FIDE and Renova Group of Companies are pleased to announce that the third leg of the FIDE Grand Prix Series 2012/13 will be held between the 17th of April 2013 and 1st of May 2013 in Zug, Switzerland. This is the first time that the FIDE Grand Prix has been named after the sponsors.
Full pairings below.
Live games / Full list of participants here
The opening ceremony took place today at the Swissever Hotel in Zug. The drawing of colors was made and the players were welcomed to the Swiss town.
This event will see a mixture of aggressive and solid players, which hopefully will create interesting battles over the boards.
Official website
| Round 1 | ||
| Morozevich Alexander | – | Kasimdzhanov Rustam |
| Mamedyarov Shak | – | Ponomariov Ruslan |
| Caruana Fabiano | – | Radjabov Teimour |
| Karjakin Sergey | – | Nakamura Hikaru |
| Giri Anish | – | Topalov Veselin |
| Leko Peter | – | Kamsky Gata |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nakamura rocks.