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Chess World Cup 2009

January 01, 1970

The Chess World Cup 2009 was a 128-player single-elimination tournament, played between 20 November and 14 December 2009, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.[1] The Cup winner qualified for the Candidates stage of the World Chess Championship 2012. Boris Gelfand defeated Ruslan Ponomariov in the final.

FIDE Chess World Cup 2009
2009 FIDE World Cup winner Boris Gelfand
Tournament information
SportChess
LocationKhanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Dates20 November 2009–14 December 2009
AdministratorFIDE
Tournament
format(s)
Single-elimination tournament
Host(s)Chess Federation of Russia
Final positions
Champion Boris Gelfand
Runner-up Ruslan Ponomariov

The winner of the Chess World Cup 2007, Gata Kamsky, was defeated by Wesley So in the third round.

Format edit

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:[2]

  • Four rapid games (25 minutes plus 10 second increment) were played. According to chess journalist Mig Greengard, a "high FIDE official" admitted off the record that this unusual decision of playing four games instead of two was actually a mistake that was spotted too late to correct it.[3]
  • If the score was still tied, up to five pairs of blitz games (5 minutes plus 3 second increment) were played. If one player led after a pair of blitz games, that player was declared the winner. This was a change from previous events, for instance at the Chess World Cup 2007 the match went to an armageddon game after a single pair of blitz games.
  • If the score was still tied after five pairs 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. Ultimately, no Armageddon games were played, as all matches were decided before that stage.

Participants edit

The players qualified for the event were:[4]

  1.   Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2758 (R)
  2.   Vugar Gashimov (AZE), 2758 (R)
  3.   Peter Svidler (RUS), 2754 (R)
  4.   Alexander Morozevich (RUS), 2750 (R)
  5.   Teimour Radjabov (AZE), 2748 (R)
  6.   Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2739 (R)
  7.   Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR), 2739 (R)
  8.   Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2736 (R)
  9.   Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS), 2736 (R)
  10.   Wang Yue (CHN), 2734 (R)
  11.   Pavel Eljanov (UKR), 2729 (E09)
  12.   Sergey Karjakin (UKR), 2723 (SF)
  13.   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2719 (R)
  14.   Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2719 (SF)
  15.   Leinier Domínguez (CUB), 2719 (R)
  16.   Sergei Movsesian (SVK), 2718 (E08)
  17.   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), 2718 (E08)
  18.   Evgeny Alekseev (RUS), 2715 (R)
  19.   Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS), 2708 (E09)
  20.   Wang Hao (CHN), 2708 (R)
  21.   David Navara (CZE), 2707 (E09)
  22.   Vladimir Malakhov (RUS), 2706 (R)
  23.   Étienne Bacrot (FRA), 2700 (R)
  24.   Sergei Rublevsky (RUS), 2697 (R)
  25.   Baadur Jobava (GEO), 2696 (E09)
  26.   Alexander Motylev (RUS), 2695 (E09)
  27.   Gata Kamsky (USA), 2695 (SF)
  28.   Nikita Vitiugov (RUS), 2694 (E09)
  29.   Viktor Bologan (MDA), 2692 (E08)
  30.   Arkadij Naiditsch (GER), 2689 (E09)
  31.   Bu Xiangzhi (CHN), 2682 (R)
  32.   Judit Polgár (HUN), 2680 (R)
  33.   Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROU), 2677 (E09)
  34.   Gabriel Sargissian (ARM), 2676 (E08)
  35.   Alexander Onischuk (USA), 2672 (Z2.1)
  36.   Ivan Cheparinov (BUL), 2671 (PN)
  37.   Zahar Efimenko (UKR), 2668 (E08)
  38.   Emil Sutovsky (ISR), 2666 (E08)
  39.   Evgeniy Najer (RUS), 2666 (E08)
  40.   Sergei Tiviakov (NED), 2664 (E08)
  41.   Alexander Areshchenko (UKR), 2664 (E09)
  42.   Krishnan Sasikiran (IND), 2664 (R)
  43.   Ilya Smirin (ISR), 2662 (E08)
  44.   Vladimir Baklan (UKR), 2655 (E08)
  45.   Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND), 2654 (AS)
  46.   Alexandr Fier (BRA), 2653 (Z2.4)
  47.   Laurent Fressinet (FRA), 2653 (E08)
  48.   Georg Meier (GER), 2653 (E09)
  49.   Boris Grachev (RUS), 2652 (E08)
  50.   Fabiano Caruana (ITA), 2652 (PN)
  51.   Ivan Sokolov (BIH), 2652 (E09)
  52.   Vadim Milov (SUI), 2652 (R)
  53.   Artyom Timofeev (RUS), 2651 (E09)
  54.   Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS), 2645 (E09)
  55.   Boris Savchenko (RUS), 2644 (E09)
  56.   Mikhail Kobalia (RUS), 2643 (E09)
  57.   Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA), 2642 (PN)
  58.   Pavel Tregubov (RUS), 2642 (E08)
  59.   Wesley So (PHI), 2640 (Z3.3)
  60.   Julio Granda (PER), 2640 (AM09)
  61.   Viktor Láznička (CZE), 2637 (E08)
  62.   Dmitry Andreikin (RUS), 2636 (E08)
  63.   Rauf Mamedov (AZE), 2634 (E09)
  64.   Farrukh Amonatov (TJK), 2631 (Z3.4)
  65.   Sergey Volkov (RUS), 2629 (E08)
  66.   Zhou Jianchao (CHN), 2629 (Z3.5)
  67.   Tomi Nybäck (FIN), 2628 (E08)
  68.   Ioánnis Papaïoánnou (GRE), 2628 (E08)
  69.   Konstantin Sakaev (RUS), 2626 (E09)
  70.   Gadir Guseinov (AZE), 2625 (E09)
  71.   Varuzhan Akobian (USA), 2624 (Z2.1)
  72.   Lê Quang Liêm (VIE), 2624 (AS)
  73.   Chanda Sandipan (IND), 2623 (AS)
  74.   Yury Shulman (USA), 2623 (Z2.1)
  75.   Jan Gustafsson (GER), 2622 (E08)
  76.   Rafael Leitão (BRA), 2621 (Z2.4)
  77.   Parimarjan Negi (IND), 2620 (AS)
  78.   Sergey Fedorchuk (UKR), 2619 (E09)
  79.   Lázaro Bruzón (CUB), 2619 (Z2.3)
  80.   Mateusz Bartel (POL), 2618 (E09)
  81.   Tigran L. Petrosian (ARM), 2615 (E09)
  82.   Sanan Sjugirov (RUS), 2612 (E09)
  83.   Alexander Khalifman (RUS), 2612 (E08)
  84.   Anton Filippov (UZB), 2607 (Z3.4)
  85.   Alexander Shabalov (USA), 2606 (AM09)
  86.   Jaan Ehlvest (USA), 2606 (AM08)
  87.   Erwin l'Ami (NED), 2606 (E08)
  88.   Fidel Corrales Jimenez (CUB), 2605 (AM09)
  89.   Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN), 2605 (Z2.3)
  90.   Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (IRI), 2603 (PN)
  91.   Zhou Weiqi (CHN), 2603 (AS)
  92.   Gilberto Milos (BRA), 2603 (AM09)
  93.   Yuriy Kryvoruchko (UKR), 2602 (E08)
  94.   Diego Flores (ARG), 2602 (AM09)
  95.   Li Chao (CHN), 2596 (Z3.5)
  96.   Constantin Lupulescu (ROU), 2591 (E09)
  97.   Duško Pavasovič (SLO), 2590 (E08)
  98.   Yannick Pelletier (SUI), 2589 (PN)
  99.   Hou Yifan (CHN), 2588 (AS)
  100.   Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2583 (J07)
  101.   Abhijeet Gupta (IND), 2578 (J08)
  102.   Rogelio Antonio Jr. (PHI), 2574 (AS)
  103.   Robert Hess (USA), 2572 (Z2.1)
  104.   Ray Robson (USA), 2567, IM (PN)
  105.   Iván Morovic (CHI), 2562 (Z2.5)
  106.   Friso Nijboer (NED), 2561 (E09)
  107.   Bassem Amin (EGY), 2553 (AF)
  108.   Darwin Laylo (PHI), 2552 (Z3.3)
  109.   Joshua Friedel (USA), 2551 (Z2.1)
  110.   Alexander Ivanov (USA), 2539 (AM09)
  111.   Aleksei Pridorozhni (RUS), 2533, IM (ON)
  112.   Yu Shaoteng (CHN), 2529 (AS)
  113.   Yu Yangyi (CHN), 2527 (AS)
  114.   David Smerdon (AUS), 2525 (Z3.6)
  115.   Abhijit Kunte (IND), 2522 (AS)
  116.   Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS), 2516 (WWC)
  117.   Andrés Rodríguez (URU), 2508 (Z2.5)
  118.   Mohamad Al Sayed (QAT), 2504 (Z3.1)
  119.   Nikolai Kabanov (RUS), 2501 (ON)
  120.   Aimen Rizouk (ALG), 2500 (AF)
  121.   Sriram Jha (IND), 2497, IM (Z3.2)
  122.   Essam El-Gindy (EGY), 2493 (AF)
  123.   Alexei Bezgodov (RUS), 2484 (ON)
  124.   Mohamed Ezat (EGY), 2472, IM (AF)
  125.   Khaled Abdel Razik (EGY), 2469, IM (AF)
  126.   Jean Hébert (CAN), 2420, IM (Z2.2)
  127.   Walaa Sarwat (EGY), 2405, IM (AF)
  128.   Andrei Obodchuk (RUS), 2404, IM (ON)

