Grand Swiss 2023 R7: Vidit outplays Sindarov, emerges sole leader
GM Vidit Gujrathi defeated GM Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) in the seventh round of FIDE Grand Swiss 2023. The win put Vidit in the sole lead position 5.5/7. He outplayed the 44th Olympiad Gold medalist in the middlegame. After getting a winning position, the India no.4 felt that he gave his opponent some counterplay in the end which he should not have. GM Arjun Erigaisi missed a great opportunity to beat GM Andrey Esipenko. A win would have made him a coleader with Vidit. The draw puts him in the pack of 13 players who are at 5/7. IM Vaishali R defeated the reigning two-time World Blitz Women's champion, IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ). She joined the lead with GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) and GM Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL). Round 8 starts today at 2:30 p.m. local time, 7 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman
Vaishali joins Anna Muzychuk and Stefanova at the top
Sindarov - Vidit: 0-1
GM Vidit Gujrathi (2716) has played only one Rapid rated game against GM Javokhir Sindarov (UZB, 2658) at the recently concluded 19th Asian Games 2022. Vidit lost that game. This was the first time Sindarov and Vidit faced each other in a Classical rated game.
After dropping the a4-pawn 23.Kg2 Nbxa4 White made another mistake of weakening his kingside 24.h4? Qf4 25.Ncxe5 Rxe5! 26.Nxe5 Qxe5 27.h5 Rxd3! 28.Bxf7+ Kf8 both side have a total of three pieces hanging, yet Black comes out on top in each variation.
Arjun - Esipenko: 0.5-0.5
GM Arjun Erigaisi (2712) has never lost a Classical rated game against GM Andrey Esipenko (2683). That statistic remained unchanged yesterday. They faced each other in the first round of the same event in 2021. Two years later, the result was the same. Although Arjun had a good chance to win the game.
White's solitary opportunity in the endgame was when Black blundered 47...Bc2?? White needed to pin the c2-bishop 48.Re2 and Black could not have avoided a material loss. The game continued 48.Rg4 and it meandered into a draw.
Bibisara - Vaishali: 0.5-0.5
IM Vaishali R (2448) had never beaten IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ, 2469) in a Classical or Blitz rated game. It was about time for Vaishali to change that fact. Their last encounter at the very same event in 2021 ended in a draw. This one was also heading towards the same outcome, until Bibisara blundered.
36.Kg1?? ran into Bd4 absolute pin 37.Kf2 b4 38.Bh3+ Kf7 the king does not need to advance as it can go beyond e5 anytime soon, moreover the combined power of passed b-pawn and the bishop is enough for Black to fetch the full point.
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Schedule
Every day game starts at 2:30 p.m. local time, 7 p.m. IST between 25th October and 4th November 2023, except on 3rd when the game starts at 11:30 a.m. local time, 4 p.m. IST. Rest day is on Tuesday 31st October 2023. The last round on 5th November will start at 2 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST.
Time Control
The time control for each game is: 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for the next 20 moves, followed by 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.
Qualification
The winner and the runner-up of Grand Swiss shall qualify for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024. If one or both these players has (-ve) already qualified to the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024 at the moment of the beginning of Grand Swiss via different qualification track or do (-es) not need to qualify for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024, the qualification spot(s) shall go to the highest-placed player(s) in the final standings who has (-ve) not yet qualified to the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024 at the moment of the beginning of Grand Swiss
Prizes
The total prize fund in the Open is US$ 460,000 with the first prize being $80,000. For Women's the total prize fund is $140,000, first prize $25,000. Total numbers of prizes are 69, Open - 46 and Women - 23.
