World Chess Cup records and interesting statistics
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Hi everyone,
We have a very nice compilation of the records and statistics from the World Chess Cup that just concluded in Khanty-Mansiysk. Interesting compilation by news website www.chess-news.ru.
- As in the previous three World Cups, the winner was the one who won a main match against Ruslan Ponomariov!
- Eventual title-winner, Peter Svidler was the only one of the participants who remained undefeated.
- The overall result Svidler in the major and rapid games - 16 points out of 22. In particular, 8.5 out of 11 black and 7.5 of 11 white. He scored 11 out of 16 with a performance of 2823 and returns to the world's top-10 in the non-live rating.
- The longest match of the event was Svidler against Vietnamese Nguyen Ngoc Son Truon in the second round where the main match being drawn, they played on for six total tiebreakers. After four draws Russian won the fifth and sixth meetings.
- Most games were played by Ruslan Ponomarev: 28!
- Ponomariov leads in the number of games played in the FIDE knockout tournaments 1997-2011 period (the knockout world championships and Khanty-Mansiysk World Cups). Top ten: Ponomariov - 137 lots, Grischuk - 124, Gelfand - 122 Adams - 117, Shirov - 106, Svidler - 103, Ivanchuk - 97, Khalifman - 95, Dreev - 91, Bacrot - 81.
- The most popular opening move was 1.d4 (in 164 games) 1.e4 (155 games), 1.Nf3 (37) 1.c4 (35 times). One game with 1.g3 (Ivanchuk - Radjabov) and 1.b3 (Filippov - Bacrot). .
- Nine games lasted more than 100 moves, the longest of them, the 1st game between Radjabov - Ivanchuk. They agreed to a draw after 120 moves while Nielsen beat Gashimove with 113 moves.
Let us know if you have any other interesting statistics.
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Peter Svidler wins World Chess Cup!
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
It was written. Both Peter Svidler and Vassily Ivanchuk held on to their one point lead managing draws against Alexander Grischuk and Ruslan Ponomariov on Monday.
That gave Svidler the World Chess Cup title. Grischuk gets second place. Ivanchuk gets third place and Ponomariov has the fourth place.
Congratulations to all the four super grandmasters for such a fantastic show of strong chess this past month. You can find a great hi-resolution video of the day's play at the official website.
The 2011 FIDE World Cup was a 128-player knock-out taking place August 27-September 20 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Siberia. The tournament delivers three participants for the next Candidates tournament/matches, as part of the new World Championship cycle. Except for the final, all rounds had 2-game matches at the FIDE time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes to finish the game, with a 30-second increment from the first move. In case of a 1-1 tie, on the third day of the round there was a tie-break with rapid games and if necessary blitz games and an Armageddon.
Here are Monday's games via the official website.
Round 7. Game 4
1 2.5−1.5 Svidler, P (RUS) ½-½ Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) View
2 1.5−2.5 Ponomariov, R (UKR) ½-½ Ivanchuk, V (UKR) View
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World Chess Cup R7.2: Svidler-Grischuk draw; Ponomariov loses to Ivanchuk
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
 The latest chess news from Khanty-Mansiysk is that in the second match of Round 7, Peter Svidler and Alexander Grischuk drew while Ruslan Ponomariov lost to Vassily Ivanchuk. The latter are playing for the third and fourth place while the former are playing, of course, for the title. Hope you're following the excellent live coverage at the official website. But all said and done, it's tough when you are playing against a friend or compatriot from the same country for a crucial title. You can find some very nice interviews by all the players and other press reports at the official website also.
Here are the games of Round 7. Game 2 via the official website game links.
1 1.5−0.5 Svidler, Peter (RUS) ½-½ Grischuk, A (RUS) View
2 0.5−1.5 Ponomariov, R (UKR) 0−1 Ivanchuk, V (UKR) View
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World Chess Cup Semifinals: Two draws!
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
The latest chess news from Khanty Mansiysk is the two draws in the semifinals at the World Chess Cup. It's been a long journey for the four players to this stage. GM Peter Svidler versus GM Ruslan Ponomariov and GM Vassily Ivanchuk versus GM Alexander Grischuk. Understandably so, all of them might have been relieved to draw today actually. Only two people advance to the final now. Incidentally, both the Russians had White today. The Ukrainians have Black on Tuesday.
The tournament is taking place in the Ugorian Chess Academy in the very heart of Khanty-Mansiysk, which has hosted three previous World Cups: 2005, 2007, and 2009. The 128 participants hail from 46 different countries, and are playing for a total prize fund of US $1.6 million. In addition the first three finisher get tickets to the Candidates tournament in the next World Championship cycle.
