FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2021

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FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2021
Firouzja,Alireza 2019 Karlsruhe.jpg
2021 Grand Swiss Tournament winner Alireza Firouzja
Tournament information
Sport Chess
Location Riga, Latvia
Dates25 October 2021–
8 November 2021
Administrator FIDE
Tournament
format(s)
Swiss-system tournament
Host(s)IOM International
Chess Limited
Final positions
Champion Flag of France.svg Alireza Firouzja
Runner-up Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana
  2019
2023  

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.

Contents

The tournament was won by Alireza Firouzja. The top two finishers, Firouzja and Fabiano Caruana, qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2022. [lower-alpha 1] The rest of the top eight, Grigoriy Oparin, Yu Yangyi, Vincent Keymer, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Alexandr Predke and Alexei Shirov, qualified for the FIDE Grand Prix 2022.

Format

The tournament was played as an 11-round Swiss system tournament.

Tie-breaks

For players who finish on the same score, final position is determined by the following tie-breaks, in order: [1] [2]

This is a change from the 2019 tournament, in which the average opponent rating (excluding the lowest rated opponent) was used as the first tie-break.

Venue and schedule

The tournament was originally scheduled to be running from 27 October to 7 November 2021 on the Isle of Man. [3] However, due to complications arising from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, FIDE announced it would change the venue. Their stated concerns were that too many attendees would have to self-isolate under COVID-19 travel quarantine rules in the United Kingdom. [4] On 9 August FIDE announced Riga, capital of Latvia, as the new venue. [5] Due to a rise in COVID-19 cases, Latvia went into a lockdown beginning on 21 October, but FIDE announced that the Grand Swiss tournaments were exempt from this lockdown, and would proceed as scheduled. [6]

The 11 rounds were played from 27 October to 7 November, with a rest day on 2 November. 25 October was scheduled as the "Arrivals" day, with the opening ceremony on 26 October and the closing ceremony on 8 November. Games start at 2pm local time. [lower-alpha 2] [7] This corresponds to 1100 UTC from October 27 to 30, and 1200 UTC Time from October 31 onwards. [8]

Qualifiers

Originally, 114 players were to be invited: [1]

In August 2021, a list of 100 qualifiers by rating, plus 20 reserves, was announced. [9] A number of players declined invitations, including 12 of the top 20 qualifiers: Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi (playing the World Chess Championship 2021); Teimour Radjabov, Sergey Karjakin and Jan-Krzysztof Duda (already qualified for the Candidates); Wang Hao (retired); and Ding Liren, Wesley So, Anish Giri, Leinier Domínguez, Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov. In September 2021, 114 players were announced as playing. [10]

In the week before the tournament, a number of players withdrew due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia. This included 5 of top 10 seeds: Alexander Grischuk, Richárd Rapport, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Hikaru Nakamura, Vidit Gujrathi; [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] as well as Lê Quang Liêm, Salem Saleh, Bassem Amin, Gadir Guseinov, Arkadij Naiditsch, Étienne Bacrot, Maxime Lagarde, Sandro Mareco, Alexander Motylev, Ilya Smirin, Aravindh Chithambaram and Robert Hess.

The starting list of 108 participants [16] is shown below.

Results

The following table lists all participants, with the results from the 11 rounds. They are ranked according to the results, taking into account the tie-breaks. Nikita Vitiugov, Yuriy Kryvoruchko and Nils Grandelius are tied for 23rd place, as they scored the same on all tie-breaks. [17]

Notation: "1 (W 93)" indicates a win (1 point) with white pieces (W) against player of rank 93 (Nijat Abasov). The first tiebreak (labeled BC1) is the Buchholz Cut 1 score, which was sufficient to determine the qualifiers.

