2012-2015: From London to Tashkent

Время публикации: 07.03.2012 22:46 | Последнее обновление: 07.03.2012 22:51

FIDE publishes the dates for the upcoming major events

In the interview to Sport Express published on February 20th, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov promised to announce the dates, prize funds and locations of the major chess events. Almost after two weeks FIDE publishes the calendar. It consists of the dates for the World Championship matches, Candidates Tournaments and the Grand Prix series 2012-2015.

2012
World Championship, Moscow, May 10 - 30
Olympiad, Istanbul, August 27 - September 10
Grand Prix, Chelyabinsk, September 19 - October 3
Candidates Tournament, London, October 24 - November 12
Grand Prix, Tashkent, November 21 - December 4

2013
Grand Prix, Lisbon, April 10 - 24
Grand Prix, Madrid, May 22 - June 4
Grand Prix, Berlin, July 3 - 17
World Cup, Tromso, Norway, August 10 - September 5
Grand Prix, Paris, September 18 - October 2
World Championship, October - November

2014
Grand Prix, May 14 - 28
Grand Prix, July 2 - 16
Olympiad, Tromso, August 1 - 14
Grand Prix, September 10 - 24
Candidates, November 5 - 24

2015
Grand Prix, May 13 - 27
Grand Prix, July 1 - 15
Grand Prix, August
Grand Prix, September 9 - 23
World Championshiop, November 4 - 25

The calendar has been announced after consultations with Agon, FIDE's new partner for organizing the major tournaments.

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