FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019

FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019
	2019 Grand Swiss Tournament winner Wang Hao
Tournament information
Sport	Chess
Location	Douglas, Isle of Man
Dates	10 October 2019–; 21 October 2019
Administrator	FIDE
Tournament; format(s)	Swiss-system tournament
Host(s)	IOM International; Chess Limited
Final positions
Champion	Wang Hao
Runner-up	Fabiano Caruana
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Last updated April 03, 2024

The FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 was a chess tournament that formed part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2021. It was played on October 10 to 21 2019,^[1] on the Isle of Man.^[2] This was the first time that a tournament of this type was used as a qualifying tournament for the Candidates Tournament.

Wang Hao and Fabiano Caruana shared first place, with Wang Hao winning on tie breaks and thereby qualifying for the 2020–21 Candidates Tournament. Of the players who shared third place, Kirill Alekseenko had the best tie break and became eligible for the Candidates wild card as the next-highest placed non-qualifier, as Caruana had already qualified for the Candidates by virtue of being the runner-up in the previous World Championship. Alekseenko was later selected as the Candidates wild card.^[3]

The highest-placed female players were Harika Dronavalli (83rd) and Dinara Saduakassova (85th), with Harika winning the women's trophy on tie breaks.

Format

The tournament was an 11-round Swiss-system tournament, with 154 players invited, including 100 qualifying by rating.^[4]^[5] The qualification by rating was based on the average of the 12 rating lists from July 2018 to June 2019. The list of qualifiers (except for those qualifying by continental championships) was published on 10 June 2019.^[6]

The time control for the games was:

Time limit of 100 minutes, + 50 minutes added after move 40, + 15 minutes added after move 60, + 30 second per move increment from move 1.

Tie breaks

In the event of a tie for first, the following tie breaks were applied, in order:^[5]

Average rating of opponents, Cut 1 (that is, after excluding the lowest rated opponent);^[7]
Buchholz Cut 1 method: Average score of opponents, excluding the lowest scoring opponent;
Buchholz method: Average score of opponents;
Individual games between tied players;
Drawing of lots.

Schedule

The first six rounds were played from 10th to 15 October, and the last five rounds from 17th to 21 October.

Round 1: October 10 — 3:00 p.m. (CEST)
Round 2: October 11 — 3:00 p.m. (CEST)
Round 3: October 12 — 3:00 p.m. (CEST)
Round 4: October 13 — 3:00 p.m. (CEST)
Round 5: October 14 — 3:00 p.m. (CEST)
Round 6: October 15 — 3:00 p.m. (CEST)
Rest day: October 16
Round 7: October 17 — 3:00 p.m. (CEST)
Round 8: October 18 — 3:00 p.m. (CEST)
Round 9: October 19 — 3:00 p.m. (CEST)
Round 10: October 20 — 3:00 p.m. (CEST)
Round 11: October 21 — 1:30 p.m. (CEST)

Prize money

The prize money was $70,000 for the winner and $10,000 for the best woman.

Position	(US$) Tournament Prize received	(US$) Women Prize received
1st	70,000	10,000
2nd	50,000	8,000
3rd	40,000	6,000
4th	35,000	4,000
5th	30,000	2,500
6th	25,000	2,500
7th	20,000	—
8th	16,000	—
9th	13,000	—
10th	11,000	—
11th-15th	8,000 each	—
16th-20th	5,000 each	—
21st-25th	3,000 each	—
26th-30th	2,000 each	—
Total (US$)	433,000

Participants and results

154 players played in the Grand Swiss. 100 qualified by rating (according to the average of the 12 monthly rating lists from July 2018 to June 2019), 18 qualified by continental championships, and 36 wildcards were chosen by the organizers.^[8]^[9]

The participants, their FIDE ratings as of October 2019 and the results are listed here (hover over results to see opponents). The "Rank" column takes account of tie breaks.^[10]

