Chess World Cup 2013

FIDE Chess World Cup 2013
2013 FIDE World Cup winner Vladimir Kramnik.
Tournament information
SportChess
LocationTromsø, Norway
Dates11 August 2013–2 September 2013
AdministratorFIDE
Tournament
format(s)
Single-elimination tournament
Host(s)Chess Federation of Norway
Final positions
ChampionRussia Vladimir Kramnik
Runner-upRussia Dmitry Andreikin

The Chess World Cup 2013 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament, played between 11 August and 2 September 2013, in the hotel Scandic Tromsø in Tromsø, Norway.[1][2] It was won by Vladimir Kramnik, who defeated Dmitry Andreikin 2½–1½ in the final match.[3] The finalists qualified for the 2014 Candidates Tournament.

The winner of the Chess World Cup 2011, Peter Svidler, was defeated by Dmitry Andreikin in the quarter-finals.

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 the start of the game. If a match was tied after the regular games, tie breaks were played on the next day. The format for the tie breaks was as follows:

  • Two rapid games (25 minutes plus 10 seconds increment) were to be played.
  • If the score was tied after two rapid games, two rapid games (10 minutes plus 10 seconds increment) were to be played.
  • If the score was tied after four rapid games, the opponents were to play two blitz games (five minutes plus three seconds increment).
  • If the score was tied after a pair of blitz games, an armageddon game (in which a draw counts as a win for Black) was played. White would have five minutes and Black would have four minutes, and both players would have a three seconds per move increment beginning with move 61.

Prize money

Round Prize Total
Round 1 64 × US $6,000 US $384,000
Round 2 32 × US $10,000 US $320,000
Round 3 16 × US $16,000 US $256,000
Round 4 8 × US $25,000 US $200,000
Round 5 4 × US $35,000 US $140,000
Round 6 2 × US $50,000 US $100,000
Runner-up US $80,000 US $80,000
Winner US $120,000 US $120,000
Total US $1,600,000[4]

Participants

The participating players were seeded by their July 2013 FIDE ratings:[5]

