My personal favourite games of the Grand Swiss 2025

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Chess Analysis Over the board Tournament

Among the 638 games played in the FIDE Grand Swiss 2025, I have identified 20 that I consider especially instructive and worthy of deeper study

Game 1: "An elegant touch"

Firouzja Alireza - Amin Bassem (Round 1, Board 4)
E92 King's Indian Defence - Classical (6.Be2)

https://lichess.org/study/8Uticwe1/o6DNNwSN#0

Game 2: "Missed it by a whisker"

Xiong Jeffery - Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu (Round 1, Board 1)
C01 French - Exchange variation

https://lichess.org/study/8Uticwe1/iU7p8A8c#0

Game 3: "Facing crossroads"

Erigaisi Arjun - Chigaev Maksim (Round 1, Board 2)
A29 English opening - Four Knights variation with 4.g3

https://lichess.org/study/8Uticwe1/8fksHVdZ#0

Game 4: "A well-balanced contest"

Aronian Levon - Martirosyan Haik M (Round 1, Board 8)
A28 English opening - Four Knights variation

https://lichess.org/study/8Uticwe1/fAEFH4JK#0

Game 5: "King hunt"

Suleymanli Aydin - Karthikeyan Murali (Round 1, Board 35)
B22 Sicilian - Alapin variation

https://lichess.org/study/8Uticwe1/VztXKfhg#0

Game 6: "Caught between two options"

Mamedov Rauf - Aditya Mittal (Round 1, Board 46)
B22 Sicilian - Alapin variation

https://lichess.org/study/8Uticwe1/iwiNO7fI#0

Game 7: "Make or break"

Sargsyan Shant - Narayanan SL (Round 2, Board 41)
B30 Sicilian - Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo attack

https://lichess.org/study/8Uticwe1/ObR5ZUGr#0

Game 8: "A sly trap"

Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu - Zemlyanskii Ivan (Round 2, Board 9)
A16 English - Anglo-Gruenfeld defense

https://lichess.org/study/8Uticwe1/qMpnlpki#0

Game 9: "When two prodigies collide"

Gukesh Dommaraju - Erdogmus Yagiz Kaan (Round 2, Board 1)
D00 Queen's pawn game- Unusual lines

https://lichess.org/study/8Uticwe1/AYIku324#0

Game 10: "Shell-shocked"

Suleymanli Aydin - Shankland Sam (Round 11, Board 35)
E90 King's Indian Defence - Classical variation with early deviations

https://lichess.org/study/8Uticwe1/f1hf6Ziq#0

Game 11: "Grinding it out"

Sevian Samuel - Predke Alexandr (Round 11, Board 13)
C50 Giuoco Piano

https://lichess.org/study/8Uticwe1/gXt5cMXS#0

Game 12: "But why?"

Yakubboev Nodirbek - Fedoseev Vladimir (Round 11, Board 10)
E12 Queen's Indian Defence - Petrosian System

https://lichess.org/study/8Uticwe1/bOJOVRpm#0

Game 13: "So much effort, only to be undone"

Abdusattorov Nodirbek - Liang Awonder (Round 11, Board 4)
D33 Queen's Gambit Declined - Tarrasch (Schlechter-Rubinstein system)

https://lichess.org/study/8Uticwe1/4jIBqsKz#0

Game 14: “On thin ice”

Giri Anish - Van Foreest Jorden (Round 9, Board 4)
E06 Catalan - Closed

https://lichess.org/study/8Uticwe1/Jf5GDwrg#0

Game 15: “Exceptionally thorough”

Theodorou Nikolas - Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu (Round 11, Board 15)
E48 Nimzo Indian - Rubinstein

https://lichess.org/study/8Uticwe1/VRmoAC8Q#0

Game 16: “Anything but easy”

Erigaisi Arjun - Sevian Samuel (Round 9, Board 7)
A13 Reti

https://lichess.org/study/8Uticwe1/QPH49eAz#0

Game 17: “A standout effort”

Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu - Liang Awonder (Round 9, Board 6)
A14 Closed Catalan - Early deviations

https://lichess.org/study/8Uticwe1/ddS3azEd#0

Game 18: "A German masterclass"

Maghsoodloo Parham - Keymer Vincent (Round 9, Board 3)
A05 Reti - King's Indian Attack

https://lichess.org/study/8Uticwe1/Fz62nEmX#0

Game 19: "A hard nut to crack"

Keymer Vincent - Hovhannisyan Robert (Round 6, Board 11)
A07 Reti - King's Indian Attack (New Yorkand Capablanca Systems)

https://lichess.org/study/8Uticwe1/ERXKLiIL#0

Game 20: “The final showdown”

Giri Anish - Niemann Hans Moke (Round 11, Board 2)
A28 English opening - Four Knights variation

https://lichess.org/study/8Uticwe1/Dbs0SHLL#0

Appreciate Your Time :)

My favourite players of the tournament were;
1. Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu
2. Keymer Vincent
3. Anish Giri
4. Alireza Firouzja
5. Niemann Hans Moke

Thank you for reading & I hope you found this post insightful. Until next time!

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