Rank	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Wang Hao (CHN)	2726	1	1	1	½	½	1	0	½	½	1	1	8.0
2	Fabiano Caruana (USA)	2812	1	1	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	8.0
3	Kirill Alekseenko (RUS)	2674	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	7.5
4	Levon Aronian (ARM)	2758	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	7.5
5	David Antón Guijarro (ESP)	2674	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	0	1	7.5
6	Magnus Carlsen (NOR)	2876	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	7.5
7	Hikaru Nakamura (USA)	2745	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	7.5
8	Nikita Vitiugov (RUS)	2732	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	7.5
9	Alexander Grischuk (RUS)	2759	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	0	1	0	1	7.0
10	David Paravyan (RUS)	2602	½	½	1	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	7.0
11	David Howell (ENG)	2694	0	1	1	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	0	7.0
12	Vidit Gujrathi (IND)	2718	1	½	1	0	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	7.0
13	Lê Quang Liêm (VIE)	2708	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	7.0
14	Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI)	2664	½	1	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	6.5
15	Nijat Abasov (AZE)	2632	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	6.5
16	Vladislav Kovalev (BLR)	2661	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	0	½	½	6.5
17	Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS)	2664	1	½	1	½	1	0	½	0	½	½	1	6.5
18	Aleksandr Rakhmanov (RUS)	2621	½	0	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	0	½	6.5
19	Yuriy Kryvoruchko (UKR)	2669	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	6.5
20	Constantin Lupulescu (ROU)	2643	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	6.5
21	Hrant Melkumyan (ARM)	2650	1	½	½	0	½	1	1	0	½	1	½	6.5
22	Maxim Matlakov (RUS)	2716	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	0	½	6.5
23	Sergey Karjakin (RUS)	2760	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	0	½	6.5
24	Yu Yangyi (CHN)	2763	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	6.5
25	Yuriy Kuzubov (UKR)	2636	0	1	1	½	½	½	0	½	1	½	1	6.5
26	Viswanathan Anand (IND)	2765	0	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	0	½	6.5
27	Wesley So (USA)	2767	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	6.5
28	Radoslaw Wojtaszek (POL)	2748	½	1	½	1	0	1	½	0	½	1	½	6.5
29	Peter Svidler (RUS)	2729	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	6.5
30	Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (VIE)	2638	1	½	0	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	6.5
31	Samuel Sevian (USA)	2654	1	0	1	0	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	6.5
32	Jeffery Xiong (USA)	2708	1	0	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	6.5
33	Pentala Harikrishna (IND)	2748	½	½	1	½	½	0	½	½	1	1	½	6.5
34	Ray Robson (USA)	2670	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	6.5
35	Grigoriy Oparin (RUS)	2654	1	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	6.5
36	S. P. Sethuraman (IND)	2624	0	0	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	6.5
37	Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM)	2639	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	0	6.5
38	Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP)	2694	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	0	1	6.5
39	Nils Grandelius (SWE)	2691	½	½	0	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	6.5
40	Aleksey Dreev (RUS)	2662	1	½	½	1	½	0	1	0	½	½	1	6.5
41	Krishnan Sasikiran (IND)	2675	½	½	1	½	½	½	0	½	1	½	1	6.5
42	Peter Leko (HUN)	2670	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	6.5
43	Alexey Sarana (RUS)	2655	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	½	6.0
44	Evgeniy Najer (RUS)	2635	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	½	6.0
45	Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU)	2613	½	½	½	1	½	½	0	1	½	1	0	6.0
46	Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)	2608	1	½	0	1	1	0	½	½	½	½	½	6.0
47	S. L. Narayanan (IND)	2611	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	0	1	6.0
