the FIDE top 100 lists.