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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Super Gm Tourament - Sharjah Masters 2017

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 09

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