The Dubai Chess Open 2023 will be played from 27 May to 4 June 2023 in Dubai, UAE. The event has two categories: A (for players rated 2200+) and B (for players rated U2200), and features the total prize fund of $52.000, with $39.500 for the A tournament and $12.500 for the B event. The events are played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.
The top seeds of the A tournament are GM Yu Yangyi, GM Hans Niemann, GM Arjun Erigaisi, GM Saleh Salem, GM Amin Tabatabaei and a total of 20 players rated 2600+. See the complete starting list of players on the bottom of the article. >>>Live games can be followed here
Distribution of prizes:
Playing schedule of the 2023 Dubai Chess Open (local time):
Dubai Chess Open 2023 – participants (A tournament):
No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
1 | GM | Yu, Yangyi | CHN | 2729 |
2 | GM | Niemann, Hans Moke | USA | 2708 |
3 | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | IND | 2701 |
4 | GM | Salem, A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2677 |
5 | GM | Tabatabaei, M. Amin | IRI | 2677 |
6 | GM | Matlakov, Maxim | RUS | 2662 |
7 | GM | Sindarov, Javokhir | UZB | 2661 |
8 | GM | Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo | ESP | 2637 |
9 | GM | Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2633 |
10 | GM | Gupta, Abhijeet | IND | 2630 |
11 | GM | Sargsyan, Shant | ARM | 2630 |
12 | GM | Chigaev, Maksim | FID | 2628 |
13 | GM | Karthikeyan, Murali | IND | 2627 |
14 | GM | Indjic, Aleksandar | SRB | 2618 |
15 | GM | Kovalev, Vladislav | FID | 2612 |
16 | GM | Vakhidov, Jakhongir | UZB | 2607 |
17 | GM | Murzin, Volodar | FID | 2604 |
18 | GM | Harsha, Bharathakoti | IND | 2602 |
19 | GM | Sanal, Vahap | TUR | 2600 |
20 | GM | Smirin, Ilia | ISR | 2599 |
21 | GM | Bernadskiy, Vitaliy | UKR | 2592 |
22 | GM | Yuffa, Daniil | ESP | 2592 |
23 | GM | Theodorou, Nikolas | GRE | 2591 |
24 | GM | Adhiban, B. | IND | 2589 |
25 | GM | Asadli, Vugar | AZE | 2584 |
26 | GM | Romanov, Evgeny | NOR | 2578 |
27 | GM | Iskandarov, Misratdin | AZE | 2577 |
28 | GM | Mchedlishvili, Mikheil | GEO | 2553 |
29 | GM | Mishra, Abhimanyu | USA | 2550 |
30 | IM | Kacharava, Nikolozi | GEO | 2550 |
31 | Sviridov, Valery | RUS | 2545 | |
32 | GM | Gavrilescu, David | ROU | 2535 |
33 | GM | Lalit, Babu M R | IND | 2529 |
34 | GM | Karthik, Venkataraman | IND | 2528 |
35 | GM | Vasquez Schroeder, Rodrigo | CHI | 2524 |
36 | GM | Aditya, Mittal | IND | 2522 |
37 | GM | Miladinovic, Igor | SRB | 2507 |
38 | IM | Davtyan, Artur | ARM | 2506 |
39 | GM | Sankalp, Gupta | IND | 2504 |
40 | IM | Gharibyan, Mamikon | ARM | 2500 |
41 | GM | Fawzy, Adham | EGY | 2495 |
42 | IM | Tiglon, Bryce | USA | 2494 |
43 | GM | Zanan, Evgeny | ISR | 2485 |
44 | GM | Chernobay, Artem | RUS | 2484 |
45 | GM | Mosadeghpour, Masoud | IRI | 2479 |
46 | GM | Raja, Rithvik R | IND | 2476 |
47 | IM | Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan | TUR | 2470 |
48 | GM | Rios, Cristhian Camilo | COL | 2469 |
49 | GM | Batchuluun, Tsegmed | MGL | 2466 |
50 | GM | Chanda, Sandipan | IND | 2460 |
51 | IM | Ohanyan, Emin | ARM | 2444 |
52 | IM | Panda, Sambit | IND | 2436 |
53 | IM | Zou, Chen | CHN | 2413 |
54 | GM | Hesham, Abdelrahman | EGY | 2409 |
55 | FM | Bai, Adelard | TPE | 2409 |
56 | IM | Sibashvili, Giorgi | GEO | 2408 |
57 | GM | Matinian, Nikita | FID | 2407 |
58 | IM | Badelka, Olga | FID | 2406 |
59 | IM | Buksa, Nataliya | UKR | 2406 |
60 | IM | Anuj, Shrivatri | IND | 2404 |
61 | IM | Injac, Teodora | SRB | 2402 |
62 | IM | Al Qudaimi, Basheer | YEM | 2401 |
63 | FM | Mamatov, Melis | KGZ | 2399 |
64 | FM | Laddha, Shubh Jayesh | USA | 2397 |
65 | GM | Zaibi, Amir | TUN | 2393 |
66 | FM | Begmuratov, Khumoyun | UZB | 2387 |
67 | GM | Hossain, Enamul | BAN | 2379 |
68 | IM | Uskov, Artem | FID | 2367 |
69 | IM | Farahat, Ali | USA | 2361 |
70 | WIM | Mkrtchyan, Mariam | ARM | 2360 |
71 | FM | Movahed, Sina | IRI | 2359 |
72 | IM | Tissir, Mohamed | MAR | 2354 |
73 | GM | Ahmad, Al Khatib | JOR | 2344 |
74 | FM | Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan | SRI | 2342 |
75 | Xue, Haowen | CHN | 2335 | |
76 | WGM | Kovanova, Baira | RUS | 2304 |
77 | IM | Saeed, Ishaq | UAE | 2303 |
78 | FM | Lim, Zhuo Ren | MAS | 2294 |
79 | IM | Al Hosani, Omran | UAE | 2270 |
80 | FM | Averin, Nikolay | FID | 2259 |
81 | WIM | Gajcin, Marina | SRB | 2256 |
82 | FM | Winkelman, Albert | AUS | 2227 |
83 | FM | Ahmed, Ali Layth Ahmed | IRQ | 2224 |
84 | WGM | Eric, Jovana | SRB | 2217 |
85 | Yeganegi, Barad | IRI | 2205 | |
86 | WIM | Mandura, Tijana | SRB | 2203 |