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{"ops":[{"insert":"FIDE Women's Grand Swiss"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Grandmaster Keti Arakhamia-Grant is Scotland's sole player in the FIDE Grand Swiss that kicked off today, 25th October, in Douglas, Isle of Man. \n\nThere is an Open and a Women's event and both are part of the qualification process for the current World Championship cycles. The top two players in each event qualify for the respective 2024 Candidates tournaments. \n\nThe Grand Swiss will be played over 11 rounds, with 164 players: 114 in the Grand Swiss and 50 players in the Women’s Grand Swiss.\n\nThe total prize fund reaches $600,000, with $460,000 for the Open section and $140,000 for the Women’s competition.\n\nKeti starts her event, the Women’s Grand Swiss, with a pairing against former Women's World Champion, Antoaneta Stefanova.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-womens-grand-swiss-2023/1/1/21"},"insert":"Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan vs. Stefanova, Antoaneta | FIDE Women's Grand Swiss 2023 | 2023 | chess24.com"},{"insert":"\n\nAlso in action is IA Andy Howie, one of our most experienced arbiters.\n"}]}

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