Parham Maghsoodloo continues to lead the Grand Swiss, 13 players share second

With most top boards finishing draw, Parham Maghsoodloo continues to lead the Grand Swiss 2025. Maghsoodloo is with 3,5/4. A total of 13 players follow with 3,0/4 – Abhimanyu Mishra, Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, Marcandria Maurizzi, Szymon Gumularz, D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Vincent Keymer, R Praggnanandhaa, Richard Rapport, Matthias Bluebaum, Nodirbek Yakubboev, and Nikita Vitiugov.

Tomorrow’s top pairings include Rapport-Maghsoodloo, Bluebaum-Praggnanandhaa, Erigaisi-Vitiugov, Mishra-Gukesh, Maurizzi-Keymer, Abdusattorov-Erdogmus, Yakubboev-Gumularz, Shankland-Firouzja, Giri-Oparin, Aronian-Sargsyan, Theodorou-Nepomniachtchi. Scroll down for the full standings, results and pairings.

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Round 1: Multiple surprises on the board
Round 2: Maghsoodloo, Firouzja, and Demchenko lead Grand Swiss 2025
Round 3: Parham Maghsoodloo is sole leader of Grand Swiss 2025 after R3
Round 4: Parham Maghsoodloo continues to lead the Grand Swiss, 13 players share second

Results Grand Swiss round 4

	White	Rtg	Result		Black	Rtg
GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2692	1/2-1/2	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2748
GM	Praggnanandhaa, R	2785	1/2-1/2	GM	Mishra, Abhimanyu	2611
GM	Gukesh, D	2767	1/2-1/2	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2771
GM	Firouzja, Alireza	2754	1/2-1/2	GM	Gumularz, Szymon	2590
GM	Keymer, Vincent	2751	1 – 0	GM	Svane, Frederik	2643
GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	2627	1/2-1/2	GM	Giri, Anish	2746
GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	2640	1/2-1/2	GM	Aronian, Levon	2744
GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2742	1/2-1/2	GM	Hovhannisyan, Robert	2629
GM	Demchenko, Anton	2620	1/2-1/2	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	2741
GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2738	0 – 1	GM	Maurizzi, Marcandria	2610
GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2615	1/2-1/2	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	2733
GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	2608	1/2-1/2	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2712
GM	Predke, Alexandr	2609	0 – 1	GM	Rapport, Richard	2711
GM	Pranav, V	2596	1/2-1/2	GM	Nihal, Sarin	2693
GM	Esipenko, Andrey	2687	1/2-1/2	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	2602
GM	Kuzubov, Yuriy	2600	0 – 1	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	2681
GM	Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal	2594	0 – 1	GM	Bluebaum, Matthias	2671
GM	Moussard, Jules	2591	0 – 1	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	2666
GM	Aditya, Mittal	2589	0 – 1	GM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	2646
GM	Woodward, Andy	2557	1/2-1/2	GM	Rodshtein, Maxim	2645
GM	Yu, Yangyi	2714	1/2-1/2	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2640
GM	Harikrishna, Pentala	2704	1/2-1/2	GM	Xiong, Jeffery	2640
GM	Liang, Awonder	2698	1 – 0	GM	Aryan, Chopra	2619
GM	Chigaev, Maksim	2638	0 – 1	GM	Sevian, Samuel	2692
GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	2692	1 – 0	GM	Anton Guijarro, David	2625
GM	Volokitin, Andrei	2628	1/2-1/2	GM	Dubov, Daniil	2691
GM	Eljanov, Pavel	2682	1/2-1/2	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan	2622
GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	2674	1/2-1/2	GM	Matlakov, Maxim	2609
GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2673	1 – 0	GM	Santos Latasa, Jaime	2620
GM	Murzin, Volodar	2670	1/2-1/2	GM	Narayanan, S L	2591
GM	Sargissian, Gabriel	2626	0 – 1	GM	Shankland, Sam	2670
GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	2660	1 – 0	GM	Najer, Evgeniy	2613
GM	Sargsyan, Shant	2653	1 – 0	GM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	2560
GM	Shirov, Alexei	2616	1/2-1/2	GM	Gelfand, Boris	2652
GM	Lagarde, Maxime	2609	1/2-1/2	GM	Mamedov, Rauf	2651
GM	Bartel, Mateusz	2581	1/2-1/2	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	2648
GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	2646	1 – 0	GM	Nigmatov, Ortik	2488
GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	2645	1/2-1/2	GM	Samunenkov, Ihor	2550
GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	2731	1 – 0	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	2628
GM	Dardha, Daniel	2624	1/2-1/2	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	2722
GM	Donchenko, Alexander	2624	1/2-1/2	GM	Robson, Ray	2674
GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	2664	1/2-1/2	GM	Hakobyan, Aram	2625
GM	Svane, Rasmus	2620	1/2-1/2	GM	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	2661
GM	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	2618	0 – 1	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak	2658
GM	Grischuk, Alexander	2657	1/2-1/2	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2598
GM	Jobava, Baadur	2590	1/2-1/2	GM	Saric, Ivan	2655
GM	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	2651	1 – 0	GM	Korobov, Anton	2616
GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	2650	1 – 0	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	2521
GM	Warmerdam, Max	2591	1/2-1/2	GM	Grandelius, Nils	2648
GM	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	2528	1 – 0	GM	Kollars, Dmitrij	2647
GM	Lu, Shanglei	2647	1 – 0	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	2590
GM	Bacrot, Etienne	2637	1/2-1/2	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2586
IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	2482	1/2-1/2	GM	Gurel, Ediz	2631
GM	Wagner, Dennis	2608	1/2-1/2	GM	Sarana, Alexey	2686
GM	Karthikeyan, Murali	2669	1/2-1/2	GM	Xu, Xiangyu	2615
GM	Ivic, Velimir	2630	1 – 0	GM	Abdisalimov, Abdimalik	2488
GM	Amin, Bassem	2636	0 – 1	GM	Divya, Deshmukh	2478
	Olisa, Tennyson Ewomazino	2287	0 – 1	GM	Sjugirov, Sanan	2627

