Parham Maghsoodloo continues leading the Grand Swiss, as Abhimanyu Mishra stuns the World Champion

We said it back on September 5 and he proves it with every game – Parham Maghsoodloo continues in the sole lead at the FIDE Grand Swiss 2025, playing amazing chess in every game. This time Maghsoodloo had no mercy with the black pieces vs Richard Rapport and is now at 4,5/5.

Round 5 was amazing all around, with multiple brilliancies happening on the boards. The Frenchmen Alireza Firouzja and MarcAndria Maurizzi were both victorious, Arjun Erigaisi had an important win, and Matthias Bluebaum stunned world number 4 Pragg.

Any of these would have been a major headline, but Abhimanyu Mishra stole the show – Mishra defeated none other than the World Champion Gukesh!

Mishra, Maurizzi, Erigaisi, and Bluebaum now share the second place, half a point behind the leader Maghsoodloo. Scroll down for all results and standings, and a full report of the day.

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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

Iran’s Parham Maghsoodloo maintains the sole lead after a victory over Richard Rapport. Meanwhile, both Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa suffered shock defeats. In the Women’s event, Wagner and Fataliyeva joined Vaishali and Lagno at the top.

The games of round five of the 2025 FIDE Grand Swiss were marked by piece sacrifices, blunders, and several even endgames thrown away.

The round started with former FIDE World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov making the first move in the game between Abdusattorov and Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, which ended in a late draw after the Uzbek star failed to convert a better position.

Parham Maghsoodloo continues to lead the Open tournament after defeating Richard Rapport on board one in the London system. The position was largely even until the endgame, when Rapport miscalculated and lost.

There were two big surprises in the results on the top boards. Playing on board two, Praggnanandhaa lost to Matthias Bluebaum in the Queen’s Pawn Opening. Playing as Black, the Indian found himself in a tense endgame and overlooked a pawn on the queenside which ended up costing him a point. That’s now a third consecutive victory for Bluebaum, who is having a great event so far.

The day also saw the World Champion Gukesh D stunned by Abhimanyu Mishra. In the Giuoco Piano, Gukesh overstretched himself in the early stages of the game.

Black has played 12…g4? allowing White a piece sacrifice which offered him more than sufficient compensation with 13.exd6 gxf3 14.dxc7 Qe7 15.Nf3 In the moves that followed, Mishra was not precise in executing his advantage and even allowed Gukesh to equalise. However, in another critical moment, Gukesh misplayed again:

Black’s best choice was to play 36…Rd3 and force a draw with checks. Instead, Gukesh blundered with 36…Ne2?? after which he is lost as his king is in a mating net.

37.Kf1 Nf4 38.Bd4 Rf3+ 39.Ke1 Nd3+ 40.Kd2 Nxe5 41.Bxe5 Kxe5 42.Rg5+ Ke6 43.Rgxd5 And now White has a passer on the g-file in addition to the c7-pawn, which has pinned one of Black’s rooks to the eighth rank. Gukesh played on but had to resign in the end. A major early upset for the World Champion.

In another exciting game, Arjun Erigaisi – playing as White – defeated Nikita Vitiugov in the Classical Line of the Catalan. Black traded her queen for two rooks, but the resulting position was slightly better for White. Disaster struck Vitiugov on move 24. 

Here Vitiugov blundered with 24…Rb5?? Giving up a pawn on a7 and allowing White to take the initiative.

25.Qxa7 Bd3 26.Bxf6 gxf6 Doubling Black’s pawns and then 27.Qd4! – attacking the bishop and pinning f6. 27…Bg6 28.Nd5 and White is winning.

After blundering in the endgame against Maghsoodloo in round three, Alireza Firouzja had the favour returned in today’s game, as he managed to swing a drawn endgame thanks to Sam Shankland blundering in one move.

It’s not easy for White to hold as Black is pressing. 47.Ke2 was the only move, but Sam had to foresee that in the line 42…d4 43.exd4 Ke4 44.b5! Kxd4 45.Kf3! Kc4 46.Ke4 Kb4 47.Kd5 Kxa4 48.Kc6! White maintains equality, reminiscent of the famous Botvinnik – Euwe endgame (Groningen, 1946). Instead, Shankland played 47.bxa5 bxa5 48.Kd4 and after 48…Kf3 he could not prevent the fall of the h2-pawn.  

In another surprise of the round, Marc’Andria Maurizzi defeated Vincent Keymer in the Sicilian. The position was even until the endgame when Keymer blundered in one move and lost.

Written by Milan Dinic 

Photos: Michal Walusza 

Results round 5 Grand Swiss 2025

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

Standings round 5 Grand Swiss 2025

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

Pairings round 6 Grand Swiss 2025

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