48	Gukesh D (IND)	2520	½	½	0	½	0	1	1	1	½	½	½	6.0
49	Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ)	2630	½	½	0	1	1	1	½	0	½	0	1	6.0
50	Vladimir Akopian (ARM)	2638	½	1	½	½	1	0	½	½	½	½	½	6.0
51	Boris Gelfand (ISR)	2686	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	0	½	0	6.0
52	Ivan Cheparinov (GEO)	2670	1	½	1	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	6.0
53	Zhang Zhong (CHN)	2636	0	0	1	1	1	½	1	0	½	½	½	6.0
54	Gabriel Sargissian (ARM)	2690	½	1	1	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	6.0
55	Anton Korobov (UKR)	2679	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	6.0
56	Andrey Esipenko (RUS)	2624	0	1	0	½	1	0	1	½	1	½	½	6.0
57	Sandro Mareco (ARG)	2634	0	1	1	0	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	6.0
58	Gata Kamsky (USA)	2685	½	½	1	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	6.0
59	Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS)	2693	½	0	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	6.0
60	Alexander Riazantsev (RUS)	2645	1	0	1	½	½	0	½	0	1	½	1	6.0
61	Alexander Moiseenko (UKR)	2635	½	1	0	0	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	6.0
62	Sanan Sjugirov (RUS)	2662	0	1	0	1	1	½	½	½	0	1	½	6.0
63	Ivan Šarić (CRO)	2667	½	½	1	½	0	1	½	0	1	½	½	6.0
64	Pavel Eljanov (UKR)	2663	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	6.0
65	Baskaran Adhiban (IND)	2639	1	1	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	0	0	5.5
66	Alexei Shirov (ESP)	2664	1	1	0	1	1	0	½	½	0	0	½	5.5
67	Jorden van Foreest (NED)	2621	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	5.5
68	Aryan Tari (NOR)	2630	½	0	1	½	½	1	1	½	0	½	0	5.5
69	Rauf Mamedov (AZE)	2645	1	0	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	5.5
70	Andrei Volokitin (UKR)	2627	0	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	5.5
71	Raunak Sadhwani (IND)	2479	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	1	0	½	5.5
72	Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB)	2657	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	0	0	½	5.5
73	Luke McShane (ENG)	2682	½	1	1	1	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	5.5
74	Robert Hess (USA)	2581	½	0	0	1	½	½	1	0	1	1	0	5.5
75	Erwin l'Ami (NED)	2619	1	0	0	1	0	1	½	0	1	½	½	5.5
76	Jonas Buhl Bjerre (DEN)	2506	½	½	½	1	0	½	½	½	½	1	0	5.5
77	Eltaj Safarli (AZE)	2593	½	1	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	5.5
78	Mustafa Yılmaz (TUR)	2595	½	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	5.5
79	Viktor Erdős (HUN)	2604	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	5.5
80	Lu Shanglei (CHN)	2602	½	0	½	1	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	5.5
81	Matthias Blübaum (GER)	2643	1	½	½	1	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	5.5
82	Varuzhan Akobian (USA)	2625	½	0	1	½	½	0	1	0	1	½	½	5.5
83	Harika Dronavalli (IND)	2495	½	½	0	½	½	½	1	0	1	½	½	5.5
84	Ioannis Papaioannou (GRE)	2645	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	5.5
85	Dinara Saduakassova (KAZ)	2481	½	0	½	1	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	5.5
86	Bu Xiangzhi (CHN)	2721	1	1	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	5.5
87	Baadur Jobava (GEO)	2617	1	½	0	0	1	0	1	½	½	½	½	5.5
88	Vladislav Artemiev (RUS)	2746	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	5.5
89	Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND)	2658	½	1	½	½	0	1	0	½	½	½	½	5.5
90	Tal Baron (ISR)	2531	0	0	1	1	0	1	½	1	0	½	½	5.5
91	Bassem Amin (EGY)	2699	½	1	½	0	½	1	0	½	½	1	0	5.5
92	Anton Demchenko (RUS)	2655	1	½	½	0	1	0	0	½	0	1	1	5.5
93	Markus Ragger (AUT)	2684	½	½	½	1	0	½	1	1	0	½	0	5.5
94	Mircea Pârligras (ROU)	2629	½	0	1	½	0	½	0	1	1	½	½	5.5
95	Etienne Bacrot (FRA)	2671	½	½	½	1	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	5.5
96	Evgeny Alekseev (RUS)	2629	½	0	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	5.5
97	Zahar Efimenko (UKR)	2604	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	1	1	5.5
98	Alexander Motylev (RUS)	2651	1	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	5.5
99	Ferenc Berkes (HUN)	2667	½	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	5.5
