Grand Swiss 1: Caruana and Firouzja strike

Fabiano Caruana carried his form from the end of the US Championship into Round 1 of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss in Riga as he sacrificed a full knight to take down Maksim Chigaev. 18-year-old Alireza Firouzja moved above Wesley So and Alexander Grischuk to world no. 7 as he beat Nijat Abasov, with Kirill Alekseenko scoring the only other win on the top 10 boards. Dariusz Swiercz’s reward for winning the longest game of the day is a Round 2 pairing with Firouzja, while it’s Nihal Sarin vs. Caruana on board 1.

Caruana, Firouzja Among Winners As FIDE Grand Swiss Begins In Riga

Firouzja wins Grand Swiss, Caruana qualifies to Candidates

FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss: Round 10 Recap

FIDE Grand Swiss and Women's Grand Swiss Head Into Final Weekend with Candidates Spots on the Line

FIDE Grand Swiss and Women's Grand Swiss Head Into Final Weekend with Candidates Spots on the Line

SICILIAN DEFENSE!! Ivan Saric vs Fabiano Caruana

Candidates Day Six: Nepomniachtchi and Caruana push ahead

Grand Swiss 9: Caruana takes down Firouzja

FIDE Grand Swiss R7: Firouzja Back In Sole Lead

He is such a BEAST, Hikaru Nakamura vs Fabiano Caruana