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The Sharjah Masters ended with a six-way tie for first place. Wang Hao, Baskaran Adhiban, Martyn Kravtsiv, Yuriy Kryvoruchko, S P Sethuraman and Salem Saleh all scored seven points from nine games. The tiebreaks came out in exactly this order. Harika Dronavalli was the top woman player with 6/9 — there were no enforced hijab-related dress codes in evidence at the event by the way. Several Indian youngsters improved their ratings. One example was the WFM, Srija Seshadri, who is rated 2166 and who scored 5.5/9 with a 2428 rating performance. 

The Shenzhen Masters ended with Ding Liren taking first,