The 16th Khazar Cup, International Chess Festival, will be organised from 27 February to 6 March 2018 in Anzali, Iran.The tournament is divided in 5 categories.
The venue will be Anzali free zone. Top seeded players are GM Gadir Guseinov, GM Eltaj Safarli, GM Sergey Volkov, GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy etc..

live game with analysis will be provided daily with the best chess software competing in the Top Chess Engine Championship – Komodo, Houdini, and Stockfish

starting list Khazar Cup

1 GM Guseinov Gadir 2646
2 GM Safarli Eltaj 2639
3 GM Volkov Sergey 2612
4 GM Bernadskiy Vitaliy 2588
5 IM Tabatabaei M.Amin 2577
6 GM Dvirnyy Danyyil 2545
7 GM Malakhatko Vadim 2541
8 GM Pourramezanali Amirreza 2525
9 GM Mosadeghpour Masoud 2518
10 GM Darini Pouria 2492
11 IM Tahbaz Arash 2456
12 IM Gusain Himal 2447
13 GM Toufighi Homayoon 2436
14 GM Vahidov Tair 2421
15 IM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat 2413
16 IM Sibashvili Giorgi 2396
17 FM Tutisani Noe 2392
18 Gholami Orimi Mahdi 2271
19 Vakhidov Daler 2265
20 Hosseinzadeh Nima 2254
21 FM Mohammed Zozek Salah Mohammed 2252
22 Faghirnavaz Ali 2248
23 FM Asgari Morteza 2237
24 FM Sedaghati Mehrdad 2215
25 Mashatan Reza 2192
26 FM Afshari Mohammadreza 2183
27 Khoshkalam Seyed Mehrab 2182
28 FM Atanejhad Sahebali 2144
29 Torkamannejad Javad 2122
30 Javani Shahin 2119
31 IM Mohandesi Shahin 2117
32 Ramezani Mahan 2112