Anish Giri leaps to shared second, eyeing Candidates 2026 spot

In a quiet day at the top, Grand Swiss leader Parham Maghsoodloo agreed to a draw with Arjun Erigaisi. The same score was achieved by their closest competitors, as Matthias Bluebaum and Abhimanyu Mishra also finished with a peaceful result.

Anish Giri was the star of the day, as he secured a crucial victory in round 6 by defeating Marc’Andria Maurizzi, leaping into shared second place in the standings. The Dutch top Grandmaster has been playing with remarkable precision throughout the event, and this latest win keeps him firmly in the race for a coveted Candidates 2026 spot. The Grand Swiss 2025 grants two qualification spots to the Candidates 2026.

Update: Nihal Sarin also wins his game with a beautiful piece sacrifice and joins the shared second position!

Parallel: Nakamura is on the Road to Candidates 2026 tour

Scroll down for the full report, results, and standings of round 6 report of the FIDE Grand Swiss

Anish Giri @anishgiri 🇳🇱 jumps into shared second 💥 this latest win keeps him firmly in the race for a coveted Candidates 2026 spothttps://t.co/XTmqe0qbeA

— Chessdom (@chessdom) September 9, 2025

Grand Swiss information: FIDE Grand Swiss Chess Tournament 2025 – A Gateway to the World Championship
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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
Round 5: Parham Maghsoodloo continues leading the Grand Swiss, as Abhimanyu Mishra stuns the World Champion
Round 6: Anish Giri leaps to shared second, eyeing Candidates 2026 spot

Round six marked the end of the first stage of the 2025 FIDE Grand Swiss, with a rest day scheduled for Wednesday. For many players, a win – or at least avoiding defeat – before the break is crucial, offering a chance to regroup and refocus. But not all could find that comfort.

On board one, in a challenge for the leading position in the tournament, world’s fifth highest-rated player, Arjun Erigaisi, tried to take down Parham Maghsoodloo with the black pieces. In the Semi-Tarrasch, Erigaisi put more pressure early in the game, but it ended with exchanges of all the heavy and light pieces, leading to a drawn pawn endgame.

On board two, Matthias Bluebaum and Abhimanyu Mishra – both trailing Maghsoodloo by half a point at the start of the day – played a draw in a sharp Grünfeld. In this game, both players made several temporary piece “offers” to one another, trying to provoke a blunder.

In this position Bluebaum made a surprising move – 14.Bh6! White gives up a bishop, but only for one move: 14…Bxh6 15.Rd1 and Black’s d7-bishop is falling.

15…0-0 16.Bxd7 Qe7 17.0-0 Rad8 18.e5 Nc4 Now Black offers a knight for free and White has no better option but to take it. 19.Qxc4 Rxd7 Recapturing a light piece.

20.h4 Kh8 21.g3 and now Black tempts White with 21…Bd2 22.Nd4! Another “free” piece for Black. 22…cxd4 23.Rxd2 dxc3 24.Qxc3 Rxd2 25.Qxd2 and the position is even.

Given that none of the other top players chasing Maghsoodloo won, the Iranian continues to be in sole lead in the tournament, half a point ahead of all.

Anish Giri had a great day today, defeating Marc’Andria Maurizzi in what was almost a miniature, lasting just 27 moves. Playing the Najdorf, Giri took the initiative on the queenside, making a rapid pawn advance.

White just played 19.f5, trying to counter Black’s advance on the queenside, but after 19…a4! Giri’s attack unfolds much faster.

20.fxe6 fxe6 21.bx4 Rxa4 22.Bh3? Attacking the e6-pawn, but completely ignoring Black’s main threat. 22…b3! – Now White’s king is under fire and Black is winning.

23.c3 Nc5 24.Qe2 Qc6 25.Kd2 0-0 Black moves his king to safety.

26.Rhf1 Rxf1 27.Qxf1 Qxe4 White is only a pawn down, but his king is exposed and pieces in the way that there is no good move left to play. Faced with this, Maurizzi chose to resign. This victory propelled Giri to the top group, half a point behind the leader Maghsoodloo.

