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Parham Maghsoodloo continues to lead the Grand Swiss, 13 players share second

08 Sep, 2025by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

With most top boards finishing draw, Parham Maghsoodloo continues to lead the Grand Swiss 2025. Maghsoodloo is with 3,5/4. A total of 13 players follow with 3,0/4 – Abhimanyu Mishra, Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, Marcandria Maurizzi, Szymon Gumularz, D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Vincent Keymer, R Praggnanandhaa, Richard Rapport, Matthias Bluebaum, Nodirbek Yakubboev, and Nikita Vitiugov.

Tomorrow’s top pairings include Rapport-Maghsoodloo, Bluebaum-Praggnanandhaa, Erigaisi-Vitiugov, Mishra-Gukesh, Maurizzi-Keymer, Abdusattorov-Erdogmus, Yakubboev-Gumularz, Shankland-Firouzja, Giri-Oparin, Aronian-Sargsyan, Theodorou-Nepomniachtchi. Scroll down for the full standings, results and pairings.

Grand Swiss information: FIDE Grand Swiss Chess Tournament 2025 – A Gateway to the World Championship
Grand Swiss Live: FIDE Grand Swiss Chess 2025 live / Women’s Grand Swiss Chess 2025 live
Grand Swiss Participants: Participants open / Participants women

Round 1: Multiple surprises on the board
Round 2: Maghsoodloo, Firouzja, and Demchenko lead Grand Swiss 2025
Round 3: Parham Maghsoodloo is sole leader of Grand Swiss 2025 after R3
Round 4: Parham Maghsoodloo continues to lead the Grand Swiss, 13 players share second

