 2019 Grand Swiss Tournament winner Wang Hao | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Chess |
| Location | Douglas, Isle of Man |
| Dates | 10 October 2019– 21 October 2019 |
| Administrator | FIDE |
Tournament format(s) | Swiss-system tournament |
| Host(s) | IOM International Chess Limited |
| Final positions | |
| Champion |  Wang Hao |
| Runner-up |  Fabiano Caruana |
The FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 was a chess tournament that formed part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2021. It was played on October 10 to 21 2019,[1] on the Isle of Man.[2] This was the first time that a tournament of this type was used as a qualifying tournament for the Candidates Tournament.
Wang Hao and Fabiano Caruana shared first place, with Wang Hao winning on tie breaks and thereby qualifying for the 2020–21 Candidates Tournament. Of the players who shared third place, Kirill Alekseenko had the best tie break and became eligible for the Candidates wild card as the next-highest placed non-qualifier, as Caruana had already qualified for the Candidates by virtue of being the runner-up in the previous World Championship. Alekseenko was later selected as the Candidates wild card.[3]
The highest-placed female players were Harika Dronavalli (83rd) and Dinara Saduakassova (85th), with Harika winning the women's trophy on tie breaks.