The 2nd Iraq International Chess Championship is taking place on 6th-13th March at Baghdad, Iraq.
The tournament will be a 9 round Swiss open with a time control of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game and 30 seconds increments from the first move.
Zafer Abdel Amir Mazloum is the organizer of the event.
Georgian GM Merab Gagunashvili is the first seed. Among the 57 participants, there are 25 titled players, including 5 IMs and 11 FMs.
Merab Gagunashvili
Participants:
| 1 | GM | Gagunashvili Merab | GEO | 2592 |
| 2 | IM | Al-Zendani Zendan | YEM | 2369 |
| 3 | IM | Shalamberidze Akaki | GEO | 2366 |
| 4 | IM | Al-Saffar Araz Basim Mohammed | IRQ | 2354 |
| 5 | IM | Kaabi Mejdi | TUN | 2347 |
| 6 | FM | Ahmed Ali Layth Ahmed | IRQ | 2339 |
| 7 | FM | Bakr Jwan | SYR | 2325 |
| 8 | IM | Iyti Basher | SYR | 2292 |
| 9 | FM | Salih Akar Ali Salih | IRQ | 2282 |
| 10 | FM | Abdulwahhab Ahmed Abdulsattar | IRQ | 2277 |
| 11 | FM | Adil Ali Jalal | IRQ | 2270 |
| 12 | CM | Mohammed Zozek Salah Mohammed | IRQ | 2249 |
| 13 | CM | Didar Mohammed Zhaher Hassan | IRQ | 2236 |
| 14 | FM | Faraj Yahya | YEM | 2229 |
| 15 | Gharagyozyan Artur | ARM | 2229 | |
| 16 | FM | Gameel Mohamed | YEM | 2217 |
| 17 | FM | Al Badani Abdu | YEM | 2203 |
| 18 | Alzaim Talal | SYR | 2186 | |
| 19 | FM | Al-Saadi Jumaa A.Gatea | IRQ | 2173 |
| 20 | CM | Ismael Namir Mohammed Ismael | IRQ | 2172 |
| 21 | FM | Al-Khattab Ghassan M. Ali Ajm | IRQ | 2167 |
| 22 | Aboudi Marwan | JOR | 2157 | |
| 23 | WIM | Al-Rufaye Iman Hasan Mohammed | IRQ | 2156 |
| 24 | CM | Mohammed A.Al-Kinani | IRQ | 2128 |
| 25 | Hayder Hassan Shyaa | IRQ | 2124 | |
| 26 | Ares Saber Majeed | IRQ | 2122 | |
| 27 | Hajiyev Shahin | TUR | 2057 | |
| 28 | Taleb Salem | IRQ | 2094 | |
| 29 | Jabbarov Eldar | AZE | 2070 | |
| 30 | Thaeir Abdalkadham Ismael | IRQ | 2057 | |
| 31 | Ali Ahmed | IRQ | 2055 | |
| 32 | Firas Qassim Abbas | IRQ | 2044 | |
| 33 | FM | Malkawi Fadi | JOR | 2016 |
| 34 | Esam Naama Lafta | IRQ | 1999 | |
| 35 | Shlaga Jaefer | IRQ | 1993 | |
| 36 | Tariq Mohammed | IRQ | 1991 | |
| 37 | Dana Jamal Qadir | IRQ | 1989 | |
| 38 | Saddam Nafi`a | IRQ | 1965 | |
| 39 | Mohammed Latif | IRQ | 1960 | |
| 40 | WIM | Algildah Nibal | SYR | 1874 |
| 41 | Al-Jelda Fatma | SYR | 1850 | |
| 42 | Laith Ehea | IRQ | 1830 | |
| 43 | Hussein Abbas | IRQ | 1796 | |
| 44 | Moazaz Dhahir Habeeb | IRQ | 1764 | |
| 45 | WFM | Jalaluldeen Kareen Kamal J. | IRQ | 1728 |
| 46 | Sadiq Mohsen | IRQ | 1702 | |
| 47 | Al-Fayyadh Zainab Asif Abdula | IRQ | 1609 | |
| 48 | WCM | Al-Khalidi Aisha Ali Ahmed | IRQ | 1573 |
| 49 | Abbass Heatham | IRQ | 0 | |
| 50 | Abbass Wanass Fadhel | IRQ | 0 | |
| 51 | Basim Hinde | IRQ | 0 | |
| 52 | Fenjan Salman | IRQ | 0 | |
| 53 | Jabr Jwad | IRQ | 0 | |
| 54 | Khalel Ali Abdulkarem | IRQ | 0 | |
| 55 | Mohammed Hamzia Aqqas | IRQ | 0 | |
| 56 | Nazar Jamil | IRQ | 0 | |
| 57 | Uqba Mohamad Rashad Shba | PAL | 0 |
