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The 6th Sharjah Masters 2023 – International Chess Championship is set to take place from 16-26th May at the Sharjah Cultural & Chess Club in Sharjah, UAE.
The event consists of three invitational sections: Masters (elo 2500+), Challengers (elo 2000-2499) and Futures (elo 1500-1999).
All 80 players in the Masters sections are invited with covered expenses and players rated over 2600 will be provided with stipends.
The total prize fund is 60.000 USD, with 10.000 USD reserved for the winner of the Masters.
Sharjah Masters Section:
- GM Gukesh D IND 2730
- GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2730
- GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2729
- GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2712
- GM Niemann Hans Moke USA 2706
- GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2704
- GM Robson Ray USA 2702
- GM Erigaisi Arjun IND 2701
- GM Amin Bassem EGY 2692
- GM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2691
- GM Sevian Samuel USA 2687
- GM Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2686
- GM Predke Alexandr SRB 2684
- GM Van Foreest Jorden NED 2684
- GM Esipenko Andrey FID 2680
- GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2677
- GM Tabatabaei M. Amin IRI 2675
- GM Nihal Sarin IND 2673
- GM Shevchenko Kirill ROU 2668
- GM Oparin Grigoriy USA 2667
- GM Narayanan.S.L IND 2664
- GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2661
- GM Sindarov Javokhir UZB 2661
- GM Korobov Anton UKR 2658
- GM Nguyen Thai Dai Van CZE 2651
- GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2639
- GM Pichot Alan ARG 2638
- GM Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2636
- GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr FID 2635
- GM Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2634
- GM Chigaev Maksim FID 2632
- GM Sargsyan Shant ARM 2630
- GM Yakubboev Nodirbek UZB 2630
- GM Yilmaz Mustafa TUR 2629
- GM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2627
- GM Sadhwani Raunak IND 2627
- GM Abasov Nijat AZE 2625
- GM Kovalev Vladislav FID 2623
- GM Hakobyan Aram ARM 2620
- GM Socko Bartosz POL 2618
- GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM 2616
- GM Bernadskiy Vitaliy UKR 2611
- GM Dardha Daniel BEL 2610
- GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2609
- GM Harsha Bharathakoti IND 2608
- GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2607
- GM Aryan Chopra IND 2607
- GM Vakhidov Jakhongir UZB 2607
- GM Ivic Velimir SRB 2606
- GM Vescovi Giovanni BRA 2606
- GM Yuffa Daniil ESP 2605
- GM Piorun Kacper POL 2601
- GM Vokhidov Shamsiddin UZB 2601
- GM Can Emre TUR 2600
- GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios GRE 2599
- GM Puranik Abhimanyu IND 2599
- GM Iskandarov Misratdin AZE 2598
- GM Brkic Ante CRO 2596
- GM Yoo Christopher Woojin USA 2591
- GM Peralta Fernando ARG 2590
- GM Sanal Vahap TUR 2590
- GM Adhiban B. IND 2589
- GM Erdos Viktor HUN 2587
- GM Theodorou Nikolas GRE 2584
- GM Kadric Denis MNE 2583
- GM Moroni Luca Jr ITA 2578
- GM Kobalia Mikhail FID 2577
- GM Van Foreest Lucas NED 2570
- GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2569
- GM Kuybokarov Temur AUS 2562
- GM Dragnev Valentin AUT 2561
- GM Azarov Sergei FID 2559
- GM Murzin Volodar FID 2554
- GM Ju Wenjun CHN 2550
- GM Mishra Abhimanyu USA 2548
- GM Chirila Ioan-Cristian ROU 2543
- GM Muradli Mahammad AZE 2539
- GM Basso Pier Luigi ITA 2522
- GM Sivuk Vitaly SWE 2522
- GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo CHI 2510
Sharjah Challengers Section:
- IM Aditya Mittal IND 2505
- GM Raja Harshit IND 2498
- GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2496
- GM Fawzy Adham EGY 2495
- GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2484
- GM Vorobiov Evgeny E. RUS 2483
- IM Nigmatov Ortik UZB 2473
- IM Mammadzada Gunay AZE 2472
- GM Rios Cristhian Camilo COL 2465
- FM Saydaliev Saidakbar UZB 2451
- IM Vandenbussche Thibaut BEL 2447
- GM Socko Monika POL 2432
- IM Badelka Olga FID 2428
- IM Zarubitski Viachaslau BLR 2423
- IM Gholami Orimi Mahdi IRI 2420
- IM Dimakiling Oliver PHI 2419
- GM Haznedaroglu Kivanc TUR 2418
- IM Abdurakhmonov Mukhammadali UZB 2416
- IM Zou Chen CHN 2413
- IM Ceres Dragos MDA 2412
- IM El Adnani Mokliss MAR 2406
- IM Ohanyan Emin ARM 2405
- IM Al Qudaimi Basheer YEM 2401
- FM Begmuratov Khumoyun UZB 2400
- GM Zaibi Amir TUN 2393
- WGM Zawadzka Jolanta POL 2391
- WGM Injac Teodora SRB 2383
- IM Kanter Eduard RUS 2367
- IM Kayonde Andrew ZAM 2363
- IM Farahat Ali USA 2361
- IM Mammadova Gulnar AZE 2358
- IM Tissir Mohamed MAR 2354
- WGM Yakubbaeva Nilufar UZB 2349
- WIM Mkrtchyan Mariam ARM 2343
- FM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan SRI 2342
- FM Movahed Sina IRI 2340
- IM Ahmad Al Khatib JOR 2303
- IM Saeed Ishaq UAE 2303
- IM Al Hosani Omran UAE 2270
- IM Elgabry Mohsen EGY 2264
- WGM Stojanovic Andjelija SRB 2262
- FM Salih Akar Ali Salih IRQ 2196
- FM Sohib Okla SYR 2196
- WFM Omonova Umida UZB 2185
- FM Ammar Sedrani UAE 2183
- Bogdanov Artyom KAZ 2180
- CM Hany Kamal Mohamed EGY 2166
- CM Drost Peter NED 2158
- Alyeldin Mohamed EGY 2154
- CM Dr. Murtaza Ali PAK 2145
- WFM Koridze Lile GEO 2122
- Masango Spencer ZIM 2116
- Abdulrahman Mohammad Al Taher UAE 2080
- CM Tulendinov Dinmukhammed KAZ 2048
- CM Mohamed Saeed Laily UAE 2019
- Botiraliev Abdumajid UZB 2009
- Davari Sara IRI 2009
- Hamad Bader UAE 2003
- Abuazizah Raji PLE 2001
Sharjah Futures Section:
- CM Khalifah Khaled UAE 1959
- Dimarucut Francis Erwin PHI 1940
- WIM Boshra Alshaeby JOR 1880
- Saif Ahmed UAE 1870
- Sameir Ramez EGY 1868
- FM Elmejbri Ali A. LBA 1841
- WIM Van Zyl Charlize RSA 1839
- Hassaballa Ahmed Hassaballa SUD 1837
- Chibale Herris ZAM 1830
- Zayed Sultan Al Taher UAE 1791
- AFM Ahmed Nidal PLE 1764
- WCM Rouda Essa Alserkal UAE 1762
- Abdulrahim Salem UAE 1759
- WCM Sawan Eman PLE 1749
- Dehghan Ibrahim FID 1734
- Mahmoud Youssef Noha EGY 1629
- AFM Safin Safarullakhan IND 1574
- Kanter Elizaveta KAZ 1517
- Fawaz Mohamad LBN 1502