The 5th edition of the Sharjah Chess Masters international tournament was held from 20th-30th May in Sharjah Cultural & Chess Club.
The selected 80 players competed in a 9 round swiss system tournament for the prize fund of 55.000$. 18-year-old Uzbekistani grandmaster Nodirbek Abdusattorov won the event scoring 7/9 points as he had better tiebreak criteria than GM Saleh Salem who finished second with the same score. GM Abhijeet Gupta and GM Haik Martirosyan tied for the third place with 6.5 points each but Gupta had a slightly better Bucholz and came third. Replay the games here (scroll down for final rankings).


Simultaneously with the Sharjah Chess Masters, the 2nd Sharja Challengers took place in the same venue. After 9 played rounds IM Mohsen Elgabry emerged as the sole Winner of the event with 7.5 points. IM Ibrahim Sultan was second with 7 points, while four players tied for the third place scoring 6.5 points, each. Tiebreaks decided that IM Al Khatib Ahmad takes third place, WFM Lile Koridze was fourth, WIM Sona Asatryan came fifth and Shakhnoza Sabirova ended on the sixth place. (scroll down for final rankings)

Final rankings – 5th Sharjah Masters:
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 8 | GM | Abdusattorov Nodirbek | UZB | 2661 | 7 | 1 | 44 | 40 |
2 | 3 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2690 | 7 | 0 | 46 | 42 |
3 | 38 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | IND | 2606 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 47 | 43 |
4 | 11 | GM | Martirosyan Haik M. | ARM | 2652 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 44 | 40 |
5 | 6 | GM | Deac Bogdan-Daniel | ROU | 2671 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 42 |
6 | 9 | GM | Gukesh D | IND | 2659 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 37 |
7 | 10 | GM | Niemann Hans Moke | USA | 2656 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 38 |
8 | 20 | GM | Chigaev Maksim | FID | 2631 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 37 |
9 | 4 | GM | Erigaisi Arjun | IND | 2675 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 36 |
10 | 2 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | ARM | 2694 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 36 |
11 | 32 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | IND | 2613 | 5.5 | 0 | 44 | 40 |
12 | 13 | GM | Tabatabaei M. Amin | IRI | 2650 | 5.5 | 0 | 44 | 39 |
13 | 15 | GM | Sargsyan Shant | ARM | 2641 | 5.5 | 0 | 43 | 39 |
14 | 34 | GM | Sindarov Javokhir | UZB | 2609 | 5.5 | 0 | 42 | 38 |
15 | 21 | GM | Yilmaz Mustafa | TUR | 2631 | 5.5 | 0 | 42 | 39 |
16 | 19 | GM | Idani Pouya | IRI | 2635 | 5.5 | 0 | 41 | 38 |
17 | 40 | GM | Can Emre | TUR | 2599 | 5.5 | 0 | 40 | 36 |
18 | 53 | GM | Vokhidov Shamsiddin | UZB | 2536 | 5.5 | 0 | 39 | 35 |
19 | 39 | GM | Iskandarov Misratdin | AZE | 2601 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 39 |
20 | 24 | GM | Ponkratov Pavel | FID | 2624 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 39 |
21 | 5 | GM | Sarana Alexey | FID | 2675 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 39 |
22 | 49 | GM | Van Foreest Lucas | NED | 2572 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 38 |
23 | 17 | GM | Petrosyan Manuel | ARM | 2638 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 39 |
24 | 43 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | GEO | 2595 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 38 |
25 | 35 | GM | Puranik Abhimanyu | IND | 2608 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 38 |
26 | 33 | GM | Aryan Chopra | IND | 2609 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 38 |
27 | 41 | GM | Yuffa Daniil | ESP | 2597 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 37 |
28 | 26 | GM | Indjic Aleksandar | SRB | 2621 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 37 |
29 | 30 | GM | Hakobyan Aram | ARM | 2615 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 37 |
30 | 37 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2606 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 37 |
31 | 7 | GM | Narayanan.S.L | IND | 2662 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 36 |
32 | 18 | GM | Abasov Nijat | AZE | 2635 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 36 |
33 | 12 | GM | Moussard Jules | FRA | 2651 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 36 |
