FIDE Grand Swiss and FIDE Women's Grand Swiss 2023 kick off in the Isle of Man

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10/25/2023 – On Tuesday evening, the Grand Swiss Tournaments 2023 were ceremonially opened at Villa Marina on the Isle of Man and the colours for the first round were drawn. The field is strong, the pairings are exciting. | Photos: Anna Shtourman

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FIDE press release by GM Alex Colovic

Every great competition deserves a great opening ceremony. For chess players, a great opening ceremony is one that is efficient. This criterion was fully satisfied at the Villa Marina, the venue of tonight's opening ceremony and the games tomorrow.

The Master of Ceremonies, Alex Brindley, opened the proceedings by introducing Alan Ormsby, the Chief Organiser of the Grand Swiss.

Mr Ormsby welcomed the players and everybody who made the event possible. A notable fact was mentioned when he thanked the Isle of Man Immigration Service, which issued 120 visas to make it possible for players and everybody else who needed it to come to the island. Mr Ormsby spoke about the Isle of Man open tournament, which ran from 2014 to 2018 and the first Grand Swiss in 2019. He said that the Isle of Man is now an affiliate member of FIDE and, as such, has a right to field a team at the upcoming chess Olympiad in Budapest in 2024, a goal achieved after 30 years of hard work. He wished the best of luck to the two local players, Li Wu and Dietmar Kolbus, ranked 113 and 114 out of 114 participants, who will represent the Isle of Man. He concluded with special gratitude to the Scheinberg family for their continuous support and generous help in all the years of the event.

Next to speak was Alfred Cannan, Chief Minister of the Isle of Man.

In his brief speech, Mr. Cannan welcomed the participants and spoke of chess's importance in these turbulent modern times. He condemned the recent terrorist attacks by Hamas and expressed his desire that chess can serve as an agent of peace. He also emphasised the generous support of the Scheinberg family, a support that, apart from the previous events, also made this event possible.

He also thanked the Scheinberg family for making this event possible and for the generous support of other chess competitions.

FIDE's CEO Emil Sutovsky started by saying that his last professional tournament was at the Isle of Man in 2018. He was happy to see the players he met back then again, but also new faces and promising youngsters. He noted the event's growth and thanked the Scheinberg family for their incessant support and for making it all possible. "We work for you," he concluded.

Finally, the Chief Arbiter Alex Holowczak took the stage and invited the top seeds, Fabiano Caruana and Aleksandra Goryachkina, to choose one from the two bags that contained a king inside. Coincidentally, they picked the bag containing the black king, thus starting their round one games with the black pieces. It also meant that all odd numbers would play with black in round one, with the even numbers having the white pieces.

The games start tomorrow at 14-30 PM local time.

About the event:

The FIDE Grand Swiss and FIDE Women's Grand Swiss 2023 takes place from the 23rd of October to the 6th of November at the Villa Marina, Douglas, Isle of Man.

Both tournaments are part of the qualifications for the World Championship cycle, with the top two players in the open event qualifying for the 2024 Candidates Tournament and the top two players in the Women's Grand Swiss qualifying for the 2024 Women's Candidates.

Eleven rounds will be played under the Swiss System, with 164 players participating from all continents: 114 in the Grand Swiss and 50 players in the Women's Grand Swiss.

The total prize fund is $600,000, with $460,000 for the Grand Swiss and $140,000 for the Women's Grand Swiss.

The first Grand Swiss was held in 2019 in the Isle of Man and was won by GM Wang Hao, who scored 8/11. Because of COVID-19, the 2020 edition of the event was cancelled. The 2021 edition took place in Riga and was won by GM Alireza Firouzja.

This is the second time that a Women's Grand Swiss event will be held. The inaugural edition in Riga was won by GM Lei Tingjie.

