Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix 2019
October 4, 2019
2019 FIDE World Chess Grand Prix Series Starts in Hamburg on November 5
This fall, Hamburg becomes the capital of chess world as it welcomes the 3rd leg FIDE World Chess Grand Prix Series 2019. 16 world’s top chess players participate in the tournament that will take place in the Theater Kehrwieder (Kehrwieder 6, 20457 Hamburg) from November 5 to November 17, 2019.
The Grand Prix is a four-leg series taking place over the course of the year. The first two legs took place in Moscow, Russia and Riga, Latvia. It will be followed by Hamburg, Germany and Jerusalem, Israel. The prize fund of each Grand Prix is 130,000 euros, with an additional 280,000 euros for the overall standings. The top two finishers will also earn the main prize — qualification to the Candidates Tournament where they will contest the right to challenge Magnus Carlsen in the World Championship match.
The Hamburg Grand Prix is a knock-out tournament with 16 players. To win a Grand Prix, a player has to defeat opponents in four rounds. Each round consists of two classical games and is followed by faster tie-break games if necessary. Top Grandmasters from 9 countries will take part in the FIDE World Chess Grand Prix Hamburg 2019. This is the strongest Grand Prix Series in recent history.
Anish Giri, Netherlands, 2780
Ian Nepomniachtchi, Russia, 2776
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, France, 2774
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Azerbaijan, 2767
Wesley So, USA, 2767
Yu Yangyi, China, 2763
Sergey Karjakin,Russia, 2760
Alexander Grischuk, Russia, 2759
Levon Aronian, Armenia, 2758
Teimour Radjabov, Azerbaijan, 2758
Pentala Harikrishna, India, 2746
Hikaru Nakamura, USA, 2745
Radoslav Wojtaszek, Poland, 2739
Wei Yi, China, 2736
Veselin Topalov, Bulgaria, 2736,
Nikita Vitiugov, Russia, 2732
Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Poland, 2730
Peter Svidler, Russia, 2729
David Navara, Czech Republic, 2724
Daniil Dubov, Russia, 2699
Dmitry Jakovenko, Russia, 2681
Schedule:
November 5-6 – Round 1, November 7 – Tie-break
November 8-9 – Round 2, November 10 – Tie-break
November 11-12 – Semi-final, November 13 – Tie-break
November 15-16 – Final, November 17 – Tie-break.
November 14 is a rest day.
The rounds start at 3 PM Hamburg time. Chess fans will be able to enter the playing venue starting at 2PM. There will be on-site commentary.
The games will be broadcast live at worldchess.com, the official FIDE broadcasting platform.
https://worldchess.com
3 PM Hamburg time is 9 AM Toronto/Montreal time
October 4, 2019
2019 FIDE World Chess Grand Prix Series Starts in Hamburg on November 5
This fall, Hamburg becomes the capital of chess world as it welcomes the 3rd leg FIDE World Chess Grand Prix Series 2019. 16 world’s top chess players participate in the tournament that will take place in the Theater Kehrwieder (Kehrwieder 6, 20457 Hamburg) from November 5 to November 17, 2019.
The Grand Prix is a four-leg series taking place over the course of the year. The first two legs took place in Moscow, Russia and Riga, Latvia. It will be followed by Hamburg, Germany and Jerusalem, Israel. The prize fund of each Grand Prix is 130,000 euros, with an additional 280,000 euros for the overall standings. The top two finishers will also earn the main prize — qualification to the Candidates Tournament where they will contest the right to challenge Magnus Carlsen in the World Championship match.
The Hamburg Grand Prix is a knock-out tournament with 16 players. To win a Grand Prix, a player has to defeat opponents in four rounds. Each round consists of two classical games and is followed by faster tie-break games if necessary. Top Grandmasters from 9 countries will take part in the FIDE World Chess Grand Prix Hamburg 2019. This is the strongest Grand Prix Series in recent history.
Anish Giri, Netherlands, 2780
Ian Nepomniachtchi, Russia, 2776
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, France, 2774
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Azerbaijan, 2767
Wesley So, USA, 2767
Yu Yangyi, China, 2763
Sergey Karjakin,Russia, 2760
Alexander Grischuk, Russia, 2759
Levon Aronian, Armenia, 2758
Teimour Radjabov, Azerbaijan, 2758
Pentala Harikrishna, India, 2746
Hikaru Nakamura, USA, 2745
Radoslav Wojtaszek, Poland, 2739
Wei Yi, China, 2736
Veselin Topalov, Bulgaria, 2736,
Nikita Vitiugov, Russia, 2732
Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Poland, 2730
Peter Svidler, Russia, 2729
David Navara, Czech Republic, 2724
Daniil Dubov, Russia, 2699
Dmitry Jakovenko, Russia, 2681
Schedule:
November 5-6 – Round 1, November 7 – Tie-break
November 8-9 – Round 2, November 10 – Tie-break
November 11-12 – Semi-final, November 13 – Tie-break
November 15-16 – Final, November 17 – Tie-break.
November 14 is a rest day.
The rounds start at 3 PM Hamburg time. Chess fans will be able to enter the playing venue starting at 2PM. There will be on-site commentary.
The games will be broadcast live at worldchess.com, the official FIDE broadcasting platform.
https://worldchess.com
3 PM Hamburg time is 9 AM Toronto/Montreal time
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