34 | 16 | GM | Ter-Sahakyan Samvel | ARM | 2640 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 33 |
35 | 45 | GM | Kuybokarov Temur | AUS | 2582 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 34 |
36 | 52 | GM | Suleymanli Aydin | AZE | 2537 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 33 |
37 | 14 | GM | Nihal Sarin | IND | 2646 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 33 |
38 | 56 | IM | Davtyan Artur | ARM | 2488 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 33 |
39 | 48 | GM | Sanal Vahap | TUR | 2575 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 32 |
40 | 23 | GM | Jumabayev Rinat | KAZ | 2628 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 31 |
41 | 51 | IM | Muradli Mahammad | AZE | 2539 | 4.5 | 0 | 42 | 37 |
42 | 27 | GM | Sadhwani Raunak | IND | 2619 | 4.5 | 0 | 41 | 38 |
43 | 28 | GM | Adhiban B. | IND | 2616 | 4.5 | 0 | 40 | 36 |
44 | 1 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | FID | 2701 | 4.5 | 0 | 39 | 35 |
45 | 46 | GM | Moroni Luca Jr | ITA | 2581 | 4.5 | 0 | 39 | 35 |
46 | 22 | GM | Yakubboev Nodirbek | UZB | 2630 | 4.5 | 0 | 38 | 34 |
47 | 57 | IM | Gharibyan Mamikon | ARM | 2487 | 4.5 | 0 | 34 | 31 |
48 | 63 | IM | Assaubayeva Bibisara | KAZ | 2439 | 4.5 | 0 | 33 | 31 |
49 | 31 | GM | Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | GRE | 2613 | 4.5 | 0 | 31 | 28 |
50 | 47 | GM | Kadric Denis | BIH | 2576 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 35 |
51 | 69 | WGM | Zawadzka Jolanta | POL | 2409 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 35 |
52 | 44 | GM | Azarov Sergei | BLR | 2588 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 34 |
53 | 50 | GM | Mastrovasilis Athanasios | GRE | 2540 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 34 |
54 | 65 | GM | Haznedaroglu Kivanc | TUR | 2425 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 34 |
55 | 29 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | IND | 2616 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 34 |
56 | 54 | GM | Sankalp Gupta | IND | 2505 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 33 |
57 | 42 | GM | Adly Ahmed | EGY | 2596 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 33 |
58 | 55 | IM | Aditya Mittal | IND | 2490 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 33 |
59 | 61 | IM | Mammadzada Gunay | AZE | 2454 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 31 |
60 | 59 | GM | Gunina Valentina | FID | 2471 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 29 |
61 | 36 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | ARM | 2607 | 3.5 | 0 | 39 | 35 |
62 | 71 | GM | Erdogdu Mert | TUR | 2407 | 3.5 | 0 | 36 | 32 |
63 | 60 | GM | Nikolov Momchil | BUL | 2454 | 3.5 | 0 | 34 | 31 |
64 | 67 | GM | Hesham Abdelrahman | EGY | 2412 | 3.5 | 0 | 31 | 28 |
65 | 64 | IM | Baenziger Fabian | SUI | 2430 | 3.5 | 0 | 30 | 27 |
66 | 80 | IM | Al Hosani Omran | UAE | 2191 | 3.5 | 0 | 30 | 27 |
67 | 75 | FM | Begmuratov Khumoyun | UZB | 2384 | 3.5 | 0 | 28 | 26 |
68 | 62 | IM | Badelka Olga | FID | 2453 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 35 |
69 | 77 | IM | Aziz Husain | QAT | 2379 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 34 |
70 | 58 | IM | Ortega Amarelle Mariano | CPV | 2476 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 33 |
71 | 66 | IM | Dimakiling Oliver | PHI | 2420 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 31 |
72 | 78 | GM | Vogt Lothar | GER | 2365 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 31 |
73 | 74 | WGM | Injac Teodora | SRB | 2384 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 27 |
74 | 25 | GM | Ivic Velimir | SRB | 2623 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 27 |
75 | 70 | WIM | Kamalidenova Meruert | KAZ | 2408 | 2.5 | 0 | 36 | 33 |
76 | 72 | IM | Buksa Nataliya | UKR | 2406 | 2.5 | 0 | 36 | 32 |
77 | 68 | FM | Msellek Ilyass | MAR | 2411 | 2.5 | 0 | 34 | 31 |
78 | 76 | IM | Farahat Ali | USA | 2381 | 2.5 | 0 | 27 | 26 |
79 | 73 | IM | Saeed Ishaq | UAE | 2397 | 1.5 | 0 | 29 | 27 |
80 | 79 | FM | Ammar Sedrani | UAE | 2255 | 1.5 | 0 | 29 | 27 |
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Final rankings – 2nd Sharjah Challengers:
Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | IM | Elgabry Mohsen | EGY | 2220 | 7.5 | 0 | 49 | 45 |
2 | IM | Sultan Ibrahim | UAE | 2052 | 7 | 0 | 46 | 42 |
3 | IM | Ahmad Al Khatib | JOR | 2243 | 6.5 | 0 | 48 | 43 |
