FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament
The FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament is a Swiss-system chess tournament, forming part of the qualification for the World Chess Championship.[1][2][3] It is organized by Isle of Man International Chess Limited, and sponsored by the Scheinberg family.
Editions and winners
[edit]Open section
[edit]The players who qualify for the Candidates Tournament are marked with green background. The players who otherwise qualified for the Candidates Tournament before the start of the Grand Swiss Tournament are marked with blue background. In 2019, Alekseenko emerging third in the Grand Swiss made him eligible for the wild card nomination, which is how he qualified to the Candidates Tournament 2020–2021.
| Edition | Host city | Players | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 |  Santon |
154 |  Wang Hao |
 Fabiano Caruana |
 Kirill Alekseenko
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| 2021 |  Riga |
108 |  Alireza Firouzja |
Fabiano Caruana |
Grigoriy Oparin
|
| 2023 | Douglas |
114 |  Vidit Gujrathi |
Hikaru Nakamura |
 Andrey Esipenko
|
| 2025 |  Samarkand |
Women's section
[edit]| Edition | Host city | Players | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Riga |
50 | Lei Tingjie |
 Elisabeth Pähtz |
Zhu Jiner
|
| 2023 | Douglas |
50 | Vaishali Rameshbabu |
 Anna Muzychuk |
Tan Zhongyi
|
| 2025 | Samarkand |
Predecessor
[edit]The FIDE Grand Swiss was preceded by the Isle of Man International Chess Tournament, which was held annually from 2014 to 2018.[4] The tournament was co-organized by the English Chess Federation. It was sponsored by PokerStars until 2015, and then by Chess.com, which also sponsored the first two editions of the Grand Swiss. All the editions were played at the Villa Marina in Douglas.
The first edition in 2014 was won by Nigel Short, who finished a full point ahead of the field, scoring 7.5/9.[5][6] In 2015, Pentala Harikrishna won on tiebreaks ahead of Laurent Fressinet and Gabriel Sargissian, all on 7/9.[7][8] The 2016 edition featured a very strong field including Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura and Michael Adams. Pavel Eljanov and Caruana both scored 7.5/9, with Eljanov winning on tiebreak.[9][10]
The 2017 edition was one of the strongest open events in chess history, with a field that including World Champion Magnus Carlsen, as well as Vladimir Kramnik, Caruana, Viswanathan Anand, Nakamura and Adams. Carlsen won with a score of 7.5/9, half a point ahead of Anand and Nakamura.[11][12] In 2018, Radosław Wojtaszek beat Arkadij Naiditsch in a playoff after both scored 7/9.[13][14]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "FIDE reforms the qualifications paths to the Candidates Tournament". www.fide.com.
- ^ "Grand Swiss - Firouzja and Caruana in the Candidates". Chess News. November 7, 2021.
- ^ "FIDE Grand Swiss: Mixed luck for Indian players". October 29, 2021.
- ^ Doggers, Peter (2019-10-07). "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Starts Thursday". Chess.com. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2014-10-13). "The Week in Chess 1040". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ Doggers, Peter (2014-10-18). "Nigel Short Wins First PokerStars Isle of Man International". Chess.com. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2015-10-19). "The Week in Chess 1093". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ Klein, Mike (2015-10-17). "Harikrishna Wins On Tibreaks At Isle Of Man". Chess.com. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2016-10-01). "chess.com IoM Masters 2016". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ Klein, Mike (2016-10-09). "Eljanov Wins Isle Of Man, Beats Caruana On Tiebreak". Chess.com. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2017-10-02). "The Week in Chess 1195". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ Klein, Mike (2017-10-01). "Carlsen Wins 2017 Chess.com Isle Of Man International". Chess.com. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2018-10-28). "chess.com Isle of Man International 2018". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ Klein, Mike (2018-10-29). "Chess.com Isle Of Man: Wojtaszek Beats Naiditsch In Armageddon For Title". Chess.com. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
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