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