FIDE on the Grand Swiss day 4

On board one in the Open tournament, leader Parham Maghsoodloo played as White against Uzbekistan’s top player Nodirbek Abdusattorov. A tense and complicated game developed in the Queen’s Gambit Accepted, with both having to play with high precision and finesse. After exactly four and a half hours of play, a draw was agreed with only the two kings left on the board.

On board two, Praggnanandhaa could not find a way to convert his extra pawn against Abhimanyu Mishra, known as the youngest player in history to become a Grandmaster (at 12 years, 4 months, and 25 days).

Mishra opted for 36…Re7? Instead, he should have played 36…Nb5 (White cannot take on b7 as Black takes the d4-pawn with a check and then send the rook to the second rank with another check, clearing out White’s back ranks.) 37.Rd7 Protecting the d5-pawn, and now 37…Re7 38.Rd5 Nc3 and Black has better chances of holding.

After 37.Rxe7 Kxe7 38.f5! Kf6 39.fxg6 Kxg6 40.Kf4 White is winning according to chess engines.

However, in the moves that followed, Praggnanandhaa could not make any progress and had to settle for a draw.

An exciting game took place on board five, in a German showdown between Vincent Keymer and Frederik Svane. A sharp position arose in the Open Variation of Ruy Lopez.

In this position, Svane played 24…c5, looking to build up pressure on White. But this seemingly logical move was a mistake which Keymer was quick to spot: 25.Bxc5!! Qxc5 26.Rxd5 Qc7. This forced line led to a very uncomfortable position for Black. But Keymer wasn’t precise in his conversion, and the position was soon even.

Eventually, White emerged a pawn up in a sharp endgame, but the position was even, with threats for both sides. However, at some point, Svane started losing his way and allowed White to transpose into a winning minor piece endgame with a remote passer on the queenside. Slowly, but surely, Keymer steered the game in his favour and clinched the full point.

There were other missed chances among the top players. The victor of the previous Grand Swiss, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi had a winning endgame as Black against Vasyl Ivanchuk. In the Scotch, approaching the endgame, Ivanchuk went for a pawn push which significantly weakened his position and ended up costing him a pawn. Vidit forced a winning rook endgame, but completely misplayed it in the end, allowing Ivanchuk to save half a point.