In a shocking twist of the day, the World Champion was stunned again, losing his second game in a row. Playing against Nikolas Theodorou of Greece in the Petrov, Gukesh had a solid position and was putting pressure on Black. However, Theodorou put up a stubborn resistance. Despite losing a pawn he gradually equalised, liquidating into a balanced rook endgame. 

Here White had to demonstrate accuracy with the only move 34.Kf2!, bringing his king closer to Black’s connected passers. However, Gukesh played 34.Ra7+?? after which Black’s pawns are unstoppable. A dire turn for the World Champion, who now has 3/6 and finds himself far away from the top.

Hans Niemann was declared the player of the day following this victory against Uzbekistan’s Shamsiddin Vokhidov.

In a very sharp position, with his king under attack, Hans Niemann (Black) found the best way to counter with the timely exchange sacrifice and ended up winning.

26…Rxf5! 27.Nxf5 Rxf5 28.Qg3?! Qa4 29.a3 f2! 30.Rhf1 Rf3! Black is now winning. Five moves down the road Vokhidov threw in the towel.

No games will be played on Wednesday as it’s a rest day for the players. Round 7 will take place on Thursday, 11^th September at 3 PM local time.

Written by Milan Dinic 

Photos: Michal Walusza 

FIDE Grand Swiss results round 6

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

Standings after round 6

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	IRI	2692	5
2	GM	Mishra, Abhimanyu	USA	2611	4.5
3	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2771	4.5
4	GM	Bluebaum, Matthias	GER	2671	4.5
5	GM	Giri, Anish	NED	2746	4.5
6	GM	Nihal, Sarin	IND	2693	4.5
7	GM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	TUR	2646	4
8	GM	Maurizzi, Marcandria	FRA	2610	4
9	GM	Pranav, V	IND	2596	4
10	GM	Rodshtein, Maxim	ISR	2645	4
11	GM	Firouzja, Alireza	FRA	2754	4
12	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	ARM	2653	4
13	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	UZB	2748	4
14	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2673	4
15	GM	Keymer, Vincent	GER	2751	4
16	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2741	4
17	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	GRE	2646	4
18	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2733	4
19	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	IND	2712	4
20	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	NED	2692	4
21	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	UZB	2681	4
22	GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	2627	3.5
23	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	IND	2640	3.5
24	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	IND	2615	3.5
25	GM	Shirov, Alexei	ESP	2616	3.5
26	GM	Gumularz, Szymon	POL	2590	3.5
27	GM	Bartel, Mateusz	POL	2581	3.5
28	GM	Woodward, Andy	USA	2557	3.5
29	GM	Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal	CHI	2594	3.5
30	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	ENG	2666	3.5
31	GM	Praggnanandhaa, R	IND	2785	3.5
32	GM	Aronian, Levon	USA	2744	3.5
33	GM	Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	2651	3.5
34	GM	Rapport, Richard	HUN	2711	3.5
35	GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	FID	2742	3.5
36	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2714	3.5
37	GM	Sevian, Samuel	USA	2692	3.5
38	GM	Dubov, Daniil	FID	2691	3.5
39	GM	Esipenko, Andrey	FID	2687	3.5
40	GM	Saric, Ivan	CRO	2655	3.5
41	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2640	3
42	GM	Demchenko, Anton	SLO	2620	3
43	GM	Hovhannisyan, Robert	ARM	2629	3
