Sharjah Masters 2025

Classic

Fantasy Chess: Sharjah Masters 2025 runs from May 17 to May 26. Prizes: 🥇 1st Place: $70* 🥈 2nd Place: $30* *The total prize pool is guaranteed at $100, regardless of the number of participants. If more than 10 players join, both the prize amounts and the number of winners will increase. See the full prize breakdown in the Rules section.

Start Date

May 17, 2025

End Date

May 26, 2025

Registration Deadline

May 17, 2025 11:15

Rating Type

Classic

Players

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Nodirbek Abdusattorov GM	2771
2	Anish Giri GM	2738
3	Maghsoodloo Parham	2706
4	Samuel Sevian	2694
5	M Amin Tabatabaei	2670
6	Shant Sargsyan GM	2666
7	Gabriel Sargissian	2641
8	Aleksandar Indjic GM	2637
9	Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen	2632
10	Alexandr Predke	2631
11	AR Saleh Salem	2631
12	Pouya Idani GM	2630
13	Leon Luke Mendonca GM	2630
14	Velimir Ivic GM	2630
15	Xiangyu Xu	2623
16	Bardiya Daneshvar GM	2621
17	Nikolas Theodorou GM	2611
18	Mahammad Muradli GM	2603
19	Jingyao Tin GM	2601
20	David Paravyan GM	2596
21	Azarov Sergei	2596
22	Alan Pichot GM	2587
23	Giovanni Vescovi	2584
24	Adam Kozak GM	2578
25	Abhijeet Gupta	2577
26	Pa Iniyan	2573
27	Ihor Samunenkov GM	2572
28	Jinshi Bai	2572
29	Elham Amar	2569
30	Emre Can	2568
31	Venkataraman Karthik	2565
32	Ahmad Ahmadzada	2564
33	Varuzhan Akobian GM	2564
34	Ivan Zemlyanskii	2563
35	Gupta Sankalp	2559
36	Savva Vetokhin GM	2558
37	Subramaniyam H Bharath	2556
38	Aleksey Grebnev	2556
39	Sanal Vahap	2555
40	Anand Pranav	2555
41	David Gavrilescu GM	2554
42	SP Sethuraman	2552
43	Rinat Jumabayev GM	2551
44	Andy Woodward GM	2547
45	Mittal Aditya	2547
46	Jakhongir Vakhidov GM	2546
47	Rithvik R Raja	2545
48	Temur Kuybokarov	2542
49	Klementy Sychev GM	2542
50	Jiner Zhu GM	2541
51	Jorge Viterbo Ferreira	2537
52	Changren Dai	2531
53	Sergei Lobanov GM	2527
54	Momchil Petkov	2524
55	Read Samadov IM	2521
56	Mukhiddin Madaminov GM	2520
57	Sina Movahed GM	2518
58	Mihail Nikitenko	2516
59	Nikolozi Kacharava GM	2516
60	Aswath S IM	2515
61	Ghosh Aronyak	2514
62	Jan Malek IM	2511
63	N R Visakh	2507
64	Emin Ohanyan GM	2503
65	Jan Klimkowski GM	2503
66	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2494
67	TongQd Xiao	2493
68	Shreyas Royal	2493
69	Mamedov Edgar IM	2492
70	Renjie Huang	2491
71	Krishna S Rohith	2490
72	Artur Davtyan IM	2485
73	Tao Pang	2485
74	Alparslan Isik	2482
75	Injac Teodora	2474
76	Jagadeesh Siddharth GM	2472
77	Adar IM	2472
78	Deshmukh Divya	2469
79	Ilamparthi A R IM	2469
80	Ortik Nigmatov	2457
81	Faustino Oro IM	2454
82	Jakub Seemann IM	2453

Tournament Rules

Fantasy Sharjah Masters 2025 - A Rules ## Event Details 🗓 Dates: May 17 – May 25 ♟ Rounds: 9 rounds 💰 Entry Fee: $10

## Prizes

Total Prize Pool: Increases with every new participant, and $100 Guaranteed - 🥇 1st Place: Starts at $70 and grows after the 10th player joins - 🥈 2nd Place: Starts at $30 and also grows after the 10th player - 🥉 3rd Place: + Places: Unlocked once we reach 22+ players, awarded to the top ~10% For full prize distribution details, please refer to the official prize table at the bottom of this regulation.

## Team Selection
- ✅ 6 Main Players within $15,500 budget
- 🔄 Substitutes (no budget restrictions)
    Subs can only replace a main player if:
      -The sub is rated lower than the main player
      -The main player withdraws before Round 5

## Scoring System
- Win = 1 point
- Draw = 0.5 points
- Loss = 0 points

## Tiebreakers
- Lower total cost of the main players
- Lower total points from substitutes (who subbed)
- Lower combined tournament standings of the main players

## Lineup Locking
- Lineups lock at {registration_deadline}
- After the tournament begins, all players are locked

## Cancellations
- If the event is canceled, all entries are refunded

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