Results Grand Swiss round 4


White Rtg Result Black Rtg
GM Maghsoodloo, Parham 2692 1/2-1/2 GM Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2748
GM Praggnanandhaa, R 2785 1/2-1/2 GM Mishra, Abhimanyu 2611
GM Gukesh, D 2767 1/2-1/2 GM Erigaisi, Arjun 2771
GM Firouzja, Alireza 2754 1/2-1/2 GM Gumularz, Szymon 2590
GM Keymer, Vincent 2751 1 – 0 GM Svane, Frederik 2643
GM Cheparinov, Ivan 2627 1/2-1/2 GM Giri, Anish 2746
GM Salem, A.R. Saleh 2640 1/2-1/2 GM Aronian, Levon 2744
GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2742 1/2-1/2 GM Hovhannisyan, Robert 2629
GM Demchenko, Anton 2620 1/2-1/2 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2741
GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2738 0 – 1 GM Maurizzi, Marcandria 2610
GM Mendonca, Leon Luke 2615 1/2-1/2 GM Niemann, Hans Moke 2733
GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2608 1/2-1/2 GM Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2712
GM Predke, Alexandr 2609 0 – 1 GM Rapport, Richard 2711
GM Pranav, V 2596 1/2-1/2 GM Nihal, Sarin 2693
GM Esipenko, Andrey 2687 1/2-1/2 GM Suleymanli, Aydin 2602
GM Kuzubov, Yuriy 2600 0 – 1 GM Yakubboev, Nodirbek 2681
GM Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal 2594 0 – 1 GM Bluebaum, Matthias 2671
GM Moussard, Jules 2591 0 – 1 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 2666
GM Aditya, Mittal 2589 0 – 1 GM Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan 2646
GM Woodward, Andy 2557 1/2-1/2 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 2645
GM Yu, Yangyi 2714 1/2-1/2 GM Puranik, Abhimanyu 2640
GM Harikrishna, Pentala 2704 1/2-1/2 GM Xiong, Jeffery 2640
GM Liang, Awonder 2698 1 – 0 GM Aryan, Chopra 2619
GM Chigaev, Maksim 2638 0 – 1 GM Sevian, Samuel 2692
GM Van Foreest, Jorden 2692 1 – 0 GM Anton Guijarro, David 2625
GM Volokitin, Andrei 2628 1/2-1/2 GM Dubov, Daniil 2691
GM Eljanov, Pavel 2682 1/2-1/2 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan 2622
GM Deac, Bogdan-Daniel 2674 1/2-1/2 GM Matlakov, Maxim 2609
GM Tabatabaei, M. Amin 2673 1 – 0 GM Santos Latasa, Jaime 2620
GM Murzin, Volodar 2670 1/2-1/2 GM Narayanan, S L 2591
GM Sargissian, Gabriel 2626 0 – 1 GM Shankland, Sam 2670
GM Oparin, Grigoriy 2660 1 – 0 GM Najer, Evgeniy 2613
GM Sargsyan, Shant 2653 1 – 0 GM Madaminov, Mukhiddin 2560
GM Shirov, Alexei 2616 1/2-1/2 GM Gelfand, Boris 2652
GM Lagarde, Maxime 2609 1/2-1/2 GM Mamedov, Rauf 2651
GM Bartel, Mateusz 2581 1/2-1/2 GM Yuffa, Daniil 2648
GM Theodorou, Nikolas 2646 1 – 0 GM Nigmatov, Ortik 2488
GM Vokhidov, Shamsiddin 2645 1/2-1/2 GM Samunenkov, Ihor 2550
GM Fedoseev, Vladimir 2731 1 – 0 GM Martirosyan, Haik M. 2628
GM Dardha, Daniel 2624 1/2-1/2 GM Sindarov, Javokhir 2722
GM Donchenko, Alexander 2624 1/2-1/2 GM Robson, Ray 2674
GM Artemiev, Vladislav 2664 1/2-1/2 GM Hakobyan, Aram 2625
GM Svane, Rasmus 2620 1/2-1/2 GM Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 2661
GM Hammer, Jon Ludvig 2618 0 – 1 GM Sadhwani, Raunak 2658
GM Grischuk, Alexander 2657 1/2-1/2 GM Daneshvar, Bardiya 2598
GM Jobava, Baadur 2590 1/2-1/2 GM Saric, Ivan 2655
GM Bjerre, Jonas Buhl 2651 1 – 0 GM Korobov, Anton 2616
GM Indjic, Aleksandar 2650 1 – 0 GM Vakhidov, Jakhongir 2521
GM Warmerdam, Max 2591 1/2-1/2 GM Grandelius, Nils 2648
GM Goryachkina, Aleksandra 2528 1 – 0 GM Kollars, Dmitrij 2647
GM Lu, Shanglei 2647 1 – 0 GM Muradli, Mahammad 2590
GM Bacrot, Etienne 2637 1/2-1/2 GM Zemlyanskii, Ivan 2586
IM Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid 2482 1/2-1/2 GM Gurel, Ediz 2631
GM Wagner, Dennis 2608 1/2-1/2 GM Sarana, Alexey 2686
GM Karthikeyan, Murali 2669 1/2-1/2 GM Xu, Xiangyu 2615
GM Ivic, Velimir 2630 1 – 0 GM Abdisalimov, Abdimalik 2488
GM Amin, Bassem 2636 0 – 1 GM Divya, Deshmukh 2478
Olisa, Tennyson Ewomazino 2287 0 – 1 GM Sjugirov, Sanan 2627

FIDE on the Grand Swiss day 4

On board one in the Open tournament, leader Parham Maghsoodloo played as White against Uzbekistan’s top player Nodirbek Abdusattorov. A tense and complicated game developed in the Queen’s Gambit Accepted, with both having to play with high precision and finesse. After exactly four and a half hours of play, a draw was agreed with only the two kings left on the board.

On board two, Praggnanandhaa could not find a way to convert his extra pawn against Abhimanyu Mishra, known as the youngest player in history to become a Grandmaster (at 12 years, 4 months, and 25 days).

Mishra opted for 36…Re7? Instead, he should have played 36…Nb5 (White cannot take on b7 as Black takes the d4-pawn with a check and then send the rook to the second rank with another check, clearing out White’s back ranks.) 37.Rd7 Protecting the d5-pawn, and now 37…Re7 38.Rd5 Nc3 and Black has better chances of holding.