All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise. The pairings of the 1st round (players were seeded according to their ratings) were announced on 2 November 2009, immediately after the publishing of the November rating list. The list of players who declined participation: Anand, Carlsen, Topalov, Aronian, Kramnik, Leko, Adams, Nakamura, and Ni Hua. Among them, Anand, Topalov and Aronian had already qualified for the Candidates or the Championship match; Carlsen, Kramnik, Nakamura, Adams and Ni had committed to play in the London Chess Classic on 7–15 December 2009.[5]

Qualification paths:

Calendar edit

Round Regular games Tiebreaks
Round 1 21–22 November 23 November
Round 2 24–25 November 26 November
Round 3 27–28 November 29 November
Round 4 30 November, 1 December 2 December
Quarterfinals 3–4 December 5 December
Semifinals 6–7 December 8 December
Final 10–13 December 14 December

Summary of results edit

Round one edit

In the first round of the tournament all of the top 30 seeded players progressed, with the sole exception of Slovakian Sergei Movsesian (16), who was eliminated by the Chinese 113th seed Yu Yangyi. Judit Polgár achieved a walkover, due to her opponent Duško Pavasovič withdrawing from the competition due to injury.[6] The round was notable for the 16-game match between Pavel Tregubov and Varuzhan Akobian: after each winning with white over the first two days, their tiebreak held a marathon of four rapid games followed by ten blitz games. The two players fought until near 1 a.m. local time for the right to face Ruslan Ponomariov in the second round (which would start the next morning), Akobian finally achieving the decisive two-point advantage in the final bout before an Armageddon game would have been required.

