Dubai Open 2014

The 16th Dubai Open Chess Championship for the Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup is taking place on 7-17th April at the Dubai Chess & Culture Club, United Arab Emirates.

The tournament format is 9 round Swiss and the total prize fund is $50,000, with $10,000 reserved for the winner.

150 players from 40 federations are competing, including 47 Grandmasters. Last year winner GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov is back to defend the title.

Participants:

1 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2698
2 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2674
3 GM Edouard Romain FRA 2670
4 GM Istratescu Andrei FRA 2667
5 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2660
6 GM Balogh Csaba HUN 2656
7 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2650
8 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2639
9 GM Amin Bassem EGY 2637
10 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2635
11 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2630
12 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2628
13 GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2627
14 GM Azarov Sergei BLR 2610
15 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2610
16 GM Stevic Hrvoje CRO 2607
17 GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2603
18 GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2601
19 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2600
20 GM Bachmann Axel PAR 2598
21 GM Lalith Babu M.R. IND 2594
22 GM Bogner Sebastian SUI 2587
23 GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2580
24 GM Brkic Ante CRO 2568
25 GM Stojanovic Mihajlo SRB 2568
26 GM Kotsur Pavel KAZ 2557
27 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2556
28 GM Jankovic Alojzije CRO 2554
29 GM Bosiocic Marin CRO 2542
30 IM Nigalidze Gaioz GEO 2536
31 GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios GRE 2535
32 GM Dizdar Goran CRO 2513
33 GM Rahman Ziaur BAN 2513
34 GM Cicak Slavko SWE 2507
35 GM Kostenko Petr KAZ 2506
36 GM Debashis Das IND 2504
37 GM Ismagambetov Anuar KAZ 2493
38 GM Carlsson Pontus SWE 2486
39 IM Ghosh Diptayan IND 2485
40 IM Demuth Adrien FRA 2482
41 GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2481
42 GM Grover Sahaj IND 2475
43 IM Javakhishvili Lela GEO 2475
44 IM Vakhidov Jahongir UZB 2472
45 IM Melia Salome GEO 2459
46 IM Ashwin Jayaram IND 2454
47 IM Kjartansson Gudmundur ISL 2440
48 IM Swapnil S. Dhopade IND 2438
49 FM Pourramezanali Amirreza IRI 2435
50 IM Georgiadis Nico SUI 2421