RankNameRating1234567891011TotalBC1
1 Flag of France.svg Alireza Firouzja 27701 (W 93)1 (B 35)1 (W 7)0.5 (B 4)0.5 (W 6)0.5 (B 8)1 (W 33)1 (W 31)0 (B 2)1 (W 9)0.5 (B 3)868
2 Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana 28001 (W 55)0.5 (B 18)0.5 (W 36)0.5 (B 35)1 (W 9)0.5 (B 33)0.5 (W 13)1 (B 25)1 (W 1)0.5 (B 6)0.5 (W 7)7.567
3 Flag of Russia.svg Grigoriy Oparin 26540.5 (W 62)1 (B 78)0.5 (W 17)0.5 (B 70)0.5 (W 26)0.5 (B 5)1 (W 73)1 (B 19)0.5 (W 7)1 (B 23)0.5 (W 1)7.563.5
4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Yangyi 27040.5 (W 5)1 (B 63)1 (W 61)0.5 (W 1)0.5 (B 49)0.5 (B 13)0.5 (W 15)0.5 (B 28)1 (W 33)0.5 (B 8)0.5 (W 6)766.5
5 Flag of Germany.svg Vincent Keymer 26300.5 (B 4)1 (W 27)0.5 (B 24)0.5 (W 10)0.5 (B 59)0.5 (W 3)0 (B 25)1 (W 82)1 (B 53)1 (W 29)0.5 (B 9)765.5
6 Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 27630.5 (B 52)1 (W 50)0.5 (B 71)1 (W 60)0.5 (B 1)1 (W 32)0.5 (B 31)0.5 (W 8)0.5 (B 11)0.5 (W 2)0.5 (B 4)765
7 Flag of Russia.svg Alexandr Predke 26661 (B 46)1 (W 54)0 (B 1)0.5 (W 47)1 (B 42)0 (W 31)1 (B 57)1 (W 49)0.5 (B 3)0.5 (W 11)0.5 (B 2)764.5
8 Flag of Spain.svg Alexei Shirov 26590.5 (B 43)1 (W 87)0.5 (B 51)1 (W 92)1 (B 36)0.5 (W 1)0.5 (B 14)0.5 (B 6)0.5 (W 23)0.5 (W 4)0.5 (B 10)764.5
9 Flag of England.svg David Howell 26581 (B 82)0.5 (W 92)0.5 (B 72)0.5 (W 51)0 (B 2)1 (W 54)1 (B 47)1 (W 14)1 (W 12)0 (B 1)0.5 (W 5)762.5
10 Flag of Armenia.svg Gabriel Sargissian 26640.5 (W 72)0.5 (B 83)1 (W 94)0.5 (B 5)1 (W 70)0.5 (B 15)0.5 (W 18)0.5 (B 34)1 (W 28)0.5 (B 13)0.5 (W 8)761.5
11 Flag of Spain.svg David Antón Guijarro 26580.5 (W 37)0.5 (B 70)1 (W 62)0 (B 17)1 (W 98)1 (B 91)0.5 (W 19)1 (B 21)0.5 (W 6)0.5 (B 7)0.5 (W 13)761
12 Flag of Ukraine.svg Anton Korobov 26900.5 (B 48)1 (W 20)0.5 (B 47)0.5 (W 42)1 (B 51)0.5 (W 49)0.5 (B 17)1 (W 41)0 (B 9)0.5 (W 34)1 (B 31)760.5
13 Flag of the United States.svg Samuel Sevian 26540.5 (B 80)1 (W 84)0.5 (B 92)1 (W 72)0.5 (B 32)0.5 (W 4)0.5 (B 2)1 (W 53)0.5 (B 30)0.5 (W 10)0.5 (B 11)760.5
14 Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Esipenko 27200.5 (B 58)0.5 (W 42)0.5 (B 81)1 (W 63)0.5 (B 71)1 (W 56)0.5 (W 8)0 (B 9)1 (B 64)1 (W 31)0.5 (B 15)760
15 Flag of Romania.svg Bogdan-Daniel Deac 26430.5 (B 89)0.5 (W 104)1 (B 106)0.5 (W 53)1 (B 29)0.5 (W 10)0.5 (B 4)0.5 (W 24)0.5 (B 18)1 (B 38)0.5 (W 14)760
16 Flag of Russia.svg Vladislav Artemiev 26991 (B 76)0.5 (W 51)0.5 (B 75)0.5 (W 31)0.5 (B 50)0.5 (W 47)0.5 (B 48)0.5 (W 52)1 (B 49)0.5 (W 17)1 (B 34)756.5
