FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Chess |
| Location | Samarkand, Uzbekistan[1] |
| Dates | 3 September 2025–15 September 2025 |
| Administrator | FIDE |
| Format | 11-round Swiss-system tournament |
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] [3]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.[4][5]
Format
[edit]The tournament has an 11-round Swiss format.
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
[edit]Tie-breaks between players who finish on the same score will be determined, in order, by the following tie-breaks:
- Average Rating of Opponents Cut 1
- Buchholz Cut 1
- Buchholz
- Direct encounter between the tied players
- Drawing of lots.
Venue and schedule
[edit]The tournament is scheduled to take place September 3-15, 2025 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.[6]
Qualifiers
[edit]109 players will qualify for the FIDE Grand Swiss.
Top 100 Players who did not meet the Activity Requirement:
| Name | Nov. 2024 Rating | Games Played Dec 2023-Nov 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Magnus Carlsen | 2831 | 26 |
| Viswanathan Anand | 2750 | 7 |
| Le Quang Liem | 2739 | 17 |
| Veselin Topalov | 2717 | 2 |
| Wang Hao | 2703 | 21 |
| Teimour Radjabov | 2698 | 22 |
| Peter Svidler | 2698 | 7 |
| Dmitry Andreikin | 2695 | 20 |
| Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 2685 | 19 |
| David Howell | 2673 | 25 |
| Peter Leko | 2666 | 9 |
| Boris Gelfand | 2657 | 20 |
| Alexander Morozevich | 2655 | 7 |
| Ernesto Inarkiev | 2650 | 7 |
| Ni Hua | 2649 | 2 |
| Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen | 2646 | 10 |
| Vladimir Malakhov | 2642 | 12 |
References
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- ^ "FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 to be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan". Retrieved 2025-02-02.
- ^ "Regulations for the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025" (PDF). www.fide.com. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- ^ "Explained: Why world No 4 Arjun Erigaisi's hopes of competing in Candidates 2026 are over". Firstpost. 30 December 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ^ "FIDE Grand Swiss & Women's Grand Swiss 2025 - Call for bids". www.fide.com. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- ^ "FIDE finalizes qualification pathways for 2026 Women's Candidates". MSN. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ^ https://fide.com/news/3391
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