THe 6th Sharjah Masters 2023 – Challengers section will take place from 16-26 March 2023 in Sharjah, UAE. The tournament system is 9-round Swiss with time control 90 minutes plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.
THe tournament is separated in 3 different categories – Master section, Challengers section and Futures section. The total prize fund is 60 000 USD and 10 000 USD of them for the Challengers section with 2500 USD guaranted for the winner.The participants list is from 41 players :
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | IM | Aditya, Mittal | IND | 2505 |
| 2 | GM | Raja, Harshit | IND | 2498 |
| 3 | GM | Burmakin, Vladimir | RUS | 2496 |
| 4 | GM | Fawzy, Adham | EGY | 2495 |
| 5 | GM | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | BLR | 2484 |
| 6 | GM | Vorobiov, Evgeny E. | RUS | 2483 |
| 7 | GM | Rios, Cristhian Camilo | COL | 2465 |
| 8 | FM | Saydaliev, Saidakbar | UZB | 2451 |
| 9 | IM | Vandenbussche, Thibaut | BEL | 2447 |
| 10 | IM | Zarubitski, Viachaslau | BLR | 2423 |
| 11 | IM | Gholami Orimi, Mahdi | IRI | 2420 |
| 12 | GM | Haznedaroglu, Kivanc | TUR | 2418 |
| 13 | IM | Abdurakhmonov, Mukhammadali | UZB | 2416 |
| 14 | GM | Erdogdu, Mert | TUR | 2413 |
| 15 | IM | El Adnani, Mokliss | MAR | 2406 |
| 16 | IM | Ohanyan, Emin | ARM | 2405 |
| 17 | FM | Begmuratov, Khumoyun | UZB | 2400 |
| 18 | GM | Zaibi, Amir | TUN | 2393 |
| 19 | WGM | Zawadzka, Jolanta | POL | 2391 |
| 20 | IM | Kayonde, Andrew | ZAM | 2363 |
| 21 | IM | Farahat, Ali | USA | 2361 |
| 22 | IM | Mammadova, Gulnar | AZE | 2358 |
| 23 | IM | Tissir, Mohamed | MAR | 2354 |
| 24 | WGM | Yakubbaeva, Nilufar | UZB | 2349 |
| 25 | WIM | Mkrtchyan, Mariam | ARM | 2343 |
| 26 | IM | Ahmad, Al Khatib | JOR | 2303 |
| 27 | IM | Saeed, Ishaq | UAE | 2303 |
| 28 | FM | Citak, Selim | TUR | 2272 |
| 29 | WGM | Stojanovic, Andjelija | SRB | 2262 |
| 30 | FM | Salih, Akar Ali Salih | IRQ | 2196 |
| 31 | FM | Sohib, Okla | SYR | 2196 |
| 32 | WFM | Omonova, Umida | UZB | 2185 |
| 33 | CM | Hany Kamal, Mohamed | EGY | 2166 |
| 34 | WFM | Koridze, Lile | GEO | 2122 |
| 35 | Masango, Spencer | ZIM | 2116 | |
| 36 | Abdulrahman Mohammad, Al Taher | UAE | 2080 | |
| 37 | CM | Tulendinov, Dinmukhammed | KAZ | 2048 |
| 38 | Botiraliev, Abdumajid | UZB | 2009 | |
| 39 | Davari, Sara | IRI | 2009 | |
| 40 | Hamad, Bader | UAE | 2003 | |
| 41 | Abuazizah, Raji | PLE | 2001 |