Round two edit

The first day of Round Two included a number of upsets. The highest seed to have won their match was Alexander Grischuk (8), as Peter Svidler (3), Alexander Morozevich (4), Teimour Radjabov (5) and Vassily Ivanchuk (6) all lost and the remaining highest seeds (Gelfand, Gashimov and Ponomariov) drew. On the next day of matches, Morozevich, Radjabov and Ivanchuk were all eliminated, and exactly half of the matches went to tie-breaks.[7] Of the 32 players to reach Round Three, all but seven players had been originally seeded in the top 32.

Round three edit

Sixteen-year-old Wesley So, who had upset Ivanchuk in Round Two, achieved another major upset, defeating Gata Kamsky, the 2007 winner, 1½-½.[8] In the second rapid tiebreak, Chinese players Wang Yue and Li Chao were not at their seats for the start of the round, and lost the game, and their matches against Bacrot and Gashimov.[9]

Round four edit

This round marked the departure of most of the youthful players from the World Cup. Wesley So (16), Fabiano Caruana (17) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (19) were eliminated by the more experienced Malakhov, Gashimov and Gelfand respectively, leaving Sergey Karjakin the only under-20 player left in contention.

Results, rounds 1–4 edit

Section 1 edit

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
1   Boris Gelfand (ISR) 1½
128   Andrei Obodchuk (RUS) ½
1   Boris Gelfand (ISR) 1½
64   Farrukh Amonatov (TJK) ½
64   Farrukh Amonatov (TJK) 1½
65   Sergey Volkov (RUS) ½
1   Boris Gelfand (ISR) 3½
32   Judit Polgár (HUN) 2½
32   Judit Polgár (HUN) w/o
97   Duško Pavasovič (SLO)
32   Judit Polgár (HUN) 4½
33   Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROU) 3½
33   Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROU) 1½
96   Constantin Lupulescu (ROU) ½
1   Boris Gelfand (ISR) 4½
17   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 3½
16   Sergei Movsesian (SVK) ½
113   Yu Yangyi (CHN) 1½
113   Yu Yangyi (CHN) 1½
80   Mateusz Bartel (POL) ½
49   Boris Grachev (RUS) 3
80   Mateusz Bartel (POL) 5
113   Yu Yangyi (CHN) ½
17   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 1½
17   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 1½
112   Yu Shaoteng (CHN) ½
17   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 3½
48   Georg Meier (GER) 2½
48   Georg Meier (GER) 1½
81   Tigran L. Petrosian (ARM) ½

Section 2 edit

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
8   Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 1½
121   Sriram Jha (IND) ½
8   Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 1½
57   Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA) ½
57   Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA) 3½
72   Lê Quang Liêm (VIE) 1½
8   Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 5
25   Baadur Jobava (GEO) 3
25   Baadur Jobava (GEO) 1½
104   Ray Robson (USA) ½
25   Baadur Jobava (GEO) 1½
89   Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN) ½
40   Sergei Tiviakov (NED) 2½
89   Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN) 3½
8   Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 3
9   Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) 5
9   Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) 1½
120   Aimen Rizouk (ALG) ½
9   Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) 2
73   Chanda Sandipan (IND) 0
56   Mikhail Kobalia (RUS) ½
73   Chanda Sandipan (IND) 1½
9   Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) 4
41   Alexander Areshchenko (UKR) 2
24   Sergei Rublevsky (RUS) 1½
105   Iván Morovic (CHI) ½
24   Sergei Rublevsky (RUS) 2½
41   Alexander Areshchenko (UKR) 3½
41   Alexander Areshchenko (UKR) 1½
88   Fidel Corrales Jimenez (CUB) ½

Section 3 edit

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
4   Alexander Morozevich (RUS) 2
125   Khaled Abdel Razik (EGY) 0
4   Alexander Morozevich (RUS) 0
61   Viktor Láznička (CZE) 2
61   Viktor Láznička (CZE) 1½
68   Ioánnis Papaïoánnou (GRE) ½
61   Viktor Láznička (CZE) 3½
29   Viktor Bologan (MDA) 1½
29   Viktor Bologan (MDA) 1½
100   Ahmed Adly (EGY) ½
29   Viktor Bologan (MDA) 4
36   Ivan Cheparinov (BUL) 2
36   Ivan Cheparinov (BUL) 3½
93   Yuriy Kryvoruchko (UKR) 2½
61   Viktor Láznička (CZE) ½
13   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 1½
13   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2
116   Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS) 0
13   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2
52   Vadim Milov (SUI) 0
52   Vadim Milov (SUI) 3½
77   Parimarjan Negi (IND) 1½
13   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 1½
20   Wang Hao (CHN) ½
20   Wang Hao (CHN) 2
109   Joshua Friedel (USA) 0
20   Wang Hao (CHN) 2
45   Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND) 0
45   Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND) 2
84   Anton Filippov (UZB) 0

Section 4 edit

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
5   Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2
124   Mohamed Ezat (EGY) 0
5   Teimour Radjabov (AZE) ½
69   Konstantin Sakaev (RUS) 1½
60   Julio Granda (PER) ½
69   Konstantin Sakaev (RUS) 1½
69   Konstantin Sakaev (RUS) ½
28   Nikita Vitiugov (RUS) 1½
28   Nikita Vitiugov (RUS) 1½
101   Abhijeet Gupta (IND) ½
28   Nikita Vitiugov (RUS) 4½
92   Gilberto Milos (BRA) 3½
37   Zahar Efimenko (UKR) ½
92   Gilberto Milos (BRA) 1½
28   Nikita Vitiugov (RUS) ½
12   Sergey Karjakin (UKR) 1½
12   Sergey Karjakin (UKR) 1½
117   Andrés Rodríguez (URU) ½
12   Sergey Karjakin (UKR) 3½
53   Artyom Timofeev (RUS) 2½
53   Artyom Timofeev (RUS) 3½
76   Rafael Leitão (BRA) 2½
12   Sergey Karjakin (UKR) 4
21   David Navara (CZE) 1
21   David Navara (CZE) 4
108   Darwin Laylo (PHI) 2
21   David Navara (CZE) 3½
85   Alexander Shabalov (USA) 2½
44   Vladimir Baklan (UKR) 3½
85   Alexander Shabalov (USA) 4½

