Nihal Sarin and Matthias Bluebaum are co-leaders after round 7 of the FIDE Grand Swiss

In Round 7 of the 2025 FIDE Grand Swiss in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the Open section witnessed a seismic shift at the top as Indian Nihal Sarin stunned tournament leader Parham Maghsoodloo with a precise victory, vaulting to 5.5/7 and joint lead. Matthias Bluebaum joined him by delivering a shock upset against Indian Arjun Erigaisi, capitalizing on a tactical oversight in a sharp middlegame. Defending champion Vidit Gujrathi notched a crucial win over Marc’Andria Maurizzi to reach 5/7, while rising star Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu rebounded with a convincing triumph against Maxim Rodshtein.

World Champion Gukesh endured a harrowing third consecutive defeat, falling to 16-year-old Turkish prodigy Ediz Gurel in a wild roller-coaster battle that swung decisively in Black’s favor after Gukesh overpressed in the complications.

With four rounds remaining in the 11-round Swiss events, the standings remain fluid, promising intense battles for the two Open spots for the 2026 Candidates Tournament.

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Round 1: Multiple surprises on the board
Round 2: Maghsoodloo, Firouzja, and Demchenko lead Grand Swiss 2025
Round 3: Parham Maghsoodloo is sole leader of Grand Swiss 2025 after R3
Round 4: Parham Maghsoodloo continues to lead the Grand Swiss, 13 players share second
Round 5: Parham Maghsoodloo continues leading the Grand Swiss, as Abhimanyu Mishra stuns the World Champion
Round 6: Anish Giri leaps to shared second, eyeing Candidates 2026 spot
Round 7: Nihal Sarin and Matthias Bluebaum are co-leaders after round 7 of the FIDE Grand Swiss

Round 7 standings

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Bluebaum, Matthias	GER	2671	5.5
2	GM	Nihal, Sarin	IND	2693	5.5
3	GM	Mishra, Abhimanyu	USA	2611	5
4	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	IRI	2692	5
5	GM	Firouzja, Alireza	FRA	2754	5
6	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	UZB	2748	5
7	GM	Giri, Anish	NED	2746	5
8	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2733	5
9	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	IND	2712	5
10	GM	Pranav, V	IND	2596	4.5
11	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2771	4.5
12	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	ARM	2653	4.5
13	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	GRE	2646	4.5
14	GM	Praggnanandhaa, R	IND	2785	4.5
15	GM	Keymer, Vincent	GER	2751	4.5
16	GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	FID	2742	4.5
17	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2741	4.5
18	GM	Rapport, Richard	HUN	2711	4.5
19	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2714	4.5
20	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	NED	2692	4.5
21	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	IND	2640	4
22	GM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	TUR	2646	4
23	GM	Maurizzi, Marcandria	FRA	2610	4
24	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2640	4
25	GM	Shirov, Alexei	ESP	2616	4
26	GM	Gumularz, Szymon	POL	2590	4
27	GM	Rodshtein, Maxim	ISR	2645	4
28	GM	Gurel, Ediz	TUR	2631	4
29	GM	Bartel, Mateusz	POL	2581	4
30	GM	Woodward, Andy	USA	2557	4
31	GM	Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal	CHI	2594	4
32	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2673	4
33	GM	Chigaev, Maksim	ESP	2638	4
34	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	ENG	2666	4
35	GM	Aronian, Levon	USA	2744	4
36	GM	Liang, Awonder	USA	2698	4
37	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	UZB	2681	4
38	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	2738	4
39	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2722	4
40	GM	Sevian, Samuel	USA	2692	4
41	GM	Esipenko, Andrey	FID	2687	4
42	GM	Dubov, Daniil	FID	2691	4
43	GM	Saric, Ivan	CRO	2655	4
44	GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	2627	3.5
45	GM	Demchenko, Anton	SLO	2620	3.5
46	GM	Xiong, Jeffery	USA	2640	3.5
47	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	IND	2615	3.5
48	GM	Hakobyan, Aram	ARM	2625	3.5
49	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	2622	3.5
50	GM	Predke, Alexandr	SRB	2609	3.5
51	GM	Anton Guijarro, David	ESP	2625	3.5
52	GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	UKR	2608	3.5
53	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	AZE	2602	3.5
54	GM	Lagarde, Maxime	FRA	2609	3.5
55	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	FID	2586	3.5
56	GM	Kuzubov, Yuriy	UKR	2600	3.5
57	GM	Najer, Evgeniy	FID	2613	3.5
58	GM	Matlakov, Maxim	FID	2609	3.5
59	GM	Sjugirov, Sanan	HUN	2627	3.5
60	GM	Narayanan, S L	IND	2591	3.5
61	GM	Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	2651	3.5
62	GM	Aditya, Mittal	IND	2589	3.5
63	GM	Shankland, Sam	USA	2670	3.5
64	GM	Divya, Deshmukh	IND	2478	3.5
65	GM	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2652	3.5
66	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	SLO	2731	3.5
67	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	USA	2660	3.5
68	GM	Harikrishna, Pentala	IND	2704	3.5
69	GM	Robson, Ray	USA	2674	3.5
70	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	FID	2664	3.5
71	GM	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2670	3.5
72	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	FID	2657	3.5
73	GM	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	DEN	2651	3.5
74	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak	IND	2658	3.5
75	GM	Grandelius, Nils	SWE	2648	3.5
76	GM	Lu, Shanglei	CHN	2647	3.5
77	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	UZB	2645	3.5
78	GM	Hovhannisyan, Robert	ARM	2629	3
79	GM	Volokitin, Andrei	UKR	2628	3
80	GM	Dardha, Daniel	BEL	2624	3
81	GM	Korobov, Anton	UKR	2616	3
82	GM	Aryan, Chopra	IND	2619	3
83	GM	Svane, Frederik	GER	2643	3
84	GM	Gukesh, D	IND	2767	3
85	GM	Nigmatov, Ortik	UZB	2488	3
86	GM	Moussard, Jules	FRA	2591	3
87	GM	Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	2637	3
88	GM	Samunenkov, Ihor	UKR	2550	3
89	GM	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	2590	3
90	GM	Abdisalimov, Abdimalik	UZB	2488	3
91	GM	Amin, Bassem	EGY	2636	3
92	GM	Kollars, Dmitrij	GER	2647	3
93	GM	Svane, Rasmus	GER	2620	2.5
94	GM	Sargissian, Gabriel	ARM	2626	2.5
95	GM	Santos Latasa, Jaime	ESP	2620	2.5
96	GM	Xu, Xiangyu	CHN	2615	2.5
97	GM	Warmerdam, Max	NED	2591	2.5
98	GM	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	FID	2528	2.5
99	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	UZB	2521	2.5
100	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	IRI	2598	2.5
101	GM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	UZB	2560	2.5
102	GM	Donchenko, Alexander	GER	2624	2.5
103	GM	Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	2682	2.5
104	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	ROU	2674	2.5
105	GM	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	POL	2661	2.5
106	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	ESP	2648	2.5
107	GM	Sarana, Alexey	SRB	2686	2.5
108	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali	IND	2669	2.5
109	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2650	2.5
110	GM	Ivic, Velimir	SRB	2630	2.5
111	GM	Wagner, Dennis	GER	2608	2
112	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	ARM	2628	2
113	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	UZB	2482	2
114	GM	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	NOR	2618	1.5
115	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	AZE	2590	1.5
116		Olisa, Tennyson Ewomazino	NGR	2287	0.5