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After six rounds within the FIDE Grand Swiss 2023, eight gamers are tied for the lead with 4.5/6, whereas GM Anna Muzychuk takes the only lead with 5/6 within the Ladies’s.
Within the Open, GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Andrey Esipenko fought a pointy battle on the highest board, however the battle led to perpetual verify. GMs Fabiano Caruana, Vidit Gujrathi, Javokhir Sindarov, Alexandr Predke, and Radoslaw Wojtaszek all received their video games to hitch the main group, whereas GM Arjun Erigaisi stayed within the pack with a draw.
Anna Muzychuk defeated event chief IM Bibisara Assaubayeva after a misstep by her youthful opponent in an equal however tough queen endgame. Half some extent behind are GMs Aleksandra Goryachkina and Antoaneta Stefanova, in addition to IMs Vaishali Rameshbabu and Assaubayeva.
After a relaxation day, spherical seven begins on Wednesday, November 1, at 10:30 a.m. ET / 15:30 CEST / 8 p.m. IST.
As soon as once more, each sections are laborious to name, with no single chief having been capable of maintain onto their lead for a second spherical after reaching it. The stakes get larger as we enter the second half of the event on Wednesday.
Open
Whereas board one led to a draw, a number of gamers who have been a half-point behind took the chance to catch up.
The peaceable outcome on board one was removed from a foregone conclusion as Esipenko and Nakamura dove into issues. With the Hyperaccelerated Sicilian Dragon, Nakamura introduced his intention to battle with Black. The U.S. grandmaster’s +2 rating of their lifetime report might have influenced this choice.
Their newest over-the-board encounters have been within the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix, the sequence that Nakamura received to enter the 2022 Candidates Event.
The commentators identified that after 7…f6 8.exf6, the lacking f-pawn type of resembled a Leningrad Dutch Protection, which Nakamura performs too. Esipenko sacrificed a pawn and the place exploded, however because it usually occurs, after 20.Bd3 the sharp recreation led to a compelled drawing line—neither participant might deviate.
“When you could have gamers of this stage taking part in towards one another, it isn’t too unusual for it to finish in a draw. However I felt like I had my probabilities and my opponent was as much as the duty,” mentioned Nakamura in his evaluation video beneath.
Requested about how he’ll spend the remainder day, Esipenko answered: “No chess, for certain!”
The primary decisive recreation on the highest boards was Sindarov’s spectacular and sacrificial assault towards GM Sam Sevian. For many who play the Sicilian Dragon, the King’s Indian Protection, or any such openings with a “dragon bishop” on g7, it was an instructive attacking masterclass.
The Uzbek prodigy’s masterpiece culminated with a chunk sacrifice for an assault that featured a number of typical motifs. GM Rafael Leitao covers it in our Sport of the Day beneath.
Sindarov performed within the World Cup, adopted by the Qatar Masters, earlier than the Grand Swiss. He mentioned: “Three laborious tournaments and I wanna take a relaxation [after] this event, like one month!”
Caruana rejoined the lead after a pleasant win towards the world number-94 GM Evgeniy Najer. “It was a narrative of 1 transfer,” mentioned Caruana after the sport. “If he had performed one thing else, in all probability we’d have a really lengthy recreation.”
The essential second occurred after Najer thought for about 4 minutes and performed 25…Qa5?. The truth is, Caruana missed the true strategy to punish that transfer, 26.Qf3! Re7 27.Nxg6!!. His transfer within the recreation, which objectively let Black off the hook, occurred to impress a deadly mistake. It is a true testomony to the saying that chess is a recreation between people—and never numbers on a display.
“Each recreation which does not final like eight hours is an excellent factor,” mentioned Caruana in his interview. He additionally added that the time management was “a bit too lengthy.”
Each recreation which does not final like eight hours is an excellent factor.
—Fabiano Caruana
Vidit had a heartbreaking first spherical the place, in time hassle, he missed a win and even misplaced the sport. His restoration has been nothing in need of inspiring as he is now received 4 of the 5 video games that adopted. His newest victory got here towards GM Hans Niemann.
Strategically, the Indian GM’s maneuver with 26.Bb8 to undermine the Black pawn pawn chain was an uncommon thought however one which paid off.
