Chess World Cup 2011

The Chess World Cup 2011 was a chess World Cup tournament. It was a 128-player single-elimination tournament, played between 26 August and 21 September 2011, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.[1] The Cup winner Peter Svidler, along with second placed Alexander Grischuk and third placed Vassily Ivanchuk, qualified for the Candidates stage of the World Chess Championship 2013.[2]

FIDE Chess World Cup 2011
2011 FIDE World Cup winner Peter Svidler.
Tournament information
SportChess
Location Khanty-Mansiysk
Dates26 August 2011–21 September 2011
Administrator(s)FIDE
Tournament
format(s)
Single elimination tournament
Host(s)Chess Federation of Russia
Final positions
Champion Peter Svidler
Runner-up Alexander Grischuk

Format

Matches consisted of two games (except for the final, which consisted of four). Players had 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move from move one. If the match was tied after the regular games, tie breaks were played on the next day. The format for the tie breaks was as follows:[3]

  • Two rapid games (25 minutes plus 10 second increment) were played.
  • If the score was still tied, two rapid games (10 minutes plus 10 second increment) were played.
  • If these two games were drawn, the opponents played two blitz-games (5 minutes plus 3 second increment).
  • If the score was still tied after pair of blitz games, a single armageddon game (white must win, black only needs to draw) would be played. White had 5 minutes, black had 4 minutes, and both players had three-second increments beginning with move 61. Eventually, two Armageddon game were played in round 1 and round 3.

In the final the regulation is the same with the exception that instead of two games with “long” time control the finalists are to play four. Those who lost in the semifinal round played an additional match (according to the same regulation as in the final) for third place and the right to participate in the Candidates. The first two “tickets” to the Candidates are given to the finalists.

Participants

The winner of the Chess World Cup 2009, Boris Gelfand, did not participate. As the winner of the 2011 Candidates, he was an automatic qualifier for the 2013 Candidates.

The players qualified for the event were:[4]

