Grand Swiss 2023 R4: Vaishali crushes Mariya in 23 moves
IM Vaishali R is in a fantastic form. She defeated the former Women's World Champion, GM Mariya Muzychuk (UKR) in just 23 moves in the fourth round of FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Women. Mariya's ambitious play backfired badly as it was her opponent who got an opportunity to launch a devastating attack on the kingside. GM Arjun Erigaisi and GM Aravindh Chithambaram, both playing with black pieces, missed great winning opportunities against GM Alexandr Predke (SRB) and GM Nikita Vitiugov (ENG). GM Vidit Gujrathi scored his third win in-a-row. He completed his hat-trick of victories against GM Alexei Shirov (ESP). Round 5 starts today at 2:30 p.m. local time, 7 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman
Andrey Esipenko gains sole lead 3.5/4, Vidit scores a hat-trick
GM Andrei Esipenko emerged sole leader as he defeated the new FIDE World Junior champion, GM Marc`andria Maurizzi (FRA). He is followed by 17 players at 3/4 including top seed GM Fabiano Caruana (USA), GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA), GM Arjun Erigaisi and GM Vidit Gujrathi. In the Women's event, GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) missed a winning opportunity against GM Zhongyi Tan (CHN). Thus, there are four leaders now - Zhongyi, Anna, IM Vaishali R and IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ).
Mariya - Vaishali: 0-1
This past summer, former Women's World Champion, GM Mariya Muzychuk (UKR, 2519) eliminated IM Vaishali R (2448) from the FIDE Women's World Cup 2023. Those two games were the only Classical rated games they played against each other and on both occassion, Vaishali lost. Apart from those two games, Vaishali had never lost a rated game against Mariya. It was time for Vaishali to avenge the loss of the grand stage.
16.e6?! is a bold choice, considering the fact that White is yet to complete the development of pieces and Black has a bishop pair. 16...f5 17.Bg5 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Qb7 it would not be an understatement to say that White is completely lost. 19.Ne2 Qxf3 20.Bxe7 Rd2 21.Bxc5 Rxe2 22.Qc4 Ng3 23.e7+ Kh8 and it's over.
Predke - Arjun
GM Alexandr Predke (SRB, 2656) made a Greek gift sacrifice 21.Bxh7+? However, it is not as dangerous as White might want it to be as he does not have enough resource to continue the flow of attack. 21...Kxh7 22.Qh4+ Kg8 23.Ng5 Rxe5 24.Qh7+ Kf8 25.Qh8+ Ke7 26.Qxg7 Rxe1 27.Rxe1+ Kd6 28.Qf6+ Kc5 29.Re7 Qd6 30.Qxf7
Black needed to save the bishop first 30...Bc6 31.Ne6+ Kb4 and the black king is in no danger as White does not have enough material to stir up trouble. 30...Kb4? 31.Rd7 Nd2 is a virtual draw offer as 32.Rxd6 Rc1+ forces a perpetual check with rook and knight.
Niemann - Rapport
In the above position, find out the winning continuation for White which GM Hans Niemann (USA, 2667) executed against GM Richard Rapport (ROU, 2752).
Vidit - Shirov: 1-0
A little over seven years ago, back when the tournament was called Isle of Man Open, GM Vidit Gujrathi (2716) lost to the legendary GM Alexei Shirov (ESP, 2655). After that they faced each other twice at FIDE Belgrade GP 2022. Vidit lost the second game and drew the third one. It was about time for Vidit to score his first win over Shirov in a Classical rated game.
The motive behind 26...Bxa3 is 27.bxa3 Rxc3 utlitizing the fact that the white queen is overworked defending both f5-rook and c3-bishop. However, Black missed the intermediate move 27.Rxf6! gxf6 28.bxa3 Rh3 29.Bb4+ Kg7 30.Rg1+ Kh8 31.Rg3 Rxg3 32.hxg3 Kg7 33.Bc2 Rh8 34.d5 Qa7 35.Qf3 and it's over.