Perhaps the primary time I’ve seen the middlegame idea, of getting a bishop to b8 to assault the c7-e5 pawnchain. pic.twitter.com/q0LYbs3lC6
— Peter Heine Nielsen (@PHChess) October 30, 2023
That very same bishop traveled around the globe and again, beginning on c1 and in the end ending the sport one sq. away from the place it began. Niemann resigned on this place, the place Black’s solely continuation is 53…Nb1+ 54.Ka2 Qg5 to cease the mate, shedding the knight.
Predke defeated GM Sam Shankland after gaining a loopy however good place out of the opening. GM Erwin l’Ami essayed the Albin Countergambit, thought-about to be doubtful, towards Wojtaszek, and misplaced on board 9. The latter’s reward shall be a recreation towards Caruana on board one.
Upsets And A Brilliancy On The Decrease Boards
He is been talked about in each article to date, however he retains on giving. IM Ramazan Zhalmakhanov is undefeated with a 2833 efficiency. After a draw with GM Anish Giri, he is half some extent from the leaders with 4/6. His subsequent opponent shall be GM Vladimir Fedoseev.
GM Aydin Suleymanli (2588) upset GM Gukesh Dommaraju (2758), who suffered his second defeat in a row. GM Benjamin Gledura (2633), who had a tough begin when he misplaced rounds two and three, simply received his second consecutive recreation, this time towards GM Jorden van Foreest (2707).
White missed a wonderful win right here. Jorden nonetheless has probabilities, however this could have been improbable! pic.twitter.com/fQmpBtRmRu
— GM Jacob Aagaard (@GMJacobAagaard) October 30, 2023
On board 52, GM Adhiban Baskaran defeated GM Eduardo Iturrizaga with a artistic queen sacrifice.
How a lot is a queen actually value?#FIDEGrandSwiss pic.twitter.com/ZOvsJwj6Jk
— chess24.com (@chess24com) October 30, 2023
On board one in spherical seven we are going to see Wojtaszek-Caruana, with Nakamura-Predke and Sindarov-Vidit on the next boards.
Spherical 6 Standings | High 20
| Rk. | SNo | FED | Title | Title | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 |
| 1 | 47 | GM | Predke, Alexandr | 2656 | 4.5 | 2707 | |
| 2 | 46 | GM | Sindarov, Javokhir | 2658 | 4.5 | 2700 | |
| 3 | 32 | GM | Esipenko, Andrey | 2683 | 4.5 | 2682 | |
| 4 | 16 | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | 2712 | 4.5 | 2667 | |
| 5 | 2 | GM | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2780 | 4.5 | 2667 | |
| 6 | 1 | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | 2786 | 4.5 | 2661 | |
| 7 | 15 | GM | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | 2716 | 4.5 | 2646 | |
| 8 | 41 | GM | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 2668 | 4.5 | 2617 | |
| 9 | 111 | IM | Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan | 2447 | 4 | 2719 | |
| 10 | 81 | GM | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | 2616 | 4 | 2695 | |
| 11 | 39 | GM | Bacrot, Etienne | 2669 | 4 | 2685 | |
| 12 | 11 | GM | Yu, Yangyi | 2720 | 4 | 2667 | |
| 13 | 3 | GM | Firouzja, Alireza | 2777 | 4 | 2665 | |
| 14 | 45 | GM | Korobov, Anton | 2658 | 4 | 2662 | |
| 15 | 75 | GM | Kuzubov, Yuriy | 2625 | 4 | 2655 | |
| 16 | 23 | GM | Artemiev, Vladislav | 2697 | 4 | 2654 | |
| 17 | 12 | GM | Keymer, Vincent | 2717 | 4 | 2644 | |
| 18 | 20 | GM | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | 2701 | 4 | 2636 | |
| 19 | 33 | GM | Sarana, Alexey | 2682 | 4 | 2630 | |
| 20 | 27 | GM | Fedoseev, Vladimir | 2691 | 4 | 2625 |
(Full outcomes right here.)