17 Flag of Armenia.svg Manuel Petrosyan 26051 (B 99)0.5 (W 32)0.5 (B 3)1 (W 11)0.5 (W 18)0.5 (B 23)0.5 (W 12)0.5 (B 22)0.5 (W 38)0.5 (B 16)0.5 (W 21)6.566.5
18 Flag of India.svg Nihal Sarin 26521 (W 101)0.5 (W 2)1 (B 65)0.5 (W 32)0.5 (B 17)0.5 (W 53)0.5 (B 10)0.5 (B 38)0.5 (W 15)0.5 (B 21)0.5 (W 19)6.564
19 Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Dubov 27140.5 (B 42)0.5 (W 58)1 (B 86)0.5 (W 71)0.5 (B 56)1 (W 36)0.5 (B 11)0 (W 3)1 (B 41)0.5 (W 24)0.5 (B 18)6.561.5
20 Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuriy Kuzubov 26240.5 (W 44)0 (B 12)0.5 (B 27)1 (W 104)1 (B 66)0.5 (W 24)0.5 (B 59)0.5 (W 60)1 (B 32)0.5 (W 25)0.5 (B 30)6.561.5
21 Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Fedoseev 27040.5 (B 47)1 (W 39)0.5 (B 49)0.5 (W 75)0 (B 31)1 (W 76)1 (B 35)0 (W 11)1 (B 60)0.5 (W 18)0.5 (B 17)6.559.5
22 Flag of Russia.svg Sanan Sjugirov 26630.5 (B 88)1 (W 57)0 (B 48)1 (W 58)0.5 (B 47)1 (W 39)0.5 (B 49)0.5 (W 17)0.5 (B 29)0.5 (W 30)0.5 (W 23)6.559.5
23 Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Vitiugov 27270.5 (W 91)0.5 (B 81)0.5 (W 93)1 (B 34)0.5 (W 28)0.5 (W 17)1 (B 71)1 (W 32)0.5 (B 8)0 (W 3)0.5 (B 22)6.559.5
24 Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuriy Kryvoruchko 26861 (W 74)0.5 (B 73)0.5 (W 5)0.5 (B 91)0.5 (W 55)0.5 (B 20)1 (W 80)0.5 (B 15)0.5 (W 34)0.5 (B 19)0.5 (W 26)6.559.5
25 Flag of Sweden.svg Nils Grandelius 26620.5 (W 70)0.5 (B 37)0.5 (W 45)1 (B 80)0.5 (W 91)0.5 (B 55)1 (W 5)0 (W 2)0.5 (B 39)0.5 (B 20)1 (W 61)6.559.5
26 Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian 27820.5 (B 50)1 (W 52)0.5 (B 60)0.5 (W 48)0.5 (B 3)0.5 (W 71)0 (B 41)0.5 (W 39)1 (B 76)1 (W 56)0.5 (B 24)6.558.5
27 Flag of the United States.svg Jeffery Xiong 27000.5 (W 63)0 (B 5)0.5 (W 20)1 (B 85)1 (W 93)0.5 (B 35)0 (W 34)1 (B 74)0.5 (W 37)1 (B 52)0.5 (W 28)6.558.5
28 Flag of Russia.svg Alexey Sarana 26490 (B 92)1 (W 82)0.5 (B 54)1 (W 76)0.5 (B 23)1 (W 72)0.5 (B 53)0.5 (W 4)0 (B 10)1 (W 57)0.5 (B 27)6.558
29 Flag of Russia.svg Kirill Alekseenko 27101 (W 34)0 (B 36)0.5 (W 95)1 (B 74)0 (W 15)0.5 (B 70)1 (W 94)1 (B 50)0.5 (W 22)0 (B 5)1 (W 39)6.558
30 Flag of India.svg Pentala Harikrishna 27190.5 (W 81)0 (B 91)1 (W 107)1 (B 95)0.5 (W 35)0.5 (B 61)1 (W 55)0.5 (B 33)0.5 (W 13)0.5 (B 22)0.5 (W 20)6.555.5
31 Flag of India.svg Krishnan Sasikiran 26400.5 (B 104)1 (W 89)0.5 (W 38)0.5 (B 16)1 (W 21)1 (B 7)0.5 (W 6)0 (B 1)1 (W 40)0 (B 14)0 (W 12)666