  1.  Sergey Karjakin (RUS), 2788 (WC)
  2.  Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2768 (R)
  3.  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2765 (R)
  4.  Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR), 2764 (WC)
  5.  Vugar Gashimov (AZE), 2760 (R)
  6.  Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2746 (R)
  7.  Teimour Radjabov (AZE), 2744 (R)
  8.  Gata Kamsky (USA), 2741 (R)
  9.  Peter Svidler (RUS), 2739 (R)
  10.  Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS), 2736 (R)
  11.  Nikita Vitiugov (RUS), 2733 (R)
  12.  Zoltán Almási (HUN), 2726 (E10)
  13.  Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP), 2724 (R)
  14.  David Navara (CZE), 2722 (R)
  15.  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), 2722 (J09)
  16.  Leinier Domínguez (CUB), 2719 (R)
  17.  Wang Hao1 (CHN), 2718 (R)
  18.  Peter Leko (HUN), 2717 (R)
  19.  Alexander Moiseenko (UKR), 2715 (E11)
  20.  Lê Quang Liêm (VIE), 2715 (AS10)
  21.  Michael Adams (ENG), 2715 (R)
  22.  Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2714 (R)
  23.  Baadur Jobava (GEO), 2713 (E10)
  24.  Fabiano Caruana (ITA), 2711 (R)
  25.  Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS), 2711 (E10)
  26.  Étienne Bacrot (FRA), 2710 (R)
  27.  Wang Yue (CHN), 2709 (R)
  28.  Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS), 2707 (E10)
  29.  Zahar Efimenko (UKR), 2706 (E10)
  30.  Vladimir Malakhov (RUS), 2706 (WC)
  31.  Emil Sutovsky (ISR), 2700 (PN)
  32.  Sergei Movsesian (ARM), 2700 (E10)
  33.  Judit Polgár (HUN), 2699 (E11)
  34.  Laurent Fressinet (FRA), 2698 (R)
  35.  Pavel Eljanov (UKR), 2697 (R)
  36.  Ferenc Berkes (HUN), 2696 (E10)
  37.  Dmitry Andreikin (RUS), 2696 (J10)
  38.  Alexander Morozevich (RUS), 2694 (R)
  39.  Sergei Zhigalko (BLR), 2689 (E11)
  40.  Alexander Riazantsev (RUS), 2688 (E11)
  41.  Alexander Motylev (RUS), 2685 (E11)
  42.  Radosław Wojtaszek (POL), 2683 (E11)
  43.  Vladimir Potkin (RUS), 2682 (E10)
  44.  Peter Heine Nielsen (DEN), 2681 (PN)
  45.  Boris Grachev (RUS), 2680 (E10)
  46.  Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS), 2679 (E11)
  47.  Rauf Mamedov (AZE), 2679 (E10)
  48.  Mikhail Kobalia (RUS), 2679 (E11)
  49.  Viktor Bologan (MDA), 2678 (PN)
  50.  Bu Xiangzhi (CHN), 2675 (Z3.5)
  51.  Alexander Onischuk (USA), 2675 (Z2.1)
  52.  Lázaro Bruzón (CUB), 2673 (Z2.3)
  53.  Yu Yangyi (CHN), 2672 (AS11)
  54.  Anton Korobov (UKR), 2671 (E11)
  55.  Pendyala Harikrishna (IND), 2669 (AS11)
  56.  Li Chao (CHN), 2669 (Z3.5)
  57.  Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB), 2669 (PN)
  58.  Vladimir Akopian1 (ARM), 2667 (E10)
  59.  Sébastien Feller (FRA), 2666 (E11)
  60.  Artyom Timofeev (RUS), 2665 (E10)
  61.  Ni Hua (CHN), 2662 (AS10)
  62.  Daniel Fridman (GER), 2659 (E11)
  63.  Evgeny Alekseev (RUS), 2659 (E10)
  64.  Wesley So (PHI), 2658 (AS10)
  65.  Ding Liren (CHN), 2654 (PN)
  66.  Markus Ragger (AUT), 2651 (E11)
  67.  Constantin Lupulescu (ROU), 2650 (E11)
  68.  Ildar Khairullin (RUS), 2649 (E11)
  69.  Sergei Azarov (BLR), 2648 (E11)
  70.  Viorel Iordăchescu (MDA), 2646 (E11)
  71.  Parimarjan Negi (IND), 2642 (Z3.7)
  72.  Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROU), 2641 (E10)
  73.  Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE), 2637 (AS11)
  74.  Maxim Rodshtein (ISR), 2637 (E10)
  75.  Zhou Jianchao (CHN), 2636 (AS10)
  76.  Mircea Pârligras (ROU), 2636 (E11)
  77.  Yuniesky Quesada Perez (CUB), 2635 (AM11)
  78.  Ivan Ivanišević (SRB), 2633 (E11)
  79.  Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2631 (AF)
  80.  Bartosz Soćko (POL), 2631 (E10)
  81.  Igor Lysyj (RUS), 2629 (E10)
  82.  Abhijeet Gupta (IND), 2627 (AS10)
  83.  Ivan Salgado Lopez (ESP), 2626 (E10)
  84.  Evgeny Romanov (RUS), 2624 (E11)
  85.  Evgeny Postny (ISR), 2618 (E11)
  86.  Yury Shulman (USA), 2617 (Z2.1)
  87.  Arman Pashikian (ARM), 2616 (E10)
  88.  Yuri Drozdovskij (UKR), 2614 (E10)
  89.  Mark Bluvshtein (CAN), 2611 (AM11)
  90.  Anton Filippov (UZB), 2606 (Z3.4)
  91.  Stelios Halkias (GRE), 2600 (E10)
  92.  Murtas Kazhgaleyev (KAZ), 2597 (Z3.4)
  93.  Sandro Mareco (ARG), 2597 (Z2.5)
  94.  Yaroslav Zherebukh (UKR), 2590 (E11)
  95.  Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ), 2589 (AS11)
  96.  Fidel Corrales Jimenez (CUB), 2585 (AM11)
  97.  Hou Yifan (CHN), 2575 (WWC)
  98.  Evgeny Vorobiov (RUS), 2574 (E10)
  99.  Rubén Felgaer (ARG), 2573 (Z2.5)
  100.  Vlastimil Babula (CZE), 2572 (E10)
  101.  Zhao Zong-Yuan (AUS), 2570 (Z3.6)
  102.  Alexandr Fier (BRA), 2566 (Z2.4)
  103.  Ray Robson (USA), 2560 (Z2.1)
  104.  Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez (CUB), 2556, IM (AM11)
  105.  Aleksei Pridorozhni (RUS), 2550 (ON)
  106.  Namig Guliyev (AZE), 2549 (E11)
  107.  Manuel León Hoyos (MEX), 2548 (Z2.3)
  108.  Mark Paragua (PHI), 2545 (Z3.3)
  109.  Susanto Megaranto (INA), 2544 (Z3.3)
  110.  Barış Esen (TUR), 2543 (E11)
  111.  Samuel Shankland (USA), 2539 (Z2.1)
  112.  Alexander Ivanov (USA), 2538 (Z2.1)
  113.  Elshan Moradi (IRI), 2532 (PN)
  114.  Ziaur Rahman (BAN), 2528 (Z3.2)
  115.  Nikolai Kabanov (RUS), 2520 (ON)
  116.  Jorge Cori (PER), 2514 (AM11)
  117.  Essam El-Gindy (EGY), 2510 (AF)
  118.  Alexei Bezgodov (RUS), 2503 (ON)
  119.  Salem A. R. Saleh (UAE), 2493 (Z3.1)
  120.  Darcy Lima (BRA), 2493 (AM10)
  121.  Diego Di Berardino (BRA), 2480, IM (Z2.4)
  122.  Frank De La Paz Perdomo (CUB), 2477 (AM11)
  123.  Vladimir Genba (RUS), 2452, IM (ON)
  124.  Eric Hansen (CAN), 2449, IM (Z2.2)
  125.  Robert Gwaze (ZIM), 2434, IM (Z4.3)
  126.  Hatim Ibrahim (EGY), 2402, no title (Z4.2)
  127.  Henry Robert Steel (RSA), 2362, FM (AF)
  128.  Mejdi Kaabi (TUN), 2344, IM (Z4.1)

