Grand Swiss 2023 R8: Caruana, Esipenko and Deac join Vidit in a four-way lead
GM Vidit Gujrathi made a 16-move quick draw against GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA) in the eighth round of FIDE Grand Swiss 2023. The result allowed GM Fabiano Caruana (USA), GM Andrey Esipenko and GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) to catch up with Vidit in the lead 6/8. GM Arjun Erigaisi once again missed a good opportunity against GM Yuriy Kuzubov (UKR). While it was not a definite win unlike the last round, he had a promising position. GM R Praggnanandhaa would be disappointed after grinding a relatively balanced rook endgame for seven hours and 127 moves. When his opponent GM Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB) blundered, Praggnanandhaa could not seize his chance. Round 9 starts today at 11:30 a.m. local time, 4 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman
Vaishali, Anna Muzychuk and Stefanova remain at the top
IM Vaishali R spotted a nice tactic against IM Sophie Milliet (FRA). However, she was unable to follow through. Thus, allowing her opponent to escape with a draw. GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) and GM Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL) had a relatively calm draw. Vidit-Nakamura is third shortest game of the day and the event in terms of moves. GM Sandro Mareco (ARG) lost to GM Jeffery Xiong (USA) in 14 moves. GM Anna Ushenina (UKR) drew against IM Cori T Deysi (PER) in 11 moves. All of them happened in the eighth round.
Arjun - Kuzubov: 0.5-0.5
GM Arjun Erigaisi (2712) was facing GM Yuriy Kuzubov (UKR, 2625) for the first time in a rated game. He got a good position in the middlegame. However, he delayed seizing his opportunity.
White needed to go 33.e5 immediately to seize his advantage. 33.Re3 Ne6 34.e5 is just not the same. Black got time to regroup 31...fxe5 32.Be1 Qf8 33.Qxf8+ Nhxf8 Black is now completely out of the woods.
Yakubboev - Praggnanandhaa: 0.5-0.5
The only Classical rated game between GM Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB, 2616) and GM R Praggnanandhaa (2738) took place earlier this year at Sharjah Masters. The Uzbek won that encounter. Praggnanandhaa was determined to equalize the score. He grinded a balanced rook endgame and found himself on the verge of victory when his opponent blundered.
92.Ra8?? created the opportunity Black was hoping for. 92...Kf2 93.Ra1 Re1 94.Ra2+ Kf1 95.Ra3 Re2+ 96.Kh1 Kf2 97.Kh2 Re8?! 98.Ra2+ Kf3? and Black just lost his only chance in the game. 96...Re3 was what Black needed to play to win the game. It was possible to execute the same idea after 97.Kh2 Kf1+ 98.Kh1 Re3
Vaishali - Sophie: 0.5-0.5
IM Vaishali R (2448) was facing IM Sophie Milliet (FRA, 2391) for the first time in a rated game. She found herself in a commanding position in the middlegame after the Frenchwoman erred.
16...Nxd5? 17.Ng6! Nxe3 18.Rxf7! Rxf7 19.Qf3 Qf6 20.Nxe5 Qxf3 21.Ndxf3 bxc3 22.bxc3 c5 23.Bxf7+ Kf8 24.Re1 would have maintained a firm grip on the position. 24.Bb3 Rb8 25.Ng6+ Ke8 26.Ba4+ Bd7 27.Re1 cxd4 28.cxd4 Bxa4 29.Rxe3 White's attack diminished and Black eventually escaped with a draw.
