The fourth and final stage of the FIDE Grand Prix 2017 series takes place in Palma de Mallorca, Spain from 16 to 25 November 2017.

The final event of the Grand Prix series held in a nine round Swiss system has brought together 18 GMs, including Armenian GM Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Russia), Hikaru Nakamura (US), Ding Liren (China), Petr Svidler (Russia), Anish Giri (the Netherlands) and the others.

The opening of the chess tournament took place on 15 November, with Levon Aronian set to face Dmitry Jakovenko of Russia in the first round scheduled today, the Armenian National Olympic Committee reported.

The games start at 5pm local time.

The chess battles will determine the two winners of the series – participants of the FIDE Candidates tournament.