The 6th Sharjah Masters 2023 will take place from 17-25 May 2023 in Sharjah Cultural & Chess Club, UAE. The time control is 90 minutes for the entire game with a 30-second increment beginning from move 1. This tournament is separated in 3 sections – Masters, Challengers and Future. The total prize fund of Challengers section is 10 000 USD with 2500 plus cup and gold medal, guaranteed for the winner. The top ten rated players are Mittal Aditya, Vladimir Burmakin, Adham Fawzy, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Evgeny E. Vorobiov, Ortik Nigmatov, Cristhian Camilo Rios, Saidakbar Saydaliev, Thibaut Vandenbussche and Monika Socko.
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Full list of players :
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | IM | Aditya, Mittal | IND | 2505 |
| 2 | GM | Burmakin, Vladimir | RUS | 2496 |
| 3 | GM | Fawzy, Adham | EGY | 2495 |
| 4 | GM | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | BLR | 2484 |
| 5 | GM | Vorobiov, Evgeny E. | RUS | 2483 |
| 6 | IM | Nigmatov, Ortik | UZB | 2473 |
| 7 | GM | Rios, Cristhian Camilo | COL | 2469 |
| 8 | FM | Saydaliev, Saidakbar | UZB | 2451 |
| 9 | IM | Vandenbussche, Thibaut | BEL | 2447 |
| 10 | GM | Socko, Monika | POL | 2440 |
| 11 | IM | Ohanyan, Emin | ARM | 2434 |
| 12 | IM | Zarubitski, Viachaslau | BLR | 2423 |
| 13 | IM | Dimakiling, Oliver | PHI | 2419 |
| 14 | GM | Haznedaroglu, Kivanc | TUR | 2418 |
| 15 | IM | Abdurakhmonov, Mukhammadali | UZB | 2416 |
| 16 | IM | Zou, Chen | CHN | 2413 |
| 17 | GM | Hesham, Abdelrahman | EGY | 2411 |
| 18 | IM | Ceres, Dragos | MDA | 2409 |
| 19 | FM | Bai, Adelard | TPE | 2409 |
| 20 | IM | Badelka, Olga | FID | 2406 |
| 21 | IM | El Adnani, Mokliss | MAR | 2406 |
| 22 | IM | Al Qudaimi, Basheer | YEM | 2401 |
| 23 | FM | Begmuratov, Khumoyun | UZB | 2400 |
| 24 | FM | Mamatov, Melis | KGZ | 2399 |
| 25 | GM | Zaibi, Amir | TUN | 2393 |
| 26 | IM | Kanter, Eduard | RUS | 2367 |
| 27 | IM | Kayonde, Andrew | ZAM | 2363 |
| 28 | WGM | Yakubbaeva, Nilufar | UZB | 2362 |
| 29 | IM | Farahat, Ali | USA | 2361 |
| 30 | WIM | Mkrtchyan, Mariam | ARM | 2360 |
| 31 | IM | Tissir, Mohamed | MAR | 2354 |
| 32 | WGM | Zawadzka, Jolanta | POL | 2350 |
| 33 | IM | Mammadova, Gulnar | AZE | 2349 |
| 34 | IM | Eiti, Bashir | SYR | 2346 |
| 35 | IM | Ahmad, Al Khatib | JOR | 2344 |
| 36 | FM | Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan | SRI | 2342 |
| 37 | IM | Saeed, Ishaq | UAE | 2303 |
| 38 | FM | Lim, Zhuo Ren | MAS | 2294 |
| 39 | IM | Elgabry, Mohsen | EGY | 2277 |
| 40 | IM | Al Hosani, Omran | UAE | 2270 |
| 41 | FM | Koniahli, Malek. | SYR | 2248 |
| 42 | WGM | Stojanovic, Andjelija | SRB | 2234 |
| 43 | WGM | Paramzina, Anastasya | FID | 2227 |
| 44 | CM | Hany Kamal, Mohamed | EGY | 2227 |
| 45 | Bogdanov, Artyom | KAZ | 2221 | |
| 46 | FM | Ammar, Sedrani | UAE | 2197 |
| 47 | FM | Salih, Akar Ali Salih | IRQ | 2196 |
| 48 | WFM | Koridze, Lile | GEO | 2191 |
| 49 | Abdulrahman Mohammad, Al Taher | UAE | 2185 | |
| 50 | FM | Khoder, Akram | LBN | 2179 |
| 51 | FM | Chekh Adm Khedr, Aram | SYR | 2174 |
| 52 | WFM | Omonova, Umida | UZB | 2173 |
| 53 | Alyeldin, Mohamed | EGY | 2170 | |
| 54 | CM | Drost, Peter | NED | 2158 |
| 55 | FM | George Micheal, Kevin | EGY | 2149 |
| 56 | CM | Dr., Murtaza Ali | PAK | 2145 |
| 57 | Arkadan, Adib | LBN | 2144 | |
| 58 | WGM | Suleimanova, Ava | UKR | 2140 |
| 59 | Devnani, Kush | IND | 2127 | |
| 60 | CM | Araoun, Saadi | ALG | 2059 |
| 61 | CM | Tulendinov, Dinmukhammed | KAZ | 2048 |
| 62 | IM | Sultan, Ibrahim | UAE | 2040 |
| 63 | FM | Seder, Mohammed | PLE | 2024 |
| 64 | FM | George Samir, David | EGY | 2021 |
| 65 | CM | Mohamed, Saeed Laily | UAE | 2019 |
| 66 | Abuazizah, Raji | PLE | 2015 | |
| 67 | Botiraliev, Abdumajid | UZB | 2009 | |
| 68 | Davari, Sara | IRI | 2009 | |
| 69 | Hamad, Bader | UAE | 2003 |
