The 28th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival is going to take place 17-25 August, 2022, in the United Arab Emirates. The tournament will be a 9 rounds Swiss System with a time control of 90 min for each player and 30 seconds’ increment. 30 minutes tolerance will be applied. The organizing committee shall provide free accommodation in a five-star hotel for players rated 2600+ and women with standard Elo of 2400+. All details about the 28th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival / Live games from Abu Dhabi 2022
Top seeded players include Wang Hao, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Alexandr Predke, Arjun Erigaisi, Amin Bassem, Ray Robson, Jorden Van Foreest, Saleh Salem, David Anton, Amin Tabatabaei, Sandro Mareco, Nihal Sarin, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Ahijeet Gupta, Javokhir Sindarov, Aryan Chopra, Sethuraman, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Raunak Sadhwani, Nodirbek Yakubboev, Alexander Indjic, etc.
28th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival participants
1
GM
Wang Hao
CHN
2735
2
GM
Tomashevsky Evgeny
RUS
2702
3
GM
Predke Alexandr
FID
2692
4
GM
Erigaisi Arjun
IND
2689
5
GM
Amin Bassem
EGY
2687
6
GM
Robson Ray
USA
2682
7
GM
Van Foreest Jorden
NED
2680
8
GM
Salem A.R. Saleh
UAE
2679
9
GM
Anton Guijarro David
ESP
2668
10
GM
Tabatabaei M. Amin
IRI
2664
11
GM
Mareco Sandro
ARG
2657
12
GM
Nihal Sarin
IND
2651
13
GM
Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter
GER
2644
14
GM
Gupta Abhijeet
IND
2631
15
GM
Sindarov Javokhir
UZB
2629
16
GM
Aryan Chopra
IND
2627
17
GM
Sethuraman S.P.
IND
2625
18
GM
Ter-Sahakyan Samvel
ARM
2625
19
GM
Sadhwani Raunak
IND
2622
20
GM
Yakubboev Nodirbek
UZB
2620
21
GM
Indjic Aleksandar
SRB
2613
22
GM
Karthikeyan Murali
IND
2613
23
GM
Hakobyan Aram
ARM
2612
24
GM
Petrosyan Manuel
ARM
2610
25
GM
Hovhannisyan Robert
ARM
2599
26
GM
Adhiban B.
IND
2598
27
GM
Jobava Baadur
GEO
2585
28
GM
Kuybokarov Temur
AUS
2583
29
GM
Mendonca Leon Luke
IND
2571
30
GM
Harsha Bharathakoti
IND
2557
31
GM
Iniyan P
IND
2556
32
GM
Muradli Mahammad
AZE
2552
33
GM
Vokhidov Shamsiddin
UZB
2552
34
GM
Harutyunyan Tigran K.
ARM
2524
35
GM
Gagare Shardul
IND
2521
36
GM
Sengupta Deep
IND
2520
37
IM
Davtyan Artur
ARM
2520
38
GM
Arjun Kalyan
IND
2513
39
GM
Zanan Evgeny
ISR
2510
40
GM
Grover Sahaj
IND
2505
41
IM
Aditya Mittal
IND
2496
42
IM
Neelash Saha
IND
2474
43
IM
Vignesh N R
IND
2467
44
IM
Shyaamnikhil P
IND
2465
45
CM
Prraneeth Vuppala
IND
2464
46
IM
Haldorsen Benjamin
NOR
2461
47
GM
Chanda Sandipan
IND
2458
48
IM
Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh
IND
2457
49
IM
Rathanvel V S
IND
2455
50
Sattarov Bobir
UZB
2450
51
IM
Tahbaz Arash
IRI
2449
52
IM
Das Arghyadip
IND
2446
53
IM
Srihari L R
IND
2436
54
GM
Vishnu Prasanna. V
IND
2432
55
FM
Samant Aditya S
IND
2430
56
FM
Milikow Yoav
ISR
2429
57
GM
Rahman Ziaur
BAN
2427
58
IM
Siddharth Jagadeesh
SGP
2426
59
CM
Kushagra Mohan
IND
2426
60
IM
Nitish Belurkar
IND
2416
61
FM
Madaminov Mukhiddin
UZB
2408
62
IM
Dushyant Sharma
IND
2406
63
IM
Lavrov Maxim
RUS
2405
64
IM
Pranesh M
IND
2404
65
FM
Poormosavi Seyed Kian
IRI
2404
66
IM
Mohammad Fahad Rahman
BAN
2401
67
FM
Nazari Arad
IRI
2389
68
IM
Song Julien
FRA
2384
69
GM
Laxman R.R.
