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FIDE Grand Swiss 2025

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116 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 03 Sept 2025 to 16 Sept 2025 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. 116 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2755, and top seed was Praggnanandhaa R (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2785).

Anish Giri (🇳🇱 NED, GM, 2746) won with 8.0/11, ahead of Matthias Bluebaum (7.5) and Alireza Firouzja (7.5). Giri shared the lead from round 9 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Andy Woodward (GM, 2557) beat Levon Aronian (GM, 2744), a +187-point gap.

Location
🇺🇿Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Dates
03 Sept 2025 → 16 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 100min./40 mvs and 50min/next 20mvs and 15min for the rest of the game with add. 30 sec. starting from mv 1
System
Swiss · 11 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇳GMPraggnanandhaa R2785
Avg top 10
2,755
Participants
116
Titled players · 116
GM×114
IM×1
CM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇮🇳India×15
🇺🇸United States of America×10
🇺🇿Uzbekistan×9
🇷🇺Russia×7
🇺🇦Ukraine×7
🇩🇪Germany×7
🇫🇷France×6
🇦🇲Armenia×5
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

GM Anish Giri led from R11; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
17
3
1
1
1
1
2
2
4
5
1
35.58.511R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11Giri takes lead
Giri8Keymer7.5Firouzja7.5Bluebaum7.5Vidit7Woodward7— ex-leaders:Maghsoodlooled R3–R6, #38
R11 · LEADER CHANGE15 Sept

GM Anish Giri takes the sole lead (8.0/11).

R1–R11 · UNBEATEN

GM Anish Giri went unbeaten across 11 games (R1–R11).

