 2021 Grand Swiss Tournament winner Alireza Firouzja | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Chess |
| Location | Riga, Latvia |
| Dates | 25 October 2021– 8 November 2021 |
| Administrator | FIDE |
Tournament format(s) | Swiss-system tournament |
| Host(s) | IOM International Chess Limited |
| Final positions | |
| Champion |  Alireza Firouzja |
| Runner-up |  Fabiano Caruana |
The FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2021 was a chess tournament that formed part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2022. It was an 11-round Swiss-system tournament, with 108 players competing, running from 25 October to 8 November 2021 in Riga, Latvia, in parallel with the FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2021. The tournaments were held while Latvia was in a COVID-19 lockdown, which led to a number of players withdrawing before the tournament began.
The tournament was won by Alireza Firouzja. The top two finishers, Firouzja and Fabiano Caruana, qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2022.[a] The rest of the top eight, Grigoriy Oparin, Yu Yangyi, Vincent Keymer, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Alexandr Predke and Alexei Shirov, qualified for the FIDE Grand Prix 2022.
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