Shown below are the results of the 21st Sharjah International Chess Championship, which is being organized in the Emirate of Sharjah Under the generous patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah.

Results and Ranking: 

Results of the 2nd round:

Grandmaster Salem Abdul Rahman (UAE) won against IM Noura Mohammed Saleh. 
GM GadirGuseinov (Azerbaijan) won over VithanKee. 
GM Vladimir Aquobian (Armenia) won over RajishSravistav (India)
GM Bassim Amin (Egypt) won over Franklin (Philippines). 
GM ElmarMagerramov (Azerbaijan) won over Edward Aquobian. 

Results of the 3rd round: 
GM GadirGuseinov (Azerbaijan) won over IM Omar Noman (UAE).
GM Salem Abdul Rahman (UAE) won over RavisanHamiov (Uzbekistan).
GM Ahmed Adley (Egypt) won over San Joan (Philippines). 
SandrovJavojar won over  GMAleksanderMista (Poland). 
EfsratiosGrivas (Greece) won over Roberto Karng (Philippines).

After the conclusion of the third round, 17 players are leading the table with 3 points for each:

GM Salem Abdul Rahman (UAE), Ahmed Adley, Bassim Amin, FoadTahir and Wael Abdul Ghani (Egypt), GM Alexei Barsov, Marat Dozamiev and SandrovGavikhtar (Uzbekistan), Herbela (Poland), Walter Arinsiba (Cuba), Mohammed Rafea (Syria), MehrashadSherif (France), EfsratiosGrivas (Greece), ElmarMagerramov (Azerbaijan) and GM GadirGuseinov (Azerbaijan), BabinFasily (Russia)and Vladimir Aquobian (Armenia).

Championshipis a Swiss-system tournament, consists of 9 rounds. Each player will have 15 minutes, plus 10 seconds additional time per move