R3–R6 · FORMER LEADER FALL

GM Parham Maghsoodloo held the sole lead at R3–R6 but finished #38.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMAnish Giri*
½
2GMVincent Keymer*
½
3GMAlireza Firouzja
½
*
½
4GMMatthias Bluebaum
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Giri, AnishGM2746NED+52N=86B=63B=71N+39B+29N=5B=27N+22B=3N+13B8.062.066.548.752838+12.5
2Bluebaum, MatthiasGM2671GER=30B=54N+104B+57N+31B=5B+7N=8B=6N=4N=3B7.566.070.046.252819+22.2
3Firouzja, AlirezaGM2754FRA+98B+51N27B=85B+59N=32N+14B=13B+8N=1B=2N7.564.068.546.002808+8.2
4Keymer, VincentGM2751GER=53N+35B=28N+63B29N+52B=33N+9B+27N=2B=7N7.562.568.046.002796+6.9
5Mishra, AbhimanyuGM2611USA=14N+109B+11B=31N+43B=2N=1N=6B=13N=12B=9N7.069.573.545.252828+32.0
6Abdusattorov, NodirbekGM2748UZB+68B=63N+72B=27N=28B=51N+32B=5N=2B=8N=17B7.063.068.042.252760+1.5
7Erigaisi ArjunGM2771IND=90B+84N+73B=43N+60B=27N2B=21N+19B=11N=4B7.063.067.541.252783+1.5
8Nihal SarinGM2693IND=103B+37N=87B=20N+74B+85N+27B=2N3B=6B=12N7.061.565.539.752761+9.9
9Vidit, Santosh GujrathiGM2712IND+67B=72N=30B=36N=71B+73N+29B4N=21B+26N=5B7.061.066.040.752739+3.6
10Woodward, AndyGM2557USA=62N=42B+48N=51B12N+114B=40N=14B+79N+27B=11B7.061.064.539.002784+33.4
11Yu, YangyiGM2714CHN=77N+61B5N=72B=35N+46B+74N=33B+29N=7B=10N7.060.565.540.502728+2.0
12Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeGM2738FRA=61N+75B=74N29B+10B21N+96B+51N+28B=5N=8B7.060.565.040.252731-1.3
13Niemann, Hans MokeGM2733USA=78B=71N+103B=74N=73B+47N+28B=3N=5B+31B1N7.060.564.539.252765+4.6
14Yakubboev, NodirbekGM2681UZB=5B+99N=56B+87N=85B=20B3N=10N+73B=34N+44B7.059.564.038.252739+8.4
15Rapport, RichardGM2711HUN=58N+77B=76B+30N27B=72N+71B=31B=33N=21N+32B7.057.062.039.002754+6.0
16Esipenko, AndreyGM2687RUS=74N+89B=57N=76B20N+75B=23N=53B=55N+61B+34B7.056.060.537.502729+5.8
17Liang, AwonderGM2698USA=107N=58B=55N+64B51N=35B+89N+86B=31N+33B=6N7.056.060.037.502757+8.6
18Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarGM2741AZE=71B=78N+98B=73N+86B=28N=21B22N+72B=32N+39B7.055.560.036.752749+0.8
19Sevian, SamuelGM2692USA=104B=23N=78B+90N=36B=71N=85B+88N7N+53B+30B7.054.558.536.002731+5.5
20Pranav, VGM2596IND=69N=60B+62N=8B+16B=14N=22B=34N32B=47N+66B6.562.067.539.752741+22.1
21Sargsyan, ShantGM2653ARM=85N=38B=92N+106B=79N+12B=18N=7B=9N=15B=24N6.561.565.538.252746+14.1
22Van Foreest, JordenGM2692NED=89N=107B=58N+55B=52N+36B=20N+18B1N=24B=23N6.561.565.538.002714+3.6
23Shirov, AlexeiGM2616ESP=40N=19B=59N=94B+108B=34N=16B=32N+100B=49N=22B6.559.063.035.752747+20.0
24Sindarov, JavokhirGM2722UZB=37B=103N71B=77N+81B=86N+52B=72N+90B=22N=21B6.553.557.533.752694-3.9
25Harikrishna, PentalaGM2704IND73B=111N+105N=35B=75N=53B=61N55B+82B+71N+51N6.552.056.032.502670-4.7
26Saric, IvanGM2655CRO=95B56N=67B=113N+103B+87N=88B+85N=34B9B+54N6.551.555.030.502688+5.1
27Maghsoodloo, ParhamGM2692IRI+64N+55B+3N=6B+15N=7B8N=1B4B10N=41B6.069.575.039.502724+4.6
28Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanGM2646TUR+81B=43N=4B+41N=6N=18B13N+79B12N=29B=38N6.064.569.535.752721+10.8
29Maurizzi, MarcAndriaGM2610FRA=101B=32N+91B+12N+4B1B9N+60N11B=28N=49B6.064.569.035.752732+17.9
30Predke, AlexandrGM2609SRB=2N+65B=9N15B40N+62B=48N=42B+86N+45B19N6.063.568.034.752708+14.5
31Praggnanandhaa RGM2785IND=35N+93B+94N=5B2N=45B+51B=15N=17B13N=33N6.063.568.034.002695-13.7
32Tabatabaei, M. AminGM2673IRI=92N=29B=64N+107B+76N=3B6N=23B+20N=18B15N6.062.566.534.002693+2.3
33Theodorou, NikolasGM2646GRE=105N=46B=38N+115B=34B+43N=4B=11N=15B17N=31B6.062.565.533.752701+7.8
34Nepomniachtchi, IanGM2742RUS=75N+53B=86N=52B=33N=23B+45N=20B=26N=14B16N6.061.566.035.252678-10.0
35Xiong, JefferyGM2640USA=31B4N+111B=25N=11B=17N=41B=87N+88B44N+81B6.060.064.032.002699+8.3
36Ivanchuk, VasylGM2608UKR=49B=91N+66B=9B=19N22N=47B39N+96B+100N=42B6.059.063.532.752701+13.8
37Hakobyan, AramGM2625ARM=24N8B=65N=91N=69B=44N+101B+59B=40N=42B=48N6.058.563.033.002717+13.3
38Narayanan S LGM2591IND=50B=21N=33B=49N=66B=42B=94N=47N=71B+90N=28B6.057.562.033.252684+13.9
39Oparin, GrigoriyGM2660USA=57N+83B85N+97B1N=92B=54N+36B=53N+55B18N6.057.061.531.502669+0.8
40Dubov, DaniilGM2691RUS=23B=104N=54B=75N+30B=88N=10B=90N=37B=41N=47B6.057.061.033.502646-7.0
41Aditya MittalGM2589IND=45N=62B+42N28B=114N=94B=35N=48B+75N=40B=27N6.057.060.532.752691+15.0
42Grandelius, NilsGM2648SWE=88B=10N41B=95N+67B=38N=76B=30N+85B=37N=36N6.056.561.032.502633-2.6
43Gukesh DGM2767IND+96N=28B+114N=7B5N33B53N=80B=52N+78B+75N6.056.560.029.752668-14.5
44Fedoseev, VladimirGM2731SLO55N+115B52N+84B72N=37B+78N+57B=45N+35B14N6.056.559.530.502657-11.0
45Mamedov, RaufGM2651AZE=41B88N+99B=54N+56B=31N34B+92N=44B30N+77B6.055.059.531.252680+3.7
46Samunenkov, IhorGM2550UKR=66B=33N=90B=47N+70B11N86B=52N=68B+109N+72B6.055.059.031.002687+20.1
47Vokhidov, ShamsiddinGM2645UZB=115N=105B=106N=46B+80N13B=36N=38B+93N=20B=40N6.055.058.030.252618-4.5
48Sadhwani, RaunakGM2658IND=56B=95N10B+104N=87B=76N=30B=41N=77B+73N=37B6.054.558.530.252638-3.6
49Murzin, VolodarGM2670FID=36N=92B=97N=38B=54N=58B=93N=74B+89N=23B=29N6.054.058.531.502645-4.5
50Grischuk, AlexanderGM2657RUS=38N57B=89N=83B=64N+99B=97N=54B=76N=58B+74N6.052.056.530.252645-2.5
51Rodshtein, MaximGM2645ISR+82B3B+93N=10N+17B=6B31N12B=57N+87N25B5.563.067.530.752659+2.2
52Hovhannisyan, RobertGM2629ARM1B+116N+44B=34N=22B4N24N=46B=43B=88N+85B5.561.562.526.002651+4.2
53Gurel, EdizGM2631TUR=4B34N=81B=110N+95B=25N+43B=16N=39B19N=56B5.561.065.031.252654+3.3
54Lagarde, MaximeGM2609FRA=65N=2B=40N=45B=49B=59N=39B=50N=66B+91N26B5.560.565.031.502665+8.4
55Anton Guijarro, DavidGM2625ESP+44B27N=17B22N=110B=113N+108B+25N=16B39N=69B5.558.562.030.002662+5.6
56Moussard, JulesGM2591FRA=48N+26B=14N60B45N=63B=75N=62B=59N+86B=53N5.558.062.531.002652+9.2
57Henriquez Villagra, CristobalGM2594CHI=39B+50N=16B2B=94N+100N=60B44N=51B66N+91B5.558.062.529.252666+11.0
