Nakamura, Vidit withdraw as Grand Swiss goes ahead despite lockdown

Fabiano Caruana will be top seed as the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss starts this Wednesday, 27th October in Riga, Latvia, despite a lockdown that includes a curfew from 8pm to 5am each day. Hikaru Nakamura and Vidit have both withdrawn, with Hikaru citing, “respect for Latvians suffering with Covid and for the health and safety of myself and my trainer”. The Open and Women’s tournaments, which combined will feature around 160 players, have been given an exemption to take place by the Latvian government.

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