Chess World Cup 2009

Chess World Cup 2009

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]

  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.  Ilia 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)
  1.  Sergey Volkov (RUS), 2629 (E08)
  2.  Zhou Jianchao (CHN), 2629 (Z3.5)
  3.  Tomi Nyback (FIN), 2628 (E08)
  4.  Ioannis Papaioannou (GRE), 2628 (E08)
  5.  Konstantin Sakaev (RUS), 2626 (E09)
  6.  Gadir Guseinov (AZE), 2625 (E09)
  7.  Varuzhan Akobian (USA), 2624 (Z2.1)
  8.  Le Quang Liem (VIE), 2624 (AS)
  9.  Chanda Sandipan (IND), 2623 (AS)
  10.  Yury Shulman (USA), 2623 (Z2.1)
  11.  Jan Gustafsson (GER), 2622 (E08)
  12.  Rafael Leitão (BRA), 2621 (Z2.4)
  13.  Parimarjan Negi (IND), 2620 (AS)
  14.  Sergey Fedorchuk (UKR), 2619 (E09)
  15.  Lázaro Bruzón (CUB), 2619 (Z2.3)
  16.  Mateusz Bartel (POL), 2618 (E09)
  17.  Tigran L. Petrosian (ARM), 2615 (E09)
  18.  Sanan Sjugirov (RUS), 2612 (E09)
  19.  Alexander Khalifman (RUS), 2612 (E08)
  20.  Anton Filippov (UZB), 2607 (Z3.4)
  21.  Alexander Shabalov (USA), 2606 (AM09)
  22.  Jaan Ehlvest (USA), 2606 (AM08)
  23.  Erwin l'Ami (NED), 2606 (E08)
  24.  Fidel Corrales Jimenez (CUB), 2605 (AM09)
  25.  Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN), 2605 (Z2.3)
  26.  Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (IRI), 2603 (PN)
  27.  Zhou Weiqi (CHN), 2603 (AS)
  28.  Gilberto Milos (BRA), 2603 (AM09)
  29.  Yuriy Kryvoruchko (UKR), 2602 (E08)
  30.  Diego Flores (ARG), 2602 (AM09)
  31.  Li Chao (CHN), 2596 (Z3.5)
  32.  Constantin Lupulescu (ROU), 2591 (E09)
  33.  Duško Pavasovič (SLO), 2590 (E08)
  34.  Yannick Pelletier (SUI), 2589 (PN)
  35.  Hou Yifan (CHN), 2588 (AS)
  36.  Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2583 (J07)
  37.  Abhijeet Gupta (IND), 2578 (J08)
  38.  Rogelio Antonio, Jr. (PHI), 2574 (AS)
  39.  Robert Hess (USA), 2572 (Z2.1)
  40.  Ray Robson (USA), 2567, IM (PN)
  41.  Iván Morovic (CHI), 2562 (Z2.5)
  42.  Friso Nijboer (NED), 2561 (E09)
  43.  Bassem Amin (EGY), 2553 (AF)
  44.  Darwin Laylo (PHI), 2552 (Z3.3)
  45.  Joshua Friedel (USA), 2551 (Z2.1)
  46.  Alexander Ivanov (USA), 2539 (AM09)
  47.  Aleksei Pridorozhni (RUS), 2533, IM (ON)
  48.  Yu Shaoteng (CHN), 2529 (AS)
  49.  Yu Yangyi (CHN), 2527 (AS)
  50.  David Smerdon (AUS), 2525 (Z3.6)
  51.  Abhijit Kunte (IND), 2522 (AS)
  52.  Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS), 2516 (WWC)
  53.  Andrés Rodríguez (URU), 2508 (Z2.5)
  54.  Mohamad Al Sayed (QAT), 2504 (Z3.1)
  55.  Nikolai Kabanov (RUS), 2501 (ON)
  56.  Aimen Rizouk (ALG), 2500 (AF)
  57.  Sriram Jha (IND), 2497, IM (Z3.2)
  58.  Essam El Gindy (EGY), 2493 (AF)
  59.  Alexei Bezgodov (RUS), 2484 (ON)
  60.  Mohamed Ezat (EGY), 2472, IM (AF)
  61.  Khaled Abdel Razik (EGY), 2469, IM (AF)
  62.  Jean Hébert (CAN), 2420, IM (Z2.2)
  63.  Walaa Sarwat (EGY), 2405, IM (AF)
  64.  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:

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

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  2. ^ "Regulations for the World Chess Cup 2009". http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook?id=135&view=article. 
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  9. ^ TIME TO QUIT SMOKING!

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