The FIDE Grand Swiss Chess Tournament 2025 is taking place September 3 – September 16 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It will be an 11-round Swiss-system tournament and forms part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2026. The winner and runner-up of the tournament will earn the right to play in the Candidates Tournament 2026 (full information about Candidates Chess 2026 here).
FIDE Grand Swiss Chess Tournament 2025 is in the Top Chess Events Calendar, part of the The Chess Calendar
FIDE Grand Swiss live games
Live games from the FIDE Grand Swiss will be daily on Chessdom in cooperation with Lichess and broadcast by top streamers. Follow the main page of Chessdom for more details about the live coverage.
Grand Swiss information: FIDE Grand Swiss Chess Tournament 2025 – A Gateway to the World Championship
Grand Swiss Live: FIDE Grand Swiss Chess 2025 live / Women’s Grand Swiss Chess 2025 live
Grand Swiss Participants: Participants open / Participants women
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 7: Nihal Sarin and Matthias Bluebaum are co-leaders after round 7 of the FIDE Grand Swiss
Round 8: Nihal Sarin and Matthias Bluebaum lead the Grand Swiss, Keymer inches in to the top
Round 9: Matthias Bluebaum, Alireza Firouzja, Vincent Keymer, and Anish Giri in pole position for Candidates 2026
Round 10: Five share the lead before the final round of the Grand Swiss
