20 Indians are set for FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 starting today

by Shahid Ahmed - 25/10/2023

20 Indians will be seen in action at FIDE Grand Swiss and Women's Grand Swiss 2023, starting in Douglas, Isle of Man today. Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Harikrishna, Vidit, Arjun Erigaisi, Nihal, S L Narayanan, Aravindh, Raunak, Aryan Chopra, Leon, Karthikeyan and Abhijeet will play in the Open section. Harika, Vaishali, Vantika, Divya, Tania and Savitha will battle in the Women's event. 106 GMs and 7 IMs from 36 countries with an average rating 2636 are taking part in the Open. The Women's event witnesses 16 GMs, 23 IMs, 5 WGMs and 5 WIMs from 29 countries across the world with an average rating of 2402 should give you an idea about the strength of the event. The top two finishers from both Open and Women event will qualify to the Candidates 2024. Round 1 starts today at 2:30 p.m. local time, 7 p.m. IST. Photos: IM Sagar Shah

Gukesh and Harika will lead the Indian charge

The total prize fund in the Open section saw an increase from US$ 425000 to $460000. The first prize increased from US$ 70000 to $80000. In the Women's event, the prize fund increased from US$ 125000 to $140000. The first prize went up from US$ 20000 to $25000. The total number of prizes in the Open were increased to 46 which was previously 40, for Women it went to 23 from 20.

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FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 official logo | Photo: Official site

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FIDE Circuit details

Indian players

D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa, Pentala Harikrishna, Vidit Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaisi, Nihal Sarin, S L Narayanan, Aravindh Chithambaram, Raunak Sadhwani, Aryan Chopra, Leon Luke Mendonca, Karthikeyan Murali, Abhijeet Gupta will play in the Open section, FIDE Grand Swiss. GM Harika Dronavalli, IMs Vaishali R, Vantika Agrawal, Divya Deshmukh, Tania Sachdev and WGM Savitha Shri B will play in the Women's section, FIDE Women's Grand Swiss.

Players list in Open section

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2020009	USA	2786
2	GM	Nakamura, Hikaru	2016192	USA	2780
3	GM	Firouzja, Alireza	12573981	FRA	2777
4	GM	Giri, Anish	24116068	NED	2760
5	GM	Gukesh, D	46616543	IND	2758
6	GM	Rapport, Richard	738590	ROU	2752
7	GM	Aronian, Levon	13300474	USA	2742
8	GM	Praggnanandhaa, R	25059530	IND	2738
9	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	623539	FRA	2727
10	GM	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	1170546	POL	2726
11	GM	Yu, Yangyi	8603820	CHN	2720
12	GM	Keymer, Vincent	12940690	GER	2717
13	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	14204118	UZB	2716
14	GM	Harikrishna, Pentala	5007003	IND	2716
15	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	5029465	IND	2716
16	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	35009192	IND	2712
17	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	4152956	ENG	2711
18	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	12539929	IRI	2707
19	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	1039784	NED	2707
20	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	1226380	ROU	2701
21	GM	Sevian, Samuel	2040506	USA	2698
22	GM	Shankland, Sam	2004887	USA	2698
23	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	24101605	FID	2697
24	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	13306553	ARM	2696
25	GM	Nihal, Sarin	25092340	IND	2694

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Players list in Women section

