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Isle of Man Grand Swiss Tournament 2019
February 17, 2019
Isle of Man to host the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament
From the FIDE official site:
http://fide.com/component/content/ar...ournament.html
FIDE is pleased to award its inaugural Grand Swiss Tournament to the Isle of Man, after the bidding procedure that was closed on February 9, 2019.
The Grand Swiss will take place on the Isle of Man from October 7, 2019 (arrival day) to October 21, 2019 (departure day) in cooperation with chess.com.
One qualification spot to the Candidates 2020 will be determined in the event. The prize fund of the tournament is 400,000 US dollars, with an additional 32,500 US dollars allocated as special women’s prizes.
A total of 160 players are expected to take part, of which 105 will be determined according to the published Grand Swiss Regulations, plus another 15 players nominated by FIDE according to the amendment to the regulations to be approved no later than March 31, 2019. A further 40 participants will be nominated by the organizers, including a number of top female players, some of the world's best young players, local players etc.
FIDE is grateful to the Isle of Man organizational team for the perfectly prepared application and is confident about an excellent organization of the tournament, that will probably be the strongest Swiss system tournament in the history of chess.
Comments
We have had announced the FIDE Grand Prix and the Grand Chess Tour 2019. Now we have the Grand Swiss. This is rather confusing.
Colin McGourty put it in perspective in chess24:
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/big...andidates-spot
One spot in the 2020 Candidates Tournament to decide Magnus Carlsen’s next World Championship challenger will be determined in an 11-round Swiss Open later this year. The new “FIDE Grand Swiss” will invite the Top 100 rated players from mid-2018 to mid-2019, plus a few others, for an all-expenses paid 15-day event that recalls the old Interzonal tournaments. The extra spot comes at the cost of a rating qualification place, with Mamedyarov and Ding Liren now leading the race for just one place.
The new FIDE administration has already overhauled the women’s World Championship cycle, introducing a Candidates Tournament, and today the first big change to the overall cycle was announced. One place in the 8-player tournament to be held early next year will go to the winner of the new FIDE Grand Swiss to be held in the second half of this year.
Some details of that event:
An 11-round Swiss Open with a single rest day after Round 6
A minimum $400,000 prize fund
$70,000 for 1st place, $50,000 for 2nd, $40,000 for 3rd down to $2,000 for 26th-30th
Prizes are shared by tied players, while a 1st place tie won’t be settled by a playoff but by mathematical tiebreakers, starting with “tournament performance rating”
The winner gets not only money but a coveted spot in the 2020 Candidates Tournament
The tournament is open to the top 100 players by average rating for the 12 lists from July 2018 to June 2019
If a player rejects their invitation players lower on the rating list will be offered that place
There are additional places for the World Junior and Senior Champions, an ACP Tour qualifier and for an unspecified number of players chosen by the event organiser
All accommodation costs and a travel allowance will be paid for the players
The tournament is in many ways a return of the large Interzonal tournaments that fed players into a Candidates Tournament from the 1950s up until 1993. Players qualified via Zonal tournaments (for different geographic areas) and then would usually play a large round-robin, but by the end big open tournaments were being played as well. Boris Gelfand won the last FIDE Interzonal that was held in Biel in 1993.
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See the whole chess24 article for comments by players and spectators
Peter Doggers in chess.com also has a commentary, published yesterday
https://www.chess.com/news/view/isle...iss-tournament
February 17, 2019
Isle of Man to host the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament
From the FIDE official site:
http://fide.com/component/content/ar...ournament.html
FIDE is pleased to award its inaugural Grand Swiss Tournament to the Isle of Man, after the bidding procedure that was closed on February 9, 2019.
The Grand Swiss will take place on the Isle of Man from October 7, 2019 (arrival day) to October 21, 2019 (departure day) in cooperation with chess.com.
One qualification spot to the Candidates 2020 will be determined in the event. The prize fund of the tournament is 400,000 US dollars, with an additional 32,500 US dollars allocated as special women’s prizes.
A total of 160 players are expected to take part, of which 105 will be determined according to the published Grand Swiss Regulations, plus another 15 players nominated by FIDE according to the amendment to the regulations to be approved no later than March 31, 2019. A further 40 participants will be nominated by the organizers, including a number of top female players, some of the world's best young players, local players etc.
FIDE is grateful to the Isle of Man organizational team for the perfectly prepared application and is confident about an excellent organization of the tournament, that will probably be the strongest Swiss system tournament in the history of chess.
Comments
We have had announced the FIDE Grand Prix and the Grand Chess Tour 2019. Now we have the Grand Swiss. This is rather confusing.
Colin McGourty put it in perspective in chess24:
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/big...andidates-spot
One spot in the 2020 Candidates Tournament to decide Magnus Carlsen’s next World Championship challenger will be determined in an 11-round Swiss Open later this year. The new “FIDE Grand Swiss” will invite the Top 100 rated players from mid-2018 to mid-2019, plus a few others, for an all-expenses paid 15-day event that recalls the old Interzonal tournaments. The extra spot comes at the cost of a rating qualification place, with Mamedyarov and Ding Liren now leading the race for just one place.
The new FIDE administration has already overhauled the women’s World Championship cycle, introducing a Candidates Tournament, and today the first big change to the overall cycle was announced. One place in the 8-player tournament to be held early next year will go to the winner of the new FIDE Grand Swiss to be held in the second half of this year.
Some details of that event:
An 11-round Swiss Open with a single rest day after Round 6
A minimum $400,000 prize fund
$70,000 for 1st place, $50,000 for 2nd, $40,000 for 3rd down to $2,000 for 26th-30th
Prizes are shared by tied players, while a 1st place tie won’t be settled by a playoff but by mathematical tiebreakers, starting with “tournament performance rating”
The winner gets not only money but a coveted spot in the 2020 Candidates Tournament
The tournament is open to the top 100 players by average rating for the 12 lists from July 2018 to June 2019
If a player rejects their invitation players lower on the rating list will be offered that place
There are additional places for the World Junior and Senior Champions, an ACP Tour qualifier and for an unspecified number of players chosen by the event organiser
All accommodation costs and a travel allowance will be paid for the players
The tournament is in many ways a return of the large Interzonal tournaments that fed players into a Candidates Tournament from the 1950s up until 1993. Players qualified via Zonal tournaments (for different geographic areas) and then would usually play a large round-robin, but by the end big open tournaments were being played as well. Boris Gelfand won the last FIDE Interzonal that was held in Biel in 1993.
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See the whole chess24 article for comments by players and spectators
Peter Doggers in chess.com also has a commentary, published yesterday
https://www.chess.com/news/view/isle...iss-tournament