Talk:World Chess Championship 2011

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[edit] Chess Grand Prix

This article lists the Chess Grand Prix 2008-2009 as an event and goes on to explain it is a grand prix event. What does that mean? It is not apparent to me from either this article or the Chess Grand Prix 2008-2009 article. I would propose that some effort should be made to explain this term in this article, create an article about grand prix chess contests in general, or perhaps that the words "grand prix" in the explanation (not the event title) be removed. Erechtheus (talk) 03:45, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

That seems to be explained at Chess Grand Prix 2008-2009#Format. Bubba73 (talk), 17:19, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

That makes a certain amount of sense, but I'd think the words grand prix aren't really very necessary as a description. The linked title of the event indicates it's a Grand Prix and sends the reader to the article with the format explanation. Am I thinking about this wrong? Erechtheus (talk) 21:33, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

For GP contests in general, the Grand Prix page is probably the place for an explanation. I thought that "Grand Prix" refered to a series of events where points are accumulated in each event and the Grand Prix winner is the competitor with the most points. That's the case for the most famous GP (Formula One) and is also the case for the Chess Grand Prix 2008-2009. However a look through the various events linked from the Grand Prix article indicates that not all GP are like that. For instance World Grand Prix (darts) is a single event, so I wouldn't call that a "Grand Prix" at all. Peter Ballard (talk) 04:21, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

"grand prix" has a couple of definitions. One is just a contest for a major prize. The other is a series of contests, such as some of those examples. Bubba73 (talk), 15:08, 6 May 2008 (UTC)