1.   Levon Aronian (ARM), 2813 (R)
2.   Fabiano Caruana (ITA), 2796 (R)
3.   Vladimir Kramnik (RUS), 2784 (R)
4.   Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2780 (WC)
5.   Sergey Karjakin (RUS), 2776 (R)
6.   Hikaru Nakamura (USA), 2775 (R)
7.   Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2773 (R)
8.   Gata Kamsky (USA), 2763 (R)
9.   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2761 (R)
10.   Leinier Domínguez (CUB), 2757 (R)
11.   Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR), 2756 (WC)
12.   Wang Hao (CHN), 2752 (R)
13.   Peter Svidler (RUS), 2746 (WC)
14.   Michael Adams (ENG), 2740 (R)
15.   Peter Leko (HUN), 2737 (R)
16.   Alexander Morozevich (RUS), 2736 (R)
17.   Nikita Vitiugov (RUS), 2734 (E12)
18.   Anish Giri (NED), 2734 (R)
19.   Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2733 (WC)
20.   Teimour Radjabov (AZE), 2733 (R)
21.   Dmitry Andreikin (RUS), 2727 (E12)
22.   Anton Korobov (UKR), 2720 (E13)
23.   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), 2719 (PN)
24.   Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS), 2717 (R)
25.   David Navara (CZE), 2715 (PN)
26.   Étienne Bacrot (FRA), 2714 (E12)
27.   Evgeny Alekseev (RUS), 2714 (E13)
28.   Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS), 2713 (E12)
29.   Lê Quang Liêm (VIE), 2712 (AS13)
30.   Alexander Areshchenko (UKR), 2709 (E13)
31.   Vladimir Malakhov (RUS), 2709 (E12)
32.   Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS), 2709 (R)
33.   Wesley So (PHI), 2708 (Z3.3)
34.   Laurent Fressinet (FRA), 2708 (E12)
35.   Alexander Riazantsev (RUS), 2708 (E12)
36.   Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP), 2706 (E12)
37.   Pavel Eljanov (UKR), 2702 (E13)
38.   Radosław Wojtaszek (POL), 2701 (R)
39.   Alexander Moiseenko (UKR), 2699 (E13)
40.   Sergei Movsesian (ARM), 2699 (E13)
41.   Alexei Shirov (LAT), 2696 (R)
42.   Judit Polgár (HUN), 2696 (PN)
43.   Baadur Jobava (GEO), 2693 (E12)
44.   Vladimir Akopian (ARM), 2691 (E12)
45.   Lázaro Bruzón (CUB), 2689 (Z2.3)
46.   Andrei Volokitin (UKR), 2688 (E12)
47.   Li Chao (CHN), 2686 (AS13)
48.   Markus Ragger (AUT), 2680 (E13)
49.   Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS), 2680 (E12)
50.   Julio Granda (PER), 2679 (AM12)
51.   Yuriy Kryvoruchko (UKR), 2678 (E12)
52.   Victor Bologan (MDA), 2672 (E12)
53.   Alexey Dreev (RUS), 2668 (E12)
54.   Sergey Fedorchuk (UKR), 2667 (E13)
55.   Alexander Onischuk (USA), 2667 (Z2.1)
56.   Maxim Matlakov (RUS), 2665 (E12)
57.   Aleksandr Shimanov (RUS), 2664 (E13)
58.   Evgeny Romanov (RUS), 2662 (E13)
59.   Eltaj Safarli (AZE), 2660 (E13)
60.   Krishnan Sasikiran (IND), 2660 (AS13)
61.   Vadim Zvjaginsev (RUS), 2659 (E13)
62.   Denis Khismatullin (RUS), 2658 (E12)
63.   Yu Yangyi (CHN), 2657 (AS12)
64.   Igor Lysyj (RUS), 2656 (E13)
65.   Andrei Istrățescu (FRA), 2651 (E13)
66.   Alexander Beliavsky (SLO), 2651 (E13)
67.   Mikhail Kobalia (RUS), 2651 (E12)
68.   Dariusz Świercz (POL), 2650 (J11)
69.   Constantin Lupulescu (ROU), 2650 (E13)
70.   Bassem Amin (EGY), 2650 (AF)
71.   Anton Filippov (UZB), 2643 (Z3.4)
72.   Gawain Jones (ENG), 2643 (E12)
73.   Jan Smeets (NED), 2643 (E12)
74.   Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN), 2642 (Z2.3)
75.   Daniil Dubov (RUS), 2638 (E13)
76.   Sergei Azarov (BLR), 2636 (E12)
77.   Zbyněk Hráček (CZE), 2635 (E13)
78.   Parimarjan Negi (IND), 2634 (AS12)
79.   Hrant Melkumyan (ARM), 2632 (E13)
80.   Rafael Leitão (BRA), 2632 (Z2.4)
81.   Ivan Popov (RUS), 2632 (E13)
82.   Evgeny Postny (ISR), 2631 (E13)
83.   Ray Robson (USA), 2628 (Z2.1)
84.   Evgeniy Najer (RUS), 2628 (E12)
85.   Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (VIE), 2625 (Z3.3)
86.   Martyn Kravtsiv (UKR), 2620 (E13)
87.   Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez (CUB), 2612 (AM13)
88.   Hou Yifan (CHN), 2600 (PN)
89.   Jon Ludvig Hammer (NOR), 2599 (ON)
90.   Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2596 (AF)
91.   Alexandr Fier (BRA), 2595 (Z2.4)
92.   Sabino Brunello (ITA), 2593 (E13)
93.   Diego Flores (ARG), 2592 (AM13)
94.   Rubén Felgaer (ARG), 2586 (Z2.5)
95.   Larry Christiansen (USA), 2584 (Z2.1)
96.   Alexander Ipatov (TUR), 2583 (J12)
97.   Alejandro Ramírez (USA), 2583 (Z2.1)
98.   Eric Hansen (CAN), 2581 (AM12)
99.   Gregory Kaidanov (USA), 2577 (AM12)
100.   Oliver Barbosa (PHI), 2572 (AS12)
101.   Mark Paragua (PHI), 2569 (AS13)
102.   Adhiban Baskaran (IND), 2567 (AS13)
103.   Simen Agdestein (NOR), 2567 (ON)
104.   Sandro Mareco (ARG), 2562 (Z2.5)
105.   Wei Yi (CHN), 2557 (PN)
106.   Alexander Shabalov (USA), 2553 (AM12)
107.   Vasif Durarbayli (AZE), 2549 (E12)
108.   Pouria Darini (IRI), 2548 (Z3.1)
109.   Jorge Cori (PER), 2543 (AM13)
110.   Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL), 2536, IM (PN)
111.   Salem Saleh (UAE), 2531 (AS12)
112.   Conrad Holt (USA), 2530 (Z2.1)
113.   Bator Sambuev (CAN), 2530 (Z2.2)
114.   Leif Erlend Johannessen (NOR), 2520 (ON)
115.   Wan Yunguo (CHN), 2509, IM (Z3.5)
116.   Anna Ushenina (UKR), 2500 (WWC)
117.   Liu Qingnan (CHN), 2500, IM (AS12)
118.   Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen (NOR), 2492, IM (ON)
119.   Essam El-Gindy (EGY), 2490 (AF)
120.   Samy Shoker (EGY), 2487, IM (Z4.2)
121.   Lou Yiping (CHN), 2483, IM (Z3.5)
122.   Ziaur Rahman (BAN), 2470 (Z3.2)
123.   Deysi Cori (PER), 2434, WGM (AM13)
124.   Ali Sebbar (MAR), 2371, untitled (Z4.1)
125.   Igor Bjelobrk (AUS), 2341, FM (Z3.6)
126.   Gillan Bwalya (ZAM), 2341, FM (Z4.3)
127.   G. Akash (IND), 2332, IM (Z3.7)
128.   Mikhail Markov (KGZ), 2305, untitled (Z3.4)

