May 30th 2022

The selected 80 players competed in a 9 round swiss system tournament for the prize fund of 55.000$. 18-year-old Uzbekistani grandmaster Nodirbek Abdusattorov won the event scoring 7/9 points as he had better tiebreak criteria than GM Saleh Salem who finished second with the same score. GM Abhijeet Gupta and GM Haik Martirosyan tied for the third place with 6.5 points each but Gupta had a slightly better Bucholz and came third. Replay the games here (scroll down for final rankings).

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GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov at the Closing Ceremony of the 5th Sharjah Masters

GM Abhijeet Gupta vs GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, R9 of 5th Sharjah Chess Masters

Simultaneously with the Sharjah Chess Masters, the 2nd Sharja Challengers took place in the same venue. After 9 played rounds IM Mohsen Elgabry emerged as the sole Winner of the event with 7.5 points. IM Ibrahim Sultan was second with 7 points, while four players tied for the third place scoring 6.5 points, each. Tiebreaks decided that IM Al Khatib Ahmad takes third place, WFM Lile Koridze was fourth, WIM Sona Asatryan came fifth and Shakhnoza Sabirova ended on the sixth place. (scroll down for final rankings)

IM Mohsen Elgabry at the Closing Ceremony of the 2nd Sharjah Challengers

Final rankings – 5th Sharjah Masters:

