FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13
The FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13 was a series of six chess tournaments that formed part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2014. Veselin Topalov finished first, and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov second in the overall standings. Both therefore qualified for the 2014 Candidates Tournament.
|  FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13 winner Veselin Topalov | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Chess | 
| Location |  London  Tashkent .svg.png.webp) Zug  Thessaloniki  Beijing  Paris | 
| Dates | 21 September 2012– 3 October 2013 | 
| Administrator | FIDE | 
| Tournament format(s) | Series of Round-robin tournaments | 
| Final positions | |
| Champion |  Veselin Topalov | 
| Runner-up |  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 
Format
    
Eighteen top players were selected to compete in these tournaments. Each player agrees and will contract to participate in four of these tournaments.
Each tournament is a 12-player, single round-robin tournament. This is a change to the 14 player tournaments last cycle. In each round players scored 1 point for a win, ½ point for a draw and 0 for a loss. Grand Prix points were then allocated according to each player's standing in the tournament: 170 Grand Prix points for first place, 140 for second place, 110 for third place, and then 90 down to 10 points by steps of 10. In case of a tie in points the Grand Prix points are shared evenly by the tied players. Only the three best tournament results of each player are counted. The player with the most Grand Prix points is the winner.
Players and qualification
    
The three highest ranked players on the FIDE rating list chose not to enter the Grand Prix. Those are world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen, 2008–2010 Grand Prix winner Levon Aronian and ex-world champion Vladimir Kramnik. World Champion Viswanathan Anand also declined participation.[1] There were several ways to qualify for the Grand Prix series:
| Player | Country | Qualifying method | 
|---|---|---|
| Boris Gelfand |  Israel | World Chess Championship 2012 | 
| Peter Svidler[1][5] |  Russia | Chess World Cup 2011 | 
| Alexander Grischuk |  Russia | |
| Vassily Ivanchuk |  Ukraine | |
| Ruslan Ponomariov |  Ukraine | |
| Teimour Radjabov[3][4][5] |  Azerbaijan | FIDE rating list (July 2011 and January 2012 average) | 
| Sergey Karjakin[5] |  Russia | |
| Hikaru Nakamura |  United States | |
| Veselin Topalov |  Bulgaria | |
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |  Azerbaijan | |
| Vugar Gashimov[2] |  Azerbaijan | |
| Fabiano Caruana |  Italy | FIDE President nominee | 
| Alexander Morozevich |  Russia | AGON nominees | 
| Wang Hao |  China | |
| Peter Leko |  Hungary | |
| Leinier Domínguez |  Cuba | |
| Anish Giri |  Netherlands | |
| Rustam Kasimdzhanov |  Uzbekistan | |
| Michael Adams[1] |  England | Replacements by rating | 
| Gata Kamsky[2] |  United States | |
| Étienne Bacrot[3][5] |  France | |
| Wang Yue[4] |  China | |
| Evgeny Tomashevsky[5] |  Russia | |
| Laurent Fressinet[5] |  France | |
Prize money and Grand Prix points
    
The prize money is €170,000 per single Grand Prix and €420,000 for the overall Grand Prix finishes.[2]
| Place | Single Grand Prix event | Overall standings | Grand Prix points | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | €25,000 | €100,000 | 170 | 
| 2 | €22,500 | €80,000 | 140 | 
| 3 | €20,000 | €60,000 | 110 | 
| 4 | €17,500 | €50,000 | 90 | 
| 5 | €15,000 | €40,000 | 80 | 
| 6 | €13,000 | €30,000 | 70 | 
| 7 | €12,000 | €25,000 | 60 | 
| 8 | €11,000 | €20,000 | 50 | 
| 9 | €10,000 | €15,000 | 40 | 
| 10 | €9,000 | – | 30 | 
| 11 | €8,000 | – | 20 | 
| 12 | €7,000 | – | 10 | 
Tie breaks
    
