GM Arjun Erigaisi won the Jerusalem Masters 2025, defeating former world champion Viswanathan Anand in the final. The Indian grandmasters played 4 games, 3 of which ended in draws, and in one game Erigaisi won leading to a final score of 2.5-1.5.

Peter Svidler faced Ian Nepomniachtchi in the lower bracket of the final, and their match also ended with a score of 2.5–1.5. Svidler took 3rd place, and Nepomniachtchi 4th. The final standings and prize distribution are:

  1. 🇮🇳 Arjun Erigaisi - $55,000

  2. 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand - $35,000

  3. 🇷🇺 Peter Svidler - $20,000

  4. 🇷🇺 Ian Nepomniachtchi - $12,000

  5. 🇷🇺 Arseniy Nesterov - $6,000

  6. 🇮🇱 Evgeny Alekseev - $3,000

  7. 🇮🇱 Ido Gorshtein - $1,500

  8. 🇮🇱 Maxim Rodshtein - $1,500

  9. 🇸🇮 Vladimir Fedoseev - $1,500

  10. 🇮🇱 Yahli Sokolovsky - $1,500

  11. 🇮🇱 Ori Kobo - $1,500

  12. 🇮🇱 Avital Boruchovsky - $1,500

The Jerusalem Masters 2025 is a closed invitational tournament with a $140,000 prize pool. The tournament took place from November 30th to December 3rd in Jerusalem.

Credit: FIDE/Michal Walusza