44	GM	Xiong, Jeffery	USA	2640	3
45	GM	Predke, Alexandr	SRB	2609	3
46	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	2622	3
47	GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	UKR	2608	3
48	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	AZE	2602	3
49	GM	Chigaev, Maksim	ESP	2638	3
50	GM	Lagarde, Maxime	FRA	2609	3
51	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	FID	2586	3
52	GM	Korobov, Anton	UKR	2616	3
53	GM	Gukesh, D	IND	2767	3
54	GM	Nigmatov, Ortik	UZB	2488	3
55	GM	Najer, Evgeniy	FID	2613	3
56	GM	Matlakov, Maxim	FID	2609	3
57	GM	Gurel, Ediz	TUR	2631	3
58	GM	Samunenkov, Ihor	UKR	2550	3
59	GM	Narayanan, S L	IND	2591	3
60	GM	Sjugirov, Sanan	HUN	2627	3
61	GM	Aditya, Mittal	IND	2589	3
62	GM	Shankland, Sam	USA	2670	3
63	GM	Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	2637	3
64	GM	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2652	3
65	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	USA	2660	3
66	GM	Liang, Awonder	USA	2698	3
67	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	2738	3
68	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2722	3
69	GM	Harikrishna, Pentala	IND	2704	3
70	GM	Robson, Ray	USA	2674	3
71	GM	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2670	3
72	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	FID	2657	3
73	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak	IND	2658	3
74	GM	Grandelius, Nils	SWE	2648	3
75	GM	Lu, Shanglei	CHN	2647	3
76	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	UZB	2645	3
77	GM	Volokitin, Andrei	UKR	2628	2.5
78	GM	Hakobyan, Aram	ARM	2625	2.5
79	GM	Santos Latasa, Jaime	ESP	2620	2.5
80	GM	Svane, Frederik	GER	2643	2.5
81	GM	Anton Guijarro, David	ESP	2625	2.5
82	GM	Aryan, Chopra	IND	2619	2.5
83	GM	Sargissian, Gabriel	ARM	2626	2.5
84	GM	Kuzubov, Yuriy	UKR	2600	2.5
85	GM	Moussard, Jules	FRA	2591	2.5
86	GM	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	2590	2.5
87	GM	Divya, Deshmukh	IND	2478	2.5
88	GM	Donchenko, Alexander	GER	2624	2.5
89	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	SLO	2731	2.5
90	GM	Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	2682	2.5
91	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	ESP	2648	2.5
92	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	ROU	2674	2.5
93	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	FID	2664	2.5
94	GM	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	DEN	2651	2.5
95	GM	Amin, Bassem	EGY	2636	2.5
96	GM	Ivic, Velimir	SRB	2630	2.5
97	GM	Svane, Rasmus	GER	2620	2
98	GM	Dardha, Daniel	BEL	2624	2
99	GM	Xu, Xiangyu	CHN	2615	2
100	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	ARM	2628	2
101	GM	Wagner, Dennis	GER	2608	2
102	GM	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	FID	2528	2
103	GM	Warmerdam, Max	NED	2591	2
104	GM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	UZB	2560	2
105	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	UZB	2482	2
106	GM	Abdisalimov, Abdimalik	UZB	2488	2
107	GM	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	POL	2661	2
108	GM	Sarana, Alexey	SRB	2686	2
109	GM	Kollars, Dmitrij	GER	2647	2
110	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2650	2
111	GM	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	NOR	2618	1.5
112	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	UZB	2521	1.5
113	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	IRI	2598	1.5
114	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	AZE	2590	1.5
115	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali	IND	2669	1.5
116		Olisa, Tennyson Ewomazino	NGR	2287	0.5

