8th Malatya Golden Apricot International Open Chess Tournament Category A LIVE

The 8th Malatya Golden Apricot International Open Chess Tournament Category A will take place August 25 – August 30 in Malatya, Turkey. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec /move. For more events from Turkey, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The top-seeded players are IM Gaioz Nigalidze (2371), FM Asrorjon Omonov (2366), IM Parviz Gasimov (2336), GM Urfan Sevdimaliyev (2329), FM Arshia Mohammadian Sechani (2324), Mohammadamin Biriya (2259), FM Mahdi Nikookar (2221), FM Amir Mohammad Hamidi (2217), FM Morteza Asgari (2200), CM Miraç Melih Topuz (2191), IM A.M. Soozankar (2190), Enes Yusuf Maruflu (2183), Ismayil Gurbanov (2143), CM Mohammad Hossein Darvishi (2142), FM Vahid Khalesi (2112), WFM Tannaz Azali (2101), CM Yasin Azimov (2093), Seyed Kanan Poormosavi (2093), Amirhosein Alizadeh (2087), Tahmoores Baardeh (2083). Scroll down for the full participants list.

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8th Malatya Golden Apricot International Open Chess Tournament Category A Participants

No.		Name	FED	RtgI
1	IM	NIGALIDZE, GAIOZ	GEO	2371
2	FM	OMONOV, ASRORJON	UZB	2366
3	IM	GASIMOV, PARVIZ	AZE	2336
4	GM	SEVDIMALIYEV, URFAN	AZE	2329
5	FM	MOHAMMADIAN SECHANI, ARSHIA	IRI	2324
6		BIRIYA, MOHAMMADAMIN	IRI	2259
7	FM	NIKOOKAR, MAHDI	IRI	2221
8	FM	HAMIDI, AMIR MOHAMMAD	IRI	2217
9	FM	ASGARI, MORTEZA	IRI	2200
10	CM	TOPUZ, MİRAÇ MELİH	TUR	2191
11	IM	SOOZANKAR, A.M.	IRI	2190
12		MARUFLU, ENES YUSUF	TUR	2183
13		GURBANOV, ISMAYIL	AZE	2143
14	CM	DARVISHI, MOHAMMAD HOSSEIN	IRI	2142
15	FM	KHALESI, VAHID	IRI	2112
16	WFM	AZALI, TANNAZ	IRI	2101
17	CM	AZIMOV, YASİN	AZE	2093
18		POORMOSAVI, SEYED KANAN	IRI	2093
19		ALIZADEH, AMIRHOSEIN	IRI	2087
20		BAARDEH, TAHMOORES	IRI	2083
21		ÜÇOLUK, UMUT	TUR	2074
22	IM	MOHANDESİ, SHAHİN	IRI	2024
23		HABIBIFARD, PARHAM	IRI	2021
24		GULUMOV, MUTHAT	AZE	2012
25		NOROUZI CHENARI, PARHAM	IRI	2008
26		RABBANI, ABTIN	IRI	2006
27	CM	SEYIDLI, MIRSALEH	AZE	2002
28		ROSHANTAB, SADRA	IRI	2001
29		EBRAHIMI RASHTI, ASAL	IRI	2000
30		FATHI, HIMAN	IRI	1968
31		ALHAJ, MOHAMAD SALEH AHMAD.	SYR	1966
32		KILIÇ, CİHAN	TUR	1959
33		ALKAN, FERMAN	TUR	1903
34		GÜRSU, SUNGUR	TUR	1800
35		SHAHMORADI, ARASH	IRI	1937
36		KONUŞOĞLU, K. SEFA	TUR	1916
37		SEVEN, ALİ OYTUN	TUR	1926
38		İNCİROĞLU, EMİR CİHANGİR	TUR	1920
39		AKTAŞ, İLKER	TUR	1894
40		GÜPLÜCE, MELİH	TUR	1894
41		ÖZTEKİN, AHMET	TUR	1885
42		KELOĞLU, İSMAİL ÇINAR	TUR	1871
43		GİRGİN, MUHAMMED FURKAN	TUR	1827
44		MURSALZADE, JAVAD	AZE	1856
45		GHANBARPOUR, MAHAN	IRI	1856
46		KILIÇ, NURULLAH	TUR	1852
47		KARAKURT, MİRAÇ	TUR	1847
48		OĞUR, NİDAL HEVİ	TUR	1847
49	WFM	BAGHIROVA, KHATUN	AZE	1842
50		BİÇEN, ADA	TUR	1832
51		YILMAZ, ATAKAN	TUR	1821
52		ÜNEŞİ, ERDAL	TUR	1826
53		KESER, CEM	TUR	1800
54		ÇELİK, CEM AKIN	TUR	1789
55		RZAYEV, PARVIZ	AZE	1787
56		KERİMOĞLU, KAAN KERİM	TUR	1784
57		KIRAY, TUNÇER EFE	TUR	1771
58		ATUĞ, KEMAL ARDA	TUR	1766
59		GANBARLI, HUSEYN	AZE	1762
60		ÇİTİL, FEYZULLAH	TUR	1761
61		UYAN, ONUR	TUR	1756
62		ÜNAL, BURAK KAYRA	TUR	1753
63		KAPUSUZ, HASAN HÜSEYİN	TUR	1747
64		HAJJARZADEH, MOHAMMAD REZA	IRI	1745
65		IBRAHIM, MOHAMMED SALIM	IRQ	1730
66		AKSU, YUSUF ALP	TUR	1723
67		YORKAN, AHMET SELİM	TUR	1714
68		ÇAPRAZ, ARDA	TUR	1703
69		ÖZÜ, SUNGURALP	TUR	1701
70		ARKAN, EGE	TUR	1703
71		ŞEYHANLİ, YUSUF TİMUÇİN	TUR	1701