1 Wang Hao and Vladimir Akopian did not appear for their first round matches and lost on forfeit.

All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

Qualification paths:

Calendar
RoundRegular gamesTiebreaks
Round 128–29 August30 August
Round 231 August–1 September2 September
Round 33–4 September5 September
Round 46–7 September8 September
Quarterfinals9–10 September11 September
Semifinals12–13 September14 September
Final16–19 September20 September

Results, rounds 1–4

Section 1
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
1 Sergey Karjakin 2
128 Mejdi Kaabi 0
1 Sergey Karjakin 2½
64 Wesley So 1½
64 Wesley So 2½
65 Ding Liren 1½
1 Sergey Karjakin ½
33 Judit Polgár 1½
32 Sergei Movsesian 2
97 Hou Yifan 0
32 Sergei Movsesian ½
33 Judit Polgár 1½
33 Judit Polgár 2
96 Fidel Corrales Jimenez 0
33 Judit Polgár 4½
16 Leinier Domínguez 3½
16 Leinier Domínguez 1½
113 Elshan Moradi ½
16 Leinier Domínguez 1½
49 Viktor Bologan ½
49 Viktor Bologan 1½
80 Bartosz Soćko ½
16 Leinier Domínguez 5
81 Igor Lysyj 4
17 Wang Hao
112 Alexander Ivanov w/o
112 Alexander Ivanov 1½
81 Igor Lysyj 2½
48 Mikhail Kobalia 1
81 Igor Lysyj 3

