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Anish Giri wins Sharjah Masters 2025

Sergio — Sun, 25 May 2025 16:13:22 +0000

Anish Giri is the winner of Sharjah Masters 2025. In a solid fashion, Anish Giri was always near the top and a final round victory secured his sole first at the championship (replay the games here)

With his victory Anish Giri added 10,3 elo points and is getting close to the top 10 in the world. Check out the next events of Anish Giri in The Chess Calendar

Won Sharjah Masters.

Who would have thought.
— Anish Giri (@anishgiri) May 25, 2025

Congratulations to @anishgiri for finishing clear first at the Sharjah Masters https://t.co/pnFWAz8cmI
— Chessdom (@chessdom) May 25, 2025

Sharjah Masters Final standings

1	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	UZB	2771
2	GM	Giri, Anish	NED	2738
3	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	IRI	2706
4	GM	Sevian, Samuel	USA	2694
5	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2670
6	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	ARM	2666
7	GM	Sargissian, Gabriel	ARM	2641
8	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2637
9	GM	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2632
10	GM	Predke, Alexandr	SRB	2631
11	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2631
12	GM	Idani, Pouya	IRI	2630
13	GM	Ivic, Velimir	SRB	2630
14	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	IND	2630
15	GM	Xu, Xiangyu	CHN	2623
16	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	IRI	2621
17	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	GRE	2611
18	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	AZE	2603
19	GM	Tin, Jingyao	SGP	2601
20	GM	Azarov, Sergei	FID	2596
21	GM	Paravyan, David	FID	2596
22	GM	Pichot, Alan	ESP	2587
23	GM	Vescovi, Giovanni	BRA	2584
24	GM	Kozak, Adam	HUN	2578
25	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	IND	2577
26	GM	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2573
27	GM	Bai, Jinshi	CHN	2572
28	GM	Samunenkov, Ihor	UKR	2572
29	GM	Amar, Elham	NOR	2569
30	GM	Can, Emre	TUR	2568
31	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	IND	2565
32	GM	Ahmadzada, Ahmad	AZE	2564
33	GM	Akobian, Varuzhan	USA	2564
34	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	RUS	2563
35	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	IND	2559
36	GM	Vetokhin, Savva	FID	2558
37	GM	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	IND	2556
38	GM	Grebnev, Aleksey	FID	2556
39	GM	Pranav, Anand	IND	2555
40	GM	Sanal, Vahap	TUR	2555
41	GM	Gavrilescu, David	ROU	2554
42	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2552
43	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat	KAZ	2551
44	GM	Aditya, Mittal	IND	2547
45	GM	Woodward, Andy	USA	2547
46	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	UZB	2546
47	GM	Raja, Rithvik R	IND	2545
48	GM	Kuybokarov, Temur	AUS	2542
49	GM	Sychev, Klementy	FID	2542
50	GM	Zhu, Jiner	CHN	2541
51	GM	Ferreira, Jorge Viterbo	POR	2537
52	GM	Dai, Changren	CHN	2531
53	GM	Lobanov, Sergei	FID	2527
54	GM	Petkov, Momchil	BUL	2524
55	IM	Samadov, Read	AZE	2521
56	GM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	UZB	2520
57	GM	Movahed, Sina	IRI	2518
58	GM	Kacharava, Nikolozi	GEO	2516
59	GM	Nikitenko, Mihail	BLR	2516
60	IM	Aswath, S	IND	2515
61	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	IND	2514
62	IM	Malek, Jan	POL	2511
63	GM	Visakh, N R	IND	2507
64	GM	Ohanyan, Emin	ARM	2503
65	IM	Klimkowski, Jan	POL	2503
66	IM	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	KAZ	2494
67	GM	Royal, Shreyas	ENG	2493
68	GM	Xiao, Tong(Qd)	CHN	2493
69	IM	Mamedov, Edgar	KAZ	2492
70		Huang, Renjie	CHN	2491
71	IM	Rohith, Krishna S	IND	2490
72	IM	Davtyan, Artur	ARM	2485
73	IM	Pang, Tao	CHN	2485
74	IM	Isik, Alparslan	TUR	2482
75	IM	Injac, Teodora	SRB	2474
76	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	SGP	2472
77	IM	Tarhan, Adar	TUR	2472
78	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	IND	2469
79	IM	Ilamparthi, A R	IND	2469
80	GM	Nigmatov, Ortik	UZB	2457
81	IM	Oro, Faustino	ARG	2454
82	IM	Seemann, Jakub	POL	2453