All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

Qualification paths

Prominent non-participants

Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, and Veselin Topalov qualified for the event, but they declined to participate. The only other player from the world's top 30 who did not participate is Ding Liren.[6] Levon Aronian (who declined to play in 2009 and 2011) and Vladimir Kramnik (who had never played in a Chess World Cup) chose to participate because FIDE made participation in either the Chess World Cup or the FIDE Grand Prix series mandatory for qualification to the 2014 Candidates Tournament through rating.[7]

Post-tournament opinions

In particular, Alexander Grischuk was decidedly negative about the organization, as was noted coach Vladimir Chuchelov.[8][9]

Calendar

Round Regular games Tiebreaks
Round 1 11–12 August 13 August
Round 2 14–15 August 16 August
Round 3 17–18 August 19 August
Round 4 20–21 August 22 August
Quarterfinals 23–24 August 25 August
Semifinals 26–27 August 28 August
Final 30 August – 2 September 3 September

Results, rounds 1–4

Section 1

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
1 Armenia Levon Aronian 2
128 Kyrgyzstan Mikhail Markov 0
1 Armenia Levon Aronian 3
64 Russia Igor Lysyj 1
64 Russia Igor Lysyj 1½
65 France Andrei Istrățescu ½
1 Armenia Levon Aronian ½
32 Russia Evgeny Tomashevsky 1½
32 Russia Evgeny Tomashevsky 5
97 United States Alejandro Ramírez 4
32 Russia Evgeny Tomashevsky 1½
33 Philippines Wesley So ½
33 Philippines Wesley So 1½
96 Turkey Alexander Ipatov ½
32 Russia Evgeny Tomashevsky 4½
16 Russia Alexander Morozevich 3½
16 Russia Alexander Morozevich 2½
113 Canada Bator Sambuev 1½
16 Russia Alexander Morozevich 1½
80 Brazil Rafael Leitão ½
49 Russia Ernesto Inarkiev 2½
80 Brazil Rafael Leitão 3½
16 Russia Alexander Morozevich 4½
17 Russia Nikita Vitiugov 3½
17 Russia Nikita Vitiugov 2
112 United States Conrad Holt 0
17 Russia Nikita Vitiugov 1½
48 Austria Markus Ragger ½
48 Austria Markus Ragger 2½
81 Russia Ivan Popov 1½

Section 2

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
8 United States Gata Kamsky 3½
121 China Lou Yiping 2½
8 United States Gata Kamsky 3
57 Russia Aleksandr Shimanov 1
57 Russia Aleksandr Shimanov 3½
72 England Gawain Jones 2½
8 United States Gata Kamsky 1½
89 Norway Jon Ludvig Hammer ½
25 Czech Republic David Navara 1½
104 Argentina Sandro Mareco ½
25 Czech Republic David Navara 1
89 Norway Jon Ludvig Hammer 3
40 Armenia Sergei Movsesian 1½
89 Norway Jon Ludvig Hammer 2½
8 United States Gata Kamsky 1½
9 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ½
9 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1½
120 Egypt Samy Shoker ½
9 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2½
56 Russia Maxim Matlakov 1½
56 Russia Maxim Matlakov 1½
73 Netherlands Jan Smeets ½
9 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2½
105 China Wei Yi 1½
24 Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi ½
105 China Wei Yi 1½
105 China Wei Yi 1½
41 Latvia Alexei Shirov ½
41 Latvia Alexei Shirov 4
88 China Hou Yifan 2

