Al Ain Chess Classic 2014 – Participants
Dec 9, 2014
The Al Ain Chess Club is organizing the 3rd Al Ain Chess Classic, a 9-round Swiss open tournament, from 18-27th December 2014 at the Al Ain Rotana Hili Hotel.
The top prizes are 1st $11,000 / $8,500 / $6,000 / $4,500 / $3,000 / $2,000 etc (20 regular prizes). There are also special prizes for women, juniors, regional players and elo sections.
At the present 127 players from 25 federations are registered to compete in the tournament. Among them are 54 Grandmasters and 18 International Masters.
Last year winner was GM Abhijeet Gupta.
Participants (top seeds):
1 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2701
2 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2672
3 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2671
4 GM Areshchenko Alexander UKR 2666
5 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2658
6 GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2651
7 GM Shankland Samuel L USA 2642
8 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2640
9 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2632
10 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2628
11 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2625
12 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2625
13 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo UKR 2621
14 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij UKR 2618
15 GM Pashikian Arman ARM 2617
16 GM Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2614
17 GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2611
18 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2599
19 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2599
20 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2592
21 GM Gopal G.N. IND 2580
22 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ROU 2580
23 GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM 2580
24 GM Kravtsiv Martyn UKR 2576
25 GM Kolev Atanas BUL 2572
26 GM Kovchan Alexander UKR 2569
27 GM Sengupta Deep IND 2566
28 GM Danin Alexandre RUS 2562
29 GM Nevednichy Vladislav ROU 2551
30 GM Pap Gyula HUN 2541
31 GM Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2539
32 GM Nigalidze Gaioz GEO 2536
33 GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2533
34 GM Moskalenko Viktor ESP 2528
35 GM Gasanov Eldar UKR 2526
36 GM Abasov Nijat AZE 2509
37 IM Mammadov Zaur AZE 2505
38 GM Ankit R. Rajpara IND 2494
39 GM Bajarani Ulvi AZE 2494
40 GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2484
41 GM Arun Prasad S. IND 2482
42 GM Babujian Levon ARM 2471
43 Sagar Shah IND 2468
44 GM Vishnu Prasanna. V IND 2463
45 GM Darini Pouria IRI 2458
46 GM Bakre Tejas IND 2454
47 IM Khurtsidze Nino GEO 2451
48 IM Das Sayantan IND 2444
49 GM Hayrapetyan Hovik ARM 2441
50 IM Pourramezanali Amirreza IRI 2427
51 FM Sadikhov Ulvi BEL 2414
52 IM Gagare Shardul IND 2411
53 FM Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2407
54 IM Bulmaga Irina ROU 2392
55 IM Karavade Eesha IND 2392
56 FM Tologontegin Semetey KGZ 2391
57 GM Lazarev Vladimir FRA 2387
58 IM Abdyjapar Asyl KGZ 2385
59 IM Sharma Dinesh K. IND 2380
60 WGM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat IRI 2378
61 WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan KAZ 2378
62 WGM Mammadova Gulnar AZE 2354
63 IM Abdulov Orkhan AZE 2350
64 IM Omar Noaman UAE 2346
65 IM Morchiashvili Bachana GEO 2337
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