- Chess World Cup 2009
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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 2011. Boris Gelfand defeated Ruslan Ponomariov in the final.
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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:[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. Eventually, no Armageddon games were played, as all matches were decided before that stage.
Participants
The players qualified for the event are:[4]
Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2758 (R)
Vugar Gashimov (AZE), 2758 (R)
Peter Svidler (RUS), 2754 (R)
Alexander Morozevich (RUS), 2750 (R)
Teimour Radjabov (AZE), 2748 (R)
Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2739 (R)
Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR), 2739 (R)
Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2736 (R)
Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS), 2736 (R)
Wang Yue (CHN), 2734 (R)
Pavel Eljanov (UKR), 2729 (E09)
Sergey Karjakin (UKR), 2723 (SF)
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2719 (R)
Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2719 (SF)
Leinier Domínguez (CUB), 2719 (R)
Sergei Movsesian (SVK), 2718 (E08)
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), 2718 (E08)
Evgeny Alekseev (RUS), 2715 (R)
Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS), 2708 (E09)
Wang Hao (CHN), 2708 (R)
David Navara (CZE), 2707 (E09)
Vladimir Malakhov (RUS), 2706 (R)
Étienne Bacrot (FRA), 2700 (R)
Sergei Rublevsky (RUS), 2697 (R)
Baadur Jobava (GEO), 2696 (E09)
Alexander Motylev (RUS), 2695 (E09)
Gata Kamsky (USA), 2695 (SF)
Nikita Vitiugov (RUS), 2694 (E09)
Viktor Bologan (MDA), 2692 (E08)
Arkadij Naiditsch (GER), 2689 (E09)
Bu Xiangzhi (CHN), 2682 (R)
Judit Polgár (HUN), 2680 (R)
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROU), 2677 (E09)
Gabriel Sargissian (ARM), 2676 (E08)
Alexander Onischuk (USA), 2672 (Z2.1)
Ivan Cheparinov (BUL), 2671 (PN)
Zahar Efimenko (UKR), 2668 (E08)
Emil Sutovsky (ISR), 2666 (E08)
Evgeniy Najer (RUS), 2666 (E08)
Sergei Tiviakov (NED), 2664 (E08)
Alexander Areshchenko (UKR), 2664 (E09)
Krishnan Sasikiran (IND), 2664 (R)
Ilia Smirin (ISR), 2662 (E08)
Vladimir Baklan (UKR), 2655 (E08)
Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND), 2654 (AS)
Alexandr Fier (BRA), 2653 (Z2.4)
Laurent Fressinet (FRA), 2653 (E08)
Georg Meier (GER), 2653 (E09)
Boris Grachev (RUS), 2652 (E08)
Fabiano Caruana (ITA), 2652 (PN)
Ivan Sokolov (BIH), 2652 (E09)
Vadim Milov (SUI), 2652 (R)
Artyom Timofeev (RUS), 2651 (E09)
Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS), 2645 (E09)
Boris Savchenko (RUS), 2644 (E09)
Mikhail Kobalia (RUS), 2643 (E09)
Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA), 2642 (PN)
Pavel Tregubov (RUS), 2642 (E08)
Wesley So (PHI), 2640 (Z3.3)
Julio Granda (PER), 2640 (AM09)
Viktor Láznička (CZE), 2637 (E08)
Dmitry Andreikin (RUS), 2636 (E08)
Rauf Mamedov (AZE), 2634 (E09)
Farrukh Amonatov (TJK), 2631 (Z3.4)
Sergey Volkov (RUS), 2629 (E08)
Zhou Jianchao (CHN), 2629 (Z3.5)
Tomi Nyback (FIN), 2628 (E08)
Ioannis Papaioannou (GRE), 2628 (E08)
Konstantin Sakaev (RUS), 2626 (E09)
Gadir Guseinov (AZE), 2625 (E09)
Varuzhan Akobian (USA), 2624 (Z2.1)
Le Quang Liem (VIE), 2624 (AS)
Chanda Sandipan (IND), 2623 (AS)
Yury Shulman (USA), 2623 (Z2.1)
Jan Gustafsson (GER), 2622 (E08)
Rafael Leitão (BRA), 2621 (Z2.4)
Parimarjan Negi (IND), 2620 (AS)
Sergey Fedorchuk (UKR), 2619 (E09)
Lázaro Bruzón (CUB), 2619 (Z2.3)
