FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025

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FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025
Tournament information
Sport Chess
Location Samarkand, Uzbekistan [1]
Dates3 September 2025–15 September 2025
Administrator FIDE
Format11-round Swiss-system tournament
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The FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025 will be a chess tournament organized by FIDE, chess's international governing body, in September 2025. It forms part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2026. It will be an 11-round Swiss-system tournament. The winner and runner-up of the tournament will earn the right to play in the Candidates Tournament 2026. [2] The Women’s section will be held in parallel at the same time and venue, and its top two finishers will qualify for the Women's Candidates Tournament. [3] [4]

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Format

The tournament has an 11-round Swiss format featuring 116 players. [5]

The games use a classical time control of 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 50 minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30 second increment from move 1.

Tie-breaks

Tie-breaks between players who finish on the same score will be determined, in order, by the following tie-breaks:

  1. Average Rating of Opponents Cut 1
  2. Buchholz Cut 1
  3. Buchholz
  4. Direct encounter between the tied players
  5. Drawing of lots.

Venue and schedule

The tournament is scheduled to take place September 3-15, 2025 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. [1]

Participants

116 players will participate in the FIDE Grand Swiss. [6] The original regulations approved by FIDE Council stated 114 would qualify: 100 by rating, the Women's World Champion, 4 Continential spots, 5 presidential and 5 Organizer's nominees. [7] However, FIDE has changed the regulations on their website and added 2 presidential nominees. FIDE did not explain the change. [8] In the player list, 101 rating qualifiers and 6 presidential nominees appear.