With the objective of determining qualifiers to play in the Candidates 2014, and in the case that two or more players have equal cumulative points at the top, the following criteria were utilized to decide the overall Series winner and other overall placings:[2]
- Ranking points of the fourth result not already taken in the top three ranking results.
- Number of actual game result points scored in the best three tournaments.
- Game points of the fourth result not already taken in the top three results.
- Number of wins.
- Drawing of lots.
Schedule
    
The six tournaments were:
| No. | Host city | Date | Winners | Points (win/draw/loss) | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London, England | 21 September – 3 October 2012 |  Veselin Topalov (BUL)  Boris Gelfand (ISR)  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) | 7/11 (+3=8–0) 7/11 (+4=6–1) 7/11 (+4=6–1) | 
| 2 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 22 November – 4 December 2012 |  Sergey Karjakin (RUS)  Wang Hao (CHN)  Alexander Morozevich (RUS) | 6½/11 (+3=7–1) 6½/11 (+3=7–1) 6½/11 (+4=5–2) | 
| 3 | Zug, Switzerland | 18–30 April 2013 |  Veselin Topalov (BUL) | 8/11 (+5=6–0) | 
| 4 | Thessaloniki, Greece | 22 May – 3 June 2013 |  Leinier Domínguez (CUB) | 8/11 (+6=4–1) | 
| 5 | Beijing, China | 4–16 July 2013 |  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) | 7/11 (+5=4−2) | 
| 6 | Paris, France | 22 September – 4 October 2013 |  Fabiano Caruana (ITA)  Boris Gelfand (ISR) | 7/11 (+4=6–1) 7/11 (+4=6–1) | 
The third stage of the Grand Prix was initially to be held in Lisbon, Portugal.[3]
The fourth stage of the Grand Prix was initially to be held in Madrid, Spain.[4]
The fifth stage of the Grand Prix was initially to be held in Berlin, Germany.[5]
Events crosstables
    
    London 2012
    
- 1st stage, London, England, 21 September – 3 October 2012[6] - Player - Rating - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - Total - SB - TPR - GP - 1  Veselin Topalov (BUL) Veselin Topalov (BUL)- 2752 - X - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - 7 - 36.25 - 2834 - 140 - 2  Boris Gelfand (ISR) Boris Gelfand (ISR)- 2738 - ½ - X - ½ - 0 - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - 1 - ½ - ½ - 1 - 7 - 35.75 - 2836 - 140 - 3  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)- 2729 - ½ - ½ - X - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 7 - 34.75 - 2836 - 140 - 4  Alexander Grischuk (RUS) Alexander Grischuk (RUS)- 2754 - ½ - 1 - 1 - X - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 6½ - 36.75 - 2801 - 90 - 5  Peter Leko (HUN) Peter Leko (HUN)- 2737 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - X - ½ - ½ - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 6 - 32.50 - 2770 - 80 - 6  Wang Hao (CHN) Wang Hao (CHN)- 2742 - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - X - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - 5½ - 28.75 - 2739 - 70 - 7  Michael Adams (ENG) Michael Adams (ENG)- 2722 - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - X - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - 1 - 5 - 26.75 - 2709 - 55 - 8  Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR)- 2769 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - X - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - 5 - 26.00 - 2705 - 55 - 9  Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB)- 2684 - ½ - 0 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - ½ - X - ½ - ½ - 0 - 4½ - 24.25 - 2680 - 35 - 10  Leinier Domínguez (CUB) Leinier Domínguez (CUB)- 2725 - 0 - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - X - ½ - ½ - 4½ - 23.75 - 2677 - 35 - 11  Anish Giri (NED) Anish Giri (NED)- 2730 - 0 - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - X - 0 - 4 - 22.00 - 2643 - 15 - 12  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) Hikaru Nakamura (USA)- 2783 - ½ - 0 - 0 - ½ - ½ - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1 - ½ - 1 - X - 4 - 20.50 - 2638 - 15 
Tashkent 2012
    