IND
2381
70
IM
Sammed Jaykumar Shete
IND
2381
71
IM
Aziz Husain
QAT
2377
72
IM
Sukandar Irine Kharisma
INA
2373
73
IM
Vetokhin Savva
RUS
2371
74
WGM
Vantika Agrawal
IND
2371
75
IM
Ajay Krishna S
IND
2367
76
IM
Saeed Ishaq
UAE
2366
77
IM
Rosen Eric
USA
2360
78
FM
Rohith Krishna S
IND
2358
79
CM
Mamedov Edgar
KAZ
2358
80
IM
Mullick Raahil
IND
2352
81
FM
Talibov Shiroghlan
AZE
2351
82
IM
Vardaan Nagpal
IND
2346
83
Panda Sambit
IND
2346
84
FM
Pavlov Mark
RUS
2341
85
IM
Karavade Eesha
IND
2339
86
FM
Ranaldi Lucas
NOR
2339
87
FM
Tanmay Chopra
IND
2337
88
FM
Manafov Vugar
AZE
2330
89
IM
Viani Antonio Dcunha
IND
2327
90
FM
Karthik Rajaa
IND
2327
91
FM
Risting Eivind Olav
NOR
2325
92
WIM
Sharma Isha
IND
2325
93
IM
Raahul V S
IND
2323
94
IM
Avinash Ramesh
IND
2322
95
FM
Zia Tahsin Tajwar
BAN
2321
96
WGM
Divya Deshmukh
IND
2319
97
WGM
Tsatsalashvili Keti
GEO
2319
98
FM
Ibadov Dashgyn
FID
2317
99
FM
Jain Kashish Manoj
IND
2315
100
FM
Wagh Suyog
IND
2315
101
WGM
Nandhidhaa P V
IND
2312
102
IM
Girinath P.D.S.
IND
2311
103
FM
Zujev Oleg
LTU
2305
104
FM
Musyuk Lior
ISR
2302
105
WGM
Yakubbaeva Nilufar
UZB
2299
106
Ritviz Parab
IND
2299
107
FM
Ram Aravind L N
IND
2298
108
FM
Mustafayev Farid
AZE
2294
109
IM
Al Hosani Omran
UAE
2293
110
FM
Sharan Rao
IND
2292
111
FM
Vatsal Singhania
IND
2289
112
Ashraf Artin
IRI
2289
113
Rakhmatullaev Almas
UZB
2288
114
WGM
Stojanovic Andjelija
SRB
2287
115
FM
Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan
SRI
2286
116
WIM
Sahithi Varshini M
IND
2286
117
Sanket Chakravarty
IND
2275
118
FM
Atakishiyev Elmar
AZE
2271
119
WIM
Chitlange Sakshi
IND
2263
120
Laddha Shubh Jayesh
USA
2262
121
FM
Tolentino Rustum
PHI
2259
122
Ojas Kulkarni
IND
2254
123
FM
Mahdavi Reza
IRI
2253
124
FM
Jubin Jimmy
IND
2252
125
CM
Soham Kamotra
IND
2251
126
FM
Osunfuyi Abimbola
NGR
2245
127
FM
Aradhya Garg
IND
2240
128
WIM
Pujari Rucha
IND
2229
129
Gandhi Anish
IND
2228
130
Abdullayev Elshad
AZE
2223
131
FM
Mahitosh Dey
IND
2220
132
Vaibhav Jayant Raut
IND
2217
133
IM
Manish Anto Cristiano F
IND
2215
134
CM
Aaditya Dhingra
IND
2214
135
Panjer Sidney
GER
2213
136
FM
De Silva L M S T
SRI
2212
137
FM
Mehdi Hasan Parag
BAN
2211
138
Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri
IND
2210
139
FM
Abdilkhair Abilmansur
KAZ
2205
140
FM
Phadke Sohan
IND
2193
141
WFM
Yash Jyoti Bir
IND
2191
142
IM
Okeke Isaac Chukwudalu
NGR
2185
143
WGM
Suleimanova Ava
UKR
2183
144
Aniruddh Chatterjee
IND
2174
145
FM
Ayush Sharma
IND
2158
146
WFM
Ricken Katharina
NED
2157
147
Aditya Varun Gampa
IND
2127
148
Abdulrahman Mohammad Al Taher
UAE
2053
149
Hamad Bader
UAE
2029