Muscat International Chess Championship 2026 – Blitz 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 Blitz section of the tournament is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 3 min + 2 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 Ahmed Adly (2589), Loic Travadon (2519), Semen Novozhilov (2389), Radin Yadegar (2379), Renjie Huang (2374), Adar Tarhan (2334), Ramtin Kakavand (2333), Aaron Jacobson (2324), Umut Ata Akbas (2310), Mohamed Ezat (2309), Seyed Kian Poormosavi (2217), Ramtin Ilkhanipour (2196), Al Khatib Ahmad (2179), Mohammad Mehdi Abbasi Abeluie (2163), Mohammed Seder (2151), Armin Samimi (2146), Vahid Khalesi (2138), Matfey Rogov (2138), Seyed Kanan Poormosavi (2133), Salim Aliyan Al Mashikhi (2098). Scroll down for the full participants list.

Categories: Open A / Open B

Muscat International Chess Championship 2026 – Blitz Participants

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Adly, Ahmed	EGY	2589
2	IM	Travadon, Loic	FRA	2519
3	IM	Novozhilov, Semen	RUS	2389
4	FM	Yadegar, Radin	IRI	2379
5		Huang, Renjie	CHN	2374
6	IM	Tarhan, Adar	TUR	2334
7	FM	Kakavand, Ramtin	IRI	2333
8	IM	Jacobson, Aaron	USA	2324
9	IM	Akbas, Umut Ata	TUR	2310
10	IM	Ezat, Mohamed	EGY	2309
11	IM	Poormosavi, Seyed Kian	IRI	2217
12		Ilkhanipour, Ramtin	IRI	2196
13	GM	Ahmad, Al Khatib	JOR	2179
14	FM	Abbasi Abeluie, Mohammad Mehdi	IRI	2163
15	FM	Seder, Mohammed	PLE	2151
16	FM	Samimi, Armin	IRI	2146
17	FM	Khalesi, Vahid	IRI	2138
18	FM	Rogov, Matfey	RUS	2138
19		Poormosavi, Seyed Kanan	IRI	2133
20	FM	Al Mashikhi, Salim Aliyan	OMA	2098
21	AIM	Shashish, Subbiah	IND	2064
22	CM	Velavaa, Ragavesh	IND	2058
23	FM	Moradi, Behrooz	IRI	2044
24		Napone, Emerson	PHI	2028
25		Khelghatdoust, Amirali	IRI	2026
26	CM	Rashid, Husain Alhammadi	UAE	2021
27		Mohamad Imadaldein, Zamrik	SYR	1998
28	CM	Biglarifard, Koorosh	IRI	1997
29		Mithilesh, Ranjithkumar	IND	1985
30	CM	Al Mashikhi, Mohammed Alyan	OMA	1968
31	CM	Akshobhya, Damodar Katti	IND	1964
32		Ragaa, Hassan	EGY	1960
33	CM	Mohammed, Ali Mahdial-Kinani	IRQ	1959
34		Mulhem, Laith.	SYR	1958
35		Asadi, Mohammadmobin	IRI	1951
36		Al, Ansi Amin	OMA	1945
37	AFM	Hari, Vardan Satheeskumar	IND	1944
38		Atharv, Bansal	IND	1937
39	AIM	Muhammad, Shayan Noushad Ibrahim	IND	1928
40		Al-Qudaimi, Abdullah	YEM	1911
41	WIM	Boshra, Alshaeby	JOR	1910
42	FM	Salim Mohammed, Salim Al Amri	OMA	1909
43		Saeed, Jaafar Shlaka	IRQ	1906
44	AGM	Rogov, Timofey	RUS	1899
45		Bagheri, Majid	IRI	1899
46		Seder, Naji	PLE	1896
47		Alalwan, Sajjad Abbas Khudhair	IRQ	1888
48	AIM	Muhammad, Saifan Noushad Ibrahim	IND	1885
49		Yahya, Shuaib Al Kaff	UAE	1882
50	AIM	Nachiketha, Krishnendra Mulgund	IND	1881
51	WCM	Kirthika, B	IND	1876
52		Jahanbakhshi, Arman	IRI	1872
53		Al Masheki, Abdislam	OMA	1869
54		Medhat, Magdy	EGY	1866
55		Saqar, Essa Khamis	UAE	1861
56		Al Maqbali, Faham Said	OMA	1854
