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Chess World Cup 2015

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World Chess Cup 2015 - a chess knockout tournament for 128 people, which took place in Baku from September 11 to October 5 [1] . The top ten participants: V. Topalov (2816), H. Nakamura (2814), F. Caruana (2808), A. Geary (2793), Dean Liren (2782), V. Kramnik (2777), W. So ( 2773), A. Grischuk (2771), L. Aronian (2765), S. Karyakin (2762).

Content

  • 1 Regulation
    • 1.1 Time Control
    • 1.2 Gaming days
  • 2 Tournament participants
  • 3 Results
    • 3.1 1st half
    • 3.2 2nd half
    • 3.3 Final
  • 4 See also
  • 5 notes

Rules

Time Control

At all stages of the tournament, except for the final, two games are played with FIDE control [2] : 90 minutes for 40 moves, 30 minutes until the end of the game and 30 seconds of addition to the move, starting from the first.
In the event of a tie, a tie-break is played: two fast games of 25 minutes and 10 seconds of addition per move, starting from the first.
If fast games did not reveal a winner, two more games of 10 minutes and 10 seconds of addition per turn are played, starting from the first.
A blitz of 5 minutes per game and 3 seconds of addition per move, starting from the first one, is played in case of saving a tie after fast games.

If all stages of the tie-break do not reveal the winner, a decisive game will be appointed. White gets 5 minutes, black - 4, with the addition of 3 seconds for each move, starting from the 61st. A draw is interpreted in favor of black.

In the final, four games are played with FIDE control [2] .

Game Days

From September 11 to September 25, from September 27 to 29 and from October 1 to 5. Beginning of tours at 13:00 Moscow time.

Tournament Participants

Chess players qualified for the World Cup:

  1.   Veselin Topalov ( BUL ) , 2816 (R)
  2.   Hikaru Nakamura ( USA ) , 2814 (R)
  3.   Fabiano Caruana ( USA ) , 2808 (R)
  4.   Anish Giri ( NED ) , 2793 (R)
  5.   Wesley So ( USA ) , 2779 (R)
  6.   Vladimir Kramnik ( RUS ) , 2777 (WC)
  7.   Alexander Grischuk ( RUS ) , 2771 (R)
  8.   Ding Liren ( CHN ) , 2770 (R)
  9.   Levon Aronian ( ARM ) , 2765 (R)
  10.   Dmitry Yakovenko ( RUS ) , 2759 (E14)
  11.   Sergey Karjakin ( RUS ) , 2753 (R)
  12.   Evgeny Tomashevsky ( RUS ) , 2747 (WC)
  13.   Boris Gelfand ( ISR ) , 2741 (R)
  14.   Pentala Harikrishna ( IND ) , 2740 (R)
  15.   Michael Adams ( ENG ) , 2740 (R)
  16.   Peter Svidler ( RUS ) , 2739 (R)
  17.   Teymur Rajabov ( AZE ) , 2738 (ON)
  18.   Lenier Dominguez Perez ( CUB ) , 2736 (R)
  19.   Shahriyar Mammadyarov ( AZE ) , 2735 (R)
  20.   Radoslav Wojtaszek ( POL ) , 2733 (E14)
  21.   Maxim Vashier-Lagrave ( FRA ) , 2731 (WC)
  22.   Yu Yangyi ( CHN ) , 2726 (J13)
  23.   Vasily Ivanchuk ( UKR ) , 2726 (R)
  24.   Wei Yi ( CHN ) , 2725 (Z3.5)
  25.   David Navara ( CZE ) , 2724 (E14)
  26.   Pavel Eljanov ( UKR ) , 2723 (E14)
  27.   Dmitry Andreikin ( RUS ) , 2720 (WC)
  28.   Nikita Vitiugov ( RUS ) , 2719 (R)
  29.   Peter Leko ( HUN ) , 2714 (R)
  30.   Ni Hua ( CHN ) , 2713 (AS14)
  31.   Laurent Fressinet ( FRA ) , 2710 (E14)
  32.   Alexander Moiseenko ( UKR ) , 2710 (E15)
  33.   Wang Hao ( CHN ) , 2705 (R)
  34.   Jan Nepomniachtchi ( RUS ) , 2705 (E15)
  35.   Rustam Kasymdzhanov ( UZB ) , 2704 (AS14)
  36.   Igor Kovalenko ( LAT ) , 2702 (PN)
  37.   Le Quang Liem ( VIE ) , 2699 (Z3.3)
  38.   Anton Korobov ( UKR ) , 2699 (E15)
  39.   Ivan Cheparinov ( BUL ) , 2690 (E14)
  40.   Maxim Matlakov ( RUS ) , 2689 (E15)
  41.   Ray Robson ( USA ) , 2680 (Z2.1)
  42.   Maxim Rodstein ( ISR ) , 2678 (E15)
  43.   Igor Lysy ( RUS ) , 2673 (E14)
  44.   Gabriel Sargsyan ( ARM ) , 2673 (E14)
