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Grand Swiss R8: Firouzja beats Sasikiran, extends his sole lead and now World no.4

by Shahid Ahmed - 05/11/2021

Alireza Firouzja (FRA) continues to play fantastic chess as he got an advantage out of the opening against Krishnan Sasikiran in the eighth round of FIDE chess.com Grand Swiss 2021. The France no.1 became World no.4 in the live ratings after he won his game. He now has a full point lead 6.5/8 over his competition. Ten players are at 5.5/8. Harikrishna, Sasikiran and Nihal are at 5.0/8 each respectively. Harika also has the same score in the Women's event, followed by Vantika and Vaishali at 4.5/8 each. Sethuraman, Vaishali and Padmini were the only three victors among Indians. Round 9 starts today at 5:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Anna Shtourman/FIDE

Divya misses a win against Gunina

WGM Divya Deshmukh quite possibly missed the opportunity to score the biggest win of her chess career so far, against GM Valentina Gunina. Although it was a simple tactic, it is evident that such a strong event and high-pressure situation can take a toll on any player.

Firouzja is dashing towards the Candidates | Photo: Anna Shtourman/FIDE

FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 official logo | Photo: FIDE

Firouzja - Sasikiran: 1-0

Sasikiran played a bit aggressively which invited trouble.

Position after 13...f5

13...Bb6 would have been a safer choice, as 13...f5 provokes 14.Neg5 with a Ne6 threat which is what happened in the game. 14...h6 15.Ne6 Qf6 16.d4 e4 17.dxc5 Nde5 and we get the following position.

Position after 18...Nde5

White responded with a fiery 19.Nxe5 as it gives him material advantage. 19...Bxd1 20.Nd7 Qd8 21.Bxc6 Re8 22.Rxd1 bxc6 23.Bf4 and White is now completely winning.

Sasikiran's Namaste and a nice gesture after losing his game to Alireza Firouzja | Video: ChessBase India

Evgeniy Najer - Pentala Harikrishna: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Anna Shtourman/FIDE

Nihal Sarin was forced to draw by perpetual check against Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) | Photo: Anna Shtourman/FIDE

R Praggnanandhaa - Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Anna Shtourman/FIDE

Maksim Chigaev (RUS) - Raunak Sadhwani: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

Baadur Jobava (GEO) - Arjun Erigaisi: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

WGM Vantika Agrawal drew with the legendary GM Pia Cramling (SWE) | Photo: Anna Shtourman/FIDE

Vaishali - Bivol: 1-0

IM Vaishali scored an academic victory by converting her advantage against IM Alina Bivol (RUS).

IM Vaishali 4.5/8 | Photo: Anna Shtourman/FIDE

Divya - Gunina: 0-1

WGM Divya Deshmukh got herself a very good opportunity against GM Valentina Gunina (RUS) after the latter overlooked her opponent's tactical shot.

Position after 21...Rdg8

Find out what White missed after 21...Rdg8.

Highlights

A few interesting finishes from Round 8

Maksim Chigaev (RUS) drew with Raunak Sadhwani

Baadur Jobava (GEO) drew with Arjun Erigaisi

Sergei Movsesian (ARM) lost to Ivan Saric (CRO)
FIDE chess.com Grand Swiss Round 8 recap | Video: ChessBase India

Photo Gallery

Tingjie Lei has no plans of slowing down as she made a hat-trick| Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

The tournament hall | Photo: Mark Livshitz/FIDE

FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich and Director General Emil Sutovsky observe Cheparinov vs. Goryachkina | Photo: Anna Shtourman/FIDE

Schedule

Everyday game starts at 2 p.m. local time (4:30 p.m. IST) between 27th October and 7th November 2021. Rest day is on Tuesday 2nd November 2021.

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 top two players in the open event will qualify for the FIDE Candidates 2022. The next six players will earn their spots in the FIDE Grand Prix. The Women's Grand Swiss winner will qualify to the Women's Candidates. The following four best players will qualify for the FIDE Women's Grand Prix.

Prizes

The total prize fund in the Open is US$ 425,000 with the first prize being $70,000. For Women's the total prize fund is $125,000, first prize $20,000. Total numbers of prizes are 60, Open - 40 and Women - 20.

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FIDE chess.com Grand Swiss Round 8 | Live commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

Round 8 results

Rd.Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.
813
GMFirouzja AlirezaFRA27701 - 05GMSasikiran KrishnanIND2640
54
8638
GMNajer EvgeniyRUS2654½ - ½GMHarikrishna PentalaIND2719
7
81012
GMMaghsoodloo ParhamIRI2701½ - ½GMNihal SarinIND2652
41
82781
GMPraggnanandhaa RIND2618½ - ½GMAbdusattorov NodirbekUZB2646
47
82955
GMChigaev MaksimRUS2639½ - ½GMSadhwani RaunakIND2609
84
83094
GMJobava BaadurGEO2582½ - ½GMErigaisi ArjunIND2634
60
83422
GMMatlakov MaximRUS26823½ - ½3GMGanguly Surya ShekharIND2617
82
83753
GMGukesh DIND264030 - 13GMYakubboev NodirbekUZB2621
78
84492
GMBartel MateuszPOL2597½ - ½GMAdhiban B.IND2672
25
85079
GMSethuraman S.P.IND26201 - 0GMVan Foreest LucasNED2543
102
854
GMHarika DronavalliIND2511½ - ½IMBadelka OlgaRUS2438
20
81017
GMCramling PiaSWE24474½ - ½4WIMVantika AgrawalIND2322
46
81525
WGMVaishali RIND24191 - 0IMBivol AlinaRUS2392
36
81747
WIMDivya DeshmukhIND230530 - 13GMGunina ValentinaRUS2462
14
82345
FMEizaguerri Floris MariaESP232820 - 12IMPadmini RoutIND2380
40

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Round 9 pairings

Rd.Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.
967
GMHarikrishna PentalaIND27195GMSevian SamuelUSA2654
40
91054
GMSasikiran KrishnanIND264055GMEljanov PavelUKR2691
16
91341
GMNihal SarinIND265255GMDeac Bogdan-DanielROU2643
50
92749
GMSaric IvanCRO264444GMPraggnanandhaa RIND2618
81
93160
GMErigaisi ArjunIND263444GMKuybokarov TemurAUS2549
101
93384
GMSadhwani RaunakIND26094GMDreev AlekseyRUS2635
59
93679
GMSethuraman S.P.IND2620GMMatlakov MaximRUS2682
22
94282
GMGanguly Surya ShekharIND2617GMZhou JianchaoCHN2629
67
94525
GMAdhiban B.IND267233GMMartirosyan Haik M.ARM2624
73
94753
GMGukesh DIND264033GMGretarsson Hjorvar SteinnISL2577
96
958
IMKashlinskaya AlinaRUS249355GMHarika DronavalliIND2511
4
9946
WIMVantika AgrawalIND2322GMStefanova AntoanetaBUL2475
11
91025
WGMVaishali RIND2419GMCramling PiaSWE2447
17
92019
IMArabidze MeriGEO244133WIMDivya DeshmukhIND2305
47
92340
IMPadmini RoutIND23803GMHoang Thanh TrangHUN2380
39

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