Muscat International Chess Championship 2026 – Open B LIVE
The Muscat International Chess Championship 2026 will take place from January 15 to January 23 in Muscat, Oman. This tournament has 3 categories – Open A, Open B, and Blitz. The Open B section of the tournament is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Oman, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are Amer Al Maashani (1989), Alshaeby Boshra (1981), Seyed Emadeddin Mousavi (1956), Salim Aliyan Al Mashikhi (1952), Asim Ali Elobeid (1929), Laith Mulhem (1923), Farhoud Fathi Tavani (1921), Ali Mahdial-Kinani Mohammed (1916), Saleh Al-Sayed Abdullah (1915), Salim Al Aamri Musallam (1913), Mahmoud J Radwan (1913), Rashed Ahlam (1908), Alhemeiri Rashed Abubaker (1901), Sajjad Abbas Khudhair Alalwan (1898), Abdullah Al-Qudaimi (1894), Majid Bagheri (1886), Shuaib Al Kaff Yahya (1882), Mana Al Kathiri (1871), Ramzi Mohamed Qassim (1871), Mohammed Buirzayqah (1870). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Open A / Blitz
Muscat International Chess Championship 2026 – Open B Participants
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | FM | Al Maashani, Amer | OMA | 1989 |
| 2 | WIM | Boshra, Alshaeby | JOR | 1981 |
| 3 | Mousavi, Seyed Emadeddin | IRI | 1956 | |
| 4 | FM | Al Mashikhi, Salim Aliyan | OMA | 1952 |
| 5 | CM | Elobeid, Asim Ali | SUD | 1929 |
| 6 | Mulhem, Laith. | SYR | 1923 | |
| 7 | Fathi Tavani, Farhoud | IRI | 1921 | |
| 8 | CM | Mohammed, Ali Mahdial-Kinani | IRQ | 1916 |
| 9 | Abdullah, Saleh Al-Sayed | YEM | 1915 | |
| 10 | Musallam, Salim Al Aamri | OMA | 1913 | |
| 11 | Radwan, Mahmoud J | PLE | 1913 | |
| 12 | WIM | Ahlam, Rashed | UAE | 1908 |
| 13 | CM | Rashed Abubaker, Alhemeiri | UAE | 1901 |
| 14 | Alalwan, Sajjad Abbas Khudhair | IRQ | 1898 | |
| 15 | Al-Qudaimi, Abdullah | YEM | 1894 | |
| 16 | Bagheri, Majid | IRI | 1886 | |
| 17 | Yahya, Shuaib Al Kaff | UAE | 1882 | |
| 18 | CM | Al Kathiri, Mana | OMA | 1871 |
| 19 | Qassim, Ramzi Mohamed | YEM | 1871 | |
| 20 | Buirzayqah, Mohammed | LBA | 1870 | |
| 21 | Khalfa, Mhamed | TUN | 1870 | |
| 22 | Saeed, Jaafar Shlaka | IRQ | 1870 | |
| 23 | Medhat, Magdy | EGY | 1867 | |
| 24 | Jahanbakhshi, Arman | IRI | 1866 | |
| 25 | Saqar, Essa Khamis | UAE | 1861 | |
| 26 | Sabirova, Shakhnoza | UZB | 1860 | |
| 27 | Said, Ahmed Ali Jidal Fadhil | OMA | 1848 | |
| 28 | CM | Elishev, Ivan | FID | 1844 |
| 29 | Alqwasma, Mohamed | PLE | 1843 | |
| 30 | Aly, Talal | EGY | 1826 | |
| 31 | Seder, Naji | PLE | 1817 | |
| 32 | AFM | Hari, Vardan Satheeskumar | IND | 1815 |
| 33 | Al Masheki, Abdislam | OMA | 1811 | |
| 34 | Humaidan Mohamed, Alzaabi | UAE | 1811 | |
| 35 | Al Hosni, Khalfan | OMA | 1810 | |
| 36 | Al Amari, Mohammed | OMA | 1809 | |
| 37 | Zhou, Xiangheng | CHN | 1807 | |
| 38 | Al Balushi, Emad | OMA | 1802 | |
| 39 | Al Jabri, Rashid | OMA | 1801 | |
| 40 | AIM | Nachiketha, Krishnendra Mulgund | IND | 1800 |
| 41 | Al, Ansi Amin | OMA | 1799 | |
| 42 | Sultan Jabir, Alzarooni | UAE | 1797 | |
| 43 | Yadhav, Krishna S | IND | 1796 | |
| 44 | Al Hinai, Qusay | OMA | 1791 | |
| 45 | Al Maqbali, Faham Said | OMA | 1789 | |
| 46 | Mohammed, Al Ryami | OMA | 1788 | |