  45.   Vladislav Artemyev ( RUS ) , 2671 (E14)
  46.   Hou Yifan ( CHN ) , 2671 (PN)
  47.   Gata Kamsky ( USA ) , 2670 (Z2.1)
  48.   Ilya Smirin ( ISR ) , 2669 (E14)
  49.   Liviu-Dieter Nisipyanu ( GER ) , 2667 (E15)
  50.   Victor Laznicka ( CZE ) , 2665 (E15)
  51.   Sanan Syugirov ( RUS ) , 2664 (E15)
  52.   Julio Grande ( PER ) , 2663 (AM14)
  53.   Nguyen Ngok Cheong Sean ( VIE ) , 2662 (Z3.3)
  54.   Alexander Onischuk ( USA ) , 2662 (Z2.1)
  55.   Ivan Sharich ( CRO ) , 2661 (E14)
  56.   Alexander Areshchenko ( UKR ) , 2661 (E14)
  57.   Ernesto Inarkiev ( RUS ) , 2660 (PN)
  58.   Vladimir Fedoseev ( RUS ) , 2659 (E14)
  59.   Lazaro Bruson Batista ( CUB ) , 2659 (Z2.3)
  60.   Chaba Balog ( HUN ) , 2659 (E14)
  61.   Alexander Motylev ( RUS ) , 2658 (E14)
  62.   Eugene Naer ( RUS ) , 2658 (E15)
  63.   Samuel Shankland ( USA ) , 2655 (AM14)
  64.   Ivan Bukavshin ( RUS ) , 2655 (E15)
  1.   Sergey Zhigalko ( BLR ) , 2654 (E14)
  2.   Ivan Popov ( RUS ) , 2653 (E15)
  3.   Rauf Mammadov ( AZE ) , 2651 (ON)
  4.   Boris Grachev ( RUS ) , 2649 (E15)
  5.   Eltaj Safarli ( AZE ) , 2644 (ON)
  6.   Sees Santosh Gujrati ( IND ) , 2644 (AS15)
  7.   Baskaran Adhiban ( IND ) , 2643 (AS14)
  8.   Juniorschi Quesada Perez ( CUB ) , 2643 (AM15)
  9.   Denis Khismatullin ( RUS ) , 2642 (E15)
  10.   Bassem Amin ( EGY ) , 2640 (AF)
  11.   Andrey Volokitin ( UKR ) , 2639 (E15)
  12.   Robert Kempinski ( POL ) , 2637 (E15)
  13.   Alexander Fier ( BRA ) , 2636 (Z2.4)
  14.   Panayappan Sethuraman ( IND ) , 2635 (Z3.7)
  15.   Varuzhan Hakobyan ( USA ) , 2635 (Z2.1)
  16.   David Anton Guiharro ( ESP ) , 2635 (E14)
  17.   Romain Edouard ( FRA ) , 2634 (ACP)
  18.   Hrant Melkumyan ( ARM ) , 2633 (E14)
  19.   Raphael Leitan ( BRA ) , 2632 (AM14)
  20.   Surya Ganguli ( IND ) , 2631 (AS15)
  21.   Mateusz Barthel ( POL ) , 2631 (E15)
  22.   Konstantin Lupulescu ( ROU ) , 2626 (E14)
