Muscat International Chess Championship 2026 | Open A

15 Jan to 23 Jan 2026 · Muscat, Oman · 9-round Swiss · 90 min + 30 sec Finished

Top 100 players in this event

GM Pranesh M ★: No. 1, 6½/9, performance 2555 (-1)
GM Leon Luke Mendonca ★: No. 2, 6½/9, performance 2588
GM Ahmed Adly ★: No. 3, 6½/9, performance 2527 (-3)

Standings

Standings, Muscat International Chess Championship 2026 | Open A
#	Name	Fed	Rtg	Pts	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	GM Mendonca, Leon Luke ★	IND	2615	6.5	46.5	51.5	4	4
2	GM Pranesh, M ★	IND	2628	6.5	46	50	5	4
3	GM Naiditsch, Arkadij	BUL	2574	6.5	45.5	49.5	4	5
4	GM Mozharov, Mikhail	RUS	2524	6.5	45	49	5	4
5	IM Mayank, Chakraborty	IND	2468	6.5	44.5	47.5	5	5
6	GM Adly, Ahmed ★	EGY	2583	6.5	44	47.5	5	4
7	FM Yadegar, Radin	IRI	2433	6	47.5	50.5	4	3
8	IM Akbas, Umut Ata	TUR	2464	6	47	51	4	4
9	GM Iniyan, Pa	IND	2595	6	47	49.5	5	3
10	GM Suleymenov, Alisher	KAZ	2505	6	43.5	47.5	5	5
11	IM Risteski, Emil	MKD	2406	6	42	45	5	5
12	IM Poormosavi, Seyed Kian	IRI	2393	6	41	43.5	5	3
13	GM Karthik, Venkataraman	IND	2595	6	40.5	46.5	4	4
14	GM Stupak, Kirill	BLR	2411	6	40.5	44.5	5	4
15	IM Borgaonkar, Akshay	IND	2397	6	39	42.5	4	4
16	IM Tarhan, Adar	TUR	2452	5.5	47	51	4	4
17	GM Fawzy, Adham	EGY	2462	5.5	44.5	47	5	3
18	FM Rogov, Matfey	RUS	2368	5.5	41.5	45	4	5
19	IM Labib, Ibrahim Hasan	EGY	2409	5.5	39.5	43	4	4
20	GM Kandil, Adham	EGY	2343	5.5	38	40	4	5
21	IM Jacobson, Aaron	USA	2371	5.5	38	40	4	4
22	AFM Vismay, Sachar	IND	2051	5.5	32	34	5	5
23	FM Abbasi Abeluie, Mohammad Mehdi	IRI	2241	5	45.5	49	5	2
24	FM Chekh Adm Khedr, Aram	SYR	2139	5	44.5	47.5	5	5
25	IM Anuj, Shrivatri	IND	2481	5	41.5	46.5	3	4
26	CM Biglarifard, Koorosh	IRI	2000	5	41.5	45.5	4	4
27	IM Sharon, Rafael	ZAM	2333	5	41	44	4	3
28	FM Samimi, Armin	IRI	2059	5	41	44	4	3
29	Rami, Talab	SYR	2173	5	41	43.5	4	4
30	IM Ezat, Mohamed	EGY	2294	5	39.5	43.5	5	4
31	FM Khalesi, Vahid	IRI	2248	5	39	41.5	4	4
32	WFM Deak-Sala, Emilia	AUT	2024	5	38.5	42.5	4	4
33	GM Ahmad, Al Khatib	JOR	2155	5	37	40	4	4
34	Ilkhanipour, Ramtin	IRI	2044	5	36	39	4	4
35	WCM Swara, Lakshmi S Nair	IND	2019	5	35.5	38	4	5
36	FM Fandi, Mazen.	SYR	2304	5	35	37.5	4	3
37	IM Travadon, Loic	FRA	2507	4.5	40.5	45	4	3
38	FM Ojas, Kulkarni	IND	2248	4.5	40	42.5	5	3
39	Warnier, Yanis	FRA	2114	4.5	38	40	4	3
40	WCM Khalafvand, Dorsa Sadat	IRI	2007	4.5	37.5	41.5	5	3
41	Habibifard, Parham	IRI	2186	4.5	37	39	5	3
