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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament
Alireza Firouzja8/11(+6 -1 =4)[games]
Fabiano Caruana7.5/11(+4 -0 =7)[games]
Grigoriy Oparin7.5/11(+4 -0 =7)[games]
Yangyi Yu7/11(+3 -0 =8)[games]
Vincent Keymer7/11(+4 -1 =6)[games]
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave7/11(+3 -0 =8)[games]
Alexandr Predke7/11(+5 -2 =4)[games]
Alexey Shirov7/11(+3 -0 =8)[games]
David Howell7/11(+5 -2 =4)[games]
Gabriel Sargissian7/11(+3 -0 =8)[games]
David Anton Guijarro7/11(+4 -1 =6)[games]
Anton Korobov7/11(+4 -1 =6)[games]
Samuel Sevian7/11(+3 -0 =8)[games]
Andrey Esipenko7/11(+4 -1 =6)[games]
Bogdan-Daniel Deac7/11(+3 -0 =8)[games]
Vladislav Artemiev7/11(+3 -0 =8)[games]
Manuel Petrosyan6.5/11(+2 -0 =9)[games]
Nihal Sarin6.5/11(+2 -0 =9)[games]
Daniil Dubov6.5/11(+3 -1 =7)[games]
Yuriy Kuzubov6.5/11(+3 -1 =7)[games]
Vladimir Fedoseev6.5/11(+4 -2 =5)[games]
Sanan Sjugirov6.5/11(+3 -1 =7)[games]
Nikita Vitiugov6.5/11(+3 -1 =7)[games]
Yuriy Kryvoruchko6.5/11(+2 -0 =9)[games]
Nils Grandelius6.5/11(+3 -1 =7)[games]
Levon Aronian6.5/11(+3 -1 =7)[games]
Jeffery Xiong6.5/11(+4 -2 =5)[games]
Alexey Sarana6.5/11(+4 -2 =5)[games]
Kirill Alekseenko6.5/11(+5 -3 =3)[games]
Pentala Harikrishna6.5/11(+3 -1 =7)[games]
Krishnan Sasikiran6/11(+4 -3 =4)[games]
Pavel Ponkratov6/11(+4 -3 =4)[games]
* (108 players total; 76 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
FIDE Grand Swiss (2021)

The 2nd FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss was an 11-round Swiss tournament held at the Hanzas Perons Cultural Centre in Riga, Latvia, 27 October - 7 November 2021. Rest day: 2 November. The two best players would qualify for the next Candidates tournament. Tiebreaks (Buchholz) would decide the placings in the event of ties. Players received 100 minutes for 40 moves followed by 50 more minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 more minutes to the end of the game, with 30 seconds added per move starting from move 1. Prize fund: USD 425,000, with USD 70,000 for first place. Rounds started at 2 pm local time. Tournament director: Egons Lavendelis. Chief arbiter: Alex Holowczak. Number of games played: 594.

Alireza Firouzja won with 8/11. He and Fabiano Caruana (2nd on tiebreak ahead of Oparin) qualified for the World Championship Candidates (2022) tournament. Oparin, Yu Yangyi, Keymer, Vachier-Lagrave, Predke and Shirov 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/tnr587230...
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...
Ruchess: https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/alir...
FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament...
Wikipedia article: FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2021

Previous: Isle of Man Grand Swiss (2019). See also FIDE Grand Swiss Women (2021)

 page 1 of 24; games 1-25 of 594  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Ganguly vs S Sjugirov  ½-½232021FIDE Grand SwissC78 Ruy Lopez
2. Niemann vs Vachier-Lagrave  ½-½332021FIDE Grand SwissA04 Reti Opening
3. J Cori vs Goryachkina  ½-½312021FIDE Grand SwissD16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
4. R Hovhannisyan vs A Korobov  ½-½302021FIDE Grand SwissC78 Ruy Lopez
5. J Moussard vs Dubov  ½-½312021FIDE Grand SwissC55 Two Knights Defense
6. D Paravyan vs I Morovic Fernandez  ½-½332021FIDE Grand SwissB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
7. Ponomariov vs V Fedoseev  ½-½352021FIDE Grand SwissB53 Sicilian
8. R Sadhwani vs I Cheparinov  ½-½312021FIDE Grand SwissC53 Giuoco Piano
9. Caruana vs M Chigaev 1-0342021FIDE Grand SwissB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
10. M A Tabatabaei vs Aronian  ½-½552021FIDE Grand SwissD27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
11. Firouzja vs N Abasov 1-0282021FIDE Grand SwissC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
12. Vitiugov vs Dreev  ½-½322021FIDE Grand SwissE04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
13. A Erigaisi vs A Esipenko  ½-½432021FIDE Grand SwissE20 Nimzo-Indian
14. Harikrishna vs V Kovalev  ½-½302021FIDE Grand SwissC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
15. K Alekseenko vs K Shevchenko  1-0402021FIDE Grand SwissB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
16. Y Yu vs Keymer  ½-½402021FIDE Grand SwissB12 Caro-Kann Defense
17. V Durarbayli vs P Maghsoodloo  0-1422021FIDE Grand SwissB56 Sicilian
18. Pichot vs V Artemiev 0-1542021FIDE Grand SwissC67 Ruy Lopez
19. Svidler vs Movsesian  ½-½362021FIDE Grand SwissB12 Caro-Kann Defense
20. M Yilmaz vs Eljanov  ½-½322021FIDE Grand SwissD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
21. Navara vs M Kravtsiv ½-½362021FIDE Grand SwissD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
22. Kuzubov vs J van Foreest  ½-½642021FIDE Grand SwissD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
23. Wojtaszek vs Martirosyan  1-0422021FIDE Grand SwissD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
24. Kryvoruchko vs V Onyshchuk 1-0332021FIDE Grand SwissB12 Caro-Kann Defense
25. A Brkic vs M Matlakov  1-0322021FIDE Grand SwissC42 Petrov Defense
 page 1 of 24; games 1-25 of 594  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Nov-06-21  nok: Wouldn't be surprised if <JAM> was Carlsen's troll account.