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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 8 Open results
Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
8 | 1 | 15 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2716 | 5½ | ½ - ½ | 5 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2780 | 2 | ||
8 | 4 | 16 | GM | Erigaisi Arjun | 2712 | 5 | ½ - ½ | 5 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | 2625 | 75 | ||
8 | 14 | 81 | GM | Yakubboev Nodirbek | 2616 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | 2738 | 8 | ||
8 | 20 | 25 | GM | Nihal Sarin | 2694 | 4 | 1 - 0 | 4 | GM | Huschenbeth Niclas | 2605 | 86 | ||
8 | 23 | 93 | GM | Jumabayev Rinat | 2585 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 3½ | GM | Harikrishna Pentala | 2716 | 14 | ||
8 | 28 | 65 | GM | Aryan Chopra | 2634 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | GM | Bluebaum Matthias | 2668 | 40 | ||
8 | 32 | 77 | GM | Tari Aryan | 2619 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | GM | Narayanan S L | 2651 | 52 | ||
8 | 34 | 56 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2649 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | GM | Maurizzi Marc`andria | 2555 | 103 | ||
8 | 36 | 5 | GM | Gukesh D | 2758 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM | Theodorou Nikolas | 2619 | 78 | ||
8 | 37 | 84 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2609 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM | Martirosyan Haik M. | 2696 | 24 | ||
8 | 40 | 31 | GM | Tabatabaei M. Amin | 2685 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2611 | 83 | ||
8 | 45 | 61 | GM | Sadhwani Raunak | 2641 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | IM | Royal Shreyas | 2407 | 112 | ||
8 | 46 | 104 | GM | Adhiban B. | 2551 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | GM | Donchenko Alexander | 2676 | 36 | ||
8 | 52 | 107 | IM | Samunenkov Ihor | 2531 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | 2622 | 76 |
Standings after Round 8
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | Rp | K | rtg+/- | ||
1 | 32 | GM | Esipenko, Andrey | FID | 2683 | 6 | 2691 | 35,5 | 38 | 0 | 2867 | 10 | 19,1 | |
2 | 15 | GM | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | IND | 2716 | 6 | 2667 | 32 | 35 | 0 | 2853 | 10 | 13,9 | |
3 | 1 | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2786 | 6 | 2663 | 35 | 39 | 0 | 2851 | 10 | 6,2 | |
4 | 20 | GM | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | ROU | 2701 | 6 | 2638 | 32 | 34,5 | 0 | 2824 | 10 | 12,3 | |
5 | 47 | GM | Predke, Alexandr | SRB | 2656 | 5,5 | 2715 | 36,5 | 39,5 | 0 | 2836 | 10 | 19,4 | |
6 | 44 | GM | Cheparinov, Ivan | BUL | 2658 | 5,5 | 2685 | 31 | 34,5 | 0 | 2801 | 10 | 15,5 | |
7 | 2 | GM | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2780 | 5,5 | 2673 | 34,5 | 38 | 0 | 2809 | 10 | 2,8 | |
8 | 75 | GM | Kuzubov, Yuriy | UKR | 2625 | 5,5 | 2669 | 32,5 | 34,5 | 0 | 2784 | 10 | 17 | |
9 | 33 | GM | Sarana, Alexey | SRB | 2682 | 5,5 | 2668 | 31,5 | 34,5 | 0 | 2777 | 10 | 10,7 | |
10 | 16 | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | IND | 2712 | 5,5 | 2664 | 36 | 40,5 | 0 | 2795 | 10 | 8,6 | |