| 47 | Garousian, Vania | IRI | 1786 | |
| 48 | Al Mamari, Ali Abdullah | OMA | 1771 | |
| 49 | Al Mamari, Said Ahmed | OMA | 1769 | |
| 50 | Shamas, Salim Ahmed | OMA | 1761 | |
| 51 | Fadhil, Khalid Ali | OMA | 1758 | |
| 52 | Dahveed, Sibi Kurisinkal | IND | 1755 | |
| 53 | AFM | Mohamed, Fadil Syed Ibrahim | IND | 1748 |
| 54 | Khalaf, Ali | KUW | 1730 | |
| 55 | Al Sabti, Abdul Malik | OMA | 1726 | |
| 56 | Izaan, Shafeek | IND | 1726 | |
| 57 | WCM | Almaamari, Zainab Darwish | UAE | 1716 |
| 58 | Bait Said, Manaf Salim | OMA | 1715 | |
| 59 | Krish Ryan, Krishna | IND | 1715 | |
| 60 | Sabri-Abdulla-Bamuallim, | YEM | 1712 | |
| 61 | Al Amri, Mahad | OMA | 1707 | |
| 62 | Bait Said, Salim Ahmed | OMA | 1704 | |
| 63 | Karar, Mohammed Hasan | IRQ | 1703 | |
| 64 | Al Balushi, Said | OMA | 1702 | |
| 65 | Al Mamari, Imran | OMA | 1701 | |
| 66 | Shimas, Said Issa | OMA | 1701 | |
| 67 | Al Aisaee, Anat | OMA | 1699 | |
| 68 | AIM | Muhammad, Saifan Noushad Ibrahim | IND | 1697 |
| 69 | Al Sawafi, Abdul Malik | OMA | 1697 | |
| 70 | Loveimi, Shayan | IRI | 1694 | |
| 71 | Ahmed, Ali Bamatraf | UAE | 1693 | |
| 72 | Al Dhiyabi, Mohammed | OMA | 1688 | |
| 73 | Neithal, D Ansera | IND | 1684 | |
| 74 | AFM | Marksim Karki Abirami, Sriiyukthaa | IND | 1683 |
| 75 | ACM | Nuh, Nizar Hilmi | IND | 1683 |
| 76 | Sultan, Ahmed Almheiri | UAE | 1675 | |
| 77 | Eidi, Eisa | KUW | 1674 | |
| 78 | Tomy, Mulackal Joseph | IND | 1671 | |
| 79 | Amna, Saqer Almarri | UAE | 1670 | |
| 80 | Al Habsi, Sultan Mohamed | OMA | 1666 | |
| 81 | Al Amri, Al Azhar | OMA | 1665 | |
| 82 | Meera, Saqr Almarri | UAE | 1661 | |
| 83 | Hussein, Siddig Mohamed | SUD | 1660 | |
| 84 | Keith, Mathew | IND | 1659 | |
| 85 | ACM | Harshavardhan, V | IND | 1656 |
| 86 | Bait Said, Ali | OMA | 1656 | |
| 87 | Al Mamari, Mohammed | OMA | 1653 | |
| 88 | Aliya, Fahed Alharazi | UAE | 1645 | |
| 89 | Nishita, Karthick | IND | 1639 | |
| 90 | Al Balushi, Salim | OMA | 1634 | |
| 91 | Boudnani, Brahim | MAR | 1630 | |
| 92 | Al Sabti, Ahmed | OMA | 1628 | |
| 93 | Yasser, Hamdan | JOR | 1618 | |
| 94 | Nirmal, D Ansera | IND | 1610 | |
| 95 | Ilaan, Shafeek | IND | 1605 | |
| 96 | Anush, Bansal | IND | 1602 | |
| 97 | Mohammed, Hussein Kareem | IRQ | 1595 | |
| 98 | Al Rawahi, Faisal | OMA | 1593 | |
| 99 | ACM | Murali, Krishna R | IND | 1591 |
| 100 | Advaya, Gurudas Pejathaya | IND | 1591 | |
| 101 | ACM | Christopher, M Anish | IND | 1585 |
| 102 | Benigni, Stefano | ITA | 1580 | |
| 103 | Al Balushi, Rashid Ali | OMA | 1577 | |
| 104 | Al Yousufi, Dawood | OMA | 1576 | |
| 105 | Al Mughaizwi, Muna | OMA | 1575 | |
| 106 | AFM | Aswanthram, Sankar Ganesh Kannan | IND | 1574 |
| 107 | Barghol, Fatemeh | IRI | 1571 | |
| 108 | Paghandeh, Alireza | IRI | 1566 | |
| 109 | ACM | Niyola, Pinto | IND | 1564 |
| 110 | Sreenand, Arun | IND | 1558 | |
| 111 | Hadj Mahammed, Addoune | ALG | 1554 | |
| 112 | Sai, Prasath Karthikeyan | IND | 1553 | |
| 113 | Shamma, Khalfan Alsuwaidi | UAE | 1550 | |
| 114 | ACM | Muhammad, Zaahir Naduvilaparambil | IND | 1542 |
| 115 | Al Hajri, Mohammed Badar | OMA | 1542 | |
| 116 | Hudhaifa, Maqbool | IND | 1537 | |
