11 October 2019

First Games of FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Played in the Isle of Man

It didn't go without surprises.


The first round of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss was played in the Isle of Man on October 10.

Not all rating favourites won at the start. Thus, Viswanathan Anand lost to Evgeniy Najer (see Position of the Day), Sam Shankland was defeated by Erwin L'Ami, while the young Nodirbek Abdusattorov beat Gawain Jones. 

Wesley So, Sergey Karjakin, Alexander Grischuk, Levon Aronian, Pentala Harikrishna, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Hikaru Nakamura and several other top players made draws with their lower rated opponents. 



Round 2 pairings

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