  23.   Eduardo Iturrisaga ( VEN ) , 2625 (AM15)
  24.   Yuri Vovk ( UKR ) , 2624 (E15)
  25.   Gadir Huseynov ( AZE ) , 2624 (PN)
  26.   Alexander Ipatov ( TUR ) , 2622 (E15)
  27.   Dragan Sholak ( TUR ) , 2622 (E14)
  28.   Wasif Durarbeyli ( AZE ) , 2621 (ON)
  29.   Wen Yang ( CHN ) , 2618 (AS14)
  30.   Anton Kovalev ( CAN ) , 2616 (Z3.5)
  31.   Zhao Jun ( CHN ) , 2616 (AM15)
  32.   Milos PerunoviΔ‡ ( SRB ) , 2614 (E14)
  33.   Lu Shanlay ( CHN ) , 2607 (J14)
  34.   Ante Brkic ( CRO ) , 2607 (E15)
  35.   Sandro Mareko ( ARG ) , 2605 (Z2.5)
  36.   Alexey Goganov ( RUS ) , 2603 (E15)
  37.   Samvel Ter-Sahakyan ( ARM ) , 2601 (E14)
  38.   Zhou Jianchao ( CHN ) , 2600 (AS15)
  39.   Rinat Dzhumabaev ( KAZ ) , 2600 (Z3.4)
  40.   Tamir Nabati ( ISR ) , 2595 (E15)
  41.   Saleh Salem ( UAE ) , 2595 (AS14)
  42.   Ahmed Adli ( EGY ) , 2591 (AF)
  43.   Viorel Iordescu ( MDA ) , 2589 (E14)
  44.   Isan Ortiz Suarez ( CUB ) , 2577 (AM14)
  45.   Babu Lalit ( IND ) , 2570 (AS15)
  46.   The Path of Idani ( IRI ) , 2568 (Z3.1)
  47.   Federico Perez Ponsa ( ARG ) , 2563 (AM15)
  48.   Samuel Sevyan ( USA ) , 2553 (Z2.1)
  49.   Emre Jan ( TUR ) , 2547 (E15)
  50.   Maria Muzychuk ( UKR ) , 2528 (WWC)
  51.   Max Illingworth , IM ( AUS ) , 2514 (Z3.6)
  52.   Cristobal Henriques , IM ( CHI ) , 2511 (Z2.5)
  53.   Ziaur Rahman ( BAN ) , 2509 (Z3.2)
  54.   Ermes Espinosa Velos , FM ( CUB ) , 2495 (Z2.3)
  55.   Ilya Ilyushenok , IM ( RUS ) , 2491 (E15)
  56.   Michael Wiedenkeller , IM ( LUX ) , 2453 (PN)
  57.   Thomas Krnan , IM ( CAN ) , 2436 (Z2.2)
  58.   Yusup Atabaev , IM ( TKM ) , 2428 (Z3.4)
  59.   Daisy Corey , WGM ( PER ) , 2421 (Z2.4)
  60.   Parham Magsudlu , untitled ( IRI ) , 2416 (AS15)
  61.   Arthur Seseganiy , IM ( UGA ) , 2357 (Z4.2)
  62.   Amir Zaibi , FM ( TUN ) , 2330 (Z4.1)
  63.   Richmond Phiri , IM ( ZAM ) , 2291 (Z4.3)
  64.   Oladapo Adu , IM ( NGR ) , 2241 (Z4.4)