Section 5 edit

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
2   Vugar Gashimov (AZE) 2
127   Walaa Sarwat (EGY) 0
2   Vugar Gashimov (AZE) 1½
66   Zhou Jianchao (CHN) ½
63   Rauf Mamedov (AZE) ½
66   Zhou Jianchao (CHN) 1½
2   Vugar Gashimov (AZE) 3½
95   Li Chao (CHN) 1½
31   Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) ½
98   Yannick Pelletier (SUI) 1½
98   Yannick Pelletier (SUI) 3½
95   Li Chao (CHN) 4½
34   Gabriel Sargissian (ARM) 3
95   Li Chao (CHN) 5
2   Vugar Gashimov (AZE) 3½
50   Fabiano Caruana (ITA) 1½
15   Leinier Domínguez (CUB) 3½
114   David Smerdon (AUS) 2½
15   Leinier Domínguez (CUB) 2
50   Fabiano Caruana (ITA) 4
50   Fabiano Caruana (ITA) 1½
79   Lázaro Bruzón (CUB) ½
50   Fabiano Caruana (ITA) 3½
18   Evgeny Alekseev (RUS) 2½
18   Evgeny Alekseev (RUS) 1½
111   Aleksei Pridorozhni (RUS) ½
18   Evgeny Alekseev (RUS) 3½
47   Laurent Fressinet (FRA) 1½
47   Laurent Fressinet (FRA) 2
82   Sanan Sjugirov (RUS) 0

Section 6 edit

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
7   Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) 1½
122   Essam El-Gindy (EGY) ½
7   Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) 4
71   Varuzhan Akobian (USA) 2
58   Pavel Tregubov (RUS) 7
71   Varuzhan Akobian (USA) 9
7   Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) 1½
26   Alexander Motylev (RUS) ½
26   Alexander Motylev (RUS) 1½
103   Robert Hess (USA) ½
26   Alexander Motylev (RUS) 1½
39   Evgeniy Najer (RUS) ½
39   Evgeniy Najer (RUS) 1½
90   Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (IRI) ½
7   Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) 3½
23   Étienne Bacrot (FRA) 2½
10   Wang Yue (CHN) 2
119   Nikolai Kabanov (RUS) 0
10   Wang Yue (CHN) 2
55   Boris Savchenko (RUS) 0
55   Boris Savchenko (RUS) 4½
74   Yury Shulman (USA) 3½
10   Wang Yue (CHN) 1½
23   Étienne Bacrot (FRA) 3½
23   Étienne Bacrot (FRA) 3½
106   Friso Nijboer (NED) 1½
23   Étienne Bacrot (FRA) 2
42   Krishnan Sasikiran (IND) 0
42   Krishnan Sasikiran (IND) 3½
87   Erwin l'Ami (NED) 1½

Section 7 edit

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
3   Peter Svidler (RUS) 2
126   Jean Hébert (CAN) 0
3   Peter Svidler (RUS) 3½
67   Tomi Nybäck (FIN) 1½
62   Dmitry Andreikin (RUS) 3½
67   Tomi Nybäck (FIN) 4½
3   Peter Svidler (RUS) 5
30   Arkadij Naiditsch (GER) 3
30   Arkadij Naiditsch (GER) 3½
99   Hou Yifan (CHN) 2½
30   Arkadij Naiditsch (GER) 1½
35   Alexander Onischuk (USA) ½
35   Alexander Onischuk (USA) 1½
94   Diego Flores (ARG) ½
3   Peter Svidler (RUS) 1½
14   Alexei Shirov (ESP) ½
14   Alexei Shirov (ESP) 1½
115   Abhijit Kunte (IND) ½
14   Alexei Shirov (ESP) 4
78   Sergey Fedorchuk (UKR) 1
51   Ivan Sokolov (BIH) 0
78   Sergey Fedorchuk (UKR) 2
14   Alexei Shirov (ESP) 1½
19   Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS) ½
19   Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS) 1½
110   Alexander Ivanov (USA) ½
19   Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS) 3½
83   Alexander Khalifman (RUS) 2½
46   Alexandr Fier (BRA) 2½
83   Alexander Khalifman (RUS) 3½

