FIDE Grand Prix
The FIDE Grand Prix is a series of chess tournaments at world-class level, the World Chess Federation FIDE organized.
The first Grand Prix under the aegis of FIDE took place from 2008 to 2010. A similar competition, organized by the Grandmaster Association (GMA), was held from 1988 to 1989 under the name of the Chess World Cup 1988/89 . The second competition began in 1991, but was canceled after only one tournament due to organizational difficulties.
Since 2009 there has also been a FIDE Women's Grand Prix. The women's world championship has been taking place alternately in the knockout system and as a duel since 2010 , with the Grand Prix determining the challenger for the respective duel.
Competitions
Since the top of the world in chess is clearly dominated by men, FIDE also organizes a Grand Prix for women in addition to the open tournament (in which Hou Yifan took part for the first time in 2017). This is analogous to the World Chess Championship and the Chess Olympiad .
Grand Prix (open tournament)
| year | places | winner | comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988/89 | Brussels , Belfort , Reykjavík , Barcelona , Rotterdam , Skellefteå |
 Garry Kasparov
|
“Chess World Cup”, not organized by FIDE |
| 1991 | Reykjavík | no winner | “Chess World Cup”, not organized by FIDE; was canceled after a tournament |
| 2008-2010 | Baku , Sochi , Elista , Nalchik , Jermuk , Astrakhan |
 Levon Aronjan
|
The two winners qualified for the Candidates Tournament for the World Cup 2012 |
| 2012-2013 | London , Tashkent , train , Thessaloniki , Beijing , Paris |
 Wesselin Topalow
|
The two first-placed qualified for the 2014 World Cup candidates' tournament |
| 2014-2015 | Baku, Tashkent, Tbilisi , Khanty-Mansiysk |
 Fabiano Caruana
|
The two winners qualified for the 2016 World Cup candidates' tournament |
| 2017 | Sharjah , Moscow , Geneva , Palma |
 Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov
|
The two winners qualified for the 2018 World Cup candidates' tournament |
| 2019 | Moscow, Jūrmala / Riga , Hamburg , Jerusalem |
 Alexander Grishchuk
|
The two first placed qualified for the candidates tournament for the 2020 World Cup |
Women's Grand Prix
| year | places | Winner | comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2011 | Istanbul , Nanjing , Nalchik, Jermuk, Ulaanbaatar , Doha |
 Hou Yifan
|
Since Hou Yifan was already world champion in 2011, the runner-up K. Humpy (India) qualified for the duel against her for the 2011 World Chess Championship for women |
| 2011–2012 | Rostov , Shenzhen , Nalchik, Kazan , Jermuk, Ankara |
Hou Yifan
|
Qualification for the duel for the 2013 Women's World Chess Championship against Anna Uschenina |
| 2013-2014 | Geneva , Dilijan , Tashkent, Khanty-Mansiysk, Lopota, Sharjah |
Hou Yifan
|
Qualification for the duel for the 2016 Women's World Chess Championship against Marija Musychuk |
| 2015-2016 | Monte Carlo , Tehran , Batumi , Chengdu , Khanty-Mansiysk |
Ju Wenjun
|
Qualification for the duel for the 2018 World Women's Chess Championship against Tan Zhongyi |