Rating Qualifiers

RankNameAugust 2025 Rating
1 Flag of India.svg R Praggnanandhaa 2779
2 Flag of India.svg Gukesh Dommaraju 2776
3 Flag of India.svg Arjun Erigaisi 2776
4 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2771
5 Flag of France.svg Alireza Firouzja 2766
6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri 2748
7 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2746
8 FIDE flag icon.png Ian Nepomniachtchi 2742
9 Flag of the United States.svg Levon Aronian 2737
10 Flag of the United States.svg Hans Niemann 2736
11 Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2736
12 Flag of Slovenia.svg Vladimir Fedoseev 2731
13 Flag of Germany.svg Vincent Keymer 2730
14 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Javokhir Sindarov 2722
15 Flag of India.svg Vidit Gujrathi 2720
16 Flag of Hungary.svg Richárd Rapport 2716
17 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Yangyi 2714
18 Flag of India.svg Pentala Harikrishna 2709
19 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jorden van Foreest 2697
20 Flag of the United States.svg Awonder Liang 2696
21 Flag of Iran.svg Parham Maghsoodloo 2695
22 Flag of India.svg Nihal Sarin 2692
23 Flag of Serbia.svg Alexey Sarana 2691
24 FIDE flag icon.png Daniil Dubov 2691
25 Flag of the United States.svg Ray Robson 2687
26 Flag of the United States.svg Samuel Sevian 2683
27 FIDE flag icon.png Andrey Esipenko 2682
28 Flag of Ukraine.svg Pavel Eljanov 2680
29 FIDE flag icon.png Volodar Murzin 2678
30 Flag of England.svg Nikita Vitiugov 2676
31 Flag of India.svg Raunak Sadhwani 2676
32 Flag of Romania.svg Bogdan-Daniel Deac 2674
33 Flag of Iran.svg Amin Tabatabaei 2673
34 Flag of the United States.svg Sam Shankland 2670
35 FIDE flag icon.png Alexander Grischuk 2667
36 FIDE flag icon.png Vladislav Artemiev 2664
37 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Nodirbek Yakubboev 2663
38 Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Šarić 2661
39 Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandar Inđić 2661
40 Flag of the United States.svg Grigoriy Oparin 2660
41 Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Bluebaum 2660
42 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Rauf Mamedov 2659
43 Flag of India.svg Karthikeyan Murali 2658
44 Flag of Denmark.svg Jonas Buhl Bjerre 2655
45 Flag of Armenia.svg Shant Sargsyan 2653
46 Flag of Turkey.svg Ediz Gürel 2652
47 Flag of Germany.svg Frederik Svane 2651
48 Flag of the United States.svg Jeffery Xiong 2650
49 Flag of Poland.svg Radosław Wojtaszek 2648
50 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Shanglei 2647
51 Flag of Spain.svg Daniil Yuffa 2647
52 Flag of Greece.svg Nikolas Theodorou 2646
53 Flag of Israel.svg Maxim Rodshtein 2645
54 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Shamsiddin Vokhidov 2645
55 Flag of Germany.svg Dmitrij Kollars 2643
56 Flag of Turkey.svg Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş 2642
57 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Salem Saleh 2640
58 Flag of Sweden.svg Nils Grandelius 2639
59 Flag of Hungary.svg Sanan Sjugirov 2636
60 Flag of France.svg Étienne Bacrot 2635
61 Flag of Serbia.svg Velimir Ivić 2635
62 Flag of India.svg Abhimanyu Puranik 2625
63 Flag of India.svg Aryan Chopra 2634
64 Flag of Egypt.svg Bassem Amin 2633
65 Flag of Armenia.svg Robert Hovhannisyan 2629
66 Flag of Ukraine.svg Andrei Volokitin 2628
67 Flag of Ukraine.svg Anton Korobov 2628
68 Flag of Armenia.svg Haik Martirosyan 2628
69 Flag of Spain.svg Maksim Chigaev 2628
70 Flag of Armenia.svg Gabriel Sargissian 2626
71 Flag of Iran.svg Bardiya Daneshvar 2625
72 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ivan Cheparinov 2625
73 Flag of Armenia.svg Aram Hakobyan 2625
74 Flag of Spain.svg David Antón Guijarro 2625
75 Flag of Ukraine.svg Vassily Ivanchuk 2623
76 Flag of Ukraine.svg Ruslan Ponomariov 2622
77 Flag of Spain.svg Alexei Shirov 2620
78 Flag of Slovenia.svg Anton Demchenko 2620
79 Flag of Germany.svg Rasmus Svane 2619
80 Flag of Norway.svg Jon Ludvig Hammer 2618
81 Flag of Serbia.svg Alexandr Predke 2617
82 Flag of Germany.svg Dennis Wagner 2617
83 Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Donchenko 2616
84 Flag of France.svg Maxime Lagarde 2616
85 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Daniel Dardha 2616
86 Flag of Spain.svg Jaime Santos Latasa 2614
87 FIDE flag icon.png Evgeniy Najer 2613
88 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xiangyu 2612
89 Flag of the United States.svg Abhimanyu Mishra 2610
90 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Aydin Suleymanli 2609
91 FIDE flag icon.png Maxim Matlakov 2608
92 Flag of India.svg Leon Luke Mendonca 2606
93 Flag of France.svg Marc'Andria Maurizzi 2604
94 Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuriy Kuzubov 2600
95 Flag of Georgia.svg Baadur Jobava 2598
96 Flag of India.svg S. L. Narayanan 2595
97 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Warmerdam 2591
98 Flag of Poland.svg Szymon Gumularz 2591
99 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Mahammad Muradli 2586
100 Flag of India.svg Aditya Mittal 2560
101 Flag of India.svg Divya Deshmukh 2478

