Grand Swiss 2023 R5: Nakamura, Esipenko and Arjun Erigaisi in a three-way lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 30/10/2023

IM Vaishali R continues her great form at FIDE Grand Swiss Women 2023. She drew against GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) in the fifth round. She is also having a great event so far. IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ) defeated GM Zhongyi Tan (CHN) to gain sole lead 4.5/5. In the Open section, GM Arjun Erigaisi scored a victory against the Kazakhstan no.1, GM Rinat Jumabayev. Arjun joins GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA) and GM Andrey Esipenko in a three-way lead 4/5. GM Vidit Gujrathi shared the point with GM Evgeniy Najer. GM S L Narayanan defeated the India no.1 D Gukesh for the second time in two weeks. Round 6 starts today at 2:30 p.m. local time, 7 p.m. IST. Photo: IM Sagar Shah

Vaishali draws against Anna Muzychuk, Bibisara emerges sole leader

GM Vidit Gujrathi is the sole Indian at 3.5/5, out of the 16 pursuers. In the Women's event, WGM Savitha Shri B and IM Vantika Agrawal drew against IM Mai Narva (EST) and GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (SUI). GM Harika Dronavalli and IM Tania Sachdev scored wins against IM Divya Deshmukh and IM Oliwia Kiolbasa (POL) respectively.

GM Arjun Erigaisi defeated GM Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ) to join the lead with GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA) and GM Andrey Esipenko

FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 official logo | Photo: Official site

Arjun - Rinat: 1-0

GM Arjun Erigaisi (2712) has never lost a Classica or Blitz rated game against the Kazakhstan no.1 GM Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ, 2585). That statistic remained unchanged yesterday.

Position after 54.Kf4

King activity is of paramount importance in the endgame. White did that when he went 54.Kf4. Black also needed to go 54...Ke6 immediately. 54...b5? reduced Black's chances after 55.g5 White went on to win the game after both players made mutual inaccuracies.

GM Arjun Erigaisi vs GM Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ) | Video: ChessBase India

GM Arjun Erigaisi on his win against GM Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ) | Video: ChessBase India

Why did Hikaru Nakamura (USA) and Alexey Sarana (SRB) call the arbiter? | Video: ChessBase India

GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA) vs GM Alexey Sarana (SRB) | Video: ChessBase India

GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA) analyzes his win over GM Alexey Sarana (SRB) | Video: GMHikaru

Hikaru Nakamura: "If I win this tournament, it will be the highlight of the year for me." | Video: FIDE

GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA) won against GM Alexey Sarana (SRB) to get into the three-way lead

Firouzja - Niemann: 0.5-0.5

GM Hans Niemann (USA, 2667) is yet to beat his contemporary GM Alireza Firouzja (FRA, 2777) in a Classical rated game. Both of them were born in the same year - 2003. Firouzja won their first Classical game in 2015 at World Under-12 championship. Their last Classical battle was at Sinquefield Cup 2022 last year. It ended in a draw. The American had a great opportunity to score his first win in a Classical rated game over the former World no.2.

Position after 26.Qd2??

White should have defended his knight 26.Ba6. Maybe White felt that 26...Bh3 or Rexf4 might turn out to be deadly but it was not. 26.Qd2?? Qxc4 27.Qxd7 now Black needed to play Rfe8 first to go for the win. Instead, he went 27...Re2? and White managed to save the game 28.Bxc6.

GM Hans Niemann (USA) almost manages to beat the defending Grand Swiss winner - GM Alireza Firouzja (FRA) | Video: ChessBase India

Alireza Firouzja and Hans Niemann analyse their game | Video: FIDE

GM Hans Niemann (USA) is having a great tournament

GM Evgeniy Najer vs GM Vidit Gujrathi | Video: ChessBase India

GM Evgeniy Najer - GM Vidit Gujrathi: 0.5-0.5

S L Narayanan - Gukesh: 1-0

India no.1 GM D Gukesh (2758) eliminated GM S L Narayanan (2651) at the FIDE World Cup 2023 few months ago. Since then Narayanan defeated Gukesh in the fifth round of the recently concluded Qatar Masters. Now he won again in the fifth round of FIDE Grand Swiss 2023.

