FIDE Grand Prix in Beijing, 2013

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Yesterday the opening ceremony and drawing of lots of the new leg of Grand Prix event took place in Beijing. All photos are taken from the official site of the tournament.

Technical meeting 1

Technical meeting 2

Opening ceremony

Drawing of lots

Participants

Gelfand, Boris ISR
Giri, Anish NLD
Grischuk, Alexander RUS
Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR
Kamsky, Gata USA
Karjakin, Sergey RUS
Leko, Peter HUN
Mamedyarov, Shakriyar AZE
Morozevich, Alexander RUS
Topalov, Veselin BUL
Wang, Hao CHN
Wang, Yue CHN

Pairings of the 1st round

GM Giri Anish 2734 – GM Karjakin Sergey 2776
GM Morozevich Alexander 2736 – GM Wang Yue 2705
GM Gelfand Boris 2773 – GM Topalov Veselin 2767
GM Leko Peter 2737 – GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2761
GM Kamsky Gata 2763 – GM Grischuk Alexander 2780
GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2733 – GM Wang Hao 2752

Official Site.

Top 100 Women July 2013

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Here is the rating list of July:

1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2696 0 1976
2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2607 11 1987
3 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2600 15 1994
4 Muzychuk, Anna g SLO 2594 11 1990
5 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2558 11 1987
6 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2553 4 1985
7 Lagno, Kateryna g UKR 2542 0 1989
8 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2531 2 1991
9 Kosintseva, Nadezhda g RUS 2531 0 1985
10 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2528 11 1986
11 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2528 11 1986
12 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2524 0 1963
13 Khotenashvili, Bela m GEO 2512 11 1988
14 Gunina, Valentina g RUS 2507 4 1989
15 Ruan, Lufei wg CHN 2501 0 1987
16 Ushenina, Anna g UKR 2500 11 1985
17 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2497 19 1979
18 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2497 12 1983
19 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2494 0 1976
20 Harika, Dronavalli g IND 2489 11 1991
21 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2489 0 1984
22 Huang, Qian wg CHN 2487 4 1986
23 Muzychuk, Mariya m UKR 2484 4 1992
24 Krush, Irina m USA 2480 9 1983
25 Tan, Zhongyi wg CHN 2478 15 1991
26 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2478 9 1985
27 Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2473 0 1978
28 Zhukova, Natalia g UKR 2471 0 1979
29 Danielian, Elina g ARM 2470 11 1978
30 Hoang, Thanh Trang g HUN 2467 21 1980
31 Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2465 4 1984
32 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2458 0 1972
33 Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2454 9 1982
34 Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2454 2 1985
35 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag m MGL 2452 4 1987
36 Alexandrova, Olga m ESP 2449 0 1978
37 Hunt, Harriet V m ENG 2449 0 1978
38 Dembo, Yelena m GRE 2448 0 1983
39 Guo, Qi wg CHN 2446 15 1995
40 Moser, Eva m AUT 2446 0 1982
41 Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2443 11 1975
42 Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2441 11 1976
43 Bodnaruk, Anastasia m RUS 2440 0 1992
44 Cori T., Deysi wg PER 2439 7 1993
45 Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROU 2439 0 1978
46 Girya, Olga wg RUS 2437 11 1991
47 Socko, Monika g POL 2436 9 1978
48 Ding, Yixin wg CHN 2432 15 1991
49 Tania, Sachdev m IND 2430 18 1986
50 Atalik, Ekaterina m TUR 2430 8 1982
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