32 Flag of Russia.svg Pavel Ponkratov 26591 (W 45)0.5 (B 17)1 (W 73)0.5 (B 18)0.5 (W 13)0 (B 6)1 (W 74)0 (B 23)0 (W 20)1 (B 63)0.5 (W 37)662.5
33 Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniy Najer 26540.5 (B 84)1 (W 80)1 (B 43)0.5 (W 36)1 (B 48)0.5 (W 2)0 (B 1)0.5 (W 30)0 (B 4)0.5 (W 61)0.5 (B 46)662.5
34 Flag of Ukraine.svg Kirill Shevchenko 26320 (B 29)1 (W 105)0.5 (B 66)0 (W 23)1 (B 87)1 (W 65)1 (B 27)0.5 (W 10)0.5 (B 24)0.5 (B 12)0 (W 16)662.5
35 Flag of the United States.svg Dariusz Świercz 26471 (B 103)0 (W 1)1 (B 88)0.5 (W 2)0.5 (B 30)0.5 (W 27)0 (W 21)0.5 (B 73)1 (W 51)0.5 (B 37)0.5 (W 40)662
36 Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Šarić 26441 (W 97)1 (W 29)0.5 (B 2)0.5 (B 33)0 (W 8)0 (B 19)0 (W 37)1 (B 95)1 (W 72)0.5 (B 40)0.5 (W 44)660.5
37 Flag of Armenia.svg Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 26070.5 (B 11)0.5 (W 25)0.5 (B 56)0 (W 50)0.5 (B 52)1 (W 68)1 (B 36)0.5 (W 59)0.5 (B 27)0.5 (W 35)0.5 (B 32)660
38 Flag of Iran.svg Parham Maghsoodloo 27011 (B 86)0.5 (W 75)0.5 (B 31)0 (W 49)1 (B 81)0.5 (W 50)1 (B 61)0.5 (W 18)0.5 (B 17)0 (W 15)0.5 (B 41)658
39 Flag of Turkey.svg Mustafa Yılmaz 26260.5 (W 40)0 (B 21)0.5 (W 98)1 (B 107)1 (W 44)0 (B 22)1 (W 91)0.5 (B 26)0.5 (W 25)1 (W 59)0 (B 29)658
40 Flag of Ukraine.svg Pavel Eljanov 26910.5 (B 39)0 (W 47)0.5 (B 85)1 (W 46)0.5 (B 54)1 (W 51)0.5 (B 50)1 (W 48)0 (B 31)0.5 (W 36)0.5 (B 35)657.5
41 Flag of Ukraine.svg Andrei Volokitin 26520.5 (B 100)0.5 (W 106)0.5 (B 76)0.5 (W 54)1 (B 43)0.5 (W 48)1 (W 26)0 (B 12)0 (W 19)1 (B 70)0.5 (W 38)657
42 Flag of France.svg Jules Moussard 26320.5 (W 19)0.5 (B 14)1 (W 79)0.5 (B 12)0 (W 7)0 (B 80)0.5 (W 67)0.5 (B 94)0.5 (W 97)1 (B 84)1 (W 77)656
43 Flag of Chile.svg Cristobal Henriquez Villagra 26080.5 (W 8)1 (B 69)0 (W 33)0.5 (B 61)0 (W 41)0.5 (B 93)0.5 (W 96)0.5 (B 91)1 (W 79)1 (B 55)0.5 (W 53)654
44 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jorden van Foreest 26910.5 (B 20)0 (W 48)0.5 (B 57)1 (W 88)0 (B 39)0.5 (W 82)0 (B 51)1 (W 87)1 (B 94)1 (W 47)0.5 (B 36)654
45 Flag of Russia.svg Vadim Zvjaginsev 26090 (B 32)1 (W 99)0.5 (B 25)0 (W 56)0.5 (B 68)0.5 (W 64)0 (B 58)1 (W 89)1 (B 86)0.5 (W 60)1 (B 71)654
46 Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Antipov 26190 (W 7)0 (B 96)1 (W 97)0 (B 40)1 (W 107)0.5 (B 77)0.5 (W 75)1 (B 93)1 (W 50)0.5 (B 66)0.5 (W 33)652
