Talk:FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15

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explanation of withdraw needed[edit]

In the article it states; "Kramnik withdraw from the World Cup spot, Aronian and Topalov from the rating list"

besides this quote containing possible gramatical errors (withdrew instead of withdraw? also include Aronian and Topalov withdrws from...?) I have no knowledge of what is the reason behind this withdrawal, Is it automatic because of prior participation? Did they elect to not participate for some reason? A citation is probably necessary to clear this up Pjbeierle (talk) 17:56, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The grammatical errors were made by me. I was reading an article this week were they were speculating about the absences, Kramnik (soon retiring?), Aronian (save through rating for candidates), and Topalov (just unhappy about the whole GP changing cities and dates). Can't find it just now. Topalov was saying that in an interview to a TV station (at the Olympiad?). Might help googling it up. -Koppapa (talk) 19:56, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Found it : Caruana tops Grand Prix line-up, chess24 -Koppapa (talk) 19:58, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

removing provisional final placings.[edit]

As interesting and potentially useful this might be, the "provisional final placings" listed are "unofficial" and have no reliable source (independent spreadsheets and your own math don't count). Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought nor is it a crystal ball. If you can find such numbers published on an official website, or a reputable chess news organization, then it can be re-added, using that as source. I hope this makes sense. If you need more clarification, please let me know. Best, Kingturtle = (talk) 11:46, 25 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Lots of Wikipedia articles use basic math, and the sources are all checkable. But most importantly, the Chessbase link which I gave ( http://en.chessbase.com/post/khanty-rd9-clearer-and-clearer ) had the 5 Grand Prix leaders (and their numbers agreed with mine). So the table was only a very minor extension of what Chessbase did, I thought.
But since it's contentious (and honestly I don't care that much, I just thought it was helpful), I'll put the table after round 10 here instead. Again, Chessbase gives the leading 3 http://en.chessbase.com/post/khanty-rd10-jakovenko and their numbers, as far as they've given them, agree with mine. Adpete (talk) 01:47, 26 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Player FIDE rating
Feb 2015
Baku Tashkent Tbilisi Khanty-
Mansiysk
(incomplete)
Total after R.3 Total after 10
R.4 games
(unofficial)
1  Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS) 2716 82 170 35 252 287
2  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2759 35 125 75 235 235
3  Fabiano Caruana (ITA) 2811 155 75 140 230 370
4  Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2731 50 50 110 210 210
5  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2776 82 125 140 207 347
6  Dmitry Andreikin (RUS) 2737 20 170 10 200 200
7  Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) 2733 30 140 140 170 310
8  Boris Gelfand (ISR) 2747 155 15 85 170 255
9  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2760 82 75 60 157 217
10  Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) 2706 35 15 75 125 125
11  Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2810 82 40 60 122 182
12  Baadur Jobava (GEO) 2696 75 40 20 115 135
12  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2775 75 40 10 115 125
14  Anish Giri (NED) 2797 40 75 60 115 175
15  Peter Svidler (RUS) 2739 82 20 35 102 147
16  Leinier Domínguez (CUB) 2726 10 75 85 85 170