- 2nd stage, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 22 November – 4 December 2012[7] - Player - Rating - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - Total - H2H - Wins - SB - TPR - GP - 1  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) Sergey Karjakin (RUS)- 2775 - X - ½ - 1 - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - ½ - 1 - ½ - 6½ - 1.5 - 3 - 34.75 - 2808 - 140 - 2  Wang Hao (CHN) Wang Hao (CHN)- 2737 - ½ - X - ½ - 1 - 1 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - 6½ - 1 - 3 - 34.50 - 2811 - 140 - 3  Alexander Morozevich (RUS) Alexander Morozevich (RUS)- 2748 - 0 - ½ - X - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - 0 - ½ - 1 - 1 - 6½ - 0.5 - 4 - 33.25 - 2810 - 140 - 4  Fabiano Caruana (ITA) Fabiano Caruana (ITA)- 2786 - ½ - 0 - 0 - X - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - 1 - 1 - 6 - 1 - 3 - 29.50 - 2776 - 80 - 5  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)- 2764 - 1 - 0 - ½ - ½ - X - ½ - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 6 - 1 - 2 - 32.75 - 2777 - 80 - 6  Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB)- 2696 - ½ - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - X - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 6 - 1 - 1 - 33.25 - 2783 - 80 - 7  Peter Svidler (RUS) Peter Svidler (RUS)- 2747 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - X - ½ - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 5½ - 1.5 - 1 - 30.00 - 2747 - 50 - 8  Peter Leko (HUN) Peter Leko (HUN)- 2732 - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - X - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - 5½ - 1 - 1 - 28.75 - 2748 - 50 - 9  Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR)- 2741 - 0 - ½ - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - X - ½ - 1 - ½ - 5½ - 0.5 - 2 - 29.50 - 2747 - 50 - 10  Boris Gelfand (ISR) Boris Gelfand (ISR)- 2751 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - X - ½ - 0 - 4½ - 0 - 0 - 26.00 - 2683 - 30 - 11  Leinier Domínguez (CUB) Leinier Domínguez (CUB)- 2726 - 0 - ½ - 0 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - X - 1 - 4 - 0 - 1 - 20.50 - 2652 - 20 - 12  Gata Kamsky (USA) Gata Kamsky (USA)- 2762 - ½ - 0 - 0 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - 1 - 0 - X - 3½ - 0 - 1 - 19.25 - 2614 - 10 
Zug 2013
    
- 3rd stage, Zug, Switzerland, 18–30 April 2013[8] - Player - Rating - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - Total - H2H - Wins - SB - TPR - GP - 1  Veselin Topalov (BUL) Veselin Topalov (BUL)- 2771 - X - 1 - ½ - 1 - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 8 - 0 - 5 - 43.00 - 2924 - 170 - 2  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) Hikaru Nakamura (USA)- 2767 - 0 - X - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - 1 - 6½ - 0 - 3 - 33.00 - 2818 - 140 - 3  Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR)- 2733 - ½ - ½ - X - 1 - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - 6 - 1 - 2 - 33.50 - 2789 - 100 - 4  Fabiano Caruana (ITA) Fabiano Caruana (ITA)- 2772 - 0 - ½ - 0 - X - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - 6 - 0 - 3 - 30.25 - 2785 - 100 - 5  Gata Kamsky (USA) Gata Kamsky (USA)- 2741 - ½ - ½ - 0 - 0 - X - 1 - 1 - ½ - ½ - 1 - 0 - ½ - 5½ - 1 - 3 - 29.50 - 2756 - 75 - 6  Alexander Morozevich (RUS) Alexander Morozevich (RUS)- 2758 - 0 - 0 - ½ - ½ - 0 - X - ½ - 1 - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - 5½ - 0 - 3 - 27.25 - 2756 - 75 - 7  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) Sergey Karjakin (RUS)- 2786 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - X - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - 5 - 1 - 1 - 26.00 - 2722 - 50 - 8  Anish Giri (NED) Anish Giri (NED)- 2727 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - X - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 5 - 1 - 0 - 27.75 - 2727 - 50 - 9  Peter Leko (HUN) Peter Leko (HUN)- 2744 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - X - ½ - ½ - ½ - 5 - 1 - 0 - 26.50 - 2725 - 50 - 10  Teimour Radjabov (AZE) Teimour Radjabov (AZE)- 2793 - ½ - ½ - 1 - 0 - 0 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - X - ½ - ½ - 4½ - 1 - 1 - 25.25 - 2689 - 20 - 11  Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB)- 2709 - ½ - 0 - ½ - 0 - 1 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - X - ½ - 4½ - 1 - 1 - 24.50 - 2696 - 20 - 12  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)- 2766 - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - X - 4½ - 1 - 0 - 25.00 - 2691 - 20 
Thessaloniki 2013
    
