FIDE is announcing the calendar and participants for theFIDE Grand Prix Series 2014-2015, which will give qualification for the winner and second placed player to the next FIDE Candidates Tournament.
The Grand Prix Series will consist of four tournaments to be held over two years (2014-2015).
16 top players are selected in accordance to the Regulations. Each player will participate in 3 of these 4 tournaments.
Each tournament will have 12 players playing over a schedule of fourteen days.
Schedule:
Baku, 1-15th October 2014
Tashkent, 20th October to 3rd November 2014
Teheran, 14-28th February 2015
Khanty-Mansiysk, 13-27th May 2015
Participants:
Caruana Fabiano ITA (Rating List) 2801
Grischuk Alexander RUS (Rating List) 2789
Nakamura Hikaru USA (Rating List) 2782
Karjakin Sergey RUS (Rating List) 2777
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA (World Cup 2013) 2768
Giri Anish NED (President Nominee) 2758
Dominguez Leinier CUB (Rating List) 2756
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE (Rating List) 2756
Gelfand Boris ISR (Rating List) 2748
Jakovenko Dmitry RUS (AGON Nominee) 2747
Svidler Peter RUS (Rating List) 2732
Andreikin Dmitry RUS (World Cup 2013) 2722
Radjabov Teimour AZE (AGON Nominee) 2717
Kasimdzhanov Rustam UZB (AGON Nominee) 2706
Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS (World Cup 2013) 2701
Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI (AGON Nominee) 2591
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nakamura, why join this tournament? Its too tough for you. You will end up getting embarrassed and in last place again, please reconsider.
This is what Nakamura waiting for. He will win one of the tournaments and beat them all in the Candidates. Naka’s turn to play for the World Championship is at hand finally. He will win that WC too.
Nakamura will be the FIDE Standard World Chess Champion for sure…. BUT in the alternate universe where Magnus Carlsen is the FIDE President & Kasparov (then 80 years old) is still the FIDE World Champion & Nakamura the strong contender & Caruana is a rich businessman & chess patron where he annually sponsor the Fabio Caruana Cup held every year in Italy where only the Top 5 players fight it out for the $ 1 million prize.
The odds for Nakamura winning one of the tournament to qualfy for the Candidates Match is 1 to 99,000,000. His technique and playing strategy is not suited for a very high competetive chess games. Besides, his brain lacks the capacity and tenacity to undergo in a very highly grueling matches.
Come on Naka, show all these patzers and pretenders who you really are. Undoubtedly, you are still the best player in the world. Show theses naysayers, who are dumb, that you are truly the anointed next king of chess.
Nakamura wannabe is no longer a contender in any chess tournament he is scheduled to play. His ability to win even a single game is getting harder ever since these super young prodigies became mature and has adapted to the game. His playing days are over.
Nakamura, Japan should be the proper entree ID for him. It is an insult for USA and every US citizen to be represented by this brainless guy. Please correct the list.