Sharjah Chess Masters 2022

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The 5th edition of the Sharjah Chess Masters international tournament will be held from 20th-30th May in Sharjah Cultural & Chess Club.

The event will be held as an Invitational Tournament, with (maximum) 80 players of FIDE standard rating of 2300 and above, as of May 2022 FIDE rating list.  Out of these 80 players, the 60 were selected by the middle of April 2022 and the rest 20 were given Wild Card participation permission. Follow the games LIVE

The selected 80 players will compete in a 9 round swiss system tournament, with time control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment. The prize pool will be 55.000$, with 10.000$ reserved for the 5th Sharja Masters Winner.

Two weeks before the start of the event, the battlefield of 79 confirmed players includes 57 grandmasters and the top seeds are: Vladimir Fedoseev, Gabriel Sargissian, Saleh Salem, Arjun Erigaisi, Alexey Sarana.

5th Sharja Masters – Starting rank list:

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	FID	2701
2	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	ARM	2694
3	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	UAE	2690
4	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	IND	2675
5	GM	Sarana Alexey	FID	2675
6	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	ROU	2671
7	GM	Narayanan.S.L	IND	2662
8	GM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	UZB	2661
9	GM	Gukesh D	IND	2659
10	GM	Niemann Hans Moke	USA	2656
11	GM	Martirosyan Haik M.	ARM	2652
12	GM	Moussard Jules	FRA	2651
13	GM	Tabatabaei M. Amin	IRI	2650
14	GM	Nihal Sarin	IND	2646
15	GM	Sargsyan Shant	ARM	2641
16	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	ARM	2640
17	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	ARM	2638
18	GM	Abasov Nijat	AZE	2635
19	GM	Idani Pouya	IRI	2635
20	GM	Chigaev Maksim	RUS	2631
21	GM	Yilmaz Mustafa	TUR	2631
22	GM	Yakubboev Nodirbek	UZB	2630
23	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	KAZ	2628
24	GM	Ponkratov Pavel	RUS	2624
25	GM	Ivic Velimir	SRB	2623
26	GM	Indjic Aleksandar	SRB	2621
27	GM	Sadhwani Raunak	IND	2619
28	GM	Adhiban B.	IND	2616
29	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2616
30	GM	Hakobyan Aram	ARM	2615
31	GM	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	GRE	2613
32	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2613
33	GM	Aryan Chopra	IND	2609
34	GM	Sindarov Javokhir	UZB	2609
35	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	IND	2608
36	GM	Hovhannisyan Robert	ARM	2607
37	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2606
38	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	IND	2606
39	GM	Iskandarov Misratdin	AZE	2601
40	GM	Can Emre	TUR	2599
41	GM	Yuffa Daniil	ESP	2597
42	GM	Adly Ahmed	EGY	2596
43	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	GEO	2595
44	GM	Azarov Sergei	BLR	2588
45	GM	Kuybokarov Temur	AUS	2582
46	GM	Moroni Luca Jr	ITA	2581
47	GM	Kadric Denis	BIH	2576
48	GM	Sanal Vahap	TUR	2575
49	GM	Van Foreest Lucas	NED	2572
50	GM	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	GRE	2540
51	IM	Muradli Mahammad	AZE	2539
52	GM	Suleymanli Aydin	AZE	2537
53	GM	Vokhidov Shamsiddin	UZB	2536
54	GM	Sankalp Gupta	IND	2505
55	IM	Aditya Mittal	IND	2490
56	IM	Davtyan Artur	ARM	2488
57	IM	Gharibyan Mamikon	ARM	2487
58	IM	Ortega Amarelle Mariano	CPV	2476
59	GM	Gunina Valentina	RUS	2471
60	GM	Nikolov Momchil	BUL	2454
61	IM	Mammadzada Gunay	AZE	2454
62	IM	Badelka Olga	RUS	2453
63	IM	Assaubayeva Bibisara	KAZ	2439
64	IM	Baenziger Fabian	SUI	2430
65	GM	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	TUR	2425
66	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	PHI	2420
67	GM	Hesham Abdelrahman	EGY	2412
68	FM	Msellek Ilyass	MAR	2411
69	WGM	Zawadzka Jolanta	POL	2409
70	WIM	Kamalidenova Meruert	KAZ	2408
71	GM	Erdogdu Mert	TUR	2407
72	IM	Buksa Nataliya	UKR	2406
73	IM	Saeed Ishaq	UAE	2397
74	FM	Begmuratov Alisher	UZB	2395
75	WGM	Injac Teodora	SRB	2384
76	IM	Farahat Ali	USA	2381
77	IM	Aziz Husain	QAT	2379
78	GM	Vogt Lothar	GER	2365
79	FM	Ammar Sedrani	UAE	2255
80	IM	Al Hosani Omran	UAE	2191