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Round 7 Open results
Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
7 | 3 | 46 | GM | Sindarov Javokhir | 2658 | 4½ | 0 - 1 | 4½ | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2716 | 15 | ||
7 | 4 | 16 | GM | Erigaisi Arjun | 2712 | 4½ | ½ - ½ | 4½ | GM | Esipenko Andrey | 2683 | 32 | ||
7 | 13 | 52 | GM | Narayanan S L | 2651 | 3½ | 0 - 1 | 3½ | GM | Aronian Levon | 2742 | 7 | ||
7 | 17 | 18 | GM | Maghsoodloo Parham | 2707 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2649 | 56 | ||
7 | 20 | 73 | GM | Svane Frederik | 2626 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | GM | Nihal Sarin | 2694 | 25 | ||
7 | 24 | 8 | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | 2738 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2609 | 84 | ||
7 | 26 | 14 | GM | Harikrishna Pentala | 2716 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM | Murzin Volodar | 2633 | 69 | ||
7 | 27 | 28 | GM | Grandelius Nils | 2689 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM | Aryan Chopra | 2634 | 65 | ||
7 | 35 | 88 | GM | Petrosyan Manuel | 2604 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | GM | Sadhwani Raunak | 2641 | 61 | ||
7 | 44 | 50 | GM | Ivanchuk Vasyl | 2653 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2611 | 83 | ||
7 | 46 | 64 | GM | Warmerdam Max | 2636 | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | GM | Adhiban B. | 2551 | 104 | ||
7 | 47 | 99 | IM | Amar Elham | 2568 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | GM | Gukesh D | 2758 | 5 | ||
7 | 53 | 76 | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | 2622 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | IM | Gurel Ediz | 2514 | 108 |
Standings after Round 7
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
1 | 15 | GM | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | IND | 2716 | 5,5 | 2648 | 23 | 25,5 | 0 | |
2 | 47 | GM | Predke, Alexandr | SRB | 2656 | 5 | 2719 | 28,5 | 31 | 0 | |
3 | 39 | GM | Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | 2669 | 5 | 2691 | 24,5 | 27 | 0 | |
4 | 32 | GM | Esipenko, Andrey | FID | 2683 | 5 | 2687 | 27,5 | 29,5 | 0 | |
5 | 16 | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | IND | 2712 | 5 | 2670 | 26,5 | 30,5 | 0 | |
6 | 2 | GM | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2780 | 5 | 2666 | 24 | 27 | 0 | |
7 | 1 | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2786 | 5 | 2662 | 27 | 30,5 | 0 | |
8 | 75 | GM | Kuzubov, Yuriy | UKR | 2625 | 5 | 2662 | 23 | 25 | 0 | |
9 | 12 | GM | Keymer, Vincent | GER | 2717 | 5 | 2646 | 23,5 | 26 | 0 | |
10 | 41 | GM | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | POL | 2668 | 5 | 2646 | 20,5 | 22 | 0 | |
11 | 20 | GM | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | ROU | 2701 | 5 | 2633 | 24 | 26,5 | 0 | |
12 | 27 | GM | Fedoseev, Vladimir | SLO | 2691 | 5 | 2618 | 21 | 23,5 | 0 | |
13 | 46 | GM | Sindarov, Javokhir | UZB | 2658 | 4,5 | 2703 | 27 | 29,5 | 0 | |
14 | 42 | GM | Niemann, Hans Moke | USA | 2667 | 4,5 | 2696 | 26 | 28 | 0 | |
15 | 80 | GM | Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel | ARM | 2618 | 4,5 | 2688 | 22,5 | 25 | 0 | |
16 | 44 | GM | Cheparinov, Ivan | BUL | 2658 | 4,5 | 2678 | 24 | 26,5 | 0 | |
17 | 3 | GM | Firouzja, Alireza | FRA | 2777 | 4,5 | 2668 | 24 | 27 | 0 | |
18 | 6 | GM | Rapport, Richard | ROU | 2752 | 4,5 | 2659 | 24 | 27 | 0 | |
19 | 33 | GM | Sarana, Alexey | SRB | 2682 | 4,5 | 2654 | 24,5 | 27,5 | 0 | |
20 | 10 | GM | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | POL | 2726 | 4,5 | 2650 | 24,5 | 27 | 0 |
Round 8 pairings
Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
8 | 1 | 15 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2716 | 5½ | 5 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2780 | 2 | |||
8 | 4 | 16 | GM | Erigaisi Arjun | 2712 | 5 | 5 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | 2625 | 75 | |||
8 | 14 | 81 | GM | Yakubboev Nodirbek | 2616 | 4 | 4 | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | 2738 | 8 | |||
8 | 20 | 25 | GM | Nihal Sarin | 2694 | 4 | 4 | GM | Huschenbeth Niclas | 2605 | 86 | |||
8 | 23 | 93 | GM | Jumabayev Rinat | 2585 | 4 | 3½ | GM | Harikrishna Pentala | 2716 | 14 | |||
