FIDE Grand Prix 2012–2013

The FIDE Grand Prix 2012–2013 was a series of chess tournaments with the participation of the world's best that took place from September 2012 to October 2013. The first two winners, Wesselin Topalow and Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov , qualified for the candidates' tournament for the 2014 World Chess Championship .

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The Grand Prix consisted of six tournaments with 12 players each. Eighteen top players from the world took part regularly, each of them playing in four tournaments. Due to various cancellations, a total of five other players competed. The winner of each tournament received 170 points, the second 140 and the third 110. For 4th to 12th place there were 90, 80, ... to 10 points. Only the board points counted for the placement in each tournament; there was no fine evaluation . When players shared a placement, the total points were split. The three best tournaments were rated for each player; the fourth was a coating result , which has been used only in the case of equal to the rank determination.

qualification

The following were specified as participants:

• The loser of the 2012 World Chess Championship : Boris Gelfand
• The four winners of the 2011 World Cup : Peter Swidler , Alexander Grishchuk , Wassyl Ivanchuk , Ruslan Ponomarjow
• Six other players based on the FIDE rating list : Sergei Karjakin , Wesselin Topalow , Hikaru Nakamura , Vüqar Həşimov , Teymur Rəcəbov , Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov . Before his first tournament participation, Vüqar Həşimov resigned from the competition for health reasons; Gata Kamsky was nominated for him .
• One of the FIDE President's nominees: Fabiano Caruana
• Six nominees from the marketing company AGON: Leinier Domínguez , Anish Giri , Rustam Kasimjanov , Péter Lékó , Alexander Morosewitsch , Wang Hao

Results

Tournaments

London Sep / Oct 2012	1st - 3rd Topalow, Gelfand, Məmmədyarov 7 P .; 4. Grishchuk 6½ p .; 5. Lékó 6 p .; 6. Wang 5½ p .; 7th-8th Adams, Ivanchuk 5 P .; 9-10 Domínguez, Kasimjanov 4½ p .; 11-12 Giri, Nakamura 4 P. Michael Adams stood for Peter Swidler, who canceled at short notice .
Tashkent Nov / Dec 2012	1st - 3rd Karjakin, Morozevich, Wang 6½ P .; 4.-6 . Caruana, Kasimjanov, Məmmədyarov 6 P .; 7th-9th Lékó, Ponomarjow, Swidler 5½ P .; 10. Gelfand 4½ p .; 11. Domínguez 4 p .; 12. Kamsky 3½ p.
Zug April / May 2013	1. Topalow 8 p .; 2. Nakamura 6½ p .; 3rd to 4th Caruana, Ponomarev 6 P .; 5th-6th Kamsky, Morosewitsch 5½ p .; 7th-9th Giri, Karjakin, Lékó 5 P .; 10-12 Kasimjanow, Məmmədyarov, Rəcəbov 4½ P.
Thessaloniki May / June 2013	1. Domínguez 8 p .; 2-3 Caruana, Kamsky 7½ P .; 4th to 5th Grishchuk, Ponomarev 6 P .; 6. Kasimjanov 5½ p .; 7. Nakamura 5 p .; 8th-9th Swidler, Topalow 4½ p .; 10-11 Bacrot, Morosewitsch 4 P .; 12. Ivanchuk 3½ P. Teymur Rəcəbov canceled participation; for him stood Etienne Bacrot .
Beijing July 2013	1. Məmmədyarov 7 p .; 2 grishchuk 6½ p .; 3rd to 4th Lékó, Topalow 6 p .; 5th-8th Giri, Karjakin, Morozevich, Wang Yue 5½ P .; 9-11 Gelfand, Ivanchuk, Wang Hao 5 P .; 12. Kamsky 3½ P. Teymur Rəcəbov canceled participation; Wang Yue ran for him .
Paris Sep / Oct 2013	1st – 2nd Caruana, Gelfand 7 P .; 3rd to 4th Bacrot, Nakamura 6½ p .; 5th-6th Domínguez, Grishchuk 5½ p .; 7-10 Ivanchuk, Ponomarjow, Tomaschewski, Wang 5 P .; 11. Fressinet 4½ p .; 12. Giri 3½ P. Karjakin, Rəcəbov and Swidler canceled their participation; Yevgeni Tomaschewski , Laurent Fressinet and Étienne Bacrot competed for them .

Overall result

This results in the following table:

player	London	Tashkent	train	Thessaloniki	Beijing	Paris	Points best 3	Points all
Wesselin Topalow	140	-	170	45	100	-	410	455
Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov	140	80	20th	-	170	-	390	410
Fabiano Caruana	-	80	100	125	-	155	380	460
Boris Gelfand	140	30th	-	-	30th	155	325	355
Alexander Grishchuk	90	-	-	85	140	75	315	390
Hikaru Nakamura	15th	-	140	60	-	100	300	315
Alexander Morozevich	-	140	75	25th	65	-	280	305
Leinier Domínguez	35	20th	-	170	-	75	280	300
Wang Hao	70	140	-	-	30th	45	255	275
Sergei Karjakin	-	140	50	-	65	- *	255	255
Ruslan Ponomarev	-	50	100	85	-	45	235	280
Péter Lékó	80	50	50	-	100	-	230	280
Gata Kamsky	-	10	75	125	10	-	210	220
Rustam Kasimjanov	35	80	20th	70	-	-	185	205
Anish Giri	15th	-	50	-	65	10	130	140
Vasyl Ivanchuk	55	-	-	10	30th	45	130	140
Peter Swidler	- *	50	-	45	-	- *	95	95
Teymur Rəcəbov	-	-	20th	- *	- *	- *	20th	20th
Étienne Bacrot	-	-	-	25th	-	100	- **	125
Wang Yue	-	-	-	-	65	-	- **	65
Michael Adams	55	-	-	-	-	-	- **	55
Yevgeny Tomaschewski	-	-	-	-	-	45	- **	45
Laurent Fressinet	-	-	-	-	-	20th	- **	20th

* Participation canceled
** out of competition

Web links

• Official site of FIDE (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grand Prix Participants. FIDE, April 2, 2013, accessed April 6, 2013 . 
2. ^ FIDE Grand Prix London Tournament. chessgames.com: Games and results. Retrieved April 15, 2013 . 
3. ^ FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent Tournament. chessgames.com: Games and results. Retrieved April 15, 2013 . 
4. ^ FIDE Grand Prix Zug Tournament. chessgames.com: Games and results. Retrieved April 15, 2013 . 
5. ^ FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki Tournament. chessgames.com: Games and results. Retrieved May 23, 2013 . 
6. ^ FIDE Grand Prix Beijing Tournament. chessgames.com: Games and results. Retrieved July 3, 2013 . 
7. ^ FIDE Grand Prix Paris Tournament. chessgames.com: Games and results. Retrieved September 20, 2013 . 
8. ↑ FIDE Grand Prix CHESS TOURNAMENTS. FIDE Grand Prix Standings. December 13, 2012, accessed February 5, 2013 .