Grand Swiss 2023 R3: Vaishali sets the board on fire
GM Arjun Erigaisi drew against GM Alexey Sarana (SRB) in the third round of FIDE Grand Swiss 2023. He moves to 2.5/3. Nine other players are also at same score including the top seed GM Fabiano Caruana (USA). GM S L Narayanan and GM Aravindh Chithambaram drew against the new England no.1 GM Nikita Vitugov and GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) respectively. GM Raunak Sadhwani continues his great form as he shared the point with GM R Praggnanandhaa. GM Vidit Gujrathi scored his second win in-a-row, this time against GM Dmitrij Kollars (GER). IM Vaishali R played some fiery chess to beat IM Leya Garifullina. GM Zhongyi Tan (CHN) and GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) are the only two coleaders with a perfect score 3/3. They will inevitably clash against each other in Round 4. It starts today at 2:30 p.m. local time, 7 p.m. IST. Photos: IM Sagar Shah
Arjun Erigaisi and nine more at 2.5/3
Vaishali - Leya
IM Vaishali R (2448) went for a thematica 12.f6! sacrifice. 12...Bxf6 13.e5 she revealed in the post-match analysis that she knew till this. In fact she played against IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ) the same line at the very same event in previous edition in 2021. 13...Bg7 14.Ne4 Nb7 is the deviation from that game. Bibisara played 14...0-0 two years ago.
16.Bxe6! is an amazing sacrifice. Although there is nothing concrete or an immediate win, the stranded black king at the center of the board, certainly gives an inkling that something's gotta give. 16...Bxe4 17.exd6 Nxd6 18.dxe4 Qb6 19.e5 Ndf5 20.Bd7+ and White won the game in another five moves.
Duda - Volodar
It is no secret that GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL, 2726) is an artist, a creative genius. He had a beautiful finish against GM Volodar Murzin (2633).
Kollars - Vidit
In the above position, GM Dmitrij Kollars (GER, 2633) had an opportunity to almost force a draw 40.Bxg6! fxg6 41.Qa8+ Kg7 42.Qxa7+ Nf7 43.a5 and White's passed pawns are enough compensation for the pinned knight. 40.Qe4 Qc3 41.Be2? giving up the b3-pawn for Black's a7-pawn was not a good idea. Soon White landed in deep trouble.
It is still not over. White can save the game. Find out how. 52.Qb6?? ended things for White after Qd2 53.Be4 c2
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Schedule
Every day game starts at 2:30 p.m. local time, 7 p.m. IST between 25th October and 4th November 2023, except on 3rd when the game starts at 11:30 a.m. local time, 4 p.m. IST. Rest day is on Tuesday 31st October 2023. The last round on 5th November will start at 2 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST.
Time Control
The time control for each game is: 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for the next 20 moves, followed by 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.
Qualification
The winner and the runner-up of Grand Swiss shall qualify for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024. If one or both these players has (-ve) already qualified to the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024 at the moment of the beginning of Grand Swiss via different qualification track or do (-es) not need to qualify for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024, the qualification spot(s) shall go to the highest-placed player(s) in the final standings who has (-ve) not yet qualified to the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024 at the moment of the beginning of Grand Swiss
Prizes
The total prize fund in the Open is US$ 460,000 with the first prize being $80,000. For Women's the total prize fund is $140,000, first prize $25,000. Total numbers of prizes are 69, Open - 46 and Women - 23.