Vitiugov - Aravindh
27.Kb2?? invited Nc4+! 28.Bxc4 dxc4 29.Rb5 a6 30.Rc5 and now Rb8+ would have led to a win for Aravindh. Instead, he went 30...Re8. Black's advantage slowly evaporated and White got some chances. However, it ended in a draw eventually in a queen endgame.
Anna Muzychuk - Zhongyi
After getting such a position which ideally should be winning for White, GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR, 2510) is bound to be disappointed to repeat the same result as the FIDE Women's World Cup 2023 against her longtime rival GM Zhongyi Tan (CHN, 2517).
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Schedule
Every day game starts at 2:30 p.m. local time, 7 p.m. IST between 25th October and 4th November 2023, except on 3rd when the game starts at 11:30 a.m. local time, 4 p.m. IST. Rest day is on Tuesday 31st October 2023. The last round on 5th November will start at 2 p.m. local time, 6:30 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.
Qualification
The winner and the runner-up of Grand Swiss shall qualify for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024. If one or both these players has (-ve) already qualified to the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024 at the moment of the beginning of Grand Swiss via different qualification track or do (-es) not need to qualify for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024, the qualification spot(s) shall go to the highest-placed player(s) in the final standings who has (-ve) not yet qualified to the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024 at the moment of the beginning of Grand Swiss
Prizes
The total prize fund in the Open is US$ 460,000 with the first prize being $80,000. For Women's the total prize fund is $140,000, first prize $25,000. Total numbers of prizes are 69, Open - 46 and Women - 23.
Replay Round 4 Open games
Replay Round 4 Women games
Round 4 Open results
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 47 | GM | Predke Alexandr | 2656 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | GM | Erigaisi Arjun | 2712 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 11 | 11 | GM | Yu Yangyi | 2720 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | GM | Narayanan S L | 2651 | 52 | ||
| 4 | 14 | 15 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2716 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2655 | 48 | ||
| 4 | 15 | 17 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2711 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2649 | 56 | ||
| 4 | 23 | 5 | GM | Gukesh D | 2758 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | GM | Saric Ivan | 2647 | 58 | ||
| 4 | 25 | 63 | GM | Yilmaz Mustafa | 2640 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | 2738 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 27 | 25 | GM | Nihal Sarin | 2694 | 1½ | 1 - 0 | 1½ | GM | Ter-Sahakyan Samvel | 2618 | 80 | ||
| 4 | 28 | 61 | GM | Sadhwani Raunak | 2641 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | GM | Xiong Jeffery | 2693 | 26 | ||
| 4 | 39 | 14 | GM | Harikrishna Pentala | 2716 | 1 | 1 - 0 | 1½ | IM | Royal Shreyas | 2407 | 112 | ||
| 4 | 41 | 83 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2611 | 1 | ½ - ½ | 1 | GM | Shevchenko Kirill | 2671 | 38 | ||
| 4 | 42 | 59 | GM | Svane Rasmus | 2646 | 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | 2622 | 76 | ||
