Sevian Wins Week 19 Swiss Heading into Knockout: Summary Report

This is our quick summary report. Check out our full report after Sunday’s knockout tournament.

GM Samuel Sevian won week 19 of the Rapid Chess Championship, presented by Coinbase with a convincing performance.

Participating in the event were 45 competitors—now open to all GMs as well as the top-10 women, top-10 juniors, as well as 10 wildcards. The knockout takes place on July 3, starting at 9 a.m. PT / 18:00 CEST.

How to watch?

Live broadcast of this weekend’s tournament, hosted by IM David Pruess.

Sevian clinched clear first with 7.5 points―a full point ahead of the field―kicking off the tournament with a 4-0 winning streak. There was a four-way tie for second place between GMs Vladimir Fedoseev, Dmitry Andreikin, Vincent Keymer, and Christopher Yoo, each with 6.5 points. GMs Alexey Sarana, Daniil Dubov, and Shamsiddin Vokhidov qualified for Sunday’s knockout, tying for sixth to eighth with six points. Former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik made his first appearance in the event and narrowly missed qualifying when he flagged in a winning position against Keymer in the last round.

Saturday Swiss | Final Standings (Top 20)

Number	Rk	Fed	Title	Username	Name	Rating	Score	SB
1	12		GM	Konavets	Sam Sevian	2752	7.5	36.75
2	5		GM	Bigfish1995	Vladimir Fedoseev	2753	6.5	33
3	3		GM	FairChess_on_YouTube	Dmitry Andreikin	2803	6.5	29.75
4	21		GM	VincentKeymer	Vincent Keymer	2672	6.5	29
5	20		GM	ChristopherYoo	Christopher Woojin Yoo	2693	6.5	24.5
6	8		GM	mishanick	Alexey Sarana	2719	6	32.75
7	19		GM	Duhless	Daniil Dubov	2661	6	24.75
8	26		GM	Shield12	Shamsiddin Vokhidov	2632	6	22.5
9	1		GM	daro94	Dariusz Swiercz	2612	6	18
10	18		GM	BillieKimbah	Maxim Matlakov	2641	5.5	21.25
11	13		GM	Grischuk	Alexander Grischuk	2680	5.5	18.5
12	2		GM	VladimirKramnik	Vladimir Kramnik	2702	5	26.25
13	4		GM	GMWSO	Wesley So	2727	5	25.75
14	10		GM	Parhamov	Parham Maghsoodloo	2686	5	21.25
15	11		GM	champ2005	Raunak Sadhwani	2675	5	20
15	14		GM	LiemLe	Liem Le	2668	5	20
17	16		GM	ChessWarrior7197	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2664	5	19
18	6		GM	viditchess	Vidit Gujrathi	2702	5	17
19	31		GM	TigrVShlyape	Gata Kamsky	2549	4.5	16
19	17		GM	Jospem	Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara	2642	4.5	16
19	15		GM	dropstoneDP	David Paravyan	2643	4.5	16
22	29		GM	GeorgMeier	Georg Meier	2551	4.5	13.25

(Full final standings here.)

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