Chess World Cup 2021

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FIDE Chess World Cup 2021
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2021 FIDE World Cup winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda.
Tournament information
SportChess
LocationRussia Sochi
Dates12 July 2021–6 August 2021
Administrator(s)FIDE
Tournament
format(s)
Single elimination tournament
Host(s)Chess Federation of Russia
Final positions
ChampionPoland Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Runner-upRussia Sergey Karjakin

The Chess World Cup 2021 was a 206-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Sochi, Russia, beginning 12 July and ending 6 August 2021.[1] It was the 9th edition of the Chess World Cup. The winner of this tournament was the Polish GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who won without losing any games either in classical chess or in the rapid tiebreakers.[2]

The two finalists (Duda and Sergey Karjakin) qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2022. The rest of the final eight, except Magnus Carlsen, qualified for the FIDE Grand Prix 2022.

In parallel with this open tournament, an inaugural women-only version was held.

Format[]

The tournament was an 8-round knockout event, with the top 50 seeds given a bye directly into the second round. The losers of the two semi-finals played a match for third place.

The two finalists, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Sergey Karjakin qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2022, which is a tournament to decide the next challenger for the World Championship. Moreover, all quarter-finalists, except for World Champion Magnus Carlsen, qualified for the FIDE Grand Prix 2022, giving them another chance to qualify for the Candidates.

Each round consisted of classical time limit games on the first two days, plus tie-breaks on the third day if required. The time limits were as follows:

  • Two classical time limit games: 90 minutes, plus a 30 minute increment on move 40, plus a 30 second increment per move from move 1, per player.
  • If the match was tied after the classical games, players played two rapid chess games, with 25 minutes plus a 10 second increment per move, per player.
  • If the match was still tied, players then played two more rapid chess games, with 10 minutes plus a 10 second increment per move, per player.
  • If the match was still tied, players then played two blitz games, with 5 minutes plus a 3 second increment per move, per player.
  • If the match was still tied, a single armageddon chess game was played to decide the match, with draw odds to Black, meaning White had to win but Black only needed to draw or win, to win the match. The players drew lots and the winner of the draw chose their color. White received 5 minutes, Black received 4 minutes, and each player received an extra 2 seconds per move beginning at move 61.

Schedule[]

Each round lasted three days: two for classical time limit games and a third, if necessary, for tie-breaks. Rounds 1 to 3 ran from July 12 to 20; July 21 was a rest day; Rounds 4 to 6 ran from July 22 to 30; July 31 was a rest day; and the last two rounds ran from August 1 to 6.

Play began at 3.00pm local time (1200 UT) on all days.[1]

Prize money[]

The total prize fund was US$1,892,500, with the first prize of US$110,000.[3]

Prize money in US dollars
Round Prizes Total
Round 1 78 × 3,750 292,500
Round 2 64 × 6,000 384,000
Round 3 32 × 10,000 320,000
Round 4 16 × 16,000 256,000
Round 5 8 × 25,000 200,000
Round 6 4 × 35,000 140,000
4th place 1 × 50,000 50,000
3rd place 1 × 60,000 60,000
Runner-up 1 × 80,000 80,000
Winner 1 × 110,000 110,000
Total 1,892,500

Media[]

IM Eric Rosen was one of the official photographers for the event.[4]

Participants[]

The following is the list of participants. [5][6] Players were seeded by their FIDE rating of June 2021, and all players were grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