Only three remain perfect at Sharjah Masters

Sergio — Sun, 18 May 2025 22:31:28 +0000

The 8th Sharjah Masters, a prestigious 9-round Swiss chess tournament for players rated 2500+ Elo, is ongoing from May 17–26, 2025, at the Sharjah Cultural & Chess Club in the UAE. Grandmasters Changren Dai, Visakh, and Alexander Indjic are the only three players that remain perfect at Sharjah Masters after round 2.

Interview: Indjic: “My appetite for wins started growing after the European title.”

Grandmasters Changren Dai , Visakh , and Alexander Indjic lead Sharjah Masters with perfect scorehttps://t.co/qfO7t0PoDX
— Chessdom (@chessdom) May 18, 2025

A total of 29 players are half a point behind the leaders, including Anish Giri, Faustino Oro, Venkataraman Karthik, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Andy Woodward, Ivan Zemlyanskii, Amin Tabatabaei, etc. Follow the games of Sharjah Masters round 3 live here

Sharjah Masters round 3 pairings

1	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	2637	–	GM	Visakh, N R	2507
2	GM	Dai, Changren	2531	–	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2706
3	GM	Giri, Anish	2738	–	GM	Pranav, Anand	2555
4	GM	Vetokhin, Savva	2558	–	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2670
5	GM	Zhu, Jiner	2541	–	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	2631
6	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	2666	–	GM	Woodward, Andy	2547
7	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2563	–	GM	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	2632
8	GM	Idani, Pouya	2630	–	GM	Nikitenko, Mihail	2516
9	GM	Grebnev, Aleksey	2556	–	GM	Ivic, Velimir	2630
10	GM	Sanal, Vahap	2555	–	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	2611
11	GM	Ohanyan, Emin	2503	–	GM	Tin, Jingyao	2601
12	GM	Aditya, Mittal *)	2547	–	GM	Sargissian, Gabriel	2641
13	GM	Azarov, Sergei	2596	–	IM	Klimkowski, Jan	2503
14	GM	Kozak, Adam	2578	–	IM	Mamedov, Edgar	2492
15	IM	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	2494	–	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	2565
16	GM	Ahmadzada, Ahmad	2564	–	IM	Oro, Faustino	2454
17	GM	Nigmatov, Ortik	2457	–	GM	Akobian, Varuzhan	2564
18	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	2546	–	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2771
19	GM	Sevian, Samuel	2694	–	GM	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	2556
20	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2630	–	GM	Gavrilescu, David	2554
21	GM	Xiao, Tong(Qd)	2493	–	GM	Xu, Xiangyu	2623
22	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2621	–	GM	Lobanov, Sergei	2527
23		Huang, Renjie	2491	–	GM	Paravyan, David	2596
24	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2573	–	IM	Samadov, Read	2521
25	GM	Kacharava, Nikolozi	2516	–	GM	Bai, Jinshi	2572
26	GM	Samunenkov, Ihor	2572	–	IM	Ilamparthi, A R	2469
27	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	2472	–	GM	Amar, Elham	2569
28	GM	Predke, Alexandr	2631	–	GM	Movahed, Sina	2518
29	GM	Pichot, Alan	2587	–	GM	Ferreira, Jorge Viterbo	2537
30	GM	Petkov, Momchil	2524	–	GM	Vescovi, Giovanni	2584
31	GM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	2520	–	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2577
32	GM	Can, Emre	2568	–	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2514
33	IM	Davtyan, Artur	2485	–	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	2559
34	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2552	–	IM	Rohith, Krishna S	2490
35	IM	Isik, Alparslan	2482	–	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat	2551
36	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	2469	–	GM	Raja, Rithvik R	2545
37	GM	Kuybokarov, Temur	2542	–	IM	Pang, Tao	2485
38	IM	Seemann, Jakub	2453	–	GM	Sychev, Klementy	2542
39	IM	Aswath, S	2515	–	IM	Tarhan, Adar	2472
40	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	2603	–	GM	Royal, Shreyas	2493
41	IM	Malek, Jan	2511	–	IM	Injac, Teodora	2474

