The Muscat International Chess Championship 2026 will take place from January 15 to January 23 in Muscat, Oman. This tournament has 3 categories – Open A, Open B, and Blitz. The Open A section of the tournament is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Oman, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are M Pranesh (2628), Leon Luke Mendonca (2615), Pa Iniyan (2595), Ahmed Adly (2583), Arkadij Naiditsch (2574), Mikhail Mozharov (2524), Renjie Huang (2513), Loic Travadon (2507), Alisher Suleymenov (2505), Shrivatri Anuj (2481), Chakraborty Mayank (2468), Umut Ata Akbas (2464), Adham Fawzy (2462), Adar Tarhan (2452), Radin Yadegar (2433), Khumoyun Begmuratov (2429), Kirill Stupak (2411), Ibrahim Hasan Labib (2409), Emil Risteski (2406), Akshay Borgaonkar (2397). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Open B / Blitz
Muscat International Chess Championship 2026 – Open A Participants
Rk.
SNo
Name
FED
Rtg
1
1
GM
Pranesh, M
IND
2628
2
2
GM
Mendonca, Leon Luke
IND
2615
3
3
GM
Iniyan, Pa
IND
2595
4
4
GM
Adly, Ahmed
EGY
2583
5
5
GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
BUL
2574
6
6
GM
Mozharov, Mikhail
RUS
2524
7
7
Huang, Renjie
CHN
2513
8
8
IM
Travadon, Loic
FRA
2507
9
9
GM
Suleymenov, Alisher
KAZ
2505
10
10
IM
Anuj, Shrivatri
IND
2481
11
11
IM
Mayank, Chakraborty
IND
2468
12
12
IM
Akbas, Umut Ata
TUR
2464
13
13
GM
Fawzy, Adham
EGY
2462
14
14
IM
Tarhan, Adar
TUR
2452
15
15
FM
Yadegar, Radin
IRI
2433
16
16
IM
Begmuratov, Khumoyun
UZB
2429
17
17
GM
Stupak, Kirill
BLR
2411
18
18
IM
Labib, Ibrahim Hasan
EGY
2409
19
19
IM
Risteski, Emil
MKD
2406
20
20
IM
Borgaonkar, Akshay
IND
2397
21
21
IM
Poormosavi, Seyed Kian
IRI
2393
22
22
IM
Jacobson, Aaron
USA
2371
23
23
FM
Rogov, Matfey
RUS
2368
24
24
GM
Kandil, Adham
EGY
2343
25
25
FM
Sharon, Rafael
ZAM
2333
26
26
FM
Fandi, Mazen.
SYR
2304
27
27
IM
Ezat, Mohamed
EGY
2294
28
28
FM
Khalesi, Vahid
IRI
2248
29
29
FM
Ojas, Kulkarni
IND
2248
30
30
FM
Abbasi Abeluie, Mohammad Mehdi
IRI
2241
31
31
FM
Zozek, Salah Mohammed
IRQ
2203
32
32
Habibifard, Parham
IRI
2186
33
33
Rami, Talab
SYR
2173
34
34
Devnani, Kush
IND
2157
35
35
GM
Ahmad, Al Khatib
JOR
2155
36
36
Poormosavi, Seyed Kanan
IRI
2150
37
37
FM
Seder, Mohammed
PLE
2148
38
38
FM
Moradi, Behrooz
IRI
2145
39
39
CM
Aryan, Ali Ehsan
IRQ
2145
40
40
Bhuvan, Krishna Prasanth
IND
2143
41
41
FM
Chekh Adm Khedr, Aram
SYR
2139
42
42
Khaled, Waleed Abdullah
YEM
2124
43
43
FM
Kakavand, Ramtin
IRI
2118
44
44
Warnier, Yanis
FRA
2114
45
45
Abhinessh, S
IND
2099
46
46
Nyazi, Nehad
EGY
2097
47
47
Nithik, Reddy Bhavanam
IND
2092
48
48
WIM
Singgih, Diajeng Theresa
INA
2089
49
49
Shubh, Atha
IND
2082
50
50
CM
Velavaa, Ragavesh
IND
2076
51
51
Talal, Mohammed
YEM
2060
52
52
FM
Samimi, Armin
IRI
2059
53
53
Samarth, Sreeni Warrier
IND
2055
54
54
AFM
Vismay, Sachar
IND
2051
55
55
CM
Rashid, Husain Alhammadi
UAE
2050
56
56
CM
Akshobhya, Damodar Katti
IND
2048
57
57
Ilkhanipour, Ramtin
IRI
2044
58
58
Khelghatdoust, Amirali
IRI
2044
59
59
AIM
Shashish, Subbiah
IND
2043
60
60
WFM
Shivika, Rohilla
IND
2041
61
61
Napone, Emerson
PHI
2038
62
62
WFM
Deak-Sala, Emilia
AUT
2024
63
63
FM
Salim Mohammed, Salim Al Amri
OMA
2023
64
64
WCM
Swara, Lakshmi S Nair
IND
2019
65
65
WFM
Al Maamari, Wafia Darwish
UAE
2018
66
66
Atharv, Bansal
IND
2017
67
67
Husam, Al-Dain Abdulhakim Nasher
YEM
2011
68
68
WCM
Khalafvand, Dorsa Sadat
IRI
2007
69
69
Rebecca, Jesumarian
IND
2003
70
70
CM
Biglarifard, Koorosh
IRI
2000
71
71
AIM
Muhammad, Shayan Noushad Ibrahim
IND
1999
72
72
Krithik, Muthukumar
IND
1997
73
73
Ragaa, Hassan
EGY
1986
74
74
AGM
Rogov, Timofey
RUS
1981
75
75
WCM
Ivaschenko, Anna
FID
1977
76
76
Mithilesh, Ranjithkumar
IND
1963
77
77
Siddharth, Sanjoy
IND
1954
78
78
Anup, Shankar R
IND
1950
79
79
Asadi, Mohammadmobin
IRI
1927
80
80
Saksham, Upadhyay
IND
1922
81
81
CM
Al Mashikhi, Mohammed Alyan
OMA
1908
82
82
Reshad, Radin
IRI
1907
83
83
WCM
Kirthika, B
IND
1901