57		Shamas, Salim Ahmed	OMA	1849
58		Reshad, Radin	IRI	1835
59		Al Mamari, Said Ahmed	OMA	1829
60		Alqwasma, Mohamed	PLE	1825
61		Sultan Jabir, Alzarooni	UAE	1822
62	AIM	Sinan, Shafeek	IND	1819
63		Al Hinai, Qusay	OMA	1810
64		Krithik, Muthukumar	IND	1809
65		Habibifard, Parham	IRI	1807
66		Zhou, Xiangheng	CHN	1807
67		Aly, Talal	EGY	1804
68		Al Amari, Mohammed	OMA	1797
69		Shubh, Atha	IND	1792
70		Radwan, Mahmoud J	PLE	1787
71		Al Amri, Mahad	OMA	1783
72		Bait Said, Manaf Salim	OMA	1780
73	CM	Al Kathiri, Mana	OMA	1775
74	AFM	Mohamed, Fadil Syed Ibrahim	IND	1775
75		Boudnani, Brahim	MAR	1753
76		Hussein, Siddig Mohamed	SUD	1751
77		Al Mamari, Ali Abdullah	OMA	1744
78		Jadad, Mohammed Salim	OMA	1742
79		Al Hosni, Khalfan	OMA	1741
80		Khalaf, Ali	KUW	1741
81	WCM	Ivaschenko, Anna	FID	1733
82		Dahveed, Sibi Kurisinkal	IND	1733
83		Mohammed, Al Ryami	OMA	1722
84		Garousian, Vania	IRI	1720
85		Sultan, Ahmed Almheiri	UAE	1704
86		Al Hosni, Al Yaqdhan	OMA	1703
87		Ahmed, Ali Bamatraf	UAE	1693
88		Al Mamari, Imran	OMA	1687
89		Krish Ryan, Krishna	IND	1678
90		Al Hasani, Thabit	OMA	1676
91		Al Aisaee, Anat	OMA	1669
92		Al Mamari, Marwan	OMA	1667
93		Al Sawafi, Abdul Malik	OMA	1665
94		Izaan, Shafeek	IND	1652
95		Al Balushi, Rashid Ali	OMA	1629
96		Ilaan, Shafeek	IND	1626
97		Anush, Bansal	IND	1618
98	ACM	Harshavardhan, V	IND	1615
99	ACM	Niyola, Pinto	IND	1614
100		Nirmal, D Ansera	IND	1613
101		Arulamuthan, Anbazhagan	IND	1604
102		Neithal, D Ansera	IND	1599
103		Al Yousufi, Dawood	OMA	1586
104		Al Maqbali, Saif	OMA	1583
105		Al Zuhimi, Abdullah	OMA	1579
106	AFM	Marksim Karki Abirami, Sriiyukthaa	IND	1577
107		Mohamed, Almaeeni	UAE	1563
108		Nithik, Reddy Bhavanam	IND	1549
109		Al Ghanami, Fuad	OMA	1543
110		Al Sawafi, Abdulrhman	OMA	1537
111		Eidi, Eisa	KUW	1522
112		Salem, Ahmed Almheiri	UAE	1520
113		Aadvay, Hegde	IND	1519
114		Al Bakri, Ziyad Saleh	OMA	1517
115		Paghandeh, Alireza	IRI	1517
116		Al Khadouri, Sultan	OMA	1510
117	ACM	Tejas, Dinesh Kumar	IND	1509
118		Al Riyami, Saeed	OMA	1503
119		Al Bulushi, Omar	OMA	1496
120	ACM	Prakash, Sadhana	SGP	1488
121		Al Hadabi, Osama Sulaiman	OMA	1487
122		Priyesh, Valoorakayil Sankaran	IND	1478
123		Haidar, Bachar	LBN	1455
124	ACM	Al Sabagh, Mohamed	OMA	1454
125	ACM	Sloka, Sujith	IND	1450
126		Aryan, Barani	IND	1439
127	ACM	Alqallaf, Ali	BRN	1435
128		Al Maamari, Abdulmalik	OMA	1429
129		Al Kalbani, Omar Khalid	OMA	1426
130		Aadam, Sibi Kurisinkal	IND	1422
131		Eshal, Shafeek	IND	1406
132		Advaya, Gurudas Pejathaya	IND	0
133		Al Aamri, Mohammed Hamed. S	OMA	0
134		Al Aamri, Yahya	OMA	0
135		Al Balushi, Abdul Sataar Ahmed	OMA	0
136		Al Dighaishi, Taha Hamed	OMA	0
137		Al Gheithy, Al Haitham	OMA	0
138		Al Hinai, Al Qasim Mohamed	OMA	0
139		Al Mujaini, Mahnad	OMA	0
140		Al Shabibi, Mutasim	OMA	0
141		Al Shibli, Shahab Mohammed	OMA	0
142		Al Shuaili, Wahb	OMA	0
143		Sukandhan VG,	IND	0