11 | 21 | GM | Sevian, Samuel | USA | 2698 | 5,5 | 2648 | 31 | 34,5 | 0 | 2764 | 10 | 7 | |
12 | 18 | GM | Maghsoodloo, Parham | IRI | 2707 | 5,5 | 2646 | 31,5 | 35 | 0 | 2784 | 10 | 7,9 | |
13 | 27 | GM | Fedoseev, Vladimir | SLO | 2691 | 5,5 | 2623 | 29 | 32 | 0 | 2742 | 10 | 5,4 | |
14 | 39 | GM | Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | 2669 | 5 | 2705 | 32 | 35 | 0 | 2784 | 10 | 12,1 | |
15 | 46 | GM | Sindarov, Javokhir | UZB | 2658 | 5 | 2704 | 35,5 | 38,5 | 0 | 2777 | 10 | 12,8 | |
16 | 42 | GM | Niemann, Hans Moke | USA | 2667 | 5 | 2703 | 33 | 35,5 | 0 | 2771 | 10 | 11,1 | |
17 | 41 | GM | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | POL | 2668 | 5 | 2653 | 29,5 | 31,5 | 0 | 2736 | 10 | 7,1 | |
18 | 12 | GM | Keymer, Vincent | GER | 2717 | 5 | 2652 | 32 | 35 | 0 | 2742 | 10 | 2,3 | |
19 | 7 | GM | Aronian, Levon | USA | 2742 | 5 | 2652 | 31 | 34 | 0 | 2744 | 10 | -0,2 | |
20 | 17 | GM | Vitiugov, Nikita | ENG | 2711 | 5 | 2647 | 31,5 | 35,5 | 0 | 2739 | 10 | 2,6 |
Round 9 pairings
Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
9 | 2 | 15 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2716 | 6 | 6 | GM | Esipenko Andrey | 2683 | 32 | |||
9 | 4 | 27 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | 2691 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Erigaisi Arjun | 2712 | 16 | |||
9 | 10 | 12 | GM | Keymer Vincent | 2717 | 5 | 5 | GM | Nihal Sarin | 2694 | 25 | |||
9 | 12 | 3 | GM | Firouzja Alireza | 2777 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2649 | 56 | |||
9 | 15 | 8 | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | 2738 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Jumabayev Rinat | 2585 | 93 | |||
9 | 25 | 14 | GM | Harikrishna Pentala | 2716 | 4 | 4 | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | 2650 | 53 | |||
9 | 26 | 19 | GM | Van Foreest Jorden | 2707 | 4 | 4 | GM | Aryan Chopra | 2634 | 65 | |||
9 | 34 | 52 | GM | Narayanan S L | 2651 | 4 | 4 | GM | Bachmann Axel | 2604 | 87 | |||
9 | 35 | 94 | GM | Kuybokarov Temur | 2584 | 4 | 3½ | GM | Gukesh D | 2758 | 5 | |||
9 | 42 | 60 | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2641 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2609 | 84 | |||
9 | 43 | 103 | GM | Maurizzi Marc`andria | 2555 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Sadhwani Raunak | 2641 | 61 | |||
9 | 47 | 83 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2611 | 3 | 3 | GM | Santos Latasa Jaime | 2650 | 55 | |||
9 | 49 | 68 | GM | Kollars Dmitrij | 2633 | 3 | 3 | GM | Adhiban B. | 2551 | 104 | |||
9 | 50 | 76 | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | 2622 | 3 | 3 | Wu Li | 2303 | 11 |
Round 8 Women results
Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
8 | 2 | 12 | IM | Vaishali Rameshbabu | 2448 | 5½ | ½ - ½ | 5 | IM | Milliet Sophie | 2391 | 30 | ||
8 | 11 | 7 | GM | Dronavalli Harika | 2502 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | IM | Injac Teodora | 2426 | 20 | ||
8 | 18 | 32 | IM | Tania Sachdev | 2389 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | WIM | Mkrtchyan Mariam | 2343 | 44 | ||
