The FIDE Grand Swiss and FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss 2023 will be held from the 25th of October to the 5th of November at the splendid venue of Villa Marina, Douglas, Isle of Man.

Both tournaments are part of the qualifications for the current World Championship cycle, with the top two players in the open event qualifying for the 2024 Candidates Tournament and the top two players in the Women’s Grand Swiss qualifying for the 2024 Women’s Candidates.

Here is the qualifying situation for the Candidates 2024 so far:

MEN

From Wikipedia

WOMEN

From Wikipedia

The tournament is an 11-round Swiss, with 164 players participating from all continents: 114 in the Grand Swiss and 50 players in the Women’s Grand Swiss.
The total prize fund is $600,000, with $460,000 for the Grand Swiss and $140,000 for the Women’s Grand Swiss.

Here is the schedule:

DAY	DATE	START	EVENT
1	23 October		Arrivals
2	24 October	TBD	Opening Ceremony & Technical Meeting
3	25 October	9:30 AM	Round 1
4	26 October	9:30 AM	Round 2
5	27 October	9:30 AM	Round 3
6	28 October	9:30 AM	Round 4
7	29 October	10:30 AM	Round 5 (Summer Time ends in IOM)
8	30 October	10:30 AM	Round 6
9	31 October		REST DAY
10	1 November	10:30 AM	Round 7
11	2 November	10:30 AM	Round 8
12	3 November	10:30 AM	Round 9
13	4 November	10:30 AM	Round 10
14	5 November	10:00 AM	Round 11 & Closing Ceremony
15	6 November	n/a	Departures

Times are in EDT (New York Time)

Almost every top player, with the exception of Numero Uno Magnus Carlsen and the World Champion Liren Ding, is participating in this all-important event.
There are 22 top GMs whose rating is greater than 2700 and 105 Grandmasters in the Open Event.