After 37.Rxe7 Kxe7 38.f5! Kf6 39.fxg6 Kxg6 40.Kf4 White is winning according to chess engines.

However, in the moves that followed, Praggnanandhaa could not make any progress and had to settle for a draw.

An exciting game took place on board five, in a German showdown between Vincent Keymer and Frederik Svane. A sharp position arose in the Open Variation of Ruy Lopez.

In this position, Svane played 24…c5, looking to build up pressure on White. But this seemingly logical move was a mistake which Keymer was quick to spot: 25.Bxc5!! Qxc5 26.Rxd5 Qc7. This forced line led to a very uncomfortable position for Black. But Keymer wasn’t precise in his conversion, and the position was soon even.

Eventually, White emerged a pawn up in a sharp endgame, but the position was even, with threats for both sides. However, at some point, Svane started losing his way and allowed White to transpose into a winning minor piece endgame with a remote passer on the queenside. Slowly, but surely, Keymer steered the game in his favour and clinched the full point.

There were other missed chances among the top players. The victor of the previous Grand Swiss, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi had a winning endgame as Black against Vasyl Ivanchuk. In the Scotch, approaching the endgame, Ivanchuk went for a pawn push which significantly weakened his position and ended up costing him a pawn. Vidit forced a winning rook endgame, but completely misplayed it in the end, allowing Ivanchuk to save half a point.

World Champion Gukesh D split a point with compatriot Arjun Erigaisi in the Catalan. Following a shocking loss late on day three, Alireza Firouzja split a point with Szymon Gumularz of Poland after just 25 moves. Giri had a very quick draw as Black against Cheparinov (the first game of the round to finish, after an hour and a half of play), as did Salem and Aronian.

MarcAndria Maurizzi prevailed over Maxime-Vachier Lagrave in a hard-fought French derby which stood out.

In the Advance Caro-Kann, MVL – playing as White – emerged with two minor pieces for a rook. However, his young opponent had two dangerous advanced passers on the queenside. The position was in balance, but the younger of the two Frenchmen overestimated his chances and grabbed the a4-pawn, which gave White a crushing attack. At the critical moment of the game, MVL – known for his precise calculation – did not manage to find the winning idea. 

MVL played 30.Bh6?? and after 30…c2! the position was even again. White could have finished it off with 30.Qh4! The point is that 30…Qxe5 (the best move for Black) fails to the elegant 31.Nc2!!, with the idea of 32.Bd4, winning. 

Maxime’s troubles did not end there. In the ensuing play both opponents traded mistakes but MVL was last to err, capitulating on move 38.

The day’s biggest upset came from Divya Deshmukh, who stunned Africa’s top-rated player Bassem Amin. Playing against the Sicilian, the Egyptian created a slightly better position from the opening but then began overspreading, which backfired, leading to a defeat.

Black just missed playing 32…Rd4 and then taking the pawn on a5. Instead, she gave White respite with 32…f3.

The best choice for White here was 33.Qc1 and to try and hold. Instead, Amin blundered with 33.Ng3?? which was punished with: 33…Rxg4!! 34.hxg4 Qh6+ 35.Nh5 Otherwise checkmate in two moves 35…Bxh5 and White is completely lost.

For this victory, Divya was declared the player of the day in the Open.

