Arjun Erigaisi wins 6th Sharjah Masters 2023

19-year-old Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi emerged as the Winner of the 6th Sharjah Chess Masters which was played from 17-25 May at the Sharjah Cultural & Chess Club in Sharjah, UAE.

Arjun Erigaisi started the event with inconclusive 2 points from the first four rounds, but then scored impressive 4.5/5 points in the second half of the tournament to become the sole winner of the event. Erigaisi lifted the prestigious Sharjah trophy and pocketed a money-prize of $10.000. Replay all games here

As many as seven players tied for second place scoring 6 points each: GM Samuel Sevian, GM Dommaraju Gukesh, GM Yu Yangyi, GM Haik Martirosyan, GM Hans Niemann, GM Amin Tabatabaei, and GM Grigoriy Oparin. Scroll down for final standings

Simultaneously with the Masters event, the Sharjah Cultural & Chess Club hosted the Challengers tournament. After 9 played rounds, GM Adham Fawzy and IM Emin Ohanyan tied for the top scoring 7 points, each. Egyptian grandmaster Adham Fawzy had better tiebreak criteria and came first, and Armenian IM Emin Ohanyan finished the event second. Four players scored 6.5 points each to tie for third place, but IM Ortik Nigmatov from Uzbekistan had best tiebreaks and clinched bronze. Replay all challengers games here

Final results – 6th Sharjah Chess Masters 2023:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2701	6.5	0	39	35
2	GM	Sevian, Samuel	USA	2684	6	0	44	39
3	GM	Gukesh, D	IND	2732	6	0	43	40
4	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2729	6	0	43	39
5	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	ARM	2675	6	0	41	37
6	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2708	6	0	41	36
7	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2677	6	0	41	36
8	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	USA	2667	6	0	40	37
9	GM	Nihal, Sarin	IND	2673	5.5	0	44	39
10	GM	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	CZE	2645	5.5	0	43	38
11	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	UZB	2630	5.5	0	42	39
12	GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	2660	5.5	0	41	37
13	GM	Narayanan.S.L,	IND	2660	5.5	0	41	37
14	GM	Sjugirov, Sanan	RUS	2712	5.5	0	40	36
15	GM	Praggnanandhaa, R	IND	2688	5.5	0	39	36
16	GM	Esipenko, Andrey	FID	2679	5.5	0	39	36
17	GM	Dardha, Daniel	BEL	2631	5.5	0	38	34
18	GM	Adhiban, B.	IND	2589	5.5	0	34	30
19	GM	Aryan, Chopra	IND	2617	5	0	45	40
20	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	ARM	2630	5	0	43	39
21	GM	Korobov, Anton	UKR	2664	5	0	43	38
22	GM	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	GEO	2553	5	0	43	38
23	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	AZE	2560	5	0	43	38
24	GM	Kadric, Denis	MNE	2601	5	0	42	38
25	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	UZB	2607	5	0	41	37
26	GM	Kuybokarov, Temur	AUS	2566	5	0	39	36
