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 (top 60):
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