Grand Swiss: Divya Deshmukh scores her first win against Africa no.1 - Bassem Amin

by Shahid Ahmed - 08/09/2025

GM Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) drew against GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) to maintain his sole lead at FIDE Grand Swiss 2025. GM R Praggnanandhaa and GM Vidit Gujrathi missed winning chances in the endgame against GM Abhimanyu Mishra (USA) and GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (UKR) respectively. The World Champion, GM D Gukesh played a solid draw against GM Arjun Erigaisi. GM Divya Deshmukh scored her first win of the event against the Africa no.1, Dr. GM Bassem Amin (EGY). In the Women's event, IM Dinara Wagner (GER) held GM R Vaishali to a draw. GM Kateryna Lagno defeated IM Yuxin Song (CHN) to join the lead with Vaishali at 3.5/4 each. They will inevitably clash in the fifth round. It starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 3:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy

Parham maintains his sole lead, Praggnanandhaa and Vidit miss wins

The fourth round was an eventful one. GM Leon Luke Mendonca, GM Pranav Venkatesh and GM Abhimanyu Puranik drew against their higher-rated opponents, GM Hans Moke Niemann (USA), GM Nihal Sarin and GM Yangyi Yu (CHN) respectively. IM Vantika Agrawal went to capture a poisoned bishop which resulted in her king getting checkmated by the 12th Women's World Champion, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (SUI).

Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) drew against Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) to maintain his sole lead

Praggnanandhaa - Abhimanyu Mishra: 0.5-0.5

GM R Praggnanandhaa (2785) and GM Abhimanyu Mishra (USA, 2611) played three Classical rated games. Praggnanandhaa won two and Abhimanyu won one. This time Abhimanyu made an inaccuracy which shifted the balance in favor of Praggnanandhaa.

Position after 34...d4?!

34...d4?! is a questionable decision to sacrifice the pawn. Having the extra pawn on e-file is less harmful for Black than on d-file. 34...Ne4 was a better choice. 35.exd4 Re8 36.Rc7 Re7 37.Rxe7 Kxe7 38.f5 Kf6 39.fxg6 Kxg6 40.Kf4 f6 41.Bg2 b6 and it's no longer possible for White to make a breakthrough as the virtual fortress cannot be broken. Instead, 39.Kf4 is recommended by the computer as gxf5 40.Bg2 b6 41.a4 keeps chances for White.

GM R Praggnanandhaa had some chances in the endgame against GM Abhimanyu Mishra (USA)

Gukesh - Arjun: 0.5-0.5

GM D Gukesh (2767) and GM Arjun Erigaisi (2771) faced each other a lot in various tournaments in the last five years. However, only eleven of them were Classical rated games. The score is heavily in favor of Arjun 8-3. Arjun won six, Gukesh won one and the remaining four ended in draws. They had their fifth draw in this game.

The World Champion, GM D Gukesh played a solid draw against the World no.5, GM Arjun Erigaisi

Germany no.4 and World no.10, GM Vincent Keymer got the better of Germany no.4, Frederik Svane

Vachier-Lagrave - Marc` Andria

Position after 19...Ba3

World Blitz 2021 champion, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA, 2738) played the correct continuation 20.Rxc4! dxc4 21.Qxa3 Qa5 22.d5 b4 23.Qb2 exd5 White blundered eventually and the newly crowned France champion, GM Marc` Andria Maurizzi (2610) seized his opportunity to win the game.

The newly crowned France champion, GM Marc` Andria Maurizzi got the better of World Blitz 2021 champion, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Photo: FIDE / Michal Walusza

GM Leon Luke Mendonca - GM Hans Niemann (USA): 0.5-0.5

Ivanchuk - Vidit

Position after 28.Bh3?

28.Bh3? self-trapped the rook at h6 momentarily Ra8-+ 29.f4 Be4 Black need not worry about his bishop getting trapped as 29...Ra2 30.f5 Rxb2+ 31.Kc1 Rh2 32.fxg6 hxg6 is still winning for Black, thanks to his split passed pawns on b4 and d4. The game continued 30.f5 Ra5 31.Rxh7 Rxe5 32.g4 Ra5 33.Bf1 Ra2 34.Bd3 Bxd3 35.Kxd3 Rxb2 36.Kxd4 Rg2 37.Ke5 Rxg4 38.f6+ Kf8 39.Rh8+ Rg8 40.Rh1 Ke8 41.c5 d6+ 42.cxd6 c6?? and Black's chances were gone.

