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Source: This post “FIDE Grand Swiss Open 2023” is based on the article ” India takes the top spot in the FIDE Grand Swiss Open-PM congratulates Vidit Gujrathi and Vaishali for their outstanding victories” published in “PIB” on 6th November 2023.
Why in the News?
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has praised Vidit Gujrathi and Vaishali for their outstanding victories in FIDE Grand Swiss Open 2023.
What is FIDE Grand Swiss Open?
| Aspect | Details |
| What is it? | (1) The FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament is a Swiss-system chess tournament, forming part of the qualification for the World Chess Championship. |
| Rules of the Game | (1) It was an 11-round Swiss-system tournament (2)Tie-breaks-Tie-breaks between players who finish on the same score will be determined, in order, by the following tie-breaks -Average rating of opponents -Buchholz system (The Buchholz system is a ranking or scoring system in chess developed by Bruno Buchholz in 1932, for Swiss system tournaments. It was originally developed as an auxiliary scoring method, but more recently it has been used as a tie-breaking system.) -The results of individual games between tied players -Drawing of lots |
| FIDE Grand Swiss Open 2023 held in | Isle of Man( United Kingdom) |
| Winners & runner up of 2023 | (1) Men Winners -Vidit Gujrathi(India) Runner up- Hikaru Nakamura(USA) (2) Women Winner-Vaishali Rameshbabu(India) Runner up-Anna Muzychuk(Ukraine) |
| Significance of its winning | Winners & runners earned the right to the play in the Candidates Tournament 2024 |
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