Here are the game links via the official website of the two semifinal games that were played on Monday. There is a fantastic high-definition live broadcast of the games at the official website too.
Round 6. Game 1
1 0.5−0.5 Svidler, P (RUS) ½-½ Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) View
2 0.5−0.5 Grischuk, A (RUS) ½-½ Ivanchuk, V (UKR) View
The four cowboys who made it
GM Peter Svidler
GM Ruslan Ponomariov
GM Vassily Ivanchuk
GM Alexander Grischuk
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World Chess Cup R3.1: Polgar strikes again, beats top seed Karjakin
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
The sensation at Round 3.1 of the World Chess Cup was World's top-rated woman player beating top seed Sergey Karjakin. Also, Vassily Ivanchuk lost his first game to Emil Sutovsky. The other decisive games of the day were Grischuk beating Morozevich, Kamsky beating Nepomniachtchi, Jakovenko beating Jobava 1-0 and Dominguez beating Lysyj.
The 2011 FIDE World Cup is a 128-player knock-out taking place August 27-September 20 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Siberia. Three winners will get a ticket to the next Candidates tournament/matches, as part of the new World Championship cycle. Except for the final, all rounds have 2-game matches at the FIDE time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes to finish the game, with a 30-second increment from the first move. In case of a 1-1 tie, on the third day of the round there’s a tie-break with rapid games and if necessary blitz games and an Armageddon. (Find more great photos of Judit Polgar at www.chesspics.com.)
Here are the Round 3.1 results and game links from the official website.
Round 3.1
1 1-0 Polgar, Judit (HUN)1−0 Karjakin, Sergey (RUS) View
2 0−1 Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR)0−1 Sutovsky, Emil (ISR) View
3 0.5−0.5 Zherebukh, Y (UKR)½-½ Mamedyarov, S (AZE) View
4 0.5−0.5 Ponomariov, R (UKR)½-½ Efimenko, Z (UKR) View
5 0.5−0.5 Tomashevsky, E (RUS)½-½ Gashimov, V (AZE) View
6 1−0 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)1−0 Morozevich, A (RUS) View
7 0.5−0.5 Bacrot, Etienne (FRA)½-½ Radjabov, T (AZE) View
8 1−0 Kamsky, Gata (USA)1−0 Nepomniachtchi, Ian (RUS) View
9 0.5−0.5 Caruana, Fabiano (ITA)½-½ Svidler, Peter (RUS) View
10 1−0 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS)1−0 Jobava, Baadur (GEO) View 11 0.5−0.5 Potkin, Vladimir (RUS)½-½ Vitiugov, N (RUS) View
12 0.5−0.5 Parligras, E (ROU)½-½ Nielsen, P Heine (DEN) View
13 0.5−0.5 Le, Quang Liem (VIE)½-½ Bruzon Lazaro (CUB) View
14 0.5−0.5 Navara, David (CZE)½-½ Moiseenko, A (UKR) View
15 0.5−0.5 Gupta, Abhijeet (IND)½-½ Bu, Xiangzhi (CHN) View 16 1−0 Dominguez , Leinier (CUB)1−0 Lysyj, Igor (RUS) View
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World Chess Cup R2 pairings for Wednesday's games (Results updated)
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hello everyone,
Here are the Round 2.1 pairings at the World Cup of Chess currently on in Khanty Mansiysk. We are down to 64 players and the chess games are sure to be brilliant at the event - as in the first round. Don't forget to follow the super action in High Definition at the official website.
