One of the strongest opens in the world, featuring over 60 Grandmasters.
Tournament Details
Dates
May 16-May 26
Location
Sharjah, UAE
Prize Fund
$73,000
Time Control
90 mins + 30 sec increment
Timezone
GMT+4
Official Website
Tournament Schedule
| Date | Time | Round | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17th | 15:30 | Opening ceremony | GMT+4 |
| May 17th | 16:00 | Round 1 | GMT+4 |
| May 18th | 15:00 | Round 2 | GMT+4 |
| May 19th | 15:00 | Round 3 | GMT+4 |
| May 20th | 15:00 | Round 4 | GMT+4 |
| May 21st | 15:00 | Round 5 | GMT+4 |
| May 22nd | 15:00 | Round 6 | GMT+4 |
| May 23rd | 15:00 | Round 7 | GMT+4 |
| May 24th | 15:00 | Round 8 | GMT+4 |
| May 25th | 15:00 | Round 9 | GMT+4 |
| May 25th | 15:00 | Closing ceremony | GMT+4 |
Player List
| Name | FIDE Profile | Federation | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | FIDE Profile | UZB | 2771 |
| Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr. | FIDE Profile | IND | 2749 |
| Giri, Anish | FIDE Profile | NED | 2738 |
| Maghsoodloo, Parham | FIDE Profile | IRI | 2706 |
| Andreikin, Dmitry | FIDE Profile | FID | 2695 |
| Sevian, Samuel | FIDE Profile | USA | 2694 |
| Nihal, Sarin | FIDE Profile | IND | 2693 |
| Tabatabaei, M. Amin | FIDE Profile | IRI | 2670 |
| Sargsyan, Shant | FIDE Profile | ARM | 2666 |
| Sargissian, Gabriel | FIDE Profile | ARM | 2641 |
| Indjic, Aleksandar | FIDE Profile | SRB | 2637 |
| Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | FIDE Profile | VIE | 2632 |
| Predke, Alexandr | FIDE Profile | SRB | 2631 |
| Salem, A.R. Saleh | FIDE Profile | UAE | 2631 |
| Idani, Pouya | FIDE Profile | IRI | 2630 |
| Ivic, Velimir | FIDE Profile | SRB | 2630 |
| Mendonca, Leon Luke | FIDE Profile | IND | 2630 |
| Xu, Xiangyu | FIDE Profile | CHN | 2623 |
| Daneshvar, Bardiya | FIDE Profile | IRI | 2621 |
| Theodorou, Nikolas | FIDE Profile | GRE | 2611 |
| Muradli, Mahammad | FIDE Profile | AZE | 2603 |
| Tin, Jingyao | FIDE Profile | SGP | 2601 |
| Azarov, Sergei | FIDE Profile | FID | 2596 |
| Paravyan, David | FIDE Profile | FID | 2596 |
| Pichot, Alan | FIDE Profile | ESP | 2587 |
| Vescovi, Giovanni | FIDE Profile | BRA | 2584 |
| Kozak, Adam | FIDE Profile | HUN | 2578 |
| Gupta, Abhijeet | FIDE Profile | IND | 2577 |
| Iniyan, Pa | FIDE Profile | IND | 2573 |
| Bai, Jinshi | FIDE Profile | CHN | 2572 |
| Samunenkov, Ihor | FIDE Profile | UKR | 2572 |
| Amar, Elham | FIDE Profile | NOR | 2569 |
| Can, Emre | FIDE Profile | TUR | 2568 |
| Karthik, Venkataraman | FIDE Profile | IND | 2565 |
| Ahmadzada, Ahmad | FIDE Profile | AZE | 2564 |
| Akobian, Varuzhan | FIDE Profile | USA | 2564 |
| Zemlyanskii, Ivan | FIDE Profile | RUS | 2563 |
| Sankalp, Gupta | FIDE Profile | IND | 2559 |
| Vetokhin, Savva | FIDE Profile | FID | 2558 |
| Bharath, Subramaniyam H | FIDE Profile | IND | 2556 |
| Grebnev, Aleksey | FIDE Profile | FID | 2556 |
| Pranav, Anand | FIDE Profile | IND | 2555 |
| Sanal, Vahap | FIDE Profile | TUR | 2555 |
| Gavrilescu, David | FIDE Profile | ROU | 2554 |
| Sethuraman, S.P. | FIDE Profile | IND | 2552 |
| Jumabayev, Rinat | FIDE Profile | KAZ | 2551 |
| Aditya, Mittal | FIDE Profile | IND | 2547 |
| Woodward, Andy | FIDE Profile | USA | 2547 |
| Vakhidov, Jakhongir | FIDE Profile | UZB | 2546 |
| Raja, Rithvik R | FIDE Profile | IND | 2545 |
| Kuybokarov, Temur | FIDE Profile | AUS | 2542 |
| Sychev, Klementy | FIDE Profile | FID | 2542 |
| Zhu, Jiner | FIDE Profile | CHN | 2541 |
| Ferreira, Jorge Viterbo | FIDE Profile | POR | 2537 |
| Dai, Changren | FIDE Profile | CHN | 2531 |
| Sasikiran, Krishnan | FIDE Profile | IND | 2531 |
| Lobanov, Sergei | FIDE Profile | FID | 2527 |
| Petkov, Momchil | FIDE Profile | BUL | 2524 |
| Samadov, Read | FIDE Profile | AZE | 2521 |
| Madaminov, Mukhiddin | FIDE Profile | UZB | 2520 |
| Movahed, Sina | FIDE Profile | IRI | 2518 |
| Kacharava, Nikolozi | FIDE Profile | GEO | 2516 |
| Nikitenko, Mihail | FIDE Profile | BLR | 2516 |
| Aswath, S | FIDE Profile | IND | 2515 |
| Aronyak, Ghosh | FIDE Profile | IND | 2514 |
| Gholami Orimi, Mahdi | FIDE Profile | IRI | 2511 |
| Malek, Jan | FIDE Profile | POL | 2511 |
| Visakh, N R | FIDE Profile | IND | 2507 |
| Ohanyan, Emin | FIDE Profile | ARM | 2503 |
| Klimkowski, Jan | FIDE Profile | POL | 2503 |
| Assaubayeva, Bibisara | FIDE Profile | KAZ | 2494 |
| Royal, Shreyas | FIDE Profile | ENG | 2493 |
| Xiao, Tong(Qd) | FIDE Profile | CHN | 2493 |
| Huang, Renjie | FIDE Profile | CHN | 2491 |
| Rohith, Krishna S | FIDE Profile | IND | 2490 |
| Davtyan, Artur | FIDE Profile | ARM | 2485 |
| Pang, Tao | FIDE Profile | CHN | 2485 |
| Isik, Alparslan | FIDE Profile | TUR | 2482 |
| Injac, Teodora | FIDE Profile | SRB | 2474 |
| Siddharth, Jagadeesh | FIDE Profile | SGP | 2472 |
| Tarhan, Adar | FIDE Profile | TUR | 2472 |
| Divya, Deshmukh | FIDE Profile | IND | 2469 |
| Ilamparthi, A R | FIDE Profile | IND | 2469 |
| Nigmatov, Ortik | FIDE Profile | UZB | 2457 |
| Oro, Faustino | FIDE Profile | ARG | 2454 |
| Seemann, Jakub | FIDE Profile | POL | 2453 |