FIDE Grand Prix series 2012/13 – names and dates

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7/17/2012 – It starts with London in Sept. 2012, and continues in Tashkent in November, Lisbon in April 2013, Madrid in May, Berlin in July and Paris in Sept. Clearly the absence of Carlsen, Aronian, Kramnik and Anand is a bitter disappointment to the organisers, but the four have schedule problems and are in the next World Championship cycle anyway. Announcement by FIDE.

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Announcement on FIDE Grand Prix Series 2012/13

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
 Boris Gelfand (ISR)

2. From World Cup 2011
Peter Svidler (RUS)
Alexander Grischuk (RUS)
Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR)
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:

 
2012
2013
Name 
Nat.
Rtng
London
Tashkent
Lisbon
Madrid
Berlin
Paris
 
20.9-3.10
21.11-5.12
17.4-1.5
22.5-4.6
3.7-17.7
18.9-2.10
Radjabov, T
AZE 
2788
2788
2788
2788
2788
Karjakin, S
RUS 
2779
2779
2779
2779
2779
Nakamura, H
USA 
2778
2778
2778
2778
2778
Caruana, F
ITA
2773
2773
2773
2773
2773
Morozevich, A
RUS 
2770
2770
2770
2770
2770
Ivanchuk, V
UKR
2769
2769
2769
2769
2769
Grischuk, A
RUS 
2763
2763
2763
2763
2763
Topalov, V
BUL 
2752
2752
2752
2752
2752
Svidler, P
RUS 
2749
2749
2749
2749
2749
Wang, H
CHN
2739
2739
2739
2739
2739
Gelfand, B
ISR
2738
2738
2738
2738
2738
Gashimov, V
AZE 
2737
2737
2737
2737
2737
Leko, P
HUN
2730
2730
2730
2730
2730
Ponomariov, R
UKR
2726
2726
2726
2726
2726
Mamedyarov, S
AZE 
2726
2726
2726
2726
2726
Dominguez, L
CUB
2725
2725
2725
2725
2725
Giri, A
NLD
2696
2696
2696
2696
2696
Kasimdzhanov, R 
UZB
2690
2690
2690
2690
2690
Average rating   
2746.0
2736.8
2743.8
2749.5
2751.7
2742.3
2751.9

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 July 2013 and 1st round on the 18th July 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.

Source: FIDE

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