Written by Milan Dinic 

Photos: Michal Walusza 

Standings Grand Swiss


Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.
1 GM Maghsoodloo, Parham IRI 2692 3.5
2 GM Mishra, Abhimanyu USA 2611 3
3 GM Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan TUR 2646 3
4 GM Maurizzi, Marcandria FRA 2610 3
5 GM Gumularz, Szymon POL 2590 3
6 GM Gukesh, D IND 2767 3
7 GM Erigaisi, Arjun IND 2771 3
8 GM Abdusattorov, Nodirbek UZB 2748 3
9 GM Keymer, Vincent GER 2751 3
10 GM Praggnanandhaa, R IND 2785 3
11 GM Rapport, Richard HUN 2711 3
12 GM Bluebaum, Matthias GER 2671 3
13 GM Yakubboev, Nodirbek UZB 2681 3
14 GM Vitiugov, Nikita ENG 2666 3
15 GM Salem, A.R. Saleh UAE 2640 2.5
16 GM Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2627 2.5
17 GM Hovhannisyan, Robert ARM 2629 2.5
18 GM Demchenko, Anton SLO 2620 2.5
19 GM Mendonca, Leon Luke IND 2615 2.5
20 GM Suleymanli, Aydin AZE 2602 2.5
21 GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl UKR 2608 2.5
22 GM Pranav, V IND 2596 2.5
23 GM Firouzja, Alireza FRA 2754 2.5
24 GM Woodward, Andy USA 2557 2.5
25 GM Giri, Anish NED 2746 2.5
26 GM Aronian, Levon USA 2744 2.5
27 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian FID 2742 2.5
28 GM Rodshtein, Maxim ISR 2645 2.5
29 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2741 2.5
30 GM Sevian, Samuel USA 2692 2.5
31 GM Niemann, Hans Moke USA 2733 2.5
32 GM Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi IND 2712 2.5
33 GM Liang, Awonder USA 2698 2.5
34 GM Van Foreest, Jorden NED 2692 2.5
35 GM Shankland, Sam USA 2670 2.5
36 GM Tabatabaei, M. Amin IRI 2673 2.5
37 GM Nihal, Sarin IND 2693 2.5
38 GM Esipenko, Andrey FID 2687 2.5
39 GM Oparin, Grigoriy USA 2660 2.5
40 GM Sargsyan, Shant ARM 2653 2.5
41 GM Theodorou, Nikolas GRE 2646 2.5
42 GM Svane, Frederik GER 2643 2
43 GM Xiong, Jeffery USA 2640 2
44 GM Puranik, Abhimanyu IND 2640 2
45 GM Volokitin, Andrei UKR 2628 2
46 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2622 2
47 GM Predke, Alexandr SRB 2609 2
48 GM Shirov, Alexei ESP 2616 2
49 GM Bartel, Mateusz POL 2581 2
50 GM Kuzubov, Yuriy UKR 2600 2
51 GM Lagarde, Maxime FRA 2609 2
52 GM Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal CHI 2594 2
53 GM Matlakov, Maxim FID 2609 2
54 GM Moussard, Jules FRA 2591 2
55 GM Gelfand, Boris ISR 2652 2