OPEN

#	FIDE ID	NAME	FED.	Title	Rtng.	Byear
1	2020009	Caruana, Fabiano	USA	GM	2786	1992
2	2016192	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	GM	2780	1987
3	12573981	Firouzja, Alireza	FRA	GM	2777	2003
4	24116068	Giri, Anish	NED	GM	2760	1994
5	46616543	Gukesh D	IND	GM	2758	2006
6	738590	Rapport, Richard	ROU	GM	2752	1996
7	13300474	Aronian, Levon	USA	GM	2742	1982
8	25059530	Praggnanandhaa R	IND	GM	2738	2005
9	4126025	Grischuk, Alexander	FID	GM	2732	1983
10	623539	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	GM	2727	1990
11	1170546	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	POL	GM	2726	1998
12	8603820	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	GM	2720	1994
13	12940690	Keymer, Vincent	GER	GM	2717	2004
14	5007003	Harikrishna, Pentala	IND	GM	2716	1986
15	14204118	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	UZB	GM	2716	2004
16	5029465	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	IND	GM	2716	1994
17	35009192	Erigaisi Arjun	IND	GM	2712	2003
18	4152956	Vitiugov, Nikita	ENG	GM	2711	1987
19	24126055	Dubov, Daniil	FID	GM	2710	1996
20	1039784	Van Foreest, Jorden	NED	GM	2707	1999
21	12539929	Maghsoodloo, Parham	IRI	GM	2707	2000
22	1226380	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	ROU	GM	2701	2001
23	2040506	Sevian, Samuel	USA	GM	2698	2000
24	2004887	Shankland, Sam	USA	GM	2698	1991
25	24101605	Artemiev, Vladislav	FID	GM	2697	1998
26	13306553	Martirosyan, Haik M.	ARM	GM	2696	2000
27	25092340	Nihal Sarin	IND	GM	2694	2004
28	2047640	Xiong, Jeffery	USA	GM	2693	2000
29	24130737	Fedoseev, Vladimir	SLO	GM	2691	1995
30	309095	Navara, David	CZE	GM	2689	1985
31	1710400	Grandelius, Nils	SWE	GM	2689	1993
32	13300881	Sargissian, Gabriel	ARM	GM	2686	1983
33	12521213	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	GM	2685	2001
34	24175439	Esipenko, Andrey	FID	GM	2683	2002
35	24133795	Sarana, Alexey	SRB	GM	2682	2000
36	10601457	Amin, Bassem	EGY	GM	2680	1988
37	13402960	Abasov, Nijat	AZE	GM	2679	1995
38	24603295	Donchenko, Alexander	GER	GM	2676	1998
39	4168003	Matlakov, Maxim	FID	GM	2674	1991
40	14129574	Shevchenko, Kirill	ROU	GM	2671	2002
41	605506	Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	GM	2669	1983
42	24651516	Bluebaum, Matthias	GER	GM	2668	1997
43	1118358	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	POL	GM	2668	1987
44	2093596	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	GM	2667	2003
45	14107090	Volokitin, Andrei	UKR	GM	2664	1986
46	2905540	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	GM	2658	1986
47	14205483	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	GM	2658	2005
48	14105730	Korobov, Anton	UKR	GM	2658	1985
49	24107581	Predke, Alexandr	SRB	GM	2656	1994
50	2209390	Shirov, Alexei	ESP	GM	2655	1972
51	2285525	Anton Guijarro, David	ESP	GM	2653	1995
52	14100010	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	UKR	GM	2653	1969
53	1112635	Bartel, Mateusz	POL	GM	2651	1985
54	5058422	Narayanan.S.L	IND	GM	2651	1998
55	110973	Pichot, Alan	ESP	GM	2650	1998
56	2293307	Santos Latasa, Jaime	ESP	GM	2650	1996
57	13302485	Melkumyan, Hrant	ARM	GM	2650	1989
58	5072786	Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	IND	GM	2649	1999
59	4118987	Najer, Evgeniy	FID	GM	2648	1977
60	14508150	Saric, Ivan	CRO	GM	2647	1990
61	4657101	Svane, Rasmus	GER	GM	2646	1997
62	35093487	Sadhwani, Raunak	IND	GM	2641	2005
63	14103320	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	GM	2641	1983
64	13401653	Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	GM	2640	1988
65	6302718	Yilmaz, Mustafa	TUR	GM	2640	1992
66	1048104	Warmerdam, Max	NED	GM	2636	2000
67	5084423	Aryan Chopra	IND	GM	2634	2001
68	712779	Gledura, Benjamin	HUN	GM	2633	1999
69	44155573	Murzin, Volodar	FID	GM	2633	2006
70	12510130	Idani, Pouya	IRI	GM	2633	1995
71	12909572	Kollars, Dmitrij	GER	GM	2633	1999
72	9301348	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	GM	2632	1993
73	13306766	Sargsyan, Shant	ARM	GM	2631	2002
74	3409350	Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal	CHI	GM	2630	1996
75	1007998	L’Ami, Erwin	NED	GM	2627	1985
76	12923044	Svane, Frederik	GER	GM	2626	2004
77	14112906	Kuzubov, Yuriy	UKR	GM	2625	1990
78	13402935	Durarbayli, Vasif	AZE	GM	2625	1992
79	35028561	Mendonca, Leon Luke	IND	GM	2622	2006
80	1510045	Tari, Aryan	NOR	GM	2619	1999
81	4262875	Theodorou, Nikolas	GRE	GM	2619	2000
82	13302531	Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel	ARM	GM	2618	1993
83	358878	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	CZE	GM	2618	2001
84	14203987	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	UZB	GM	2616	2002
85	3901211	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	ESP	GM	2615	1989
86	5074452	Karthikeyan, Murali	IND	GM	2611	1999
87	5010608	Gupta, Abhijeet	IND	GM	2609	1989
88	112275	Mareco, Sandro	ARG	GM	2606	1987
89	24604747	Huschenbeth, Niclas	GER	GM	2605	1992
90	3700488	Bachmann, Axel	PAR	GM	2604	1989
91	13300857	Petrosyan, Manuel	ARM	GM	2604	1998
92	6300545	Sanal, Vahap	TUR	GM	2603	1998
93	30920019	Mishra, Abhimanyu	USA	GM	2592	2009
94	13413937	Wagner, Dennis	GER	GM	2589	1997
95	13413937	Suleymanli, Aydin	AZE	GM	2588	2005
96	13702661	Jumabayev, Rinat	KAZ	GM	2585	1989
97	14203049	Kuybokarov, Temur	AUS	GM	2584	2000
98	240990	Dardha, Daniel	BEL	GM	2580	2005
99	14204223	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	UZB	GM	2578	2002
100	2107139	Fier, Alexandr	BRA	IM	2574	1988
101	1533533	Amar, Elham	NOR	IM	2568	2005
102	753246	Kozak, Adam	HUN	GM	2566	2002
103	1204297	Parligras, Mircea-Emilian	ROU	GM	2561	1980
104	13515110	Lazavik, Denis	FID	GM	2560	2006
105	36083534	Maurizzi, Marc`Andria	FRA	GM	2555	2007
106	10613129	Fawzy, Adham	EGY	GM	2535	2000
107	1113100	Krasenkow, Michal	POL	GM	2531	1963
108	14187086	Samunenkov, Ihor	UKR	IM	2531	2009
109	44507356	Gurel, Ediz	TUR	IM	2514	2008
110	2620049	Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn	CAN	IM	2488	2004
111	13706357	Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan	KAZ	IM	2447	2002
112	448869	Royal, Shreyas	ENG	IM	2407	2009
113	411086	Wu, Li	IOM		2303	1989
114	4610628	Kolbus, Dietmar	IOM	IM	2225	1966

