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The FIDE Grand Swiss took place in Douglas, Isle of Man, Wed 25th Oct to Wed 8th Nov 2023. 11 rounds and 2 Candidates places at stake. There is an extremely strong field. This event should tell us where Classical chess is in 2023. 20 players rated over 2700, all but a few rated over 2600. Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Alireza Firouzja, Anish Giri, D Gukesh, Richard Rapport, Levon Aronian, R Praggnanandhaa, MVL, Jan-Krzysztof Duda etc etc. There is a women's event alongside Aleksandra Goryachkina, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Mariya Muzychuk etc.

Vidit Santosh Gujrathi won the Open alone on 8.5/11 after a win in the final round against Alexandr Predke. Hikaru Nakamura took second place on tie-break after a draw with black against Arjun Erigaisi and these two players qualify for the Candidates. Vaishali Rameshbabu won the women's section after a comfortable draw with the black pieces in the final round.

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FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM Wed 25th Oct 2023 - Wed 8th Nov 2023 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	15	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	GM	IND	2716	8.5	2671	64	68
2	2	Nakamura, Hikaru	GM	USA	2780	8	2687	67	71.5
3	32	Esipenko, Andrey	GM	FID	2683	7.5	2702	70	74
4	16	Erigaisi, Arjun	GM	IND	2712	7.5	2681	66	71
5	12	Keymer, Vincent	GM	GER	2717	7.5	2673	63	67.5
6	18	Maghsoodloo, Parham	GM	IRI	2707	7.5	2660	62.5	67
7	4	Giri, Anish	GM	NED	2760	7.5	2657	62	66.5
8	46	Sindarov, Javokhir	GM	UZB	2658	7	2707	64.5	68
9	47	Predke, Alexandr	GM	SRB	2656	7	2702	70.5	75
10	1	Caruana, Fabiano	GM	USA	2786	7	2684	67.5	72.5
11	10	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	GM	POL	2726	7	2650	60	64.5
12	13	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	GM	UZB	2716	7	2648	61	65.5
13	8	Praggnanandhaa, R	GM	IND	2738	7	2637	56.5	60.5
14	81	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	GM	UZB	2616	6.5	2706	59.5	61
15	80	Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel	GM	ARM	2618	6.5	2701	62	65.5
16	63	Yilmaz, Mustafa	GM	TUR	2640	6.5	2699	59.5	63
17	44	Cheparinov, Ivan	GM	BUL	2658	6.5	2698	64	69
18	39	Bacrot, Etienne	GM	FRA	2669	6.5	2695	65	69.5
19	41	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	GM	POL	2668	6.5	2674	59.5	63
20	20	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	GM	ROU	2701	6.5	2671	62	66.5
21	33	Sarana, Alexey	GM	SRB	2682	6.5	2666	64	68.5
22	21	Sevian, Samuel	GM	USA	2698	6.5	2654	61	66
23	7	Aronian, Levon	GM	USA	2742	6.5	2653	61.5	66
24	17	Vitiugov, Nikita	GM	ENG	2711	6.5	2653	60.5	65
25	49	Anton Guijarro, David	GM	ESP	2653	6.5	2646	62	66
26	27	Fedoseev, Vladimir	GM	SLO	2691	6.5	2645	61.5	65.5
27	9	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	GM	FRA	2727	6.5	2644	59.5	64
28	57	Najer, Evgeniy	GM	FID	2648	6	2712	64.5	66
29	42	Niemann, Hans Moke	GM	USA	2667	6	2702	64	67
30	56	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	GM	IND	2649	6	2698	61	64.5
31	58	Saric, Ivan	GM	CRO	2647	6	2694	59	62
32	52	Narayanan, S L	GM	IND	2651	6	2692	59	64
33	94	Kuybokarov, Temur	GM	AUS	2584	6	2684	58.5	63
34	75	Kuzubov, Yuriy	GM	UKR	2625	6	2676	64	68
35	88	Petrosyan, Manuel	GM	ARM	2604	6	2675	57	61.5
36	70	Sargsyan, Shant	GM	ARM	2631	6	2673	59.5	63
37	45	Korobov, Anton	GM	UKR	2658	6	2672	65.5	70
38	62	Mamedov, Rauf	GM	AZE	2640	6	2665	54	57
39	3	Firouzja, Alireza	GM	FRA	2777	6	2662	60	64.5
40	48	Shirov, Alexei	GM	ESP	2655	6	2660	60.5	63.5
41	11	Yu, Yangyi	GM	CHN	2720	6	2658	63.5	68.5
42	6	Rapport, Richard	GM	ROU	2752	6	2655	61	65.5
43	23	Artemiev, Vladislav	GM	FID	2697	6	2649	59.5	64.5
44	31	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	GM	IRI	2685	6	2647	59	63
45	25	Nihal, Sarin	GM	IND	2694	6	2640	59.5	64.5
46	51	Bartel, Mateusz	GM	POL	2651	6	2640	57.5	62
47	54	Pichot, Alan	GM	ESP	2650	6	2640	53.5	57.5
48	43	Volokitin, Andrei	GM	UKR	2664	6	2626	54.5	58
49	37	Matlakov, Maxim	GM	FID	2674	6	2617	56.5	61
50	40	Bluebaum, Matthias	GM	GER	2668	6	2606	50.5	54.5
114 players