World Champion Gukesh D split a point with compatriot Arjun Erigaisi in the Catalan. Following a shocking loss late on day three, Alireza Firouzja split a point with Szymon Gumularz of Poland after just 25 moves. Giri had a very quick draw as Black against Cheparinov (the first game of the round to finish, after an hour and a half of play), as did Salem and Aronian.

MarcAndria Maurizzi prevailed over Maxime-Vachier Lagrave in a hard-fought French derby which stood out.

In the Advance Caro-Kann, MVL – playing as White – emerged with two minor pieces for a rook. However, his young opponent had two dangerous advanced passers on the queenside. The position was in balance, but the younger of the two Frenchmen overestimated his chances and grabbed the a4-pawn, which gave White a crushing attack. At the critical moment of the game, MVL – known for his precise calculation – did not manage to find the winning idea. 

MVL played 30.Bh6?? and after 30…c2! the position was even again. White could have finished it off with 30.Qh4! The point is that 30…Qxe5 (the best move for Black) fails to the elegant 31.Nc2!!, with the idea of 32.Bd4, winning. 

Maxime’s troubles did not end there. In the ensuing play both opponents traded mistakes but MVL was last to err, capitulating on move 38.

The day’s biggest upset came from Divya Deshmukh, who stunned Africa’s top-rated player Bassem Amin. Playing against the Sicilian, the Egyptian created a slightly better position from the opening but then began overspreading, which backfired, leading to a defeat.

Black just missed playing 32…Rd4 and then taking the pawn on a5. Instead, she gave White respite with 32…f3.

The best choice for White here was 33.Qc1 and to try and hold. Instead, Amin blundered with 33.Ng3?? which was punished with: 33…Rxg4!! 34.hxg4 Qh6+ 35.Nh5 Otherwise checkmate in two moves 35…Bxh5 and White is completely lost.

For this victory, Divya was declared the player of the day in the Open.