GM Vasyl Ivanchuk - GM Vidit Gujrathi, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

GM Vidit Gujrathi missed all his opportunities to win against the World Rapid 2016 and World Blitz 2007 champion, GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (UKR)

GM Pranav Venkatesh played a hard-fought draw against GM Nihal Sarin

Aditya - Yagiz

Position after 37.d8Q

The above position will definitely make it to various books in the tactics section. Find out the winning combination for Black after 37.d8Q which GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (TUR, 2646) executed against GM Aditya Mittal (2589).

Turkiye's youngest GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus delivered quite possibly the most picturesque checkmate of this event so far

GM Yangyi Yu (CHN) and GM Abhimanyu Puranik had a well contested draw

Bassem - Divya

Position after 33.Ng3??

The Africa no.1, Dr. GM Bassem Amin (EGY, 2636) blundered 33.Ng3?? His opponent, the reigning FIDE Women's World Cup 2025 champion, GM Divya Deshmukh (2478) found the spectacular Rxg4! Find out why it works.

Dr. GM Bassem Amin (EGY) - GM Divya Deshmukh, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

GM Divya Deshmukh scored her first win of the event against Dr. GM Bassem Amin (EGY)

Women: Kateryna joins Vaishali in the lead

IM Dinara Wagner (GER) - GM R Vaishali: 0.5-0.5

Vantika - Kosteniuk

Position after 35...Kg7

The only thing White should not do in the above position is - capture the bishop. 36.Qc7+ Kh8 37.Qf4 should have led to a draw. Instead, IM Vantika Agrawal (2381) decided to capture the bishop 36.Qxa8?? The 12th Women's World Champion, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (SUI, 2472) seized her opportunity 36...Qf1+ and checkmated the king in four more moves.

IM Vantika Agrawal put up a good fight against GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (SUI), only in the final moments of the endgame the IM faltered which cost her a half point | Photo: FIDE / Michal Walusza

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Kids love World Champion, D Gukesh | Video: ChessBase India

Schedule

Every day game starts at 30 p.m. local time, 3:30 p.m. IST from 4th to 15th September 2025. Rest day is on Wednesday 10th September 2025. The last round on 15th September will start at 2 p.m. local time, 2:30 p.m. IST.

Time Control

The time control for each game is: 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for the next 20 moves, followed by 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1 in the Open section. For Women, the time control is 40 moves in 90 minutes + 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Qualification

Open: The winner and the runner-up of Grand Swiss shall qualify for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026. If any of these players is the FIDE World Champion as of 1 January 2025 or have already qualified for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 at the moment of the beginning of the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025, or withdraws the qualification spot(s) shall be awarded, in the order of priority, to the player ⁃ in the 3rd place in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025; ⁃ in the 2nd place according to the FIDE Circuit 2024 ranking list; ⁃ who is next yet unqualified in the FIDE Circuit 2025 ranking list.

Women: The winner and the runner-up of WGS shall qualify for the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament 2024. If one or both these players has (-ve) already qualified to the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 at the moment of the beginning of WGS via different qualification track or do (-es) not need to qualify for the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament 2026, the qualification spot(s) shall go to the highest-placed player(s) in the final standings who has/have not yet qualified to the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament 2026 at the moment of the beginning of WGS.

Prizes

The total prize fund in the Open is US$ 625000 with the first prize being $90000. For Women's the total prize fund is $230000, first prize $40000. Total numbers of prizes are 73, Open - 50 and Women - 23.

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Round 4 Open results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
4	2	1	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2785	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Mishra Abhimanyu	2611	86
4	3	3	GM	Gukesh D	2767	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2771	2
4	11	83	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2615	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Niemann Hans Moke	2733	12
4	12	91	GM	Ivanchuk Vasyl	2608	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	2712	16
4	14	96	GM	Pranav V	2596	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Nihal Sarin	2693	20
4	19	104	GM	Aditya Mittal	2589	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Erdogmus Yagiz Kaan	2646	52
4	21	15	GM	Yu Yangyi	2714	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2640	57
4	22	18	GM	Harikrishna Pentala	2704	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Xiong Jeffery	2640	59
4	23	19	GM	Liang Awonder	2698	1½	1 - 0	1½	GM	Aryan Chopra	2619	79
4	30	33	GM	Murzin Volodar	2670	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Narayanan S L	2591	99
4	44	80	GM	Hammer Jon Ludvig	2618	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Sadhwani Raunak	2658	40
4	55	35	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2669	½	½ - ½	½	GM	Xu Xiangyu	2615	84
4	57	62	GM	Amin Bassem	2636	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Divya Deshmukh	2478	115