All participants are grandmasters by default, unless otherwise specified.

Qualification Ways:

  • WC: semi-finalists of the World Chess Cup 2013 (4)
  • WWC: Women's World Champion 2015 (1)
  • J13 and J14: World Junior Champions 2013 and 2014 (2)
  • R: Best average ratings from February 2014 to January 2015 (19)
  • E14 and E15: European Championship 2014 (23) and 2015 (23)
  • AM14 and AM15: Americas Championship 2014 (4) and 2015 (4)
  • AS14 and AS15: Asian Championship 2014 (5) and 2015 (5)

  • AF: African Championship 2015 (2)
  • Z2.1 (5), Z2.2 (1), Z2.3 (2), Z2.4 (2), Z2.5 (2), Z3.1 (1), Z3.2 (1), Z3 .3 (2), Z3.4 (2), Z3.5 (2), Z3.6 (1), Z3.7 (1), Z4.1 (1), Z4.2 (1), Z4. 3 (1), Z4.4 (1): Zone Tournaments
  • ACP: Most highly placed chess player not qualified for the tournament in the ACP round
  • PN: FIDE Presidential Nominee (5)
  • ON: Organizing Committee Nominee (4)

Results

1st half

1st round2nd round3rd round4th round5th round6th round
one  Veselin Topalov2
128  Oladapo adu0
one  Veselin Topalov1Β½
65  Sergey ZhigalkoΒ½
64  Ivan Bukavshinone
65  Sergey Zhigalko3
one  Veselin Topalov2Β½
97  Lu Shanlay1Β½
32  Alexander Moiseenko1Β½
97  Lu Shanlay2Β½
97  Lu Shanlay1Β½
33  Wang HaoΒ½
33  Wang Hao2Β½
96  Milos Perunovic1Β½
one  Veselin TopalovΒ½
16  Peter Svidler1Β½
16  Peter Svidler1Β½
113  Emre CanΒ½
16  Peter Svidler2Β½
49  Liviu-Dieter Nisipyanu1Β½
49  Liviu-Dieter Nisipyanu1Β½
80  David Anton GuiharroΒ½
16  Peter Svidler2Β½
17  Teymur Rajabov1Β½
17  Teymur Rajabov3
112  Samuel Sevianone
17  Teymur Rajabov3
48  Ilya Smirinone
48  Ilya Smirin1Β½
81  Romain EdouardΒ½
16  Peter Svidler3Β½
24  Wei Yi2Β½
8  Ding Liren1Β½
121  Thomas KrnanΒ½
8  Ding Liren1Β½
57  Ernesto InarkievΒ½
57  Ernesto Inarkiev3
72  Juniorski Quesada Perezone
8  Ding Liren1Β½
89  Gadir HuseynovΒ½
25  David Navara3
104  Tamir Nabatione
25  David NavaraΒ½
89  Gadir Huseynov1Β½
40  Maxim Matlakovone
89  Gadir Huseynov3
8  Ding Liren2Β½
24  Wei Yi3Β½
9  Levon Aronian2
120  Michael Wiedenkeller0
9  Levon Aronianone
56  Alexander Areshchenko3
56  Alexander Areshchenko1Β½
73  Denis KhismatullinΒ½
24  Wei Yi1Β½
56  Alexander AreshchenkoΒ½
24  Wei Yi1Β½
105  Saleh SalemΒ½
24  Wei Yi4Β½
88  Yuri Vovk3Β½
41  Ray RobsonΒ½
88  Yuri Vovk1Β½
16  Peter Svidler1Β½
four  Anish GiriΒ½
four  Anish Giri1Β½
125  Arthur SeseganiyΒ½
four  Anish Giri3
61  Alexander Motylevone
61  Alexander Motylev4Β½
68  Boris Grachev3Β½
four  Anish Giri1Β½
29th  Peter LekoΒ½
29th  Peter Leko1Β½
one hundred  Alexey GoganovΒ½
29th  Peter Leko1Β½
93  Wen yangΒ½
36  Igor KovalenkoΒ½
93  Wen yang1Β½
four  Anish Giri3
twenty  Radoslav Wojtaszekone
13  Boris Gelfand1Β½
116  Cristobal Henriques2Β½
116  Cristobal Henriques0
52  Julio Grande2
52  Julio Grande1Β½
77  Alexander FierΒ½
52  Julio GrandeΒ½
twenty  Radoslav Wojtaszek1Β½
twenty  Radoslav Wojtaszek1Β½
109  Babu LalitΒ½
twenty  Radoslav Wojtaszek1Β½
45  Vladislav ArtemievΒ½
45  Vladislav Artemiev1Β½
84  Surya GanguliΒ½
four  Anish Giri1Β½
21  Maxim Vashier-LagraveΒ½
5  Wesley So2
124  Parham Maghsudlu0
5  Wesley So2
60  Chaba Balog0
60  Chaba Balog3Β½
69  Eltaj Safarli2Β½
5  Wesley So2Β½
37  Le Quang Liem1Β½
28  Nikita Vityugov3
101  Samvel Ter-Sahakyanone
28  Nikita Vityugov1Β½
37  Le Quang Liem2Β½
37  Le Quang Liem1Β½
92  Vasif DurarbeyliΒ½
5  Wesley SoΒ½
21  Maxim Vashier-Lagrave1Β½
12  Evgeny Tomashevsky3
117  Ziaur Rahmanone
12  Evgeny Tomashevsky3Β½
53  Nguyen Ngok Cheong Sean2Β½
53  Nguyen Ngok Cheong Sean1Β½
76  Robert KempinskyΒ½
12  Evgeny Tomashevsky2
21  Maxim Vashier-Lagravefour
21  Maxim Vashier-Lagrave1Β½
108  Isan Ortiz SuarezΒ½
21  Maxim Vashier-Lagrave1Β½
44  Gabriel SargsyanΒ½
44  Gabriel Sargsyan4Β½
85  Mateusz Barthel4Β½

