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Press release
This fall, Hamburg becomes the capital of chess world as it welcomes the 3rd leg FIDE World Chess Grand Prix Series 2019. Sixteen of the world’s top chess players participate in the tournament that will take place in the Theater Kehrwieder (Kehrwieder 6, 20457 Hamburg) from November 5th to November 17th, 2019.
Theater Kehrwieder, is part of the historic Harbour City district
The Grand Prix is a four-leg series taking place over the course of the year. The first two legs took place in Moscow, Russia and Riga, Latvia. It will be followed by Hamburg, Germany and Jerusalem, Israel. The prize fund of each Grand Prix is 130,000 euros, with an additional 280,000 euros for the overall standings. The top two finishers will also earn the main prize — qualification to the Candidates Tournament where they will contest the right to challenge Magnus Carlsen in the World Championship match.
The Hamburg Grand Prix is a knock-out tournament with 16 players. To win a Grand Prix, a player has to defeat opponents in four rounds. Each round consists of two classical games and is followed by faster tie-break games if necessary. Top Grandmasters from nine countries will take part in the FIDE World Chess Grand Prix Hamburg 2019. This is the strongest Grand Prix Series in recent history.
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# |
Name |
Country |
Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Anish Giri | Netherlands | 2780 |
|
2 |
Ian Nepomniachtchi | Russia | 2776 |
|
3 |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | France | 2774 |
|
4 |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Azerbaijan | 2767 |
|
5 |
Wesley So | USA | 2767 |
|
6 |
Yu Yangyi | China | 2763 |
|
7 |
Sergey Karjakin | Russia | 2760 |
|
8 |
Alexander Grischuk | Russia | 2759 |
|
9 |
Levon Aronian | Armenia | 2758 |
|
10 |
Teimour Radjabov | Azerbaijan | 2758 |
|
11 |
Pentala Harikrishna | India | 2746 |
|
12 |
Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2745 |
|
13 |
Radoslav Wojtaszek | Poland | 2739 |
|
14 |
Wei Yi | China | 2736 |
|
15 |
Veselin Topalov | Bulgaria | 2736 |
|
16 |
Nikita Vitiugov | Russia | 2732 |
|
17 |
Jan-Krzysztof Duda | Poland | 2730 |
|
18 |
Peter Svidler | Russia | 2729 |
|
19 |
David Navara | Czech Republic | 2724 |
|
20 |
Daniil Dubov | Russia | 2699 |
|
21 |
Dmitry Jakovenko | Russia | 2681 |
| Nov. 5–7 | Round 1 + Tie-breaks |
| Nov. 8–10 | Round 2 + Tie-breaks |
| Nov. 11-13 | Semi-final + Tie-breaks |
| Nov. 14 | Rest day |
| Nov. 15-17 | Final + Tie-breaks |
The rounds start at 14:00 UTC (15:00 CET). Chess fans will be able to enter the playing venue starting at 14:00 Hamburg time. There will be on-site commentary. The games will be broadcast live at worldchess.com, the official FIDE broadcasting platform.
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