Press release
Announcement on Grand Prix
FIDE and AGON
are pleased to announce the full details of the new Grand Prix cycle 2012/2013.
Regulations for the Series as well as Players contracts can be found below.
Each player will be assigned to play in four of the six cities and his best
three results will be accumulated for his overall ranking at the end of the
series. The top two overall placed in the Grand Prix will qualify for the Candidates
event in 2014.
From the Regulations, the 18 players qualifying to participate in the series
are as follows:
Art. 3.1 Current World Champion and Challenger
Viswanathan Anand (IND)
Boris Gelfand (ISR)
3.2 World Cup
Peter Svidler (RUS)
Alexander Grischuk (RUS)
Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR)
Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR)
3.3 FIDE President Nominee
The FIDE President may nominate one player who must be rated at least
2700 as per the January 2012 rating list.
3.4 Organiser Nominees
Six players may be nominated by AGON and must be rated not less than 2700
in the January 2012 rating list or have been a former World Chess Champion.
3.5 Rating
Five players plus reserves as may be required:
Name |
Title |
Country |
Jan-12 |
Jul-11 |
Average |
|
Carlsen, Magnus |
GM |
NOR |
2835 |
2821 |
2828.0 |
|
Aronian, Levon |
GM |
ARM |
2805 |
2805 |
2805.0 |
|
Kramnik, Vladimir |
GM |
RUS |
2801 |
2781 |
2791.0 |
|
Karjakin, Sergey |
GM |
RUS |
2769 |
2788 |
2778.5 |
|
Topalov, Veselin |
GM |
BUL |
2770 |
2768 |
2769.0 |
|
Nakamura, Hikaru |
GM |
USA |
2759 |
2770 |
2764.5 |
1st Reserve |
Gashimov, Vugar |
GM |
AZE |
2761 |
2760 |
2760.5 |
2nd Reserve |
Radjabov, Teimour |
GM |
AZE |
2773 |
2744 |
2758.5 |
3rd Reserve |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
GM |
AZE |
2747 |
2765 |
2756.0 |
4th Reserve |
Kamsky, Gata |
GM |
USA |
2732 |
2741 |
2736.5 |
5th Reserve |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
GM |
RUS |
2729 |
2736 |
2732.5 |
|
Vitiugov, Nikita |
GM |
RUS |
2726 |
2733 |
2729.5 |
|
Morozevich, Alexander |
GM |
RUS |
2763 |
2694 |
2728.5 |
|
Wang, Hao |
GM |
CHN |
2733 |
2718 |
2725.5 |
|
Dominguez, Leinier |
GM |
CUB |
2730 |
2719 |
2724.5 |
|
Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
GM |
RUS |
2740 |
2707 |
2723.5 |
|
Caruana, Fabiano |
GM |
ITA |
2736 |
2711 |
2723.5 |
|
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
GM |
RUS |
2735 |
2711 |
2723.0 |
|
Almasi, Zoltan |
GM |
HUN |
2717 |
2726 |
2721.5 |
|
Adams, Michael |
GM |
ENG |
2724 |
2715 |
2719.5 |
|
3.6 Replacements
Any replacement for the initial selection, will be selected on the basis of
Article 3.5 which takes into account the average rating and greater number
of games, if of equal rating.
All the players qualified above (including the five reserves) must download
and sign the Players Agreement and return it by email to office@fide.com
and also by mail (postdated not later than 1st June 2012) to FIDE Office, 9
Syggrou Avenue, 11743 Athens, Greece.
The six cities and dates for the Grand Prix series are:
2012 |
|
|
Grand Prix |
Chelyabinsk |
September 19 – October 3 |
Grand Prix |
Tashkent |
November 21 – December 4 |
2013 |
|
|
Grand Prix |
Lisbon |
April 10 – April 24 |
Grand Prix |
Madrid |
May 22 – June 4 |
Grand Prix |
Berlin |
July 3 – July 17 |
Grand Prix |
Paris |
September 18 – October 2 |
Players must also submit, along with their signed agreement, the six cities
ranked in order or preference of participation. FIDE and AGON will consider
the players’ requests and allocate the players to the various tournaments
taking into consideration the players’ preferences, average rating and
other parameters.
Links
Source: FIDE