Interview with Alexandar Indjic

Sergio — Thu, 08 May 2025 17:40:24 +0000

Alexandar Indjic won Baku Open 2025, remaining undefeated through the tournament and adding extra ELO in his bag (replay the games here) Alexandar Indjic won his first Serbia Championship when he was 19. Since then he repeated the success in 2018, 2020, 2023, and 2024. Among the many titles he has are the 15th Tashkent Open, Portugal Open, etc. But certainly his biggest success so far remains the European Chess Championship 2024

Chessdom had the pleasure to talk to the 2024 European Individual Chess Champion and winner of Baku Open.

Congratulations to Alexander Indjic champion of Baku Open 2025

Second and third positions are for Baadur Jobava and Sanal Vahap https://t.co/JfdjwMeqH1
— Chessdom (@chessdom) May 6, 2025

You have just won Baku Open in an impressive manner – 2729 performance and a clear first ahead of strong opposition. Tell us more about the tournament and your experience in Baku?

It was my 4th visit to Baku, and for the 3rd time I had a very good showing. The tournament was nicely organized and had an interesting mix of established Grandmasters and young upcoming talents. It was a pleasure to compete and win the tournament.

Is it easier or more difficult to play after you became European Champion?

The level of difficulty is pretty much the same but my “appetite” for wins started growing after the European title.

How do you see the development of chess in Serbia?

There seems to be an increased interest among children. I like the trend and I hope that my success, the national team’s, and the newest European Champion title of Teodora Injac will increase the interest and level of support even more.

Aleksandar Indjic is European Chess Champion 2024 / Teodora Injac shines at the European Women Individual Chess Championship

What are the next tournaments on your calendar?

My next events are two opens – Sharjah Masters (info) and Dubai (info and participants)

Do you plan to participate in more Freestyle events, or classical is your main game?

Classical is my main focus and interest but I wouldn’t be against testing myself in Freestyle in the future. At the moment it is pretty much a closed club.

Abdusattorov Nodirbek is the Winner of 5th Sharjah Chess Masters

nikita — Mon, 30 May 2022 14:53:10 +0000

The 5th edition of the Sharjah Chess Masters international tournament was held from 20th-30th May in Sharjah Cultural & Chess Club.

The selected 80 players competed in a 9 round swiss system tournament for the prize fund of 55.000$. 18-year-old Uzbekistani grandmaster Nodirbek Abdusattorov won the event scoring 7/9 points as he had better tiebreak criteria than GM Saleh Salem who finished second with the same score. GM Abhijeet Gupta and GM Haik Martirosyan tied for the third place with 6.5 points each but Gupta had a slightly better Bucholz and came third. Replay the games here (scroll down for final rankings).

GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov at the Closing Ceremony of the 5th Sharjah Masters

GM Abhijeet Gupta vs GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, R9 of 5th Sharjah Chess Masters

Simultaneously with the Sharjah Chess Masters, the 2nd Sharja Challengers took place in the same venue. After 9 played rounds IM Mohsen Elgabry emerged as the sole Winner of the event with 7.5 points. IM Ibrahim Sultan was second with 7 points, while four players tied for the third place scoring 6.5 points, each. Tiebreaks decided that IM Al Khatib Ahmad takes third place, WFM Lile Koridze was fourth, WIM Sona Asatryan came fifth and Shakhnoza Sabirova ended on the sixth place. (scroll down for final rankings)

IM Mohsen Elgabry at the Closing Ceremony of the 2nd Sharjah Challengers

Final rankings – 5th Sharjah Masters:

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	8	GM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	UZB	2661	7	1	44	40
2	3	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	UAE	2690	7	0	46	42
3	38	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	IND	2606	6.5	0.5	47	43
4	11	GM	Martirosyan Haik M.	ARM	2652	6.5	0.5	44	40
5	6	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	ROU	2671	6	0	47	42
6	9	GM	Gukesh D	IND	2659	6	0	42	37
7	10	GM	Niemann Hans Moke	USA	2656	6	0	42	38
8	20	GM	Chigaev Maksim	FID	2631	6	0	41	37
9	4	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	IND	2675	6	0	40	36
10	2	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	ARM	2694	6	0	40	36
11	32	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2613	5.5	0	44	40
12	13	GM	Tabatabaei M. Amin	IRI	2650	5.5	0	44	39
13	15	GM	Sargsyan Shant	ARM	2641	5.5	0	43	39
14	34	GM	Sindarov Javokhir	UZB	2609	5.5	0	42	38
15	21	GM	Yilmaz Mustafa	TUR	2631	5.5	0	42	39
16	19	GM	Idani Pouya	IRI	2635	5.5	0	41	38
17	40	GM	Can Emre	TUR	2599	5.5	0	40	36
18	53	GM	Vokhidov Shamsiddin	UZB	2536	5.5	0	39	35
19	39	GM	Iskandarov Misratdin	AZE	2601	5	0	44	39
20	24	GM	Ponkratov Pavel	FID	2624	5	0	43	39
21	5	GM	Sarana Alexey	FID	2675	5	0	43	39
22	49	GM	Van Foreest Lucas	NED	2572	5	0	43	38
23	17	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	ARM	2638	5	0	42	39
24	43	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	GEO	2595	5	0	42	38
25	35	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	IND	2608	5	0	41	38
26	33	GM	Aryan Chopra	IND	2609	5	0	41	38
27	41	GM	Yuffa Daniil	ESP	2597	5	0	41	37
28	26	GM	Indjic Aleksandar	SRB	2621	5	0	41	37
29	30	GM	Hakobyan Aram	ARM	2615	5	0	41	37
