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The FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025 will be a chess tournament organized by FIDE, chess's international governing body, in the first half of 2025. It forms part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2026. It will be an 11-round Swiss-system tournament. The winner and runner-up of the tournament will earn the right to play in the Candidates Tournament 2026. The Women’s section will be held in parallel at the same time and venue.

Format

The tournament has an 11-round Swiss format, with pairings made using the Dutch system for Swiss tournaments.

The games used classical time controls with 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 50 minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with a per-move increment of 30 seconds.

Tie-breaks

Tie-breaks between players who finish on the same score will be determined, in order, by the following tie-breaks:

1. Average rating of opponents, cut 1;
2. Buchholz system, cut 1;
3. Buchholz system;
4. The results of individual games between tied players;
5. Drawing of lots.

Venue and schedule

The tournament will run from in the second half of 2025.

Qualifiers

References

1. "Regulations for the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025" (PDF). www.fide.com. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
2. "FIDE Grand Swiss & Women's Grand Swiss 2025 - Call for bids". www.fide.com. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-24.

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