Written by Milan Dinic 

Photos: Michal Walusza 

Standings Grand Swiss

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	IRI	2692	3.5
2	GM	Mishra, Abhimanyu	USA	2611	3
3	GM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	TUR	2646	3
4	GM	Maurizzi, Marcandria	FRA	2610	3
5	GM	Gumularz, Szymon	POL	2590	3
6	GM	Gukesh, D	IND	2767	3
7	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2771	3
8	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	UZB	2748	3
9	GM	Keymer, Vincent	GER	2751	3
10	GM	Praggnanandhaa, R	IND	2785	3
11	GM	Rapport, Richard	HUN	2711	3
12	GM	Bluebaum, Matthias	GER	2671	3
13	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	UZB	2681	3
14	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	ENG	2666	3
15	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2640	2.5
16	GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	2627	2.5
17	GM	Hovhannisyan, Robert	ARM	2629	2.5
18	GM	Demchenko, Anton	SLO	2620	2.5
19	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	IND	2615	2.5
20	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	AZE	2602	2.5
21	GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	UKR	2608	2.5
22	GM	Pranav, V	IND	2596	2.5
23	GM	Firouzja, Alireza	FRA	2754	2.5
24	GM	Woodward, Andy	USA	2557	2.5
25	GM	Giri, Anish	NED	2746	2.5
26	GM	Aronian, Levon	USA	2744	2.5
27	GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	FID	2742	2.5
28	GM	Rodshtein, Maxim	ISR	2645	2.5
29	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2741	2.5
30	GM	Sevian, Samuel	USA	2692	2.5
31	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2733	2.5
32	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	IND	2712	2.5
33	GM	Liang, Awonder	USA	2698	2.5
34	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	NED	2692	2.5
35	GM	Shankland, Sam	USA	2670	2.5
36	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2673	2.5
37	GM	Nihal, Sarin	IND	2693	2.5
38	GM	Esipenko, Andrey	FID	2687	2.5
39	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	USA	2660	2.5
40	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	ARM	2653	2.5
41	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	GRE	2646	2.5
42	GM	Svane, Frederik	GER	2643	2
43	GM	Xiong, Jeffery	USA	2640	2
44	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	IND	2640	2
45	GM	Volokitin, Andrei	UKR	2628	2
46	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	2622	2
47	GM	Predke, Alexandr	SRB	2609	2
48	GM	Shirov, Alexei	ESP	2616	2
49	GM	Bartel, Mateusz	POL	2581	2
50	GM	Kuzubov, Yuriy	UKR	2600	2
51	GM	Lagarde, Maxime	FRA	2609	2
52	GM	Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal	CHI	2594	2
53	GM	Matlakov, Maxim	FID	2609	2
54	GM	Moussard, Jules	FRA	2591	2
55	GM	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2652	2
56	GM	Narayanan, S L	IND	2591	2
57	GM	Aditya, Mittal	IND	2589	2
58	GM	Divya, Deshmukh	IND	2478	2
59	GM	Samunenkov, Ihor	UKR	2550	2
60	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	ESP	2648	2
61	GM	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	FID	2528	2
62	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2714	2
63	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	SLO	2731	2
64	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	2738	2
65	GM	Harikrishna, Pentala	IND	2704	2
66	GM	Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	2682	2
67	GM	Dubov, Daniil	FID	2691	2
68	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	ROU	2674	2
69	GM	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2670	2
70	GM	Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	2651	2
71	GM	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	DEN	2651	2
72	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak	IND	2658	2
73	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2650	2
74	GM	Lu, Shanglei	CHN	2647	2
75	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	UZB	2645	2
76	GM	Chigaev, Maksim	ESP	2638	1.5
77	GM	Sargissian, Gabriel	ARM	2626	1.5
78	GM	Dardha, Daniel	BEL	2624	1.5
79	GM	Svane, Rasmus	GER	2620	1.5
80	GM	Sjugirov, Sanan	HUN	2627	1.5
81	GM	Anton Guijarro, David	ESP	2625	1.5
82	GM	Hakobyan, Aram	ARM	2625	1.5
83	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	FID	2586	1.5
84	GM	Aryan, Chopra	IND	2619	1.5
85	GM	Santos Latasa, Jaime	ESP	2620	1.5
86	GM	Donchenko, Alexander	GER	2624	1.5
87	GM	Najer, Evgeniy	FID	2613	1.5
88	GM	Gurel, Ediz	TUR	2631	1.5
89	GM	Nigmatov, Ortik	UZB	2488	1.5
90	GM	Warmerdam, Max	NED	2591	1.5
91	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	IRI	2598	1.5
92	GM	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	2590	1.5
93	GM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	UZB	2560	1.5
94	GM	Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	2637	1.5
95	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	UZB	2482	1.5
96	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2722	1.5
97	GM	Robson, Ray	USA	2674	1.5
98	GM	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	POL	2661	1.5
99	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	FID	2664	1.5
100	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	FID	2657	1.5
101	GM	Saric, Ivan	CRO	2655	1.5
102	GM	Grandelius, Nils	SWE	2648	1.5
103	GM	Ivic, Velimir	SRB	2630	1.5
104	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	ARM	2628	1
105	GM	Wagner, Dennis	GER	2608	1
106	GM	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	NOR	2618	1
107	GM	Korobov, Anton	UKR	2616	1
108	GM	Xu, Xiangyu	CHN	2615	1
109	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	UZB	2521	1
110	GM	Amin, Bassem	EGY	2636	1
111	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	AZE	2590	1
112	GM	Sarana, Alexey	SRB	2686	1
113	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali	IND	2669	1
114	GM	Kollars, Dmitrij	GER	2647	1
115	GM	Abdisalimov, Abdimalik	UZB	2488	0.5
116		Olisa, Tennyson Ewomazino	NGR	2287	0.5