58Ponomariov, RuslanGM2622UKR=15B=17N=22B=108N=101B=49N=59B=91N=60B=50N=62N5.558.062.031.002676+8.1
59Shankland, SamGM2670USA+111B73N=23B+78N3B=54B=58N37N=56B=64B+76N5.557.061.028.252627-6.6
60Vitiugov, NikitaGM2666ENG=87B=20N+95B+56N7N=79B=57N29B=58N=74B=61N5.556.060.528.752633-5.0
61Sjugirov, SananGM2627HUN=12B11N108B+116N=113B+81N=25B=65B+80N16N=60B5.556.057.025.002613-1.1
62Kollars, DmitrijGM2647GER=10B=41N20B81N+104B30N+111B=56N+92B=77N=58B5.555.059.027.002596-7.6
63Svane, FrederikGM2643GER+110B=6B=1N4N88B=56N=113B82N+105B=85N+87B5.554.558.026.752608-5.2
64Aryan ChopraGM2619IND27B+102N=32B17N=50B=91N=98B=96N=70B=59N+100B5.554.058.527.252663+6.7
65Robson, RayGM2674USA=54B30N=37B=67N+77B=96N=73B=61N=87B=81N=68B5.553.558.028.502612-9.5
66Lu, ShangleiGM2647CHN=46N=106B36N+112B=38N=93B=92N=76B=54N+57B20N5.553.557.527.252590-8.4
67Donchenko, AlexanderGM2624GER9N=80B=26N=65B42N+105B91B=109N+108B=79N+102B5.552.056.025.502648+3.7
68Ivic, VelimirGM2630SRB6N=110B115N+82B93N+83B80N+106B=46N+89B=65N5.550.553.526.252570-8.9
69Wojtaszek, RadoslawGM2661POL=20B87N=77B=103N=37N89B=99N=83B+115N+97B=55N5.550.053.025.752602-8.9
70Indjic, AleksandarGM2650SRB93N=113B=112N+105B46N97B=106N+95B=64N=80B+88N5.546.550.024.002571-11.8
71Cheparinov, IvanGM2627BUL=18N=13B+24N=1B=9N=19B15N=93B=38N25B=80N5.067.071.532.252638+2.2
72Puranik, AbhimanyuGM2640IND+80N=9B6N=11N+44B=15B=79N=24B18N=76B46N5.063.568.529.752642+0.8
73Demchenko, AntonGM2620SLO+25N+59B7N=18B=13N9B=65N+94B14N48B=79B5.063.568.028.752668+7.5
74Mendonca, Leon LukeGM2615IND=16B+108N=12B=13B8N+101N11B=49N=91B=60N50B5.061.565.527.002653+6.3
75Volokitin, AndreiGM2628UKR=34B12N+109N=40B=25B16N=56B+113N41B+82N43B5.059.062.524.502625+0.1
76Suleymanli, AydinGM2602AZE+102B=94B=15N=16N32B=48B=42N=66N=50B=72N59B5.058.563.028.002629+4.5
77Dardha, DanielGM2624BEL=11B15N=69N=24B65N=95B+110N+115B=48N=62B45N5.057.560.524.502600-3.1
78Sargissian, GabrielGM2626ARM=13N=18B=19N59B=106N=80B44B=105N+113B43N+112B5.055.559.024.502607-2.4
79Aronian, LevonGM2744USA=84B=90N+88B=86N=21B=60N=72B28N10B=67B=73N5.054.559.025.252591-22.3
80Divya DeshmukhGM2478IND72B=67N=102B+98N47B=78N+68B=43N61B=70N=71B5.053.558.025.752613+19.6
81Goryachkina, AleksandraGM2528FID28N=96B=53N+62B24N61B=103N+114B+94N=65B35N5.053.557.023.252613+13.1
82Abdisalimov, AbdimalikGM2488UZB51N98N=116B68N+112B=102N+84B+63B25N75B+103N5.050.051.021.252571+12.7
83Daneshvar, BardiyaGM2598IRI=91B39N=100B=50N96B68N+112B=69N=109B=101N+107B5.049.053.022.502612+2.5
84Martirosyan, Haik M.GM2628ARM=79N7B=110N44N+111B115B82N=104B=95N+113N+106B5.047.050.020.252570-8.2
85Gumularz, SzymonGM2590POL=21B+100N+39B=3N=14N8B=19N26B42N=63B52N4.564.569.027.252604+1.8
86Salem, A.R. SalehGM2640UAE+116B=1N=34B=79B18N=24B+46N17N30B56N=99B4.561.562.522.002575-9.0
87Kuzubov, YuriyGM2600UKR=60N+69B=8N14B=48N26B+114N=35B=65N51B63N4.560.063.524.002595-0.8