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Standings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	21	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	IRI	2692	3,5	2709	7	8,5
2	86	GM	Mishra, Abhimanyu	USA	2611	3	2728	8	9
3	52	GM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	TUR	2646	3	2702	8	10
4	87	GM	Maurizzi, Marcandria	FRA	2610	3	2695	6,5	8
5	101	GM	Gumularz, Szymon	POL	2590	3	2689	7,5	9,5
6	3	GM	Gukesh, D	IND	2767	3	2688	8	9,5
7	2	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2771	3	2678	7	8
8	6	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	UZB	2748	3	2658	7,5	9
9	5	GM	Keymer, Vincent	GER	2751	3	2643	7	8,5
10	1	GM	Praggnanandhaa, R	IND	2785	3	2634	7	8,5

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Round 5 pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
5	2	32	GM	Bluebaum Matthias	2671	3	3	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2785	1
5	3	2	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2771	3	3	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2666	36
5	4	86	GM	Mishra Abhimanyu	2611	3	3	GM	Gukesh D	2767	3
5	14	16	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	2712	2½	2½	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2627	68
5	16	20	GM	Nihal Sarin	2693	2½	2½	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2615	83
5	19	96	GM	Pranav V	2596	2½	2½	GM	Esipenko Andrey	2687	25
5	22	57	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2640	2	2	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	2731	13
5	24	67	GM	Volokitin Andrei	2628	2	2	GM	Harikrishna Pentala	2704	18
5	29	40	GM	Sadhwani Raunak	2658	2	2	GM	Kuzubov Yuriy	2600	94
5	34	49	GM	Yuffa Daniil	2648	2	2	GM	Aditya Mittal	2589	104
5	35	99	GM	Narayanan S L	2591	2	2	GM	Lu Shanglei	2647	51
5	41	79	GM	Aryan Chopra	2619	1½	1½	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2657	41
5	52	81	GM	Korobov Anton	2616	1	1	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2669	35
5	57	115	GM	Divya Deshmukh	2478	2	2	GM	Vokhidov Shamsiddin	2645	55

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Round 4 Women results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	26	IM	Wagner, Dinara	2400	2½	½ - ½	3	GM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	2452	13
2	4	GM	Lagno, Kateryna	2505	2½	1 - 0	2½	IM	Song, Yuxin	2409	21
3	2	GM	Tan, Zhongyi	2531	2	½ - ½	2	IM	Salimova, Nurgyul	2386	32
4	30	GM	Girya, Olga	2386	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	2505	3
5	33	IM	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	2385	2	1 - 0	2	GM	Muzychuk, Mariya	2484	6
6	40	IM	Badelka, Olga	2375	2	½ - ½	2	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	2445	15
7	20	GM	Ushenina, Anna	2409	2	½ - ½	2	WGM	Zhai, Mo	2380	36
8	22	WIM	Khamdamova, Afruza	2409	2	1 - 0	2	GM	Krush, Irina	2366	44
9	47	WGM	Ouellet, Maili-Jade	2348	2	0 - 1	2	IM	Bulmaga, Irina	2400	25
10	49	WIM	Karimova, Guldona	2324	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	2395	27

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Standings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	4	GM	Lagno, Kateryna	FID	2505	3,5	2393	7	9
2	13	GM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	IND	2452	3,5	2384	7	8,5
3	33	IM	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	AZE	2385	3	2494	6,5	8
4	26	IM	Wagner, Dinara	GER	2400	3	2394	8	8
5	22	WIM	Khamdamova, Afruza	UZB	2409	3	2376	6,5	7,5
6	27	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	2395	3	2324	6	8
7	25	IM	Bulmaga, Irina	ROU	2400	3	2306	5,5	7
8	32	IM	Salimova, Nurgyul	BUL	2386	2,5	2504	8	10
9	30	GM	Girya, Olga	FID	2386	2,5	2461	7	9
10	42	IM	Guo, Qi	CHN	2371	2,5	2457	4,5	5,5

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	13	GM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	2452	3½		3½	GM	Lagno, Kateryna	2505	4
2	27	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	2395	3		3	WIM	Khamdamova, Afruza	2409	22
3	25	IM	Bulmaga, Irina	2400	3		3	IM	Wagner, Dinara	2400	26
4	9	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	2472	2½		3	IM	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	2385	33
5	23	GM	Danielian, Elina	2405	2½		2½	GM	Tan, Zhongyi	2531	2
6	3	GM	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	2505	2½		2½	IM	Salimova, Nurgyul	2386	32
7	11	IM	Yip, Carissa	2458	2½		2½	GM	Girya, Olga	2386	30
8	15	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	2445	2½		2½	IM	Balajayeva, Khanim	2331	48
9	42	IM	Guo, Qi	2371	2½		2½	GM	Ushenina, Anna	2409	20
10	21	IM	Song, Yuxin	2409	2½		2½	IM	Badelka, Olga	2375	40

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