Round 2 pairings
1 GM Karjakin, Sergey RUS - GM So, Wesley PHI
2 GM Alekseev, Evgeny RUS - GM Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR
3 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE - GM Fridman, Daniel GER
4 GM Ni, Hua CHN - GM Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR
5 GM Gashimov, Vugar AZE - GM Azarov, Sergei BLR
6 GM Feller, Sebastien FRA - GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS
7 GM Radjabov, Teimour AZE - GM Negi, Parimarjan IND
8 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB - GM Kamsky, Gata USA
9 GM Svidler, Peter RUS - GM Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son VIE
10 GM Harikrishna, P. IND - GM Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS
11 GM Vitiugov, Nikita RUS - GM Korobov, Anton UKR
12 GM Parligras, Mircea-Emilian ROU - GM Almasi, Zoltan HUN
13 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP - GM Bruzon Batista, Lazaro CUB
14 GM Onischuk, Alexander USA - GM Navara, David CZE
15 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA - GM Bu, Xiangzhi CHN
16 GM Bologan, Viktor MDA - GM Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB
17 GM Ivanov, Alexander USA - GM Kobalia, Mikhail RUS
18 GM Gupta, Abhijeet IND - GM Shankland, Samuel L USA
19 GM Moiseenko, Alexander UKR - GM Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS
20 GM Grachev, Boris RUS - GM Le, Quang Liem VIE
21 GM Adams, Michael ENG - GM Nielsen, Peter Heine DEN
22 GM Potkin, Vladimir RUS - GM Shirov, Alexei ESP
23 GM Jobava, Baadur GEO - GM Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL
24 GM Drozdovskij, Yuri UKR - GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA
25 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS - GM Riazantsev, Alexander RUS
26 GM Filippov, Anton UZB - GM Bacrot, Etienne FRA
27 GM Fier, Alexandr BRA - GM Morozevich, Alexander RUS
28 GM Andreikin, Dmitry RUS - GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS
9 GM Efimenko, Zahar UKR - GM Berkes, Ferenc HUN
30 GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav UKR - GM Felgaer, Ruben ARG
31 GM Sutovsky, Emil ISR - GM Fressinet, Laurent FRA
32 GM Polgar, Judit HUN - GM Movsesian, Sergei ARM
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World Chess Cup R1.2: Leko, Wang Yue, Hou Yifan and others knocked out
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
The 2011 FIDE World Cup is a 128-player knock-out taking place August 27-September 20 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Siberia. The tournament delivers three participants for the next Candidates tournament/matches, as part of the new World Championship cycle. Except for the final, all rounds have 2-game matches at the FIDE time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes to finish the game, with a 30-second increment from the first move. In case of a 1-1 tie, on the third day of the round a tie-break with four rapid games and if necessary blitz games and an Armageddon.
Find the complete pairings graphical representation at this link.
You can access the official website at this link. See the full list of the Round 1.1 and Round 1.2 game results at this link. We will have the final list of players for Round 2 after the tiebreaks. Here are some nice games from Round 1.2.
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World Chess Cup R1 off to a rocking start
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
The World Cup of Chess 2011 is off to a rocking start in the Ugra region of Khanty-Mansiysk. If you haven't seen it, you must not miss it now: The awesome HD live coverage of the event at the official website. Follow the live computer game analysis at this link.
For now, here are the first round results and some nice decisive first round games. You will need a couple of hours to go through them but worth the investment. Have a great chessy start to the week.
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Round 1. Game 1
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1
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Kaabi, Mejdi (TUN)
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0−1
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Karjakin, Sergey (RUS)
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2
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Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR)
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1−0
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Steel, Henry Robert (RSA)
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3
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Ibrahim, Hatim (EGY)
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0−1
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Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE)
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4
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Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)
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1−0
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Gwaze, Robert (ZIM)
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5
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Hansen, Eric (CAN)
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0−1
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Gashimov, Vugar (AZE)
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6
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Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)
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1−0
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Genba, Vladimir (RUS)
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7
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De La Paz Perdomo, Frank (CUB)
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0−1
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Radjabov, Teimour (AZE)
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8
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Kamsky, Gata (USA)
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1−0
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Di Berardino, Diego Rafae (BRA)
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9
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Lima, Darcy (BRA)
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½-½
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Svidler, Peter (RUS)
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10
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Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS)
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1−0
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Salem, A.R. Saleh (UAE)
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11
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Bezgodov, Alexei (RUS)
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½-½
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Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS)
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12
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Almasi, Zoltan (HUN)
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1−0
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El Gindy, Essam (EGY)
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13
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Cori, Jorge (PER)
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0−1
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Vallejo Pons, Francisco (ESP)
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14
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Navara, David (CZE)
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1−0
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Kabanov, Nikolai (RUS)
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15
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Rahman, Ziaur (BAN)
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½-½
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Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA)
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16
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Dominguez Perez, Leinier (CUB)
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1−0
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Moradiabadi, Elshan (IRI)
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17
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Ivanov, Alexander (USA)
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1−0F
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Wang, Hao (CHN)
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18
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Leko, Peter (HUN)
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0−1
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Shankland, Samuel L (USA)
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19
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Esen, Baris (TUR)
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½-½
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Moiseenko, Alexander (UKR)
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20
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Le, Quang Liem (VIE)
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1−0
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Megaranto, Susanto (INA)
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21
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Paragua, Mark (PHI)
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0−1
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Adams, Michael (ENG)
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22
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Shirov, Alexei (ESP)
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1−0
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Leon Hoyos, Manuel (MEX)
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23
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Guliyev, Namig (AZE)
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0−1
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Jobava, Baadur (GEO)
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24
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Caruana, Fabiano (ITA)
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1−0
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Pridorozhni, Aleksei (RUS)
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25
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Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynal (CUB)
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0−1
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Nepomniachtchi, Ian (RUS)
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26
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Bacrot, Etienne (FRA)
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½-½
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Robson, Ray (USA)
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27