- 4th stage, Thessaloniki, Greece, 22 May – 3 June 2013[9] - Player - Rating - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - Total - H2H - Wins - SB - TPR - GP - 1  Leinier Domínguez (CUB) Leinier Domínguez (CUB)- 2723 - X - 1 - 0 - ½ - ½ - 1 - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - 1 - 1 - 8 - 0 - 6 - 40.00 - 2926 - 170 - 2  Fabiano Caruana (ITA) Fabiano Caruana (ITA)- 2774 - 0 - X - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - ½ - 1 - 1 - 1 - 7½ - 1 - 5 - 37.00 - 2883 - 125 - 3  Gata Kamsky (USA) Gata Kamsky (USA)- 2741 - 1 - 0 - X - ½ - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - 1 - ½ - 1 - ½ - 7½ - 0 - 5 - 39.00 - 2886 - 125 - 4  Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR)- 2742 - ½ - ½ - ½ - X - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - ½ - 1 - 6 - 0.5 - 2 - 31.00 - 2785 - 85 - 5  Alexander Grischuk (RUS) Alexander Grischuk (RUS)- 2779 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - X - ½ - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 6 - 0.5 - 1 - 32.50 - 2782 - 85 - 6  Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB)- 2699 - 0 - ½ - 0 - 1 - ½ - X - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 5½ - 0 - 2 - 28.00 - 2757 - 70 - 7  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) Hikaru Nakamura (USA)- 2775 - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - 0 - 0 - X - 1 - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 5 - 0 - 2 - 25.50 - 2720 - 60 - 8  Veselin Topalov (BUL) Veselin Topalov (BUL)- 2793 - 0 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - X - ½ - 0 - 1 - 1 - 4½ - 0.5 - 2 - 22.25 - 2686 - 45 - 9  Peter Svidler (RUS) Peter Svidler (RUS)- 2769 - 0 - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - X - 1 - 0 - 1 - 4½ - 0.5 - 2 - 22.25 - 2688 - 45 - 10  Étienne Bacrot (FRA) Étienne Bacrot (FRA)- 2725 - ½ - 0 - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - 0 - X - ½ - 0 - 4 - 0.5 - 1 - 22.50 - 2659 - 25 - 11  Alexander Morozevich (RUS) Alexander Morozevich (RUS)- 2760 - 0 - 0 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - 1 - ½ - X - ½ - 4 - 0.5 - 1 - 19.50 - 2656 - 25 - 12  Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR)- 2755 - 0 - 0 - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - 0 - 1 - ½ - X - 3½ - 0 - 1 - 18.00 - 2621 - 10 
Beijing 2013
    
