The Open Iraqi Championship is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 14-19 March 2018 in Baghdad. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

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

more live chess Candidates Chess 2018

starting list

1 GM Gagunashvili Merab 2576
2 GM Tarlev Konstantin 2546
3 GM Malakhatko Vadim 2536
4 GM Mirzoev Azer 2501
5 GM Karpatchev Aleksandr 2478
6 IM Gholami Aryan 2473
7 IM Khodashenas Mersad 2404
8 IM Zaibi Amir 2389
9 IM Al-Saffar Araz Basim Mohammed S 2368
10 IM Noah A .H. Al-Ali 2299
11 IM Al-Ali Hussein Ali Hussein 2272
12 FM Sadek Sameh 2263
13 FM Mohammed Zozek Salah Mohammed 2252
14 FM Abdulwahhab Ahmed Abdulsattar A 2245
15 FM Salih Akar Ali Salih 2242
16 WFM Bayarmaa Bayarjargal 2222
17 Alzaim Talal 2215
18 Koniahli Malek 2211
19 FM Lim Zhuo Ren 2186
20 Gharagyozyan Artur 2131
21 FM Adil Ali Jalal 2120
22 Aram Adam 2118
23 Poormosavi Seyed Kian 2099
24 Rawand Hamid Abdullah 2089
25 CM Ismael Namir Mohammed Ismael 2088
26 Kadhim Mahmood Najeeb 2078
27 FM Moazaz Dhahir Habeeb 2076
28 Taleb Salem Hatam 2054
29 FM Rabeea Sabah Nori 2035
30 CM Mohammed Ali Mahdial-Kinani 2022
31 Firas Qassim Abbas 2004
32 Novikova Margarita 1998
33 Ahmed Jaza Jamal 1958
34 Rebaz Nasir Jamal 1947
35 Slami Zoheir 1935
36 Mahdavi Reza 1934
37 Hajiyev Shahin 1898
38 IM Hafez Bakr 1887
39 Haitham Ali Namoos 1887
40 Hasan Abd Al Jabbar 1859
41 Taslimi Borsa 1837
42 Al-Turaihi Dhari Satea Saeed 1831
43 Mohammed Ali Adnan 1829
44 WFM Jalaluldeen Kareen Kamal J. 1807
45 WFM A-Ali Sali Abbas Abdulzahra 1804
46 Al-Ghasra Osama 1767
47 Ali Adnan Younus 1758
48 Majad Hamid Mozan 1756
49 Nabaa Sami Abbas 1735
50 Jouni Hassan 1722
51 Kasib Abdul A.Humadi 1707
52 Obeid Raghad 1705
53 Al-Fayyadh Zainab Asif Abdulah 1696
54 WCM Al-Fayyadh Yamama Asif Abdula 1694
55 Mohammed A. E. Orouq 1646
56 CM Ameer Dhafer Abdulameer 1612
57 Saba Jamal Mohammed 1577
58 Younis Ali Hussein 1533
59 Adhim Hameed Jabar 1447
60 Nawar Ahmed Mahmood 1334
61 Mustafa Hamid Jaafar Mafrachi 1324
62 Nasser Hussein Alwan 0