Section 8 edit

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The Chess World Cup 2009 was a 128 player single elimination tournament played between 20 November and 14 December 2009 in Khanty Mansiysk Russia 1 The Cup winner qualified for the Candidates stage of the World Chess Championship 2012 Boris Gelfand defeated Ruslan Ponomariov in the final FIDE Chess World Cup 20092009 FIDE World Cup winner Boris GelfandTournament informationSportChessLocationKhanty Mansiysk RussiaDates20 November 2009 14 December 2009AdministratorFIDETournamentformat s Single elimination tournamentHost s Chess Federation of RussiaFinal positionsChampionBoris GelfandRunner upRuslan Ponomariov Chess World Cup 2007Chess World Cup 2011 The winner of the Chess World Cup 2007 Gata Kamsky was defeated by Wesley So in the third round Contents 1 Format 2 Participants 3 Calendar 4 Summary of results 4 1 Round one 4 2 Round two 4 3 Round three 4 4 Round four 5 Results rounds 1 4 5 1 Section 1 5 2 Section 2 5 3 Section 3 5 4 Section 4 5 5 Section 5 5 6 Section 6 5 7 Section 7 5 8 Section 8 6 Results rounds 5 7 6 1 Final 10 14 December 7 References 8 External linksFormat editMatches 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 2 Four rapid games 25 minutes plus 10 second increment were played According to chess journalist Mig Greengard a high FIDE official admitted off the record that this unusual decision of playing four games instead of two was actually a mistake that was spotted too late to correct it 3 If the score was still tied up to five pairs of blitz games 5 minutes plus 3 second increment were played If one player led after a pair of blitz games that player was declared the winner This was a change from previous events for instance at the Chess World Cup 2007 the match went to an armageddon game after a single pair of blitz games If the score was still tied after five pairs 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 Ultimately no Armageddon games were played as all matches were decided before that stage Participants editThe players qualified for the event were 4 nbsp Boris Gelfand ISR 2758 R nbsp Vugar Gashimov AZE 2758 R nbsp Peter Svidler RUS 2754 R nbsp Alexander Morozevich RUS 2750 R nbsp Teimour Radjabov AZE 2748 R nbsp Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2739 R nbsp Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 2739 R nbsp Alexander Grischuk RUS 2736 R nbsp Dmitry Jakovenko RUS 2736 R nbsp Wang Yue CHN 2734 R nbsp Pavel Eljanov UKR 2729 E09 nbsp Sergey Karjakin UKR 2723 SF nbsp Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 2719 R nbsp Alexei Shirov ESP 2719 SF nbsp Leinier Dominguez CUB 2719 R nbsp Sergei Movsesian SVK 2718 E08 nbsp Maxime Vachier Lagrave FRA 2718 E08 nbsp Evgeny Alekseev RUS 2715 R nbsp Evgeny Tomashevsky RUS 2708 E09 nbsp Wang Hao CHN 2708 R nbsp David Navara CZE 2707 E09 nbsp Vladimir Malakhov RUS 2706 R nbsp Etienne Bacrot FRA 2700 R nbsp Sergei Rublevsky RUS 2697 R nbsp Baadur Jobava GEO 2696 E09 nbsp Alexander Motylev RUS 2695 E09 nbsp Gata Kamsky USA 2695 SF nbsp Nikita Vitiugov RUS 2694 E09 nbsp Viktor Bologan MDA 2692 E08 nbsp Arkadij Naiditsch GER 2689 E09 nbsp Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2682 R nbsp Judit Polgar HUN 2680 R nbsp Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu ROU 2677 E09 nbsp Gabriel Sargissian ARM 2676 E08 nbsp Alexander Onischuk USA 2672 Z2 1 nbsp Ivan Cheparinov BUL 2671 PN nbsp Zahar Efimenko UKR 2668 E08 nbsp Emil Sutovsky ISR 2666 E08 nbsp Evgeniy Najer RUS 2666 E08 nbsp Sergei Tiviakov NED 2664 E08 nbsp Alexander Areshchenko UKR 2664 E09 nbsp Krishnan Sasikiran IND 2664 R nbsp Ilya Smirin ISR 2662 E08 nbsp Vladimir Baklan UKR 2655 E08 nbsp Surya Shekhar Ganguly IND 2654 AS nbsp Alexandr Fier BRA 2653 Z2 4 nbsp Laurent Fressinet FRA 2653 E08 nbsp Georg Meier GER 2653 E09 nbsp Boris Grachev RUS 2652 E08 nbsp Fabiano Caruana ITA 2652 PN nbsp Ivan Sokolov BIH 2652 E09 nbsp Vadim Milov SUI 2652 R nbsp Artyom Timofeev RUS 2651 E09 nbsp Ernesto Inarkiev RUS 2645 E09 nbsp Boris Savchenko RUS 2644 E09 nbsp Mikhail Kobalia RUS 2643 E09 nbsp Vladislav Tkachiev FRA 2642 PN nbsp Pavel Tregubov RUS 2642 E08 nbsp Wesley So PHI 2640 Z3 3 nbsp Julio Granda PER 2640 AM09 nbsp Viktor Laznicka CZE 2637 E08 nbsp Dmitry Andreikin RUS 2636 E08 nbsp Rauf Mamedov AZE 2634 E09 nbsp Farrukh Amonatov TJK 2631 Z3 4 nbsp Sergey Volkov RUS 2629 E08 nbsp Zhou Jianchao CHN 2629 Z3 5 nbsp Tomi Nyback FIN 2628 E08 nbsp Ioannis Papaioannou