by Himank Ghosh - 25/04/2024
Sharjah Masters is regarded asone of the strongest Swiss chess tournaments held in the calendar year. Last year, a total of 78 Grandmasters above 2518 took part in the Masters. The event was won by Arjun Erigaisi, and D Gukesh finished third. The seventh edition will take place from 14th to 23rd May 2024. GM Parham Maghsoodloo is the top seed of the Masters section. Nihal Sarin will be the highest rated Indian in the field. There are also two more sections - Challengers and Futures. The nine-round Classical Swiss tournament will be an exciting affair as usual with many top Grandmasters from India and the World taking part. Read all about the tournament in the article below. Photo:Aditya Sur Roy
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 Masterssection has some of the top Grandmasters in the World competing for the first prize.
The front page of the Official tournament regulations
Sharjah Chess Club - the venue where the tournament will take place
The tournamentwill be a 9-round swissevent, with the time control of 90 minutes + 30 second increment per move starting from move one. There will be a 30-minute delayin broadcast due to anti-cheating measures.
Check out the tournament registrationdetails and the tournament data
The playing schedule is the same for the Masters and Challengers section,andit is slightly different for the Futures Category. The first round for all the sectionsstart at 14th May at 5 p.m. local time.
Schedule
TheChampion 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.
Check out the complete prize structure
HotelCentro Rotana Sharjah will be the OfficialHotel of thetournament.
Somemore tournament regulations and contactdetails of the Organizers.
The top seeds
Parham Maghsoodloo(2732, IRI) is the top seedintheMasters section | Photo:Shahid Ahmed
Yangyi Yu (2728, CHN) is the second seed | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
Teimour Radjabov (AZE, 2723) is the third highest rated player in the event |Photo: Shahid Ahmed
NihalSarin (2698,IND) is the highest rated player from India taking part in the tournament | Photo:Aditya Sur Roy
GM Harika Dronavalli(2503, IND) will be the sole Indian woman participating | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Previous edition
6th Sharjah Masters 2023 champion - GM Arjun Erigaisi 6.5/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
Top 3 (L to R): 3rd GM D Gukesh, 1st GM Arjun Erigaisi and 2nd GM Samuel Sevian (USA) | Photo: Niklesh Jain
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 |
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