Beijing To Host 5th 2012/13 Grand Prix
At the closing ceremony of the Thessaloniki Grand Prix, FIDE President Kirsan Illyumzhinov announced that Beijing would host the fifth Grand Prix of the 2012/13 series from 3-17 July.
The overall winner and runner-up of the 2012/13 Grand Prix series qualify for the next Candidates Tournament, due in March 2014. The first four events were held in London, Tashkent, Zug and the recently completed Thessaloniki.
Each tournament is a single round-robin featuring 12 of the players in the Grand Prix, and each player competes in four of the six events. The best 3 scores of each player count towards their overall score. The official regulations can be found here.
The line-up for the Beijing Grand Prix
| Name | Fed | Elo |
| Topalov, Veselin | BUL | 2784 |
| Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2782 |
| Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2779 |
| Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2760 |
| Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 2755 |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 2753 |
| Mamedyarov, Shakriyar | AZE | 2753 |
| Wang, Hao | CHN | 2746 |
| Kamsky, Gata | USA | 2741 |
| Leko, Peter | HUN | 2737 |
| Giri, Anish | NLD | 2734 |
| Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | 2733 |
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Grand Prix leader after 4 of 6 events, Veselin Topalov
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The Grand Prix 2012/13 Standings
| Player | London | Tashkent | Zug | Thess. | Pts | |
| 1 | Veselin Topalov (BUL) | 140 | – | 170 | 45 | 355 |
| 2 | Fabiano Caruana (ITA) | – | 80 | 100 | 125 | 305 |
| 3 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) | 140 | 80 | 20 | – | 240 |
| 4 | Alexander Morozevich (RUS) | – | 140 | 75 | 25 | 240 |
| 5 | Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) | – | 50 | 100 | 85 | 235 |
| 6 | Leinier Domínguez (CUB) | 35 | 20 | – | 170 | 225 |
| 7 | Hikaru Nakamura (USA) | 15 | – | 140 | 60 | 215 |
| 8 | Wang Hao (CHN) | 70 | 140 | – | – | 210 |
| 9 | Gata Kamsky (USA) | – | 10 | 75 | 125 | 210 |
| 10 | Sergey Karjakin (RUS) | – | 140 | 50 | – | 190 |
| 11 | Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) | 35 | 80 | 20 | 70 | 185 |
| 12 | Peter Leko (HUN) | 80 | 50 | 50 | – | 180 |
| 13 | Alexander Grischuk (RUS) | 90 | – | – | 85 | 175 |
| 14 | Boris Gelfand (ISR) | 140 | 30 | – | – | 170 |
| 15 | Peter Svidler (RUS) | – | 50 | – | 45 | 95 |
| 16 | Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) | 55 | – | – | 10 | 65 |
| 17 | Anish Giri (NED) | 15 | – | 50 | – | 65 |
| 18 | Michael Adams (ENG) | 55 | – | – | – | 55 |
| 19 | Étienne Bacrot (FRA) | – | – | – | 25 | 25 |
| 20 | Teimour Radjabov (AZE) | – | – | 20 | – | 20 |
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