56 GM Narayanan, S L IND 2591 2
57 GM Aditya, Mittal IND 2589 2
58 GM Divya, Deshmukh IND 2478 2
59 GM Samunenkov, Ihor UKR 2550 2
60 GM Yuffa, Daniil ESP 2648 2
61 GM Goryachkina, Aleksandra FID 2528 2
62 GM Yu, Yangyi CHN 2714 2
63 GM Fedoseev, Vladimir SLO 2731 2
64 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2738 2
65 GM Harikrishna, Pentala IND 2704 2
66 GM Eljanov, Pavel UKR 2682 2
67 GM Dubov, Daniil FID 2691 2
68 GM Deac, Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2674 2
69 GM Murzin, Volodar FID 2670 2
70 GM Mamedov, Rauf AZE 2651 2
71 GM Bjerre, Jonas Buhl DEN 2651 2
72 GM Sadhwani, Raunak IND 2658 2
73 GM Indjic, Aleksandar SRB 2650 2
74 GM Lu, Shanglei CHN 2647 2
75 GM Vokhidov, Shamsiddin UZB 2645 2
76 GM Chigaev, Maksim ESP 2638 1.5
77 GM Sargissian, Gabriel ARM 2626 1.5
78 GM Dardha, Daniel BEL 2624 1.5
79 GM Svane, Rasmus GER 2620 1.5
80 GM Sjugirov, Sanan HUN 2627 1.5
81 GM Anton Guijarro, David ESP 2625 1.5
82 GM Hakobyan, Aram ARM 2625 1.5
83 GM Zemlyanskii, Ivan FID 2586 1.5
84 GM Aryan, Chopra IND 2619 1.5
85 GM Santos Latasa, Jaime ESP 2620 1.5
86 GM Donchenko, Alexander GER 2624 1.5
87 GM Najer, Evgeniy FID 2613 1.5
88 GM Gurel, Ediz TUR 2631 1.5
89 GM Nigmatov, Ortik UZB 2488 1.5
90 GM Warmerdam, Max NED 2591 1.5
91 GM Daneshvar, Bardiya IRI 2598 1.5
92 GM Jobava, Baadur GEO 2590 1.5
93 GM Madaminov, Mukhiddin UZB 2560 1.5
94 GM Bacrot, Etienne FRA 2637 1.5
95 IM Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid UZB 2482 1.5
96 GM Sindarov, Javokhir UZB 2722 1.5
97 GM Robson, Ray USA 2674 1.5
98 GM Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL 2661 1.5
99 GM Artemiev, Vladislav FID 2664 1.5
100 GM Grischuk, Alexander FID 2657 1.5
101 GM Saric, Ivan CRO 2655 1.5
102 GM Grandelius, Nils SWE 2648 1.5
103 GM Ivic, Velimir SRB 2630 1.5
104 GM Martirosyan, Haik M. ARM 2628 1
105 GM Wagner, Dennis GER 2608 1
106 GM Hammer, Jon Ludvig NOR 2618 1
107 GM Korobov, Anton UKR 2616 1
108 GM Xu, Xiangyu CHN 2615 1
109 GM Vakhidov, Jakhongir UZB 2521 1
110 GM Amin, Bassem EGY 2636 1
111 GM Muradli, Mahammad AZE 2590 1
112 GM Sarana, Alexey SRB 2686 1
113 GM Karthikeyan, Murali IND 2669 1
114 GM Kollars, Dmitrij GER 2647 1
115 GM Abdisalimov, Abdimalik UZB 2488 0.5
116 Olisa, Tennyson Ewomazino NGR 2287 0.5

