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FIDE Grand Prix 2012-13

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. There were several ways to qualify for the Grand Prix series:

Player Country Qualifying method
Boris Gelfand Israel World Chess Championship 2012
Peter Svidler Russia Chess World Cup 2011
Alexander Grischuk Russia
Vassily Ivanchuk Ukraine
Ruslan Ponomariov Ukraine
Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan FIDE rating list (July 2011 and January 2012 average)
Sergey Karjakin Russia
Hikaru Nakamura United States
Veselin Topalov Bulgaria
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Azerbaijan
Vugar Gashimov Azerbaijan
Fabiano Caruana Italy FIDE President nominee
Alexander Morozevich Russia AGON nominees
Wang Hao China
Peter Leko Hungary
Leinier Domínguez Cuba
Anish Giri Netherlands
Rustam Kasimdzhanov Uzbekistan
Michael Adams England Replacements by rating
Gata Kamsky United States
Étienne Bacrot France
Wang Yue China
Evgeny Tomashevsky Russia
Laurent Fressinet France

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.

Place Single Grand Prix event Overall standings Grand Prix points
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:

  1. Ranking points of the fourth result not already taken in the top three ranking results.
  2. Number of actual game result points scored in the best three tournaments.
  3. Game points of the fourth result not already taken in the top three results.
  4. Number of wins.
  5. Drawing of lots.

Schedule

The six tournaments were:

No. Host city Date Winners Points (win/draw/loss)
1 London, England 21 September - 3 October 2012 Veselin Topalov (BUL)
Boris Gelfand (ISR)
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)		 7/11 (+3=8-0)
7/11 (+4=6-1)
7/11 (+4=6-1)
2 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 22 November - 4 December 2012 Sergey Karjakin (RUS)
Wang Hao (CHN)
Alexander Morozevich (RUS)		 6½/11 (+3=7-1)
6½/11 (+3=7-1)
6½/11 (+4=5-2)
3 Zug, Switzerland 18-30 April 2013 Veselin Topalov (BUL) 8/11 (+5=6-0)
4 Thessaloniki, Greece 22 May - 3 June 2013 Leinier Domínguez (CUB) 8/11 (+6=4-1)
5 Beijing, China 4-16 July 2013 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 7/11 (+5=4−2)
6 Paris, France 22 September - 4 October 2013 Fabiano Caruana (ITA)
Boris Gelfand (ISR)
 7/11 (+4=6-1)
7/11 (+4=6-1)

The third stage of the Grand Prix was initially to be held in Lisbon, Portugal.

The fourth stage of the Grand Prix was initially to be held in Madrid, Spain.

The fifth stage of the Grand Prix was initially to be held in Berlin, Germany.

Events crosstables

London 2012

1st stage, London, England, 21 September - 3 October 2012
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total SB TPR GP
1 Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2752 X ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 7 36.25 2834 140
2 Boris Gelfand (ISR) 2738 ½ X ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7 35.75 2836 140
3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2729 ½ ½ X 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7 34.75 2836 140
4 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2754 ½ 1 1 X ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6½ 36.75 2801 90
5 Peter Leko (HUN) 2737 ½ ½ ½ ½ X ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 32.50 2770 80
6 Wang Hao (CHN) 2742 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ X ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 28.75 2739 70
7 Michael Adams (ENG) 2722 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ X ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 5 26.75 2709 55
8 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2769 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ X ½ ½ ½ 1 5 26.00 2705 55
9 Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) 2684 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ X ½ ½ 0 4½ 24.25 2680 35
10 Leinier Domínguez (CUB) 2725 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ X ½ ½ 4½ 23.75 2677 35
11 Anish Giri (NED) 2730 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ X 0 4 22.00 2643 15
12 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2783 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 X 4 20.50 2638 15

