FIDE Grand Prix series 2012/13 – names and dates

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