- 5th stage, Beijing, China, 4–16 July 2013[10] - Player - Rating - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - Total - H2H - Wins - SB - TPR - GP - 1  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)- 2761 - X - 0 - 1 - ½ - 1 - ½ - 0 - 1 - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - 7 - 0 - 5 - 37.00 - 2847 - 170 - 2  Alexander Grischuk (RUS) Alexander Grischuk (RUS)- 2780 - 1 - X - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - 1 - 6½ - 0 - 3 - 35.25 - 2812 - 140 - 3  Veselin Topalov (BUL) Veselin Topalov (BUL)- 2767 - 0 - ½ - X - ½ - 1 - ½ - 1 - 0 - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 6 - 0.5 - 3 - 31.75 - 2781 - 100 - 4  Peter Leko (HUN) Peter Leko (HUN)- 2737 - ½ - ½ - ½ - X - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 6 - 0.5 - 1 - 32.75 - 2784 - 100 - 5  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) Sergey Karjakin (RUS)- 2776 - 0 - ½ - 0 - 0 - X - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - 1 - ½ - ½ - 5½ - 2.5 - 3 - 28.75 - 2750 - 65 - 6  Wang Yue (CHN) Wang Yue (CHN)- 2705 - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - X - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - 0 - 1 - 5½ - 1.5 - 2 - 28.75 - 2755 - 65 - 7  Alexander Morozevich (RUS) Alexander Morozevich (RUS)- 2736 - 1 - ½ - 0 - ½ - 0 - ½ - X - ½ - 1 - ½ - 0 - 1 - 5½ - 1 - 3 - 29.75 - 2752 - 65 - 8  Anish Giri (NED) Anish Giri (NED)- 2734 - 0 - ½ - 1 - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - X - 1 - 0 - ½ - 1 - 5½ - 1 - 3 - 28.75 - 2753 - 65 - 9  Boris Gelfand (ISR) Boris Gelfand (ISR)- 2773 - ½ - 1 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - 0 - X - ½ - 1 - ½ - 5 - 1.5 - 2 - 27.75 - 2718 - 30 - 10  Wang Hao (CHN) Wang Hao (CHN)- 2752 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - 0 - ½ - 1 - ½ - X - ½ - 1 - 5 - 1 - 2 - 26.00 - 2720 - 30 - 11  Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR)- 2733 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - 0 - ½ - X - 0 - 5 - 0.5 - 2 - 28.25 - 2722 - 30 - 12  Gata Kamsky (USA) Gata Kamsky (USA)- 2763 - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - 0 - 0 - ½ - 0 - 1 - X - 3½ - 0 - 1 - 19.75 - 2618 - 10 
Paris 2013
    
- 6th stage, Paris, France, 22 September – 4 October 2013[11] - Player - Rating - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - Total - H2H - Wins - SB - TPR - GP - 1  Fabiano Caruana (ITA) Fabiano Caruana (ITA)- 2779 - X - 1 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - ½ - 1 - ½ - 1 - ½ - 7 - 1 - 4 - 30.00 - 2840 - 155 - 2  Boris Gelfand (ISR) Boris Gelfand (ISR)- 2764 - 0 - X - 1 - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - 7 - 0 - 4 - 30.00 - 2841 - 155 - 3  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) Hikaru Nakamura (USA)- 2772 - 1 - 0 - X - 1 - ½ - ½ - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 6½ - 1 - 3 - 28.50 - 2807 - 100 - 4  Étienne Bacrot (FRA) Étienne Bacrot (FRA)- 2723 - ½ - ½ - 0 - X - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - ½ - ½ - 1 - 1 - 6½ - 0 - 3 - 28.00 - 2811 - 100 - 5  Alexander Grischuk (RUS) Alexander Grischuk (RUS)- 2785 - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - X - ½ - 1 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - 1 - 5½ - ½ - 2 - 23.75 - 2743 - 75 - 6  Leinier Domínguez (CUB) Leinier Domínguez (CUB)- 2757 - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - X - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 1 - 5½ - ½ - 1 - 25.00 - 2745 - 75 - 7  Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR)- 2731 - 0 - ½ - 0 - ½ - 0 - ½ - X - ½ - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - 5 - 2 - 2 - 20.75 - 2716 - 45 - 8  Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR)- 2756 - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - X - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 5 - 1½ - 0 - 23.75 - 2714 - 45 - 9  Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS) Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS)- 2703 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - X - ½ - ½ - ½ - 5 - 1½ - 0 - 23.50 - 2718 - 45 - 10  Wang Hao (CHN) Wang Hao (CHN)- 2736 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - X - ½ - ½ - 5 - 1 - 0 - 24.50 - 2716 - 45 - 11  Laurent Fressinet (FRA) Laurent Fressinet (FRA)- 2708 - 0 - ½ - ½ - 0 - 1 - ½ - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - X - ½ - 4½ - 0 - 1 - 18.75 - 2686 - 20 - 12  Anish Giri (NED) Anish Giri (NED)- 2737 - ½ - 0 - ½ - 0 - 0 - 0 - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - ½ - X - 3½ - 0 - 0 - 15.50 - 2615 - 10 
Grand Prix standings
    
