Tashkent Chess Grand Prix Starts Nov 21; Karjakin, Caruana, Morozevich Top Seeds

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The Fide Chess Grand Prix Tashkent edition runs from November 21 - December 5. Get set for some strong men's chess along side the ongoing Women's World Chess Championship 2012 in Khanty Mansiysk. The participants for the Tashkent edition of the Fide Grand Prix are:

Name CTY Rating
Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2780
Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2772
Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2758
Kamsky, Gata USA 2755
Wang, Hao CHN 2748
Mamedyarov, Shakriyar AZE 2748
Svidler, Peter RUS 2747
Gelfand, Boris ISR 2736
Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2735
Leko, Peter HUN 2734
Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB 2734
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB 2690

Ratings based on October 2012 list. Average rating of event is 2745
GM Gata Kamsky replaces GM Vugar Gashimov (AZE) who is not able to play in this leg only. You can watch a live transmission of games at the official website.

Schedule
Day
Day 1 Arrival & Opening 21/11/2012
Day 2 Round 1 22/11/2012
Day 3 Round 2 23/11/2012
Day 4 Round 3 24/11/2012
Day 5 Round 4 25/11/2012
Day 6 Free Day 26/11/2012
Day 7 Round 5 27/11/2012
Day 8 Round 6 28/11/2012
Day 9 Round 7 29/11/2012
Day 10 Round 8 30/11/2012
Day 11 Free Day 01/12/2012
Day 12 Round 9 02/12/2012
Day 13 Round 10 03/12/2012
Day 14 Round 11 & Closing 04/12/2012
Day 15 Departure 05/12/2012

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