42	FM Kakavand, Ramtin	IRI	2118	4.5	36	38.5	5	3
43	FM Yousry, Salah	EGY	2242	4.5	35.5	37.5	5	4
44	Nithik, Reddy Bhavanam	IND	2092	4.5	35.5	37.5	4	4
45	AIM Shashish, Subbiah	IND	2043	4.5	35	37.5	4	1
46	WIM Singgih, Diajeng Theresa	INA	2089	4.5	33	35.5	4	3
47	Bhuvan, Krishna Prasanth	IND	2143	4	43.5	46	5	2
48	Roshantab, Sadra	IRI	2031	4	42.5	47	5	2
49	FM Seder, Mohammed	PLE	2148	4	40	43.5	4	4
50	Samarth, Sreeni Warrier	IND	2055	4	39	42	5	2
51	Abhinessh, S	IND	2099	4	37.5	41.5	4	3
52	Poormosavi, Seyed Kanan	IRI	2150	4	36.5	40.5	4	3
53	FM Moradi, Behrooz	IRI	2145	4	36.5	40.5	4	3
54	Shubh, Atha	IND	2082	4	33.5	36	4	3
55	Anup, Shankar R	IND	1950	4	33.5	35.5	5	3
56	AIM Muhammad, Shayan Noushad Ibrahim	IND	1999	4	33.5	35.5	4	4
57	Nyazi, Nehad	EGY	2097	4	32.5	34.5	4	4
58	Khelghatdoust, Amirali	IRI	2044	4	31	33.5	4	2
59	WFM Shivika, Rohilla	IND	2041	3.5	40.5	43	5	3
60	Siddharth, Sanjoy	IND	1954	3.5	34.5	37.5	4	3
61	AGM Rogov, Timofey	RUS	1981	3.5	31.5	33.5	4	3
62	WIM Boshra, Alshaeby	JOR	1981	3.5	31	33	4	3
63	Saksham, Upadhyay	IND	1922	3.5	30.5	32.5	5	2
64	CM Velavaa, Ragavesh	IND	2076	3	36.5	38.5	4	2
65	CM Rashid, Husain Alhammadi	UAE	2050	3	33.5	36	5	2
66	Mithilesh, Ranjithkumar	IND	1963	3	31.5	33.5	5	2
67	CM Al Mashikhi, Mohammed Alyan	OMA	1908	3	31	33	4	3
68	WCM Kirthika, B	IND	1901	2.5	34.5	36.5	4	1
69	WCM Ivaschenko, Anna	FID	1977	2.5	32	34.5	5	2
70	Devnani, Kush	IND	2157	2.5	29	31.5	3	2
71	FM Salim Mohammed, Salim Al Amri	OMA	2023	2	35	37.5	4	1
72	Rebecca, Jesumarian	IND	2003	2	33	35	4	2
73	Krithik, Muthukumar	IND	1997	2	28.5	30.5	4	1
74	Atharv, Bansal	IND	2017	1.5	24.5	26	3	1
75	CM Akshobhya, Damodar Katti	IND	2048	1.5	24	25.5	2	1
76	IM Al-Zendani, Zendan	YEM	2266	1.5	22	23.5	2	1
77	Napone, Emerson	PHI	2038	0	21	21	2	0
78	Khaled, Waleed Abdullah	YEM	2124	0	16	16	2	0
79	IM Begmuratov, Khumoyun	UZB	2429	0	0	0	0	0

TB1 Direct Encounter (DE) · TB2 Buchholz Tie-Break Variable (2023) (Gamepoints, Cut1) · TB3 Buchholz Tie-Break Variable (2023) (Gamepoints) · TB4 Number of games played with black (BPG) (Matchpoints) · TB5 Number of wins including byes (WIN) (Matchpoints, Forfeited games count)

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

Games

Games
Round	Game	Result
5.1	Mikhail Mozharov – Pranesh M	½-½
5.3	Umut Ata Akbas – Ahmed Adly	½-½
5.5	Leon Luke Mendonca – Emil Risteski	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.