The First Stage of FIDE Grand Prix Series 2014-2015 is taking place on 1-15th October 2014 in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.
Caruana, Fabiano ITA GM 2801, Grischuk, Alexander RUS GM 2789, Nakamura, Hikaru USA GM 2782, Karjakin, Sergey RUS GM 2777, Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE GM 2756, Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB GM 2755, Gelfand, Boris ISR GM 2748, Svidler, Peter RUS GM 2732, Andreikin, Dmitry RUS GM 2722, Radjabov, Teimour AZE GM 2717, Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB GM 2706 and Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS GM 2701 will be vying in eleventh rounds, according to the round-robin system.