Tashkent 2012

2nd stage, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 22 November - 4 December 2012
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total H2H Wins SB TPR GP
1 Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2775 X ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 6½ 1.5 3 34.75 2808 140
2 Wang Hao (CHN) 2737 ½ X ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 1 3 34.50 2811 140
3 Alexander Morozevich (RUS) 2748 0 ½ X 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 6½ 0.5 4 33.25 2810 140
4 Fabiano Caruana (ITA) 2786 ½ 0 0 X ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 1 3 29.50 2776 80
5 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2764 1 0 ½ ½ X ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 1 2 32.75 2777 80
6 Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) 2696 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ X ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 1 1 33.25 2783 80
7 Peter Svidler (RUS) 2747 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ X ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5½ 1.5 1 30.00 2747 50
8 Peter Leko (HUN) 2732 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ X ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 1 1 28.75 2748 50
9 Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) 2741 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ X ½ 1 ½ 5½ 0.5 2 29.50 2747 50
10 Boris Gelfand (ISR) 2751 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ X ½ 0 4½ 0 0 26.00 2683 30
11 Leinier Domínguez (CUB) 2726 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ X 1 4 0 1 20.50 2652 20
12 Gata Kamsky (USA) 2762 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 X 3½ 0 1 19.25 2614 10

Zug 2013

3rd stage, Zug, Switzerland, 18-30 April 2013
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total H2H Wins SB TPR GP
1 Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2771 X 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 8 0 5 43.00 2924 170
2 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2767 0 X ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 0 3 33.00 2818 140
3 Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) 2733 ½ ½ X 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 6 1 2 33.50 2789 100
4 Fabiano Caruana (ITA) 2772 0 ½ 0 X 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6 0 3 30.25 2785 100
5 Gata Kamsky (USA) 2741 ½ ½ 0 0 X 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 5½ 1 3 29.50 2756 75
6 Alexander Morozevich (RUS) 2758 0 0 ½ ½ 0 X ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 5½ 0 3 27.25 2756 75
7 Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2786 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ X ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 1 1 26.00 2722 50
8 Anish Giri (NED) 2727 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ X ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 1 0 27.75 2727 50
9 Peter Leko (HUN) 2744 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ X ½ ½ ½ 5 1 0 26.50 2725 50
10 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2793 ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ X ½ ½ 4½ 1 1 25.25 2689 20
11 Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) 2709 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ X ½ 4½ 1 1 24.50 2696 20
12 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2766 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ X 4½ 1 0 25.00 2691 20

Thessaloniki 2013

4th stage, Thessaloniki, Greece, 22 May - 3 June 2013
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total H2H Wins SB TPR GP
1 Leinier Domínguez (CUB) 2723 X 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 8 0 6 40.00 2926 170
2 Fabiano Caruana (ITA) 2774 0 X 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 7½ 1 5 37.00 2883 125
3 Gata Kamsky (USA) 2741 1 0 X ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 7½ 0 5 39.00 2886 125
4 Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) 2742 ½ ½ ½ X ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6 0.5 2 31.00 2785 85
5 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2779 ½ ½ ½ ½ X ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 0.5 1 32.50 2782 85
6 Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) 2699 0 ½ 0 1 ½ X 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 0 2 28.00 2757 70
7 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2775 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 X 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 0 2 25.50 2720 60
8 Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2793 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 X ½ 0 1 1 4½ 0.5 2 22.25 2686 45
9 Peter Svidler (RUS) 2769 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ X 1 0 1 4½ 0.5 2 22.25 2688 45
10 Étienne Bacrot (FRA) 2725 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 X ½ 0 4 0.5 1 22.50 2659 25
11 Alexander Morozevich (RUS) 2760 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ X ½ 4 0.5 1 19.50 2656 25
12 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2755 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ X 3½ 0 1 18.00 2621 10