Mateusz Bartel (POL), 2618 (E09)
Tigran L. Petrosian (ARM), 2615 (E09)
Sanan Sjugirov (RUS), 2612 (E09)
Alexander Khalifman (RUS), 2612 (E08)
Anton Filippov (UZB), 2607 (Z3.4)
Alexander Shabalov (USA), 2606 (AM09)
Jaan Ehlvest (USA), 2606 (AM08)
Erwin l'Ami (NED), 2606 (E08)
Fidel Corrales Jimenez (CUB), 2605 (AM09)
Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN), 2605 (Z2.3)
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (IRI), 2603 (PN)
Zhou Weiqi (CHN), 2603 (AS)
Gilberto Milos (BRA), 2603 (AM09)
Yuriy Kryvoruchko (UKR), 2602 (E08)
Diego Flores (ARG), 2602 (AM09)
Li Chao (CHN), 2596 (Z3.5)
Constantin Lupulescu (ROU), 2591 (E09)
Duško Pavasovič (SLO), 2590 (E08)
Yannick Pelletier (SUI), 2589 (PN)
Hou Yifan (CHN), 2588 (AS)
Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2583 (J07)
Abhijeet Gupta (IND), 2578 (J08)
Rogelio Antonio, Jr. (PHI), 2574 (AS)
Robert Hess (USA), 2572 (Z2.1)
Ray Robson (USA), 2567, IM (PN)
Iván Morovic (CHI), 2562 (Z2.5)
Friso Nijboer (NED), 2561 (E09)
Bassem Amin (EGY), 2553 (AF)
Darwin Laylo (PHI), 2552 (Z3.3)
Joshua Friedel (USA), 2551 (Z2.1)
Alexander Ivanov (USA), 2539 (AM09)
Aleksei Pridorozhni (RUS), 2533, IM (ON)
Yu Shaoteng (CHN), 2529 (AS)
Yu Yangyi (CHN), 2527 (AS)
David Smerdon (AUS), 2525 (Z3.6)
Abhijit Kunte (IND), 2522 (AS)
Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS), 2516 (WWC)
Andrés Rodríguez (URU), 2508 (Z2.5)
Mohamad Al Sayed (QAT), 2504 (Z3.1)
Nikolai Kabanov (RUS), 2501 (ON)
Aimen Rizouk (ALG), 2500 (AF)
Sriram Jha (IND), 2497, IM (Z3.2)
Essam El Gindy (EGY), 2493 (AF)
Alexei Bezgodov (RUS), 2484 (ON)
Mohamed Ezat (EGY), 2472, IM (AF)
Khaled Abdel Razik (EGY), 2469, IM (AF)
Jean Hébert (CAN), 2420, IM (Z2.2)
Walaa Sarwat (EGY), 2405, IM (AF)
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 are already qualified for the Candidates or the Championship match; Carlsen, Kramnik, Nakamura, Adams and Ni have 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 nominee
Calendar
Round Regular games Tiebreaks 1 21–22 November 23 November 2 24–25 November 26 November 3 27–28 November 29 November 4 30 November, 1 December 2 December 5 3–4 December 5 December 6 6–7 December 8 December 7 10–13 December 14 December Summary of results
Round One
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
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] Ultimately, of the 32 players to reach Round Three, all but seven players had been originally seeded in the top 32.
Round Three
This round is scheduled for 27–29 November 2009. 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
This round is scheduled for 30 November - 2 December 2009. It 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 5–7
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final (best of 4) 1 Boris Gelfand 3½ 9 Dmitry Jakovenko 1½ 1 Boris Gelfand 2 12 Sergey Karjakin 0 13 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ½ 12 Sergey Karjakin 1½ 1 Boris Gelfand 7 7 Ruslan Ponomariov 5 2 Vugar Gashimov 1½ 7 Ruslan Ponomariov 3½ 7 Ruslan Ponomariov 4 22 Vladimir Malakhov 2 3 Peter Svidler ½ 22 Vladimir Malakhov 1½ - Final, 10–14 December
Seed Name Rating 1 2 3 4 R1 R2 R3 R4 TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 Total 1 Boris Gelfand (ISR)
2758 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 7 7 Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR)
2739 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 0 5 Results, rounds 1–4
Section 1
