This is our quick summary report. Check out our full report after Sunday’s knockout tournament.
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won the week 25 Swiss of the Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase.
Participating in the event were 48 competitors—open to all GMs as well as the top-10 women, top-10 juniors, as well as 10 wildcards. The final knockout takes place on August 14, starting at 9 a.m. PT / 18:00 CEST.
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Nepomniachtchi won first with an undefeated 6.5 points. GMs Wesley So, Benjamin Bok, Jose Martinez, and Olexandr Bortnyk won second to fifth, also with 6.5. GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Samuel Sevian, and Hans Niemann clinched the last three qualification spots with the top tiebreaks of players with six points.
Saturday Swiss | Final Standings (Top 20)
| Number | Rk | Fed | Title | Username | Name | Rating | Score | SB |
| 1 | 8 | GM | lachesisQ | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2748 | 6.5 | 32.5 | |
| 2 | 2 | GM | GMWSO | Wesley So | 2782 | 6.5 | 28.25 | |
| 3 | 20 | GM | GMBenjaminBok | Benjamin Bok | 2651 | 6.5 | 27.75 | |
| 4 | 15 | GM | Jospem | Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara | 2667 | 6.5 | 24 | |
| 5 | 18 | GM | Oleksandr_Bortnyk | Oleksandr Bortnyk | 2667 | 6.5 | 21 | |
| 6 | 1 | GM | Hikaru | Hikaru Nakamura | 2799 | 6 | 33 | |
| 7 | 4 | GM | Konavets | Sam Sevian | 2758 | 6 | 29.25 | |
| 8 | 9 | GM | HansOnTwitch | Hans Niemann | 2718 | 6 | 26 | |
| 9 | 11 | GM | Grischuk | Alexander Grischuk | 2677 | 6 | 24.25 | |
| 10 | 10 | GM | champ2005 | Raunak Sadhwani | 2673 | 6 | 24 | |
| 11 | 22 | GM | vladislavkovalev | Vladislav Kovalev | 2641 | 6 | 22.25 | |
| 12 | 35 | GM | shimastream | Aleksandr Shimanov | 2587 | 6 | 20.75 | |
| 13 | 37 | GM | Jumbo | Rinat Jumabayev | 2573 | 5.5 | 17.5 | |
| 14 | 27 | GM | Shield12 | Shamsiddin Vokhidov | 2604 | 5 | 24.5 | |
| 15 | 3 | GM | FabianoCaruana | Fabiano Caruana | 2734 | 5 | 22.75 | |
| 16 | 12 | GM | VincentKeymer | Vincent Keymer | 2636 | 4.5 | 21.75 | |
| 17 | 17 | GM | Salem-AR | Salem AR Saleh | 2620 | 4.5 | 16.25 | |
| 18 | 21 | GM | AlexanderL | Aleksandr Lenderman | 2602 | 4.5 | 14.5 | |
| 19 | 23 | GM | dropstoneDP | David Paravyan | 2601 | 4.5 | 14.25 | |
| 20 | 40 | GM | SergeiAza | Sergei Azarov | 2539 | 4.5 | 12.75 |
(Full final standings here.)
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