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Levon Aronian invited to FIDE Grand-Prix 2014-2015

Levon Aronian invited to FIDE Grand-Prix 2014-2015

YEREVAN, AUGUST 21, ARMENPRESS. The leader of the Armenian men’s chess team Levon Aronian has been invited to participate in the FIDE Grand-Prix 2014-2015.

FIDE announces the full details of the Grand-Prix 2014-2015, from which the first two (2) winners will qualify to the Candidates Tournament of the World Chess Championship Cycle 2014-2016. The schedule of the four events is the following:

a.) 1 - 15 October 2014: Baku, Azerbaijan

b.) 20 October - 3 November 2014: Tashkent, Uzbekistan

c.) 14 - 28 February 2015: Tehran, Iran

d.) 13 - 27 May 2015: Moscow, Russia

As reports “Armenpress” citing the FIDE official website, in total 16 players will participate, 11 qualifiers as per regulations (listed below) plus 4 nominees from the organisers (to be announced) plus 1 nominee of the FIDE President (to be announced).

The 11 original qualifiers who have to confirm their participation by 27 August 2014 are:

01. Carlsen, Magnus (World Champion)

02. Anand, Wiswanathan (World Ch. match 2013)

03. Kramnik, Vladimir (World Cup winner 2013)

04. Andreikin, Dmitry (World Cup runner-up 2013)

05. Tomashevsky, Evgeny (World Cup semi-finalist 2013)

06. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (World Cup semi-finalist 2013)

07. Aronian, Levon (Average Rating List 5/2013 to 4/2014)

08. Caruana, Fabiano (Average Rating List 5/2013 to 4/2014)

09. Grischuk, Alexander (Average Rating List 5/2013 to 4/2014)

10. Nakamura, Hikaru (Average Rating List 5/2013 to 4/2014)

11. Topalov, Veselin (Average Rating List 5/2013 to 4/2014)

The first reserves for any replacement needed are:

1. Karjakin, Sergey (Average Rating List 5/2013 to 4/2014)

2. Gelfand, Boris (Average Rating List 5/2013 to 4/2014)

3. Mamedyarov, S (Average Rating List 5/2013 to 4/2014).

Each player will play in 3 tournaments and all his results will be taken into account for the overall final standings of the Grand-Prix.








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