Pairings round 5


Bo. White Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Black Rtg
1 GM Rapport, Richard 2711 3 – 3½ GM Maghsoodloo, Parham 2692
2 GM Bluebaum, Matthias 2671 3 – 3 GM Praggnanandhaa, R 2785
3 GM Erigaisi, Arjun 2771 3 – 3 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 2666
4 GM Mishra, Abhimanyu 2611 3 – 3 GM Gukesh, D 2767
5 GM Maurizzi, Marcandria 2610 3 – 3 GM Keymer, Vincent 2751
6 GM Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2748 3 – 3 GM Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan 2646
7 GM Yakubboev, Nodirbek 2681 3 – 3 GM Gumularz, Szymon 2590
8 GM Shankland, Sam 2670 2½ – 2½ GM Firouzja, Alireza 2754
9 GM Giri, Anish 2746 2½ – 2½ GM Oparin, Grigoriy 2660
10 GM Aronian, Levon 2744 2½ – 2½ GM Sargsyan, Shant 2653
11 GM Theodorou, Nikolas 2646 2½ – 2½ GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2742
12 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2741 2½ – 2½ GM Salem, A.R. Saleh 2640
13 GM Niemann, Hans Moke 2733 2½ – 2½ GM Demchenko, Anton 2620
14 GM Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2712 2½ – 2½ GM Cheparinov, Ivan 2627
15 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 2645 2½ – 2½ GM Liang, Awonder 2698
16 GM Nihal, Sarin 2693 2½ – 2½ GM Mendonca, Leon Luke 2615
17 GM Sevian, Samuel 2692 2½ – 2½ GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2608
18 GM Hovhannisyan, Robert 2629 2½ – 2½ GM Van Foreest, Jorden 2692
19 GM Pranav, V 2596 2½ – 2½ GM Esipenko, Andrey 2687
20 GM Suleymanli, Aydin 2602 2½ – 2½ GM Tabatabaei, M. Amin 2673
21 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2738 2 – 2½ GM Woodward, Andy 2557
22 GM Puranik, Abhimanyu 2640 2 – 2 GM Fedoseev, Vladimir 2731
23 GM Xiong, Jeffery 2640 2 – 2 GM Yu, Yangyi 2714
24 GM Volokitin, Andrei 2628 2 – 2 GM Harikrishna, Pentala 2704
25 GM Dubov, Daniil 2691 2 – 2 GM Predke, Alexandr 2609
26 GM Shirov, Alexei 2616 2 – 2 GM Eljanov, Pavel 2682
27 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan 2622 2 – 2 GM Deac, Bogdan-Daniel 2674
28 GM Lagarde, Maxime 2609 2 – 2 GM Murzin, Volodar 2670
29 GM Sadhwani, Raunak 2658 2 – 2 GM Kuzubov, Yuriy 2600
30 GM Gelfand, Boris 2652 2 – 2 GM Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal 2594
31 GM Matlakov, Maxim 2609 2 – 2 GM Bjerre, Jonas Buhl 2651
32 GM Mamedov, Rauf 2651 2 – 2 GM Moussard, Jules 2591
33 GM Samunenkov, Ihor 2550 2 – 2 GM Indjic, Aleksandar 2650
34 GM Yuffa, Daniil 2648 2 – 2 GM Aditya, Mittal 2589
35 GM Narayanan, S L 2591 2 – 2 GM Lu, Shanglei 2647
36 GM Svane, Frederik 2643 2 – 2 GM Bartel, Mateusz 2581
37 GM Sindarov, Javokhir 2722 1½ – 2 GM Goryachkina, Aleksandra 2528
38 GM Robson, Ray 2674 1½ – 1½ GM Dardha, Daniel 2624
39 GM Santos Latasa, Jaime 2620 1½ – 1½ GM Artemiev, Vladislav 2664
40 GM Hakobyan, Aram 2625 1½ – 1½ GM Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 2661
41 GM Aryan, Chopra 2619 1½ – 1½ GM Grischuk, Alexander 2657
42 GM Saric, Ivan 2655 1½ – 1½ GM Svane, Rasmus 2620
43 GM Grandelius, Nils 2648 1½ – 1½ GM Donchenko, Alexander 2624
44 GM Najer, Evgeniy 2613 1½ – 1½ GM Chigaev, Maksim 2638
45 GM Daneshvar, Bardiya 2598 1½ – 1½ GM Bacrot, Etienne 2637
46 GM Gurel, Ediz 2631 1½ – 1½ GM Warmerdam, Max 2591
47 GM Zemlyanskii, Ivan 2586 1½ – 1½ GM Ivic, Velimir 2630
48 GM Sjugirov, Sanan 2627 1½ – 1½ GM Jobava, Baadur 2590
49 GM Madaminov, Mukhiddin 2560 1½ – 1½ GM Sargissian, Gabriel 2626
50 GM Anton Guijarro, David 2625 1½ – 1½ IM Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid 2482
51 GM Nigmatov, Ortik 2488 1½ – 1 GM Sarana, Alexey 2686
52 GM Korobov, Anton 2616 1 – 1 GM Karthikeyan, Murali 2669
53 GM Kollars, Dmitrij 2647 1 – 1 GM Hammer, Jon Ludvig 2618
54 GM Vakhidov, Jakhongir 2521 1 – 1 GM Amin, Bassem 2636
55 GM Martirosyan, Haik M. 2628 1 – 1 GM Wagner, Dennis 2608
56 GM Xu, Xiangyu 2615 1 – ½ Olisa, Tennyson Ewomazino 2287
57 GM Divya, Deshmukh *) 2478 2 – 2 GM Vokhidov, Shamsiddin 2645
58 GM Abdisalimov, Abdimalik 2488 ½ – 1 GM Muradli, Mahammad 2590