| 117 | Al Khoori, Noora Mahmood Abdulla | UAE | 1533 | |
| 118 | Haran, Vaibhav Senthilkumar | IND | 1532 | |
| 119 | ACM | Alqallaf, Ali | BRN | 1530 |
| 120 | Al Maqbali, Saif | OMA | 1529 | |
| 121 | Al Sawafi, Abdulrhman | OMA | 1529 | |
| 122 | Nikhilesh, Karthick | IND | 1528 | |
| 123 | Siddhanth, Subramanian | IND | 1527 | |
| 124 | ACM | Prakash, Sadhana | SGP | 1522 |
| 125 | Amar Jid, Nasr | OMA | 1519 | |
| 126 | Sara, Mohamed | SUD | 1519 | |
| 127 | Rowdah, Ghalib Alafeefi | UAE | 1511 | |
| 128 | Vihang, Dadasaheb Kumbhar | IND | 1510 | |
| 129 | ACM | Al Sabagh, Mohamed | OMA | 1506 |
| 130 | Al Busaidi, Abrar | OMA | 1506 | |
| 131 | Ramar, Rajasekaran | IND | 1488 | |
| 132 | Al Hadabi, Osama Sulaiman | OMA | 1487 | |
| 133 | Abram, Aarvin | IND | 1486 | |
| 134 | ACM | Sloka, Sujith | IND | 1484 |
| 135 | ACM | Stuthi, Nayak | IND | 1479 |
| 136 | Al Salmani, Mazin | OMA | 1474 | |
| 137 | Mariam, Khalifa Alqubaisi | UAE | 1471 | |
| 138 | Salem, Ahmed Almheiri | UAE | 1470 | |
| 139 | Yashkrishna, V | IND | 1470 | |
| 140 | Al Maamari, Abdulmalik | OMA | 1463 | |
| 141 | Zheeno, Niyazi Taha | IRQ | 1459 | |
| 142 | WCM | Al Ghafri, Alanoud | OMA | 1456 |
| 143 | Aswathi, Unnikrishnan | IND | 1455 | |
| 144 | Haidar, Bachar | LBN | 1455 | |
| 145 | Al Ghanami, Fuad | OMA | 1451 | |
| 146 | Al Bulushi, Omar | OMA | 1450 | |
| 147 | Mohamed, Almaeeni | UAE | 1445 | |
| 148 | ACM | Tejas, Dinesh Kumar | IND | 1442 |
| 149 | Nilesh, Karthick | IND | 1441 | |
| 150 | Shashini, S | IND | 1441 | |
| 151 | Arush, Bimal | IND | 1440 | |
| 152 | Eshal, Shafeek | IND | 1439 | |
| 153 | Al Kindi, Said | OMA | 1438 | |
| 154 | Al Shaqri, Said | OMA | 1436 | |
| 155 | Muhammed, Iziyan | IND | 1429 | |
| 156 | Al Riyami, Saeed | OMA | 1428 | |
| 157 | ACM | Labuschagne, Ivan | RSA | 1427 |
| 158 | Al Kalbani, Omar Khalid | OMA | 1427 | |
| 159 | Al Maani, Luqman | OMA | 1424 | |
| 160 | Avantika, Priyesh | IND | 1422 | |
| 161 | Neha, Shilesh | IND | 1421 | |
| 162 | A L Bulushi, Hamid | OMA | 0 | |
| 163 | Aadvay, Hegde | IND | 0 | |
| 164 | Al Aamri, Al Fadhel | OMA | 0 | |
| 165 | Al Aamri, Yahya | OMA | 0 | |
| 166 | Al Abri, Mohammed Ahmed | OMA | 0 | |
| 167 | Al Hashmi, Mohammed Badar | OMA | 0 | |
| 168 | Al Hinai, Al Qasim Mohamed | OMA | 0 | |
| 169 | Al Hinai, Elias Younis | OMA | 0 | |
| 170 | Al Lamki, Anas | OMA | 0 | |
| 171 | Al Lamki, Azzan | OMA | 0 | |
| 172 | Al Mujaini, Mohammed Khalid | OMA | 0 | |
| 173 | Al Salmi, Hamza | OMA | 0 | |
| 174 | Al Shabibi, Mutasim | OMA | 0 | |
| 175 | Al Shibli, Shahab Mohammed | OMA | 0 | |
| 176 | Al Wahaibi, Fatma | OMA | 0 | |
| 177 | Almasri, Laith. | SYR | 0 | |
| 178 | Amar Jid, Ahmed | OMA | 0 | |
| 179 | Aniketh, Sailesh | IND | 0 | |
| 180 | Arulamuthan, Anbazhagan | IND | 0 | |
| 181 | Aryan, Barani | IND | 0 | |
| 182 | Jadad, Mohammed Salim | OMA | 0 | |
| 183 | Jannah, Abdul Razaq | OMA | 0 | |
| 184 | Meenakshi, Madhu | IND | 0 | |
| 185 | Mohamad Imadaldein, Zamrik | SYR | 0 | |
| 186 | Pranav, Kruthik Vijayakumar | IND | 0 | |
| 187 | Riddhish, Kende | IND | 0 | |
| 188 | Sibi Babu, | IND | 0 | |
| 189 | Yadhukrishna, V | IND | 0 |