The 16th Dubai Open Chess Championship for the Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup is taking place on 7-17th April at the Dubai Chess & Culture Club, United Arab Emirates.
The tournament format is 9 round Swiss and the total prize fund is $50,000, with $10,000 reserved for the winner.
150 players from 40 federations are competing, including 47 Grandmasters. Last year winner GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov is back to defend the title.
Dubai Chess and Culture Club
Participants:
1 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2698
2 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2674
3 GM Edouard Romain FRA 2670
4 GM Istratescu Andrei FRA 2667
5 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2660
6 GM Balogh Csaba HUN 2656
7 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2650
8 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2639
9 GM Amin Bassem EGY 2637
10 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2635
11 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2630
12 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2628
13 GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2627
14 GM Azarov Sergei BLR 2610
15 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2610
16 GM Stevic Hrvoje CRO 2607
17 GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2603
18 GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2601
19 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2600
20 GM Bachmann Axel PAR 2598
21 GM Lalith Babu M.R. IND 2594
22 GM Bogner Sebastian SUI 2587
23 GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2580
24 GM Brkic Ante CRO 2568
25 GM Stojanovic Mihajlo SRB 2568
26 GM Kotsur Pavel KAZ 2557
27 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2556
28 GM Jankovic Alojzije CRO 2554
29 GM Bosiocic Marin CRO 2542
30 IM Nigalidze Gaioz GEO 2536
31 GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios GRE 2535
32 GM Dizdar Goran CRO 2513
33 GM Rahman Ziaur BAN 2513
34 GM Cicak Slavko SWE 2507
35 GM Kostenko Petr KAZ 2506
36 GM Debashis Das IND 2504
37 GM Ismagambetov Anuar KAZ 2493
38 GM Carlsson Pontus SWE 2486
39 IM Ghosh Diptayan IND 2485
40 IM Demuth Adrien FRA 2482
41 GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2481
42 GM Grover Sahaj IND 2475
43 IM Javakhishvili Lela GEO 2475
44 IM Vakhidov Jahongir UZB 2472
45 IM Melia Salome GEO 2459
46 IM Ashwin Jayaram IND 2454
47 IM Kjartansson Gudmundur ISL 2440
48 IM Swapnil S. Dhopade IND 2438
49 FM Pourramezanali Amirreza IRI 2435
50 IM Georgiadis Nico SUI 2421
51 IM Kanter Eduard RUS 2406
52 IM Tissir Mohamed MAR 2380
53 IM Sharma Dinesh K. IND 2372
54 IM Das Sayantan IND 2371
55 IM Nezad Husein Aziz QAT 2366
56 IM Ekdyshman Mikhail RUS 2365
57 Ravi Teja S. IND 2354
58 IM Ahmadinia Ebrahim IRI 2353
59 Krishna C.R.G. IND 2343
60 WGM Saduakassova Dinara KAZ 2342
61 IM Darban Morteza IRI 2340
62 IM Abdulov Orkhan AZE 2336
63 WGM Soumya Swaminathan IND 2336
64 IM Isaev Jamshed TJK 2331
65 CM Prince Bajaj IND 2319
66 FM Mohannad Farhan JOR 2313
67 WGM Schneider Veronika HUN 2307
68 Nasri Amin IRI 2306
69 Abhishek Kelkar IND 2300
70 FM Gulamali Kazim USA 2293
71 WGM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat IRI 2292
72 Deshpande Aniruddha IND 2287
73 Lokander Martin SWE 2280
74 CM Faisal Abdulla UAE 2270
75 Karthik V. Ap IND 2250
76 Raes Abdul Kader SYR 2248
77 WIM Raghavi N. IND 2231
78 WGM Kryvoruchko Vita UKR 2229
79 Elsayed Mohamed Samir EGY 2227
80 FM Chahrani Ibrahim LBA 2220
81 Tabada Jobannie C. PHI 2210
82 WIM Ivana Maria Furtado IND 2204
83 IM Adu Oladapo NGR 2203
84 WGM Makropoulou Marina GRE 2201
85 FM Igonin Temur UZB 2194
86 Momeni E. IRI 2194
87 FM Yaaqoub Rashid SUD 2173
88 Abdel Hai Hany EGY 2168
89 WFM Khalafova Narmin AZE 2160
90 Basil Alshouha JOR 2160
91 WFM Derakhshani Dorsa IRI 2154
92 Fries Frederik GER 2154
93 Osman Abdelgadir SUD 2153
94 WGM Mona Khaled EGY 2140
95 Ahmed Abuzied SUD 2139
96 Nishant Malhotra IND 2118
97 Nimmy A.G. IND 2116
98 Marcos Marvin PHI 2111
99 Moayed Obied JOR 2102
100 WGM Partac Elena MDA 2101
101 Ahmed Al Khatib JOR 2101
102 WFM Nekrasova Elena LIB 2076
103 Asmar Elie LIB 2062
104 CM Alattar Rakan JOR 2059
105 Abo-Hazeem Mohanned JOR 2058
106 Jacobson Erik SWE 2056
107 WIM Blanco Acevedo Maria Carolina VEN 2051
108 Bennett John M ENG 2043
109 CM Ahmed Holi Ali Moawia SUD 2039
110 Al Yaghshi M. Hisham SYR 2037
111 Sultan Ibrahim UAE 2037
112 Jalal Hazhar IRQ 2035
113 Rodrigues Inacio IND 2019
114 Rice Chris B ENG 2014
115 Hamad Abdul Razzaq UAE 2007
116 Turar KAZ 1997
117 Afshar Niusha IRI 1993
118 Mahmoud Haitham SUD 1979
119 Guliyev Gasan Alipasha AZE 1974
120 CM Derakhshani Borna IRI 1964
121 FM Elmejbri Ali A. LBA 1962
122 Tuomainen Felix SWE 1940
123 CM Meier Kurt SEY 1936
124 Vojdani Siavosh IRI 1927
125 WFM Boshra Alshaeby JOR 1925
126 WFM Alattar Ghayda M. JOR 1917
127 Rafee Mohd Hayel SYR 1907
128 WFM Assaubayeva Bibissara KAZ 1891
129 Bit-Narva David SWE 1882
130 Akshay V Halagannavar IND 1878
131 WFM Nouman Amna UAE 1854
132 FM Mayed Al-Rashedi UAE 1838
133 Gahfer Khaled LBA 1801
134 Adarsh Saji IND 1777
135 Holi Sief Al Din SUD 1776
136 Ahmed Fareed UAE 1767
137 Hamed Mohamed SUD 1759
138 Ali Abdulaziz UAE 1728
139 Montaser Kamil SUD 1719
140 Sasikumar Anusweud IND 1715
141 Halvarsson Gustav SWE 1714
142 Abdulla Al-Hamed UAE 1688
143 Bashaer Khalil UAE 1619
144 Al Hamed Saif Idrees UAE 1589
145 Jehad Aysha UAE 1575
146 WCM Kalbani Wadema UAE 1526
147 Al Maamari Wafia Darwish UAE 1456
148 Mariam Essa UAE 1391
149 Alshamsi Amal Fadel UAE 1295
150 AlMajed Anwahi UAE 0
