2013 FIDE Grand Prix (Switzerland)

The first in a 2013 series of FIDE Grand Prix events kicks off on April 17th in Zug, Switzerland with several of the top brass competing. The last cycle culminated in the Candidate’s Tournament ending with GM Magnus Carlsen earning the right to challenge World Champion Viswanathan Anand. That match will take place (tentatively) in Chennai, India in November.

The tournament’s field features six of the top ten players led by Teimour Radjabov who had a poor showing in the Candidate’s tournament, but looks to start afresh in a tough field. Sergey Karjakin of Russia and Fabiano Caruana are aspirants as well as America’s Hikaru Nakamura. There are a couple of familiar faces such as former World Champion Veselin Topalov and FIDE World Champions Ruslan Ponomariov and Rustam Kasimdzhanov.

The Grand Prix Series consists of six tournaments features 18 of the world’s top players participating in four of six tournaments over a two-year span. The players placing first and second overall will qualify for the Candidates Tournament to be held in March 2014.

Official: https://zug2013.fide.com/en/main-page
Games: https://www.thechessdrum.net/palview6/zuggrandprix2013.pgn

2013 FIDE Grand Prix Series April 17th – May 1st, 2013 (Zug, Switzerland)
Group A
#	Name	Title	Federation	Flag	Rating
1	Radjabov, Teimour	GM	Azerbaijan		2793
2	Karjakin, Sergey	GM	Russia		2786
3	Caruana, Fabiano	GM	Italy		2772
4	Topalov, Veselin	GM	Bulgaria		2771
5	Nakamura, Hikaru	GM	USA		2769
6	Mamedyarov, Shakriyar	GM	Azerbaijan		2752
7	Morozevich, Alexander	GM	Russia		2758
8	Leko, Peter	GM	Hungary		2744
9	Kamsky, Gata	GM	USA		2741
10	Ponomariov, Ruslan	GM	Ukraine		2733
11	Giri, Anish	GM	Netherlands		2727
12	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	GM	Uzbekistan		2709
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