100	Maksim Chigaev (RUS)	2644	½	1	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	0	½	5.5
101	Daniil Dubov (RUS)	2699	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	1	½	1	5.5
102	Vadim Zvjaginsev (RUS)	2644	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	1	5.5
103	Kacper Piorun (POL)	2643	½	1	0	0	½	½	0	1	0	1	1	5.5
104	Sergei Movsesian (ARM)	2654	½	0	0	0	1	½	½	1	1	½	½	5.5
105	Abhimanyu Puranik (IND)	2571	½	0	1	½	1	½	½	0	½	½	0	5.0
106	Daniele Vocaturo (ITA)	2620	0	1	0	½	1	½	½	½	½	0	½	5.0
107	Batkhuyagiin Möngöntuul (MGL)	2421	½	1	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	1	½	5.0
108	Lei Tingjie (CHN)	2469	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	1	5.0
109	Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (NOR)	2558	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	1	½	5.0
110	Aleksandr Lenderman (USA)	2648	½	½	1	1	½	0	½	½	0	0	½	5.0
111	Ariel Erenberg (ISR)	2463	½	½	0	½	½	1	0	0	1	0	1	5.0
112	Eric Hansen (CAN)	2611	½	0	1	0	1	½	0	1	0	½	½	5.0
113	Vasif Durarbayli (AZE)	2617	½	½	½	½	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	5.0
114	Sam Shankland (USA)	2705	0	1	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	1	5.0
115	Tamir Nabaty (ISR)	2658	½	0	½	1	1	0	½	1	0	½	0	5.0
116	Alina Kashlinskaya (RUS)	2481	0	0	1	0	½	½	1	½	1	½	0	5.0
117	Axel Bachmann (PAR)	2629	½	0	½	1	0	½	0	1	0	1	½	5.0
118	Gawain Jones (ENG)	2688	0	0	1	½	½	½	½	1	0	½	½	5.0
119	Vincent Keymer (GER)	2506	½	½	1	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	4.5
120	Niclas Huschenbeth (GER)	2624	0	1	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	4.5
121	Nihal Sarin (IND)	2610	½	0	1	0	1	½	½	½	0	½	0	4.5
122	Andrey Vovk (UKR)	2618	½	1	0	0	1	0	½	1	½	0	0	4.5
123	Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR)	2675	½	½	½	1	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	4.5
124	Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo (MAD)	2428	½	0	0	1	0	½	½	0	1	0	1	4.5
125	Lance Henderson de La Fuente (ESP)	2494	½	0	½	0	1	0	½	½	1	0	½	4.5
126	Soumya Swaminathan (IND)	2365	½	½	0	½	0	½	1	1	0	0	½	4.5
127	Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL)	2479	0	1	0	0	1	½	0	1	0	½	½	4.5
128	Ahmed Adly (EGY)	2636	1	½	½	0	0	½	0	1	1	0	0	4.5
129	Maxim Rodshtein (ISR)	2684	½	0	1	½	½	0	0	0	0	1	1	4.5
130	Karen Movsziszian (ARM)	2475	½	½	0	0	½	½	0	1	0	1	½	4.5
131	Keith Arkell (ENG)	2447	0	0	0	1	½	½	½	0	1	½	½	4.5
132	Nino Batsiashvili (GEO)	2422	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	½	0	1	1	4.5
133	Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN)	2629	0	0	1	0	½	0	1	½	½	1	0	4.5
134	Pia Cramling (SWE)	2462	0	0	1	½	0	½	0	½	½	1	½	4.5
135	Anna Ushenina (UKR)	2431	½	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	½	4.0
136	David Gavrilescu (ROU)	2451	½	½	0	0	0	1	½	½	0	1	0	4.0
137	Avital Boruchovsky (ISR)	2533	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	0	1	0	½	4.0
138	Marie Sebag (FRA)	2445	0	1	½	0	0	½	0	0	1	0	1	4.0
139	Yuri Gonzalez Vidal (CUB)	2552	0	1	0	½	0	1	1	0	0	½	0	4.0
140	Elina Danielian (ARM)	2385	0	1	0	0	½	½	1	0	½	½	0	4.0
141	Brandon Clarke (ENG)	2445	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	4.0
142	Vlastimil Jansa (CZE)	2452	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	0	0	1	1	4.0
143	Jovanka Houska (ENG)	2430	0	0	1	½	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3.5
144	Ekaterina Atalik (TUR)	2464	½	½	0	0	0	0	1	½	1	0	0	3.5
145	Irina Bulmaga (ROU)	2442	0	0	0	1	½	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.5
146	Anna Zatonskih (USA)	2422	½	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	½	0	0	3.0
147	Prithu Gupta (IND)	2493	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.0
148	Dietmar Kolbus (GER)	2300	½	0	0	0	½	1	0	½	0	0	½	3.0
149	Baard Dahl (ENG)	2067	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	0	3.0
150	Wu Li (ENG)	2332	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	0	0	½	1	3.0
151	Vera Nebolsina (RUS)	2252	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	½	½	3.0
152	Keith Allen (IRL)	2161	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	½	1	0	0	3.0
153	Kenny Solomon (RSA)	2382	½	0	0	0	½	½	1	0	0	0	0	2.5
154	Elisabeth Pähtz (GER)	2489	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	1.5