First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 Boris Gelfand 1½ 128 Andrei Obodchuk ½ 1 Boris Gelfand 1½ 64 Farrukh Amonatov ½ 64 Farrukh Amonatov 1½ 65 Sergey Volkov ½ 1 Boris Gelfand 3½ 32 Judit Polgár 1½ 32 Judit Polgár w/o 97 Duško Pavasovič 32 Judit Polgár 4½ 33 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 3½ 33 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 1½ 96 Constantin Lupulescu ½ 1 Boris Gelfand 4½ 17 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 3½ 16 Sergei Movsesian ½ 113 Yu Yangyi 1½ 113 Yu Yangyi 1½ 80 Mateusz Bartel ½ 49 Boris Grachev 3 80 Mateusz Bartel 5 113 Yu Yangyi ½ 17 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1½ 17 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1½ 112 Yu Shaoteng ½ 17 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 3½ 48 Georg Meier 2½ 48 Georg Meier 1½ 81 Tigran L. Petrosian ½ Section 2
First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 Alexander Grischuk 1½ 121 Sriram Jha ½ 8 Alexander Grischuk 1½ 57 Vladislav Tkachiev ½ 57 Vladislav Tkachiev 3½ 72 Le Quang Liem 1½ 8 Alexander Grischuk 5 25 Baadur Jobava 3 25 Baadur Jobava 1½ 104 Ray Robson ½ 25 Baadur Jobava 1½ 89 Eduardo Iturrizaga ½ 40 Sergei Tiviakov 2½ 89 Eduardo Iturrizaga 3½ 8 Alexander Grischuk 3 9 Dmitry Jakovenko 5 9 Dmitry Jakovenko 1½ 120 Aimen Rizouk ½ 9 Dmitry Jakovenko 2 73 Chanda Sandipan 0 56 Mikhail Kobalia ½ 73 Chanda Sandipan 1½ 9 Dmitry Jakovenko 4 41 Alexander Areshchenko 2 24 Sergei Rublevsky 1½ 105 Iván Morovic ½ 24 Sergei Rublevsky 2½ 41 Alexander Areshchenko 3½ 41 Alexander Areshchenko 1½ 88 Fidel Corrales Jimenez ½ Section 3
First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 Alexander Morozevich 2 125 Khaled Abdel Razik 0 4 Alexander Morozevich 0 61 Viktor Láznička 2 61 Viktor Láznička 1½ 68 Ioannis Papaioannou ½ 61 Viktor Láznička 3½ 29 Viktor Bologan 1½ 29 Viktor Bologan 1½ 100 Ahmed Adly ½ 29 Viktor Bologan 4 36 Ivan Cheparinov 2 36 Ivan Cheparinov 3½ 93 Yuriy Kryvoruchko 2½ 61 Viktor Láznička ½ 13 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1½ 13 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2 116 Alexandra Kosteniuk 0 13 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2 52 Vadim Milov 0 52 Vadim Milov 3½ 77 Parimarjan Negi 1½ 13 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1½ 20 Wang Hao ½ 20 Wang Hao 2 109 Joshua Friedel 0 20 Wang Hao 2 45 Surya Shekhar Ganguly 0 45 Surya Shekhar Ganguly 2 84 Anton Filippov 0 Section 4
First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 Teimour Radjabov 2 124 Mohamed Ezat 0 5 Teimour Radjabov ½ 69 Konstantin Sakaev 1½ 60 Julio Granda ½ 69 Konstantin Sakaev 1½ 69 Konstantin Sakaev ½ 28 Nikita Vitiugov 1½ 28 Nikita Vitiugov 1½ 101 Abhijeet Gupta ½ 28 Nikita Vitiugov 4½ 92 Gilberto Milos 3½ 37 Zahar Efimenko ½ 92 Gilberto Milos 1½ 28 Nikita Vitiugov ½ 12 Sergey Karjakin 1½ 12 Sergey Karjakin 1½ 117 Andrés Rodríguez ½ 12 Sergey Karjakin 3½ 53 Artyom Timofeev 2½ 53 Artyom Timofeev 3½ 76 Rafael Leitão 2½ 12 Sergey Karjakin 4 21 David Navara 1 21 David Navara 4 108 Darwin Laylo 2 21 David Navara 3½ 85 Alexander Shabalov 2½ 44 Vladimir Baklan 3½ 85 Alexander Shabalov 4½ Section 5
First round Second round Third round Fourth round 2 Vugar Gashimov 2 127 Walaa Sarwat 0 2 Vugar Gashimov 1½ 66 Zhou Jianchao ½ 63 Rauf Mamedov ½ 66 Zhou Jianchao 1½ 2 Vugar Gashimov 3½ 95 Li Chao 1½ 31 Bu Xiangzhi ½ 98 Yannick Pelletier 1½ 98 Yannick Pelletier 3½ 95 Li Chao 4½ 34 Gabriel Sargissian 3 95 Li Chao 5 2 Vugar Gashimov 3½ 50 Fabiano Caruana 1½ 15 Leinier Domínguez 3½ 114 David Smerdon 2½ 15 Leinier Domínguez 2 50 Fabiano Caruana 4 50 Fabiano Caruana 1½ 79 Lázaro Bruzón ½ 50 Fabiano Caruana 3½ 18 Evgeny Alekseev 2½ 18 Evgeny Alekseev 1½ 111 Aleksei Pridorozhni ½ 18 Evgeny Alekseev 3½ 47 Laurent Fressinet 1½ 47 Laurent Fressinet 2 82 Sanan Sjugirov 0 Section 6
