FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13
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Tournament information | |
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Sport | Chess |
Location | England London Uzbekistan Tashkent Switzerland Zug Greece Thessaloniki China Beijing France Paris |
Dates | 21 September 2012– 3 October 2013 |
Administrator | FIDE |
Tournament format(s) | Series of Round-robin tournaments |
Final positions | |
Champion | Bulgaria Veselin Topalov |
Runner-up | Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
The FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13 was a series of six chess tournaments that formed part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2014. Veselin Topalov finished first, and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov second in the overall standings. Both therefore qualified for the 2014 Candidates Tournament.
Format
Eighteen top players were selected to compete in these tournaments. Each player agrees and will contract to participate in four of these tournaments. Each tournament is a 12-player, single round-robin tournament. This is a change to the 14 player tournaments last cycle. In each round players scored 1 point for a win, ½ point for a draw and 0 for a loss. Grand Prix points were then allocated according to each player's standing in the tournament: 170 Grand Prix points for first place, 140 for second place, 110 for third place, and then 90 down to 10 points by steps of 10. In case of a tie in points the Grand Prix points are shared evenly by the tied players. Only the three best tournament results of each player are counted. The player with the most Grand Prix points is the winner.
Players and qualification
The three highest ranked players on the FIDE rating list chose not to enter the Grand Prix. Those are world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen, 2008–2010 Grand Prix winner Levon Aronian and ex-world champion Vladimir Kramnik. World Champion Viswanathan Anand also declined participation.[1] There were several ways to qualify for the Grand Prix series:
Prize money and Grand Prix points
The prize money is €170,000 per single Grand Prix and €420,000 for the overall Grand Prix finishes.[2]
Place | Single Grand Prix event | Overall standings | Grand Prix points |
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1 | €25,000 | €100,000 | 170 |
2 | €22,500 | €80,000 | 140 |
3 | €20,000 | €60,000 | 110 |
4 | €17,500 | €50,000 | 90 |
5 | €15,000 | €40,000 | 80 |
6 | €13,000 | €30,000 | 70 |
7 | €12,000 | €25,000 | 60 |
8 | €11,000 | €20,000 | 50 |
9 | €10,000 | €15,000 | 40 |
10 | €9,000 | – | 30 |
11 | €8,000 | – | 20 |
12 | €7,000 | – | 10 |
Tie breaks
With the objective of determining qualifiers to play in the Candidates 2014, and in the case that two or more players have equal cumulative points at the top, the following criteria were utilized to decide the overall Series winner and other overall placings:[2]
- Ranking points of the fourth result not already taken in the top three ranking results.
- Number of actual game result points scored in the best three tournaments.
- Game points of the fourth result not already taken in the top three results.
- Number of wins.
- Drawing of lots.
Schedule
The six tournaments were:
The third stage of the Grand Prix was initially to be held in Lisbon, Portugal.[3] The fourth stage of the Grand Prix was initially to be held in Madrid, Spain.[4] The fifth stage of the Grand Prix was initially to be held in Berlin, Germany.[5]
Events crosstables
London 2012
1st stage, London, England, 21 September – 3 October 2012[6] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total SB TPR GP 1 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2752 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 7 36.25 2834 140 2 File:Flag of Israel.svg Boris Gelfand (ISR) 2738 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7 35.75 2836 140 3 File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2729 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7 34.75 2836 140 4 File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2754 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6½ 36.75 2801 90 5 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Peter Leko (HUN) 2737 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 32.50 2770 80 6 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hao (CHN) 2742 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 28.75 2739 70 7 File:Flag of England.svg Michael Adams (ENG) 2722 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 5 26.75 2709 55 8 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2769 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 26.00 2705 55 9 File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) 2684 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 4½ 24.25 2680 35 10 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Leinier Domínguez (CUB) 2725 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 23.75 2677 35 11 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri (NED) 2730 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 4 22.00 2643 15 12 File:Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2783 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 4 20.50 2638 15
Tashkent 2012
