Divya and Goryachkina are the only two female in the Open event
The total prize fund in the Open section saw an increase of 35.87% from US$ 460000 to 625000. The first prize increased by 12.5% from US$ 80000 to 90000. In the Women's event, the prize fund increased by 64.28% from US$ 140000 to 230000. The first prize went up by 60% from US$ 25000 to 40000. The total number of prizes in the Open got increased to 50 from 46. A total of 114 GM including five of the World Top ten and one IM, in the Open with an average rating of 2640 are taking part. The Women's event has 14 GMs, 27 IMs, 7 WGMs and 7 WIMs with an average rating of 2389.
Round 1 pairings in Open
Round 1 pairings in Women
| Bo. | No. | White | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Black | Rtg | No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | GM | Muzychuk, Anna | 2535 | 0 | 0 | WGM | Gaal, Zsoka | 2388 | 29 | |||
| 2 | 30 | GM | Girya, Olga | 2386 | 0 | 0 | GM | Tan, Zhongyi | 2531 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 3 | GM | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | 2505 | 0 | 0 | IM | Narva, Mai | 2386 | 31 | |||
| 4 | 32 | IM | Salimova, Nurgyul | 2386 | 0 | 0 | GM | Lagno, Kateryna | 2505 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 5 | IM | Shuvalova, Polina | 2492 | 0 | 0 | IM | Fataliyeva, Ulviyya | 2385 | 33 | |||
| 6 | 34 | WGM | Balabayeva, Xeniya | 2383 | 0 | 0 | GM | Muzychuk, Mariya | 2484 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 7 | IM | Osmak, Yuliia | 2478 | 0 | 0 | IM | Vantika, Agrawal | 2381 | 35 | |||
| 8 | 36 | WGM | Zhai, Mo | 2380 | 0 | 0 | IM | Garifullina, Leya | 2477 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 9 | GM | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 2472 | 0 | 0 | IM | Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra | 2379 | 37 | |||
| 10 | 38 | IM | Efroimski, Marsel | 2377 | 0 | 0 | GM | Dronavalli, Harika | 2467 | 10 |
Schedule
Every day game starts at 30 p.m. local time, 3:30 p.m. IST from 4th to 15th September 2025. Rest day is on Wednesday 10th September 2025. The last round on 15th September will start at 2 p.m. local time, 2:30 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 in the Open section. For Women, the time control is 40 moves in 90 minutes + 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.
Qualification
Open: The winner and the runner-up of Grand Swiss shall qualify for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026. If any of these players is the FIDE World Champion as of 1 January 2025 or have already qualified for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 at the moment of the beginning of the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025, or withdraws the qualification spot(s) shall be awarded, in the order of priority, to the player ⁃ in the 3rd place in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025; ⁃ in the 2nd place according to the FIDE Circuit 2024 ranking list; ⁃ who is next yet unqualified in the FIDE Circuit 2025 ranking list.
Women: The winner and the runner-up of WGS shall qualify for the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament 2024. If one or both these players has (-ve) already qualified to the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 at the moment of the beginning of WGS via different qualification track or do (-es) not need to qualify for the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament 2026, the qualification spot(s) shall go to the highest-placed player(s) in the final standings who has/have not yet qualified to the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament 2026 at the moment of the beginning of WGS.
Prizes
The total prize fund in the Open is US$ 625000 with the first prize being $90000. For Women's the total prize fund is $230000, first prize $40000. Total numbers of prizes are 73, Open - 50 and Women - 23.
Photo Gallery
L to R: GM Ortik Nigmatov, GM Abdimalik Abdisalimov, GM Javokhir Sindarov, GM Saydaliev Saidakbar and GM Mukhiddin Madaminov.
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