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[lang_nl]FIDE publiceert deelnemers Grand Prix[/lang_nl][lang_en]FIDE publishes participants Grand Prix[/lang_en]

4 March 2008, 21.13 CET | Last modified: 21:25 | By Peter Doggers  | Filed under: Reports | Tags: , ,

[lang_nl]FIDE heeft vandaag de deelnemers van de eerste Grand Prix-serie bekendgemaakt. Kramnik, Anand, Topalov en Morozevich doen niet mee, en desondanks is de gemiddelde rating boven de 2700.[/lang_nl][lang_en]Today, FIDE has published the list of confirmed participants for the first Grand Prix series. Kramnik, Anand, Topalov and Morozevich are not playing, but still the average rating is above 2700.[/lang_en]


1 Surname Name Federation Rating
2 Svidler Peter RUS 2763
3 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2760
4 Leko Peter HUN 2753
5 Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2751
6 Aronian Levon ARM 2739
7 Gelfand Boris ISR 2737
8 Radjabov Teimour AZE 2735
9 Carlsen Magnus NOR 2733
10 Karjakin Sergey UKR 2732
11 Adams Michael ENG 2726
12 Kamsky Gata USA 2726
13 Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2720
14 Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2713
15 Grischuk Alexander RUS 2711
16 Bacrot Etienne FRA 2700
17 Wang Yue CHN 2698
18 Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2681
19 Navara David CZE 2680
20 Gashimov Vugar AZE 2665
21 Pelletier Yannick SWZ 2600
22 Al Modiahki Mohamad QTR 2569

Average rating: 2709




[lang_nl]Later komen we hierop terug, met o.a. een interview met Geoffrey Borg, CEO van Global Chess, die het een en ander uitlegt en ingaat op de kritiek die Morozevich onlangs uitte op de Grand Prix.

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[lang_nl][lang_en]Later we will have more on this. For exampe an interview with Geoffrey Borg, the CEO of Global Chess, who explains everything and reacts to Morozevich’s recent criticism on the Grand Prix.

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9 Responses to “[lang_nl]FIDE publiceert deelnemers Grand Prix[/lang_nl][lang_en]FIDE publishes participants Grand Prix[/lang_en]”

  1. John on March 4th, 2008 9:20 pm

    de vier genoemden doen niet (!) mee en desondanks is gem. rating 2700+

  2. peter on March 4th, 2008 9:27 pm

    oeps was gewoon dat (niet onbelangrijke woordje) vergeten in te tikken.

  3. manyoso on March 4th, 2008 9:33 pm

    No Shirov either it seems.

  4. peter on March 4th, 2008 9:56 pm

    No, at first he wanted to, but then canceled at the last minute.

  5. eiae on March 4th, 2008 10:05 pm

    Still, enough good names to make it a credible cycle.

  6. Jan on March 4th, 2008 10:35 pm

    This Grand Prix what does it mean? Just another big tournament or is there something at stake other than money?

  7. Patrick on March 5th, 2008 12:06 am

    What are players like Al Modiahki and Pelletier doing in this tournament?

    More amazing that we have a 2700+ average rating with players like this in the field.

  8. Lajos Arpad on March 5th, 2008 3:44 am

    The level will be good, but i think Morozevich had a point.
    @Jan:
    “This Grand Prix what does it mean? Just another big tournament or is there something at stake other than money?”
    As far as i know, this will be an event composed from six tournaments, the winner will play a match against the winner of the World Cup, and the winner of that match will be the World Chess Championship challenger.

  9. Jonathan Berry on March 5th, 2008 1:52 pm

    There are 21 players, as counting started at “2″. The last six players are clearly either local nominees or the Presidential nominee (probably Wang Yue). I’m guessing that Grischuk is also a local nominee. I predicted Gashimov, Navara and Al Modiahki as local nominees, while leaving the two Russian nominees and Switzerland as too chancy to guess.

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