FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025
| 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] 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.[3][4]
Format
The tournament has an 11-round Swiss format featuring 172 players (116 in open and 56 in women category) [5]
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
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
The tournament is scheduled to take place September 3-16, 2025 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.[6]
Qualifiers
109 players will qualify for the FIDE Grand Swiss.[7]
Top 100 Players who did not meet the Activity Requirement:
| Name | Jun 2025 Rating | Games Played Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Magnus Carlsen | 2837 | 13 |
| Hikaru Nakamura | 2804 | 8 |
| Viswanathan Anand | 2743 | 6 |
| Leinier Domínguez | 2738 | 23 |
| Lê Quang Liêm | 2729 | 26 |
| Veselin Topalov | 2717 | 2 |
| Wang Hao | 2701 | 15 |
| Peter Svidler | 2698 | 4 |
| Dmitry Andreikin | 2695 | 20 |
| Teimour Radjabov | 2692 | 11 |
| Igor Kovalenko | 2676 | 2 |
| Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 2675 | 12 |
| David Howell | 2668 | 21 |
| Peter Leko | 2666 | 9 |
| Boris Gelfand | 2652 | 10 |
| Alexander Morozevich | 2650 | 12 |
| Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2638 | 22 |
| Vladimir Malakhov | 2636 | 8 |
| Hrant Melkumyan | 2636 | 9 |
References
- ^ "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 2025-06-05.
- ^ "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://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/erigaisi-gukesh-seeded-top-two-for-fide-grand-swiss-a-gateway-to-candidates/article69786972.ece
- ^ https://fide.com/news/3391
- ^ "Open Event Qualified Players". www.grandswiss2025.fide.com. Retrieved 2025-06-05.