Six Indian Grandmasters qualify for Grand Swiss Tournament
Six Indian chess Grandmasters have made it to the Grand Swiss Chess Tournament to be held in the Isle of Man from October 10 to 21. The list of Indian chess player qualified for the tournament also including legendary Viswanathan Anand who will take part in the tournament later in 2019.
The strongest Swiss-system chess event in the history of the sport is scheduled to be played from October 10 in the Isle of Man. The global chess body – FIDE has made an announcement that there will be as many as six Indian Grandmasters who will be seen participating in the tournament later this year. The total prize amount will be US$4,32,500 with the winner getting $70,000. Apart from Anand, P. Harikrishna, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, B. Adhiban, K. Sasikiran and R. Sethuraman are the other Indians who will be a part of the big event.
FIDE has informed that top-ranked players like World Champion Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Anish Giri and others are also ready to take part in the competition.
"Swiss tournaments are one of the most attractive formats to compete in our sport: they produce very interesting clashes, allowing rising stars or not-so-strong players to cross swords with members of the chess elite. This democratic approach has many supporters, and it was a pending matter for FIDE to have a massive Swiss Open among our official competitions," FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich had said earlier, reported IANS.