Section 2
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
8 Gata Kamsky 2½
121 Diego Di Berardino 1½
8 Gata Kamsky 1½
57 Rustam Kasimdzhanov ½
57 Rustam Kasimdzhanov 1½
72 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu ½
8 Gata Kamsky 3
25 Ian Nepomniachtchi 1
25 Ian Nepomniachtchi 2
104 Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez 0
25 Ian Nepomniachtchi 2½
40 Alexander Riazantsev 1½
40 Alexander Riazantsev 1½
89 Mark Bluvshtein ½
8 Gata Kamsky 0
9 Peter Svidler 2
9 Peter Svidler 1½
120 Darcy Lima ½
9 Peter Svidler 4
73 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2
56 Li Chao ½
73 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 1½
9 Peter Svidler 3
24 Fabiano Caruana 1
24 Fabiano Caruana 1½
105 Aleksei Pridorozhni ½
24 Fabiano Caruana 1½
88 Yuri Drozdovskij ½
41 Alexander Motylev 4
88 Yuri Drozdovskij 5

Section 3
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
4 Ruslan Ponomariov 1½
125 Robert Gwaze ½
4 Ruslan Ponomariov 3½
61 Ni Hua 2½
61 Ni Hua 3½
68 Ildar Khairullin 2½
4 Ruslan Ponomariov 2½
29 Zahar Efimenko 1½
29 Zahar Efimenko 1½
100 Vlastimil Babula ½
29 Zahar Efimenko 1½
36 Ferenc Berkes ½
36 Ferenc Berkes 1½
93 Sandro Mareco ½
4 Ruslan Ponomariov 4½
52 Lázaro Bruzón 3½
13 Francisco Vallejo Pons 2½
116 Jorge Cori 1½
13 Francisco Vallejo Pons 1½
52 Lázaro Bruzón 2½
52 Lázaro Bruzón 3½
77 Yuniesky Quesada Perez 2½
52 Lázaro Bruzón 2½
20 Lê Quang Liêm 1½
20 Lê Quang Liêm 1½
109 Susanto Megaranto ½
20 Lê Quang Liêm 1½
45 Boris Grachev ½
45 Boris Grachev 1½
84 Evgeny Romanov ½

Section 4
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
5 Vugar Gashimov 2
124 Eric Hansen 0
5 Vugar Gashimov 1½
69 Sergei Azarov ½
60 Artyom Timofeev ½
69 Sergei Azarov 1½
5 Vugar Gashimov 1½
28 Evgeny Tomashevsky ½
28 Evgeny Tomashevsky 2
101 Zhao Zong-Yuan 0
28 Evgeny Tomashevsky 1½
37 Dmitry Andreikin ½
37 Dmitry Andreikin 1½
92 Murtas Kazhgaleyev ½
5 Vugar Gashimov 4
44 Peter Heine Nielsen 2
12 Zoltán Almási 2
117 Essam El-Gindy 0
12 Zoltán Almási ½
76 Mircea Pârligras 1½
53 Yu Yangyi 0
76 Mircea Pârligras 2
76 Mircea Pârligras 1
44 Peter Heine Nielsen 3
21 Michael Adams 1½
108 Mark Paragua ½
21 Michael Adams 1½
44 Peter Heine Nielsen 2½
44 Peter Heine Nielsen 5
85 Evgeny Postny 3

Section 5
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
2 Vassily Ivanchuk 2
127 Henry Robert Steel 0
2 Vassily Ivanchuk 1½
63 Evgeny Alekseev ½
63 Evgeny Alekseev 2½
66 Markus Ragger 1½
2 Vassily Ivanchuk 3
31 Emil Sutovsky 1
31 Emil Sutovsky 2½
98 Evgeny Vorobiov 1½
31 Emil Sutovsky 1½
34 Laurent Fressinet ½
34 Laurent Fressinet 2
95 Rinat Jumabayev 0
2 Vassily Ivanchuk 3
50 Bu Xiangzhi 1
15 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1½
114 Ziaur Rahman ½
15 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1½
50 Bu Xiangzhi 2½
50 Bu Xiangzhi 2
79 Ahmed Adly 0
50 Bu Xiangzhi 1½
82 Abhijeet Gupta ½
18 Peter Leko ½
111 Samuel Shankland 1½
111 Samuel Shankland ½
82 Abhijeet Gupta 1½
47 Rauf Mamedov ½
82 Abhijeet Gupta 1½

