Nihal Sarin will be the highest rated Indian in the field
The Sharjah Cultural and Chess Club will host the 7th edition of Sharjah Masters this year from 14th to 23rd May. With three sections - Masters, Challengers, and Futures, 200+ players will be seen in action. As usual, the Masters section has some of the top Grandmasters in the World competing for the first prize.
The tournament will be a 9-round swiss event, with the time control of 90 minutes + 30 second increment per move starting from move one. There will be a 30-minute delay in broadcast due to anti-cheating measures.
The playing schedule is the same for the Masters and Challengers section, and it is slightly different for the Futures Category. The first round for all the sections start at 14th May at 5 p.m. local time.
The Champion of the Masters section will receive US$ 12000. For the challengers, it is US$ 2000 and for the Futures section it is US$ 1500. The winners will also receive a gold medal and beautiful trophies.
The top seeds
Previous edition
Masters players list
| No. | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Maghsoodloo, Parham | 12539929 | IRI | 2732 |
| 2 | GM | Yu, Yangyi | 8603820 | CHN | 2728 |
| 3 | GM | Radjabov, Teimour | 13400924 | AZE | 2723 |
| 4 | GM | Tabatabaei, M. Amin | 12521213 | IRI | 2707 |
| 5 | GM | Artemiev, Vladislav | 24101605 | RUS | 2705 |
| 6 | GM | Esipenko, Andrey | 24175439 | FID | 2703 |
| 7 | GM | Sarana, Alexey | 24133795 | SRB | 2703 |
| 8 | GM | Nihal, Sarin | 25092340 | IND | 2698 |
| 9 | GM | Sevian, Samuel | 2040506 | USA | 2698 |
| 10 | GM | Narayanan, S L | 5058422 | IND | 2695 |
| 11 | GM | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | 1226380 | ROU | 2692 |
| 12 | GM | Fedoseev, Vladimir | 24130737 | SLO | 2690 |
| 13 | GM | Sjugirov, Sanan | 4189302 | HUN | 2689 |
| 14 | GM | Sindarov, Javokhir | 14205483 | UZB | 2684 |
| 15 | GM | Martirosyan, Haik M. | 13306553 | ARM | 2678 |
| 16 | GM | Niemann, Hans Moke | 2093596 | USA | 2676 |
| 17 | GM | Shankland, Sam | 2004887 | USA | 2671 |
| 18 | GM | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | 14203987 | UZB | 2665 |
| 19 | GM | Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr. | 5072786 | IND | 2662 |
| 20 | GM | Sadhwani, Raunak | 35093487 | IND | 2654 |
Challengers players list
| No. | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Delgado Ramirez, Neuris | 3503631 | PAR | 2484 |
| 2 | GM | Burmakin, Vladimir | 4105109 | RUS | 2480 |
| 3 | GM | Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo | 4403940 | COL | 2466 |
| 4 | IM | Nitish, Belurkar | 5084768 | IND | 2449 |
| 5 | FM | Lashkin, Jegor | 13907808 | MDA | 2449 |
| 6 | IM | Krishna, C R G | 5018625 | IND | 2445 |
| 7 | IM | Divya, Deshmukh | 35006916 | IND | 2427 |
| 8 | IM | Garifullina, Leya | 34127035 | FID | 2427 |
| 9 | IM | Rakhmatullaev, Almas | 14205793 | UZB | 2425 |
| 10 | IM | Sibashvili, Giorgi | 13602799 | GEO | 2423 |
| 11 | FM | Harsh, Suresh | 45018464 | IND | 2413 |
| 12 | IM | Mohammad Fahad, Rahman | 10207791 | BAN | 2411 |
| 13 | FM | Vaz, Ethan | 25940783 | IND | 2411 |
| 14 | FM | Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid | 14210495 | UZB | 2405 |
| 15 | IM | Sammed Jaykumar, Shete | 5073421 | IND | 2404 |
| 16 | GM | Grivas, Efstratios | 4200039 | GRE | 2396 |
| 17 | CM | Mayank, Chakraborty | 25659766 | IND | 2386 |
| 18 | IM | Viani, Antonio Dcunha | 5027330 | IND | 2385 |
| 19 | FM | Aradhya, Garg | 25006746 | IND | 2385 |
| 20 | FM | Hakobyan, Erik | 13313940 | ARM | 2383 |
Futures players list
| No. | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sameir, Ramez | 10606017 | FID | 1896 | |
| 2 | Brito Carrascal, Isabela | 4456122 | COL | 1893 | |
| 3 | Abdalla, Mansoor Abdalla | 12205036 | SUD | 1878 | |
| 4 | AFM | Alizada, Agshin | 13430718 | AZE | 1868 |
| 5 | AGM | Shubham, Shukla | 25061623 | IND | 1863 |
| 6 | Nuriyeva, Nurtan | 13423746 | AZE | 1859 | |
| 7 | AFM | Ahmed, Nidal | 11504048 | PLE | 1852 |
| 8 | Mahmudzade, Yunis | 13433717 | AZE | 1850 | |
| 9 | Samrat, Ghorai | 5033659 | IND | 1846 | |
| 10 | Mansurov, Botir | 14228114 | UZB | 1835 | |
| 11 | Rashed Abubaker, Alhemeiri | 9320644 | UAE | 1832 | |
| 12 | Aryan, Mehta | 33329664 | IND | 1809 | |
| 13 | Ibrahimli, Suat | 13441906 | AZE | 1801 | |
| 14 | WCM | Bashirli, Saadat | 13429990 | AZE | 1800 |
| 15 | Humaidan Mohamed, Alzaabi | 9318054 | UAE | 1800 | |
| 16 | Zhou, Shumeng | 8622116 | CHN | 1800 | |
| 17 | Krisha, Tamhant Jain | 33380252 | IND | 1792 | |
| 18 | Omer, Marof Mohamed | 12205788 | SUD | 1788 | |
| 19 | Alhammadi, Khalifa Mohamed | 9319166 | UAE | 1779 | |
| 20 | Aghaverdiyeva, Maryam | 13452509 | AZE | 1773 |
