FIDE Grand Prix in Beijing Starts Tomorrow (Thursday)
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at 9:04PM
Dennis Monokroussos in 2013 Beijing Grand Prix

Okay chess fans, you've had three days to relax and think about improving your own game. Time's up, and now the latest elite event is about to get underway. The fourth tournament in the current Grand Prix series starts on July 4 in Beijing, with the following participants: Boris Gelfand, Anish Giri, Alexander Grischuk, Wang Hao, Vassily Ivanchuk, Gata Kamsky, Sergey Karjakin, Peter Leko, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Alexander Morozevich, Veselin Topalov and Wang Yue.

The top two finishers in the Grand Prix (the overall series, not this one event) will qualify for the next Candidates tournament, and as Topalov finished clear first in the Zug event and tied for first in London, a win here would guarantee qualification, and even a finish near the top would probably do the job. Other players are certainly in the running as well, and you can see how your favorites are doing by browsing the helpful Wikipedia page on the Grand Prix.

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