FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss is an 11-round Swiss tournament and is taking place from 10-21 October 2019 in Douglas, Isle of Man.
The winner of the FIDE Grand Swiss qualifies for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2020. If the winner of the FIDE Grand Swiss qualifies to Candidates 2020 via a different qualification path or does not need to qualify, the qualification spot goes to the highest-placed player in the tournament who did not or will not qualify by other means.
Time control: 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes the next 20 moves, followed by 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.
The players cannot draw a game by agreement before black's 30th move.