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The FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament took place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan Thu 4th Sep to Mon 15th Sep 2025.

Players Open: Praggnanandhaa, Erigaisi, Gukesh, Firouzja, Keymer, Abdusattorov, Giri, Aronian, Nepomniachtchi, Mamedyarov, MVL, Niemann etc.

Players Women: Muzychuk, Tan, Assaubayeva, Lagno etc play in the women's even which has suffered a number of withdrawals.

Two players from each event qualified for the relevant Candidates tournaments.

Anish Giri took clear first place in the open section with 8/11 and Matthias Bluebaum finished second on tie-break from Alireza Firouzja and Vincent Keymer. Rameshbabu Vaishali won the women's event on tie-break from Kateryna Lagno after they finished on 8/11 and secured their Women's Candidates places.

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FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB Thu 4th Sep 2025 - Mon 15th Sep 2025 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	7	Giri, Anish	GM	NED	2746	8	2668	62	66.5
2	32	Bluebaum, Matthias	GM	GER	2671	7.5	2695	66	70
3	4	Firouzja, Alireza	GM	FRA	2754	7.5	2684	64	68.5
4	5	Keymer, Vincent	GM	GER	2751	7.5	2668	62.5	68
5	86	Mishra, Abhimanyu	GM	USA	2611	7	2731	69.5	73.5
6	2	Erigaisi, Arjun	GM	IND	2771	7	2687	63	67.5
7	108	Woodward, Andy	GM	USA	2557	7	2686	61	64.5
8	12	Niemann, Hans Moke	GM	USA	2733	7	2668	60.5	64.5
9	20	Nihal, Sarin	GM	IND	2693	7	2666	61.5	65.5
10	6	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	GM	UZB	2748	7	2663	63	68
11	19	Liang, Awonder	GM	USA	2698	7	2659	56	60
12	17	Rapport, Richard	GM	HUN	2711	7	2657	57	62
13	10	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	GM	AZE	2741	7	2649	55.5	60
14	28	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	GM	UZB	2681	7	2645	59.5	64
15	16	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	GM	IND	2712	7	2640	61	66
16	11	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	GM	FRA	2738	7	2637	60.5	65
17	15	Yu, Yangyi	GM	CHN	2714	7	2634	60.5	65.5
18	22	Sevian, Samuel	GM	USA	2692	7	2633	54.5	58.5
19	25	Esipenko, Andrey	GM	FID	2687	7	2630	56	60.5
20	43	Sargsyan, Shant	GM	ARM	2653	6.5	2693	61.5	65.5
21	82	Shirov, Alexei	GM	ESP	2616	6.5	2685	59	63
22	96	Pranav, V	GM	IND	2596	6.5	2679	62	67.5
23	23	Van Foreest, Jorden	GM	NED	2692	6.5	2655	61.5	65.5
24	14	Sindarov, Javokhir	GM	UZB	2722	6.5	2639	53.5	57.5
25	42	Saric, Ivan	GM	CRO	2655	6.5	2627	51.5	55
26	18	Harikrishna, Pentala	GM	IND	2704	6.5	2617	52	56
27	21	Maghsoodloo, Parham	GM	IRI	2692	6	2701	69.5	75
28	52	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	GM	TUR	2646	6	2701	64.5	69.5
29	87	Maurizzi, Marcandria	GM	FRA	2610	6	2701	64.5	69
30	72	Hakobyan, Aram	GM	ARM	2625	6	2684	58.5	63
31	53	Theodorou, Nikolas	GM	GRE	2646	6	2683	62.5	65.5
32	90	Predke, Alexandr	GM	SRB	2609	6	2676	63.5	68
33	59	Xiong, Jeffery	GM	USA	2640	6	2676	60	64
34	91	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	GM	UKR	2608	6	2668	59	63.5
35	1	Praggnanandhaa, R	GM	IND	2785	6	2666	64.5	69
36	31	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	GM	IRI	2673	6	2663	62.5	66.5
37	104	Aditya, Mittal	GM	IND	2589	6	2657	57	60.5
38	109	Samunenkov, Ihor	GM	UKR	2550	6	2654	55	59
39	99	Narayanan, S L	GM	IND	2591	6	2650	57.5	62
40	46	Mamedov, Rauf	GM	AZE	2651	6	2650	55	59.5
41	3	Gukesh, D	GM	IND	2767	6	2647	56.5	60
42	9	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	GM	FID	2742	6	2646	61.5	66
43	39	Oparin, Grigoriy	GM	USA	2660	6	2637	57	61.5
44	13	Fedoseev, Vladimir	GM	SLO	2731	6	2634	56.5	59.5
45	24	Dubov, Daniil	GM	FID	2691	6	2616	57	61
46	33	Murzin, Volodar	GM	FID	2670	6	2611	55	59.5
47	41	Grischuk, Alexander	GM	FID	2657	6	2610	52	56.5
48	40	Sadhwani, Raunak	GM	IND	2658	6	2607	54.5	58.5
49	48	Grandelius, Nils	GM	SWE	2648	6	2601	56.5	61
50	55	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	GM	UZB	2645	6	2592	56	59
116 players

