The Sharjah Masters 2017 Tournament starts on 3 of March at 14:00 CET. The tournament will take place at Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. We are expecting an extremely strong open tournament in which 35 of the participants were rated over 2600! The prize fund is 60 000 $, the first prize is 15 000 $. In the tournament will take part top players as: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov; Radoslaw Wojtaszek;
Yuriy Kryvoruchko; Maxim Matlakov; Arkadij Naiditsch; Etienne Bacrot; Rauf Mamedov; Hao Wang; Alexander Areshchenko; B. Adhiban; Eltaj Safarli; David Anton Guijarro; Gawain C B Jones; Vladimir Akopian; Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli;Gabriel Sargissian.
System of play: 9 Rounds Swiss
Rate of play: 90 minutes all moves + 30 seconds increment
Schedule: UTC/GMT +4 hours
2017, 03.23 - 17:00 - Round 01
2017, 03.24 - 17:00 - Round 02
2017, 03.25 - 17:00 - Round 03
2017, 03.26 - 17:00 - Round 04
2017, 03.27 - 17:30 - Round 05
2017, 03.28 - 17:00 - Round 06
2017, 03.29 - 17:00 - Round 07
2017, 03.30 - 17:00 - Round 08
2017, 03.31 - 17:00 - Round 09Follow the tournament live on ChessBomb