The 8th Malatya Golden Apricot International Open Chess Tournament Category A will take place August 25 – August 30 in Malatya, Turkey. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec /move. For more events from Turkey, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are IM Gaioz Nigalidze (2371), FM Asrorjon Omonov (2366), IM Parviz Gasimov (2336), GM Urfan Sevdimaliyev (2329), FM Arshia Mohammadian Sechani (2324), Mohammadamin Biriya (2259), FM Mahdi Nikookar (2221), FM Amir Mohammad Hamidi (2217), FM Morteza Asgari (2200), CM Miraç Melih Topuz (2191), IM A.M. Soozankar (2190), Enes Yusuf Maruflu (2183), Ismayil Gurbanov (2143), CM Mohammad Hossein Darvishi (2142), FM Vahid Khalesi (2112), WFM Tannaz Azali (2101), CM Yasin Azimov (2093), Seyed Kanan Poormosavi (2093), Amirhosein Alizadeh (2087), Tahmoores Baardeh (2083). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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8th Malatya Golden Apricot International Open Chess Tournament Category A Participants
| No. | Name | FED | RtgI | |
| 1 | IM | NIGALIDZE, GAIOZ | GEO | 2371 |
| 2 | FM | OMONOV, ASRORJON | UZB | 2366 |
| 3 | IM | GASIMOV, PARVIZ | AZE | 2336 |
| 4 | GM | SEVDIMALIYEV, URFAN | AZE | 2329 |
| 5 | FM | MOHAMMADIAN SECHANI, ARSHIA | IRI | 2324 |
| 6 | BIRIYA, MOHAMMADAMIN | IRI | 2259 | |
| 7 | FM | NIKOOKAR, MAHDI | IRI | 2221 |
| 8 | FM | HAMIDI, AMIR MOHAMMAD | IRI | 2217 |
| 9 | FM | ASGARI, MORTEZA | IRI | 2200 |
| 10 | CM | TOPUZ, MİRAÇ MELİH | TUR | 2191 |
| 11 | IM | SOOZANKAR, A.M. | IRI | 2190 |
| 12 | MARUFLU, ENES YUSUF | TUR | 2183 | |
| 13 | GURBANOV, ISMAYIL | AZE | 2143 | |
| 14 | CM | DARVISHI, MOHAMMAD HOSSEIN | IRI | 2142 |
| 15 | FM | KHALESI, VAHID | IRI | 2112 |
| 16 | WFM | AZALI, TANNAZ | IRI | 2101 |
| 17 | CM | AZIMOV, YASİN | AZE | 2093 |
| 18 | POORMOSAVI, SEYED KANAN | IRI | 2093 | |
| 19 | ALIZADEH, AMIRHOSEIN | IRI | 2087 | |
| 20 | BAARDEH, TAHMOORES | IRI | 2083 | |
| 21 | ÜÇOLUK, UMUT | TUR | 2074 | |
| 22 | IM | MOHANDESİ, SHAHİN | IRI | 2024 |
| 23 | HABIBIFARD, PARHAM | IRI | 2021 | |
| 24 | GULUMOV, MUTHAT | AZE | 2012 | |
| 25 | NOROUZI CHENARI, PARHAM | IRI | 2008 | |
| 26 | RABBANI, ABTIN | IRI | 2006 | |
| 27 | CM | SEYIDLI, MIRSALEH | AZE | 2002 |
| 28 | ROSHANTAB, SADRA | IRI | 2001 | |
| 29 | EBRAHIMI RASHTI, ASAL | IRI | 2000 | |
| 30 | FATHI, HIMAN | IRI | 1968 | |
| 31 | ALHAJ, MOHAMAD SALEH AHMAD. | SYR | 1966 | |
| 32 | KILIÇ, CİHAN | TUR | 1959 | |
| 33 | ALKAN, FERMAN | TUR | 1903 | |
| 34 | GÜRSU, SUNGUR | TUR | 1800 | |
| 35 | SHAHMORADI, ARASH | IRI | 1937 | |
| 36 | KONUŞOĞLU, K. SEFA | TUR | 1916 | |
| 37 | SEVEN, ALİ OYTUN | TUR | 1926 | |
| 38 | İNCİROĞLU, EMİR CİHANGİR | TUR | 1920 | |
| 39 | AKTAŞ, İLKER | TUR | 1894 | |
| 40 | GÜPLÜCE, MELİH | TUR | 1894 | |
| 41 | ÖZTEKİN, AHMET | TUR | 1885 | |
| 42 | KELOĞLU, İSMAİL ÇINAR | TUR | 1871 | |
| 43 | GİRGİN, MUHAMMED FURKAN | TUR | 1827 | |
| 44 | MURSALZADE, JAVAD | AZE | 1856 | |
| 45 | GHANBARPOUR, MAHAN | IRI | 1856 | |
| 46 | KILIÇ, NURULLAH | TUR | 1852 | |
| 47 | KARAKURT, MİRAÇ | TUR | 1847 | |
| 48 | OĞUR, NİDAL HEVİ | TUR | 1847 | |
| 49 | WFM | BAGHIROVA, KHATUN | AZE | 1842 |
| 50 | BİÇEN, ADA | TUR | 1832 | |
| 51 | YILMAZ, ATAKAN | TUR | 1821 | |
| 52 | ÜNEŞİ, ERDAL | TUR | 1826 | |
| 53 | KESER, CEM | TUR | 1800 | |
| 54 | ÇELİK, CEM AKIN | TUR | 1789 | |
| 55 | RZAYEV, PARVIZ | AZE | 1787 | |
| 56 | KERİMOĞLU, KAAN KERİM | TUR | 1784 | |
| 57 | KIRAY, TUNÇER EFE | TUR | 1771 | |
| 58 | ATUĞ, KEMAL ARDA | TUR | 1766 | |
| 59 | GANBARLI, HUSEYN | AZE | 1762 | |
| 60 | ÇİTİL, FEYZULLAH | TUR | 1761 | |
| 61 | UYAN, ONUR | TUR | 1756 | |
| 62 | ÜNAL, BURAK KAYRA | TUR | 1753 | |
| 63 | KAPUSUZ, HASAN HÜSEYİN | TUR | 1747 | |
| 64 | HAJJARZADEH, MOHAMMAD REZA | IRI | 1745 | |
| 65 | IBRAHIM, MOHAMMED SALIM | IRQ | 1730 | |
| 66 | AKSU, YUSUF ALP | TUR | 1723 | |
| 67 | YORKAN, AHMET SELİM | TUR | 1714 | |
| 68 | ÇAPRAZ, ARDA | TUR | 1703 | |
| 69 | ÖZÜ, SUNGURALP | TUR | 1701 | |
| 70 | ARKAN, EGE | TUR | 1703 | |
| 71 | ŞEYHANLİ, YUSUF TİMUÇİN | TUR | 1701 |