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FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Samarkand UZB Thu 4th Sep 2025 - Mon 15th Sep 2025 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	13	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	GM	IND	2452	8	2434	66.5	71.5
2	4	Lagno, Kateryna	GM	FID	2505	8	2433	65.5	70
3	3	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	GM	KAZ	2505	7.5	2425	65.5	70
4	2	Tan, Zhongyi	GM	CHN	2531	7.5	2423	61	64
5	21	Song, Yuxin	IM	CHN	2409	7.5	2411	63.5	67
6	33	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	IM	AZE	2385	7	2461	69	74.5
7	44	Krush, Irina	GM	USA	2366	7	2419	58.5	63
8	6	Muzychuk, Mariya	GM	UKR	2484	7	2404	58	62
9	42	Guo, Qi	IM	CHN	2371	6.5	2436	64.5	69
10	30	Girya, Olga	GM	FID	2386	6.5	2430	64.5	68.5
11	31	Narva, Mai	IM	EST	2386	6.5	2429	60	64
12	1	Muzychuk, Anna	GM	UKR	2535	6.5	2417	54	58
13	15	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	IM	GRE	2445	6.5	2409	58.5	62.5
14	10	Dronavalli, Harika	GM	IND	2467	6.5	2401	60	64.5
15	9	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	GM	SUI	2472	6.5	2391	59.5	64
16	14	Lu, Miaoyi	IM	CHN	2449	6.5	2376	59.5	64
17	48	Balajayeva, Khanim	IM	AZE	2331	6	2439	60	64.5
18	23	Danielian, Elina	GM	ARM	2405	6	2421	56	59.5
19	46	Kamalidenova, Meruert	IM	KAZ	2349	6	2414	58.5	63.5
20	11	Yip, Carissa	IM	USA	2458	6	2399	59.5	63.5
21	8	Garifullina, Leya	IM	FID	2477	6	2381	55	59.5
22	20	Ushenina, Anna	GM	UKR	2409	6	2372	59.5	63.5
23	17	Javakhishvili, Lela	IM	GEO	2434	6	2343	49	52.5
24	26	Wagner, Dinara	IM	GER	2400	5.5	2459	64	67.5
25	37	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	IM	POL	2379	5.5	2451	60.5	65
26	36	Zhai, Mo	WGM	CHN	2380	5.5	2421	57.5	61.5
27	38	Efroimski, Marsel	IM	ISR	2377	5.5	2420	55	59
28	29	Gaal, Zsoka	WGM	HUN	2388	5.5	2419	57.5	61.5
29	22	Khamdamova, Afruza	WIM	UZB	2409	5.5	2418	61.5	66
30	5	Shuvalova, Polina	IM	FID	2492	5.5	2408	56.5	60.5
31	27	Stefanova, Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2395	5.5	2404	61.5	65.5
32	7	Osmak, Yuliia	IM	UKR	2478	5.5	2387	53.5	57.5
33	12	Injac, Teodora	IM	SRB	2454	5.5	2349	52.5	56
34	40	Badelka, Olga	IM	AUT	2375	5	2431	61.5	66
35	52	Omonova, Umida	WIM	UZB	2252	5	2420	55.5	59
36	35	Vantika, Agrawal	IM	IND	2381	5	2419	58	61
37	51	Kaliakhmet, Elnaz	WIM	KAZ	2299	5	2418	55	59.5
38	41	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	IM	UZB	2372	5	2413	55.5	59
39	39	Roebers, Eline	IM	NED	2377	5	2404	56.5	60
40	34	Balabayeva, Xeniya	WGM	KAZ	2383	5	2379	54	57.5
41	18	Shukhman, Anna	WGM	FID	2420	5	2373	54.5	57.5
42	25	Bulmaga, Irina	IM	ROU	2400	5	2372	54	58
43	32	Salimova, Nurgyul	IM	BUL	2386	4.5	2468	62.5	66.5
44	43	Beydullayeva, Govhar	WGM	AZE	2368	4.5	2417	55	59
45	24	Kiolbasa, Oliwia	IM	POL	2405	4.5	2380	52	55
46	50	Manko, Mariia	WIM	SUI	2313	4.5	2380	46	49
47	28	Mkrtchian, Lilit	IM	ARM	2393	4.5	2376	53	56
48	16	Arabidze, Meri	IM	GEO	2444	4.5	2346	52	55
49	47	Ouellet, Maili-Jade	WGM	CAN	2348	4	2427	53.5	57.5
50	55	Khalilova, Madinabonu	WCM	UZB	2148	4	2418	56	59.5
56 players

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