Pairings round 5

Bo.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg
1	GM	Rapport, Richard	2711	3	–	3½	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2692
2	GM	Bluebaum, Matthias	2671	3	–	3	GM	Praggnanandhaa, R	2785
3	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2771	3	–	3	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	2666
4	GM	Mishra, Abhimanyu	2611	3	–	3	GM	Gukesh, D	2767
5	GM	Maurizzi, Marcandria	2610	3	–	3	GM	Keymer, Vincent	2751
6	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2748	3	–	3	GM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	2646
7	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	2681	3	–	3	GM	Gumularz, Szymon	2590
8	GM	Shankland, Sam	2670	2½	–	2½	GM	Firouzja, Alireza	2754
9	GM	Giri, Anish	2746	2½	–	2½	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	2660
10	GM	Aronian, Levon	2744	2½	–	2½	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	2653
11	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	2646	2½	–	2½	GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2742
12	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	2741	2½	–	2½	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	2640
13	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	2733	2½	–	2½	GM	Demchenko, Anton	2620
14	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2712	2½	–	2½	GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	2627
15	GM	Rodshtein, Maxim	2645	2½	–	2½	GM	Liang, Awonder	2698
16	GM	Nihal, Sarin	2693	2½	–	2½	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2615
17	GM	Sevian, Samuel	2692	2½	–	2½	GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	2608
18	GM	Hovhannisyan, Robert	2629	2½	–	2½	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	2692
19	GM	Pranav, V	2596	2½	–	2½	GM	Esipenko, Andrey	2687
20	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	2602	2½	–	2½	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2673
21	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2738	2	–	2½	GM	Woodward, Andy	2557
22	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2640	2	–	2	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	2731
23	GM	Xiong, Jeffery	2640	2	–	2	GM	Yu, Yangyi	2714
24	GM	Volokitin, Andrei	2628	2	–	2	GM	Harikrishna, Pentala	2704
25	GM	Dubov, Daniil	2691	2	–	2	GM	Predke, Alexandr	2609
26	GM	Shirov, Alexei	2616	2	–	2	GM	Eljanov, Pavel	2682
27	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan	2622	2	–	2	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	2674
28	GM	Lagarde, Maxime	2609	2	–	2	GM	Murzin, Volodar	2670
29	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak	2658	2	–	2	GM	Kuzubov, Yuriy	2600
30	GM	Gelfand, Boris	2652	2	–	2	GM	Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal	2594
31	GM	Matlakov, Maxim	2609	2	–	2	GM	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	2651
32	GM	Mamedov, Rauf	2651	2	–	2	GM	Moussard, Jules	2591
33	GM	Samunenkov, Ihor	2550	2	–	2	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	2650
34	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	2648	2	–	2	GM	Aditya, Mittal	2589
35	GM	Narayanan, S L	2591	2	–	2	GM	Lu, Shanglei	2647
36	GM	Svane, Frederik	2643	2	–	2	GM	Bartel, Mateusz	2581
37	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	2722	1½	–	2	GM	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	2528
38	GM	Robson, Ray	2674	1½	–	1½	GM	Dardha, Daniel	2624
39	GM	Santos Latasa, Jaime	2620	1½	–	1½	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	2664
40	GM	Hakobyan, Aram	2625	1½	–	1½	GM	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	2661
41	GM	Aryan, Chopra	2619	1½	–	1½	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	2657
42	GM	Saric, Ivan	2655	1½	–	1½	GM	Svane, Rasmus	2620
43	GM	Grandelius, Nils	2648	1½	–	1½	GM	Donchenko, Alexander	2624
44	GM	Najer, Evgeniy	2613	1½	–	1½	GM	Chigaev, Maksim	2638
45	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2598	1½	–	1½	GM	Bacrot, Etienne	2637
46	GM	Gurel, Ediz	2631	1½	–	1½	GM	Warmerdam, Max	2591
47	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2586	1½	–	1½	GM	Ivic, Velimir	2630
48	GM	Sjugirov, Sanan	2627	1½	–	1½	GM	Jobava, Baadur	2590
49	GM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	2560	1½	–	1½	GM	Sargissian, Gabriel	2626
50	GM	Anton Guijarro, David	2625	1½	–	1½	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	2482
51	GM	Nigmatov, Ortik	2488	1½	–	1	GM	Sarana, Alexey	2686
52	GM	Korobov, Anton	2616	1	–	1	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali	2669
53	GM	Kollars, Dmitrij	2647	1	–	1	GM	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	2618
54	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	2521	1	–	1	GM	Amin, Bassem	2636
55	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	2628	1	–	1	GM	Wagner, Dennis	2608
56	GM	Xu, Xiangyu	2615	1	–	½		Olisa, Tennyson Ewomazino	2287
57	GM	Divya, Deshmukh *)	2478	2	–	2	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	2645
58	GM	Abdisalimov, Abdimalik	2488	½	–	1	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	2590