Grand Prix points in bold indicate a tournament win. A number in brackets is a player's worst result of four and doesn't add to the total.
Veselin Topalov finished first, and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov was second in the overall standings. Thus, they qualified for the 2014 Candidates Tournament.[12][13]
Karjakin and Svidler qualified for the Candidates by other paths, so are shown in light green.
| Player | FIDE rating Aug 2012 | London | Tashkent | Zug | Thessaloniki | Beijing | Paris | Played | Best 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Veselin Topalov (BUL) | 2752 | 140 | – | 170 | (45) | 100 | – | 4 | 410 | 
| 2 |  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) | 2729 | 140 | 80 | (20) | – | 170 | – | 4 | 390 | 
| 3 |  Fabiano Caruana (ITA) | 2773 | – | (80) | 100 | 125 | – | 155 | 4 | 380 | 
| 4 |  Boris Gelfand (ISR) | 2738 | 140 | (30) | – | – | 30 | 155 | 4 | 325 | 
| 5 |  Alexander Grischuk (RUS) | 2763 | 90 | – | – | 85 | 140 | (75) | 4 | 315 | 
| 6 |  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) | 2778 | (15) | – | 140 | 60 | – | 100 | 4 | 300 | 
| 7 |  Alexander Morozevich (RUS) | 2770 | – | 140 | 75 | (25) | 65 | – | 4 | 280 | 
| 8 |  Leinier Domínguez (CUB) | 2725 | 35 | (20) | – | 170 | – | 75 | 4 | 280 | 
| 9 |  Sergey Karjakin (RUS)[5] | 2785 | – | 140 | 50 | – | 65 | – | 3 | 255 | 
| 10 |  Wang Hao (CHN) | 2726 | 70 | 140 | – | – | (30) | 45 | 4 | 255 | 
| 11 |  Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) | 2734 | – | 50 | 100 | 85 | – | (45) | 4 | 235 | 
| 12 |  Peter Leko (HUN) | 2737 | 80 | 50 | (50) | – | 100 | – | 4 | 230 | 
| 13 |  Gata Kamsky (USA)[2] | 2746 | – | 10 | 75 | 125 | (10) | – | 4 | 210 | 
| 14 |  Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) | 2684 | 35 | 80 | (20) | 70 | – | – | 4 | 185 | 
| 15 |  Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) | 2769 | 55 | – | – | (10) | 30 | 45 | 4 | 130 | 
| 16 |  Anish Giri (NED) | 2711 | 15 | – | 50 | – | 65 | (10) | 4 | 130 | 
| 17 |  Étienne Bacrot (FRA)[3][5] | 2713 | – | – | – | 25 | – | 100 | 2 | 125 | 
| 18 |  Peter Svidler (RUS)[1][5] | 2749 | – | 50 | – | 45 | – | – | 2 | 95 | 
| 19 |  Wang Yue (CHN)[4] | 2685 | – | – | – | – | 65 | – | 1 | 65 | 
| 20 |  Michael Adams (ENG)[1] | 2722 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 55 | 
| 21 |  Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS)[5] | 2730 | – | – | – | – | – | 45 | 1 | 45 | 
| 22 |  Teimour Radjabov (AZE)[3][4][5] | 2788 | – | – | 20 | – | – | – | 1 | 20 | 
| 22 |  Laurent Fressinet (FRA)[5] | 2714 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 1 | 20 | 
Notes
    
- 1 In the London Grand Prix, Adams replaced Svidler, who withdrew for family reasons.[14]
- 2 Kamsky replaced Gashimov, who had to withdraw his place due to illness before playing in any Grand Prix.[15][16]
- 3 In the Thessaloniki Grand Prix, Bacrot replaced Radjabov, who withdrew for personal reasons.[17]
- 4 Wang Yue replaced Radjabov in the Beijing Grand Prix.[18]
- 5 Tomashevsky, Fressinet and Bacrot replaced Karjakin, Radjabov and Svidler in the Paris Grand Prix.[19]
References
    
- "FIDE/Agon announce Grand Prix 2012-2013 participants". chessvibes.com. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
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