30	37	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2606	5	0	40	37
31	7	GM	Narayanan.S.L	IND	2662	5	0	40	36
32	18	GM	Abasov Nijat	AZE	2635	5	0	40	36
33	12	GM	Moussard Jules	FRA	2651	5	0	40	36
34	16	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	ARM	2640	5	0	37	33
35	45	GM	Kuybokarov Temur	AUS	2582	5	0	37	34
36	52	GM	Suleymanli Aydin	AZE	2537	5	0	37	33
37	14	GM	Nihal Sarin	IND	2646	5	0	37	33
38	56	IM	Davtyan Artur	ARM	2488	5	0	37	33
39	48	GM	Sanal Vahap	TUR	2575	5	0	36	32
40	23	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	KAZ	2628	5	0	34	31
41	51	IM	Muradli Mahammad	AZE	2539	4.5	0	42	37
42	27	GM	Sadhwani Raunak	IND	2619	4.5	0	41	38
43	28	GM	Adhiban B.	IND	2616	4.5	0	40	36
44	1	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	FID	2701	4.5	0	39	35
45	46	GM	Moroni Luca Jr	ITA	2581	4.5	0	39	35
46	22	GM	Yakubboev Nodirbek	UZB	2630	4.5	0	38	34
47	57	IM	Gharibyan Mamikon	ARM	2487	4.5	0	34	31
48	63	IM	Assaubayeva Bibisara	KAZ	2439	4.5	0	33	31
49	31	GM	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	GRE	2613	4.5	0	31	28
50	47	GM	Kadric Denis	BIH	2576	4	0	39	35
51	69	WGM	Zawadzka Jolanta	POL	2409	4	0	38	35
52	44	GM	Azarov Sergei	BLR	2588	4	0	37	34
53	50	GM	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	GRE	2540	4	0	37	34
54	65	GM	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	TUR	2425	4	0	37	34
55	29	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2616	4	0	37	34
56	54	GM	Sankalp Gupta	IND	2505	4	0	37	33
57	42	GM	Adly Ahmed	EGY	2596	4	0	36	33
58	55	IM	Aditya Mittal	IND	2490	4	0	36	33
59	61	IM	Mammadzada Gunay	AZE	2454	4	0	33	31
60	59	GM	Gunina Valentina	FID	2471	4	0	32	29
61	36	GM	Hovhannisyan Robert	ARM	2607	3.5	0	39	35
62	71	GM	Erdogdu Mert	TUR	2407	3.5	0	36	32
63	60	GM	Nikolov Momchil	BUL	2454	3.5	0	34	31
64	67	GM	Hesham Abdelrahman	EGY	2412	3.5	0	31	28
65	64	IM	Baenziger Fabian	SUI	2430	3.5	0	30	27
66	80	IM	Al Hosani Omran	UAE	2191	3.5	0	30	27
67	75	FM	Begmuratov Khumoyun	UZB	2384	3.5	0	28	26
68	62	IM	Badelka Olga	FID	2453	3	0	39	35
69	77	IM	Aziz Husain	QAT	2379	3	0	37	34
70	58	IM	Ortega Amarelle Mariano	CPV	2476	3	0	35	33
71	66	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	PHI	2420	3	0	34	31
72	78	GM	Vogt Lothar	GER	2365	3	0	34	31
73	74	WGM	Injac Teodora	SRB	2384	3	0	30	27
74	25	GM	Ivic Velimir	SRB	2623	3	0	30	27
75	70	WIM	Kamalidenova Meruert	KAZ	2408	2.5	0	36	33
76	72	IM	Buksa Nataliya	UKR	2406	2.5	0	36	32
77	68	FM	Msellek Ilyass	MAR	2411	2.5	0	34	31
78	76	IM	Farahat Ali	USA	2381	2.5	0	27	26
79	73	IM	Saeed Ishaq	UAE	2397	1.5	0	29	27
80	79	FM	Ammar Sedrani	UAE	2255	1.5	0	29	27

