Pranav Venkatesh (World Junior Champion 2025) and Kazybek Nogerbek (World Junior Champion 2024) will decide the wild card spot at the Grand Swiss Chess 2025 in a direct encounter.
Grand Swiss 2025 participants / Grand Swiss Women 2025 participants
The Pranav – Nogerbek match will take place 22-23 July in Al Ain. The time control is 100 Min. for 40 Moves & 50 Min. for 20 Moves & 15 Min. till end + 30 Sec./ Move.
Games will be live on Chessdom.com. For more events check out The Chess Calendar
FIDE Grand Swiss information
The FIDE Grand Swiss 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.