47 Flag of Ukraine.svg Ruslan Ponomariov 26310.5 (W 21)1 (B 40)0.5 (W 12)0.5 (B 7)0.5 (W 22)0.5 (B 16)0 (W 9)0.5 (B 65)0.5 (W 70)0 (B 44)1 (W 80)5.563.5
48 Flag of Armenia.svg Robert Hovhannisyan 26220.5 (W 12)1 (B 44)1 (W 22)0.5 (B 26)0 (W 33)0.5 (B 41)0.5 (W 16)0 (B 40)0.5 (B 71)0.5 (W 64)0.5 (B 60)5.562
49 Flag of Norway.svg Aryan Tari 26460.5 (B 106)1 (W 100)0.5 (W 21)1 (B 38)0.5 (W 4)0.5 (B 12)0.5 (W 22)0 (B 7)0 (W 16)0.5 (B 65)0.5 (W 67)5.562
50 Flag of Iran.svg Amin Tabatabaei 26390.5 (W 26)0 (B 6)1 (W 100)1 (B 37)0.5 (W 16)0.5 (B 38)0.5 (W 40)0 (W 29)0 (B 46)1 (B 73)0.5 (W 65)5.561.5
51 Flag of Croatia.svg Ante Brkic 26441 (W 77)0.5 (B 16)0.5 (W 8)0.5 (B 9)0 (W 12)0 (B 40)1 (W 44)0.5 (W 71)0 (B 35)1 (B 97)0.5 (W 66)5.561.5
52 Flag of the United States.svg Hans Niemann 26380.5 (W 6)0 (B 26)0.5 (W 67)0.5 (B 78)0.5 (W 37)1 (B 98)1 (W 62)0.5 (B 16)0.5 (B 59)0 (W 27)0.5 (B 57)5.560
53 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Navara 26910.5 (W 94)0.5 (B 95)1 (W 83)0.5 (B 15)1 (W 75)0.5 (B 18)0.5 (W 28)0 (B 13)0 (W 5)0.5 (B 58)0.5 (B 43)5.559
54 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Nodirbek Yakubboev 26211 (W 96)0 (B 7)0.5 (W 28)0.5 (B 41)0.5 (W 40)0 (B 9)0.5 (W 77)1 (B 75)0.5 (W 55)0.5 (B 69)0.5 (B 64)5.559
55 Flag of Russia.svg Maksim Chigaev 26390 (B 2)1 (W 101)1 (B 104)0.5 (W 59)0.5 (B 24)0.5 (W 25)0 (B 30)0.5 (W 57)0.5 (B 54)0 (W 43)1 (B 88)5.558
56 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Nodirbek Abdusattorov 26460.5 (W 65)0.5 (B 107)0.5 (W 37)1 (B 45)0.5 (W 19)0 (B 14)0.5 (W 70)0.5 (B 72)1 (W 73)0 (B 26)0.5 (W 62)5.558
57 Flag of India.svg Raunak Sadhwani 26090.5 (W 79)0 (B 22)0.5 (W 44)0.5 (B 77)1 (W 69)1 (B 75)0 (W 7)0.5 (B 55)1 (W 91)0 (B 28)0.5 (W 52)5.557.5
58 Flag of India.svg Arjun Erigaisi 26340.5 (W 14)0.5 (B 19)0.5 (W 96)0 (B 22)1 (W 78)0 (B 74)1 (W 45)0.5 (B 80)0.5 (W 65)0.5 (W 53)0.5 (B 59)5.557
59 Flag of Poland.svg Radosław Wojtaszek 26911 (W 85)0.5 (B 61)0.5 (W 91)0.5 (B 55)0.5 (W 5)0.5 (B 73)0.5 (W 20)0.5 (B 37)0.5 (W 52)0 (B 39)0.5 (W 58)5.557
60 Flag of Russia.svg Anton Demchenko 26510.5 (W 67)1 (B 98)0.5 (W 26)0 (B 6)0 (W 73)1 (B 83)1 (W 95)0.5 (B 20)0 (W 21)0.5 (B 45)0.5 (W 48)5.557
61 Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Bluebaum 26401 (B 105)0.5 (W 59)0 (B 4)0.5 (W 43)1 (B 92)0.5 (W 30)0 (W 38)0.5 (B 70)1 (W 80)0.5 (B 33)0 (B 25)5.557