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	8	GM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	UZB	2661	7	1	44	40
2	3	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	UAE	2690	7	0	46	42
3	38	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	IND	2606	6.5	0.5	47	43
4	11	GM	Martirosyan Haik M.	ARM	2652	6.5	0.5	44	40
5	6	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	ROU	2671	6	0	47	42
6	9	GM	Gukesh D	IND	2659	6	0	42	37
7	10	GM	Niemann Hans Moke	USA	2656	6	0	42	38
8	20	GM	Chigaev Maksim	FID	2631	6	0	41	37
9	4	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	IND	2675	6	0	40	36
10	2	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	ARM	2694	6	0	40	36
11	32	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2613	5.5	0	44	40
12	13	GM	Tabatabaei M. Amin	IRI	2650	5.5	0	44	39
13	15	GM	Sargsyan Shant	ARM	2641	5.5	0	43	39
14	34	GM	Sindarov Javokhir	UZB	2609	5.5	0	42	38
15	21	GM	Yilmaz Mustafa	TUR	2631	5.5	0	42	39
16	19	GM	Idani Pouya	IRI	2635	5.5	0	41	38
17	40	GM	Can Emre	TUR	2599	5.5	0	40	36
18	53	GM	Vokhidov Shamsiddin	UZB	2536	5.5	0	39	35
19	39	GM	Iskandarov Misratdin	AZE	2601	5	0	44	39
20	24	GM	Ponkratov Pavel	FID	2624	5	0	43	39
21	5	GM	Sarana Alexey	FID	2675	5	0	43	39
22	49	GM	Van Foreest Lucas	NED	2572	5	0	43	38
23	17	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	ARM	2638	5	0	42	39
24	43	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	GEO	2595	5	0	42	38
25	35	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	IND	2608	5	0	41	38
26	33	GM	Aryan Chopra	IND	2609	5	0	41	38
27	41	GM	Yuffa Daniil	ESP	2597	5	0	41	37
28	26	GM	Indjic Aleksandar	SRB	2621	5	0	41	37
29	30	GM	Hakobyan Aram	ARM	2615	5	0	41	37
30	37	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2606	5	0	40	37
31	7	GM	Narayanan.S.L	IND	2662	5	0	40	36
32	18	GM	Abasov Nijat	AZE	2635	5	0	40	36
33	12	GM	Moussard Jules	FRA	2651	5	0	40	36
34	16	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	ARM	2640	5	0	37	33
35	45	GM	Kuybokarov Temur	AUS	2582	5	0	37	34
36	52	GM	Suleymanli Aydin	AZE	2537	5	0	37	33
37	14	GM	Nihal Sarin	IND	2646	5	0	37	33
38	56	IM	Davtyan Artur	ARM	2488	5	0	37	33
39	48	GM	Sanal Vahap	TUR	2575	5	0	36	32
40	23	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	KAZ	2628	5	0	34	31
41	51	IM	Muradli Mahammad	AZE	2539	4.5	0	42	37
42	27	GM	Sadhwani Raunak	IND	2619	4.5	0	41	38
43	28	GM	Adhiban B.	IND	2616	4.5	0	40	36
44	1	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	FID	2701	4.5	0	39	35
45	46	GM	Moroni Luca Jr	ITA	2581	4.5	0	39	35
46	22	GM	Yakubboev Nodirbek	UZB	2630	4.5	0	38	34
47	57	IM	Gharibyan Mamikon	ARM	2487	4.5	0	34	31
48	63	IM	Assaubayeva Bibisara	KAZ	2439	4.5	0	33	31
49	31	GM	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	GRE	2613	4.5	0	31	28
50	47	GM	Kadric Denis	BIH	2576	4	0	39	35
51	69	WGM	Zawadzka Jolanta	POL	2409	4	0	38	35
52	44	GM	Azarov Sergei	BLR	2588	4	0	37	34
53	50	GM	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	GRE	2540	4	0	37	34
54	65	GM	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	TUR	2425	4	0	37	34
55	29	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2616	4	0	37	34
56	54	GM	Sankalp Gupta	IND	2505	4	0	37	33
57	42	GM	Adly Ahmed	EGY	2596	4	0	36	33
58	55	IM	Aditya Mittal	IND	2490	4	0	36	33
59	61	IM	Mammadzada Gunay	AZE	2454	4	0	33	31
60	59	GM	Gunina Valentina	FID	2471	4	0	32	29
61	36	GM	Hovhannisyan Robert	ARM	2607	3.5	0	39	35
62	71	GM	Erdogdu Mert	TUR	2407	3.5	0	36	32
63	60	GM	Nikolov Momchil	BUL	2454	3.5	0	34	31
64	67	GM	Hesham Abdelrahman	EGY	2412	3.5	0	31	28
65	64	IM	Baenziger Fabian	SUI	2430	3.5	0	30	27
66	80	IM	Al Hosani Omran	UAE	2191	3.5	0	30	27
67	75	FM	Begmuratov Khumoyun	UZB	2384	3.5	0	28	26
68	62	IM	Badelka Olga	FID	2453	3	0	39	35
69	77	IM	Aziz Husain	QAT	2379	3	0	37	34
70	58	IM	Ortega Amarelle Mariano	CPV	2476	3	0	35	33
71	66	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	PHI	2420	3	0	34	31
72	78	GM	Vogt Lothar	GER	2365	3	0	34	31
73	74	WGM	Injac Teodora	SRB	2384	3	0	30	27
74	25	GM	Ivic Velimir	SRB	2623	3	0	30	27
75	70	WIM	Kamalidenova Meruert	KAZ	2408	2.5	0	36	33
76	72	IM	Buksa Nataliya	UKR	2406	2.5	0	36	32
77	68	FM	Msellek Ilyass	MAR	2411	2.5	0	34	31
78	76	IM	Farahat Ali	USA	2381	2.5	0	27	26
79	73	IM	Saeed Ishaq	UAE	2397	1.5	0	29	27
80	79	FM	Ammar Sedrani	UAE	2255	1.5	0	29	27

