Sevian Wins Week 21 Swiss Heading Into Knockout: Summary Report
This is our quick summary report. Check out our full report after Sunday's knockout tournament.
GM Sam Sevian won week 21 of the Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, starting the tournament with a 3-0 winning streak.
Participating in the event were 54 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 17, starting at 9 a.m. PT / 18:00 CEST.
Sevian clinched clear first with seven points. There was a six-way tie for second place among GMs Dmitry Andreikin, Wesley So, Maxim Matlakov, David Paravyan, Andrey Esipenko, and Alexander Grischuk, each with 6.5 points. GM Parham Maghsoodloo claimed the last qualification spot, finishing eighth with six points.
Saturday Swiss | Final Standings (Top 20)
| Number | Rk | Fed | Title | Username | Name | Rating | Score | SB |
| 1 | 6 | GM | Konavets | Sam Sevian | 2765 | 7 | 35.5 | |
| 2 | 2 | GM | FairChess_on_YouTube | Dmitry Andreikin | 2780 | 6.5 | 34.25 | |
| 3 | 4 | GM | GMWSO | Wesley So | 2756 | 6.5 | 33.25 | |
| 4 | 19 | GM | BillieKimbah | Maxim Matlakov | 2644 | 6.5 | 30.75 | |
| 5 | 16 | GM | dropstoneDP | David Paravyan | 2667 | 6.5 | 29.25 | |
| 6 | 14 | GM | Andreikka | Andrey Esipenko | 2677 | 6.5 | 26.5 | |
| 7 | 15 | GM | Grischuk | Alexander Grischuk | 2661 | 6.5 | 26.25 | |
| 8 | 10 | GM | Parhamov | Parham Maghsoodloo | 2694 | 6 | 24.25 | |
| 9 | 17 | GM | Jospem | Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara | 2644 | 6 | 24 | |
| 10 | 7 | GM | mishanick | Alexey Sarana | 2715 | 5.5 | 25.75 | |
| 11 | 21 | GM | ChessLover0108 | Mahammad Muradli | 2631 | 5.5 | 22.25 | |
| 11 | 12 | GM | amintabatabaei | Amin Tabatabaei | 2676 | 5.5 | 22.25 | |
| 13 | 11 | GM | Oleksandr_Bortnyk | Oleksandr Bortnyk | 2673 | 5.5 | 20.75 | |
| 14 | 22 | GM | erichansen | Eric Hansen | 2603 | 5.5 | 17 | |
| 15 | 31 | GM | Jumbo | Rinat Jumabayev | 2557 | 5 | 21.5 | |
| 16 | 1 | GM | FabianoCaruana | Fabiano Caruana | 2737 | 5 | 18 | |
| 17 | 8 | GM | viditchess | Vidit Gujrathi | 2684 | 5 | 17.75 | |
| 18 | 43 | GM | SantoBlue | Vahap Sanal | 2494 | 5 | 16 | |
| 19 | 5 | GM | jefferyx | Jeffery Xiong | 2722 | 5 | 15 | |
| 20 | 20 | GM | Njal28 | Aram Hakobyan | 2601 | 5 | 14 |
(Full final standings here.)
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Vanessa West is a National Master, a chess teacher, and a writer for Chess.com. In 2017, they won the Chess Journalist of the Year award.
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