88Bartel, MateuszGM2581POL=42N+45B79N=114B+63N=40B=26N19B35N=52B70B4.559.062.525.252598+2.4
89Korobov, AntonGM2616UKR=22B16N=50B100N+102B+69N17B+98N49B68N=101B4.557.061.523.002601-2.4
90Chigaev, MaksimGM2638ESP=7N=79B=46N19B=97N+106B+115N=40B24N38BF4.556.559.521.252606-4.4
91Artemiev, VladislavGM2664RUS=83N=36B29N=37B=107N=64B+67N=58B=74N54B57N4.555.559.524.002548-17.9
92Matlakov, MaximGM2609RUS=32B=49N=21B=101N=100B=39N=66B45B62N=96N=94B4.555.059.524.002591-2.9
93Zemlyanskii, IvanGM2586RUS+70B31N51B=96N+68B=66N=49B=71N47B=102NF4.554.058.523.752625+5.1
94Gelfand, BorisGM2652ISR+113B=76N31B=23N=57B=41N=38B73N81B=99N=92N4.554.057.522.502548-16.0
95Warmerdam, MaxGM2591NED=26N=48B60N=42B53N=77N=109B70N=84B+114B=98N4.553.557.022.002583-1.3
96Bacrot, EtienneGM2637FRA43B=81N=113N=93B+83N=65B12N=64B36N=92B=97N4.553.557.021.502565-11.1
97Najer, EvgeniyGM2613FID=108B=101N=49B39N=90B+70N=50B100N=102B69N=96B4.551.555.522.502594-3.0
98Amin, BassemGM2636EGY3N+82B18N80B=105N+110B=64N89B=99N=112N=95B4.551.555.520.252525-16.8
99Xu, XiangyuGM2615CHN=109N14B45N=102N+116B50N=69B=101N=98B=94B=86N4.551.052.017.002562-7.4
100Bjerre, Jonas BuhlGM2651DEN=112N85B=83N+89B=92N57B+107N+97B23N36B64N4.550.554.519.752542-16.6
101Deac, Bogdan-DanielGM2674ROU=29N=97B=107N=92B=58N74B37N=99B=103N=83B=89N4.549.553.521.252550-19.0
102Karthikeyan, MuraliGM2669IND76N64B=80N=99B89N=82B+104N+107B=97N=93B67N4.548.052.019.752524-21.9
103Svane, RasmusGM2620GER=8N=24B13N=69B26N=109N=81B=108N=101B=106N82B4.055.059.020.252542-11.3
104Hammer, Jon LudvigGM2618NOR=19N=40B2N48B62N=112N102B=84N=107B+116B=111N4.053.554.516.002513-14.8
105Vakhidov, JakhongirGM2521UZB=33B=47N25B70N=98B67N+116N=78B63N110B+115N4.051.552.514.752483-5.3
106Madaminov, MukhiddinGM2560UZB=114B=66N=47B21N=78B90N=70B68N+116N=103B84N4.051.052.015.752505-7.5
107Santos Latasa, JaimeGM2620ESP=17B=22N=101B32N=91B=108N100B102N=104N+115B83N4.050.553.518.252544-10.9
108Eljanov, PavelGM2682UKR=97N74B+61N=58B23N=107B55N=103B67N=111B=114N4.050.053.518.252520-24.3
109Sarana, AlexeyGM2686SRB=99B5N75B=111N=115N=103B=95N=67B=83N46B=110N4.049.552.517.252481-30.2
110Suyarov, MukhammadzokhidIM2482UZB63N=68N=84B=53B=55N98N77B=111N112B+105N=109B4.048.552.518.752518+5.3
111Wagner, DennisGM2608GER59N=25B35N=109B84N+116B62N=110B=114N=108N=104B4.048.049.014.002506-14.2
112Muradli, MahammadGM2590AZE=100B114N=70B66N82N=104B83N+116B+110N=98B78N4.046.547.514.252474-16.7
113Jobava, BaadurGM2590GEO94N=70N=96B=26B=61N=55B=63N75B78N84B=116N3.552.553.517.002472-17.1
114Yuffa, DaniilGM2648ESP=106N+112B43B=88N=41B10N87B81N=111B95N=108B3.549.553.515.252472-26.5
115Nigmatov, OrtikGM2488UZB=47B44N+68B33N=109B+84N90B77N69B107N105B3.051.555.515.502464-3.0
116Olisa, Tennyson EwomazinoCM2287NGR86N52B=82N61B99N111N105B112N106B104N=113B1.045.048.54.252207-12.6

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