The FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 and the FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss 2023 took place from 23 October to 6 November in the Isle of Man. The events gathered 114 players in the Open section and 50 competitors in the Women’s event, featuring the total prize fund of $600,000 ($460,000 for the Grand Swiss and $140,000 for the Women’s Grand Swiss).
GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (IND, 2716) emerged as the Winner of the Open event scoring 8.5 points. Vidit was victorious in the last round against GM Alexandr Predke (SRB, 2656) to leap on the top and become the sole Winner of the championship. The Indian Grandmaster won the prize of $80.000 and qualified for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024.
GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 2780) finished the event in the second place and was the second player to qualify for the Candidates Tournament 2024. Scoring 8 points, Nakamura was in clear second place and won the prize of $60.000.
As many as five players tied for bronze medal scoring 7.5 points each: GM Andrey Esipenko (FIDE, 2683), GM Arjun Erigaisi (IND, 2712), GM Vincent Keymer (GER, 2717), GM Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI, 2707) and GM GM Anish Giri (NED, 2760). With the best tiebreak criteria (rating average of the opponents), GM Andrey Esipenko came third.
Final rankings can be found here.
22-year-old IM Vaishali Rameshbabu (IND, 2448) emerged as the sole Winner of the FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss 2023 scoring 8.5 points. She won the prize of $25.000 and qualified for the FIDE Women’s Candidates 2024. For the first time in history, the Candidates Tournament line-ups will feature brother and sister at the same time: Vaishali Rameshbabu in Women’s, and Praggnanandhaa R in the Open section!
GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR, 2510) won the silver medal, scoring 8 points. Muzychuk tried to score the full point in the last round against GM Pia Cramling to catch Vaishali on the top, but the game ended in a draw and Muzychuk claimed silver.
GM Tan Zhongyi (CHN, 2517) and IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL, 2366) tied for the third place with the score of 7.5 points, each. Thanks to better tiebreak criteria, the Chinese grandmaster won bronze and qualified for the FIDE Women’s Candidates 2024 since the second-placed Anna Muzychuk reserved her seat for Toronto at the FIDE Women’s World Cup.
Final rankings can be found here.
Detailed information about the events can be found on the Official website.
Photos by FIDE/Anna Shtourman