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Nihal Sarin and Matthias Bluebaum are co-leaders after round 7 of the FIDE Grand Swiss

12 Sep, 2025by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

In Round 7 of the 2025 FIDE Grand Swiss in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the Open section witnessed a seismic shift at the top as Indian Nihal Sarin stunned tournament leader Parham Maghsoodloo with a precise victory, vaulting to 5.5/7 and joint lead. Matthias Bluebaum joined him by delivering a shock upset against Indian Arjun Erigaisi, capitalizing on a tactical oversight in a sharp middlegame. Defending champion Vidit Gujrathi notched a crucial win over Marc’Andria Maurizzi to reach 5/7, while rising star Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu rebounded with a convincing triumph against Maxim Rodshtein.

World Champion Gukesh endured a harrowing third consecutive defeat, falling to 16-year-old Turkish prodigy Ediz Gurel in a wild roller-coaster battle that swung decisively in Black’s favor after Gukesh overpressed in the complications.

With four rounds remaining in the 11-round Swiss events, the standings remain fluid, promising intense battles for the two Open spots for the 2026 Candidates Tournament.


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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 7 standings


Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.
1 GM Bluebaum, Matthias GER 2671 5.5
2 GM Nihal, Sarin IND 2693 5.5
3 GM Mishra, Abhimanyu USA 2611 5
4 GM Maghsoodloo, Parham IRI 2692 5
5 GM Firouzja, Alireza FRA 2754 5
6 GM Abdusattorov, Nodirbek UZB 2748 5
7 GM Giri, Anish NED 2746 5
8 GM Niemann, Hans Moke USA 2733 5
9 GM Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi IND 2712 5
10 GM Pranav, V IND 2596 4.5
11 GM Erigaisi, Arjun IND 2771 4.5
12 GM Sargsyan, Shant ARM 2653 4.5
13 GM Theodorou, Nikolas GRE 2646 4.5
14 GM Praggnanandhaa, R IND 2785 4.5
15 GM Keymer, Vincent GER 2751 4.5
16 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian FID 2742 4.5
17 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2741 4.5
18 GM Rapport, Richard HUN 2711 4.5
19 GM Yu, Yangyi CHN 2714 4.5
20 GM Van Foreest, Jorden NED 2692 4.5
21 GM Puranik, Abhimanyu IND 2640 4
22 GM Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan TUR 2646 4
23 GM Maurizzi, Marcandria FRA 2610 4
24 GM Salem, A.R. Saleh UAE 2640 4
25 GM Shirov, Alexei ESP 2616 4
26 GM Gumularz, Szymon POL 2590 4
27 GM Rodshtein, Maxim ISR 2645 4
28 GM Gurel, Ediz TUR 2631 4
29 GM Bartel, Mateusz POL 2581 4
30 GM Woodward, Andy USA 2557 4
31 GM Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal CHI 2594 4
32 GM Tabatabaei, M. Amin IRI 2673 4
33 GM Chigaev, Maksim ESP 2638 4
34 GM Vitiugov, Nikita ENG 2666 4
35 GM Aronian, Levon USA 2744 4
36 GM Liang, Awonder USA 2698 4
37 GM Yakubboev, Nodirbek UZB 2681 4
38 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2738 4