Rating Qualifiers who declined to participate

NameAugust 2025 Rating
Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana 2784
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wei Yi 2753
Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So 2745
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Liren 2734
Flag of Poland.svg Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2725
Flag of India.svg Aravindh Chithambaram 2723
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Bu Xiangzhi 2684
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Thai Dai Van Nguyen 2674
Flag of England.svg Michael Adams 2663
Flag of England.svg Gawain Jones 2651
Flag of Norway.svg Johan-Sebastian Christiansen 2651
Flag of Hungary.svg Benjamin Gledura 2648
Flag of Mexico.svg José Martínez Alcántara 2636
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Loek van Wely 2632
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Eltaj Safarli 2630
Flag of Norway.svg Aryan Tari 2627
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yue 2627
Flag of England.svg Luke McShane 2615
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Vasif Durarbayli 2612
Flag of Armenia.svg Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 2611
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Erwin l'Ami 2611
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Qun 2610
Flag of the United States.svg Christopher Yoo 2607
Flag of Hungary.svg Tamás Bánusz 2605
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Arkadij Naiditsch 2604
Flag of Hungary.svg Ferenc Berkes 2604
Flag of Peru.svg Jorge Cori 2599

Players in the Top 100 who did not meet the Activity Requirement:

NameJun 2025 RatingGames Played Jul 2024 – Jun 2025
Magnus Carlsen 283713
Hikaru Nakamura 28048
Viswanathan Anand 27436
Leinier Domínguez 273823
Lê Quang Liêm 272926
Veselin Topalov 27172
Wang Hao 270115
Peter Svidler 26984
Dmitry Andreikin 269520
Teimour Radjabov 269211
Igor Kovalenko 26762
Rustam Kasimdzhanov 267512
David Howell 266821
Peter Leko 26669
Boris Gelfand 265210
Alexander Morozevich 265012
Francisco Vallejo Pons 263822
Vladimir Malakhov 26368
Hrant Melkumyan 26369
Hou Yifan 26333
Yuriy Kryvoruchko 263316
Ioannis Papaioannou 262615
Luka Lenič 26262
Li Chao 262426
Peter Heine Nielsen 26174
Tamir Nabaty 26139
Alexander Riazantsev 26128
Ivan Popov 26107
Eric Hansen 260910
Imre Balog 260926
Gata Kamsky 260719
Vladimir Onischuk 260228
Oleksandr Bortnyk 260114
Victor Bologan 260123

Continential spots

  1. Flag of India.svg  Pranav V  (IND), 2597
  2. Flag of Chile.svg  Cristobal Henriquez Villagra  (CHI), 2592
  3. Flag of France.svg  Jules Moussard  (FRA), 2584
  4. Flag of Nigeria.svg Olisa Tennyson (NGR), 2287

Presidental Nominees

  1. Flag of Israel.svg  Boris Gelfand  (ISR), 2652
  2. FIDE flag icon.png  Ivan Zemlyanskii  (FIDE), 2586
  3. Flag of Poland.svg  Mateusz Bartel  (POL), 2576
  4. Flag of the United States.svg  Andy Woodward  (USA), 2557
  5. Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ihor Samunenkov  (UKR), 2548
  6. FIDE flag icon.png  Aleksandra Goryachkina  (FIDE), 2528

Organizer Nominees

  1. Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Mukhiddin Madaminov  (UZB), 2560
  2. Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Jakhongir Vakhidov  (UZB), 2521
  3. Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov  (UZB), IM, 2488
  4. Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Ortik Nigmatov  (UZB), 2488
  5. Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Abdimalik Abdisalimov  (UZB), 2488

References

  1. 1 2 "FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 to be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan" . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  2. ↑ "Regulations for the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025" (PDF). www.fide.com. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
  3. ↑ "FIDE Grand Swiss & Women's Grand Swiss 2025 - Call for bids". www.fide.com. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  4. ↑ "FIDE finalizes qualification pathways for 2026 Women's Candidates". MSN. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "FIDE Grand Swiss Chess 2025: Erigaisi and Gukesh seeded top two, a gateway to candidates". The Hindu. 8 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Open Event Qualified Players". www.grandswiss2025.fide.com. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
  7. ↑ "Regulations for the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025 (internet.archive)" (PDF). handbook.fide.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-03-27. Retrieved 2025-07-21.
  8. ↑ "Regulations for the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025" (PDF). FIDE.
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