Position after 15.g4

White made his intentions very clear about what he is playing for 15.g4 e4 might have opened the dark squared bishop's path but it also created a new future target for White. 16.Nd2 Qe7 17.Kb1 Kh8 18.Rhg1 Na4 19.gxf5 Nxc3+ 20.bxc3 Bxf5 21.Bxh5 b5 both players are launching an attack on each other's king. However, it is White whose attack turned out to be more effective than his opponent's.

GM S L Narayanan beats GM D Gukesh for the second time in a fortnight | Video: ChessBase India

Interview with GM S L Narayanan | Video: ChessBase India

Bibisara Assaubayeva: "It will be great if I get one of the Candidates' spots" | Video: FIDE

IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ) defeated GM Zhongyi Tan (CHN) to emerge sole leader | Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

IM Vaishali R v GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) | Video: ChessBase India

IM Vaishali R - GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR): 0.5-0.5

WGM Savitha Shri B - IM Mai Narva (EST): 0.5-0.5

GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (SUI) - IM Vantika Agrawal (pictured): 0.5-0.5

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Video Gallery

Round 5 starting moments | Video: ChessBase India

14-year-old Abhimanyu Mishra beats top German GM Alexander Donchenko by a queen sacrifice | Video: ChessBase India

GM Abhimanyu Mishra's father talks about the troubles they are facing with sponsorship in the USA | Video: ChessBase India

Round 5 recap by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

Walk the path of Sagar's recaps! From the hotel to the playing hall at Douglas, Isle of Man | Video: ChessBase India

The venue tour of FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 - Villa Marina in Douglas, Isle of Man | Video: ChessBase India

Replay Live stream

Replay FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Round 5 Live Commentary by IM V Saravanan and Amruta Mokal | Video: ChessBase India

Replay FIDE Grand Swiss and Women's Grand Swiss 2023 Round 5 Live Commentary by GM David Howell (ENG) and IM Jovanka Houska (ENG) | Video: FIDE

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 5 Open results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
5	6	57	GM	Najer Evgeniy	2648	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	2716	15
5	7	16	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2712	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	2585	93
5	16	56	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2649	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Nihal Sarin	2694	25
5	21	52	GM	Narayanan S L	2651	2	1 - 0	2	GM	Gukesh D	2758	5
5	24	8	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2738	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Mareco Sandro	2606	85
5	26	60	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2641	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Harikrishna Pentala	2716	14
5	27	18	GM	Maghsoodloo Parham	2707	2	1 - 0	2	GM	Sadhwani Raunak	2641	61
5	40	34	GM	Amin Bassem	2680	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	2609	84
5	44	100	GM	Kozak Adam	2566	1½	0 - 1	1½	GM	Aryan Chopra	2634	65
5	48	112	IM	Royal Shreyas	2407	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2611	83
5	54	76	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2622	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Parligras Mircea-Emilian	2561	101
5	57	113		Wu Li	2303	½	0 - 1	½	GM	Adhiban B.	2551	104

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Standings after Round 5

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	2	GM	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	2780	4	2664	10	12	0
2	32	GM	Esipenko, Andrey	FID	2683	4	2658	12,5	13,5	0
3	16	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2712	4	2654	12	14,5	0
4	72	GM	L'ami, Erwin	NED	2627	3,5	2724	14	17	0
5	42	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2667	3,5	2723	12	14	0
6	47	GM	Predke, Alexandr	SRB	2656	3,5	2710	14,5	16	0
7	111	IM	Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan	KAZ	2447	3,5	2709	12,5	14,5	0
8	57	GM	Najer, Evgeniy	FID	2648	3,5	2704	12	12,5	0
9	46	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2658	3,5	2701	12	13	0
10	81	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	UZB	2616	3,5	2690	9	9,5	0
11	1	GM	Caruana, Fabiano	USA	2786	3,5	2664	14,5	17,5	0
12	3	GM	Firouzja, Alireza	FRA	2777	3,5	2657	12	14	0
13	11	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2720	3,5	2656	12,5	15	0
14	12	GM	Keymer, Vincent	GER	2717	3,5	2647	10,5	12,5	0
15	15	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	IND	2716	3,5	2641	12,5	14,5	0
16	22	GM	Shankland, Sam	USA	2698	3,5	2634	12	14	0
17	21	GM	Sevian, Samuel	USA	2698	3,5	2628	12,5	14,5	0
18	23	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	FID	2697	3,5	2623	11,5	13	0
19	41	GM	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	POL	2668	3,5	2615	9	10	0
20	52	GM	Narayanan, S L	IND	2651	3	2726	12,5	14,5	0