Section 6
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
7 Teimour Radjabov 2
122 Frank De La Paz Perdomo 0
7 Teimour Radjabov 1½
71 Parimarjan Negi ½
58 Vladimir Akopian
71 Parimarjan Negi w/o
7 Teimour Radjabov 1½
26 Étienne Bacrot ½
26 Étienne Bacrot 4
103 Ray Robson 2
26 Étienne Bacrot 3
90 Anton Filippov 1
39 Sergei Zhigalko 0
90 Anton Filippov 2
7 Teimour Radjabov 1½
10 Dmitry Jakovenko ½
10 Dmitry Jakovenko 2
119 Salem A. R. Saleh 0
10 Dmitry Jakovenko 1½
55 Pendyala Harikrishna ½
55 Pendyala Harikrishna 1½
74 Maxim Rodshtein ½
10 Dmitry Jakovenko 2
23 Baadur Jobava 0
23 Baadur Jobava 2
106 Namig Guliyev 0
23 Baadur Jobava 1½
42 Radosław Wojtaszek ½
42 Radosław Wojtaszek 2
87 Arman Pashikian 0

Section 7
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2
126 Hatim Ibrahim 0
3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2½
62 Daniel Fridman 1½
62 Daniel Fridman 1½
67 Constantin Lupulescu ½
3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1½
94 Yaroslav Zherebukh 2½
30 Vladimir Malakhov 1½
99 Rubén Felgaer 2½
99 Rubén Felgaer 1
94 Yaroslav Zherebukh 3
35 Pavel Eljanov 1½
94 Yaroslav Zherebukh 2½
94 Yaroslav Zherebukh 0
14 David Navara 2
14 David Navara 2
115 Nikolai Kabanov 0
14 David Navara 1½
51 Alexander Onischuk ½
51 Alexander Onischuk 1½
78 Ivan Ivanišević ½
14 David Navara 4
19 Alexander Moiseenko 2
19 Alexander Moiseenko 1½
110 Baris Esen ½
19 Alexander Moiseenko 3
46 Ernesto Inarkiev 1
46 Ernesto Inarkiev 1½
83 Ivan Salgado Lopez ½

Section 8
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
6 Alexander Grischuk 1½
123 Vladimir Genba ½
6 Alexander Grischuk 2½
59 Sébastien Feller 1½
59 Sébastien Feller 2½
70 Viorel Iordăchescu 1½
6 Alexander Grischuk 1½
38 Alexander Morozevich ½
27 Wang Yue ½
102 Alexandr Fier 1½
102 Alexandr Fier 0
38 Alexander Morozevich 2
38 Alexander Morozevich 3
91 Stelios Halkias 1
6 Alexander Grischuk 2½
43 Vladimir Potkin 1½
11 Nikita Vitiugov 4
118 Alexei Bezgodov 2
11 Nikita Vitiugov 1½
54 Anton Korobov ½
54 Anton Korobov 2
75 Zhou Jianchao 0
11 Nikita Vitiugov 1½
43 Vladimir Potkin 2½
22 Alexei Shirov 1½
107 Manuel León Hoyos ½
22 Alexei Shirov 0
43 Vladimir Potkin 2
43 Vladimir Potkin 3½
86 Yury Shulman 2½

Results, rounds 5–7
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final (best of 4)
                           
  33 Judit Polgár ½  
9 Peter Svidler 1½  
  9 Peter Svidler 1½  
  4 Ruslan Ponomariov ½  
4 Ruslan Ponomariov 1½
  5 Vugar Gashimov ½  
    9 Peter Svidler 2½
  6 Alexander Grischuk 1½
  2 Vassily Ivanchuk 2½  
7 Teimour Radjabov 1½  
  2 Vassily Ivanchuk 2½ Third place
  6 Alexander Grischuk 3½  
14 David Navara 1½ 4 Ruslan Ponomariov 1½
  6 Alexander Grischuk 2½   2 Vassily Ivanchuk 2½

Third place, 16–20 September
SeedNameRating1234Total
4  Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) 2758 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1½
2  Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2765 ½ 1 ½ ½ 2½

Final, 16–20 September
SeedNameRating1234Total
9  Peter Svidler (RUS) 2740 1 ½ ½ ½ 2½
6  Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2757 0 ½ ½ ½ 1½

References
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