2018-08-07

25th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival

The 25th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival takes place from 7-15 August 2018 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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Abu Dhabi Masters 2018
The Masters tournament is a 9-round Swiss open restricted to players with a FIDE rating of 2100 and above. Open to all FIDE rated players with standard rating of 2100 ELO and above. The winner receives $13,000. The time control is 90 minutes for the entire game plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

Schedule: (UTC)
Round 1    Aug 7, 2018    13:45 
Round 2    Aug 8, 2018    12:15 
Round 3    Aug 9, 2018    12:15 
Round 4    Aug 11, 2018    06:15 
Round 5    Aug 11, 2018    14:15 
Round 6    Aug 12, 2018    12:15 
Round 7    Aug 13, 2018    12:15 
Round 8    Aug 14, 2018    13:15 
Round 9    Aug 15, 2018    06:15

Abu Dhabi Open 2018
The tournament is open for players rated 2000 ELO and below. The tournament is a 9 rounds Swiss system. The time control is 90 min for each player and 30 seconds increment for each move.  30-minute tolerance will be applied. The winner receives $2000

Watch the games of the Abu Dhabi Masters 2018 and Abu Dhabi Open 2018 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

You can see games from previous issues of the tournament with computer analysis at ChessBomb:
24th Abu Dhabi Masters 2017
23rd Abu Dhabi Masters 2016