2nd half

1st round2nd round3rd round4th round5th round6th round
2  Hikaru Nakamura2
127  Richmond Phiri0
2  Hikaru Nakamura2Β½
63  Samuel Shankland1Β½
63  Samuel Shankland1Β½
66  Ivan PopovΒ½
2  Hikaru Nakamura5
34  Ian Nepomniachtchifour
31  Laurent Fressinet3
98  Ante Brkicone
31  Laurent Fressinet3Β½
34  Ian Nepomniachtchi4Β½
34  Ian Nepomniachtchi3
95  Zhao Junone
2  Hikaru Nakamura1Β½
fifteen  Michael adamsΒ½
fifteen  Michael adams1Β½
114  Maria MuzychukΒ½
fifteen  Michael adams5
fifty  Victor Laznichkafour
fifty  Victor Laznichka1Β½
79  Varujan HakobyanΒ½
fifteen  Michael adams5
eighteen  Lenier Dominguez Perez3
eighteen  Lenier Dominguez Perez2Β½
111  Federico Perez Ponsa1Β½
eighteen  Lenier Dominguez Perez1Β½
82  Hrant MelkumyanΒ½
47  Gata KamskyΒ½
82  Hrant Melkumyan1Β½
2  Hikaru NakamuraΒ½
26  Pavel Eljanov1Β½
7  Alexander Grischuk5
122  Yusup Atabaev3
7  Alexander Grischuk3Β½
58  Vladimir Fedoseev2Β½
58  Vladimir Fedoseev2Β½
71  Bashkran Adhiban1Β½
7  Alexander Grischuk0
26  Pavel Eljanov2
26  Pavel Eljanov2
103  Rinat Dzhumabaev0
26  Pavel Eljanov2
90  Alexander Ipatov0
39  Ivan CheparinovΒ½
90  Alexander Ipatov1Β½
26  Pavel Eljanov2Β½
10  Dmitry Yakovenko1Β½
10  Dmitry Yakovenko5
119  Ilya Ilyushonok3
10  Dmitry Yakovenko2Β½
74  Bassem Amin1Β½
55  Ivan Sharich0
74  Bassem Amin2
10  Dmitry Yakovenko1Β½
23  Vasily IvanchukΒ½
23  Vasily Ivanchuk1Β½
106  Ahmed AdliΒ½
23  Vasily Ivanchuk1Β½
42  Maxim RodsteinΒ½
42  Maxim Rodstein1Β½
87  Eduardo IturrisagaΒ½
26  Pavel Eljanov2Β½
eleven  Sergey Karjakin3Β½
3  Fabiano Caruana2
126  Amir Zaibi0
3  Fabiano Caruana1Β½
67  Rauf MammadovΒ½
62  Eugene NaerΒ½
67  Rauf Mammadov1Β½
3  Fabiano Caruana1Β½
94  Anton KovalevΒ½
thirty  Ni huaΒ½
99  Sandro Mareko1Β½
99  Sandro MarekoΒ½
94  Anton Kovalev1Β½
35  Rustam Kassymjanov3Β½
94  Anton Kovalev4Β½
3  Fabiano CaruanaΒ½
19  Shahriyar Mamedyarov1Β½
fourteen  Pentala Harikrishna1Β½
115  Max IllingworthΒ½
fourteen  Pentala HarikrishnaΒ½
78  Panayappan Sethuraman1Β½
51  Sanan Syugirov0
78  Panayappan Sethuraman2
78  Panayappan SethuramanΒ½
19  Shahriyar Mamedyarov1Β½
19  Shahriyar Mamedyarov1Β½
110  Puya idaniΒ½
19  Shahriyar Mamedyarov2Β½
46  Hou Yifan1Β½
46  Hou Yifan2Β½
83  Raphael Leitan1Β½
19  Shahriyar Mamedyarov2
eleven  Sergey Karjakinfour
6  Vladimir Kramnik2
123  Daisy corey0
6  Vladimir Kramnik1Β½
59  Lazaro Bruson BatistaΒ½
59  Lazaro Bruson Batista3
70  Sees Gujratione
6  Vladimir Kramnik1Β½
27  Dmitry Andreikin2Β½
27  Dmitry Andreikin1Β½
102  Zhou JianchaoΒ½
27  Dmitry Andreikin1Β½
38  Anton KorobovΒ½
38  Anton Korobov1Β½
91  Dragan SholakΒ½
27  Dmitry Andreikin1Β½
eleven  Sergey Karjakin2Β½
eleven  Sergey Karjakin2
118  Hermes Espinosa Velos0
eleven  Sergey Karjakinfour
54  Alexander Onischuk2
54  Alexander Onischuk2Β½
75  Andrey Volokitin1Β½
eleven  Sergey Karjakin1Β½
22  Yu YangyiΒ½
22  Yu Yangyi2
107  Viorel Iordescu0
22  Yu Yangyi3Β½
43  Igor Lysy2Β½
43  Igor Lysyfour
86  Konstantin Lupulescu2

Final

No.PlayerELOone23fourGlassesone2Glassesone2Glassesone2Total
16  Peter Svidler2727oneone0020one3one0four00four
eleven  Sergey Karjakin276200oneone2one030onefouroneone6
90 + 3025 + 1010 + 105 + 3

See also

  • Chess World Cup 2013

Notes

  1. ↑ World Cup 2015 (English) (html) (11 September 2015). - World Chess Cup 2015. Date of appeal September 11, 2015. Archived September 11, 2015.
  2. ↑ 1 2 Regulations for the FIDE World Chess Cup 2015 (html) (September 11, 2015). - World Chess Cup 2015. Rules and regulations. Date of treatment September 11, 2015. Archived September 11, 2015.
Source - https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= World_Chess Cup_2015&oldid = 102243100


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