Ivanchuk, Ponomariov in list of players to participate in FIDE Grand Prix Series 2012/13

. The World Chess Federation has announced full list of players and allocation for FIDE Grand Prix Series 2012/13. The list of players sees 18 Grandmasters, including Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk and Ruslan Ponomariov, the World Cup 2011 semi-finalists, the FIDE official website reads.

In addition to the two Ukrainians, the list of players who will participate in the cycle over the next two years is as follows: GM Boris Gelfand (ISR), GM Peter Svidler (RUS), Alexander Grischuk (RUS), Teimour Radjabov (AZE), Sergey Karjakin (RUS), GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA), GM Veselin Topalov (BUL), GM Shakriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), GM Vugar Gashimov (AZE), Fabiano Caruana (ITA), Alexander Morozevich (RUS), GM Wang Hao (CHN), GM Peter Leko (HUN), GM Leinier Dominguez Perez (CUB), GM Anish Giri (NLD), GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB).

The date for the first leg in London has moved by one day and arrival will be on the 20th September with the 1st round on the 21st September 2012.

Similarly, the Lisbon event has been rescheduled by one week starting with arrival on the 17th July 2013 and 1st round on the 18th July 2013. This is due to a move in the start date of the Candidates in London which will now start on the 20th of March 2013 due to the availability of the playing venue.

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