Hint: <Justin>other master

Nov-06-21  ndg2: Good grind-down by Alireza Firouzja against David Howell in round 10, which makes him again the sole tournament leader. Unless he loses in the last round, Firouzja is through and will proceed to the candidates.
Nov-06-21  nok: One game currently at move 125

Dang, there's really nothing to do in Corona Riga...

Nov-06-21  Albertan: Firouzja brought down to earth:

https://kasparovchess.com/articles/...

Nov-06-21
Premium Chessgames Member		  MissScarlett: Can't wait to be here Monday to find out from <Albertan> who qualifies for the Candidates.
Nov-06-21
Premium Chessgames Member		  perfidious: These updates are a day late. Firouzja's comeuppance was posted here yesterday.

Yawn.

Nov-06-21  devere: Oparin can qualify by beating Firouzja in round 11. If so, Firouzja might still qualify on tiebreaks if Fab doesn't beat Predke. A draw for Firouzja and a win for Fab and they are both qualified for sure.
Nov-06-21  virginmind: After winning with black against Maghsoodloo today, Deac is at +3. Will play with Esipenko in the last round. Not bad!
Nov-06-21  ndg2: Maybe Oparin is content with qualifying for the Grand Prix series and it will be a short draw?
Nov-06-21  Olavi: Given that Caruana won't lose, MVL and others are out, but Yu has a chance if he wins. It then depends on the Sonneborn-Berger, if I'm not mistaken, so can be decided in some game on board 30...
Nov-06-21  fisayo123: I think Oparin will try and not go crazy. I'm expecting Firouzja to keep it as tight and solid as possible
Nov-06-21  Olavi: But OK, Caruana's S-B is overwhelming compared to Yu's, so it's between the three at the top.
Nov-06-21  Refused: As long as they don't lose tomorrow Firouzja and Caruana will qualify. Caruana should be safe with 7.5 points thanks to his victory over Firouzja, that just gives him an edge over anybody on the tiebreaks. If Firouzja doesn't lose, he is on 8 points, and 8 points are enough to outright qualify (possibly winning the tournament; reasonably assuming Caruana will prioritize a safe qualification for the Candidates over winning the tournament).
Nov-06-21  Olavi: <Refused> If Firouzja draws, he wins the tournament, because he beats Caruana on the first tiebreak, Buchholz-1.
Nov-07-21  Albertan: FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Round 10:Firouzja sole leader again:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/202...

FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss,round 10 recap:

https://www.fide.com/news/1422

Nov-07-21  Nov8: Fide Grand Swiss Tie-break

a) Buchholz cut1
b) Buchholz
c) Sonneborn-Berger
d) Direct Encounter
e) Drawing of Lots
Buchholz cut1, after 10th rd.
Firouzja 56.5
Caruana 55
Oparin 50.5

Nov-07-21  Nov8: If Oparin beats Firouzja and Caruana draws and some players having 6.5 pts won their final game/s, it's still Firouzja who will have the second ticket
Nov-07-21  Olavi: I'm slightly puzzled that Sargissian played the well known forced draw. I thought places third to eight' qualified for the Grand Prix, and he's sitting ninth before the last round, now needs one of MVL, Yu, Predke, Keymer to lose.
Nov-07-21  fisayo123: So the amazing 18 year old Firouzja is in.

Who else will join him?

Nov-07-21  Olavi: <I'm slightly puzzled that Sargissian played the well known forced draw. I thought places third to eight' qualified for the Grand Prix, and he's sitting ninth before the last round, now needs one of MVL, Yu, Predke, Keymer to lose.>

And indeed that none of Petrosyan, Nihal, Sasikiran wins (none of them will).

Nov-07-21  nok: <So the amazing 18 year old Firouzja is in.>

"A Night at the Oparin"

Nov-07-21  devere: Firouzja wins the tournament and Fab qualifies. For once a FIDE event goes well. Now two more candidates spots left for the Feb-April 22 Grand Prix. to decide.
Nov-07-21  devere: Wikipedia now shows Fab as having qualified for the candidates tournament, and the last round hasn't even finished yet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World... .
Nov-07-21  Refused: Sjugirov - Vitiugov was nuts. Either player was winning at some point in that game.

And Yilmaz will kick himself for blundering away a full point against Alekseenko.

Can somebody aupdate me on the GP qualifiers.

I figure it's

Oparin, Yu, MVL, Shirov and Keymer, and ?

Nov-07-21  Olavi: Predke, I presume.
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