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FIDE Grand Swiss Women Douglas IOM Wed 25th Oct 2023 - Wed 8th Nov 2023 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	12	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	IM	IND	2448	8.5	2456	68	73
2	5	Muzychuk, Anna	GM	UKR	2510	8	2446	68.5	74.5
3	4	Tan, Zhongyi	GM	CHN	2517	7.5	2444	67.5	72
4	40	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	IM	MGL	2366	7.5	2441	64.5	68.5
5	25	Garifullina, Leya	IM	FID	2402	7	2465	67	69
6	21	Stefanova, Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2424	7	2430	68	72
7	14	Cramling, Pia	GM	SWE	2446	7	2409	58	62
8	3	Muzychuk, Mariya	GM	UKR	2519	7	2403	59	63
9	34	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	IM	GRE	2385	6.5	2465	63.5	68
10	39	Cori T., Deysi	IM	PER	2367	6.5	2464	59.5	63.5
11	27	Narva, Mai	IM	EST	2399	6.5	2463	61	65
12	36	Socko, Monika	GM	POL	2380	6.5	2439	56	60
13	10	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	IM	KAZ	2469	6.5	2437	69	74
14	17	Javakhishvili, Lela	IM	GEO	2437	6.5	2405	58.5	62.5
15	43	Kamalidenova, Meruert	WGM	KAZ	2351	6	2481	59	64
16	30	Milliet, Sophie	IM	FRA	2391	6	2474	65	68
17	1	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	GM	FID	2558	6	2440	64.5	68.5
18	24	Divya, Deshmukh	WGM	IND	2408	6	2414	51	53
19	7	Dronavalli, Harika	GM	IND	2502	6	2413	58.5	63
20	22	Bulmaga, Irina	IM	ROU	2423	6	2409	58.5	60.5
21	15	Mammadzada, Gunay	IM	AZE	2441	6	2403	63	67.5
22	19	Ushenina, Anna	GM	UKR	2434	6	2399	60.5	65
23	16	Gunina, Valentina	GM	FID	2439	6	2396	57	60.5
24	11	Wagner, Dinara	WGM	GER	2461	6	2387	56.5	60
25	42	Guichard, Pauline	IM	FRA	2358	5.5	2453	62	66.5
26	32	Tania, Sachdev	IM	IND	2389	5.5	2434	53.5	55.5
27	20	Injac, Teodora	IM	SRB	2426	5.5	2419	51.5	53.5
28	37	Kiolbasa, Oliwia	IM	POL	2375	5.5	2418	54.5	56.5
29	8	Paehtz, Elisabeth	GM	GER	2484	5.5	2407	60	64.5
30	2	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	GM	SUI	2523	5.5	2367	55	58
31	18	Vantika, Agrawal	IM	IND	2435	5.5	2364	49	51
32	35	Beydullayeva, Govhar	WGM	AZE	2383	5	2447	56	60
33	41	Aulia, Medina Warda	IM	INA	2362	5	2424	56.5	60.5
34	31	Roebers, Eline	IM	NED	2390	5	2417	54.5	58
35	6	Shuvalova, Polina	IM	FID	2506	5	2395	57	61.5
36	13	Efroimski, Marsel	IM	ISR	2447	5	2391	59	63.5
37	29	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	IM	AZE	2393	4.5	2449	58	60
38	28	Hoang, Thanh Trang	GM	HUN	2398	4.5	2432	56.5	59.5
39	38	Savitha, Shri B	WGM	IND	2375	4.5	2431	58	60
40	44	Mkrtchyan, Mariam	WIM	ARM	2343	4.5	2428	54	58
41	48	Terbe, Julianna	WIM	HUN	2266	4.5	2422	52.5	56.5
42	33	Lee, Alice	FM	USA	2388	4.5	2353	45	47
43	26	Matnadze Bujiashvili, Ann	IM	ESP	2400	4	2388	50.5	52.5
44	23	Danielian, Elina	GM	ARM	2416	4	2366	53.5	55.5
45	46	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	GM	SCO	2297	4	2365	50	52
46	45	Sandu, Mihaela	WGM	ROU	2298	3.5	2413	48.5	50.5
47	9	Batsiashvili, Nino	GM	GEO	2475	3.5	2373	52	55.5
48	49	Kanyamarala, Trisha	WIM	IRL	2184	3	2357	45	47
49	47	Gomez Barrera, Javiera Belen	WIM	CHI	2266	2	2363	47	49
50	50	Nassr, Lina	WIM	ALG	2066	2	2341	43	45
50 players

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