First round Second round Third round Fourth round 7 Ruslan Ponomariov 1½ 122 Essam El Gindy ½ 7 Ruslan Ponomariov 4 71 Varuzhan Akobian 2 58 Pavel Tregubov 7 71 Varuzhan Akobian 9 7 Ruslan Ponomariov 1½ 26 Alexander Motylev ½ 26 Alexander Motylev 1½ 103 Robert Hess ½ 26 Alexander Motylev 1½ 39 Evgeniy Najer ½ 39 Evgeniy Najer 1½ 90 Ehsan Ghaem Maghami ½ 7 Ruslan Ponomariov 3½ 23 Étienne Bacrot 2½ 10 Wang Yue 2 119 Nikolai Kabanov 0 10 Wang Yue 2 55 Boris Savchenko 0 55 Boris Savchenko 4½ 74 Yury Shulman 3½ 10 Wang Yue 1½ 23 Étienne Bacrot 3½ 23 Étienne Bacrot 3½ 106 Friso Nijboer 1½ 23 Étienne Bacrot 2 42 Krishnan Sasikiran 0 42 Krishnan Sasikiran 3½ 87 Erwin l'Ami 1½ Section 7
First round Second round Third round Fourth round 3 Peter Svidler 2 126 Jean Hébert 0 3 Peter Svidler 3½ 67 Tomi Nyback 1½ 62 Dmitry Andreikin 3½ 67 Tomi Nyback 4½ 3 Peter Svidler 5 30 Arkadij Naiditsch 3 30 Arkadij Naiditsch 3½ 99 Hou Yifan 2½ 30 Arkadij Naiditsch 1½ 35 Alexander Onischuk ½ 35 Alexander Onischuk 1½ 94 Diego Flores ½ 3 Peter Svidler 1½ 14 Alexei Shirov ½ 14 Alexei Shirov 1½ 115 Abhijit Kunte ½ 14 Alexei Shirov 4 78 Sergey Fedorchuk 1 51 Ivan Sokolov 0 78 Sergey Fedorchuk 2 14 Alexei Shirov 1½ 19 Evgeny Tomashevsky ½ 19 Evgeny Tomashevsky 1½ 110 Alexander Ivanov ½ 19 Evgeny Tomashevsky 3½ 83 Alexander Khalifman 2½ 46 Alexandr Fier 2½ 83 Alexander Khalifman 3½ Section 8
First round Second round Third round Fourth round 6 Vassily Ivanchuk 2 123 Alexei Bezgodov 0 6 Vassily Ivanchuk ½ 59 Wesley So 1½ 59 Wesley So 4 70 Gadir Guseinov 1 59 Wesley So 1½ 27 Gata Kamsky ½ 27 Gata Kamsky 1½ 102 Rogelio Antonio, Jr. ½ 27 Gata Kamsky 1½ 91 Zhou Weiqi ½ 38 Emil Sutovsky 1½ 91 Zhou Weiqi 3½ 59 Wesley So 1 22 Vladimir Malakhov 4 11 Pavel Eljanov 1½ 118 Mohamad Al Sayed ½ 11 Pavel Eljanov 3½ 54 Ernesto Inarkiev 2½ 54 Ernesto Inarkiev 3½ 75 Jan Gustafsson 1½ 11 Pavel Eljanov 1 22 Vladimir Malakhov 4 22 Vladimir Malakhov 2 107 Bassem Amin 0 22 Vladimir Malakhov 3½ 43 Ilia Smirin 1½ 43 Ilia Smirin 1½ 86 Jaan Ehlvest ½ References
- ^ "General information on the World Chess Cup 2009". http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/3875-general-information-and-regulations-of-the-world-chess-cup-2009.
- ^ "Regulations for the World Chess Cup 2009". http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook?id=135&view=article.
- ^ Mig Greengard (November 30, 2009). "World Cup 09 r4: Sweet 16". http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/2009/11/world-cup-09-r4-sweet-16.htm.
- ^ "World Cup 2009: Participant's Information". http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/4037-list-of-qualifiers-for-world-cup. [sic]
- ^ "London Chess Classic: Players". http://www.londonchessclassic.com/classic/players.htm.
- ^ Susan Polgar blog entry, 'The WC round 1 matchups' dated November 21 2009.
- ^ Round 2 Results, Official site
- ^ Interview with Gata Kamsky from Khanty-Mansiysk. susanpolgar.blogspot.com. Retrieved on 2009-11-29.
- ^ TIME TO QUIT SMOKING!
External links
- World Cup 2009 - Official site
Chess World Cups Categories:- Chess world championships
- 2009 in chess
- Chess in Russia
- Sport in Khanty-Mansiysk
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