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	4147103	FID	2558
2	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	4128125	SUI	2523
3	GM	Muzychuk, Mariya	14114550	UKR	2519
4	GM	Tan, Zhongyi	8603642	CHN	2517
5	GM	Muzychuk, Anna	14111330	UKR	2510
6	IM	Shuvalova, Polina	24171760	FID	2506
7	GM	Dronavalli, Harika	5015197	IND	2502
8	GM	Paehtz, Elisabeth	4641833	GER	2484
9	GM	Batsiashvili, Nino	13602993	GEO	2475
10	IM	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	13708694	KAZ	2469
11	WGM	Wagner, Dinara	24157570	GER	2461
12	IM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	5091756	IND	2448
13	IM	Efroimski, Marsel	2810964	ISR	2447
14	GM	Cramling, Pia	1700030	SWE	2446
15	IM	Mammadzada, Gunay	13403729	AZE	2441
16	GM	Gunina, Valentina	4167570	FID	2439
17	IM	Javakhishvili, Lela	13601458	GEO	2437
18	IM	Vantika, Agrawal	25050389	IND	2435
19	GM	Ushenina, Anna	14110911	UKR	2434
20	IM	Injac, Teodora	932400	SRB	2426
21	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	2902257	BUL	2424
22	IM	Bulmaga, Irina	13903063	ROU	2423
23	GM	Danielian, Elina	13300210	ARM	2416
24	WGM	Divya, Deshmukh	35006916	IND	2408
25	IM	Garifullina, Leya	34127035	FID	2402

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Round 1 pairings in Open

The first round 1 has a lot of interesting pairings. The most notable being Raunak Sadhwani facing Anish Giri (NED) on board no.4 and Praggnanandhaa going against his fellow countryman Aryan Chopra.

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	58	GM	Saric, Ivan	2647	0		0	GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2786	1
2	2	GM	Nakamura, Hikaru	2780	0		0	GM	Svane, Rasmus	2646	59
3	60	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan	2641	0		0	GM	Firouzja, Alireza	2777	3
4	4	GM	Giri, Anish	2760	0		0	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak	2641	61
5	62	GM	Mamedov, Rauf	2640	0		0	GM	Gukesh, D	2758	5
6	6	GM	Rapport, Richard	2752	0		0	GM	Yilmaz, Mustafa	2640	63
7	64	GM	Warmerdam, Max	2636	0		0	GM	Aronian, Levon	2742	7
8	8	GM	Praggnanandhaa, R	2738	0		0	GM	Aryan, Chopra	2634	65
9	66	GM	Gledura, Benjamin	2633	0		0	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2727	9
10	10	GM	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	2726	0		0	GM	Idani, Pouya	2633	67
11	68	GM	Kollars, Dmitrij	2633	0		0	GM	Yu, Yangyi	2720	11
12	12	GM	Keymer, Vincent	2717	0		0	GM	Murzin, Volodar	2633	69
13	70	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	2631	0		0	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2716	13
14	14	GM	Harikrishna, Pentala	2716	0		0	GM	Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal	2630	71
15	72	GM	L'ami, Erwin	2627	0		0	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2716	15
16	16	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2712	0		0	GM	Svane, Frederik	2626	73
17	74	GM	Durarbayli, Vasif	2625	0		0	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	2711	17
18	18	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2707	0		0	GM	Kuzubov, Yuriy	2625	75
19	76	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2622	0		0	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	2707	19
20	20	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	2701	0		0	GM	Tari, Aryan	2619	77
21	78	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	2619	0		0	GM	Sevian, Samuel	2698	21
22	22	GM	Shankland, Sam	2698	0		0	GM	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	2618	79
23	80	GM	Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel	2618	0		0	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	2697	23
24	24	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	2696	0		0	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	2616	81
25	82	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	2615	0		0	GM	Nihal, Sarin	2694	25

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Round 1 pairings in Women

In the first round, IM Tania Sachdev will face GM Harika Dronavalli in an All-Indian clash. IM Vaishali R will be up against 44th Olympiad individual Gold medalist, IM Oliwia Kiolbasa (POL).

