Announcement on FIDE Grand Prix Series 2012/13

 

 

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Announcement on FIDE Grand Prix Series 2012/13

via World Chess Federation - FIDE von aysa@fide.com (Aysa Mondrunova) am 17.07.12

Following a technical clarification, FIDE and AGON issue the revised players allocation.

FIDE and AGON announces full list of players and allocation for FIDE Grand Prix Series 2012/13

The list of players who will participate in the cycle over the next two years is as follows :

1. From World Championship Match 2012
GM Boris Gelfand (ISR)

2. From World Cup 2011
GM Peter Svidler (RUS)
GM Alexander Grischuk (RUS)
GM Vasily Ivanchuk (UKR)
GM Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR)

3. By Average Rating (July 2011 + January 2012)
GM Teimour Radjabov (AZE)
GM Sergey Karjakin (RUS)
GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA)
GM Veselin Topalov (BUL)
GM Shakriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)
GM Vugar Gashimov (AZE)

4. FIDE President Nominee
GM Fabiano Caruana (ITA)

5. AGON Nominees
GM Alexander Morozevich (RUS)
GM Wang Hao (CHN)
GM Peter Leko (HUN)
GM Leinier Dominguez Perez (CUB)
GM Anish Giri (NLD)
GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB)



The allocation of dates and cities is as follows:

FIDE GRAND PRIX				2012		2013
Name	CTY	Criteria	Jul-12	London	Tashkent	Lisbon	Madrid	Berlin	Paris
				20 Sep - 3 Oct	21 Nov - 5 Dec	17 Apr- 1 May	22 May - 4 Jun	3 - 17 Jul	18 Sep - 2 Oct
Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	Rating	2788			2788	2788	2788	2788
Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	Rating	2779		2779	2779		2779	2779
Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	Rating	2778	2778		2778	2778		2778
Caruana, Fabiano	ITA	Fide President	2773		2773	2773	2773		2773
Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	AGON	2770		2770	2770	2770	2770
Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	World Cup	2769		2769		2769	2769	2769
Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	World Cup	2763	2763			2763	2763	2763
Topalov, Veselin	BUL	Rating	2752	2752		2752	2752	2752
Svidler, Peter	RUS	World Cup	2749	2749	2749		2749		2749
Wang, Hao	CHN	AGON	2739	2739	2739	2739			2739
Gelfand, Boris	ISR	Match	2738	2738	2738			2738	2738
Gashimov, Vugar	AZE	Rating	2737		2737	2737	2737	2737
Leko, Peter	HUN	AGON	2730	2730	2730	2730		2730
Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	World Cup	2726	2726		2726	2726		2726
Mamedyarov, Shakr.	AZE	Rating	2726	2726	2726	2726		2726
Dominguez Perez, Le.	CUB	AGON	2725	2725	2725		2725		2725
Giri, Anish	NLD	AGON	2696	2696		2696		2696	2696
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	UZB	AGON	2690	2690	2690		2690	2690
		Average	2746.0	2734.3	2743.8	2749.5	2751.7	2744.8	2751.9
		Players		12	12	12	12	12	12

Kindly note that the date for the first leg in London has moved by one day and arrival will be on the 20th September with the 1st round on the 21st September 2012.

Similarly, the Lisbon event has been rescheduled by one week starting with arrival on the 17th April 2013 and 1st round on the 18th April 2013. This is due to a move in the start date of the Candidates in London which will now start on the 20th of March 2013 due to the availability of the playing venue.

Regulations for the Grand Prix can be found here for ease of reference.

 

 

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