2nd stage, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 22 November – 4 December 2012[7] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total H2H Wins SB TPR GP 1 File:Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2775 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 6½ 1½ 3 34.75 2808 140 2 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hao (CHN) 2737 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 1 3 34.50 2811 140 3 File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Morozevich (RUS) 2748 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 6½ ½ 4 33.25 2810 140 4 File:Flag of Italy.svg Fabiano Caruana (ITA) 2786 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 1 3 29.50 2776 80 5 File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2764 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 1 2 32.75 2777 80 6 File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) 2696 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 1 1 33.25 2783 80 7 File:Flag of Russia.svg Peter Svidler (RUS) 2747 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5½ 1½ 1 30.00 2747 50 8 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Peter Leko (HUN) 2732 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 1 1 28.75 2748 50 9 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) 2741 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ ½ 2 29.50 2747 50 10 File:Flag of Israel.svg Boris Gelfand (ISR) 2751 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 4½ — 0 26.00 2683 30 11 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Leinier Domínguez (CUB) 2726 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 4 — 1 20.50 2652 20 12 File:Flag of the United States.svg Gata Kamsky (USA) 2762 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 3½ — 1 19.25 2614 10
Zug 2013
3rd stage, Zug, Switzerland, 18–30 April 2013[8] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total H2H Wins SB TPR GP 1 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2771 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 8 — 5 43.00 2924 170 2 File:Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2767 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6½ — 3 33.00 2818 140 3 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) 2733 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 6 1 2 33.50 2789 100 4 File:Flag of Italy.svg Fabiano Caruana (ITA) 2772 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6 0 3 30.25 2785 100 5 File:Flag of the United States.svg Gata Kamsky (USA) 2741 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 5½ 1 3 29.50 2756 75 6 File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Morozevich (RUS) 2758 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 5½ 0 3 27.25 2756 75 7 File:Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2786 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 1 1 26.00 2722 50 8 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri (NED) 2727 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 1 0 27.75 2727 50 9 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Peter Leko (HUN) 2744 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 1 0 26.50 2725 50 10 File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2793 ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 1 1 25.25 2689 20 11 File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) 2709 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 1 1 24.50 2696 20 12 File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2766 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 1 0 25.00 2691 20
Thessaloniki 2013
4th stage, Thessaloniki, Greece, 22 May – 3 June 2013[9] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total H2H Wins SB TPR GP 1 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Leinier Domínguez (CUB) 2723 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 8 — 6 40.00 2926 170 2 File:Flag of Italy.svg Fabiano Caruana (ITA) 2774 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 7½ 1 5 37.00 2883 125 3 File:Flag of the United States.svg Gata Kamsky (USA) 2741 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 7½ 0 5 39.00 2886 125 4 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) 2742 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6 ½ 2 31.00 2785 85 5 File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2779 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 ½ 1 32.50 2782 85 6 File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) 2699 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ — 2 28.00 2757 70 7 File:Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2775 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 — 2 25.50 2720 60 8 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2793 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 4½ ½ 2 22.25 2686 45 9 File:Flag of Russia.svg Peter Svidler (RUS) 2769 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 4½ ½ 2 22.25 2688 45 10 File:Flag of France.svg Étienne Bacrot (FRA) 2725 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 4 ½ 1 22.50 2659 25 11 File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Morozevich (RUS) 2760 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 4 ½ 1 19.50 2656 25 12 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2755 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 3½ — 1 18.00 2621 10
Beijing 2013
