FIDE Grand Swiss: Vaishali makes history by winning title again to earn Candidates spot; Gukesh ends event with victory

written by Atharva Jori

FIDE Grand Swiss: Vaishali's win helps her secure a Candidates spot, thus making her the third woman to qualify for the Candidates along with Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh. FIDE Grand Swiss 2025:Vaishali Rameshbabu has won the FIDE Grand Swiss tournament for the second time in two editions after drawing her final game against former women’s world champion Tan Zhongyi on Monday. Vaishali winning the title is historic because no player in the short history of the event has won the Grand Swiss twice. Even more significantly, Vaishali’s win helps her secure a Candidates spot, thus making her the third woman to qualify for the Candidates along with Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh. In the open section, Arjun Erigaisi ended with a draw in his final game against Vincent Keymer, which meant he missed on securing a Candidates spot. Anish Giri and German grandmaster Matthias Bluebaum secured the two Candidates spots on offer. You can trace how each of our featured games have progressed with the interactives below (Just use the right and left arrows to move the pieces yourself.) You can also watch the live streams of top games featuring Indian players through the YouTube embeds below. You can scroll past the interactives and the videos to follow our live updates from the final round at the FIDE Grand Swiss.

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