Muscat International Chess Championship 2026 – Open A 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 A 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 M Pranesh (2628), Leon Luke Mendonca (2615), Pa Iniyan (2595), Ahmed Adly (2583), Arkadij Naiditsch (2574), Mikhail Mozharov (2524), Renjie Huang (2513), Loic Travadon (2507), Alisher Suleymenov (2505), Shrivatri Anuj (2481), Chakraborty Mayank (2468), Umut Ata Akbas (2464), Adham Fawzy (2462), Adar Tarhan (2452), Radin Yadegar (2433), Khumoyun Begmuratov (2429), Kirill Stupak (2411), Ibrahim Hasan Labib (2409), Emil Risteski (2406), Akshay Borgaonkar (2397). Scroll down for the full participants list.

Categories: Open B / Blitz

Muscat International Chess Championship 2026 – Open A Participants

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg
1	1	GM	Pranesh, M	IND	2628
2	2	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	IND	2615
3	3	GM	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2595
4	4	GM	Adly, Ahmed	EGY	2583
5	5	GM	Naiditsch, Arkadij	BUL	2574
6	6	GM	Mozharov, Mikhail	RUS	2524
7	7		Huang, Renjie	CHN	2513
8	8	IM	Travadon, Loic	FRA	2507
9	9	GM	Suleymenov, Alisher	KAZ	2505
10	10	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	IND	2481
11	11	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty	IND	2468
12	12	IM	Akbas, Umut Ata	TUR	2464
13	13	GM	Fawzy, Adham	EGY	2462
14	14	IM	Tarhan, Adar	TUR	2452
15	15	FM	Yadegar, Radin	IRI	2433
16	16	IM	Begmuratov, Khumoyun	UZB	2429
17	17	GM	Stupak, Kirill	BLR	2411
18	18	IM	Labib, Ibrahim Hasan	EGY	2409
19	19	IM	Risteski, Emil	MKD	2406
20	20	IM	Borgaonkar, Akshay	IND	2397
21	21	IM	Poormosavi, Seyed Kian	IRI	2393
22	22	IM	Jacobson, Aaron	USA	2371
23	23	FM	Rogov, Matfey	RUS	2368
24	24	GM	Kandil, Adham	EGY	2343
25	25	FM	Sharon, Rafael	ZAM	2333
26	26	FM	Fandi, Mazen.	SYR	2304
27	27	IM	Ezat, Mohamed	EGY	2294
28	28	FM	Khalesi, Vahid	IRI	2248
29	29	FM	Ojas, Kulkarni	IND	2248
30	30	FM	Abbasi Abeluie, Mohammad Mehdi	IRI	2241
31	31	FM	Zozek, Salah Mohammed	IRQ	2203
32	32		Habibifard, Parham	IRI	2186
33	33		Rami, Talab	SYR	2173
34	34		Devnani, Kush	IND	2157
35	35	GM	Ahmad, Al Khatib	JOR	2155
36	36		Poormosavi, Seyed Kanan	IRI	2150
37	37	FM	Seder, Mohammed	PLE	2148
38	38	FM	Moradi, Behrooz	IRI	2145
39	39	CM	Aryan, Ali Ehsan	IRQ	2145
40	40		Bhuvan, Krishna Prasanth	IND	2143
41	41	FM	Chekh Adm Khedr, Aram	SYR	2139
42	42		Khaled, Waleed Abdullah	YEM	2124
43	43	FM	Kakavand, Ramtin	IRI	2118
44	44		Warnier, Yanis	FRA	2114
45	45		Abhinessh, S	IND	2099
46	46		Nyazi, Nehad	EGY	2097
47	47		Nithik, Reddy Bhavanam	IND	2092
48	48	WIM	Singgih, Diajeng Theresa	INA	2089
49	49		Shubh, Atha	IND	2082
50	50	CM	Velavaa, Ragavesh	IND	2076
51	51		Talal, Mohammed	YEM	2060
52	52	FM	Samimi, Armin	IRI	2059
53	53		Samarth, Sreeni Warrier	IND	2055
54	54	AFM	Vismay, Sachar	IND	2051
55	55	CM	Rashid, Husain Alhammadi	UAE	2050
56	56	CM	Akshobhya, Damodar Katti	IND	2048
57	57		Ilkhanipour, Ramtin	IRI	2044
58	58		Khelghatdoust, Amirali	IRI	2044
59	59	AIM	Shashish, Subbiah	IND	2043
60	60	WFM	Shivika, Rohilla	IND	2041
61	61		Napone, Emerson	PHI	2038
62	62	WFM	Deak-Sala, Emilia	AUT	2024
63	63	FM	Salim Mohammed, Salim Al Amri	OMA	2023
64	64	WCM	Swara, Lakshmi S Nair	IND	2019
65	65	WFM	Al Maamari, Wafia Darwish	UAE	2018
66	66		Atharv, Bansal	IND	2017
67	67		Husam, Al-Dain Abdulhakim Nasher	YEM	2011
68	68	WCM	Khalafvand, Dorsa Sadat	IRI	2007
69	69		Rebecca, Jesumarian	IND	2003
70	70	CM	Biglarifard, Koorosh	IRI	2000
71	71	AIM	Muhammad, Shayan Noushad Ibrahim	IND	1999
72	72		Krithik, Muthukumar	IND	1997
73	73		Ragaa, Hassan	EGY	1986
74	74	AGM	Rogov, Timofey	RUS	1981
75	75	WCM	Ivaschenko, Anna	FID	1977
76	76		Mithilesh, Ranjithkumar	IND	1963
77	77		Siddharth, Sanjoy	IND	1954
78	78		Anup, Shankar R	IND	1950
79	79		Asadi, Mohammadmobin	IRI	1927
80	80		Saksham, Upadhyay	IND	1922
81	81	CM	Al Mashikhi, Mohammed Alyan	OMA	1908
82	82		Reshad, Radin	IRI	1907
83	83	WCM	Kirthika, B	IND	1901