Round 1 pairings Open

Board No. Name Elo Pts. Result Pts. Name Elo No.
1 58
GM Saric, Ivan 2647 0 0 GM Caruana, Fabiano 2786
1
2 2
GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2780 0 0 GM Svane, Rasmus 2646
59
3 60
GM Ponomariov, Ruslan 2641 0 0 GM Firouzja, Alireza 2777
3
4 4
GM Giri, Anish 2760 0 0 GM Sadhwani, Raunak 2641
61
5 62
GM Mamedov, Rauf 2640 0 0 GM Gukesh, D 2758
5
6 6
GM Rapport, Richard 2752 0 0 GM Yilmaz, Mustafa 2640
63
7 64
GM Warmerdam, Max 2636 0 0 GM Aronian, Levon 2742
7
8 8
GM Praggnanandhaa, R 2738 0 0 GM Aryan, Chopra 2634
65
9 66
GM Gledura, Benjamin 2633 0 0 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2727
9
10 10
GM Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2726 0 0 GM Idani, Pouya 2633
67
11 68
GM Kollars, Dmitrij 2633 0 0 GM Yu, Yangyi 2720
11
12 12
GM Keymer, Vincent 2717 0 0 GM Murzin, Volodar 2633
69
13 70
GM Sargsyan, Shant 2631 0 0 GM Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2716
13
14 14
GM Harikrishna, Pentala 2716 0 0 GM Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal 2630
71
15 72
GM L'ami, Erwin 2627 0 0 GM Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2716
15
16 16
GM Erigaisi, Arjun 2712 0 0 GM Svane, Frederik 2626
73
17 74
GM Durarbayli, Vasif 2625 0 0 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 2711
17
18 18
GM Maghsoodloo, Parham 2707 0 0 GM Kuzubov, Yuriy 2625
75
19 76
GM Mendonca, Leon Luke 2622 0 0 GM Van Foreest, Jorden 2707
19
20 20
GM Deac, Bogdan-Daniel 2701 0 0 GM Tari, Aryan 2619
77
21 78
GM Theodorou, Nikolas 2619 0 0 GM Sevian, Samuel 2698
21
22 22
GM Shankland, Sam 2698 0 0 GM Nguyen, Thai Dai Van 2618
79
23 80
GM Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel 2618 0 0 GM Artemiev, Vladislav 2697
23
24 24
GM Martirosyan, Haik M. 2696 0 0 GM Yakubboev, Nodirbek 2616
81
25 82
GM Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo 2615 0 0 GM Nihal, Sarin 2694
25
26 26
GM Xiong, Jeffery 2693 0 0 GM Karthikeyan, Murali 2611
83
27 84
GM Gupta, Abhijeet 2609 0 0 GM Fedoseev, Vladimir 2691
27
28 28
GM Grandelius, Nils 2689 0 0 GM Mareco, Sandro 2606
85
29 86
GM Huschenbeth, Niclas 2605 0 0 GM Navara, David 2689
29
30 30
GM Sargissian, Gabriel 2686 0 0 GM Bachmann, Axel 2604
87
31 88
GM Petrosyan, Manuel 2604 0 0 GM Tabatabaei, M. Amin 2685
31
32 32
GM Esipenko, Andrey 2683 0 0 GM Sanal, Vahap 2603
89
33 90
GM Mishra, Abhimanyu 2592 0 0 GM Sarana, Alexey 2682
33
34 34
GM Amin, Bassem 2680 0 0 GM Wagner, Dennis 2589
91
35 92
GM Suleymanli, Aydin 2588 0 0 GM Abasov, Nijat 2679
35
36 36
GM Donchenko, Alexander 2676 0 0 GM Jumabayev, Rinat 2585
93
37 94
GM Kuybokarov, Temur 2584 0 0 GM Matlakov, Maxim 2674
37
38 38
GM Shevchenko, Kirill 2671 0 0 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2582
95
39 96
GM Dardha, Daniel 2580 0 0 GM Bacrot, Etienne 2669
39
40 40
GM Bluebaum, Matthias 2668 0 0 GM Vokhidov, Shamsiddin 2578
97
41 98
GM Fier, Alexandr 2574 0 0 GM Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 2668
41
42 42
GM Niemann, Hans Moke 2667 0 0 IM Amar, Elham 2568
99
43 100
GM Kozak, Adam 2566 0 0 GM Volokitin, Andrei 2664
43
44 44
GM Cheparinov, Ivan 2658 0 0 GM Parligras, Mircea-Emilian 2561
101
45 102
GM Lazavik, Denis 2560 0 0 GM Korobov, Anton 2658
45
46 46
GM Sindarov, Javokhir 2658 0 0 GM Maurizzi, Marc`andria 2555
103
47 104
GM Adhiban, B. 2551 0 0 GM Predke, Alexandr 2656
47
48 48
GM Shirov, Alexei 2655 0 0 GM Fawzy, Adham 2535
105
49 106
GM Krasenkow, Michal 2531 0 0 GM Anton Guijarro, David 2653
49
50 50
GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2653 0 0 IM Samunenkov, Ihor 2531
107
51 108
IM Gurel, Ediz 2514 0 0 GM Bartel, Mateusz 2651
51
52 52
GM Narayanan.S.L, 2651 0 0 IM Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn 2488
109
53 110
GM Greenfeld, Alon 2455 0 0 GM Melkumyan, Hrant 2650
53
54 54
GM Pichot, Alan 2650 0 0 IM Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan 2447
111
55 112
IM Royal, Shreyas 2407 0 0 GM Santos Latasa, Jaime 2650
55
56 56
GM Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr. 2649 0 0 Wu, Li 2303
113
57 114
IM Kolbus, Dietmar 2225 0 0 GM Najer, Evgeniy 2648
57

Round 1 Pairings Women

Name Pts. Result Pts. Name
Matnadze Bujiashvili, Ann 0 0 Goryachkina, Aleksandra
Kosteniuk, Alexandra 0 0 Narva, Mai
Hoang, Thanh Trang 0 0 Muzychuk, Mariya
Tan, Zhongyi 0 0 Fataliyeva, Ulviyya
Milliet, Sophie 0 0 Muzychuk, Anna
Shuvalova, Polina 0 0 Roebers, Eline
Tania, Sachdev 0 0 Dronavalli, Harika
Paehtz, Elisabeth 0 0 Lee, Alice
Tsolakidou, Stavroula 0 0 Batsiashvili, Nino
Assaubayeva, Bibisara 0 0 Beydullayeva, Govhar
Socko, Monika 0 0 Wagner, Dinara
Vaishali, Rameshbabu 0 0 Kiolbasa, Oliwia
Savitha, Shri B 0 0 Efroimski, Marsel
Cramling, Pia 0 0 Cori T., Deysi
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag 0 0 Mammadzada, Gunay
Gunina, Valentina 0 0 Aulia, Medina Warda
Guichard, Pauline 0 0 Javakhishvili, Lela
Vantika, Agrawal 0 0 Kamalidenova, Meruert
Mkrtchyan, Mariam 0 0 Ushenina, Anna
Injac, Teodora 0 0 Sandu, Mihaela
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan 0 0 Stefanova, Antoaneta
Bulmaga, Irina 0 0 Gomez Barrera, Javiera Belen
Terbe, Julianna 0 0 Danielian, Elina
Divya, Deshmukh 0 0 Kanyamarala, Trisha
Nassr, Lina 0 0 Garifullina, Leya

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