Final rankings – 2nd Sharjah Challengers:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	IM	Elgabry Mohsen	EGY	2220	7.5	0	49	45
2	IM	Sultan Ibrahim	UAE	2052	7	0	46	42
3	IM	Ahmad Al Khatib	JOR	2243	6.5	0	48	43
4	WFM	Koridze Lile	GEO	2037	6.5	0	45	42
5	WIM	Asatryan Sona	ARM	2149	6.5	0	44	40
6		Sabirova Shakhnoza	UZB	1919	6.5	0	40	37
7	FM	Klaasen Calvin John	RSA	2245	6	0	47	42
8		Raji Sayel Abu Azizah	PLE	1886	6	0	42	38
9	FM	Brahami Lamine	ALG	2222	6	0	40	36
10	FM	Salih Akar Ali Salih	IRQ	2265	5.5	0	46	43
11	CM	George Micheal Kevin	EGY	2110	5.5	0	45	40
12		Hamad Bader	UAE	1770	5.5	0	42	38
13	AGM	Vishal Choudary B	IND	2101	5.5	0	39	35
14		Alharthi Ahmed Mohammed A	KSA	1853	5.5	0	38	35
15	FM	Storey Charles H	ENG	2220	5	0	44	40
16	CM	Mohamed Saeed Laily	UAE	2030	5	0	43	40
17	FM	Ahmed Jaza Jamal	IRQ	2200	5	0	43	39
18	FM	Ahmed Fareed	UAE	1922	5	0	40	37
19		Abdulrahman Mohammad Al Taher	UAE	2025	5	0	39	36
20	WCM	Rouda Essa Alserkal	UAE	1760	5	0	39	36
21		Botiraliev Abdumajid	UZB	1655	5	0	38	35
22	CM	Khalifah Khaled	UAE	2057	5	0	38	34
23	FM	Al Maashani Amer	OMA	1951	5	0	37	34
24		Khalifa Essa Albalooshi	UAE	1595	5	0	36	33
25		Elazazy Amro	EGY	2080	5	0	32	29
26		Ali Abdulaziz	UAE	1883	4.5	0	43	39
27		Yahya Shuaib Al Kaff	UAE	1277	4.5	0	42	38
28		Seder Mohamad	PLE	1823	4.5	0	41	37
29	WFM	Razan Alshaeby	JOR	1669	4.5	0	40	37
30		Aborezika Mohamed	LBA	1965	4.5	0	37	34
31		Elnemr Mohamed	EGY	2111	4.5	0	34	31
32		Zayed Sultan Al Taher	UAE	1445	4.5	0	30	27
33	IM	Sarwat Walaa	EGY	2237	4	0	42	38
34		Eman Sawan	PLE	1842	4	0	37	34
35		Ahmad Al Romaithi	UAE	1786	4	0	37	34
36	WFM	Al Maamari Wafia Darwish	UAE	1833	4	0	35	32
37		Ofowino Toritsemuwa	NGR	1936	4	0	31	29
38	WCM	Bashaer Khalil	UAE	1526	4	0	28	25
39	CM	Dr. Murtaza Ali	PAK	2144	3.5	0	44	40
40	WFM	Boshra Alshaeby	JOR	1877	3.5	0	36	33
41	WFM	Pires Luzia	ANG	1893	3.5	0	36	33
42	WFM	Al Mansouri Moza	UAE	1538	3.5	0	33	31
43	CM	Elnaami Hashem A.K.	LBA	1934	3.5	0	31	28
44	CM	George Samir David	EGY	2027	3	0	39	35
45		Abdulrahim Salem	UAE	1653	3	0	35	32
46		Wael Sabry Mina	EGY	1695	3	0	34	31
47		Al Mutairi Abdullah F	KSA	1990	3	0	34	31
48	WFM	Al Kalbani Wadima	UAE	1612	3	0	33	31
49		Al Balushi Said	OMA	1513	3	0	30	28
50		Dehghan Ibrahim	FID	1451	2.5	0	36	32
51		Elhusseiny Eyad	EGY	1549	2.5	0	35	32
52		Al Ali Aisha Saif	UAE	1649	2	0	33	31
53	CM	Rowe Duane	JAM	2030	1.5	0	34	31
54		Essa Khamis Saqar	UAE	0	1.5	0	28	25
55		Perera Derrick V.	SRI	1951	1	0	27	25
56	FM	Elmejbri Ali A.	LBA	1919	0	0	25	23