62 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Javokhir Sindarov 25870.5 (B 3)0.5 (W 64)0 (B 11)0.5 (W 86)0.5 (B 63)1 (W 99)0 (B 52)0.5 (W 66)1 (B 81)0.5 (W 71)0.5 (B 56)5.556
63 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Jianchao 26290.5 (B 27)0 (W 4)1 (B 89)0 (B 14)0.5 (W 62)1 (W 84)0.5 (B 82)0 (W 64)1 (B 88)0 (W 32)1 (B 87)5.555.5
64 Flag of Peru.svg Jorge Cori 26550.5 (W 78)0.5 (B 62)0 (W 70)0.5 (B 67)0.5 (W 83)0.5 (B 45)1 (W 85)1 (B 63)0 (W 14)0.5 (B 48)0.5 (W 54)5.555
65 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Temur Kuybokarov 25490.5 (B 56)1 (W 102)0 (W 18)0.5 (B 93)0.5 (W 77)0 (B 34)1 (B 81)0.5 (W 47)0.5 (B 58)0.5 (W 49)0.5 (B 50)5.553.5
66 Flag of Russia.svg Peter Svidler 26940.5 (W 95)0.5 (B 94)0.5 (W 34)0.5 (B 73)0 (W 20)0.5 (B 85)0.5 (W 72)0.5 (B 62)1 (W 74)0.5 (W 46)0.5 (B 51)5.553
67 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Thai Dai Van Nguyen 25770.5 (B 60)0 (W 71)0.5 (B 52)0.5 (W 64)0.5 (B 102)0.5 (W 81)0.5 (B 42)0.5 (W 86)0.5 (B 96)1 (W 76)0.5 (B 49)5.551
68 Flag of Israel.svg Boris Gelfand 26800 (W 73)0.5 (B 74)0.5 (W 78)0.5 (B 83)0.5 (W 45)0 (B 37)0.5 (W 84)0.5 (B 97)1 (W 95)0.5 (B 72)1 (W 85)5.549.5
69 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Rakhmanov 26570.5 (B 87)0 (W 43)0.5 (B 84)0.5 (W 106)0 (B 57)0.5 (W 89)0.5 (B 92)1 (W 101)0.5 (B 82)0.5 (W 54)1 (B 83)5.547.5
70 Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandar Indjic 26120.5 (B 25)0.5 (W 11)1 (B 64)0.5 (W 3)0 (B 10)0.5 (W 29)0.5 (B 56)0.5 (W 61)0.5 (B 47)0 (W 41)0.5 (B 81)562.5
71 Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Donchenko 26480.5 (W 98)1 (B 67)0.5 (W 6)0.5 (B 19)0.5 (W 14)0.5 (B 26)0 (W 23)0.5 (B 51)0.5 (W 48)0.5 (B 62)0 (W 45)561.5
72 Flag of India.svg Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa 26180.5 (B 10)1 (W 90)0.5 (W 9)0 (B 13)1 (W 96)0 (B 28)0.5 (B 66)0.5 (W 56)0 (B 36)0.5 (W 68)0.5 (B 75)559.5
73 Flag of Germany.svg Dmitrij Kollars 26211 (B 68)0.5 (W 24)0 (B 32)0.5 (W 66)1 (B 60)0.5 (W 59)0 (B 3)0.5 (W 35)0 (B 56)0 (W 50)1 (W 97)559
74 Flag of Ukraine.svg Vladimir Onischuk 26220 (B 24)0.5 (W 68)1 (B 90)0 (W 29)1 (B 99)1 (W 58)0 (B 32)0 (W 27)0 (B 66)1 (W 96)0.5 (W 79)555.5
75 Flag of India.svg Gukesh D 26401 (W 108)0.5 (B 38)0.5 (W 16)0.5 (B 21)0 (B 53)0 (W 57)0.5 (B 46)0 (W 54)0.5 (W 100)1 (B 101)0.5 (W 72)555
76 Flag of Argentina.svg Alan Pichot 26280 (W 16)1 (B 108)0.5 (W 41)0 (B 28)1 (W 101)0 (B 21)0.5 (W 97)1 (B 96)0 (W 26)0 (B 67)1 (W 100)554
