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The FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023 was a chess tournament that formed part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2024. [1] It was an 11-round Swiss-system tournament with 114 players competing from 25 October to 5 November 2023 in the Isle of Man .
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors" and "Top 100 Girls" and rankings of countries according to the average rating of their top 10 players and top 10 female players in the classical time control.
The players who otherwise qualified for the Candidates Tournament before the start of the Grand Swiss Tournament are marked with blue background. In 2019, Alekseenko emerging third in the Grand Swiss made him eligible for the wild card nomination, which is how he qualified to the Candidates Tournament 2020–2021.
The main events in the 2023 chess calendar are the World Chess Championship 2023 [1] [2] and Women's World Chess Championship 2023. [3] The top three finishers from the Chess World Cup 2023, the winner and runner-up of the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023 and the winner of the FIDE Circuit 2023 will qualify for the Candidates Tournament 2024.
The 2023 FIDE Circuit was a system comprising the top chess tournaments in 2023, which serves as a qualification path for the Candidates Tournament 2024. Players receive points based on their performance and the strength of the tournament.
Commonwealth of Nations: Commonwealth Chess Association (CCA) [144] Commonwealth Chess Championship: European microstates – – European Small Nations Chess Championship: Francophone countries: International Chess Federation of French-speaking countries (AIDEF) [145] AIDEF Chess Championship: Ibero-America: Iberoamerican Chess Federation ...
Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...
The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2021: Alireza Firouzja (winner) 19 2793 3 Fabiano Caruana (runner-up) 29 2783 4 The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022: Hikaru Nakamura (winner) 34 2760 11 Richárd Rapport (runner-up) 26 2764 8 Highest rating for May 2022 Ding Liren (replacement for Karjakin) 29 2806 2