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Sunday, 23 April 2006 00:00 |
 GM Zviad Izoria of Georgia leads a strong field of 20 GMs, 17 IMs and 40 other titled players in the 8th Dubai Open Championship starting today at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 138 players are competing in the nine round Swiss. At stake in this traditional strongest Open in Asia, now on its 8th year, is a total of US$40,000. For live coverage of top boards, news, photos and games visit www.dubaichess.com or Wiener-Zeitung. .
GM Zviad Izoria of Georgia leads a strong field of 20 GMs, 17 IMs and 40 other titled players in the 8th Dubai Open Championship starting today at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 138 players are competing in the nine round Swiss. At stake in this traditional strongest Open in Asia, now on its 8th year, is a total of US$40,000. For live coverage of top boards, news, photos and games visit www.dubaichess.com or Wiener-Zeitung.
8th Dubai Open 2006
Starting rank list
SNo. Name IRtg FED
1 GM Izoria Zviad 2647 GEO
2 GM Sadvakasov Darmen 2619 KAZ
3 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2612 ARM
4 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2611 GEO
5 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij 2608 UKR
6 GM Kacheishvili Giorgi 2605 GEO
7 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 2584 IRI
8 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A 2576 UKR
9 GM Gelashvili Tamaz 2576 GEO
10 GM Neverov Valeriy 2572 UKR
11 GM Petrosian Tigran L 2571 ARM
12 GM Kotsur Pavel 2570 KAZ
13 GM Gagunashvili Merab 2560 GEO
14 GM Anastasian Ashot 2553 ARM
15 IM Krivoshey Sergei 2531 UKR
16 GM Sturua Zurab 2524 GEO
17 GM Ramesh R B 2507 IND
18 GM Odeev Handszar 2492 TKM
19 IM Babaev Rashad 2481 AZE
20 IM El Taher Fouad 2468 EGY
21 IM Abbasov Farid 2467 AZE
22 GM Adly Ahmed 2460 EGY
23 IM Sale Srdjan 2453 CRO
24 GM Taleb Moussa 2452 UAE
25 IM Gupta Abhijeet 2449 IND
26 Negi Parimarjan 2445 IND
27 GM Bistric Faruk 2430 BIH
28 IM Kayumov Sergey 2426 UZB
29 FM Safarli Eltaj 2417 AZE
30 IM Simonenko Sergei 2409 TKM
31 IM Kulicov Oleg 2407 RUS
32 IM Sarsam S A 2399 IRQ
33 IM Sareen Vishal 2386 IND
34 FM Habu Yoshiharu 2382 JPN
35 IM El Arousy Abdul Hameed 2369 EGY
36 IM Prathamesh Sunil Mokal 2366 IND
37 FM Sharbaf Mohsen 2362 IRI
38 FM Othman A Moussa 2360 UAE
39 WGM Sergeeva Maria 2355 KAZ
40 IM Bajarani Ilgar 2352 AZE
41 IM Ghane Shojaat 2352 IRI
42 FM Toufighi Homayoon 2347 IRI
43 IM Nezad Husein Aziz 2345 QAT
44 WGM Velikhanli Firuza 2326 AZE
45 FM Jasim A R Saleh 2324 UAE
46 FM Teichmann Erik O M C 2320 ENG
47 WIM Pourkashiyan Atousa 2311 IRI
48 Sai Srinivas 2309 IND
49 Amanov Mesgen 2305 TKM
50 Semiev Suhrab 2302 TKM
51 IM Himdan Maher 2297 EGY
52 Anilkumar O T 2284 IND
53 Singh Gurpreet Pal 2273 IND
54 Joshi G B 2269 IND
55 FM Somoff Abdo 2256 LIB
56 FM So Wesley 2254 PHI
57 Soozankar A M 2246 IRI
58 WIM Macek Vlasta 2243 CRO
59 FM Abdul Majeed Mohamad 2242 UAE
60 Bente Bjoern 2240 GER
61 Lalith Babu M R 2240 IND
62 WGM Ramaswamy Aarthie 2239 IND
