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FIDE Grand Prix is a biennial series of chess tournaments, organized by FIDE and its commercial partner Agon. Each series consist of four or six chess tournaments, which form part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship or Women's World Chess Championship.
The Grand Prix was first played in 2008. The initial Grand Prix saw Magnus Carlsen withdraw (along with Michael Adams) due to changed incentives toward the World Chess Championship.
The first two Grand Prix consisted of six tournaments, but the 2014-2015 edition had only four. Often there were problems finding sponsors and many announced host cities were changed eventually (to date, 8 of the 16 locations have been changed). The 2014-15 edition was announced late, with only 4 events instead of 6, reduced the prizes per event by about 1/3, and had no money for overall placings (as in the earlier editions). . In 2014-2015, four top 10 players (Carlsen, Anand, Topalov and Aronian) didn't participate, with the small prize funds and organizational uncertainty being the usual reasons given.
The winner of the men's Grand Prix (and sometimes lower finishers) gets entry to the Candidates Tournament. The winner of the women's cycle is directly qualified to a championship match. The women's edition has been dominated by Chinese GM Hou Yifan, who won all editions so far.
| Years | Stops | Total prize money | Winner | Runner-up | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-10 | 6 | €1,272,000 | Levon Aronian | Teimour Radjabov | Alexander Grischuk |
| 2012-13 | 6 | €1,440,000 | Veselin Topalov | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Fabiano Caruana |
| 2014-15 | 4 | €480,000 | Fabiano Caruana | Hikaru Nakamura | Dmitry Jakovenko |
The intent for a Grand Prix in 2016-17 has been announced by FIDE/Agon, with the days already theoretically fixed to ensure scheduling consistency, but no further details have been revealed other than the existence of a bidding process being put forth to federations by September 15, 2015. This is perhaps not unexpected, as the previous Grand Prix was only announced in August 2014 (including the reduction from 6 events to 4 events), with the two initial events moved to October 2014 from the original May 2014 and July 2014 calendar dates.
In the first three editions the two rating favorites Hou Yifan and Koneru Humpy always shared the top two places in the overall standings.
| Years | Stops | Total prize money | Winner | Runner-up | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-11 | 6 | €300,000 | Hou Yifan | Koneru Humpy | Nana Dzagnidze |
| 2011-12 | 6 | €300,000 | Hou Yifan | Koneru Humpy | Anna Muzychuk |
| 2013-14 | 6 | €450,000 | Hou Yifan | Koneru Humpy | Ju Wenjun |
| 2015-16 | 4 | €330,000 |