19th Dubai Open 2017 (ChessBomb preview)

The 19th Dubai Open 2017 will take place at Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 3rd  till 11th of  April 2017

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Dubai Open is an international chess tournament that is organized and hosted annually by the Dubai Chess & Culture Club since 1999. Over the years, Dubai Open has become one of the very strong open tournaments in the world and is known for attracting top-class chess players and grandmasters.

System of play: 9 Rounds Swiss

Rate of play:   90 minutes all moves +
30 seconds increment

Schedule : UTC/GMT +4 hours
2017, 04.03  - 18:30 - Round 01
2017, 04.04  - 17:30 - Round 02
2017, 04.05  - 17:30 - Round 03
2017, 04.06  - 17:30 - Round 04
             REST DAY
2017, 04.08  - 10:00 - Round 05
2017, 04.08  - 18:00 - Round 06
2017, 04.09  - 17:30 - Round 07
2017, 04.10  - 17:30 - Round 08
2017, 04.11  - 17:30 - Round 09

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Schedule

Monday 6th Apr Round 1 17:30
Tuesday 7th Apr Round 2 17:30
Wednesday 8th Apr Round 3 17:30
Thursday 9th Apr Round 4 17:30
Friday 10th Apr Rest Day / Blitz Cup 19.00
Saturday 11th Apr Round 5 ?? Round 6 17:30
Sunday 12th Apr Round 7 17:30
Monday 13th Apr Round 8 17:30
Tuesday 14th Apr Round 9 17:30

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17th Dubai Open Chess Tournament

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The 17th Dubai Open Chess Tournament will run from April 5-15 at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club. Ibrahim Al Bannai, Chairman of Dubai Chess and Culture Club and head of the organising committee, announced during a press conference held today (31 March 2015) at the club that players from at least 43 countries will be competing for the prestigious Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup.

The first round of the nine-round Swiss system tournament will be played on April 6 at 6pm. The final round will be played on April 14, with the awarding ceremony on April 15. The club is also organising a blitz chess event for all players on the tournament’s rest day on April 10.

Over 90 Masters confirmed their participation. Belarusian Grandmaster (GM) Sergei Zhigalko is so far the highest-rated player among the confirmed participants with a rating of 2681, while Ukrainian GM Yuri Kuzubov is the second seed with a rating of 2667.

The confirmed participants have so far reached 185 players, including 56 GMs, 20 international masters (IMs) and 14 woman grandmasters (WGMs), along with several highly rated players from Romania, Russia, France, Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Germany, the United States, England, Ukraine and Croatia.

India accounts for the biggest foreign delegation with 36 players, followed by Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia.

Indian Women Grand Master Karavade Eesha is the highest rated among women participants with a rating of 2398. Around 20 top-rated women from countries such as Greece, Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Jordan and Egypt, which is represented by WGM Mona Khaled, have already registered. The UAE contingent is led by Woman International Master Noman Ali Al, the Arab Under-20 champion, Women International Master Kholoud Al-Zarooni and Bashaer Khalil, a bronze medallist at the Arab Under-16 championship.

Schedule

Monday 6th Apr Round 1 17:30
Tuesday 7th Apr Round 2 17:30
Wednesday 8th Apr Round 3 17:30
Thursday 9th Apr Round 4 17:30
Friday 10th Apr Rest Day / Blitz Cup 19.00
Saturday 11th Apr Round 5 ?? Round 6 17:30
Sunday 12th Apr Round 7 17:30
Monday 13th Apr Round 8 17:30
Tuesday 14th Apr Round 9 17:30

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Carlsen holds all world chess titles!

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Previous Championships: Rapid 2013 | Blitz 2013 | Rapid 2012 | Blitz 2012

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After winning the Blitz Championship today after 21 rounds, Magnus Carlsen now holds all World Chess Champion titles - at Classic, Rapid and Blitz chess.

BLITZ - Final results

#	Fed	Full Name	Rtng	Pts
1	NOR	Carlsen Magnus	2881	17
2	RUS	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2730	16
3	USA	Hikaru Nakamura	2775	16
4	VIE	Le Quang Liem	2712	14
5	AZE	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2743	13.5
6	ARM	Levon Aronian	2815	13.5
7	IND	Anand Viswanathan	2785	13.5
8	AZE	Mamedov Rauf	2659	13.5
9	ARM	Sargissian Gabriel	2686	13
10	RUS	Alexander Morozevich	2731	13
11	RUS	Svidler Peter	2753	13
12	RUS	Yudin Sergei	2546	12.5
13	RUS	Dreev Aleksey	2667	12.5
14	IND	Harikrishna P.	2726	12.5
15	POL	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2715	12.5
16	UKR	Korobov Anton	2680	12.5
17	RUS	Alexander Grischuk	2792	12.5
18	VEN	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo	2653	12.5
19	FRA	Etienne Bacrot	2720	12.5
20	RUS	Nikita Vitiugov	2742	12.5
21	AZE	Radjabov Teimour	2724	12.5
22	RUS	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2695	12.5
23	RUS	Malakhov Vladimir	2694	12.5
24	VIE	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2621	12.5

Full standings

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Magnus Carlsen - Rapid Chess Champion!

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Previous Championships: Rapid 2013 | Blitz 2013 | Rapid 2012 | Blitz 2012

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The FIDE World Rapid Championships 2014 took finished today and Magnus Carlsen is the World Rapid Chess Champion.

The World Blitz Championship starts tomorrow.

RAPID - Final results

#	FED	Name	Rating	Points
1	NOR	Carlsen Magnus	2881	11
2	ITA	Caruana Fabiano	2791	10.5
3	IND	Anand Viswanathan	2785	10.5
4	ARM	Levon Aronian	2815	10.5
5	RUS	Alexander Morozevich	2731	10.5
6	RUS	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2695	10
7	RUS	Karjakin Sergey	2771	10
8	RUS	Alexander Grischuk	2792	10
9	AZE	Radjabov Teimour	2724	10
10	RUS	Svidler Peter	2753	10
11	FRA	Etienne Bacrot	2720	10
12	CHN	Yangyi Yu	2675	9.5
13	AZE	Mamedov Rauf	2659	9.5
14	GEO	Jobava Baadur	2713	9
15	VIE	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2621	9
16	VEN	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo	2653	9
17	ARM	Movsesian Sergei	2672	9
18	AZE	Guseinov Gadir	2613	9
19	VIE	Le Quang Liem	2712	9
20	UKR	Efimenko Zahar	2648	9
21	CHN	Hao Wang	2729	9
22	UKR	Eljanov Pavel	2723	9
23	RUS	Antipov Mikhail Al.	2502	9

Full standings

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