Pairings round 7

Bo.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg
1	GM	Nihal, Sarin	2693	4½	–	5	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2692
2	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2771	4½	–	4½	GM	Bluebaum, Matthias	2671
3	GM	Giri, Anish	2746	4½	–	4½	GM	Mishra, Abhimanyu	2611
4	GM	Firouzja, Alireza	2754	4	–	4	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	2681
5	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	2646	4	–	4	GM	Keymer, Vincent	2751
6	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2748	4	–	4	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2673
7	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	2741	4	–	4	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	2653
8	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	2733	4	–	4	GM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	2646
9	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2712	4	–	4	GM	Maurizzi, Marcandria	2610
10	GM	Pranav, V	2596	4	–	4	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	2692
11	GM	Praggnanandhaa, R	2785	3½	–	4	GM	Rodshtein, Maxim	2645
12	GM	Aronian, Levon	2744	3½	–	3½	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2640
13	GM	Mamedov, Rauf	2651	3½	–	3½	GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2742
14	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2615	3½	–	3½	GM	Yu, Yangyi	2714
15	GM	Rapport, Richard	2711	3½	–	3½	GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	2627
16	GM	Sevian, Samuel	2692	3½	–	3½	GM	Gumularz, Szymon	2590
17	GM	Dubov, Daniil	2691	3½	–	3½	GM	Woodward, Andy	2557
18	GM	Shirov, Alexei	2616	3½	–	3½	GM	Esipenko, Andrey	2687
19	GM	Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal	2594	3½	–	3½	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	2666
20	GM	Saric, Ivan	2655	3½	–	3½	GM	Bartel, Mateusz	2581
21	GM	Gurel, Ediz	2631	3	–	3	GM	Gukesh, D	2767
22	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2738	3	–	3	GM	Bacrot, Etienne	2637
23	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	2722	3	–	3	GM	Hovhannisyan, Robert	2629
24	GM	Sjugirov, Sanan	2627	3	–	3	GM	Harikrishna, Pentala	2704
25	GM	Korobov, Anton	2616	3	–	3	GM	Liang, Awonder	2698
26	GM	Robson, Ray	2674	3	–	3	GM	Demchenko, Anton	2620
27	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2586	3	–	3	GM	Murzin, Volodar	2670
28	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan	2622	3	–	3	GM	Shankland, Sam	2670
29	GM	Lagarde, Maxime	2609	3	–	3	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	2660
30	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak	2658	3	–	3	GM	Predke, Alexandr	2609
31	GM	Najer, Evgeniy	2613	3	–	3	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	2657
32	GM	Gelfand, Boris	2652	3	–	3	GM	Narayanan, S L	2591
33	GM	Grandelius, Nils	2648	3	–	3	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	2602
34	GM	Matlakov, Maxim	2609	3	–	3	GM	Lu, Shanglei	2647
35	GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	2608	3	–	3	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	2645
36	GM	Samunenkov, Ihor	2550	3	–	3	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	2640
37	GM	Xiong, Jeffery	2640	3	–	3	GM	Aditya, Mittal	2589
38	GM	Nigmatov, Ortik	2488	3	–	3	GM	Chigaev, Maksim	2638
39	GM	Sargissian, Gabriel	2626	2½	–	2½	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	2731
40	GM	Anton Guijarro, David	2625	2½	–	2½	GM	Eljanov, Pavel	2682
41	GM	Hakobyan, Aram	2625	2½	–	2½	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	2674
42	GM	Donchenko, Alexander	2624	2½	–	2½	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	2664
43	GM	Santos Latasa, Jaime	2620	2½	–	2½	GM	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	2651
44	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	2648	2½	–	2½	GM	Kuzubov, Yuriy	2600
45	GM	Svane, Frederik	2643	2½	–	2½	GM	Jobava, Baadur	2590
46	GM	Aryan, Chopra	2619	2½	–	2½	GM	Amin, Bassem	2636
47	GM	Volokitin, Andrei	2628	2½	–	2½	GM	Moussard, Jules	2591
48	GM	Warmerdam, Max	2591	2	–	2	GM	Sarana, Alexey	2686
49	GM	Xu, Xiangyu	2615	2	–	2	GM	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	2661
50	GM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	2560	2	–	2	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	2650
51	GM	Kollars, Dmitrij	2647	2	–	2	GM	Wagner, Dennis	2608
52	GM	Abdisalimov, Abdimalik	2488	2	–	2	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	2628
53	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	2482	2	–	2	GM	Dardha, Daniel	2624
54	GM	Svane, Rasmus	2620	2	–	2	GM	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	2528
55	GM	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	2618	1½	–	1½	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali	2669
56	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2598	1½	–	1½	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	2590
57	GM	Divya, Deshmukh *)	2478	2½	–	2½	GM	Ivic, Velimir	2630
58		Olisa, Tennyson Ewomazino	2287	½	–	1½	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	2521