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.
The first round will be played on Thursday, April 18th at 14:00 local time with the games Morozevich-Kasimdzhanov, Mamedyarov-Ponomariov, Caruana-Radjabov, Karjakin-Nakamura, Giri-Topalov, Leko-Kamsky. 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.
Fabiano Caruana
Veselin Topalov
Hikaru Nakamura
The Azerbaijanis having a good time
Pairings:
| Round 1 | ||
| Morozevich Alexander | – | Kasimdzhanov Rustam |
| Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | – | Ponomariov Ruslan |
| Caruana Fabiano | – | Radjabov Teimour |
| Karjakin Sergey | – | Nakamura Hikaru |
| Giri Anish | – | Topalov Veselin |
| Leko Peter | – | Kamsky Gata |
| Round 2 | ||
| Kasimdzhanov Rustam | – | Kamsky Gata |
| Topalov Veselin | – | Leko Peter |
| Nakamura Hikaru | – | Giri Anish |
| Radjabov Teimour | – | Karjakin Sergey |
| Ponomariov Ruslan | – | Caruana Fabiano |
| Morozevich Alexander | – | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
| Round 3 | ||
| Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | – | Kasimdzhanov Rustam |
| Caruana Fabiano | – | Morozevich Alexander |
| Karjakin Sergey | – | Ponomariov Ruslan |
| Giri Anish | – | Radjabov Teimour |
| Leko Peter | – | Nakamura Hikaru |
| Kamsky Gata | – | Topalov Veselin |
| Round 4 | ||
| Kasimdzhanov Rustam | – | Topalov Veselin |
| Nakamura Hikaru | – | Kamsky Gata |
| Radjabov Teimour | – | Leko Peter |
| Ponomariov Ruslan | – | Giri Anish |
| Morozevich Alexander | – | Karjakin Sergey |
| Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | – | Caruana Fabiano |
| Round 5 | ||
| Caruana Fabiano | – | Kasimdzhanov Rustam |
| Karjakin Sergey | – | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
| Giri Anish | – | Morozevich Alexander |
| Leko Peter | – | Ponomariov Ruslan |
| Kamsky Gata | – | Radjabov Teimour |
| Topalov Veselin | – | Nakamura Hikaru |
| Round 6 | ||
| Kasimdzhanov Rustam | – | Nakamura Hikaru |
| Radjabov Teimour | – | Topalov Veselin |
| Ponomariov Ruslan | – | Kamsky Gata |
| Morozevich Alexander | – | Leko Peter |
| Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | – | Giri Anish |
| Caruana Fabiano | – | Karjakin Sergey |
| Round 7 | ||
| Karjakin Sergey | – | Kasimdzhanov Rustam |
| Giri Anish | – | Caruana Fabiano |
| Leko Peter | – | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
| Kamsky Gata | – | Morozevich Alexander |
| Topalov Veselin | – | Ponomariov Ruslan |
| Nakamura Hikaru | – | Radjabov Teimour |
| Round 8 | ||
| Kasimdzhanov Rustam | – | Radjabov Teimour |
| Ponomariov Ruslan | – | Nakamura Hikaru |
| Morozevich Alexander | – | Topalov Veselin |
| Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | – | Kamsky Gata |
| Caruana Fabiano | – | Leko Peter |
| Karjakin Sergey | – | Giri Anish |
| Round 9 | ||
| Giri Anish | – | Kasimdzhanov Rustam |
| Leko Peter | – | Karjakin Sergey |
| Kamsky Gata | – | Caruana Fabiano |
| Topalov Veselin | – | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
| Nakamura Hikaru | – | Morozevich Alexander |
| Radjabov Teimour | – | Ponomariov Ruslan |
| Round 10 | ||
| Kasimdzhanov Rustam | – | Ponomariov Ruslan |
| Morozevich Alexander | – | Radjabov Teimour |
| Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | – | Nakamura Hikaru |
| Caruana Fabiano | – | Topalov Veselin |
| Karjakin Sergey | – | Kamsky Gata |
| Giri Anish | – | Leko Peter |
| Round 11 | ||
| Leko Peter | – | Kasimdzhanov Rustam |
| Kamsky Gata | – | Giri Anish |
| Topalov Veselin | – | Karjakin Sergey |
| Nakamura Hikaru | – | Caruana Fabiano |
| Radjabov Teimour | – | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
| Ponomariov Ruslan | – | Morozevich Alexander |
Photos by Anastasiya Karlovich