GRE 2628 E08 nbsp Konstantin Sakaev RUS 2626 E09 nbsp Gadir Guseinov AZE 2625 E09 nbsp Varuzhan Akobian USA 2624 Z2 1 nbsp Le Quang Liem VIE 2624 AS nbsp Chanda Sandipan IND 2623 AS nbsp Yury Shulman USA 2623 Z2 1 nbsp Jan Gustafsson GER 2622 E08 nbsp Rafael Leitao BRA 2621 Z2 4 nbsp Parimarjan Negi IND 2620 AS nbsp Sergey Fedorchuk UKR 2619 E09 nbsp Lazaro Bruzon CUB 2619 Z2 3 nbsp Mateusz Bartel POL 2618 E09 nbsp Tigran L Petrosian ARM 2615 E09 nbsp Sanan Sjugirov RUS 2612 E09 nbsp Alexander Khalifman RUS 2612 E08 nbsp Anton Filippov UZB 2607 Z3 4 nbsp Alexander Shabalov USA 2606 AM09 nbsp Jaan Ehlvest USA 2606 AM08 nbsp Erwin l Ami NED 2606 E08 nbsp Fidel Corrales Jimenez CUB 2605 AM09 nbsp Eduardo Iturrizaga VEN 2605 Z2 3 nbsp Ehsan Ghaem Maghami IRI 2603 PN nbsp Zhou Weiqi CHN 2603 AS nbsp Gilberto Milos BRA 2603 AM09 nbsp Yuriy Kryvoruchko UKR 2602 E08 nbsp Diego Flores ARG 2602 AM09 nbsp Li Chao CHN 2596 Z3 5 nbsp Constantin Lupulescu ROU 2591 E09 nbsp Dusko Pavasovic SLO 2590 E08 nbsp Yannick Pelletier SUI 2589 PN nbsp Hou Yifan CHN 2588 AS nbsp Ahmed Adly EGY 2583 J07 nbsp Abhijeet Gupta IND 2578 J08 nbsp Rogelio Antonio Jr PHI 2574 AS nbsp Robert Hess USA 2572 Z2 1 nbsp Ray Robson USA 2567 IM PN nbsp Ivan Morovic CHI 2562 Z2 5 nbsp Friso Nijboer NED 2561 E09 nbsp Bassem Amin EGY 2553 AF nbsp Darwin Laylo PHI 2552 Z3 3 nbsp Joshua Friedel USA 2551 Z2 1 nbsp Alexander Ivanov USA 2539 AM09 nbsp Aleksei Pridorozhni RUS 2533 IM ON nbsp Yu Shaoteng CHN 2529 AS nbsp Yu Yangyi CHN 2527 AS nbsp David Smerdon AUS 2525 Z3 6 nbsp Abhijit Kunte IND 2522 AS nbsp Alexandra Kosteniuk RUS 2516 WWC nbsp Andres Rodriguez URU 2508 Z2 5 nbsp Mohamad Al Sayed QAT 2504 Z3 1 nbsp Nikolai Kabanov RUS 2501 ON nbsp Aimen Rizouk ALG 2500 AF nbsp Sriram Jha IND 2497 IM Z3 2 nbsp Essam El Gindy EGY 2493 AF nbsp Alexei Bezgodov RUS 2484 ON nbsp Mohamed Ezat EGY 2472 IM AF nbsp Khaled Abdel Razik EGY 2469 IM AF nbsp Jean Hebert CAN 2420 IM Z2 2 nbsp Walaa Sarwat EGY 2405 IM AF nbsp Andrei Obodchuk RUS 2404 IM ON All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise The pairings of the 1st round players were seeded according to their ratings were announced on 2 November 2009 immediately after the publishing of the November rating list The list of players who declined participation Anand Carlsen Topalov Aronian Kramnik Leko Adams Nakamura and Ni Hua Among them Anand Topalov and Aronian had already qualified for the Candidates or the Championship match Carlsen Kramnik Nakamura Adams and Ni had committed to play in the London Chess Classic on 7 15 December 2009 5 Qualification paths SF Semi finalist of Chess World Cup 2007 WWC Women s World Champion J07 and J08 World Junior Champions 2007 and 2008 R Rating average of July 2008 and January 2009 ratings is used E08 and E09 European Individual Championships 2008 and 2009 AM08 Pan American Chess Championship 2008 AM09 Continental Absolute Chess Championship Americas 2009 AS Asian Chess Championship 2009 AF African Chess Championship 2009 Z2 1 Z2 2 Z2 3 Z2 4 Z2 5 Z3 1 Z3 2 Z3 3 Z3 4 Z3 5 Z3 6 Zonal tournaments PN FIDE president nominee ON Organizer nomineeCalendar editRound Regular games Tiebreaks Round 1 21 22 November 23 November Round 2 24 25 November 26 November Round 3 27 28 November 29 November Round 4 30 November 1 December 2 December Quarterfinals 3 4 December 5 December Semifinals 6 7 December 8 December Final 10 13 December 14 DecemberSummary of results editRound one edit In the first round of the tournament all of the top 30 seeded players progressed with the sole exception of Slovakian Sergei Movsesian 16 who was eliminated by the Chinese 113th seed Yu Yangyi Judit Polgar achieved a walkover due to her opponent Dusko Pavasovic withdrawing from the competition due to injury 6 The round was notable for the 16 game match between Pavel Tregubov and Varuzhan Akobian after each winning with white over the first two days their tiebreak held a marathon of four rapid games followed by ten blitz games The two players fought until near 1 a m local time for the right to face Ruslan Ponomariov in the second round which would start the next morning Akobian finally achieving the decisive two point advantage in the final bout before an Armageddon game would have been required Round two edit The first day of Round Two included a number of upsets The highest seed to have won their match was Alexander Grischuk 8 as Peter Svidler 3 Alexander Morozevich 4 Teimour Radjabov 5 and Vassily Ivanchuk 6 all