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Round 6 pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
6	2	11	GM	Yu Yangyi	2720	3½		4	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2712	16
6	6	15	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	2716	3½		3½	GM	Niemann Hans Moke	2667	42
6	13	13	GM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	2716	3		3	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2649	56
6	17	25	GM	Nihal Sarin	2694	3		3	GM	Narayanan S L	2651	52
6	25	70	GM	Sargsyan Shant	2631	2½		2½	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2738	8
6	26	65	GM	Aryan Chopra	2634	2½		2½	GM	Harikrishna Pentala	2716	14
6	36	5	GM	Gukesh D	2758	2		2½	GM	Suleymanli Aydin	2588	92
6	39	83	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2611	2		2	GM	Martirosyan Haik M.	2696	24
6	42	84	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	2609	2		2	GM	Shevchenko Kirill	2671	38
6	47	61	GM	Sadhwani Raunak	2641	2		2	GM	Lazavik Denis	2560	102
6	52	105	GM	Fawzy Adham	2535	1½		1½	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2622	76
6	53	104	GM	Adhiban B.	2551	1½		1½	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo	2615	82

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Round 5 Women results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
5	2	12	IM	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2448	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Muzychuk Anna	2510	5
5	14	38	WGM	Savitha Shri B	2375	2	½ - ½	2	IM	Narva Mai	2399	27
5	17	2	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2523	1½	½ - ½	1½	IM	Vantika Agrawal	2435	18
5	18	24	WGM	Divya Deshmukh	2408	1½	0 - 1	1½	GM	Dronavalli Harika	2502	7
5	21	32	IM	Tania Sachdev	2389	1	1 - 0	1½	IM	Kiolbasa Oliwia	2375	37

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Standings after Round 5

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	10	IM	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	KAZ	2469	4,5	2456	12	14,5	0
2	12	IM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	IND	2448	4	2455	12,5	14	0
3	5	GM	Muzychuk, Anna	UKR	2510	4	2445	14,5	17,5	0
4	1	GM	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	FID	2558	4	2390	9,5	10,5	0
5	30	IM	Milliet, Sophie	FRA	2391	3,5	2481	11	12	0
6	25	IM	Garifullina, Leya	FID	2402	3,5	2474	11,5	12	0
7	4	GM	Tan, Zhongyi	CHN	2517	3,5	2453	15	16,5	0
8	40	IM	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	MGL	2366	3,5	2450	11,5	13,5	0
9	22	IM	Bulmaga, Irina	ROU	2423	3,5	2410	12	12,5	0
10	21	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	2424	3,5	2404	11,5	13,5	0
11	13	IM	Efroimski, Marsel	ISR	2447	3,5	2403	11	12,5	0
12	43	WGM	Kamalidenova, Meruert	KAZ	2351	3	2497	12	14	0
13	34	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	GRE	2385	3	2483	11,5	13,5	0
14	28	GM	Hoang, Thanh Trang	HUN	2398	3	2483	10	12	0
15	29	IM	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	AZE	2393	3	2447	11,5	12	0
16	8	GM	Paehtz, Elisabeth	GER	2484	3	2411	14	15	0
17	3	GM	Muzychuk, Mariya	UKR	2519	3	2409	11	12	0
18	15	IM	Mammadzada, Gunay	AZE	2441	3	2398	13	15	0
19	20	IM	Injac, Teodora	SRB	2426	3	2374	9,5	10	0
20	35	WGM	Beydullayeva, Govhar	AZE	2383	2,5	2469	12,5	14,5	0

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Round 6 pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
6	2	12	IM	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2448	4		4	GM	Goryachkina Aleksandra	2558	1
6	12	7	GM	Dronavalli Harika	2502	2½		2½	WGM	Savitha Shri B	2375	38
6	16	9	GM	Batsiashvili Nino	2475	2		2	IM	Tania Sachdev	2389	32
6	19	18	IM	Vantika Agrawal	2435	2		2	WIM	Mkrtchyan Mariam	2343	44
6	23	33	FM	Lee Alice	2388	1		1½	WGM	Divya Deshmukh	2408	24

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