77 Flag of Russia.svg Maxim Matlakov 26820 (B 51)0.5 (W 85)0.5 (B 87)0.5 (W 57)0.5 (B 65)0.5 (W 46)0.5 (B 54)0.5 (W 88)0.5 (B 83)1 (W 82)0 (B 42)552
78 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandra Goryachkina 26020.5 (B 64)0 (W 3)0.5 (B 68)0.5 (W 52)0 (B 58)0.5 (W 90)0.5 (B 102)0 (B 79)0.5 (W 103)1 (W 92)1 (B 99)551
79 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ivan Cheparinov 26590.5 (B 57)0.5 (W 88)0 (B 42)0.5 (W 87)0 (B 82)0.5 (W 86)0.5 (B 106)1 (W 78)0 (B 43)1 (W 94)0.5 (B 74)549.5
80 Flag of Georgia.svg Baadur Jobava 25820.5 (W 13)0 (B 33)1 (B 102)0 (W 25)1 (B 86)1 (W 42)0 (B 24)0.5 (W 58)0 (B 61)0.5 (W 99)0 (B 47)4.557
81 FIDE flag icon.png Vladislav Kovalev 26340.5 (B 30)0.5 (W 23)0.5 (W 14)0.5 (B 96)0 (W 38)0.5 (B 67)0 (W 65)1 (B 104)0 (W 62)0.5 (B 100)0.5 (W 70)4.555.5
82 Flag of Serbia.svg Velimir Ivić 26060 (W 9)0 (B 28)0.5 (W 105)1 (B 108)1 (W 79)0.5 (B 44)0.5 (W 63)0 (B 5)0.5 (W 69)0 (B 77)0.5 (W 89)4.555.5
83 Flag of India.svg S. P. Sethuraman 26200.5 (B 90)0.5 (W 10)0 (B 53)0.5 (W 68)0.5 (B 64)0 (W 60)0.5 (B 89)1 (W 106)0.5 (W 77)0.5 (B 85)0 (W 69)4.553
84 Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Bartel 25970.5 (W 33)0 (B 13)0.5 (W 69)0.5 (B 94)0.5 (W 95)0 (B 63)0.5 (B 68)0.5 (W 90)1 (B 102)0 (W 42)0.5 (B 86)4.552.5
85 Flag of Armenia.svg Haik M. Martirosyan 26240 (B 59)0.5 (B 77)0.5 (W 40)0 (W 27)1 (B 104)0.5 (W 66)0 (B 64)0.5 (W 92)1 (B 90)0.5 (W 83)0 (B 68)4.552.5
86 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Vasif Durarbayli 26290 (W 38)1 (B 97)0 (W 19)0.5 (B 62)0 (W 80)0.5 (B 79)1 (W 98)0.5 (B 67)0 (W 45)0.5 (B 89)0.5 (W 84)4.552
87 Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Adly 26020.5 (W 69)0 (B 8)0.5 (W 77)0.5 (B 79)0 (W 34)0 (B 97)1 (W 103)0 (B 44)1 (W 98)1 (B 93)0 (W 63)4.552
88 Flag of India.svg Surya Shekhar Ganguly 26170.5 (W 22)0.5 (B 79)0 (W 35)0 (B 44)1 (W 105)0.5 (B 96)0.5 (W 93)0.5 (B 77)0 (W 63)1 (B 91)0 (W 55)4.551.5
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92 Flag of Latvia.svg Arturs Neikšāns 25701 (W 28)0.5 (B 9)0.5 (W 13)0 (B 8)0 (W 61)0 (B 94)0.5 (W 69)0.5 (B 85)0.5 (W 93)0 (B 78)0.5 (W 91)456
93 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Nijat Abasov 26380 (B 1)1 (W 103)0.5 (B 23)0.5 (W 65)0 (B 27)0.5 (W 43)0.5 (B 88)0 (W 46)0.5 (B 92)0 (W 87)0.5 (B 94)455.5
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95 Flag of Armenia.svg Sergei Movsesian 26270.5 (B 66)0.5 (W 53)0.5 (B 29)0 (W 30)0.5 (B 84)1 (W 106)0 (B 60)0 (W 36)0 (B 68)0.5 (W 102)0.5 (B 96)453.5