| 4 | 45 | 65 | GM | Aryan Chopra | 2634 | 1 | ½ - ½ | 1 | GM | Theodorou Nikolas | 2619 | 78 | ||
| 4 | 53 | 84 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2609 | ½ | 1 - 0 | ½ | GM | Adhiban B. | 2551 | 104 |
Standings after Round 4
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
| 1 | 32 | GM | Esipenko, Andrey | FID | 2683 | 3,5 | 2615 | 8,5 | 9,5 | 0 | |
| 2 | 72 | GM | L'ami, Erwin | NED | 2627 | 3 | 2733 | 9 | 11,5 | 0 | |
| 3 | 111 | IM | Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan | KAZ | 2447 | 3 | 2713 | 8 | 9,5 | 0 | |
| 4 | 47 | GM | Predke, Alexandr | SRB | 2656 | 3 | 2707 | 9 | 9,5 | 0 | |
| 5 | 42 | GM | Niemann, Hans Moke | USA | 2667 | 3 | 2705 | 7 | 8,5 | 0 | |
| 6 | 57 | GM | Najer, Evgeniy | FID | 2648 | 3 | 2700 | 6,5 | 7 | 0 | |
| 7 | 46 | GM | Sindarov, Javokhir | UZB | 2658 | 3 | 2694 | 7,5 | 8,5 | 0 | |
| 8 | 93 | GM | Jumabayev, Rinat | KAZ | 2585 | 3 | 2685 | 7 | 8,5 | 0 | |
| 9 | 16 | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | IND | 2712 | 3 | 2664 | 8 | 10 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1 | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2786 | 3 | 2657 | 9 | 11 | 0 | |
| 11 | 2 | GM | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2780 | 3 | 2657 | 6 | 7,5 | 0 | |
| 12 | 11 | GM | Yu, Yangyi | CHN | 2720 | 3 | 2655 | 6,5 | 8,5 | 0 | |
| 13 | 3 | GM | Firouzja, Alireza | FRA | 2777 | 3 | 2653 | 7 | 8,5 | 0 | |
| 14 | 12 | GM | Keymer, Vincent | GER | 2717 | 3 | 2644 | 5,5 | 7 | 0 | |
| 15 | 15 | GM | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | IND | 2716 | 3 | 2638 | 7 | 8,5 | 0 | |
| 16 | 21 | GM | Sevian, Samuel | USA | 2698 | 3 | 2632 | 7 | 8,5 | 0 | |
| 17 | 23 | GM | Artemiev, Vladislav | FID | 2697 | 3 | 2622 | 5,5 | 6,5 | 0 | |
| 18 | 33 | GM | Sarana, Alexey | SRB | 2682 | 3 | 2584 | 7,5 | 9 | 0 | |
| 19 | 39 | GM | Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | 2669 | 2,5 | 2746 | 7 | 9 | 0 | |
| 20 | 44 | GM | Cheparinov, Ivan | BUL | 2658 | 2,5 | 2726 | 7,5 | 8,5 | 0 |
Round 5 pairings
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 57 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | 2648 | 3 | 3 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2716 | 15 | |||
| 5 | 7 | 16 | GM | Erigaisi Arjun | 2712 | 3 | 3 | GM | Jumabayev Rinat | 2585 | 93 | |||
| 5 | 16 | 56 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2649 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Nihal Sarin | 2694 | 25 | |||
| 5 | 21 | 52 | GM | Narayanan S L | 2651 | 2 | 2 | GM | Gukesh D | 2758 | 5 | |||
| 5 | 24 | 8 | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | 2738 | 2 | 2 | GM | Mareco Sandro | 2606 | 85 | |||
| 5 | 26 | 60 | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2641 | 2 | 2 | GM | Harikrishna Pentala | 2716 | 14 | |||
| 5 | 27 | 18 | GM | Maghsoodloo Parham | 2707 | 2 | 2 | GM | Sadhwani Raunak | 2641 | 61 | |||
| 5 | 40 | 34 | GM | Amin Bassem | 2680 | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2609 | 84 | |||
| 5 | 44 | 100 | GM | Kozak Adam | 2566 | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Aryan Chopra | 2634 | 65 | |||
| 5 | 48 | 112 | IM | Royal Shreyas | 2407 | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2611 | 83 | |||
| 5 | 54 | 76 | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | 2622 | 1 | 1 | GM | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | 2561 | 101 | |||
| 5 | 57 | 113 | Wu Li | 2303 | ½ | ½ | GM | Adhiban B. | 2551 | 104 |