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Round 3 Open results
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 3 | 2 | 16 | GM | Erigaisi Arjun | 2712 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | GM | Sarana Alexey | 2682 | 33 | ||
| 3 | 10 | 52 | GM | Narayanan S L | 2651 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2711 | 17 | ||
| 3 | 18 | 56 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2649 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | GM | Tabatabaei M. Amin | 2685 | 31 | ||
| 3 | 20 | 2 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2780 | 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 | GM | Aryan Chopra | 2634 | 65 | ||
| 3 | 21 | 54 | GM | Pichot Alan | 2650 | 1 | ½ - ½ | 1 | GM | Gukesh D | 2758 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 22 | 8 | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | 2738 | 1 | ½ - ½ | 1 | GM | Sadhwani Raunak | 2641 | 61 | ||
| 3 | 26 | 68 | GM | Kollars Dmitrij | 2633 | 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2716 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 28 | 74 | GM | Durarbayli Vasif | 2625 | 1 | ½ - ½ | 1 | GM | Nihal Sarin | 2694 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 30 | 76 | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | 2622 | 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | 2691 | 27 | ||
| 3 | 39 | 14 | GM | Harikrishna Pentala | 2716 | ½ | ½ - ½ | ½ | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2611 | 83 | ||
| 3 | 54 | 110 | GM | Greenfeld Alon | 2455 | ½ | ½ - ½ | 0 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2609 | 84 | ||
| 3 | 57 | 104 | GM | Adhiban B. | 2551 | 0 | ½ - ½ | 0 | IM | Kolbus Dietmar | 2225 | 114 |
Standings after Round 3
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
| 1 | 72 | GM | L'ami, Erwin | NED | 2627 | 2,5 | 2751 | 4,5 | 6,5 | 0 | |
| 2 | 111 | IM | Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan | KAZ | 2447 | 2,5 | 2729 | 3,5 | 5 | 0 | |
| 3 | 47 | GM | Predke, Alexandr | SRB | 2656 | 2,5 | 2705 | 4,5 | 5 | 0 | |
| 4 | 103 | GM | Maurizzi, Marc`andria | FRA | 2555 | 2,5 | 2677 | 4 | 5,5 | 0 | |
| 5 | 16 | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | IND | 2712 | 2,5 | 2668 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| 6 | 1 | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2786 | 2,5 | 2657 | 4,5 | 6 | 0 | |
| 7 | 33 | GM | Sarana, Alexey | SRB | 2682 | 2,5 | 2652 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| 8 | 46 | GM | Sindarov, Javokhir | UZB | 2658 | 2,5 | 2649 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| 9 | 21 | GM | Sevian, Samuel | USA | 2698 | 2,5 | 2634 | 3,5 | 4,5 | 0 | |
| 10 | 32 | GM | Esipenko, Andrey | FID | 2683 | 2,5 | 2630 | 4,5 | 5 | 0 | |
| 11 | 39 | GM | Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | 2669 | 2 | 2756 | 4 | 5,5 | 0 | |
| 12 | 44 | GM | Cheparinov, Ivan | BUL | 2658 | 2 | 2731 | 3,5 | 4 | 0 | |
| 13 | 48 | GM | Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2655 | 2 | 2718 | 4 | 4,5 | 0 | |
| 14 | 52 | GM | Narayanan, S L | IND | 2651 | 2 | 2714 | 4 | 5,5 | 0 | |
| 15 | 77 | GM | Tari, Aryan | NOR | 2619 | 2 | 2709 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| 16 | 53 | GM | Melkumyan, Hrant | ARM | 2650 | 2 | 2704 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| 17 | 57 | GM | Najer, Evgeniy | FID | 2648 | 2 | 2697 | 4 | 4,5 | 0 | |
| 18 | 56 | GM | Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2649 | 2 | 2692 | 4,5 | 5 | 0 | |
| 19 | 86 | GM | Huschenbeth, Niclas | GER | 2605 | 2 | 2689 | 3,5 | 5 | 0 | |
| 20 | 94 | GM | Kuybokarov, Temur | AUS | 2584 | 2 | 2682 | 4 | 5,5 | 0 |
Round 4 pairings
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 47 | GM | Predke Alexandr | 2656 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Erigaisi Arjun | 2712 | 16 | |||
| 4 | 11 | 11 | GM | Yu Yangyi | 2720 | 2 | 2 | GM | Narayanan S L | 2651 | 52 | |||
| 4 | 14 | 15 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2716 | 2 | 2 | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2655 | 48 | |||
| 4 | 15 | 17 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2711 | 2 | 2 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2649 | 56 | |||
| 4 | 23 | 5 | GM | Gukesh D | 2758 | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Saric Ivan | 2647 | 58 | |||
| 4 | 25 | 63 | GM | Yilmaz Mustafa | 2640 | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | 2738 | 8 | |||
