The Sharjah Chess Club organized the 22nd Sharjah International Chess Championship 2017 from 2-6th June. The 9-round Swiss event was with the rapid time control 15 min + 10 sec.

The local star GM Salem A.R. Saleh took the winner’s trophy after edging Elmar Magerramov, Vladimir Akopian and Bartosz Socko on tie-break.

119 players from 26 countries competed.

Final standings:

1 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2666 – 7.5
2 GM Magerramov Elmar AZE 2575 – 7.5
3 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2697 – 7.5
4 GM Socko Bartosz POL 2700 – 7.5
5 GM Barsov Alexei UZB 2419 – 7
6 GM Arencibia Rodriguez Walter CUB 2548 – 7
7 GM Moskalenko Viktor ESP 2564 – 7
8 GM Adly Ahmed EGY 2614 – 6.5
9 IM Al Qudaimi Basheer YEM 2435 – 6.5
10 IM Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2159 – 6.5
11 Rayes Abdul Kader SYR 2158 – 6.5
12 IM Omar Noaman UAE 2271 – 6.5
13 FM Sohib Okla SYR 2129 – 6.5
14 FM Molina Antonio PHI 2035 – 6.5
15 GM Amin Bassem EGY 2667 – 6
16 Hilwani Talal SYR 2431 – 6
17 FM Othman A. Moussa UAE 2220 – 6
18 Matutina Mark PHI 1999 – 6
19 Delloro Noli PHI 2069 – 6
20 Alkhour Ezzedin SYR 1611 – 6
21 Khamroev Ravshan UZB 2224 – 6
22 Ashraf Ahmed Ramadan EGY 1870 – 6
23 Hakobyan Eduard ARM 1755 – 6
24 Rafee Mohd Hayel SYR 1945 – 6
25 Ali Abdulaziz UAE 1729 – 6
26 IM El Taher Fouad EGY 2478 – 5.5
27 FM Somoff Abdo LBN 2043 – 5.5
28 IM Sultan Ibrahim UAE 2018 – 5.5
29 Adhami Hesham PLE 1986 – 5.5
30 Omar Mohammad Al Taher UAE 1460 – 5.5
31 Abdulla Abdulwahab UAE 1938 – 5.5
32 Al-Housa Khalil PLE 1890 – 5.5
33 Alan Ibrahim A UAE 1791 – 5.5
34 Hamad Essam UAE 1575 – 5.5
35 Sameir Ramez EGY 2001 – 5
36 Majed Ali Abdouli UAE 1720 – 5
37 Reyes Danilo G. PHI 1647 – 5
38 Zayed Sultan Al Taher UAE 1272 – 5
39 Paul Emerson Gicale PHI 1531 – 5
40 CM Begmuratov Khumoyun UZB 1602 – 5
41 Abdalla Yahya Alhammadi UAE 1374 – 5
42 Jami Karim GER 1625 – 5
43 Nour Saleh Jasim UAE 1146 – 5
44 Altaher Saeed Tarek UAE 1662 – 5
45 Mathew Santosh IND 1367 – 5
46 Mosallam Mohammad UAE 1539 – 5
47 Biswas Bilash Chandra BAN 0 – 5
48 Soud Jaber UAE 1173 – 5
49 WCM Bashaer Khalil UAE 1498 – 5
50 Nabil Hamza PLE 1509 – 5
51 GM Miladinovic Igor SRB 2557 – 4.5
52 IM Ali Sebbar MAR 2418 – 4.5
53 Sultan Fareed UAE 1585 – 4.5
54 Ekram Ahmed EGY 1523 – 4.5
55 Al Ali Aisha Saif UAE 1395 – 4.5
56 Saif Ahmed UAE 1480 – 4.5
57 Al-Zarouni Aisha UAE 1506 – 4.5
58 Abdulrahim Salem UAE 1354 – 4.5
59 WCM Abeer Ali UAE 1482 – 4.5
60 Abdulaziz Saleh UAE 1242 – 4.5
61 Kunitsyn Dmitry RUS 1480 – 4.5
62 Faisal Ali UAE 1737 – 4.5
63 Abdalla Mahmoud EGY 1341 – 4.5
64 Sriram Venkatesan IND 1071 – 4.5
65 Khaled Ahmed Y. UAE 1521 – 4
66 Aditya Vijay Kumar IND 1349 – 4
67 Al Jahwari Adnan Mohammed OMA 1629 – 4
68 Khaled Tarek Altaher UAE 1417 – 4
69 Abdulrahman Mohammad Al Taher UAE 1418 – 4
70 Khalil Hanan UAE 1073 – 4
71 Kotsifis Emmanouel GRE 1244 – 4
72 Manoj Mridul FID 0 – 4
73 Yousif Alhammadi UAE 1052 – 4
74 Al Kharusi Mohammed OMA 1162 – 4
75 Khalil Reem UAE 1164 – 4
76 Al Busaidi Hamood OMA 0 – 4
77 Rashid Arif UAE 1135 – 4
78 Talal Mohammed Al Blooshi UAE 1037 – 4
79 George Alex TKM 1077 – 4
80 Priyanka Nair IND 0 – 4
81 Akhmadjonov Komronbek UZB 0 – 4
82 WIM Al-Zarouni Kholoud Essa UAE 1798 – 3.5
83 Almaini Aishah Sarhan UAE 1350 – 3.5
84 AFM Khezrian Nooralzahra IRI 1204 – 3.5
85 Dheepika Nair IND 0 – 3.5
86 Montaser Kamil SUD 1753 – 3
87 FM Ahmed Fareed UAE 1944 – 3
88 Abdulrahman Al Yafee UAE 1932 – 3
89 Dawood Abdullah UAE 1499 – 3
90 Hamed Ahmed Yousef UAE 1398 – 3
91 Komiljonov Sukhrob UZB 0 – 3
92 Vasanth Kumaran Ganesan IND 0 – 3
93 ACM Moussa Mahmoud FID 1396 – 3
94 Khezrian Ali USA 0 – 3
95 Hassan Rashid Almaeeni UAE 0 – 3
96 Ahmed Mohamed Alsuwaidi UAE 0 – 3
97 Fatima Saleh Jasim UAE 1154 – 3
98 Lokesh Ravichandran IND 0 – 3
99 Nityashri Sankaran IND 0 – 3
100 Sultan Jabir Alzarooni UAE 0 – 3
101 Abrar Mohammed Almaazmi UAE 0 – 3
102 Omar Abdulaziz Alblooshi UAE 0 – 2.5
103 Alali Ali Talib UAE 0 – 2.5
104 Viswanath Raghu Rohan IND 1306 – 2
105 Aaditya Hari Krishnan IND 1540 – 2
106 WCM Fatima Saif Al-Ali UAE 1179 – 2
107 Hamad Ahmed Al Ali UAE 0 – 2
108 Maria Rashid Almaeeni UAE 0 – 2
109 Majid Abdelrahman Al Maeeni UAE 0 – 2
110 Mohamed Sultan Al Taher UAE 0 – 2
111 Ahmed Hassan Alhammadi UAE 0 – 2
112 Ali Abu Khalil UAE 1801 – 1
113 Elsayed Ziyad EGY 1155 – 1
114 Abdulla Aref UAE 1186 – 1
115 Maitha Abdelrahman Almuaini UAE 0 – 1
116 Essa Rashid Alhammadi UAE 0 – 1
117 Mohammad Ahmed Yousef UAE 1135 – 1
118 Rashid Hamdan Alketbi UAE 0 – 1
119 Obaid Hamdan Alketbi UAE 0 – 1