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Two rounds remained to be played at the FIDE Grand Swiss on the Isle of Man, and the players topping the standings showed their fighting spirits by playing decisive games on all seven top boards in the penultimate round of the open tournament.
Most notably, in a duel of top seeds, Hikaru Nakamura all but secured a spot in next year’s Candidates Tournament, as he defeated world number two Fabiano Caruana with the white pieces — not only allowing him to enter the final round as a co-leader, but also gaining 5.1 rating points (Naka now has a 25-point advantage over Alireza Firouzja in the race to get the rating spot in the Candidates).
Vidit Gujrathi and Andrey Esipenko also grabbed full points to join Nakamura in the lead. Curiously, all three co-leaders have already faced each other, so they will play against participants with 7 or 6½ points in the final round.
Wins for Vincent Keymer, Arjun Erigaisi and Alexandr Predke on Saturday left them still in contention for first place, as all three stand a half point behind the leaders and, since the frontrunners will not play each other, it is theoretically possible for all three chasers to score wins and create a tie for first place on 8 points in the final standings — i.e. an extremely unlikely scenario!
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| Bo. | No. | Name | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | No. |
| 1 | 16 | Erigaisi, Arjun | 7 | 7½ | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2 | |
| 2 | 15 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | 7½ | 7 | Predke, Alexandr | 47 | |
| 3 | 4 | Giri, Anish | 6½ | 7½ | Esipenko, Andrey | 32 | |
| 4 | 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | 6½ | 7 | Keymer, Vincent | 12 | |
| 5 | 18 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | 6½ | 6½ | Vitiugov, Nikita | 17 | |
| 6 | 8 | Praggnanandhaa, R | 6 | 6½ | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | 20 |
Vidit Gujrathi | Photo: chess.com / Maria Emelianova
All three co-leaders showed good endgame technique to convert their advantages in the penultimate round, much like Anish Giri, who needed 94 moves to defeat Hans Niemann in what was his second consecutive victory on the Isle of Man, and Arjun Erigaisi, who defeated an in-form Sam Sevian.
Endgame expert Karsten Müller analysed the wins by Nakamura, Vidit, Arjun and Giri!
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Hans Niemann and Anish Giri | Photo: chess.com / Maria Emelianova
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | ||
| 1 | GM | Esipenko, Andrey | 2683 | 7,5 | 2696 | |
| 2 | GM | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2780 | 7,5 | 2684 | |
| 3 | GM | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | 2716 | 7,5 | 2672 | |
| 4 | GM | Predke, Alexandr | 2656 | 7 | 2700 | |
| 5 | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | 2712 | 7 | 2670 | |
| 6 | GM | Keymer, Vincent | 2717 | 7 | 2661 | |
| 7 | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | 2786 | 6,5 | 2680 | |
| 8 | GM | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | 2701 | 6,5 | 2663 | |
| 9 | GM | Maghsoodloo, Parham | 2707 | 6,5 | 2654 | |
| 10 | GM | Giri, Anish | 2760 | 6,5 | 2654 | |
| 11 | GM | Vitiugov, Nikita | 2711 | 6,5 | 2646 | |
| 12 | GM | Sindarov, Javokhir | 2658 | 6 | 2708 | |
| 13 | GM | Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel | 2618 | 6 | 2703 | |
| 14 | GM | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | 2616 | 6 | 2698 | |
| 15 | GM | Cheparinov, Ivan | 2658 | 6 | 2695 | |
| 16 | GM | Bacrot, Etienne | 2669 | 6 | 2689 | |
| 17 | GM | Kuzubov, Yuriy | 2625 | 6 | 2671 | |
| 18 | GM | Sarana, Alexey | 2682 | 6 | 2671 | |
| 19 | GM | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 2668 | 6 | 2671 | |
| 20 | GM | Korobov, Anton | 2658 | 6 | 2666 |
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Decisive results were also seen in the most important games of the penultimate round in the women’s tournament, with Vaishali Rameshbabu scoring her sixth win of the event by beating Tan Zhongyi with the white pieces. The Indian star is now the sole leader with one round to go, and only needs a draw on Sunday to secure at least second place in the final standings — i.e. a spot in next year’s Candidates Tournament.
Anna Muzychuk also scored a crucial win, as she defeated Deysi Cori to go into the eleventh round in sole second place, a half point behind Vaishali.
Similarly, Mongolian IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul (the 40th seed in the field) scored a key full point on Saturday. The biggest underdog among the players fighting for tournament victory defeated Mai Narva with black and is now in sole third place, a full point behind Vaishali.
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| Bo. | No. | Name | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | No. |
| 1 | 40 | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | 7 | 8 | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | 12 | |
| 2 | 14 | Cramling, Pia | 6½ | 7½ | Muzychuk, Anna | 5 | |
| 3 | 4 | Tan, Zhongyi | 6½ | 6 | Mammadzada, Gunay | 15 | |
| 4 | 34 | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | 6 | 6½ | Stefanova, Antoaneta | 21 | |
| 5 | 25 | Garifullina, Leya | 6½ | 6 | Javakhishvili, Lela | 17 |
Vaishali Rameshbabu | Photo: chess.com / Maria Emelianova
Anna Muzychuk | Photo: chess.com / Maria Emelianova
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | ||
| 1 | IM | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | 2448 | 8 | 2464 | |
| 2 | GM | Muzychuk, Anna | 2510 | 7,5 | 2446 | |
| 3 | IM | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | 2366 | 7 | 2440 | |
| 4 | IM | Garifullina, Leya | 2402 | 6,5 | 2469 | |
| 5 | GM | Tan, Zhongyi | 2517 | 6,5 | 2445 | |
| 6 | GM | Stefanova, Antoaneta | 2424 | 6,5 | 2435 | |
| 7 | GM | Cramling, Pia | 2446 | 6,5 | 2398 | |
| 8 | WGM | Kamalidenova, Meruert | 2351 | 6 | 2477 | |
| 9 | IM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | 2385 | 6 | 2470 | |
| 10 | IM | Cori T., Deysi | 2367 | 6 | 2464 | |
| 11 | IM | Narva, Mai | 2399 | 6 | 2462 | |
| 12 | IM | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | 2469 | 6 | 2441 | |
| 13 | GM | Muzychuk, Mariya | 2519 | 6 | 2408 | |
| 14 | IM | Javakhishvili, Lela | 2437 | 6 | 2405 | |
| 15 | IM | Mammadzada, Gunay | 2441 | 6 | 2390 | |
| 16 | IM | Milliet, Sophie | 2391 | 5,5 | 2477 | |
| 17 | GM | Socko, Monika | 2380 | 5,5 | 2445 | |
| 18 | IM | Tania, Sachdev | 2389 | 5,5 | 2439 | |
| 19 | GM | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | 2558 | 5,5 | 2433 | |
| 20 | GM | Dronavalli, Harika | 2502 | 5,5 | 2397 |
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