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	26	IM	Matnadze Bujiashvili, Ann	2400	0		0	GM	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	2558	1
2	2	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	2523	0		0	IM	Narva, Mai	2399	27
3	28	GM	Hoang, Thanh Trang	2398	0		0	GM	Muzychuk, Mariya	2519	3
4	4	GM	Tan, Zhongyi	2517	0		0	IM	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	2393	29
5	30	IM	Milliet, Sophie	2391	0		0	GM	Muzychuk, Anna	2510	5
6	6	IM	Shuvalova, Polina	2506	0		0	IM	Roebers, Eline	2390	31
7	32	IM	Tania, Sachdev	2389	0		0	GM	Dronavalli, Harika	2502	7
8	8	GM	Paehtz, Elisabeth	2484	0		0	FM	Lee, Alice	2388	33
9	34	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	2385	0		0	GM	Batsiashvili, Nino	2475	9
10	10	IM	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	2469	0		0	WGM	Beydullayeva, Govhar	2383	35
11	36	GM	Socko, Monika	2380	0		0	WGM	Wagner, Dinara	2461	11
12	12	IM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	2448	0		0	IM	Kiolbasa, Oliwia	2375	37
13	38	WGM	Savitha, Shri B	2375	0		0	IM	Efroimski, Marsel	2447	13
14	14	GM	Cramling, Pia	2446	0		0	IM	Cori T., Deysi	2367	39
15	40	IM	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	2366	0		0	IM	Mammadzada, Gunay	2441	15
16	16	GM	Gunina, Valentina	2439	0		0	IM	Aulia, Medina Warda	2362	41
17	42	IM	Guichard, Pauline	2358	0		0	IM	Javakhishvili, Lela	2437	17
18	18	IM	Vantika, Agrawal	2435	0		0	WGM	Kamalidenova, Meruert	2351	43
19	44	WIM	Mkrtchyan, Mariam	2343	0		0	GM	Ushenina, Anna	2434	19
20	20	IM	Injac, Teodora	2426	0		0	WGM	Sandu, Mihaela	2298	45
21	46	GM	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	2297	0		0	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	2424	21
22	22	IM	Bulmaga, Irina	2423	0		0	WIM	Gomez Barrera, Javiera Belen	2266	47
23	48	WIM	Terbe, Julianna	2266	0		0	GM	Danielian, Elina	2416	23
24	24	WGM	Divya, Deshmukh	2408	0		0	WIM	Kanyamarala, Trisha	2184	49
25	50	WIM	Nassr, Lina	2066	0		0	IM	Garifullina, Leya	2402	25

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Schedule

Every day game starts at 2:30 p.m. local time, 7 p.m. IST between 25th October and 5th November 2023. 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.

Photo Gallery

D Gukesh, Grzegorz Gajewski and Michal Krasenkow

Aryan Chopra, Leon Luke Mendonca and Karthikeyan Murali

Good friends and first round opponents - IM Tania Sachdev and GM Harika Dronavalli

Will one of them be the winner - Fabiano Caruana (USA), Hikaru Nakamura (USA) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)

Two good friends - Vidit Gujrathi and Anish Giri, Vidit and Sagar Shah

GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (UKR) | Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

GM Andrey Esipenko, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) and GM Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) | Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

Official Commentator IM Jovanka Houska (ENG) and Germany no.1 woman - GM Elisabeth Paehtz

WGM Savitha Shri B

Technical Meeting | Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

Fabiano Caruana drew Black pieces | Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

FIDE Women's World Cup 2023 winner - GM Aleksandra Goryachkina also drew the same color as Caruana | Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

The tournament hall

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Video Gallery

The short and sweet opening ceremony of the FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 | Video: ChessBase India

The exquisite playing hall of the FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 | Villa Marina at the Isle of Man | Video: ChessBase India

Vidit Gujrathi and Anish Giri celebrate together Vidit's 29th birthday | Isle of Man 2023 | Video: ChessBase India

Vladislav Artemiev who got married at the age of 20 is now father to two daughters! | Video: ChessBase India

Nakamura is not happy with one of the rules at the FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 | Video: ChessBase India

Watch FIDE Grand Swiss and Women’s Grand Swiss 2023 Round 1 Live Commentary by GM David Howell (ENG) and IM Jovanka Houska (ENG) | Video: FIDE

Links

Official site

Tournament Regulations: Open and Women

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