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Simultaneously with the Sharjah Chess Masters, the 2nd Sharja Challengers will take place in the same venue. The event will be of the invitational character, with a maximum of 40 players of FIDE standard rating list of 1600-2299, following the selection process of the Master’s tournament.

The 2nd Sharja Challengers will be played in 9 rounds swiss system, with the total prize fund of 5.000$. The time control will be: 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.

Starting rank list – 2nd Sharja Challengers:

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	FM	Salih Akar Ali Salih	IRQ	2265
2	FM	Klaasen Calvin John	RSA	2245
3	IM	Ahmad Al Khatib	JOR	2243
4	IM	Sarwat Walaa	EGY	2237
5	FM	Brahami Lamine	ALG	2222
6	IM	Elgabry Mohsen	EGY	2220
7	FM	Storey Charles H	ENG	2220
8	FM	Ahmed Jaza Jamal	IRQ	2200
9	WIM	Asatryan Sona	ARM	2149
10	CM	Dr. Murtaza Ali	PAK	2144
11		Elnemr Mohamed	EGY	2111
12	CM	George Micheal Kevin	EGY	2110
13	AGM	Vishal Choudary B	IND	2101
14		Elazazy Amro	EGY	2080
15	CM	Khalifah Khaled	UAE	2057
16	IM	Sultan Ibrahim	UAE	2052
17	WFM	Koridze Lile	GEO	2037
18	CM	Mohamed Saeed Laily	UAE	2030
19	CM	Rowe Duane	JAM	2030
20	CM	George Samir David	EGY	2027
21		Abdulrahman Mohammad Al Taher	UAE	2025
22		Al Mutairi Abdullah F	KSA	1990
23		Aborezika Mohamed	LBA	1965
24	FM	Al Maashani Amer	OMA	1951
25		Perera Derrick V.	SRI	1951
26		Ofowino Toritsemuwa	NGR	1936
27	CM	Elnaami Hashem A.K.	LBA	1934
28	FM	Ahmed Fareed	UAE	1922
29	FM	Elmejbri Ali A.	LBA	1919
30		Sabirova Shakhnoza	UZB	1919
31	WFM	Pires Luzia	ANG	1893
32		Raji Sayel Abu Azizah	PLE	1886
33		Ali Abdulaziz	UAE	1883
34	WFM	Boshra Alshaeby	JOR	1877
35		Alharthi Ahmed Mohammed A	KSA	1853
36		Eman Sawan	PLE	1842
37	WFM	Al Maamari Wafia Darwish	UAE	1833
38		Seder Mohamad	PLE	1823
39		Ahmad Al Romaithi	UAE	1786
40		Hamad Bader	UAE	1770
41	WCM	Rouda Essa Alserkal	UAE	1760
42		Wael Sabry Mina	EGY	1695
43	WFM	Razan Alshaeby	JOR	1669
44		Botiraliev Abdumajid	UZB	1655
45		Abdulrahim Salem	UAE	1653
46		Al Ali Aisha Saif	UAE	1649
47	WFM	Al Kalbani Wadima	UAE	1612
48		Khalifa Essa Albalooshi	UAE	1595
49		Mariam Essa	UAE	1591
50		Elhusseiny Eyad	EGY	1549
51	WFM	Al Mansouri Moza	UAE	1538
52	WCM	Bashaer Khalil	UAE	1526
53		Dehghan Ibrahim	FID	1451
54		Zayed Sultan Al Taher	UAE	1445
55		Yahya Shuaib Al Kaff	UAE	1277