Qatar Masters Open 2015 is a strong tournament that will take place in Qatar from December 19 to December 30. This is the second edition of the competition; last year, Yu Yangyi won the tournament .
This year the competition will be even more fierce, where just the top 5 is comprised of GM Magnus Carlsen , GM Vladimir Kramnik , GM Anish Giri , GM Wesley So and GM Sergey Karjakin . Anish Giri and Vladimir Kramnik won second and third place in the 2014 Qatar Masters, respectively, and this year they will compete in a much more difficult field. Scroll down for the full list of participants.
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Prizes
The prize fund for the top 20 players of the Open is more than $100 000, with first place taking home $27000. Additional prizes based on best performance in 2300 -2600 ELO and others bring up the total prize fund to $130 000, a significant increase from last year’s tournament .
Tournament Venue
The ASPIRE Zone, the largest indoor sports dome in the world, has become the official tournament venue for Qatar Masters Open 2015. The tournament will be held at the Ladies Club of ASPIRE. This venue was used for Arab Games 2011 and its impressive 900 square meters playing area plus a dozen of additional meeting rooms and offices will help the organizers to provide participants of this prestigious Open with a comfortable play.
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Full list of participants
Rank
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Carlsen Magnus
NOR
2834
2
GM
Kramnik Vladimir
RUS
2796
3
GM
Giri Anish
NED
2784
4
GM
So Wesley
USA
2775
5
GM
Karjakin Sergey
RUS
2766
6
GM
Li Chao B
CHN
2750
7
GM
MamedyarovShakhriyar
AZE
2748
8
GM
Tomashevsky Evgeny
RUS
2744
9
GM
Harikrishna P.
IND
2743
10
GM
Jakovenko Dmitry
RUS
2737
11
GM
Yu Yangyi
CHN
2736
12
GM
Wei Yi
CHN
2730
13
GM
Radjabov Teimour
AZE
2726
14
GM
Vitiugov Nikita
RUS
2724
15
GM
Wojtaszek Radoslaw
POL
2723
16
GM
Korobov Anton
UKR
2713
17
GM
Ivanchuk Vassily
UKR
2710
18
GM
Ponomariov Ruslan
UKR
2710
19
GM
Ni Hua
CHN
2693
20
GM
Moiseenko Alexander
UKR
2689
21
GM
Howell David W L
ENG
2688
22
GM
Matlakov Maxim
RUS
2684
23
GM
Hou Yifan
CHN
2683
24
GM
Adhiban B.
IND
2669
25
GM
Fedoseev Vladimir
RUS
2664
26
GM
Duda Jan-Krzysztof
POL
2663
27
GM
Dubov Daniil
RUS
2655
28
GM
Bologan Viktor
MDA
2654
29
GM
Khismatullin Denis
RUS
2654
30
GM
Akopian Vladimir
ARM
2648
31
GM
Ganguly Surya Shekhar
IND
2648
32
GM
Khairullin Ildar
RUS
2647
33
GM
Shankland Samuel L
USA
2646
34
GM
Sjugirov Sanan
RUS
2646
35
GM
Swiercz Dariusz
POL
2646
36
GM
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
IND
2644
37
GM
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son
VIE
2642
38
GM
Sethuraman S.P.
IND
2639
39
GM
Sasikiran Krishnan
IND
2638
40
GM
Piorun Kacper
POL
2637
41
GM
Grandelius Nils
SWE
2632
42
GM
Naroditsky Daniel
USA
2628
43
GM
Lenderman Aleksandr
USA
2626
44
GM
Salem A.R. Saleh
UAE
2622
45
GM
Bartel Mateusz
POL
2620
46
GM
Ipatov Alexander
TUR
2619
47
GM
Zhang Zhong
SIN
2619
48
GM
Lu Shanglei
CHN
2618
49
GM
Zhou Jianchao
CHN
2606
50
GM
Ghaem Maghami Ehsan
IRI
2602
51
GM
Hamdouchi Hicham
FRA
2597
52
GM
Vocaturo Daniele
ITA
2597
53
GM
Bok Benjamin
NED
2594
54
GM
Bluebaum Matthias
GER
2590
55
GM
Tregubov Pavel V.
