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    LEVON ARONIAN INVITED TO FIDE GRAND-PRIX 2014-2015

    09:59, 21 August, 2014

    YEREVAN, AUGUST 21, ARMENPRESS. The leader of the Armenian men's
    chess team Levon Aronian has been invited to participate in the FIDE
    Grand-Prix 2014-2015.

    FIDE announces the full details of the Grand-Prix 2014-2015, from which
    the first two (2) winners will qualify to the Candidates Tournament
    of the World Chess Championship Cycle 2014-2016.

    The schedule of the four events is the following:

    a.) 1 - 15 October 2014: Baku, Azerbaijan b.) 20 October - 3 November
    2014: Tashkent, Uzbekistan c.) 14 - 28 February 2015: Tehran, Iran
    d.) 13 - 27 May 2015: Moscow, Russia

    As reports "Armenpress" citing the FIDE official website, in total 16
    players will participate, 11 qualifiers as per regulations (listed
    below) plus 4 nominees from the organisers (to be announced) plus 1
    nominee of the FIDE President (to be announced).

    The 11 original qualifiers who have to confirm their participation
    by 27 August 2014 are:

    01. Carlsen, Magnus (World Champion) 02. Anand, Wiswanathan (World
    Ch. match 2013) 03. Kramnik, Vladimir (World Cup winner 2013)
    04. Andreikin, Dmitry (World Cup runner-up 2013) 05. Tomashevsky,
    Evgeny (World Cup semi-finalist 2013) 06. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
    (World Cup semi-finalist 2013) 07. Aronian, Levon (Average Rating List
    5/2013 to 4/2014) 08. Caruana, Fabiano (Average Rating List 5/2013
    to 4/2014) 09. Grischuk, Alexander (Average Rating List 5/2013 to
    4/2014) 10. Nakamura, Hikaru (Average Rating List 5/2013 to 4/2014)
    11. Topalov, Veselin (Average Rating List 5/2013 to 4/2014)

    The first reserves for any replacement needed are:

    1. Karjakin, Sergey (Average Rating List 5/2013 to 4/2014) 2. Gelfand,
    Boris (Average Rating List 5/2013 to 4/2014) 3. Mamedyarov, S (Average
    Rating List 5/2013 to 4/2014).

    Each player will play in 3 tournaments and all his results will be
    taken into account for the overall final standings of the Grand-Prix.

    http://armenpress.am/eng/news/773186/levon-aronian-invited-to-fide-grand-prix-2014-2015.html

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