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🏆 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) (2021)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Nana Dzagnidze, Mariya Muzychuk, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Antoaneta Stefanova, Tingjie Lei, Pia Cramling, Valentina Gunina, Jiner Zhu, Harika Dronavalli, Nino Batsiashvili, Elina Danielian, Thanh Trang Hoang, Polina Shuvalova, Natalija Pogonina, Rameshbabu Vaishali, Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Olga Girya, Monika Socko, Dinara Saduakassova, Divya Deshmukh, Lela Javakhishvili, Alina Kashlinskaya, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Elisabeth Paehtz, Zhansaya Abdumalik, Ekaterina Atalik, Salome Melia, Yuliia Osmak, Meri Arabidze, Batkhuyag Munguntuul, Leya Garifullina, Padmini Rout, Jolanta Zawadzka, Deysi Estela Cori Tello, Nataliya Buksa, Jovanka Houska, Irine Kharisma Sukandar, Olga Badelka, Sophie Milliet, Carolina Lujan, Karina Cyfka, Vantika Agrawal, Anna M Sargsyan, Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, Alina Bivol, Laura Rogule, Meruert Kamalidenova, Maria Eizaguerri Floris, Madara Golsta, Jesse Nikki February

FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) (2021) The first Women's FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss was a 50-player 11-round Swiss tournament held at the Hanzas Perons Cultural Centre in Riga, Latvia, 27 October - 7 November 2021. Rest day: 2 November. The best player would qualify for the next Candidates tournament. Tiebreaks (Buchholz) would decide the placings in the event of ties. Players received 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 more minutes to finish the game, with 30 seconds added per move starting from move 1. Prize fund: USD 125,000, with USD 20,000 for first place. The rounds started at 2 pm local time. Tournament director: Egons Lavendelis. Chief arbiter: Alex Holowczak. Number of games played: 275. Tingjie Lei won with 9/11, and qualified for the World Championship Candidates (Women) (2022) tournament. Elisabeth Paehtz, Jiner Zhu and Mariya Muzychuk qualified for the 2022 Grand Prix tournament series. Official site: https://grandswiss.fide.com/ Regulations: https://handbook.fide.com/files/han... Chess-Results: https://chess-results.com/tnr587231... Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/ali... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/grand... Chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... FIDE 1: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... FIDE 2: https://www.fide.com/news/1425 See also FIDE Grand Swiss (2021)  page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 275  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J N February vs R Vaishali 0-1 20 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 2. V Gunina vs T T Hoang 1-0 32 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) C13 French 3. A Bivol vs A Stefanova   ½-½ 30 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) C45 Scotch Game 4. E Atalik vs M Golsta   1-0 28 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 5. L Javakhishvili vs C Lujan   1-0 30 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 6. I K Sukandar vs T Lei   0-1 23 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) C78 Ruy Lopez 7. A Maltsevskaya vs M Muzychuk   ½-½ 40 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) A33 English, Symmetrical 8. N Dzagnidze vs O Girya   1-0 58 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 9. S Milliet vs Kosteniuk 0-1 78 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) B12 Caro-Kann Defense 10. H Dronavalli vs N Buksa   ½-½ 32 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) D02 Queen's Pawn Game 11. K Cyfka vs P Shuvalova   0-1 55 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 12. Z Abdumalik vs L Garifullina   0-1 65 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. A Kashlinskaya vs A M Sargsyan 0-1 58 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 14. B Assaubayeva vs D Saduakassova   ½-½ 43 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) E12 Queen's Indian 15. N Batsiashvili vs M Socko   1-0 51 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) A17 English 16. E Paehtz vs D E Cori Tello   1-0 72 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) A81 Dutch 17. J Houska vs N Pogonina   0-1 41 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 18. P Rout vs J Zhu   0-1 45 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 19. E Danielian vs K Arakhamia-Grant   0-1 28 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) A46 Queen's Pawn Game 20. S Melia vs P Cramling   1-0 79 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 21. M Kamalidenova vs M Arabidze   ½-½ 44 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) C78 Ruy Lopez 22. O Badelka vs M Eizaguerri Floris   1-0 74 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 23. V Agrawal vs B Munguntuul   ½-½ 43 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) A06 Reti Opening 24. J Zawadzka vs D Deshmukh   ½-½ 46 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 25. L Rogule vs Y Osmak   0-1 61 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) A20 English  page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 275    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Oct-31-21    Albertan: Grand Swiss:Lei Tingjie takes the lead in the Women’s section: https://en.chessbase.com/post/grand... Nov-04-21    Albertan: Lei Tingjie continues to lead: https://www.chess.com/news/view/202... Nov-04-21    Albertan: Lei keeps on winning: https://en.chessbase.com/post/grand... Nov-04-21    Albertan: Lei breaks away: https://kasparovchess.com/articles/... Nov-04-21    Albertan: FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Round 7 recap: https://www.fide.com/news/1414 Nov-04-21    Albertan: Lei pursued by Paehtz: https://chess24.com/en/read/news/gr... Nov-06-21    Albertan: Lei cruises: https://kasparovchess.com/articles/... Nov-07-21    Albertan: Lei secures victory: https://www.chess.com/news/view/202... ´´Lei Tingjie wins the inaugural Women’s Grand Prix with a round to spare.´´ https://www.fide.com/news/1422 Congratulations!!! Nov-07-21    ndg2: With her win in the last round, Elisabeth Pähtz not only secures a spot in the next FIDE Grand Prix cycle, she now also has the necessary 3rd norm to become a GM. She also has achieved an ELO over 2500 now. Nov-07-21    Albertan: ´´Lei Tingjie confirms her first placé following her draw with top-seeded Mariya Muzychuk:´ https://www.fide.com/news/1422 ´´Lei Tingjie cruises to Candidates’´: https://chess24.com/en/read/news/gr... Nov-07-21    Albertan: Grand Swiss (Women) Final Standings : https://grandswiss.fide.com/grand-s... Nov-07-21    Albertan: Final standings: 1.Le Tingjie 9 points, 2-3 Elisabeth Paehtz ,Zhu Jiner 7.5 points, 4.Mariya Mûzychuk 7 points. Lei Tingjie qualifies for FIDE Candidates Tournament. https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/alir... Nov-08-21    0ZeR0: Congratulations to Lei Tingjie on the victory! And also to Elisabeth Paehtz and Zhu Jiner for their fine performances. Nov-10-21    Albertan: Interview with Lei Tingjie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUm... Nov-14-21    macer75: <Albertan: Lei Tingjie qualifies for FIDE Candidates Tournament.> Looking forward to seeing her play against Alireza. 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