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Fier, Alexandr (BRA)
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1−0
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Wang, Yue (CHN)
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28
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Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS)
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1−0
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Zhao, Zong-Yuan (AUS)
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29
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Babula, Vlastimil (CZE)
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½-½
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Efimenko, Zahar (UKR)
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30
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Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS)
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½-½
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Felgaer, Ruben (ARG)
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31
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Vorobiov, Evgeny E. (RUS)
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½-½
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Sutovsky, Emil (ISR)
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32
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Movsesian, Sergei (ARM)
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1−0
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Hou, Yifan (CHN)
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33
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Corrales Jimenez, Fidel (CUB)
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0−1
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Polgar, Judit (HUN)
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34
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Fressinet, Laurent (FRA)
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1−0
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Jumabayev, Rinat (KAZ)
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35
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Zherebukh, Yaroslav (UKR)
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½-½
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Eljanov, Pavel (UKR)
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36
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Berkes, Ferenc (HUN)
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1−0
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Mareco, Sandro (ARG)
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37
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Kazhgaleyev, Murtas (KAZ)
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½-½
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Andreikin, Dmitry (RUS)
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38
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Morozevich, Alexander (RUS)
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½-½
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Halkias, Stelios (GRE)
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39
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Filippov, Anton (UZB)
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1−0
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Zhigalko, Sergei (BLR)
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40
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Riazantsev, Alexander (RUS)
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1−0
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Bluvshtein, Mark (CAN)
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41
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Drozdovskij, Yuri (UKR)
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½-½
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Motylev, Alexander (RUS)
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42
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Wojtaszek, Radoslaw (POL)
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1−0
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Pashikian, Arman (ARM)
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43
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Shulman, Yuri (USA)
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½-½
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Potkin, Vladimir (RUS)
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44
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Nielsen, Peter Heine (DEN)
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½-½
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Postny, Evgeny (ISR)
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45
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Romanov, Evgeny (RUS)
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½-½
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Grachev, Boris (RUS)
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46
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Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS)
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1−0
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Salgado Lopez, Ivan (ESP)
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47
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Gupta, Abhijeet (IND)
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½-½
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Mamedov, Rauf (AZE)
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48
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Kobalia, Mikhail (RUS)
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½-½
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Lysyj, Igor (RUS)
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49
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Socko, Bartosz (POL)
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0−1
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Bologan, Viktor (MDA)
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50
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Bu, Xiangzhi (CHN)
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1−0
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Adly, Ahmed (EGY)
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51
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Ivanisevic, Ivan (SRB)
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½-½
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Onischuk, Alexander (USA)
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52
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Bruzon Batista, Lazaro (CUB)
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½-½
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Quesada Perez, Yuniesky (CUB)
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53
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Parligras, Mircea-Emilian (ROU)
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1−0
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Yu, Yangyi (CHN)
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54
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Korobov, Anton (UKR)
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1−0
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Zhou, Jianchao (CHN)
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55
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Rodshtein, Maxim (ISR)
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0−1
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Harikrishna, P. (IND)
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56
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Li, Chao b (CHN)
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½-½
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Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son (VIE)
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57
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Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROU)
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0−1
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Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB)
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58
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Akopian, Vladimir (ARM)
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0−1F
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Negi, Parimarjan (IND)
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59
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Iordachescu, Viorel (MDA)
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1−0
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Feller, Sebastien (FRA)
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60
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Timofeev, Artyom (RUS)
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½-½
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Azarov, Sergei (BLR)
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61
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Khairullin, Ildar (RUS)
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½-½
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Ni, Hua (CHN)
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62
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Fridman, Daniel (GER)
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½-½
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Lupulescu, Constantin (ROU)
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63
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Ragger, Markus (AUT)
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½-½
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Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS)
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64
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So, Wesley (PHI)
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½-½
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Ding, Liren (CHN)
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World Chess Cup 2011 players' list announced
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
Fide has announced the list for the World Chess Cup 2011 players. You can read the full list at this link. There will be 128 players in the event that will be organised from August 26 to September 21 in Khanty Mansiysk in a knockout format.
 The winner would be able to play the next World Chess Championship Candidates tournament. This time the prize fund is going to be a whopping $1.6 million.
If you recall, last year's winner was Boris Gelfand who also won the Candidates Matches and is going to play the next World Chess Title Match against Viswanathan Anand - the reigning champion - in 2012. From Alexandra Kosteniuk'sAlso see her personal blog at Labels: World Chess Cup 2011
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