lost and the remaining highest seeds Gelfand Gashimov and Ponomariov drew On the next day of matches Morozevich Radjabov and Ivanchuk were all eliminated and exactly half of the matches went to tie breaks 7 Of the 32 players to reach Round Three all but seven players had been originally seeded in the top 32 Round three edit Sixteen year old Wesley So who had upset Ivanchuk in Round Two achieved another major upset defeating Gata Kamsky the 2007 winner 1 8 In the second rapid tiebreak Chinese players Wang Yue and Li Chao were not at their seats for the start of the round and lost the game and their matches against Bacrot and Gashimov 9 Round four edit This round marked the departure of most of the youthful players from the World Cup Wesley So 16 Fabiano Caruana 17 and Maxime Vachier Lagrave 19 were eliminated by the more experienced Malakhov Gashimov and Gelfand respectively leaving Sergey Karjakin the only under 20 player left in contention Results rounds 1 4 editSection 1 edit First roundQuarter finalsThird roundFourth round 1 nbsp Boris Gelfand ISR 1 128 nbsp Andrei Obodchuk RUS 1 nbsp Boris Gelfand ISR 1 64 nbsp Farrukh Amonatov TJK 64 nbsp Farrukh Amonatov TJK 1 65 nbsp Sergey Volkov RUS 1 nbsp Boris Gelfand ISR 3 32 nbsp Judit Polgar HUN 2 32 nbsp Judit Polgar HUN w o97 nbsp Dusko Pavasovic SLO 32 nbsp Judit Polgar HUN 4 33 nbsp Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu ROU 3 33 nbsp Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu ROU 1 96 nbsp Constantin Lupulescu ROU 1 nbsp Boris Gelfand ISR 4 17 nbsp Maxime Vachier Lagrave FRA 3 16 nbsp Sergei Movsesian SVK 113 nbsp Yu Yangyi CHN 1 113 nbsp Yu Yangyi CHN 1 80 nbsp Mateusz Bartel POL 49 nbsp Boris Grachev RUS 380 nbsp Mateusz Bartel POL 5113 nbsp Yu Yangyi CHN 17 nbsp Maxime Vachier Lagrave FRA 1 17 nbsp Maxime Vachier Lagrave FRA 1 112 nbsp Yu Shaoteng CHN 17 nbsp Maxime Vachier Lagrave FRA 3 48 nbsp Georg Meier GER 2 48 nbsp Georg Meier GER 1 81 nbsp Tigran L Petrosian ARM Section 2 edit First roundQuarter finalsThird roundFourth round 8 nbsp Alexander Grischuk RUS 1 121 nbsp Sriram Jha IND 8 nbsp Alexander Grischuk RUS 1 57 nbsp Vladislav Tkachiev FRA 57 nbsp Vladislav Tkachiev FRA 3 72 nbsp Le Quang Liem VIE 1 8 nbsp Alexander Grischuk RUS 525 nbsp Baadur Jobava GEO 325 nbsp Baadur Jobava GEO 1 104 nbsp Ray Robson USA 25 nbsp Baadur Jobava GEO 1 89 nbsp Eduardo Iturrizaga VEN 40 nbsp Sergei Tiviakov NED 2 89 nbsp Eduardo Iturrizaga VEN 3 8 nbsp Alexander Grischuk RUS 39 nbsp Dmitry Jakovenko RUS 59 nbsp Dmitry Jakovenko RUS 1 120 nbsp Aimen Rizouk ALG 9 nbsp Dmitry Jakovenko RUS 273 nbsp Chanda Sandipan IND 056 nbsp Mikhail Kobalia RUS 73 nbsp Chanda Sandipan IND 1 9 nbsp Dmitry Jakovenko RUS 441 nbsp Alexander Areshchenko UKR 224 nbsp Sergei Rublevsky RUS 1 105 nbsp Ivan Morovic CHI 24 nbsp Sergei Rublevsky RUS 2 41 nbsp Alexander Areshchenko UKR 3 41 nbsp Alexander Areshchenko UKR 1 88 nbsp Fidel Corrales Jimenez CUB Section 3 edit First roundQuarter finalsThird roundFourth round 4 nbsp Alexander Morozevich RUS 2125 nbsp Khaled Abdel Razik EGY 04 nbsp Alexander Morozevich RUS 061 nbsp Viktor Laznicka CZE 261 nbsp Viktor Laznicka CZE 1 68 nbsp Ioannis Papaioannou GRE 61 nbsp Viktor Laznicka CZE 3 29 nbsp Viktor Bologan MDA 1 29 nbsp Viktor Bologan MDA 1 100 nbsp Ahmed Adly EGY 29 nbsp Viktor Bologan MDA 436 nbsp Ivan Cheparinov BUL 236 nbsp Ivan Cheparinov BUL 3 93 nbsp Yuriy Kryvoruchko UKR 2 61 nbsp Viktor Laznicka CZE 13 nbsp Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 1 13 nbsp Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 2116 nbsp Alexandra Kosteniuk RUS 013 nbsp Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 252 nbsp Vadim Milov SUI 052 nbsp Vadim Milov SUI 3 77 nbsp Parimarjan Negi IND 1 13 nbsp Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 1 20 nbsp Wang Hao CHN 20 nbsp Wang Hao CHN 2109 nbsp Joshua Friedel USA 020 nbsp Wang Hao CHN 245 nbsp Surya Shekhar Ganguly IND 045 nbsp Surya Shekhar Ganguly IND 284 nbsp Anton Filippov UZB 0 Section 4 edit First roundQuarter finalsThird roundFourth round 5 nbsp Teimour Radjabov AZE 2124 nbsp Mohamed Ezat EGY 05 nbsp Teimour Radjabov AZE 69 nbsp Konstantin Sakaev RUS 1 60 nbsp Julio Granda PER 69 nbsp Konstantin Sakaev RUS 1 69 nbsp Konstantin Sakaev RUS 28 nbsp Nikita Vitiugov RUS 1 28 nbsp Nikita Vitiugov RUS 1 101 nbsp Abhijeet Gupta IND 28 nbsp Nikita Vitiugov RUS 4 92 nbsp Gilberto Milos BRA 3 37 nbsp Zahar Efimenko UKR 92 nbsp Gilberto Milos BRA 1 28 nbsp