Final rankings – 2nd Sharjah Challengers:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	IM	Elgabry Mohsen	EGY	2220	7.5	0	49	45
2	IM	Sultan Ibrahim	UAE	2052	7	0	46	42
3	IM	Ahmad Al Khatib	JOR	2243	6.5	0	48	43
4	WFM	Koridze Lile	GEO	2037	6.5	0	45	42
5	WIM	Asatryan Sona	ARM	2149	6.5	0	44	40
6		Sabirova Shakhnoza	UZB	1919	6.5	0	40	37
7	FM	Klaasen Calvin John	RSA	2245	6	0	47	42
8		Raji Sayel Abu Azizah	PLE	1886	6	0	42	38
9	FM	Brahami Lamine	ALG	2222	6	0	40	36
10	FM	Salih Akar Ali Salih	IRQ	2265	5.5	0	46	43
11	CM	George Micheal Kevin	EGY	2110	5.5	0	45	40
12		Hamad Bader	UAE	1770	5.5	0	42	38
13	AGM	Vishal Choudary B	IND	2101	5.5	0	39	35
14		Alharthi Ahmed Mohammed A	KSA	1853	5.5	0	38	35
15	FM	Storey Charles H	ENG	2220	5	0	44	40
16	CM	Mohamed Saeed Laily	UAE	2030	5	0	43	40
17	FM	Ahmed Jaza Jamal	IRQ	2200	5	0	43	39
18	FM	Ahmed Fareed	UAE	1922	5	0	40	37
19		Abdulrahman Mohammad Al Taher	UAE	2025	5	0	39	36
20	WCM	Rouda Essa Alserkal	UAE	1760	5	0	39	36
21		Botiraliev Abdumajid	UZB	1655	5	0	38	35
22	CM	Khalifah Khaled	UAE	2057	5	0	38	34
23	FM	Al Maashani Amer	OMA	1951	5	0	37	34
24		Khalifa Essa Albalooshi	UAE	1595	5	0	36	33
25		Elazazy Amro	EGY	2080	5	0	32	29
26		Ali Abdulaziz	UAE	1883	4.5	0	43	39
27		Yahya Shuaib Al Kaff	UAE	1277	4.5	0	42	38
28		Seder Mohamad	PLE	1823	4.5	0	41	37
29	WFM	Razan Alshaeby	JOR	1669	4.5	0	40	37
30		Aborezika Mohamed	LBA	1965	4.5	0	37	34
31		Elnemr Mohamed	EGY	2111	4.5	0	34	31
32		Zayed Sultan Al Taher	UAE	1445	4.5	0	30	27
33	IM	Sarwat Walaa	EGY	2237	4	0	42	38
34		Eman Sawan	PLE	1842	4	0	37	34
35		Ahmad Al Romaithi	UAE	1786	4	0	37	34
36	WFM	Al Maamari Wafia Darwish	UAE	1833	4	0	35	32
37		Ofowino Toritsemuwa	NGR	1936	4	0	31	29
38	WCM	Bashaer Khalil	UAE	1526	4	0	28	25
39	CM	Dr. Murtaza Ali	PAK	2144	3.5	0	44	40
40	WFM	Boshra Alshaeby	JOR	1877	3.5	0	36	33
41	WFM	Pires Luzia	ANG	1893	3.5	0	36	33
42	WFM	Al Mansouri Moza	UAE	1538	3.5	0	33	31
43	CM	Elnaami Hashem A.K.	LBA	1934	3.5	0	31	28
44	CM	George Samir David	EGY	2027	3	0	39	35
45		Abdulrahim Salem	UAE	1653	3	0	35	32
46		Wael Sabry Mina	EGY	1695	3	0	34	31
47		Al Mutairi Abdullah F	KSA	1990	3	0	34	31
48	WFM	Al Kalbani Wadima	UAE	1612	3	0	33	31
49		Al Balushi Said	OMA	1513	3	0	30	28
50		Dehghan Ibrahim	FID	1451	2.5	0	36	32
51		Elhusseiny Eyad	EGY	1549	2.5	0	35	32
52		Al Ali Aisha Saif	UAE	1649	2	0	33	31
53	CM	Rowe Duane	JAM	2030	1.5	0	34	31
54		Essa Khamis Saqar	UAE	0	1.5	0	28	25
55		Perera Derrick V.	SRI	1951	1	0	27	25
56	FM	Elmejbri Ali A.	LBA	1919	0	0	25	23

