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
