Dubai Open Chess Championship
9th to 19th April at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club
The 13th Dubai Open Chess Championship for Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Cup will be held from 9th to 19th April 2011. The Championship will be held at Dubai Chess and Culture Club.
A record number of 170 players from 33 countries are participating in this prestigious tournament. The largest group, 42, is hailing from India, followed with 10 from Armenia and Iran.
Grandmaster Sasikiran Krishnan rated 2682 is the top seed of this championship, while 50 Grandmasters are expected to give tough competition. Total prize fund is $45,000.
Ladies were in charge of surprises as WIM Ghader Pour Shayesteh and WFM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat, both from Iran, won and drew against GM Aleksej Aleksandrov and GM Ashot Anastasian respectively. In addition, WFM Dinara Saduakassova split the point with GM Emanuel Berg. CM Sanal Vahap defeated GM Jon Ludvig Hammer with black pieces.
List of top players:
1 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2682
2 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2675
3 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij UKR 2670
4 GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2645
5 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2643
6 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2638
7 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2629
8 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2627
9 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2621
10 GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas KAZ 2618
11 GM Negi Parimarjan IND 2618
12 GM Berg Emanuel SWE 2612
13 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2606
14 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig NOR 2606
15 GM Balogh Csaba HUN 2601
16 GM Gagunashvili Merab GEO 2599
17 GM Amin Bassem EGY 2596
18 GM Fedorov Alexei BLR 2596
19 GM Pantsulaia Levan GEO 2595
20 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2584
21 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2580
22 GM Mamedov Nidjat AZE 2580
23 GM Halkias Stelios GRE 2579
24 GM Arutinian David GEO 2575
25 GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM 2575
26 GM Minasian Artashes ARM 2558
27 GM Anastasian Ashot ARM 2556
28 GM Simantsev Mikhail UKR 2556
29 GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2546
30 GM Adhiban B IND 2543
More here: http://tournaments.chessdom.com/news-2011/dubai-open-chess-championship
How come So is not playing?