FIDE GRAND PRIX SERIES 18 April 2008
Chess Grand Prix series under the aegis of FIDE will be held from April 20th 2008 till December 23th 2009. Event 1 April 20th – May 6th 2008, Baku, Azerbaijan Event 2 July 30th – August 15th 2008, Sochi, Russia Event 3 December 13th – 29th, 2008, Doha, Qatar Event 4 April 14th – 28th, 2009, Montreux, Switzerland Event 5 August 8th – 24th, 2009, Elista, Russia Event 6 December 7th – 23rd, 2009, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic Twenty one grand masters, among whom nineteen are in the Top 50 April 2008 FIDE ratings, will participate in these tournaments. The rating favorite is Magnus Carlsen from Norway with current 2765 points. Each tournament will be a 14 player round robin. Each player will play four FIDE tournaments. Each player will win a money prize (even the participant, who takes the last place gets 4000 Euro!) and get ranking points for the taken place. After the tournament series is over, additional prizes are provided (the prize for the first place is 75000 Euro! There are ten prizes provided). The prize depends on the number of cumulative points scored in the FIDE Grand Prix Series.