Round 4 Women results
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 4 | 3 | 3 | GM | Muzychuk Mariya | 2519 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2½ | IM | Vaishali Rameshbabu | 2448 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 10 | 7 | GM | Dronavalli Harika | 2502 | 1½ | 0 - 1 | 2 | IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2366 | 40 | ||
| 4 | 13 | 15 | IM | Mammadzada Gunay | 2441 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | WGM | Savitha Shri B | 2375 | 38 | ||
| 4 | 19 | 37 | IM | Kiolbasa Oliwia | 2375 | 1 | ½ - ½ | 1 | WGM | Divya Deshmukh | 2408 | 24 | ||
| 4 | 22 | 41 | IM | Aulia Medina Warda | 2362 | 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 | IM | Tania Sachdev | 2389 | 32 | ||
| 4 | 24 | 18 | IM | Vantika Agrawal | 2435 | ½ | 1 - 0 | 0 | WIM | Gomez Barrera Javiera Belen | 2266 | 47 |
Standings after Round 4
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
| 1 | 4 | GM | Tan, Zhongyi | CHN | 2517 | 3,5 | 2447 | 8,5 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2 | 5 | GM | Muzychuk, Anna | UKR | 2510 | 3,5 | 2444 | 8,5 | 11 | 0 | |
| 3 | 12 | IM | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | IND | 2448 | 3,5 | 2437 | 6,5 | 8 | 0 | |
| 4 | 10 | IM | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | KAZ | 2469 | 3,5 | 2436 | 7 | 9 | 0 | |
| 5 | 43 | WGM | Kamalidenova, Meruert | KAZ | 2351 | 3 | 2476 | 7 | 8,5 | 0 | |
| 6 | 40 | IM | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | MGL | 2366 | 3 | 2459 | 5,5 | 6,5 | 0 | |
| 7 | 21 | GM | Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL | 2424 | 3 | 2417 | 7,5 | 8,5 | 0 | |
| 8 | 1 | GM | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | FID | 2558 | 3 | 2400 | 5,5 | 6,5 | 0 | |
| 9 | 20 | IM | Injac, Teodora | SRB | 2426 | 3 | 2350 | 5,5 | 5,5 | 0 | |
| 10 | 30 | IM | Milliet, Sophie | FRA | 2391 | 2,5 | 2496 | 6,5 | 7 | 0 | |
| 11 | 25 | IM | Garifullina, Leya | FID | 2402 | 2,5 | 2485 | 7,5 | 8 | 0 | |
| 12 | 34 | IM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | GRE | 2385 | 2,5 | 2482 | 7,5 | 9 | 0 | |
| 13 | 35 | WGM | Beydullayeva, Govhar | AZE | 2383 | 2,5 | 2479 | 7,5 | 8,5 | 0 | |
| 14 | 8 | GM | Paehtz, Elisabeth | GER | 2484 | 2,5 | 2420 | 9 | 10 | 0 | |
| 15 | 22 | IM | Bulmaga, Irina | ROU | 2423 | 2,5 | 2418 | 7,5 | 7,5 | 0 | |
| 16 | 13 | IM | Efroimski, Marsel | ISR | 2447 | 2,5 | 2396 | 6 | 7 | 0 | |
| 17 | 16 | GM | Gunina, Valentina | FID | 2439 | 2,5 | 2365 | 7,5 | 9 | 0 | |
| 18 | 17 | IM | Javakhishvili, Lela | GEO | 2437 | 2,5 | 2362 | 6 | 7 | 0 | |
| 19 | 29 | IM | Fataliyeva, Ulviyya | AZE | 2393 | 2 | 2507 | 7,5 | 8 | 0 | |
| 20 | 42 | IM | Guichard, Pauline | FRA | 2358 | 2 | 2505 | 8,5 | 10,5 | 0 |
Round 5 pairings
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 12 | IM | Vaishali Rameshbabu | 2448 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Muzychuk Anna | 2510 | 5 | |||
| 5 | 14 | 38 | WGM | Savitha Shri B | 2375 | 2 | 2 | IM | Narva Mai | 2399 | 27 | |||
| 5 | 17 | 2 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2523 | 1½ | 1½ | IM | Vantika Agrawal | 2435 | 18 | |||
| 5 | 18 | 24 | WGM | Divya Deshmukh | 2408 | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Dronavalli Harika | 2502 | 7 | |||
| 5 | 21 | 32 | IM | Tania Sachdev | 2389 | 1 | 1½ | IM | Kiolbasa Oliwia | 2375 | 37 |
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