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kirill Alekseenko</span> Russian-Austrian chess grandmaster (born 1997)

Kirill Alexeyevich Alekseenko is a Russian-born chess grandmaster who currently plays for Austria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chess World Cup 2019</span> Chess tournament

The Chess World Cup 2019 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from 9 September to 4 October 2019. It was won by Azerbaijani grandmaster Teimour Radjabov. He and the runner-up, Ding Liren, both qualified for the Candidates Tournament for the World Chess Championship 2021. It was the 8th edition of the Chess World Cup.

The FIDE Grand Prix 2019 was a series of four chess tournaments that formed part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2021. The top two finishers who had not yet qualified, qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2020–21. The top non-qualifying finisher is eligible for the wild card. The series is organized by World Chess, formerly known as Agon. Alexander Grischuk won the FIDE Grand Prix 2019 and thus became the first player to qualify for the Candidates Tournament via the event. Ian Nepomniachtchi, who finished in second place, was the other qualifier, while Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, by finishing third, became eligible for the wild card. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave eventually got a place in the Candidates after Teimour Radjabov withdrew from the tournament as he was the first reserve.

The 2020–2021 Candidates Tournament was an eight-player chess double-round-robin tournament to decide the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2021, played in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Ian Nepomniachtchi won the tournament with a round to spare and earned the right to challenge the defending world champion, Magnus Carlsen.

The FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2019 (WFRCC) was the first world championship in Fischer random chess officially recognized by the international chess federation FIDE. Previous unofficial championships had been held, with the most recent winner being Magnus Carlsen in 2018. The competition started on April 28, 2019, with the first qualifying tournaments, which took place online and were open to all interested participants; and continued with further rounds up to the quarter-finals, which were also online. The semi-finals and final were played over the board between October 27 to November 2, 2019, in the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter in Bærum, Norway. The winner of the final was Wesley So, defeating Magnus Carlsen 13.5–2.5, to become the first FIDE world champion in Fischer random chess. Over the course of the competition, various time controls were applied, with longer games being weighted more heavily.

The 2022 Candidates Tournament was an eight-player chess tournament to decide the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2023. The tournament took place at the Palacio de Santoña in Madrid, Spain, from June 16 to July 5, 2022, with the World Championship finishing in April 2023. As with every Candidates tournament since 2013, it was a double round-robin tournament.

The FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2021 was a chess tournament that formed part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2022. It was an 11-round Swiss-system tournament, with 108 players competing, running from 25 October to 8 November 2021 in Riga, Latvia, in parallel with the FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2021. The tournaments were held while Latvia was in a COVID-19 lockdown, which led to a number of players withdrawing before the tournament began.

The FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2021 was a chess tournament, FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament, that forms part of the qualification cycle for the Women's World Chess Championship 2022. It was an 11-round Swiss-system tournament, with up to 50 players competing, ran from 27 October to 7 November 2021 in Riga, Latvia, in parallel with the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2021. It was the first FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament.

The 2022–2023 edition of the FIDE Grand Prix is a series of four chess tournaments exclusively for women which determined two players to play in the Women's Candidates Tournament 2023–2024. The winner of the Candidates Tournament will play the reigning world champion in the next Women's World Chess Championship.

The 2024 Candidates Tournament will be an eight-player chess tournament, held to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2024. It is scheduled to take place at The Great Hall in Toronto, Canada, from April 3–22, 2024. The event will be held alongside the Women's Candidates Tournament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023</span> Chess tournament in the Isle of Man

The FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023 was a chess tournament that formed part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2024. It was an 11-round Swiss-system tournament with 114 players competing from 25 October to 5 November 2023 in the Isle of Man. The winner and runner-up of the tournament earned the right to the play in the Candidates Tournament 2024.

The 2023 FIDE Circuit is a system comprising the top chess tournaments in 2023, which serves as a qualification path for the Candidates Tournament 2024. Players receive points based on their performance and the strength of the tournament. A player's final Circuit score is the sum of their five best results of the year. The winner of the Circuit qualifies for the Candidates Tournament 2024 in Toronto, Canada, the winner of which qualifies for the World Chess Championship 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2023</span> Chess tournament in the Isle of Man

The FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2023 was the second edition of the FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament, a chess tournament that forms part of the qualification cycle for the Women's World Chess Championship match in 2025. It was an 11-round Swiss-system tournament with 50 players competing from 25 October to 5 November 2023 in the Isle of Man. The winner and third-place finisher of the tournament earned the right to the play in the Women's Candidates Tournament 2024, since Anna Muzychuk, the runner-up of the tournament had already qualified for the event.

References

↑ Isle of Man to host the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament, FIDE, 16 February 2019
↑ FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Tournament, FIDE, April 19, 2019
↑ Ruchess - Statement of the CFR President: Andrey Filatov: Kirill Alekseenko to Get Wild Card from Organizer of FIDE Candidates Tournament (23 December, 2019)
↑ FIDE updates and the World Championship cycle, Chessbase, April 26, 2019
1 2 Rules for the FIDE Grand Swiss 2019, FIDE
↑ List of players qualified for the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss, FIDE, 10 June 2019
↑ FIDE Handbook C, Section 13.3.2
↑ List of FIDE qualifiers for the FIDE Grand Swiss, FIDE, 2 October 2019
↑ List of organizer wildcard qualifiers for the FIDE Grand Swiss Archived 2019-10-02 at the Wayback Machine , FIDE, 2 October 2019
↑ FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019 Results, chess-results.com

External links

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FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss. FIDE. 2 October 2019.
Rules for the FIDE Grand Swiss 2019

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[1] Isle of Man to host the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament, FIDE, 16 February 2019

[FIDE-GS-Apr19-2] FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Tournament, FIDE, April 19, 2019

[CFR-3] Ruchess - Statement of the CFR President: Andrey Filatov: Kirill Alekseenko to Get Wild Card from Organizer of FIDE Candidates Tournament (23 December, 2019)

[CB-April-4] FIDE updates and the World Championship cycle, Chessbase, April 26, 2019

[handbook-5] 1 2 Rules for the FIDE Grand Swiss 2019, FIDE

[6] List of players qualified for the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss, FIDE, 10 June 2019

[7] FIDE Handbook C, Section 13.3.2

[8] List of FIDE qualifiers for the FIDE Grand Swiss, FIDE, 2 October 2019

[9] List of organizer wildcard qualifiers for the FIDE Grand Swiss Archived 2019-10-02 at the Wayback Machine , FIDE, 2 October 2019

[10] FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019 Results, chess-results.com

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