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Eleven rounds will be played under the Swiss System, with 164 players participating from all continents: 114 in the Grand Swiss and 50 players in the Women’s Grand Swiss. The total prize fund is $600,000, with $460,000 for the Grand Swiss and $140,000 for the Women’s Grand Swiss.
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The Grand Swiss is covered at our Events page with live broadcasting on Chess.com/TV or on our Twitch and YouTubechannels.
The 2021 event was held from October 27 to November 7, with players arriving October 25 for the opening ceremony on October 26. Many also participated in the Mikhail Tal Memorial blitz tournament on November 8.
The FIDE Grand Swiss takes place in Riga, Latvia. The 2019 tournament was held in Douglas, the capital of the Isle of Man, a British dependency. The 2021 tournament was originally scheduled to be played there as well, but was moved "due to the strict COVID-19 restrictions still in place in the Isle of Man and the UK," according to FIDE. The change ...
The Grand Swiss and the Women's Grand Swiss share the same format. They are 11-round Swiss tournaments, meaning players on the same score face each other every round. However, no player faces another player more than once. If two players are tied for first place entering the final round but they played earlier in the tournament, they would each fac...
This year's field was announced by FIDE on September 30. The open field was headlined by GMs Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and Alireza Firouzja. The women's field was highlighted by GMs Mariya Muzychuk, Alexandra Kosteniuk, and Nana Dzagnidze.
In 2021, the top two players qualified for the 2022 Candidates Tournament while the third- through eighth-place finishers (Oparin, GM Yu Yangyi, GM Vincent Keymer, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, GM Alexandr Predke, and GM Alexei Shirov) gained a spot in the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix, a three-tournament series from February to April 2022 which is itself a pa...
The complete FIDE regulations for the 2021 Grand Swiss can be found here. Regulations for the Women's Grand Swiss are located here.
The Grand Swiss is a relatively new tournament, first held in 2019. Only the winner received a spot in the Candidates, instead of the top two finishers as in 2021. The victor in 2019 was GM Wang Hao, who scored 8/11 and won on the tiebreak system over GM Fabiano Caruana and qualified for the 2020 Candidates. Caruana had already qualified by winning...
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Aug 11, 2020 · Effective Tuesday, September 1, 2020, US Chess will charge $0.25 per game for online tournaments submitted through the Tournament Report Form on the Affiliate Dashboard and $0.60 per game for online-rated tournaments submitted on paper to the US Chess national office.
Feb 29, 2016 · How much does it cost to FIDE rate an event? Right now the US Chess charge is a flat $60. That covers the US Chess registration of the event, dealing with the player registrations, and the FIDE rating fees.
Jul 11, 2012 · This looks like four one round swiss tournaments. If this tournament is just for rating purposes, why not call it a “Rating Improvement Tournament.” Charge a small fee to cover rating costs and other expenses and give no prizes or a small trophy to 1st place after the four rounds are played.
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Dec 31, 2022 · The total prize fund for Grand Swiss 2023 is USD 460,000 (compared to 425,000 in the previous edition) and the number of prizes has increased from 40 to 46. The amount is net and cleared of any local taxes.