27	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	IRI	2734	5	0	39	35
28	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	ARM	2629	5	0	38	34
29	GM	Galperin, Platon	UKR	2528	5	0	38	34
30	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	ESP	2592	5	0	37	33
31	GM	Abasov, Nijat	AZE	2634	5	0	36	33
32	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	UZB	2586	5	0	36	33
33	GM	Moroni, Luca Jr	ITA	2535	5	0	35	32
34	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali	IND	2627	5	0	35	32
35	GM	Kovalev, Vladislav	FID	2612	4.5	0	45	41
36	GM	Yilmaz, Mustafa	TUR	2641	4.5	0	44	39
37	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	IND	2603	4.5	0	42	37
38	GM	Ju, Wenjun	CHN	2550	4.5	0	41	37
39	GM	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2604	4.5	0	40	36
40	GM	Azarov, Sergei	FID	2582	4.5	0	40	36
41	GM	Asis Gargatagli, Hipolito	ESP	2519	4.5	0	39	35
42	GM	Aditya, Mittal	IND	2522	4.5	0	38	34
43	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	GRE	2591	4.5	0	38	34
44	GM	Ivic, Velimir	SRB	2595	4.5	0	37	34
45	GM	Piorun, Kacper	POL	2601	4.5	0	35	32
46	GM	Erdos, Viktor	HUN	2565	4.5	0	35	32
47	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	IND	2731	4.5	0	34	31
48	GM	Robson, Ray	USA	2704	4.5	0	34	31
49	GM	Acs, Peter	HUN	2561	4.5	0	32	30
50	GM	Yoo, Christopher Woojin	USA	2607	4	0	38	34
51	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2677	4	0	37	33
52	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat	KAZ	2590	4	0	36	33
53	GM	Predke, Alexandr	SRB	2685	4	0	36	32
54	GM	Chigaev, Maksim	FID	2628	4	0	36	32
55	GM	Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel	ARM	2617	4	0	36	32
56	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2626	4	0	35	32
57	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	IND	2613	4	0	34	30
58	GM	Tin, Jingyao	SGP	2576	4	0	33	30
59	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	AZE	2531	4	0	33	30
60	GM	Mishra, Abhimanyu	USA	2550	4	0	30	27
61	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2633	3.5	0	42	38
62	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2661	3.5	0	38	34
63	GM	Harsha, Bharathakoti	IND	2602	3.5	0	37	33
64	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2618	3.5	0	35	32
65	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak	IND	2627	3.5	0	34	31
66	GM	Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios	GRE	2603	3.5	0	33	30
67	GM	Can, Emre	TUR	2575	3.5	0	32	29
68	GM	Iskandarov, Misratdin	AZE	2577	3.5	0	31	28
69	GM	Sanal, Vahap	TUR	2600	3	0	38	34
70	GM	Peralta, Fernando	ARG	2596	3	0	34	31
71	GM	Kobalia, Mikhail	FID	2578	3	0	33	30
72	GM	Van Foreest, Lucas	NED	2556	3	0	31	28
73	GM	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy	UKR	2592	3	0	29	27
74	GM	Vescovi, Giovanni	BRA	2606	2.5	0	36	33
75	GM	Vasquez Schroeder, Rodrigo	CHI	2524	2.5	0	32	29
76	GM	Dragnev, Valentin	AUT	2593	2.5	0	31	28
77	GM	Petkov, Momchil	BUL	2522	2.5	0	26	24
78	GM	Socko, Bartosz	POL	2591	2	0	34	32