RUS
2589
56
GM
Sandipan Chanda
IND
2582
57
GM
Esen Baris
TUR
2562
58
GM
Rambaldi Francesco
ITA
2560
59
GM
Dzagnidze Nana
GEO
2559
60
GM
Kosteniuk Alexandra
RUS
2542
61
IM
Lin Chen
CHN
2532
62
IM
Svane Rasmus
GER
2529
63
GM
Xu Jun
CHN
2526
64
GM
Bromberger Stefan
GER
2521
65
GM
Stefanova Antoaneta
BUL
2521
66
GM
Al-Sayed Mohammed
QAT
2520
67
GM
Harika Dronavalli
IND
2513
68
GM
Sundararajan Kidambi
IND
2513
69
GM
Schroeder Jan-Christian
GER
2511
70
IM
Yuffa Daniil
RUS
2504
71
GM
Darini Pouria
IRI
2500
72
IM
Batsiashvili Nino
GEO
2498
73
GM
Khotenashvili Bela
GEO
2496
74
IM
Sunilduth LynaNarayanan
IND
2494
75
WGM
GoryachkinaAleksandra
RUS
2493
76
IM
Ezat Mohamed
EGY
2490
77
GM
Shoker Samy
EGY
2489
78
GM
Zhukova Natalia
UKR
2488
79
IM
Sanal Vahap
TUR
2487
80
GM
AravindhChithambaram Vr.
IND
2486
81
GM
Haddouche Mohamed
ALG
2486
82
IM
Javakhishvili Lela
GEO
2486
83
IM
Fawzy Adham
EGY
2484
84
IM
Tabatabaei M.Amin
IRI
2482
85
GM
Neelotpal Das
IND
2475
86
IM
Gagare Shardul
IND
2470
87
Xu Yinglun
CHN
2470
88
GM
Krush Irina
USA
2468
89
FM
Moroni Luca Jr
ITA
2466
90
IM
Ma Zhonghan
CHN
2463
91
IM
Ly Moulthun
AUS
2462
92
IM
Ali Marandi Cemil Can
TUR
2454
93
IM
LorparizangenehShahin
IRI
2454
94
GM
Venkatesh M.R.
IND
2451
95
GM
Ushenina Anna
UKR
2450
96
IM
Kashlinskaya Alina
RUS
2448
97
IM
Firat Burak
TUR
2446
98
IM
Puranik Abhimanyu
IND
2442
99
IM
Sagar Shah
IND
2441
100
IM
Vogel Roven
GER
2439
101
IM
Wang Yiye
CHN
2438
102
FM
Basso Pier Luigi
ITA
2438
103
Fang Yuxiang
CHN
2438
104
IM
Padmini Rout
IND
2437
105
IM
Aryan Chopra
IND
2436
106
GM
Carlsson Pontus
SWE
2433
107
FM
Abdusattorov Nodirbek
UZB
2429
108
FM
Rohan Ahuja
IND
2426
109
IM
Nezad Husein Aziz
QAT
2425
110
IM
Seyb Alexander
GER
2425
111
IM
Vignesh N R
IND
2422
112
FM
Gholami Aryan
IRI
2422
113
IM
Al Qudaimi Basheer
YEM
2419
114
FM
Haria Ravi
ENG
2416
115
Mohammad NubairshahShaikh
IND
2414
116
WGM
Saduakassova Dinara
KAZ
2407
117
Siva Mahadevan
IND
2400
118
FM
El Adnani Mokliss
MAR
2397
119
IM
Saiyn Zhanat
KAZ
2394
120
IM
Abhishek Kelkar
IND
2393
121
WGM
Abdumalik Zhansaya
KAZ
2390
122
FM
Li Di
CHN
2389
123
IM
Slavin Alexey
RUS
2388
124
IM
Christiansen Johan-Sebastian
NOR
2385
125
IM
KhademalshariehSarasadat
IRI
2380
126
IM
Karavade Eesha
IND
2379
127
IM
Konguvel Ponnuswamy
IND
2377
128
IM
Li Ruofan
SIN
2372
129
Roy Prantik
IND
2370
130
IM
Guramishvili Sopiko
GEO
2368
131
IM
Tania Sachdev
IND
2357
132
WGM
Hejazipour Mitra
IRI
2357
133
IM
Tissir Mohamed
MAR
2346
134
FM
Lomasov Semen
RUS
2344
135
WIM
Bivol Alina
RUS
2344
136
Dai Changren
CHN
2328
137
Raja Harshit
IND
2325
138
WGM
Pourkashiyan Atousa
IRI
2322
139
IM
Pham Le Thao Nguyen
VIE
2319
140
WFM
Vaishali R
IND
2313
141
WIM
Derakhshani Dorsa
IRI
2307
142
IM
Piasetski Leon
CAN
2287
143
WGM
Bartel Marta
POL
2271
144
FM
Salih Akar Ali Salih
IRQ
2268
145
WIM
Pratyusha Bodda
IND
2260
146
WIM
Derakhshani, Dorsa
2244