Section 3

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
4 Russia Alexander Grischuk 2
125 Australia Igor Bjelobrk 0
4 Russia Alexander Grischuk 1½
68 Poland Dariusz Świercz ½
61 Russia Vadim Zvjaginsev 3½
68 Poland Dariusz Świercz 4½
4 Russia Alexander Grischuk 1½
29 Vietnam Lê Quang Liêm 2½
29 Vietnam Lê Quang Liêm 2
100 Philippines Oliver Barbosa 0
29 Vietnam Lê Quang Liêm 2½
36 Spain Francisco Vallejo Pons 1½
36 Spain Francisco Vallejo Pons 2
93 Argentina Diego Flores 0
29 Vietnam Lê Quang Liêm 1½
13 Russia Peter Svidler 2½
13 Russia Peter Svidler 3
116 Ukraine Anna Ushenina 1
13 Russia Peter Svidler 2½
52 Moldova Victor Bologan 1½
52 Moldova Victor Bologan 3½
77 Czech Republic Zbyněk Hráček 2½
13 Russia Peter Svidler 1½
20 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov ½
20 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov 3½
109 Peru Jorge Cori 2½
20 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov 4
45 Cuba Lázaro Bruzón 2
45 Cuba Lázaro Bruzón 3
84 Russia Evgeniy Najer 1

Section 4

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
5 Russia Sergey Karjakin 1½
124 Morocco Ali Sebbar ½
5 Russia Sergey Karjakin 2½
60 India Krishnan Sasikiran 1½
60 India Krishnan Sasikiran 2½
69 Romania Constantin Lupulescu 1½
5 Russia Sergey Karjakin 4½
37 Ukraine Pavel Eljanov 3½
28 Russia Dmitry Jakovenko 2
101 Philippines Mark Paragua 0
28 Russia Dmitry Jakovenko ½
37 Ukraine Pavel Eljanov 1½
37 Ukraine Pavel Eljanov 1½
92 Italy Sabino Brunello ½
5 Russia Sergey Karjakin 1
21 Russia Dmitry Andreikin 3
12 China Wang Hao 1½
117 China Liu Qingnan ½
12 China Wang Hao 1
53 Russia Alexey Dreev 3
53 Russia Alexey Dreev 2½
76 Belarus Sergei Azarov 1½
53 Russia Alexey Dreev 2
21 Russia Dmitry Andreikin 4
21 Russia Dmitry Andreikin 2½
108 Iran Pouria Darini 1½
21 Russia Dmitry Andreikin 1½
85 Vietnam Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn ½
44 Armenia Vladimir Akopian ½
85 Vietnam Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn 1½

Section 5

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
2 Italy Fabiano Caruana 1½
127 India G. Akash ½
2 Italy Fabiano Caruana 1½
63 China Yu Yangyi ½
63 China Yu Yangyi 3
66 Slovenia Alexander Beliavsky 1
2 Italy Fabiano Caruana 3
31 Russia Vladimir Malakhov 1
31 Russia Vladimir Malakhov 1½
98 Canada Eric Hansen ½
31 Russia Vladimir Malakhov 3
34 France Laurent Fressinet 1
34 France Laurent Fressinet 1½
95 United States Larry Christiansen ½
2 Italy Fabiano Caruana 2
50 Peru Julio Granda 0
15 Hungary Peter Leko 1½
114 Norway Leif Erlend Johannessen ½
15 Hungary Peter Leko ½
50 Peru Julio Granda 1½
50 Peru Julio Granda 5
79 Armenia Hrant Melkumyan 4
50 Peru Julio Granda 2½
18 Netherlands Anish Giri 1½
18 Netherlands Anish Giri 1½
111 United Arab Emirates Salem Saleh ½
18 Netherlands Anish Giri 2
47 China Li Chao 0
47 China Li Chao 2½
82 Israel Evgeny Postny 1½

