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The FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 will take place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from September 3-16, 2025. It is an 11-round Swiss-system tournament with 116 players in the Open section. The winner and runner-up qualify for the 2026 Candidates Tournament.
Top seeds include Arjun Erigaisi, World Champion Gukesh D, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, R Praggnanandhaa, and Alireza Firouzja (who won the 2021 edition).
This market resolves to the 2 players who finish in the top TWO places in the final standings of the 2025 FIDE Grand Swiss.
This market is to predict the TWO players who will qualify -- finishing 1 and 2 in the Grand Swiss. (You can add your own answers as well.)
Resolution source: https://grandswiss2025.fide.com/
Update 2025-09-04 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): - This market will be resolved to N/A in about 24 hours and then closed; all mana will be returned.
A replacement Multiple Choice Set market is available: https://manifold.markets/Ram_N/chess-who-will-qualify-from-the-202
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Clearly, I screwed up. I meant to have this question be a "Set" with 2 possible answers, but looks that is no longer possible. Here's how I am making up for it.
1. I have created the exact same question here, but this time as a "Multiple Choice Set" (prop bets type). https://manifold.markets/Ram_N/chess-who-will-qualify-from-the-202
I will resolve this question to N/A in 24 hours and close this question so that all of your mana are returned. I sincerely apologize for this confusion.
Regards.
This market resolves to the player who finishes in 1st place in the final standings of the 2025 FIDE Grand Swiss. In case of a tie for 1st place, the tournament's tiebreak criteria will determine the winner.
This market is to predict the TWO players who will qualify -- finishing 1 and 2 in the Grand Swiss. (You can add your own answers as well.)
Conflicting description & title.
@Weezing Thank you for catching this! I was trying Manifold's AI-Generated Question! I have fixed it!