Ladies’s
Assaubayeva was the primary participant to achieve the only lead of the Ladies’s event. One spherical later, she’s been changed with Anna Muzychuk. The follow-up query, in fact, is that if the Ukrainian grandmaster will maintain onto the lead—or if the sport of scorching potato will proceed.
Anna Muzychuk opted for the Alapin Sicilian however did not get a lot out of the opening objectively. It was, nonetheless, a strong strategy to “play for 2 outcomes,” a win or draw—a technique that was rewarded ultimately.
The sport logically progressed to a queen endgame the place White was the one one with a handed pawn. 43.h6!? was a improbable strategy to stir issues, and in a tough place, the Kazakh IM stumbled right into a misplaced place with one unlucky transfer, 50…Qb6??.
It is Anna Muzychuk’s first time within the Isle of Man. Requested how she likes it, she responded: “For chess gamers, the principle factor is determined by how their event goes!”
Boards two by way of 4 led to attracts. The spiciest recreation was on board 4, the place IM Marsel Efroimski sacrificed a chunk towards IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul, however the level was nonetheless cut up in half.
The one participant on 3.5 factors to win was Stefanova towards IM Irina Bulmaga, who, from an equal place, managed to get her handed pawn by way of.
Eight gamers are on 4 factors, some extent behind the chief.
An upset on the decrease boards was IM Deysi Cori‘s victory over second-seed GM Alexandra Kosteniuk. We must also point out IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva‘s victory towards GM Elisabeth Paehtz.
Anna Muzychuk could have the black items towards top-seed Goryachkina on Wednesday, a giant matchup. Assaubayeva could have White towards Vaishali, whereas Mariya Muzychuk, who’s some extent behind her sister, faces Stefanova on board three.
Spherical 6 Standings | High 20
| Rk. | SNo | FED | Title | Title | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 |
| 1 | 5 | GM | Muzychuk, Anna | 2510 | 5 | 2450 | |
| 2 | 12 | IM | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | 2448 | 4.5 | 2476 | |
| 3 | 10 | IM | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | 2469 | 4.5 | 2467 | |
| 4 | 21 | GM | Stefanova, Antoaneta | 2424 | 4.5 | 2408 | |
| 5 | 1 | GM | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | 2558 | 4.5 | 2401 | |
| 6 | 25 | IM | Garifullina, Leya | 2402 | 4 | 2482 | |
| 7 | 30 | IM | Milliet, Sophie | 2391 | 4 | 2473 | |
| 8 | 34 | IM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | 2385 | 4 | 2473 | |
| 9 | 29 | IM | Fataliyeva, Ulviyya | 2393 | 4 | 2454 | |
| 10 | 40 | IM | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | 2366 | 4 | 2450 | |
| 11 | 4 | GM | Tan, Zhongyi | 2517 | 4 | 2443 | |
| 12 | 3 | GM | Muzychuk, Mariya | 2519 | 4 | 2412 | |
| 13 | 13 | IM | Efroimski, Marsel | 2447 | 4 | 2398 | |
| 14 | 43 | WGM | Kamalidenova, Meruert | 2351 | 3.5 | 2485 | |
| 15 | 39 | IM | Cori T., Deysi | 2367 | 3.5 | 2469 | |
| 16 | 27 | IM | Narva, Mai | 2399 | 3.5 | 2446 | |
| 17 | 22 | IM | Bulmaga, Irina | 2423 | 3.5 | 2412 | |
| 18 | 15 | IM | Mammadzada, Gunay | 2441 | 3.5 | 2396 | |
| 19 | 7 | GM | Dronavalli, Harika | 2502 | 3.5 | 2392 | |
| 20 | 19 | GM | Ushenina, Anna | 2434 | 3.5 | 2392 |
The 2023 FIDE Grand Swiss (FGS) is likely one of the occasions of the FIDE World Championship cycle with the highest two gamers qualifying for the 2024 Candidates Event. The FGS began on October 25 at 9:30 a.m. ET/15:30 CEST/19:00 IST and contains a $460,000 prize fund.
The 2023 FIDE Ladies’s Grand Swiss (FWGS) contains a $140,000 prize fund and runs concurrently. The highest two gamers qualify for the 2024 Ladies’s Candidates Event.
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