The 8th International Mersin Chess Open is taking place from 10-16th November at the Yenisehir Ataturk Cultural Center in Mersin, Turkey.
The event is organized by the Turkish Chess Federation and Mersin Metropolitan Municipality.
The tournament format is 9-round Swiss with the classical time control 90 min + 30 sec.
The event consists of four sections:
- Category A for players rated over 2000
- Category B for players rated under 2000
- Category C for players rated under 1600
- Category D for players rated under 1400 or unrated
Category A has 81 players from 13 federations, including 7 Grandmasters and 7 International Masters. Top prize in this section is 2900 USD.
Category A Participants:
1 GM Bernadskiy Vitaliy UKR 2543
2 GM Lobanov Sergei FID 2503
3 Pour Agha Bala Amirreza IRI 2483
4 GM Ikonnikov Vyacheslav FID 2465
5 GM Annaberdiyev Meylis TKM 2443
6 GM Yermolinsky Alex USA 2417
7 FM Ebrahimi Herab Hamidreza IRI 2386
8 IM Poormosavi Seyed Kian IRI 2381
9 IM Cheng Bindi CAN 2368
10 IM Schekachikhin Maksim FID 2353
11 FM Bicer Atakan Mert TUR 2342
12 Jinan Jomon IND 2342
13 IM Aliyev Ravan AZE 2338
14 FM Doroodgar Amir Hossein IRI 2338
15 IM Mammadova Gulnar AZE 2328
16 FM Baradaran Tamadon Arian IRI 2323
17 IM Koksal Ege TUR 2316
18 FM Zeynalli Rashad AZE 2300
19 GM Odeev Handszar TKM 2264
20 Gurbanov Ismayil AZE 2261
21 FM Sanz Wawer Daniel ESP 2254
22 FM Ozcan Kaan TUR 2230
23 FM Dogan Nazmi Can TUR 2218
24 CM Abbasi Abeluie Mohammad Mehdi IRI 2218
25 Daghan Devran TUR 2216
26 CM Yildiz Serdar Murat TUR 2201
27 FM Nikookar Mahdi IRI 2199
28 CM Zerey Demhat TUR 2194
29 Hojjatinejad Ilia IRI 2179
30 CM Isik Engin Yasar TUR 2172
31 Rostami Hossein IRI 2166
32 IM Soozankar A.M. IRI 2162
33 Khanipour Abolfazl IRI 2161
34 WGM Kazimova Narmin AZE 2155
35 FM Asgari Morteza IRI 2152
36 FM Kashefi Amir Hosein IRI 2150
37 CM Bouzidi Ahmed TUN 2146
38 Biriya Mohammadamin IRI 2139
39 Maghsoudloo Amir Ali IRI 2134
40 Bayramov Vugar AZE 2133
41 Hasirci Ozgur Deniz TUR 2128
42 Ahmadi Erfan IRI 2127
43 FM Mohannad Farhan JOR 2115
44 Sahin Ata Sarp TUR 2109
45 FM Zahmati Sobhan IRI 2103
46 Akkara Omer TUR 2103
47 Alizadeh Amirmohammad IRI 2099
48 CM Topuz Mirac Melih TUR 2097
49 CM Unsal Gorkem TUR 2097
50 CM Gulden Egemen TUR 2084
51 CM Uzdemir Ali Poyraz TUR 2081
52 Pourramezan Chafjiri Parsa IRI 2081
53 Babaniya Benyamin IRI 2080
54 FM Idrisov Tabriz AZE 2073
55 CM Ererdem Gani Eren TUR 2066
56 AIM Saygin Nurettin TUR 2066
57 Mahmudzade Yunis AZE 2065
58 Rostami Mohsen IRI 2060
59 FM Primbetov Kazbek KAZ 2059
60 WCM Tirpan Ceren TUR 2053
61 Abel Sajan IND 2053
62 Turker Esat Tuna TUR 2050
63 Poormosavi Seyed Kanan IRI 2049
64 Ughuzov Ravan AZE 2047
65 Manas Eren TUR 2043
66 Mahdavi Armin IRI 2038
67 Tavoosi Rad Ramtin IRI 2038
68 Ozen Sadettin Alperen TUR 2027
69 Golshaani Taha IRI 2026
70 Karabulut Etka TUR 2024
71 Ucoluk Umut TUR 2019
72 Shafei Hamid IRI 2018
73 Esmaeilnejad Mohammad Amin IRI 2015
74 Rajabov Anar AZE 2015
75 Celebi Mehmet Alper TUR 2014
76 WFM Zahedifar Anahita IRI 2008
77 Anacak Hasan Gunes TUR 2008
78 Seker Cinar TUR 2003
79 Razavi Seyyed Amirreza IRI 2002
80 Tezcan Alper TUR 2002
81 FM Kakavand Ramtin IRI 2000