Final results – 6th Sharjah Chess Challengers 2023:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Fawzy, Adham	EGY	2495	7	0.5	47	42
2	IM	Ohanyan, Emin	ARM	2444	7	0.5	45	41
3	IM	Nigmatov, Ortik	UZB	2438	6.5	0	49	43
4	IM	Sibashvili, Giorgi	GEO	2408	6.5	0	47	44
5	IM	Saydaliev, Saidakbar	UZB	2434	6.5	0	40	36
6	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	RUS	2496	6.5	0	38	34
7	FM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	SRI	2342	6	0	47	42
8	GM	Rios, Cristhian Camilo	COL	2469	6	0	44	40
9	GM	Hesham, Abdelrahman	EGY	2409	6	0	43	38
10	GM	Sivuk, Vitaly	SWE	2489	5.5	0	47	42
11	FM	Bai, Adelard	TPE	2409	5.5	0	45	41
12	IM	Mammadova, Gulnar	AZE	2349	5.5	0	45	40
13	WIM	Mkrtchyan, Mariam	ARM	2360	5.5	0	44	39
14	IM	Vandenbussche, Thibaut	BEL	2437	5.5	0	43	38
15	GM	Haznedaroglu, Kivanc	TUR	2418	5.5	0	41	37
16	IM	Kayonde, Andrew	ZAM	2361	5.5	0	39	36
17	GM	Ahmad, Al Khatib	JOR	2344	5.5	0	39	35
18	GM	Socko, Monika	POL	2406	5.5	0	38	34
19	FM	Lim, Zhuo Ren	MAS	2294	5	0	44	40
20	FM	Koniahli, Malek.	SYR	2248	5	0	43	39
21	FM	Begmuratov, Khumoyun	UZB	2387	5	0	42	38
22	WGM	Zawadzka, Jolanta	POL	2348	5	0	41	38
23	IM	Al Qudaimi, Basheer	YEM	2401	5	0	40	37
24	IM	Tissir, Mohamed	MAR	2354	5	0	40	36
25	GM	Zaibi, Amir	TUN	2393	5	0	38	35
26	IM	Kanter, Eduard	RUS	2367	5	0	37	33
27	IM	Saeed, Ishaq	UAE	2303	5	0	36	33
28	IM	Sultan, Ibrahim	UAE	2040	5	0	33	30
29	IM	Eiti, Bashir	SYR	2346	4.5	0	40	37
30	FM	George Micheal, Kevin	EGY	2149	4.5	0	40	36
31	IM	Abdurakhmonov, Mukhammadali	UZB	2403	4.5	0	39	36
32		Bogdanov, Artyom	KAZ	2221	4.5	0	39	35
33	CM	Hany Kamal, Mohamed	EGY	2227	4.5	0	38	35
34	IM	Badelka, Olga	FID	2406	4.5	0	38	35
35	FM	Khoder, Akram	LBN	2179	4.5	0	38	34
36	FM	Abdulrahman Mohammad, Al Taher	UAE	2185	4.5	0	38	34
37	GM	Vorobiov, Evgeny E.	RUS	2483	4.5	0	36	33
38	WFM	Omonova, Umida	UZB	2147	4.5	0	36	33
39		Devnani, Kush	IND	2127	4.5	0	35	32
40	FM	Ammar, Sedrani	UAE	2197	4.5	0	33	31
41	CM	Mohamed, Saeed Laily	UAE	2019	4.5	0	32	29
42	IM	Al Hosani, Omran	UAE	2270	4	0	38	34
43	WGM	Suleimanova, Ava	UKR	2140	4	0	35	32
44	IM	Elgabry, Mohsen	EGY	2277	4	0	34	31
45	WGM	Yakubbaeva, Nilufar	UZB	2373	4	0	33	30
46	CM	Araoune, Saadi	ALG	2059	4	0	31	28
47	CM	Tulendinov, Dinmukhammed	KAZ	2164	3.5	0	40	37
48	FM	Salih, Akar Ali Salih	IRQ	2200	3.5	0	39	35
49		Arkadan, Adib	LBN	2144	3.5	0	38	34
50	CM	Dr., Murtaza Ali	PAK	2145	3.5	0	37	33
51		Rami, Talab	SYR	1924	3.5	0	37	34
52	FM	Seder, Mohammed	PLE	2024	3.5	0	37	34
53	CM	Drost, Peter	NED	2158	3.5	0	35	32
54	CM	Khalifah, Khaled	UAE	1959	3.5	0	35	32
55	IM	Farahat, Ali	USA	2361	3.5	0	35	31
56		Abuazizah, Raji	PLE	2015	3.5	0	33	30
57		Davari, Sara	IRI	2015	3.5	0	30	28
58	WGM	Paramzina, Anastasya	FID	2227	3	0	37	33
59		Zayed, Sultan Al Taher	UAE	1730	3	0	34	31
60		Saif, Ahmed	UAE	1870	3	0	33	31
61	FM	Chekh Adm Khedr, Aram	SYR	2174	3	0	29	27
62		Alyeldin, Mohamed	EGY	2170	2.5	0	31	28
63		Botiraliev, Abdumajid	UZB	2007	2	0	37	34
64	WFM	Koridze, Lile	GEO	2191	2	0	36	33
65	FM	George Samir, David	EGY	2054	2	0	35	32
66	WGM	Stojanovic, Andjelija	SRB	2234	0	0	37	33

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