FIDE Grand Prix in Astrakhan
Friday, 05 February 2010 11:29
The final FIDE Grand-Prix tournament is set to take place on 9-25th May in Astrakhan, Russia. The event is crucial to determine who will be the second qualifier for the Candidates Matches 2010-2011. Levon Aronian has already qualified and opted not to participate – current standings.
As with the previous Grand Prix stages, the tournament format is round robin with 14 players.
Participants:
Vladimir Akopian (Armenia)
Evgeny Alekseev (Russia)
Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine)
Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan)
Boris Gelfand (Israel)
Ernesto Inarkiev (Russia)
Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)
Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia)
Peter Leko (Hungary)
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)
Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)
Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)
Peter Svidler (Russia)
Wang Yue (China)
Where’s Aronian?
“Where’s Aronian?”
You must be just occasional bypasser.
Great lineup. As Susan’s note said Aronian opted not to play this one as he already qualified for the World Championship tournament.