Kammala wannan jumla: An canza tsarin don FIDE Grand Prix 2017 tare da 'yan wasa 24 da ke shiga cikin sake zagayowar. An gudanar da wasanni hudu tare da 'yan wasa 18 a cikin kowane gasa na Swiss guda tara. An sanar da abubuwan da suka faru a ranar 12 ga Oktoba zuwa 23, 2016; 10 ga Fabrairu zuwa 21, 2017; Mayu 11 zuwa 22, 2017; da Yuli 5 zuwa 16, 2017. A ranar 26 ga Mayu, 2016, Shugaba na Agon Ilya Merenzon ya yi fatan sanar da wuraren a cikin makonni biyu masu zuwa. Bayan taron FIDE a
42nd Chess Olympiad a Baku a farkon Satumba 2016, Peter Doggers na Chess.com ya ruwaito cewa an jinkirta Grand Prix har zuwa 2017. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov da Alexander Grischuk sun cancanci shiga gasar 'yan takara ta 2018.