The 8th Malatya Golden Apricot International Open Chess Tournament Category A will take place August 25 – August 30 in Malatya, Turkey. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec /move. For more events from Turkey, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are IM Gaioz Nigalidze (2371), FM Asrorjon Omonov (2366), IM Parviz Gasimov (2336), GM Urfan Sevdimaliyev (2329), FM Arshia Mohammadian Sechani (2324), Mohammadamin Biriya (2259), FM Mahdi Nikookar (2221), FM Amir Mohammad Hamidi (2217), FM Morteza Asgari (2200), CM Miraç Melih Topuz (2191), IM A.M. Soozankar (2190), Enes Yusuf Maruflu (2183), Ismayil Gurbanov (2143), CM Mohammad Hossein Darvishi (2142), FM Vahid Khalesi (2112), WFM Tannaz Azali (2101), CM Yasin Azimov (2093), Seyed Kanan Poormosavi (2093), Amirhosein Alizadeh (2087), Tahmoores Baardeh (2083). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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8th Malatya Golden Apricot International Open Chess Tournament Category A Participants
No.
Name
FED
RtgI
1
IM
NIGALIDZE, GAIOZ
GEO
2371
2
FM
OMONOV, ASRORJON
UZB
2366
3
IM
GASIMOV, PARVIZ
AZE
2336
4
GM
SEVDIMALIYEV, URFAN
AZE
2329
5
FM
MOHAMMADIAN SECHANI, ARSHIA
IRI
2324
6
BIRIYA, MOHAMMADAMIN
IRI
2259
7
FM
NIKOOKAR, MAHDI
IRI
2221
8
FM
HAMIDI, AMIR MOHAMMAD
IRI
2217
9
FM
ASGARI, MORTEZA
IRI
2200
10
CM
TOPUZ, MİRAÇ MELİH
TUR
2191
11
IM
SOOZANKAR, A.M.
IRI
2190
12
MARUFLU, ENES YUSUF
TUR
2183
13
GURBANOV, ISMAYIL
AZE
2143
14
CM
DARVISHI, MOHAMMAD HOSSEIN
IRI
2142
15
FM
KHALESI, VAHID
IRI
2112
16
WFM
AZALI, TANNAZ
IRI
2101
17
CM
AZIMOV, YASİN
AZE
2093
18
POORMOSAVI, SEYED KANAN
IRI
2093
19
ALIZADEH, AMIRHOSEIN
IRI
2087
20
BAARDEH, TAHMOORES
IRI
2083
21
ÜÇOLUK, UMUT
TUR
2074
22
IM
MOHANDESİ, SHAHİN
IRI
2024
23
HABIBIFARD, PARHAM
IRI
2021
24
GULUMOV, MUTHAT
AZE
2012
25
NOROUZI CHENARI, PARHAM
IRI
2008
26
RABBANI, ABTIN
IRI
2006
27
CM
SEYIDLI, MIRSALEH
AZE
2002
28
ROSHANTAB, SADRA
IRI
2001
29
EBRAHIMI RASHTI, ASAL
IRI
2000
30
FATHI, HIMAN
IRI
1968
31
ALHAJ, MOHAMAD SALEH AHMAD.
SYR
1966
32
KILIÇ, CİHAN
TUR
1959
33
ALKAN, FERMAN
TUR
1903
34
GÜRSU, SUNGUR
TUR
1800
35
SHAHMORADI, ARASH
IRI
1937
36
KONUŞOĞLU, K. SEFA
TUR
1916
37
SEVEN, ALİ OYTUN
TUR
1926
38
İNCİROĞLU, EMİR CİHANGİR
TUR
1920
39
AKTAŞ, İLKER
TUR
1894
40
GÜPLÜCE, MELİH
TUR
1894
41
ÖZTEKİN, AHMET
TUR
1885
42
KELOĞLU, İSMAİL ÇINAR
TUR
1871
43
GİRGİN, MUHAMMED FURKAN
TUR
1827
44
MURSALZADE, JAVAD
AZE
1856
45
GHANBARPOUR, MAHAN
IRI
1856
46
KILIÇ, NURULLAH
TUR
1852
47
KARAKURT, MİRAÇ
TUR
1847
48
OĞUR, NİDAL HEVİ
TUR
1847
49
WFM
BAGHIROVA, KHATUN
AZE
1842
50
BİÇEN, ADA
TUR
1832
51
YILMAZ, ATAKAN
TUR
1821
52
ÜNEŞİ, ERDAL
TUR
1826
53
KESER, CEM
TUR
1800
54
ÇELİK, CEM AKIN
TUR
1789
55
RZAYEV, PARVIZ
AZE
1787
56
KERİMOĞLU, KAAN KERİM
TUR
1784
57
KIRAY, TUNÇER EFE
TUR
1771
58
ATUĞ, KEMAL ARDA
TUR
1766
59
GANBARLI, HUSEYN
AZE
1762
60
ÇİTİL, FEYZULLAH
TUR
1761
61
UYAN, ONUR
TUR
1756
62
ÜNAL, BURAK KAYRA
TUR
1753
63
KAPUSUZ, HASAN HÜSEYİN
TUR
1747
64
HAJJARZADEH, MOHAMMAD REZA
IRI
1745
65
IBRAHIM, MOHAMMED SALIM
IRQ
1730
66
AKSU, YUSUF ALP
TUR
1723
67
YORKAN, AHMET SELİM
TUR
1714
68
ÇAPRAZ, ARDA
TUR
1703
69
ÖZÜ, SUNGURALP
TUR
1701
70
ARKAN, EGE
TUR
1703
71
ŞEYHANLİ, YUSUF TİMUÇİN
TUR
1701