WOMEN'S

#	FIDE ID	NAME	FED.	Title	Rtng.	Byear
1	4147103	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	FID	GM	2558	1998
2	4128125	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	SUI	GM	2523	1984
3	14114550	Muzychuk, Mariya	UKR	GM	2519	1992
4	8603642	Tan, Zhongyi	CHN	GM	2517	1991
5	14111330	Muzychuk, Anna	UKR	GM	2510	1990
6	24171760	Shuvalova, Polina	FID	IM	2506	2001
7	5015197	Dronavalli, Harika	IND	GM	2502	1991
8	4641833	Paehtz, Elisabeth	GER	GM	2484	1985
9	13602993	Batsiashvili, Nino	GEO	GM	2475	1987
10	13708694	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	KAZ	IM	2469	2004
11	24157570	Wagner, Dinara	GER	WGM	2461	1999
12	5091756	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	IND	IM	2448	2001
13	2810964	Efroimski, Marsel	ISR	IM	2447	1995
14	1700030	Cramling, Pia	SWE	GM	2446	1963
15	13403729	Mammadzada, Gunay	AZE	IM	2441	2000
16	4167570	Gunina, Valentina	FID	GM	2439	1989
17	13601458	Javakhishvili, Lela	GEO	IM	2437	1984
18	25050389	Vantika Agrawal	IND	IM	2435	2002
19	14110911	Ushenina, Anna	UKR	GM	2434	1985
20	932400	Injac, Teodora	SRB	IM	2426	2000
21	2902257	Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	GM	2424	1979
22	13903063	Bulmaga, Irina	ROU	IM	2423	1993
23	13300210	Danielian, Elina	ARM	GM	2416	1978
24	35006916	Divya Deshmukh	IND	WGM	2408	2005
25	34127035	Garifullina, Leya	FID	IM	2402	2004
26	13601377	Matnadze Bujiashvili, Ann	ESP	IM	2400	1983
27	4500512	Narva, Mai	EST	IM	2399	1999
28	12400149	Hoang, Thanh Trang	HUN	GM	2398	1980
29	13403052	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	AZE	IM	2393	1996
30	623725	Milliet, Sophie	FRA	IM	2391	1983
31	1058401	Roebers, Eline	NED	IM	2390	2006
32	5007844	Tania, Sachdev	IND	IM	2389	1986
33	24174041	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	POL	IM	2389	2002
34	30941822	Lee, Alice	USA	FM	2388	2009
35	30941822	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	GRE	FM	2385	2000
36	13413015	Beydullayeva, Govhar	AZE	WGM	2383	2003
37	1106619	Socko, Monika	POL	GM	2380	1978
38	1154613	Kiolbasa, Oliwia	POL	IM	2375	2000
39	35061887	Savitha Shri B	IND	WGM	2375	2007
40	3801934	Cori T., Deysi	PER	IM	2367	1993
41	4900758	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	MGL	IM	2366	1987
42	7101570	Aulia, Medina Warda	INA	IM	2362	1997
43	639370	Guichard, Pauline	FRA	IM	2358	1988
44	13712802	Kamalidenova, Meruert	KAZ	WGM	2351	2005
45	13310828	Mkrtchyan, Mariam	ARM	WIM	2343	2004
46	13310828	Sandu, Mihaela	ROU	WIM	2298	1977
47	13600168	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	SCO	GM	2297	1968
48	3418723	Gomez Barrera, Javiera Belen	CHI	WIM	2266	2002
49	45004722	Kanyamarala, Trisha	IRL	WIM	2184	2005
50	7908075	Nassr, Lina	ALG	WIM	2066	2003

FIDE Grand Swiss 2023