Section 6

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
7 Israel Boris Gelfand 1½
122 Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman ½
7 Israel Boris Gelfand 1½
71 Uzbekistan Anton Filippov ½
58 Russia Evgeny Romanov ½
71 Uzbekistan Anton Filippov 1½
7 Israel Boris Gelfand 1½
39 Ukraine Alexander Moiseenko ½
26 France Étienne Bacrot 2
103 Norway Simen Agdestein 0
26 France Étienne Bacrot 1½
39 Ukraine Alexander Moiseenko 2½
39 Ukraine Alexander Moiseenko w/o
90 Egypt Ahmed Adly[10] w/d
7 Israel Boris Gelfand 1½
23 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2½
10 Cuba Leinier Domínguez 2
119 Egypt Essam El-Gindy 0
10 Cuba Leinier Domínguez 1½
55 United States Alexander Onischuk ½
55 United States Alexander Onischuk 1½
74 Venezuela Eduardo Iturrizaga ½
10 Cuba Leinier Domínguez ½
23 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1½
23 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2
106 United States Alexander Shabalov 0
23 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2
87 Cuba Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez 0
42 Hungary Judit Polgár ½
87 Cuba Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez 1½

Section 7

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
3 Russia Vladimir Kramnik 2
126 Zambia Gillan Bwalya 0
3 Russia Vladimir Kramnik 2½
67 Russia Mikhail Kobalia 1½
62 Russia Denis Khismatullin 1½
67 Russia Mikhail Kobalia 2½
3 Russia Vladimir Kramnik 3
30 Ukraine Alexander Areshchenko 1
30 Ukraine Alexander Areshchenko 1½
99 United States Gregory Kaidanov ½
30 Ukraine Alexander Areshchenko 1½
94 Argentina Rubén Felgaer ½
35 Russia Alexander Riazantsev 2½
94 Argentina Rubén Felgaer 3½
3 Russia Vladimir Kramnik 1½
19 Ukraine Vassily Ivanchuk ½
14 England Michael Adams 2½
115 China Wan Yunguo 1½
14 England Michael Adams 1½
51 Ukraine Yuriy Kryvoruchko 2½
51 Ukraine Yuriy Kryvoruchko 4
78 India Parimarjan Negi 2
51 Ukraine Yuriy Kryvoruchko 1
19 Ukraine Vassily Ivanchuk 3
19 Ukraine Vassily Ivanchuk 1½
110 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda ½
19 Ukraine Vassily Ivanchuk 2
83 United States Ray Robson 0
46 Ukraine Andrei Volokitin 0
83 United States Ray Robson 2

Section 8

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
6 United States Hikaru Nakamura 2
123 Peru Deysi Cori 0
6 United States Hikaru Nakamura 1½
59 Azerbaijan Eltaj Safarli ½
59 Azerbaijan Eltaj Safarli 3½
70 Egypt Bassem Amin 2½
6 United States Hikaru Nakamura 2
102 India Adhiban Baskaran 0
27 Russia Evgeny Alekseev 3
102 India Adhiban Baskaran 5
102 India Adhiban Baskaran 1½
91 Brazil Alexandr Fier ½
38 Poland Radosław Wojtaszek 1½
91 Brazil Alexandr Fier 2½
6 United States Hikaru Nakamura ½
22 Ukraine Anton Korobov 1½
11 Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov 1½
118 Norway Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen ½
11 Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov 4
75 Russia Daniil Dubov 5
54 Ukraine Sergey Fedorchuk 0
75 Russia Daniil Dubov 2
75 Russia Daniil Dubov 1½
22 Ukraine Anton Korobov 2½
22 Ukraine Anton Korobov 3
107 Azerbaijan Vasif Durarbayli 1
22 Ukraine Anton Korobov 3
43 Georgia (country) Baadur Jobava 1
43 Georgia (country) Baadur Jobava 3
86 Ukraine Martyn Kravtsiv 1

Results, rounds 5–7

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
32 Russia Evgeny Tomashevsky 1½
8 United States Gata Kamsky ½
32 Russia Evgeny Tomashevsky 1½
21 Russia Dmitry Andreikin 2½
13 Russia Peter Svidler 1½
21 Russia Dmitry Andreikin 2½
21 Russia Dmitry Andreikin 1½
3 Russia Vladimir Kramnik 2½
2 Italy Fabiano Caruana 1½
23 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2½
23 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1½
3 Russia Vladimir Kramnik 2½
3 Russia Vladimir Kramnik 1½
22 Ukraine Anton Korobov ½

Final, 30 August – 2 September

Seed Name July rating 1 2 3 4 Total
21  Dmitry Andreikin (RUS) 2727 0 ½ ½ ½ 1½
3  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2784 1 ½ ½ ½ 2½

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