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6th Sharjah Masters 2023

The 6th Sharjah Masters 2023 will take place from 16-26 March 2023 in Sharjah, UAE. The tournament system is 9-round Swiss with time control 90 minutes plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. 

THe tournament is separated in 3 different categories – Master section, Challengers section and Futures section. The total prize fund is 60 000 USD and 45 000 USD of them for the Master section with 10 000 USD guaranted for the winner. The participants list include 62 of the best players, lead by GM D Gukesh, GM Yangyi Yu, GM Sanan Sjugirov, GM Hans Moke Niemann and GM H Niemann.

List of players (as of 06.03.2023):


No. Name FED Rtg
1 GM Gukesh, D IND 2730
2 GM Yu, Yangyi CHN 2729
3 GM Sjugirov, Sanan RUS 2712
4 GM Niemann, Hans Moke USA 2706
5 GM Erigaisi, Arjun IND 2701
6 GM Amin, Bassem EGY 2692
7 GM Praggnanandhaa, R IND 2691
8 GM Sevian, Samuel USA 2687
9 GM Martirosyan, Haik M. ARM 2686
10 GM Predke, Alexandr SRB 2684
11 GM Salem, A.R. Saleh UAE 2677
12 GM Tabatabaei, M. Amin IRI 2675
13 GM Nihal, Sarin IND 2673
14 GM Shevchenko, Kirill ROU 2668
15 GM Oparin, Grigoriy USA 2667
16 GM Narayanan.S.L, IND 2664
17 GM Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2661
18 GM Sindarov, Javokhir UZB 2661
19 GM Nguyen, Thai Dai Van CZE 2651
20 GM Sethuraman, S.P. IND 2639
21 GM Pichot, Alan ARG 2638
22 GM Indjic, Aleksandar SRB 2636
23 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo ESP 2636
24 GM Rakhmanov, Aleksandr FID 2635
25 GM Petrosyan, Manuel ARM 2634
26 GM Chigaev, Maksim FID 2632
27 GM Sargsyan, Shant ARM 2630
28 GM Yakubboev, Nodirbek UZB 2630
29 GM Yilmaz, Mustafa TUR 2629
30 GM Karthikeyan, Murali IND 2627
31 GM Sadhwani, Raunak IND 2627
32 GM Abasov, Nijat AZE 2625
33 GM Hakobyan, Aram ARM 2620
34 GM Socko, Bartosz POL 2618
35 GM Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel ARM 2616
36 GM Bernadskiy, Vitaliy UKR 2611
37 GM Jumabayev, Rinat KAZ 2609
38 GM Harsha, Bharathakoti IND 2608
39 GM Aryan, Chopra IND 2607
40 GM Vakhidov, Jakhongir UZB 2607
41 GM Vescovi, Giovanni BRA 2606
42 GM Yuffa, Daniil ESP 2605
43 GM Piorun, Kacper POL 2601
44 GM Vokhidov, Shamsiddin UZB 2601
45 GM Can, Emre TUR 2600
46 GM Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios GRE 2599
47 GM Puranik, Abhimanyu IND 2599
48 GM Iskandarov, Misratdin AZE 2598
49 GM Sanal, Vahap TUR 2590
50 GM Adhiban, B. IND 2589
51 GM Erdos, Viktor HUN 2587
52 GM Kadric, Denis MNE 2583
53 GM Moroni, Luca Jr ITA 2578
54 GM Kobalia, Mikhail FID 2577
55 GM Mchedlishvili, Mikheil GEO 2569
56 GM Kuybokarov, Temur AUS 2562
57 GM Dragnev, Valentin AUT 2561
58 GM Azarov, Sergei FID 2559
59 GM Murzin, Volodar FID 2554
60 GM Mishra, Abhimanyu USA 2548
61 GM Chirila, Ioan-Cristian ROU 2543
62 GM Vasquez Schroeder, Rodrigo CHI 2510