Sharjah Chess Masters 2022 LIVE

nikita — Fri, 20 May 2022 13:01:32 +0000

The 5th edition of the Sharjah Chess Masters international tournament will be held from 20th-30th May in Sharjah Cultural & Chess Club.

The event will kick off tomorrow with the technical meeting, opening ceremony and the first round starting from 15:00 CEST. The selected 80 players compete in a 9 round swiss system tournament for the total prize fund off 45.000$. All information about the 5th Sharjah Masters can be found here

Simultaneously with the Masters event, the 2nd Sharjah Challengers will be played with same time schedule. Live games from both sections will be daily on Chessdom.com.

Sharjah Chess Masters 2022

nikita — Fri, 06 May 2022 10:04:00 +0000

The 5th edition of the Sharjah Chess Masters international tournament will be held from 20th-30th May in Sharjah Cultural & Chess Club.

The event will be held as an Invitational Tournament, with (maximum) 80 players of FIDE standard rating of 2300 and above, as of May 2022 FIDE rating list. Out of these 80 players, the 60 were selected by the middle of April 2022 and the rest 20 were given Wild Card participation permission. Follow the games LIVE

The selected 80 players will compete in a 9 round swiss system tournament, with time control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment. The prize pool will be 55.000$, with 10.000$ reserved for the 5th Sharja Masters Winner.

Two weeks before the start of the event, the battlefield of 79 confirmed players includes 57 grandmasters and the top seeds are: Vladimir Fedoseev, Gabriel Sargissian, Saleh Salem, Arjun Erigaisi, Alexey Sarana.

5th Sharja Masters – Starting rank list:

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	FID	2701
2	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	ARM	2694
3	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	UAE	2690
4	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	IND	2675
5	GM	Sarana Alexey	FID	2675
6	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	ROU	2671
7	GM	Narayanan.S.L	IND	2662
8	GM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	UZB	2661
9	GM	Gukesh D	IND	2659
10	GM	Niemann Hans Moke	USA	2656
11	GM	Martirosyan Haik M.	ARM	2652
12	GM	Moussard Jules	FRA	2651
13	GM	Tabatabaei M. Amin	IRI	2650
14	GM	Nihal Sarin	IND	2646
15	GM	Sargsyan Shant	ARM	2641
16	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	ARM	2640
17	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	ARM	2638
18	GM	Abasov Nijat	AZE	2635
19	GM	Idani Pouya	IRI	2635
20	GM	Chigaev Maksim	RUS	2631
21	GM	Yilmaz Mustafa	TUR	2631
22	GM	Yakubboev Nodirbek	UZB	2630
23	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	KAZ	2628
24	GM	Ponkratov Pavel	RUS	2624
25	GM	Ivic Velimir	SRB	2623
26	GM	Indjic Aleksandar	SRB	2621
27	GM	Sadhwani Raunak	IND	2619
28	GM	Adhiban B.	IND	2616
29	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2616
30	GM	Hakobyan Aram	ARM	2615
31	GM	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	GRE	2613
32	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2613
33	GM	Aryan Chopra	IND	2609
34	GM	Sindarov Javokhir	UZB	2609
35	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	IND	2608
36	GM	Hovhannisyan Robert	ARM	2607
37	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2606
38	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	IND	2606
39	GM	Iskandarov Misratdin	AZE	2601
40	GM	Can Emre	TUR	2599
41	GM	Yuffa Daniil	ESP	2597
42	GM	Adly Ahmed	EGY	2596
43	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	GEO	2595
44	GM	Azarov Sergei	BLR	2588
45	GM	Kuybokarov Temur	AUS	2582
46	GM	Moroni Luca Jr	ITA	2581
47	GM	Kadric Denis	BIH	2576
48	GM	Sanal Vahap	TUR	2575
49	GM	Van Foreest Lucas	NED	2572
50	GM	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	GRE	2540
51	IM	Muradli Mahammad	AZE	2539
52	GM	Suleymanli Aydin	AZE	2537
53	GM	Vokhidov Shamsiddin	UZB	2536
54	GM	Sankalp Gupta	IND	2505
55	IM	Aditya Mittal	IND	2490
56	IM	Davtyan Artur	ARM	2488
57	IM	Gharibyan Mamikon	ARM	2487
58	IM	Ortega Amarelle Mariano	CPV	2476
59	GM	Gunina Valentina	RUS	2471
60	GM	Nikolov Momchil	BUL	2454
61	IM	Mammadzada Gunay	AZE	2454
62	IM	Badelka Olga	RUS	2453
63	IM	Assaubayeva Bibisara	KAZ	2439
64	IM	Baenziger Fabian	SUI	2430
65	GM	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	TUR	2425
66	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	PHI	2420
67	GM	Hesham Abdelrahman	EGY	2412
68	FM	Msellek Ilyass	MAR	2411
69	WGM	Zawadzka Jolanta	POL	2409
70	WIM	Kamalidenova Meruert	KAZ	2408
71	GM	Erdogdu Mert	TUR	2407
72	IM	Buksa Nataliya	UKR	2406
73	IM	Saeed Ishaq	UAE	2397
74	FM	Begmuratov Alisher	UZB	2395
75	WGM	Injac Teodora	SRB	2384
76	IM	Farahat Ali	USA	2381
77	IM	Aziz Husain	QAT	2379
78	GM	Vogt Lothar	GER	2365
79	FM	Ammar Sedrani	UAE	2255
80	IM	Al Hosani Omran	UAE	2191

