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Sharjah Chess Masters 2022

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.

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 Kovalev Vladislav  FID 2623
27 GM Indjic Aleksandar  SRB 2621
28 GM Sadhwani Raunak  IND 2619
29 GM Adhiban B.  IND 2616
30 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar  IND 2616
31 GM Hakobyan Aram  ARM 2615
32 GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios  GRE 2613
33 GM Sethuraman S.P.  IND 2613
34 GM Aryan Chopra  IND 2609
35 GM Sindarov Javokhir  UZB 2609
36 GM Puranik Abhimanyu  IND 2608
37 GM Hovhannisyan Robert  ARM 2607
38 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.  IND 2606
39 GM Gupta Abhijeet  IND 2606
40 GM Iskandarov Misratdin  AZE 2601
41 GM Can Emre  TUR 2599
42 GM Yuffa Daniil  ESP 2597
43 GM Adly Ahmed  EGY 2596
44 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil  GEO 2595
45 GM Azarov Sergei  BLR 2588
46 GM Kuybokarov Temur  AUS 2582
47 GM Moroni Luca Jr  ITA 2581
48 GM Kadric Denis  BIH 2576
49 GM Sanal Vahap  TUR 2575
50 GM Van Foreest Lucas  NED 2572
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 IM Mammadzada Gunay  AZE 2454
61 IM Badelka Olga  RUS 2453
62 IM Saduakassova Dinara  KAZ 2446
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 IM Buksa Nataliya  UKR 2406
72 IM Saeed Ishaq  UAE 2397
73 WGM Injac Teodora  SRB 2384
74 FM Begmuratov Khumoyun  UZB 2384
75 IM Farahat Ali  USA 2381
76 IM Aziz Husain  QAT 2379
77 GM Vogt Lothar  GER 2365
78 IM Khader Sami  JOR 2365
79 WGM Yakubbaeva Nilufar  UZB 2327

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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 Moskalets Svetlana  UKR 2192
10 WIM Asatryan Sona  ARM 2149
11   Elier Ali  LBA 2146
12 CM Dr. Murtaza Ali  PAK 2144
13   Elnemr Mohamed  EGY 2111
14 CM George Micheal Kevin  EGY 2110
15 AGM Vishal Choudary B  IND 2101
16   Elazazy Amro  EGY 2080
17 CM Khalifah Khaled  UAE 2057
18 IM Sultan Ibrahim  UAE 2052
19 WFM Koridze Lile  GEO 2037
20 CM Mohamed Saeed Laily  UAE 2030
21 CM Rowe Duane  JAM 2030
22 CM George Samir David  EGY 2027
23   Abdulrahman Mohammad Al Taher  UAE 2025
24   Alrehaili Ahmed Abdullah S  KSA 1986
25   Aborezika Mohamed  LBA 1965
26 FM Al Maashani Amer  OMA 1951
27   Ofowino Toritsemuwa  NGR 1936
28 CM Elnaami Hashem A.K.  LBA 1934
29 FM Ahmed Fareed  UAE 1922
30 FM Elmejbri Ali A.  LBA 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   Eman Sawan  PLE 1842
36 WFM Al Maamari Wafia Darwish  UAE 1833
37   Seder Mohamad  PLE 1823
38   Felix Winnie  PHI 1812
39   Hamad Bader  UAE 1770
40   Wael Sabry Mina  EGY 1695
41 WFM Razan Alshaeby  JOR 1669
42   Abdulrahim Salem  UAE 1653
43 WFM Al Kalbani Wadima  UAE 1612
44   Khalifa Essa Albalooshi  UAE 1595
45   Mariam Essa  UAE 1591
46   Elhusseiny Eyad  EGY 1549
47 WFM Al Mansouri Moza  UAE 1538
48 WCM Bashaer Khalil  UAE 1526