8 | 19 | 18 | IM | Vantika Agrawal | 2435 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | WGM | Savitha Shri B | 2375 | 38 | ||
8 | 24 | 50 | WIM | Nassr Lina | 2066 | 1 | 0 - 1 | 2 | WGM | Divya Deshmukh | 2408 | 24 |
Standings after Round 8
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | Rp | K | rtg+/- | ||
1 | 12 | IM | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | IND | 2448 | 6 | 2463 | 34,5 | 38 | 0 | 2645 | 10 | 20,5 | |
2 | 5 | GM | Muzychuk, Anna | UKR | 2510 | 6 | 2461 | 38 | 42,5 | 0 | 2645 | 10 | 13,6 | |
3 | 21 | GM | Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL | 2424 | 6 | 2438 | 33 | 35,5 | 0 | 2614 | 10 | 19,7 | |
4 | 25 | IM | Garifullina, Leya | FID | 2402 | 5,5 | 2469 | 33 | 34 | 0 | 2560 | 10 | 17,5 | |
5 | 30 | IM | Milliet, Sophie | FRA | 2391 | 5,5 | 2466 | 33,5 | 35,5 | 0 | 2572 | 10 | 19,5 | |
6 | 4 | GM | Tan, Zhongyi | CHN | 2517 | 5,5 | 2452 | 36,5 | 39,5 | 0 | 2585 | 10 | 6,9 | |
7 | 40 | IM | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | MGL | 2366 | 5,5 | 2441 | 34,5 | 37,5 | 0 | 2577 | 10 | 22,6 | |
8 | 34 | IM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | GRE | 2385 | 5 | 2479 | 32,5 | 35,5 | 0 | 2564 | 10 | 19,2 | |
9 | 27 | IM | Narva, Mai | EST | 2399 | 5 | 2462 | 28 | 30,5 | 0 | 2536 | 10 | 14,7 | |
10 | 39 | IM | Cori T., Deysi | PER | 2367 | 5 | 2460 | 30,5 | 33 | 0 | 2531 | 10 | 17,5 | |
11 | 10 | IM | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | KAZ | 2469 | 5 | 2453 | 36 | 39,5 | 0 | 2537 | 10 | 7 | |
12 | 1 | GM | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | FID | 2558 | 5 | 2433 | 33 | 35,5 | 0 | 2518 | 10 | -4,4 | |
13 | 13 | IM | Efroimski, Marsel | ISR | 2447 | 5 | 2396 | 31 | 34 | 0 | 2487 | 10 | 3,9 | |
14 | 19 | GM | Ushenina, Anna | UKR | 2434 | 5 | 2382 | 29 | 32 | 0 | 2472 | 10 | 3,9 | |
15 | 42 | IM | Guichard, Pauline | FRA | 2358 | 4,5 | 2463 | 31,5 | 34,5 | 0 | 2497 | 10 | 15,2 | |
16 | 36 | GM | Socko, Monika | POL | 2380 | 4,5 | 2437 | 28 | 30,5 | 0 | 2463 | 10 | 9,5 | |
17 | 22 | IM | Bulmaga, Irina | ROU | 2423 | 4,5 | 2419 | 32,5 | 34,5 | 0 | 2443 | 10 | 2,4 | |
18 | 14 | GM | Cramling, Pia | SWE | 2446 | 4,5 | 2398 | 29 | 31 | 0 | 2436 | 10 | -0,9 | |
19 | 6 | IM | Shuvalova, Polina | FID | 2506 | 4,5 | 2389 | 30,5 | 32,5 | 0 | 2427 | 10 | -8,3 | |
20 | 15 | IM | Mammadzada, Gunay | AZE | 2441 | 4,5 | 2387 | 33,5 | 36,5 | 0 | 2415 | 10 | -2,4 |
Round 9 pairings
Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
9 | 1 | 21 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2424 | 6 | 6 | IM | Vaishali Rameshbabu | 2448 | 12 | |||
9 | 11 | 36 | GM | Socko Monika | 2380 | 4½ | 4 | GM | Dronavalli Harika | 2502 | 7 | |||
9 | 13 | 8 | GM | Paehtz Elisabeth | 2484 | 4 | 4 | IM | Tania Sachdev | 2389 | 32 | |||
9 | 19 | 38 | WGM | Savitha Shri B | 2375 | 3 | 3½ | IM | Kiolbasa Oliwia | 2375 | 37 | |||
9 | 20 | 24 | WGM | Divya Deshmukh | 2408 | 3 | 3 | GM | Danielian Elina | 2416 | 23 | |||
9 | 22 | 49 | WIM | Kanyamarala Trisha | 2184 | 2 | 3 | IM | Vantika Agrawal | 2435 | 18 |
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