Qualified players for FIDE Grand Swiss and Women’s Grand Swiss
FIDE is pleased to announce the first batch of qualified players for the FIDE Grand Swiss and Women’s Grand Swiss, according to the FIDE Rating List for June 1st. Both events are to be held in Douglas, Isle of Man, from October 23 to November 6. The full list can be found below. Qualified players can download their contracts from the following links, and return them signed to office@fide.com, with CC to alan@iomchess.com. They must also fill in their bank details in the form below and sent it together with the signed contract. Contract template for participants in the FIDE Grand Swiss Contract template for participants in the FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss Form: Bank Account Details (both for open and women’s) The deadline for players to confirm their participation is July 3, 12:00 CET. The organizing committee would appreciate it if those who plan to turn down the invitation could inform FIDE as soon as possible, so a reserve player can take their place. The deadline for reserve players is July 7, 16:00 CET, but they are encouraged to send their signed contracts at their earliest convenience. You will note from the contract that it is the players’ responsibility to arrange their own accommodation for 14 nights – there is no “official hotel”. You can find the full regulations on the FIDE Handbook: Regulations for FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 (PDF) Regulations for FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss (PDF) Qualified players, FIDE Grand Swiss # PLAYER FED FRLJune 23 1 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2853 2 Firouzja, Alireza FRA 2786 3 Ding, Liren CHN 2780 4 Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS 2779 5 Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2775 6 Caruana, Fabiano USA 2773 7 Giri, Anish NED 2772 8 So, Wesley USA 2765 9 Anand, Viswanathan IND 2754 10 Rapport, Richard ROU 2752 11 Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2747 12 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2747 13 Aronian, Levon USA 2742 14 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2740 15 Dominguez Perez, Leinier USA 2739 16 Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2736 17 Gukesh D IND 2736 18 Yu, Yangyi CHN 2734 19 Abdusattorov, Nodirbek UZB 2732 20 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof POL 2732 21 Le, Quang Liem VIE 2728 22 Topalov, Veselin BUL 2728 23 Wang, Hao CHN 2722 24 Wei, Yi CHN 2722 25 Vitiugov, Nikita FID 2721 26 Dubov, Daniil RUS 2716 27 Maghsoodloo, Parham IRI 2716 28 Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi IND 2712 29 Shankland, Sam USA 2711 30 Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2706 31 Harikrishna, Pentala IND 2704 32 Erigaisi Arjun IND 2702 33 Artemiev, Vladislav RUS 2699 34 Sjugirov, Sanan RUS 2699 35 Niemann, Hans Moke USA 2695 36 Van Foreest, Jorden NED 2695 37 Bu, Xiangzhi CHN 2694 38 Eljanov, Pavel UKR 2694 39 Shevchenko, Kirill ROU 2694 40 Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS 2694 41 Deac, Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2693 42 Sargissian, Gabriel ARM 2692 43 Xiong, Jeffery USA 2692 44 Anton Guijarro, David ESP 2691 45 Amin, Bassem EGY 2690 46 Keymer, Vincent GER 2690 47 Praggnanandhaa R IND 2690 48 Sevian, Samuel USA 2690 49 Navara, David CZE 2689 50 Robson, Ray USA 2689 51 Oparin, Grigoriy USA 2687 52 Alekseenko, Kirill FID 2686 53 Martirosyan, Haik M. ARM 2685 54 Sarana, Alexey SRB 2685 55 Tabatabaei, M. Amin IRI 2683 56 Esipenko, Andrey FID 2682 57 Nihal Sarin IND 2681 58 Howell, David W L ENG 2677 59 Fedoseev, Vladimir FID 2676 60 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL 2676 61 Grandelius, Nils SWE 2674 62 Kovalenko, Igor UKR 2674 63 Volokitin, Andrei UKR 2674 64 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB 2673 65 Bacrot, Etienne FRA 2672 66 Bluebaum, Matthias GER 2672 67 Saric, Ivan CRO 2670 68 Naiditsch, Arkadij AZE 2669 69 Ni, Hua CHN 2669 70 Gelfand, Boris ISR 2668 71 Shirov, Alexei ESP 2668 72 Donchenko, Alexander GER 2667 73 Adams, Michael ENG 2666 74 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2664 75 Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2663 76 Matlakov, Maxim RUS 2662 77 Guseinov, Gadir AZE 2661 78 Korobov, Anton UKR 2661 79 Salem, A.R. Saleh UAE 2661 80 Kamsky, Gata USA 2659 81 Inarkiev, Ernesto FID 2658 82 Li, Chao b CHN 2658 83 Narayanan.S.L IND 2657 84 Kryvoruchko, Yuriy UKR 2656 85 Ivanchuk, Vasyl UKR 2655 86 Moussard, Jules FRA 2655 87 Nguyen, Thai Dai Van CZE 2653 88 Santos Latasa, Jaime ESP 2653 89 Liang, Awonder USA 2651 90 Predke, Alexandr SRB 2651 91 Melkumyan, Hrant ARM 2650 92 Ma, Qun CHN 2648 93 Malakhov, Vladimir FID 2646 94 Najer, Evgeniy FID 2646 95 Sindarov, Javokhir UZB 2646 96 Tari, Aryan NOR 2646 97 Gledura, Benjamin HUN 2645 98 L’Ami, Erwin NED 2645 99 Van Wely, Loek NED 2644 100 Mamedov, Rauf AZE 2642 Reserve players 1 Nyzhnyk, Illya UKR 2641 2 Sargsyan, Shant ARM 2640 3 Swiercz, Dariusz USA 2640 4 Yilmaz, Mustafa TUR 2639 5 Pichot, Alan ARG 2638 6 Yakubboev, Nodirbek UZB 2636 7 Cori, Jorge PER 2636 8 Idani, Pouya IRI 2633 9 Abasov, Nijat AZE 2632 10 Nabaty, Tamir ISR 2632 11 Fressinet, Laurent FRA 2632 12 Ragger, Markus AUT 2631 13 Hammer, Jon Ludvig NOR 2630 14 Petrosyan, Manuel ARM 2629 15 Meier, Georg URU 2629 16 Lenic, Luka SLO 2629 17 Gupta, Abhijeet IND 2628 18 Kuzubov, Yuriy UKR 2628 19 Karthikeyan, Murali IND 2628 20 Hou, Yifan CHN 2628 21 Papaioannou, Ioannis GRE 2628 22 Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. IND 2627 23 Durarbayli, Vasif AZE 2627 24 Popov, Ivan RUS 2627 25 Grigoryan, Karen H. ARM 2626 26 Aryan Chopra IND 2626 27 Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo ESP 2626 28 McShane, Luke J ENG 2626 29 Areshchenko, Alexander UKR 2625 30 Bjerre, Jonas Buhl DEN 2624 Qualified players, FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss # PLAYER FED FRLJune 23 1 Hou, Yifan CHN 2628 2 Koneru, Humpy IND 2567 3 Ju, Wenjun CHN 2566 4 Goryachkina, Aleksandra FID 2557 5 Lei, Tingjie CHN 2554 6 Lagno, Kateryna RUS 2552 7 Kosteniuk, Alexandra SUI 2523 8 Tan, Zhongyi CHN 2523 9 Muzychuk, Mariya UKR 2515 10 Dronavalli, Harika IND 2510 11