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Ian Nepomniachtchi beat Wei Yi in the final of the fourth Grand Prix event of the year to get second place in the yearly series. Thus, he joined Alexander Grischuk in getting a spot in next year's Candidates Tournament through this qualifying path.
This means Maxime Vachier-Lagrave will most likely miss out on playing the Candidates for a second cycle in a row, as the Russian Chess Federation — the organizer of the event — announced they will grant the wildcard to a player from their country. Coincidentally, the one other eligible player to get the nomination — Kirill Alekseenko — is Russian, so he is the one expected to get the last spot.
Replay game two of the final with computer analysis. Full report coming shortly.
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Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second bonus per move starting from move 1.
Official broadcast with GM Evgeny Miroshnichenko via worldchess.com
| # | Player | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Azerbaijan |
| 2 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | France |
| 3 | Anish Giri | Netherlands |
| 4 | Wesley So | United States |
| 5 | Sergey Karjakin | Russia |
| 6 | Yu Yangyi | China |
| 7 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | Russia |
| 8 | Veselin Topalov | Bulgaria |
| 9 | Dmitry Jakovenko | Russia |
| 10 | David Navara | Czech Republic |
| 11 | Radoslaw Wojtaszek | Poland |
| 12 | Wei Yi | China |
| 13 | Pentala Harikrishna | India |
| 14 | Boris Gelfand | Israel |
| 15 | Dmitry Andreikin | Russia |
| 16 | Wang Hao | China |
The tournament will be played once again in a knockout format, with mini-matches similar to the World Cup, from December 11th to the 23rd. There is one rest day before the final on the 20th of December. The games start at 12 Noon UTC (14:00 CET / 8:00 AM EST).
The venue is the Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center.
An historic, Vatican-owned guest house and pilgrim centre, built in the 19th century opposite the Old City
| # | Player | Rating (November) | Moscow | Riga | Hamburg | Israel | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Grischuk | 2764 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 20 | |
| 2 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2772 | 0 | 10 | - | 10 | |
| 3 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2773 | 9 | - | 0 | 9 | |
| 4 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2777 | - | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| 5 | Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2728 | 5 | - | 0 | 5 | |
| 6 | Wesley So | 2760 | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | |
| 7 | Hikaru Nakamura | 2741 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 8 | Peter Svidler | 2719 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 9 | Daniil Dubov | 2699 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 10 | Wei Yi | 2724 | 2 | - | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 | Veselin Topalov | 2736 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 12 | Yu Yangyi | 2753 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 2748 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| 14 | Sergey Karjakin | 2754 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| 15 | Teimour Radjabov | 2776 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Levon Aronian | 2772 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 17 | Nikita Vitiugov | 2751 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Pentala Harikrishna | 2731 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | David Navara | 2703 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 20 | Anish Giri | 2776 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 21 | Dmitry Jakovenko | 2691 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
Players in bold are participating in Jerusalem
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