Beijing 2013

5th stage, Beijing, China, 4-16 July 2013
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total H2H Wins SB TPR GP
1 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2761 X 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 7 0 5 37.00 2847 170
2 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2780 1 X ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 6½ 0 3 35.25 2812 140
3 Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2767 0 ½ X ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 6 0.5 3 31.75 2781 100
4 Peter Leko (HUN) 2737 ½ ½ ½ X 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 0.5 1 32.75 2784 100
5 Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2776 0 ½ 0 0 X ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2.5 3 28.75 2750 65
6 Wang Yue (CHN) 2705 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ X ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 5½ 1.5 2 28.75 2755 65
7 Alexander Morozevich (RUS) 2736 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ X ½ 1 ½ 0 1 5½ 1 3 29.75 2752 65
8 Anish Giri (NED) 2734 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ X 1 0 ½ 1 5½ 1 3 28.75 2753 65
9 Boris Gelfand (ISR) 2773 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 X ½ 1 ½ 5 1.5 2 27.75 2718 30
10 Wang Hao (CHN) 2752 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ X ½ 1 5 1 2 26.00 2720 30
11 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2733 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ X 0 5 0.5 2 28.25 2722 30
12 Gata Kamsky (USA) 2763 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 X 3½ 0 1 19.75 2618 10

Paris 2013

6th stage, Paris, France, 22 September - 4 October 2013
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total H2H Wins SB TPR GP
1 Fabiano Caruana (ITA) 2779 X 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 7 1 4 30.00 2840 155
2 Boris Gelfand (ISR) 2764 0 X 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7 0 4 30.00 2841 155
3 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2772 1 0 X 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6½ 1 3 28.50 2807 100
4 Étienne Bacrot (FRA) 2723 ½ ½ 0 X ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 0 3 28.00 2811 100
5 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2785 ½ 0 ½ ½ X ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 5½ ½ 2 23.75 2743 75
6 Leinier Domínguez (CUB) 2757 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ X ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ ½ 1 25.00 2745 75
7 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2731 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ X ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5 2 2 20.75 2716 45
8 Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) 2756 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ X ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 1½ 0 23.75 2714 45
9 Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS) 2703 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ X ½ ½ ½ 5 1½ 0 23.50 2718 45
10 Wang Hao (CHN) 2736 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ X ½ ½ 5 1 0 24.50 2716 45
11 Laurent Fressinet (FRA) 2708 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ X ½ 4½ 0 1 18.75 2686 20
12 Anish Giri (NED) 2737 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ X 3½ 0 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.

Player FIDE rating
Aug 2012		 London Tashkent Zug Thessaloniki Beijing Paris Played Best 3
1 Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2752 140 - 170 (45) 100 - 4 410
2 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2729 140 80 (20) - 170 - 4 390
3 Fabiano Caruana (ITA) 2773 - (80) 100 125 - 155 4 380
4 Boris Gelfand (ISR) 2738 140 (30) - - 30 155 4 325
5 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2763 90 - - 85 140 (75) 4 315
6 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2778 (15) - 140 60 - 100 4 300
7 Alexander Morozevich (RUS) 2770 - 140 75 (25) 65 - 4 280
8 Leinier Domínguez (CUB) 2725 35 (20) - 170 - 75 4 280
9 Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2785 - 140 50 - 65 - 3 255
10 Wang Hao (CHN) 2726 70 140 - - (30) 45 4 255
11 Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) 2734 - 50 100 85 - (45) 4 235
12 Peter Leko (HUN) 2737 80 50 (50) - 100 - 4 230
13 Gata Kamsky (USA) 2746 - 10 75 125 (10) - 4 210
14 Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) 2684 35 80 (20) 70 - - 4 185
15 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2769 55 - - (10) 30 45 4 130
16 Anish Giri (NED) 2711 15 - 50 - 65 (10) 4 130
17 Étienne Bacrot (FRA) 2713 - - - 25 - 100 2 125
18 Peter Svidler (RUS) 2749 - 50 - 45 - - 2 95
19 Wang Yue (CHN) 2685 - - - - 65 - 1 65
20 Michael Adams (ENG) 2722 55 - - - - - 1 55
21 Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS) 2730 - - - - - 45 1 45
22 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2788 - - 20 - - - 1 20
22 Laurent Fressinet (FRA) 2714 - - - - - 20 1 20
- Vugar Gashimov (AZE) 2737 - - withdrew - -
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