4 | WFM | Koridze Lile | GEO | 2037 | 6.5 | 0 | 45 | 42 |
5 | WIM | Asatryan Sona | ARM | 2149 | 6.5 | 0 | 44 | 40 |
6 | Sabirova Shakhnoza | UZB | 1919 | 6.5 | 0 | 40 | 37 | |
7 | FM | Klaasen Calvin John | RSA | 2245 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 42 |
8 | Raji Sayel Abu Azizah | PLE | 1886 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 38 | |
9 | FM | Brahami Lamine | ALG | 2222 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 36 |
10 | FM | Salih Akar Ali Salih | IRQ | 2265 | 5.5 | 0 | 46 | 43 |
11 | CM | George Micheal Kevin | EGY | 2110 | 5.5 | 0 | 45 | 40 |
12 | Hamad Bader | UAE | 1770 | 5.5 | 0 | 42 | 38 | |
13 | AGM | Vishal Choudary B | IND | 2101 | 5.5 | 0 | 39 | 35 |
14 | Alharthi Ahmed Mohammed A | KSA | 1853 | 5.5 | 0 | 38 | 35 | |
15 | FM | Storey Charles H | ENG | 2220 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 40 |
16 | CM | Mohamed Saeed Laily | UAE | 2030 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 40 |
17 | FM | Ahmed Jaza Jamal | IRQ | 2200 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 39 |
18 | FM | Ahmed Fareed | UAE | 1922 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 37 |
19 | Abdulrahman Mohammad Al Taher | UAE | 2025 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 36 | |
20 | WCM | Rouda Essa Alserkal | UAE | 1760 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 36 |
21 | Botiraliev Abdumajid | UZB | 1655 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 35 | |
22 | CM | Khalifah Khaled | UAE | 2057 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 34 |
23 | FM | Al Maashani Amer | OMA | 1951 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 34 |
24 | Khalifa Essa Albalooshi | UAE | 1595 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 33 | |
25 | Elazazy Amro | EGY | 2080 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 29 | |
26 | Ali Abdulaziz | UAE | 1883 | 4.5 | 0 | 43 | 39 | |
27 | Yahya Shuaib Al Kaff | UAE | 1277 | 4.5 | 0 | 42 | 38 | |
28 | Seder Mohamad | PLE | 1823 | 4.5 | 0 | 41 | 37 | |
29 | WFM | Razan Alshaeby | JOR | 1669 | 4.5 | 0 | 40 | 37 |
30 | Aborezika Mohamed | LBA | 1965 | 4.5 | 0 | 37 | 34 | |
31 | Elnemr Mohamed | EGY | 2111 | 4.5 | 0 | 34 | 31 | |
32 | Zayed Sultan Al Taher | UAE | 1445 | 4.5 | 0 | 30 | 27 | |
33 | IM | Sarwat Walaa | EGY | 2237 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 38 |
34 | Eman Sawan | PLE | 1842 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 34 | |
35 | Ahmad Al Romaithi | UAE | 1786 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 34 | |
36 | WFM | Al Maamari Wafia Darwish | UAE | 1833 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 32 |
37 | Ofowino Toritsemuwa | NGR | 1936 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 29 | |
38 | WCM | Bashaer Khalil | UAE | 1526 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 25 |
39 | CM | Dr. Murtaza Ali | PAK | 2144 | 3.5 | 0 | 44 | 40 |
40 | WFM | Boshra Alshaeby | JOR | 1877 | 3.5 | 0 | 36 | 33 |
41 | WFM | Pires Luzia | ANG | 1893 | 3.5 | 0 | 36 | 33 |
42 | WFM | Al Mansouri Moza | UAE | 1538 | 3.5 | 0 | 33 | 31 |
43 | CM | Elnaami Hashem A.K. | LBA | 1934 | 3.5 | 0 | 31 | 28 |
44 | CM | George Samir David | EGY | 2027 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 35 |
45 | Abdulrahim Salem | UAE | 1653 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 32 | |
46 | Wael Sabry Mina | EGY | 1695 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 31 | |
47 | Al Mutairi Abdullah F | KSA | 1990 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 31 | |
48 | WFM | Al Kalbani Wadima | UAE | 1612 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 31 |
49 | Al Balushi Said | OMA | 1513 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 28 | |
50 | Dehghan Ibrahim | FID | 1451 | 2.5 | 0 | 36 | 32 | |
51 | Elhusseiny Eyad | EGY | 1549 | 2.5 | 0 | 35 | 32 | |
52 | Al Ali Aisha Saif | UAE | 1649 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 31 | |
53 | CM | Rowe Duane | JAM | 2030 | 1.5 | 0 | 34 | 31 |
54 | Essa Khamis Saqar | UAE | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 28 | 25 | |
55 | Perera Derrick V. | SRI | 1951 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 25 | |
56 | FM | Elmejbri Ali A. | LBA | 1919 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 23 |
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