Nikita Vitiugov RUS 12 nbsp Sergey Karjakin UKR 1 12 nbsp Sergey Karjakin UKR 1 117 nbsp Andres Rodriguez URU 12 nbsp Sergey Karjakin UKR 3 53 nbsp Artyom Timofeev RUS 2 53 nbsp Artyom Timofeev RUS 3 76 nbsp Rafael Leitao BRA 2 12 nbsp Sergey Karjakin UKR 421 nbsp David Navara CZE 121 nbsp David Navara CZE 4108 nbsp Darwin Laylo PHI 221 nbsp David Navara CZE 3 85 nbsp Alexander Shabalov USA 2 44 nbsp Vladimir Baklan UKR 3 85 nbsp Alexander Shabalov USA 4 Section 5 edit First roundQuarter finalsThird roundFourth round 2 nbsp Vugar Gashimov AZE 2127 nbsp Walaa Sarwat EGY 02 nbsp Vugar Gashimov AZE 1 66 nbsp Zhou Jianchao CHN 63 nbsp Rauf Mamedov AZE 66 nbsp Zhou Jianchao CHN 1 2 nbsp Vugar Gashimov AZE 3 95 nbsp Li Chao CHN 1 31 nbsp Bu Xiangzhi CHN 98 nbsp Yannick Pelletier SUI 1 98 nbsp Yannick Pelletier SUI 3 95 nbsp Li Chao CHN 4 34 nbsp Gabriel Sargissian ARM 395 nbsp Li Chao CHN 52 nbsp Vugar Gashimov AZE 3 50 nbsp Fabiano Caruana ITA 1 15 nbsp Leinier Dominguez CUB 3 114 nbsp David Smerdon AUS 2 15 nbsp Leinier Dominguez CUB 250 nbsp Fabiano Caruana ITA 450 nbsp Fabiano Caruana ITA 1 79 nbsp Lazaro Bruzon CUB 50 nbsp Fabiano Caruana ITA 3 18 nbsp Evgeny Alekseev RUS 2 18 nbsp Evgeny Alekseev RUS 1 111 nbsp Aleksei Pridorozhni RUS 18 nbsp Evgeny Alekseev RUS 3 47 nbsp Laurent Fressinet FRA 1 47 nbsp Laurent Fressinet FRA 282 nbsp Sanan Sjugirov RUS 0 Section 6 edit First roundQuarter finalsThird roundFourth round 7 nbsp Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 1 122 nbsp Essam El Gindy EGY 7 nbsp Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 471 nbsp Varuzhan Akobian USA 258 nbsp Pavel Tregubov RUS 771 nbsp Varuzhan Akobian USA 97 nbsp Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 1 26 nbsp Alexander Motylev RUS 26 nbsp Alexander Motylev RUS 1 103 nbsp Robert Hess USA 26 nbsp Alexander Motylev RUS 1 39 nbsp Evgeniy Najer RUS 39 nbsp Evgeniy Najer RUS 1 90 nbsp Ehsan Ghaem Maghami IRI 7 nbsp Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 3 23 nbsp Etienne Bacrot FRA 2 10 nbsp Wang Yue CHN 2119 nbsp Nikolai Kabanov RUS 010 nbsp Wang Yue CHN 255 nbsp Boris Savchenko RUS 055 nbsp Boris Savchenko RUS 4 74 nbsp Yury Shulman USA 3 10 nbsp Wang Yue CHN 1 23 nbsp Etienne Bacrot FRA 3 23 nbsp Etienne Bacrot FRA 3 106 nbsp Friso Nijboer NED 1 23 nbsp Etienne Bacrot FRA 242 nbsp Krishnan Sasikiran IND 042 nbsp Krishnan Sasikiran IND 3 87 nbsp Erwin l Ami NED 1 Section 7 edit First roundQuarter finalsThird roundFourth round 3 nbsp Peter Svidler RUS 2126 nbsp Jean Hebert CAN 03 nbsp Peter Svidler RUS 3 67 nbsp Tomi Nyback FIN 1 62 nbsp Dmitry Andreikin RUS 3 67 nbsp Tomi Nyback FIN 4 3 nbsp Peter Svidler RUS 530 nbsp Arkadij Naiditsch GER 330 nbsp Arkadij Naiditsch GER 3 99 nbsp Hou Yifan CHN 2 30 nbsp Arkadij Naiditsch GER 1 35 nbsp Alexander Onischuk USA 35 nbsp Alexander Onischuk USA 1 94 nbsp Diego Flores ARG 3 nbsp Peter Svidler RUS 1 14 nbsp Alexei Shirov ESP 14 nbsp Alexei Shirov ESP 1 115 nbsp Abhijit Kunte IND 14 nbsp Alexei Shirov ESP 478 nbsp Sergey Fedorchuk UKR 151 nbsp Ivan Sokolov BIH 078 nbsp Sergey Fedorchuk UKR 214 nbsp Alexei Shirov ESP 1 19 nbsp Evgeny Tomashevsky RUS 19 nbsp Evgeny Tomashevsky RUS 1 110 nbsp Alexander Ivanov USA 19 nbsp Evgeny Tomashevsky RUS 3 83 nbsp Alexander Khalifman RUS 2 46 nbsp Alexandr Fier BRA 2 83 nbsp Alexander Khalifman RUS 3 Section 8 edit First roundQuarter finalsThird roundFourth round 6 nbsp Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2123 nbsp Alexei Bezgodov RUS 06 nbsp Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 59 nbsp Wesley So PHI 1 59 nbsp Wesley So PHI 470 nbsp Gadir Guseinov AZE 159 nbsp Wesley So PHI 1 27 nbsp Gata Kamsky USA 27 nbsp Gata Kamsky USA 1 102 nbsp Rogelio Antonio Jr PHI 27 nbsp Gata Kamsky USA 1 91 nbsp Zhou Weiqi CHN 38 nbsp Emil Sutovsky ISR 1 91 nbsp Zhou Weiqi CHN 3 59 nbsp Wesley So PHI 122 td, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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6   Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2
123   Alexei Bezgodov (RUS) 0
6   Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) ½
59   Wesley So (PHI) 1½
59   Wesley So (PHI) 4
70   Gadir Guseinov (AZE) 1
59   Wesley So (PHI) 1½
27   Gata Kamsky (USA) ½
27   Gata Kamsky (USA) 1½
102   Rogelio Antonio Jr. (PHI) ½
27   Gata Kamsky (USA) 1½
91   Zhou Weiqi (CHN) ½
38   Emil Sutovsky (ISR) 1½
91   Zhou Weiqi (CHN) 3½
59   Wesley So (PHI) 1
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