Second Leg of FIDE Grand Prix Begins in Belgrade

First games will be played on 1 March.

The second leg of the FIDE Grand Prix Series will be held in the capital of Serbia from 28 February to 14 March. Sixteen participants were divided into four groups.

Pool A: 

Alexander Grischuk (Russia), 2764
Dmitry Andreikin (Russia), 2724
Sam Shankland (USA), 2708
Etienne Bacrot (France), 2642

Pool B:

Anish Giri (Netherlands), 2772
Nikita Vitiugov, (Russia), 2726
Pentala Harikrishna (India), 2719
Amin Tabatabaei (Iran), 2623

Pool C:

Richard Rapport (Hungary), 2763
Vidit Gujrathi (India), 2727
Vladimir Fedoseev (Russia), 2704
Alexei Shirov (Spain), 2704

Pool D:

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), 2767
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), 2761
Yu Yangyi (China), 2713
Alexandr Predke (Russia), 2682.

At the group stage, the participants will compete in four double-round-robin tournaments, with only the winners of each pool advancing. The group stage is followed by a knockout semi-final and final. Both the semi-finals and final will consist of two games, plus tiebreaks, if needed.

Schedule: 28 February - Opening ceremony, 1-4 and 6-8 March - group stage, 9-13 March - play-off, 14 March - tie-break, if needed, and the Closing ceremony.

The games will start at 5 PM Moscow time. 

Detailed information

Official website