8 | 28 | 65 | GM | Aryan Chopra | 2634 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Bluebaum Matthias | 2668 | 40 | |||
8 | 32 | 77 | GM | Tari Aryan | 2619 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Narayanan S L | 2651 | 52 | |||
8 | 34 | 56 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2649 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Maurizzi Marc`andria | 2555 | 103 | |||
8 | 36 | 5 | GM | Gukesh D | 2758 | 3 | 3 | GM | Theodorou Nikolas | 2619 | 78 | |||
8 | 37 | 84 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2609 | 3 | 3 | GM | Martirosyan Haik M. | 2696 | 24 | |||
8 | 40 | 31 | GM | Tabatabaei M. Amin | 2685 | 3 | 3 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2611 | 83 | |||
8 | 45 | 61 | GM | Sadhwani Raunak | 2641 | 3 | 3 | IM | Royal Shreyas | 2407 | 112 | |||
8 | 46 | 104 | GM | Adhiban B. | 2551 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Donchenko Alexander | 2676 | 36 | |||
8 | 52 | 107 | IM | Samunenkov Ihor | 2531 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | 2622 | 76 |
Round 7 Women results
Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
7 | 2 | 10 | IM | Assaubayeva Bibisara | 2469 | 4½ | 0 - 1 | 4½ | IM | Vaishali Rameshbabu | 2448 | 12 | ||
7 | 8 | 22 | IM | Bulmaga Irina | 2423 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | GM | Dronavalli Harika | 2502 | 7 | ||
7 | 16 | 38 | WGM | Savitha Shri B | 2375 | 2½ | 0 - 1 | 2½ | WGM | Wagner Dinara | 2461 | 11 | ||
7 | 21 | 26 | IM | Matnadze Bujiashvili Ann | 2400 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | IM | Vantika Agrawal | 2435 | 18 | ||
7 | 22 | 24 | WGM | Divya Deshmukh | 2408 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | IM | Aulia Medina Warda | 2362 | 41 | ||
7 | 23 | 47 | WIM | Gomez Barrera Javiera Belen | 2266 | 1½ | 0 - 1 | 2 | IM | Tania Sachdev | 2389 | 32 |
Standings after Round 7
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
1 | 12 | IM | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | IND | 2448 | 5,5 | 2475 | 26 | 28,5 | 0 | |
2 | 5 | GM | Muzychuk, Anna | UKR | 2510 | 5,5 | 2468 | 29 | 33,5 | 0 | |
3 | 21 | GM | Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL | 2424 | 5,5 | 2426 | 23,5 | 26 | 0 | |
4 | 30 | IM | Milliet, Sophie | FRA | 2391 | 5 | 2469 | 24 | 26 | 0 | |
5 | 1 | GM | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | FID | 2558 | 5 | 2420 | 24,5 | 26,5 | 0 | |
6 | 34 | IM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | GRE | 2385 | 4,5 | 2481 | 24,5 | 27,5 | 0 | |
7 | 10 | IM | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | KAZ | 2469 | 4,5 | 2464 | 27 | 29,5 | 0 | |
8 | 39 | IM | Cori T., Deysi | PER | 2367 | 4,5 | 2464 | 22,5 | 25 | 0 | |
9 | 25 | IM | Garifullina, Leya | FID | 2402 | 4,5 | 2463 | 24 | 25 | 0 | |
10 | 40 | IM | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | MGL | 2366 | 4,5 | 2444 | 25,5 | 28,5 | 0 | |
11 | 4 | GM | Tan, Zhongyi | CHN | 2517 | 4,5 | 2434 | 28,5 | 30,5 | 0 | |
12 | 22 | IM | Bulmaga, Irina | ROU | 2423 | 4,5 | 2427 | 23,5 | 25 | 0 | |
13 | 6 | IM | Shuvalova, Polina | FID | 2506 | 4,5 | 2387 | 21 | 22,5 | 0 | |
14 | 19 | GM | Ushenina, Anna | UKR | 2434 | 4,5 | 2385 | 21 | 23,5 | 0 | |
15 | 29 | IM | Fataliyeva, Ulviyya | AZE | 2393 | 4 | 2463 | 25 | 26 | 0 | |
16 | 27 | IM | Narva, Mai | EST | 2399 | 4 | 2452 | 20,5 | 23 | 0 | |
17 | 3 | GM | Muzychuk, Mariya | UKR | 2519 | 4 | 2414 | 23,5 | 26 | 0 | |
18 | 13 | IM | Efroimski, Marsel | ISR | 2447 | 4 | 2397 | 23 | 25,5 | 0 | |
19 | 14 | GM | Cramling, Pia | SWE | 2446 | 4 | 2391 | 21 | 22,5 | 0 | |
20 | 17 | IM | Javakhishvili, Lela | GEO | 2437 | 4 | 2371 | 22,5 | 25 | 0 |
Round 8 pairings
Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
8 | 2 | 12 | IM | Vaishali Rameshbabu | 2448 | 5½ | 5 | IM | Milliet Sophie | 2391 | 30 | |||
8 | 11 | 7 | GM | Dronavalli Harika | 2502 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Injac Teodora | 2426 | 20 | |||
8 | 18 | 32 | IM | Tania Sachdev | 2389 | 3 | 3 | WIM | Mkrtchyan Mariam | 2343 | 44 | |||
8 | 19 | 18 | IM | Vantika Agrawal | 2435 | 2½ | 2½ | WGM | Savitha Shri B | 2375 | 38 | |||
8 | 24 | 50 | WIM | Nassr Lina | 2066 | 1 | 2 | WGM | Divya Deshmukh | 2408 | 24 |
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