[lang_nl]FIDE publiceert deelnemers Grand Prix[/lang_nl][lang_en]FIDE publishes participants Grand Prix[/lang_en]
[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.
Related articles:
- "Morozevich: 'No Grand Prix for me'"
- Dates & venues Grand Prix announced
- Qualification criteria Grand Prix published
- Head office Global Chess at the Max Euwe Center - interview with Bessel Kok
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Founder and editor-in-chief of ChessVibes.com, Peter is responsible for most of the chess news and tournament reports. Often visiting top events, he also provides photos and videos for the site. He's a 1.e4 player himself, likes Thai food and the Stones.
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eiae
3 years 11 months ago
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Still, enough good names to make it a credible cycle.
peter
3 years 11 months ago
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No, at first he wanted to, but then canceled at the last minute.
John
3 years 11 months ago
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de vier genoemden doen niet (!) mee en desondanks is gem. rating 2700+
peter
3 years 11 months ago
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oeps was gewoon dat (niet onbelangrijke woordje) vergeten in te tikken.
manyoso
3 years 11 months ago
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No Shirov either it seems.
Lajos Arpad
3 years 11 months ago
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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.
Patrick
3 years 11 months ago
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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.
Jan
3 years 11 months ago
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This Grand Prix what does it mean? Just another big tournament or is there something at stake other than money?
Jonathan Berry
3 years 11 months ago
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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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