FIDE Grand Prix 2012/2013

FIDE Grand Prix 2012-2013 - a series of 6 chess tournaments. Players who took 1-2 places in the series took part in the Candidates Tournament in March 2014 .

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Rules

Time control : 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, for the next 20 moves 60 minutes and 15 minutes with the addition of 30 seconds for each move made since the 61st.
Players are not allowed to talk to each other during the game and offer draws.

Prizes

When dividing places, the points will be divided equally.

A place	Money prize	Items
one	25,000 €	120 + 50
2	22,500 €	110 + 30
3	20,000 €	100 + 10
four	17,500 €	90
five	15,000 €	80
6	13,000 €	70
7	12,000 €	60

A place	Money prize	Items
eight	11,000 €	50
9	10,000 €	40
ten	9,000 €	thirty
eleven	8,000 €	20
12	7,000 €	ten

Qualifiers

1.1 Participant in the finals of the 2012 World Cup Boris Gelfand .

1.2 In addition to the 2011 World Cup winner ( Petr Svidler ), the following three players: Alexander Grischuk , Vasily Ivanchuk and Ruslan Ponomarev .

1.3 Seven players were selected by the average rating for January and October 2007. The first six chess players (except those who already qualified on other points), qualified automatically:

Karjakin, Sergey
Topalov, Veselin
Nakamura, Hikaru

Radjabov, Teymur
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
Kamsky, Gata

1.4 The FIDE President could nominate one player who was at least 40th in the world ranking list for October 2007. If qualified players (from clause 1.1) refused to participate, then the president could nominate players from various countries.

Caruana, Fabiano

1.5 AGON could nominate one player with a rating of at least 2550 in the last rating list.

Morozevich, Alexander
Wang Hao
Leko, Peter
Dominguez Perez, Lenier
Giri, Anish
Kasymjanov, Rustam

Each participant takes part in four tournaments.

Winners

City	Participant	A country	+	-	=	Glasses
London	Topalov, Veselin	Bulgaria	3	0	eight	7 from 11
	Gelfand, Boris	Israel	four	one	6	7 from 11
	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	Azerbaijan	four	one	6	7 from 11

Tashkent	Karjakin, Sergey	Russia	3	one	6	6½ out of 11
	Wang Hao	China	3	one	7	6½ out of 11
	Morozevich, Alexander	Russia	four	2	five	6½ out of 11

Zug	Topalov, Veselin	Bulgaria	five	0	6	8 from 11

Thessaloniki	Dominguez, Lenier	Cuba	6	one	four	8 from 11

Beijing	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	Azerbaijan	five	2	four	7 from 11

Paris	Caruana, Fabiano	Italy	four	one	6	7 from 11
Paris	Gelfand, Boris	Israel	four	one	6	7 from 11

Results

Participant	A country	Qualified	London	Tashkent	Zug	Thessaloniki	Beijing	Paris	Sum of the top three results
Topalov, Veselin	Bulgaria	Rating List	140	-	170	45	100	-	410
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	Azerbaijan	Rating List	140	80	20	-	170	-	390
Caruana, Fabiano	Italy	Nominated by FIDE President	-	80	100	125	-	155	380
Gelfand, Boris	Israel	World Championship	140	thirty	-	-	thirty	155	325
Grischuk, Alexander	Russia	Rating List	90	-	-	85	140	75	315
Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	Rating List	15	-	140	60	-	100	300
Dominguez Perez, Lenier	Cuba	AGON	35	20	-	170	-	75	280
Morozevich, Alexander	Russia	AGON	-	140	75	25	65	-	280
Karjakin, Sergey	Russia	Rating List	-	140	50	-	65	-	255
Wang Hao	China	AGON	70	140	-	-	thirty	45	255
Ponomarev, Ruslan	Ukraine	world Cup	-	50	100	85	-	45	235
Leko, Peter	Hungary	AGON	80	50	50	-	100	-	230
Kamsky, Gata	USA	AGON	-	ten	75	125	ten	-	210
Kasymjanov, Rustam	Uzbekistan	AGON	35	80	20	70	-	-	185
Giri, Anish	Netherlands	AGON	15	-	50	-	65	ten	130
Ivanchuk, Vasily	Ukraine	world Cup	55	-	-	ten	thirty	45	130
Bacrot, Etienne	France	Instead of T. Rajabov	-	-	-	25	-	100	125
Svidler, Peter	Russia	world Cup	-	50	-	45	-	-	95
Wang Yue	China	Instead of T. Rajabov	-	-	-	-	65	-	65
Adams, Michael	England	Instead of P. Svidler	55	-	-	-	-	-	55
Tomashevsky, Eugene	Russia	Instead of S. Karjakin	-	-	-	-	-	45	45
Radjabov, Teymur	Azerbaijan	Rating	-	-	20	-	-	-	20
Fressinet, Laurent	France	Instead of P. Svidler	-	-	-	-	-	20	20