5th stage, Beijing, China, 4–16 July 2013[10] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total H2H Wins SB TPR GP 1 File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2761 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 7 — 5 37.00 2847 170 2 File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2780 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 6½ — 3 35.25 2812 140 3 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2767 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 6 ½ 3 31.75 2781 100 4 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Peter Leko (HUN) 2737 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 ½ 1 32.75 2784 100 5 File:Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2776 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2½ 3 28.75 2750 65 6 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yue (CHN) 2705 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 5½ 1½ 2 28.75 2755 65 7 File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Morozevich (RUS) 2736 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 5½ 1 3 29.75 2752 65 8 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri (NED) 2734 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 5½ 1 3 28.75 2753 65 9 File:Flag of Israel.svg Boris Gelfand (ISR) 2773 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 5 1½ 2 27.75 2718 30 10 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hao (CHN) 2752 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5 1 2 26.00 2720 30 11 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2733 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 5 ½ 2 28.25 2722 30 12 File:Flag of the United States.svg Gata Kamsky (USA) 2763 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 3½ — 1 19.75 2618 10
Paris 2013
6th stage, Paris, France, 22 September – 4 October 2013[11] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total H2H Wins SB TPR GP 1 File:Flag of Italy.svg Fabiano Caruana (ITA) 2779 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 7 1 4 30.00 2840 155 2 File:Flag of Israel.svg Boris Gelfand (ISR) 2764 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7 0 4 30.00 2841 155 3 File:Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2772 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6½ 1 3 28.50 2807 100 4 File:Flag of France.svg Étienne Bacrot (FRA) 2723 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 0 3 28.00 2811 100 5 File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2785 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 5½ ½ 2 23.75 2743 75 6 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Leinier Domínguez (CUB) 2757 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ ½ 1 25.00 2745 75 7 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2731 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5 2 2 20.75 2716 45 8 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) 2756 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 1½ 0 23.75 2714 45 9 File:Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS) 2703 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 1½ 0 23.50 2718 45 10 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hao (CHN) 2736 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 1½ 0 24.50 2716 45 11 File:Flag of France.svg Laurent Fressinet (FRA) 2708 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ — 1 18.75 2686 20 12 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri (NED) 2737 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3½ — 0 15.50 2615 10
Grand Prix standings
Grand Prix points in bold indicate a tournament win. A number in brackets is a player's worst result of four and doesn't add to the total. Veselin Topalov finished first, and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov was second in the overall standings. Thus, they qualified for the 2014 Candidates Tournament.[12][13] Karjakin and Svidler qualified for the Candidates by other paths, so are shown in light green.
Notes
- 1 In the London Grand Prix, Adams replaced Svidler, who withdrew for family reasons.[14]
- 2 Kamsky replaced Gashimov, who had to withdraw his place due to illness before playing in any Grand Prix.[15][16]
- 3 In the Thessaloniki Grand Prix, Bacrot replaced Radjabov, who withdrew for personal reasons.[17]
- 4 Wang Yue replaced Radjabov in the Beijing Grand Prix.[18]
- 5 Tomashevsky, Fressinet and Bacrot replaced Karjakin, Radjabov and Svidler in the Paris Grand Prix.[19]
References
- ↑ "FIDE/Agon announce Grand Prix 2012-2013 participants". chessvibes.com. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 FIDE: Regulations for the 2012–2013 FIDE World Chess Grand-Prix Series
- ↑ "FIDE Grand Prix moves from Portugal to Switzerland". chessdom.com. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ↑ "Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Officially Confirmed the Next Grand Prix to Be Held in Thessaloniki". chess-news.ru. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ↑ "The 5th Grand Prix Stage to Be Held in Beijing". chess-news.ru. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ↑ "FIDE Grand Prix – London 2012: Standings". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ↑ FIDE Grand Prix – Tashkent 2012: Standings
- ↑ FIDE Grand Prix – Zug 2013: Standings
- ↑ FIDE Grand Prix – Thessaloniki 2013: Standings
- ↑ FIDE Grand Prix – Beijing 2013: Standings
- ↑ "FIDE Grand Prix – Paris 2013: Standings". Archived from the original on 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ↑ "Mamedyarov first in Beijing, Topalov wins Grand Prix overall". ChessVibes. 16 July 2013. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ↑ "Grand Prix R11: all games drawn, Caruana & Gelfand share victory". ChessVibes. 4 October 2013. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ↑ "Adams replaces Svidler in London". whychess.com. 20 September 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ↑ "FIDE Grand Prix: Kamsky replaces Gashimov". whychess.com. 23 October 2012. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ↑ "GM Vugar Gashimov Won't Play in the Current Grand Prix". chess-news.ru. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ↑ "Teimour Radjabov Won't Play in the Upcoming Grand Prix Stage. Etienne Bacrot to Replace Him". chess-news.ru. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ↑ "Grand Prix: Wang Yue to Replace Radjabov in Beijing". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
- ↑ "Fressinet, Bacrot and Tomashevsky enter the FIDE Grand Prix in Paris". Chessdom. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.