FIDE announces the line-up for the FIDE World Chess Grand Prix Series 2019
It is going to be the strongest Grand Prix cycle in recent times, and we are pleased to see that nearly all the World's top players are taking part. FIDE World Chess Grand Prix introduces a new attractive format, and we are looking forward to an exciting Series.
Please see more details and allocations of players:
| MOSCOW | RIGA | HAMBURG | TEL-AVIV | |
| 1 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
| 2 | Anish Giri | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Alexander Grischuk | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
| 3 | Wesley So | Anish Giri | Hikaru Nakamura | Anish Giri |
| 4 | Levon Aronian | Wesley So | Yu Yangyi | Wesley So |
| 5 | Alexander Grischuk | Levon Aronian | Ian Nepomniachtchi | Levon Aronian |
| 6 | Hikaru Nakamura | Alexander Grischuk | Peter Svidler | Sergey Karjakin |
| 7 | Sergey Karjakin | Hikaru Nakamura | Teimour Radjabov | Yu Yangyi |
| 8 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | Sergey Karjakin | Veselin Topalov | Ian Nepomniachtchi |
| 9 | Peter Svidler | Yu Yangyi | Dmitry Jakovenko | Teimour Radjabov |
| 10 | Teimour Radjabov | Peter Svidler | David Navara | Veselin Topalov |
| 11 | Dmitry Jakovenko | Veselin Topalov | Radoslaw Wojtaszek | Dmitry Jakovenko |
| 12 | Radoslaw Wojtaszek | David Navara | Wei Yi | David Navara |
| 13 | Wei Yi | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | Radoslaw Wojtaszek |
| 14 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | Pentala Harikrishna | Pentala Harikrishna | Wei Yi |
| 15 | Nikita Vitiugov | Nikita Vitiugov | Nikita Vitiugov | Pentala Harikrishna |
| 16 | Daniil Dubov | Daniil Dubov | Daniil Dubov | Israeli Nomination |
We’d like to note our cooperation with the Grand Chess Tour that allowed every eligible player to participate in both Series in spite of this year's unprecedentedly tight Calendar.
Full details and information about the Series is available at WordChess.com.