39 GM Sindarov, Javokhir UZB 2722 4
40 GM Sevian, Samuel USA 2692 4
41 GM Esipenko, Andrey FID 2687 4
42 GM Dubov, Daniil FID 2691 4
43 GM Saric, Ivan CRO 2655 4
44 GM Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2627 3.5
45 GM Demchenko, Anton SLO 2620 3.5
46 GM Xiong, Jeffery USA 2640 3.5
47 GM Mendonca, Leon Luke IND 2615 3.5
48 GM Hakobyan, Aram ARM 2625 3.5
49 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2622 3.5
50 GM Predke, Alexandr SRB 2609 3.5
51 GM Anton Guijarro, David ESP 2625 3.5
52 GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl UKR 2608 3.5
53 GM Suleymanli, Aydin AZE 2602 3.5
54 GM Lagarde, Maxime FRA 2609 3.5
55 GM Zemlyanskii, Ivan FID 2586 3.5
56 GM Kuzubov, Yuriy UKR 2600 3.5
57 GM Najer, Evgeniy FID 2613 3.5
58 GM Matlakov, Maxim FID 2609 3.5
59 GM Sjugirov, Sanan HUN 2627 3.5
60 GM Narayanan, S L IND 2591 3.5
61 GM Mamedov, Rauf AZE 2651 3.5
62 GM Aditya, Mittal IND 2589 3.5
63 GM Shankland, Sam USA 2670 3.5
64 GM Divya, Deshmukh IND 2478 3.5
65 GM Gelfand, Boris ISR 2652 3.5
66 GM Fedoseev, Vladimir SLO 2731 3.5
67 GM Oparin, Grigoriy USA 2660 3.5
68 GM Harikrishna, Pentala IND 2704 3.5
69 GM Robson, Ray USA 2674 3.5
70 GM Artemiev, Vladislav FID 2664 3.5
71 GM Murzin, Volodar FID 2670 3.5
72 GM Grischuk, Alexander FID 2657 3.5
73 GM Bjerre, Jonas Buhl DEN 2651 3.5
74 GM Sadhwani, Raunak IND 2658 3.5
75 GM Grandelius, Nils SWE 2648 3.5
76 GM Lu, Shanglei CHN 2647 3.5
77 GM Vokhidov, Shamsiddin UZB 2645 3.5
78 GM Hovhannisyan, Robert ARM 2629 3
79 GM Volokitin, Andrei UKR 2628 3
80 GM Dardha, Daniel BEL 2624 3
81 GM Korobov, Anton UKR 2616 3
82 GM Aryan, Chopra IND 2619 3
83 GM Svane, Frederik GER 2643 3
84 GM Gukesh, D IND 2767 3
85 GM Nigmatov, Ortik UZB 2488 3
86 GM Moussard, Jules FRA 2591 3
87 GM Bacrot, Etienne FRA 2637 3
88 GM Samunenkov, Ihor UKR 2550 3
89 GM Jobava, Baadur GEO 2590 3
90 GM Abdisalimov, Abdimalik UZB 2488 3
91 GM Amin, Bassem EGY 2636 3
92 GM Kollars, Dmitrij GER 2647 3
93 GM Svane, Rasmus GER 2620 2.5
94 GM Sargissian, Gabriel ARM 2626 2.5
95 GM Santos Latasa, Jaime ESP 2620 2.5
96 GM Xu, Xiangyu CHN 2615 2.5
97 GM Warmerdam, Max NED 2591 2.5
98 GM Goryachkina, Aleksandra FID 2528 2.5
99 GM Vakhidov, Jakhongir UZB 2521 2.5
100 GM Daneshvar, Bardiya IRI 2598 2.5
101 GM Madaminov, Mukhiddin UZB 2560 2.5
102 GM Donchenko, Alexander GER 2624 2.5
103 GM Eljanov, Pavel UKR 2682 2.5
104 GM Deac, Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2674 2.5
105 GM Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL 2661 2.5
106 GM Yuffa, Daniil ESP 2648 2.5
107 GM Sarana, Alexey SRB 2686 2.5
108 GM Karthikeyan, Murali IND 2669 2.5
109 GM Indjic, Aleksandar SRB 2650 2.5
110 GM Ivic, Velimir SRB 2630 2.5
111 GM Wagner, Dennis GER 2608 2
112 GM Martirosyan, Haik M. ARM 2628 2
113 IM Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid UZB 2482 2
114 GM Hammer, Jon Ludvig NOR 2618 1.5
115 GM Muradli, Mahammad AZE 2590 1.5
116 Olisa, Tennyson Ewomazino NGR 2287 0.5