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Abu Dhabi Masters, Open 2018
June 28, 2018
From chessbase.com
One of the biggest chess festivals of the year, the Abu Dhabi chess festival is scheduled to be played from August 6th to 16th, 2018. The 12-day chess festival will consist of four events: A masters’ tournament, an open tournament, a juniors’ tournament (for players under 16 years of age) and a blitz. The headliner, of course, is the Masters' event which has attracted 38 GMs — of whom five are rated above 2700 — and 12 IMs so far. Some big names in the fray include Le Quang Liem, Richard Rapport, Ivan Cheparinov, Wang Hao, Vladimir Fedoseev, Daniil Dubov, etc.
Who can participate?
In the Masters’ section, all players — with the exception of players from the UAE — rated above Elo 2100 will be allowed to participate while the Open tournament is open to everyone below the rating of Elo 2100 (as of July 1, 2017). The Juniors event is open to all players born on or after January 1, 2002.
https://en.chessbase.com/post/play-c...elle-abu-dhabi
The official website is:
http://adchessfestival.ae
Master’s Registration So Far
1 GM Le Quang Liem VIE2728
2 GM Rapport Richard HUN 2719
3 GM Cheparinov Ivan FID 2712
4 GM Wang HaoCHN 2710
5 GM Fedoseev VladimirRUS 2704
6 GM Dubov DaniilRUS 2691
7 GM Amin Bassem EGY 2679
8 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2667
9 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2663
10 GM Kravtsiv Martyn UKR 2662
11 GM Short Nigel D ENG 2659
12 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2657
13 GM Morozevich Alexander RUS 2656
14 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2655
15 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ROU 2645
16 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2642
17 GM Gordievsky DmitryRUS 2641
18 GM Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2638
19 GM Adly Ahmed EGY 2631
20 GM Abasov NijatAZE 2623
21 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2617
22 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2614
23 GM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2609
24 GM Vocaturo Daniele ITA 2608
25 GM Andersen Mads DEN 2597
June 28, 2018
From chessbase.com
One of the biggest chess festivals of the year, the Abu Dhabi chess festival is scheduled to be played from August 6th to 16th, 2018. The 12-day chess festival will consist of four events: A masters’ tournament, an open tournament, a juniors’ tournament (for players under 16 years of age) and a blitz. The headliner, of course, is the Masters' event which has attracted 38 GMs — of whom five are rated above 2700 — and 12 IMs so far. Some big names in the fray include Le Quang Liem, Richard Rapport, Ivan Cheparinov, Wang Hao, Vladimir Fedoseev, Daniil Dubov, etc.
Who can participate?
In the Masters’ section, all players — with the exception of players from the UAE — rated above Elo 2100 will be allowed to participate while the Open tournament is open to everyone below the rating of Elo 2100 (as of July 1, 2017). The Juniors event is open to all players born on or after January 1, 2002.
https://en.chessbase.com/post/play-c...elle-abu-dhabi
The official website is:
http://adchessfestival.ae
Master’s Registration So Far
1 GM Le Quang Liem VIE2728
2 GM Rapport Richard HUN 2719
3 GM Cheparinov Ivan FID 2712
4 GM Wang HaoCHN 2710
5 GM Fedoseev VladimirRUS 2704
6 GM Dubov DaniilRUS 2691
7 GM Amin Bassem EGY 2679
8 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2667
9 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2663
10 GM Kravtsiv Martyn UKR 2662
11 GM Short Nigel D ENG 2659
12 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2657
13 GM Morozevich Alexander RUS 2656
14 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2655
15 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ROU 2645
16 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2642
17 GM Gordievsky DmitryRUS 2641
18 GM Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2638
19 GM Adly Ahmed EGY 2631
20 GM Abasov NijatAZE 2623
21 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2617
22 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2614
23 GM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2609
24 GM Vocaturo Daniele ITA 2608
25 GM Andersen Mads DEN 2597