63 WIM Nadig Kruttika 2239 IND
64 FM Aryanejad Hossein 2236 IRI
65 Stellwagen Robin 2232 GER
66 Sethuraman S P 2231 IND
67 Vaidya C N 2229 IND
68 Schmid Stefan 2224 GER
69 Sadatnajafi M 2222 IRI
70 FM Molina Antonio 2220 PHI
71 WGM Paridar Shadi 2210 IRI
72 Soumitra Majumdar 2207 IND
73 FM Baum Bernd Dr 2202 GER
74 WFM Stock Lara 2200 CRO
75 Darini Pouria 2194 IRI
76 Doostkam P 2188 IRI
77 Ihsan Jawad 2172 PLE
78 FM Narayanan Srinath 2170 IND
79 WFM Salman Mahini Mona 2163 IRI
80 Mohannad Al Qasem 2160 JOR
81 Laabi Chian Majid 2145 IRI
82 WIM Ghader Pour Shayesteh 2144 IRI
83 FM Al-Sulaiti Ghanem 2135 QAT
84 Priyadharshan K 2135 IND
85 FM Saeed Ishaq 2133 UAE
86 Alsharhan Faisal 2130 UAE
87 FM Salem A R Saleh 2124 UAE
88 Bashirinia Omid 2122 IRI
89 Monir Arman 2121 BAN
90 Marcial Augusto S 2110 PHI
91 Shantanu Lahiri 2106 IND
92 Ayyad Maher 2104 BRN
93 FM Laith Kasib 2103 IRQ
94 Ali Obay 2103 SUD
95 Baltazar Danny 2094 PHI
96 FM Bajarani Ulvi 2084 AZE
97 WFM Navabi Shirin 2082 IRI
98 Kolyaie Hasan 2080 IRI
99 Jha Shatrughan 2078 IND
100 Zibaei Abdoulla 2073 IRI
101 Prasanna Rao 2055 IND
102 Stojic Dusan 2054 AUS
103 WFM Grishina Alexandra 2052 RUS
104 Kayle Charles 2049 PLE
105 Schnock Stefan 2049 GER
106 Al-Housa Khalil 2044 PLE
107 Khan W A 2036 IND
108 FM Marwan Abdulwahab 2033 UAE
109 Lavasani Javad 2032 IRI
110 Alam Nure 2029 BAN
111 Hoareau Benjamin 2027 SEY
112 Samavat Mehrdad 2026 IRI
113 Dinayet Kazi Rashedul 2020 BAN
114 Yachou Nur 2007 AUS
115 Fardbehbahani B 2006 IRI
116 Albers Andreas 1995 GER
117 FM Grover Sahaj 1987 IND
118 Begum Masuda 1981 BAN
119 Ramnath Bhuvanesh 1978 IND
120 Abdulgalil Husain 1964 BRN
121 Dave Dhyani 1949 IND
122 WFM Saleh Nora Mohd 1925 UAE
123 WFM Al-Hammadi Fatma 1880 UAE
124 Shiven Khosla 1863 IND
125 Chowdhury Mahmuda Haque 1843 BAN
126 Dasgupta Natun 1788 IND
127 Jamila Juma 1697 UAE
128 WFM Abdulaziz Amal 0 UAE
129 WFM Abdulaziz Eman 0 UAE
130 WFM Bukhashem Fayeqa S 0 UAE
131 WFM Mohamed Ebtisam 0 UAE
132 Abdulghani Fatima 0 UAE
133 Malallah Khadija 0 UAE
134 Marbella Antonio 0 PHI
135 Rahmani Behrooz 0 IRI
136 Sultan Haifa 0 UAE
137 Taghikhani Amir Ali 0 IRI
138 Valerio Axel 0 PHI
News 27.02.06
A total of $40,000 in cash prizes are at stake in the strong 8th Dubai Open Championship scheduled 22 April (arrival) to 2 May (departure) 2006 at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Up for grabs is custody of the Sheikh Rashed Bin Hamdan Al Mactoum Cup, the Challenge Trophy in the 9-round Swiss system tournament. Download the Regulations and the Registration Form.
Interested players are kindly requested to fill in the registration form, which include passport copy, passport particulars of participants, and return the same to the Dubai Chess & Culture Club not later than 20/3/2006 to the following address or contact
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Dubai Chess & Culture Club
P.O.Box: 11354
DUBAI
United Arab Emirates
For emergency enquiries:
Tel: (00971 4) 2966664
Fax: (00971 4) 2968880
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