| 4 | 27 | 25 | GM | Nihal Sarin | 2694 | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Ter-Sahakyan Samvel | 2618 | 80 | |||
| 4 | 28 | 61 | GM | Sadhwani Raunak | 2641 | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Xiong Jeffery | 2693 | 26 | |||
| 4 | 39 | 14 | GM | Harikrishna Pentala | 2716 | 1 | 1½ | IM | Royal Shreyas | 2407 | 112 | |||
| 4 | 41 | 83 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2611 | 1 | 1 | GM | Shevchenko Kirill | 2671 | 38 | |||
| 4 | 42 | 59 | GM | Svane Rasmus | 2646 | 1 | 1 | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | 2622 | 76 | |||
| 4 | 45 | 65 | GM | Aryan Chopra | 2634 | 1 | 1 | GM | Theodorou Nikolas | 2619 | 78 | |||
| 4 | 53 | 84 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2609 | ½ | ½ | GM | Adhiban B. | 2551 | 104 |
Round 3 Women results
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 3 | 6 | 12 | IM | Vaishali Rameshbabu | 2448 | 1½ | 1 - 0 | 1½ | IM | Garifullina Leya | 2402 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 8 | 1 | GM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | 2558 | 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 | WGM | Divya Deshmukh | 2408 | 24 | ||
| 3 | 10 | 30 | IM | Milliet Sophie | 2391 | 1 | ½ - ½ | 1 | GM | Dronavalli Harika | 2502 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 13 | 32 | IM | Tania Sachdev | 2389 | 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 | IM | Efroimski Marsel | 2447 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 17 | 38 | WGM | Savitha Shri B | 2375 | 1 | ½ - ½ | 1 | GM | Ushenina Anna | 2434 | 19 | ||
| 3 | 22 | 36 | GM | Socko Monika | 2380 | ½ | ½ - ½ | 0 | IM | Vantika Agrawal | 2435 | 18 |
Standings after Round 3
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
| 1 | 4 | GM | Tan, Zhongyi | CHN | 2517 | 3 | 2416 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2 | 5 | GM | Muzychuk, Anna | UKR | 2510 | 3 | 2407 | 4 | 5,5 | 0 | |
| 3 | 10 | IM | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | KAZ | 2469 | 2,5 | 2412 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| 4 | 12 | IM | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | IND | 2448 | 2,5 | 2396 | 3,5 | 4,5 | 0 | |
| 5 | 8 | GM | Paehtz, Elisabeth | GER | 2484 | 2,5 | 2395 | 3,5 | 4,5 | 0 | |
| 6 | 42 | IM | Guichard, Pauline | FRA | 2358 | 2 | 2539 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |
| 7 | 31 | IM | Roebers, Eline | NED | 2390 | 2 | 2515 | 4,5 | 6 | 0 | |
| 8 | 34 | IM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | GRE | 2385 | 2 | 2493 | 4,5 | 5,5 | 0 | |
| 9 | 29 | IM | Fataliyeva, Ulviyya | AZE | 2393 | 2 | 2482 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| 10 | 43 | WGM | Kamalidenova, Meruert | KAZ | 2351 | 2 | 2462 | 4 | 4,5 | 0 | |
| 11 | 21 | GM | Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL | 2424 | 2 | 2446 | 4,5 | 5,5 | 0 | |
| 12 | 40 | IM | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | MGL | 2366 | 2 | 2438 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| 13 | 22 | IM | Bulmaga, Irina | ROU | 2423 | 2 | 2404 | 4,5 | 4,5 | 0 | |
| 14 | 1 | GM | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | FID | 2558 | 2 | 2404 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| 15 | 3 | GM | Muzychuk, Mariya | UKR | 2519 | 2 | 2399 | 3,5 | 4,5 | 0 | |
| 16 | 6 | IM | Shuvalova, Polina | FID | 2506 | 2 | 2395 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| 17 | 13 | IM | Efroimski, Marsel | ISR | 2447 | 2 | 2382 | 2,5 | 3,5 | 0 | |
| 18 | 17 | IM | Javakhishvili, Lela | GEO | 2437 | 2 | 2351 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| 19 | 20 | IM | Injac, Teodora | SRB | 2426 | 2 | 2330 | 2,5 | 2,5 | 0 | |
| 20 | 28 | GM | Hoang, Thanh Trang | HUN | 2398 | 1,5 | 2511 | 3,5 | 5 | 0 |
Round 4 pairings
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 4 | 3 | 3 | GM | Muzychuk Mariya | 2519 | 2 | 2½ | IM | Vaishali Rameshbabu | 2448 | 12 | |||
| 4 | 10 | 7 | GM | Dronavalli Harika | 2502 | 1½ | 2 | IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2366 | 40 | |||
| 4 | 13 | 15 | IM | Mammadzada Gunay | 2441 | 1½ | 1½ | WGM | Savitha Shri B | 2375 | 38 | |||
| 4 | 19 | 37 | IM | Kiolbasa Oliwia | 2375 | 1 | 1 | WGM | Divya Deshmukh | 2408 | 24 | |||
| 4 | 22 | 41 | IM | Aulia Medina Warda | 2362 | 1 | 1 | IM | Tania Sachdev | 2389 | 32 | |||
| 4 | 24 | 18 | IM | Vantika Agrawal | 2435 | ½ | 0 | WIM | Gomez Barrera Javiera Belen | 2266 | 47 |
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