As the game between Najer and Saric ends in a draw, Alireza Firouzja is still the sole leader of #GrandSwiss2021 with 3½ out of 4.

11 players are half a point behind: Yu, Ponkratov, Saric, Hovhannisyan, Nihal Sarin, M. Petrosyan, Vachier-Lagrave, Shirov, Najer, Tari, Sevian.

Lei Tingjie (🇨🇳 2505) defeated Valentina Gunina and became the sole leader of the Women's Grand Swiss. With 3½/4, so far she only gave half a point to Paehtz.

A group of 10 players is following with 3/4.
https://grandswiss.fide.com/grand-swiss-women/

#GrandSwiss2021

With a quick draw, Alireza Firouzja maintained his sole lead at the FIDE #GrandSwiss2021. Evgeniy Najer was close to catching Firouzja but missed a win in the endgame. GM Lei Tingjie grabbed the lead in the women's section. Report:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/2021-fide-chess-com-grand-swiss-round-4

Saduakassova - Maltsevskaya, #GrandSwiss2021
White just played Rd3. Which move did both players miss?
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/411033

Today's a rest day in Riga, so a good chance to check out the story so far, with MVL hitting the front in Round 6 while Caruana had a somewhat lucky escape!

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/grand-swiss-6-mvl-sasikiran-catch-the-leaders

#c24live #GrandSwiss2021

Another win for Lei Tingjie!
She beat Alina Kashlinskaya and is now leading by one point. #GrandSwiss2021

Firouzja 1-0 Sasikiran #GrandSwiss2021

Nils Grandelius resigns and Fabiano Caruana moves to the group in joint 2nd place, a point behind Alireza Firouzja!
#GrandSwiss2021

David Howell beats Esipenko to join a group of 10 players on 5.5/8, a point behind Firouzja!
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Calling the game "super important" but also "a total mess," Fabiano Caruana defeated Alireza Firouzja to catch his opponent in first place of the #GrandSwiss2021 alongside David Howell. In the women's section, Lei Tingjie is almost there! Round 9 report:

Mariya Muzychuk beat Elisabeth Paehtz and Zhu Jiner defeated Natalija Pogonina. It means that Lei Tingjie is two points ahead of the field and she needs just one draw in the last two rounds to become the clear winner of the Women's #GrandSwiss2021.

Top standings in the Women's #GrandSwiss2021 with two rounds to go:

1. Lei Tingjie (🇨🇳 2505) - 8/9
2-6. Paehtz (🇩🇪 2475), M. Muzychuk (🇺🇦 2536), Zhu (🇨🇳 2455), Harika (🇮🇳 2511), Javakhishvili (🇬🇪 2446) - 6

Tomorrow the top clashes in the 10th round are Alireza Firouzja vs. David Howell and Vachier_Lagrave vs. Fabiano Caruana!

#GrandSwiss2021

Round 10 Pairings

1. Alireza Firouzja (6.5) - (6.5) David Howell
2. Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (6) - (6.5) Fabiano Caruana
3. Vitiugov Nikita (6) - (6) Oparin Grigoriy
4. Shirov Alexei (6) - (6) Yu Yangyi
5. Predke Alexandr (6) - (6) Anton Guijarro

Firouzja Wins FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss, Reaches Candidates With Caruana

Alireza Firouzja won the FIDE #GrandSwiss2021 as the only player to finish on 8/11 after all the key games ended in draws in the final round. Firouzja qualified for the #FIDECandidates together with
Fabiano Caruana
. Final report:

The #GrandSwiss2021 has finished after 11 exciting rounds! The winner Alireza Firouzja and the runner-up Fabiano Caruana, qualify for the 2022 #FIDECandidates, while Oparin, Yu Yangyi, Keymer, Vachier-Lagrave, Predke and Shirov qualify for the Grand Prix Series. 👏

1.Carlsen or Nepo
2.Radjabov
3.Duda
4.Karjakin
5.Firouzja
6.Caruana
+2 players from the 2022 Grand Prix series in Berlin

Alireza Firouzja receiving his award for winning the 2021 Grand Swiss. #GrandSwiss2021

Not only has Alireza won #GrandSwiss2021 (and therefore qualified for #FIDECandidates2022) but he's also World top #5 now - and he's only 18! His tournament performance was 2855! Amazing results for Firouzja!

Happy winners of the #GrandSwiss2021 🥇🥈🥉

More photos from the closing ceremony in our Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fide/with/51662371881/