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98 Flag of Denmark.svg Jonas Buhl Bjerre 25690.5 (B 71)0 (W 60)0.5 (B 39)1 (W 90)0 (B 11)0 (W 52)0 (B 86)0.5 (W 99)0 (B 87)1 (W 107)0.5 (B 102)450.5
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100 Flag of Iceland.svg Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson 25770.5 (W 41)0 (B 49)0 (B 50)0 (W 99)0 (B 97)1 (W 108)1 (B 105)0.5 (W 102)0.5 (B 75)0.5 (W 81)0 (B 76)447
101 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Kiril Georgiev 25770 (B 18)0 (B 55)0.5 (W 108)1 (W 89)0 (B 76)0.5 (W 102)0.5 (B 90)0 (B 69)1 (W 104)0 (W 75)0.5 (B 107)447
102 Flag of Russia.svg David Paravyan 26420.5 (W 107)0 (B 65)0 (W 80)0.5 (B 103)0.5 (W 67)0.5 (B 101)0.5 (W 78)0.5 (B 100)0 (W 84)0.5 (B 95)0.5 (W 98)445
103 Flag of Latvia.svg Nikita Meshkovs 25500 (W 35)0 (B 93)0.5 (B 99)0.5 (W 102)0 (B 89)0.5 (W 105)0 (B 87)1 (W 107)0.5 (B 78)0.5 (W 90)0.5 (B 108)443
104 Flag of Latvia.svg Normunds Miezis 24670.5 (W 31)0.5 (B 15)0 (W 55)0 (B 20)0 (W 85)0.5 (B 107)1 (B 108)0 (W 81)0 (B 101)1 (W 105)0 (B 90)3.549
105 Flag of Serbia.svg Luka Budisavljević 25080 (W 61)0 (B 34)0.5 (B 82)0.5 (W 97)0 (B 88)0.5 (B 103)0 (W 100)0.5 (W 108)0.5 (B 107)0 (B 104)1 (W 106)3.542
106 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lucas van Foreest 25430.5 (W 49)0.5 (B 41)0 (W 15)0.5 (B 69)0.5 (W 94)0 (B 95)0.5 (W 79)0 (B 83)0 (B 99)0.5 (W 108)0 (B 105)349
107 Flag of Chile.svg Ivan Morovic Fernandez 25100.5 (B 102)0.5 (W 56)0 (B 30)0 (W 39)0 (B 46)0.5 (W 104)0.5 (B 99)0 (B 103)0.5 (W 105)0 (B 98)0.5 (W 101)347.5
108 Flag of Madagascar.svg Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo 24840 (B 75)0 (W 76)0.5 (B 101)0 (W 82)0 (B 90)0 (B 100)0 (W 104)0.5 (B 105)0 (W 89)0.5 (B 106)0.5 (W 103)242.5

Notes

  1. The exact rule was that it would be the top two finishers, other than the competitors in the World Chess Championship 2021 match and those who had already qualified for the Candidates. However none of the world championship players (Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi) or already-qualified candidates (Teimour Radjabov, Sergey Karjakin and Jan-Krzysztof Duda) played in the Grand Swiss.
  2. The tournament regulations say 3pm, [1] but this was later changed to 2pm. [7]

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