Simultaneously with the Sharjah Chess Masters, the 2nd Sharja Challengers will take place in the same venue. The event will be of the invitational character, with a maximum of 40 players of FIDE standard rating list of 1600-2299, following the selection process of the Master’s tournament.

The 2nd Sharja Challengers will be played in 9 rounds swiss system, with the total prize fund of 5.000$. The time control will be: 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.

Starting rank list – 2nd Sharja Challengers:

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	FM	Salih Akar Ali Salih	IRQ	2265
2	FM	Klaasen Calvin John	RSA	2245
3	IM	Ahmad Al Khatib	JOR	2243
4	IM	Sarwat Walaa	EGY	2237
5	FM	Brahami Lamine	ALG	2222
6	IM	Elgabry Mohsen	EGY	2220
7	FM	Storey Charles H	ENG	2220
8	FM	Ahmed Jaza Jamal	IRQ	2200
9	WIM	Asatryan Sona	ARM	2149
10	CM	Dr. Murtaza Ali	PAK	2144
11		Elnemr Mohamed	EGY	2111
12	CM	George Micheal Kevin	EGY	2110
13	AGM	Vishal Choudary B	IND	2101
14		Elazazy Amro	EGY	2080
15	CM	Khalifah Khaled	UAE	2057
16	IM	Sultan Ibrahim	UAE	2052
17	WFM	Koridze Lile	GEO	2037
18	CM	Mohamed Saeed Laily	UAE	2030
19	CM	Rowe Duane	JAM	2030
20	CM	George Samir David	EGY	2027
21		Abdulrahman Mohammad Al Taher	UAE	2025
22		Al Mutairi Abdullah F	KSA	1990
23		Aborezika Mohamed	LBA	1965
24	FM	Al Maashani Amer	OMA	1951
25		Perera Derrick V.	SRI	1951
26		Ofowino Toritsemuwa	NGR	1936
27	CM	Elnaami Hashem A.K.	LBA	1934
28	FM	Ahmed Fareed	UAE	1922
29	FM	Elmejbri Ali A.	LBA	1919
30		Sabirova Shakhnoza	UZB	1919
31	WFM	Pires Luzia	ANG	1893
32		Raji Sayel Abu Azizah	PLE	1886
33		Ali Abdulaziz	UAE	1883
34	WFM	Boshra Alshaeby	JOR	1877
35		Alharthi Ahmed Mohammed A	KSA	1853
36		Eman Sawan	PLE	1842
37	WFM	Al Maamari Wafia Darwish	UAE	1833
38		Seder Mohamad	PLE	1823
39		Ahmad Al Romaithi	UAE	1786
40		Hamad Bader	UAE	1770
41	WCM	Rouda Essa Alserkal	UAE	1760
42		Wael Sabry Mina	EGY	1695
43	WFM	Razan Alshaeby	JOR	1669
44		Botiraliev Abdumajid	UZB	1655
45		Abdulrahim Salem	UAE	1653
46		Al Ali Aisha Saif	UAE	1649
47	WFM	Al Kalbani Wadima	UAE	1612
48		Khalifa Essa Albalooshi	UAE	1595
49		Mariam Essa	UAE	1591
50		Elhusseiny Eyad	EGY	1549
51	WFM	Al Mansouri Moza	UAE	1538
52	WCM	Bashaer Khalil	UAE	1526
53		Dehghan Ibrahim	FID	1451
54		Zayed Sultan Al Taher	UAE	1445
55		Yahya Shuaib Al Kaff	UAE	1277