  1.  Magnus Carlsen (NOR), 2847 (World Champion)
  2.  Fabiano Caruana (USA), 2820 (R)
  3.  Levon Aronian (ARM), 2781 (R)
  4.  Anish Giri (NED), 2780 (R)
  5.  Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2776 (R)
  6.  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2770 (R)
  7.  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), 2760 (WC)
  8.  Alireza Firouzja (FRA), 2759 (R)
  9.  Leinier Domínguez (USA), 2758 (R)
  10.  Sergey Karjakin (RUS), 2757 (R)
  11.  Pentala Harikrishna (IND), 2730 (R)
  12.  Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL), 2729 (ER)
  13.  Vidit Gujrathi (IND), 2726 (R)
  14.  Dmitry Andreikin (RUS), 2724 (ER)
  15.  Nikita Vitiugov (RUS), 2724 (ER)
  16.  Andrey Esipenko (RUS), 2716 (E)
  17.  Daniil Dubov (RUS), 2714 (ER)
  18.  Peter Svidler (RUS), 2714 (ER)
  19.  Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP), 2710 (ER)
  20.  Jeffery Xiong (USA), 2709 (Z2.1)
  21.  Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS), 2706 (E)
  22.  Yu Yangyi (CHN), 2705 (WC)
  23.  Vladislav Artemiev (RUS), 2704 (E)
  24.  Bassem Amin (EGY), 2703 (AF)
  25.  Jorden van Foreest (NED), 2701 (R)
  26.  Kirill Alekseenko (RUS), 2699 (ER)
  27.  Yuriy Kryvoruchko (UKR), 2699 (ER)
  28.  Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI), 2698 (AS)
  29.  David Navara (CZE), 2697 (ER)
  30.  Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS), 2696 (E)
  31.  Sam Shankland (USA), 2691 (Z2.1)
  32.  Maxim Matlakov (RUS), 2688 (E)
  33.  Radosław Wojtaszek (POL), 2687 (ER)
  34.  Alexander Areshchenko (UKR), 2687 (R)
  35.  Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS), 2684 (R)
  36.  Alexandr Predke (RUS), 2683 (E)
  37.  Anton Korobov (UKR), 2683 (R)
  38.  Salem Saleh (UAE), 2682 (R)
  39.  Gabriel Sargissian (ARM), 2682 (FN)
  40.  Markus Ragger (AUT), 2680 (FN)
  41.  Etienne Bacrot (FRA), 2678 (FN)
  42.  Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2675 (R)
  43.  Ferenc Berkes (HUN), 2673 (FN)
  44.  David Antón Guijarro (ESP), 2673 (E)
  45.  Nils Grandelius (SWE), 2670 (FN)
  46.  Matthias Blübaum (GER), 2669 (FN)
  47.  Ivan Cheparinov (BUL), 2667 (E)
  48.  Vladimir Malakhov (RUS), 2666 (R)
  49.  Nijat Abasov (AZE), 2665 (PN)
  50.  Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2662 (FN)
  51.  Sanan Sjugirov (RUS), 2661 (E)
  52.  Baskaran Adhiban (IND), 2660 (FN)
  53.  Samuel Sevian (USA), 2660 (Z2.1)
  54.  Constantin Lupulescu (ROM), 2656 (E)
  55.  Grigoriy Oparin (RUS), 2654 (E)
  56.  Yuri Kuzubov (UKR), 2653 (FN)
  57.  Jorge Cori (PER), 2652 (Z2.4)
  58.  Alexander Onischuk (USA), 2649 (Z2.1)
  59.  Haik M. Martirosyan (ARM), 2648 (E)
  60.  Ivan Šarić (CRO), 2645 (FN)
  61.  Aravindh Chithambaram (IND), 2641 (Z3.7)
  62.  Alexey Sarana (RUS), 2640 (PN)
  63.  Alexander Motylev (RUS), 2639 (E)
  64.  Aryan Tari (NOR), 2639 (FN)
  65.  Evgeny Bareev (CAN), 2638 (Z2.2)
  66.  Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ), 2637 (FN)
  67.  Vladislav Kovalev (FIDE), 2637 (PN)
  68.  Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB), 2634 (Z3.4)
  69.  Alan Pichot (ARG), 2630 (FN)
  70.  Mustafa Yilmaz (TUR), 2630 (E)
  71.  David Paravyan (RUS), 2629 (PN)
  72.  Sandro Mareco (ARG), 2629 (AM)
  73.  Pavel Ponkratov (RUS), 2627 (E)
  74.  Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROM), 2627 (E)
  75.  Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2625 (AF)
  76.  Benjamin Bok (NED), 2624 (FN)
  77.  Neuris Delgado Ramírez (PAR), 2622 (Z2.5)
  78.  Nihal Sarin (IND), 2620 (PN)
  79.  Yaroslav Zherebukh (USA), 2620 (FN)
  80.  Shant Sargsyan (ARM), 2618 (E)
  81.  Daniele Vocaturo (ITA), 2617 (FN)
  82.  Rasmus Svane (GER), 2615 (E)
  83.  Viktor Erdős (HUN), 2614 (E)
  84.  Varuzhan Akobian (USA), 2614 (PN)
  85.  Pouya Idani (IRI), 2614 (FN)
  86.  Amin Tabatabaei (IRI), 2613 (AS)
  87.  Arik Braun (GER), 2609 (E)
  88.  Vadim Zvjaginsev (RUS), 2608 (E)
  89.  Kacper Piorun (POL), 2608 (FN)
  90.  Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (IND), 2608 (PN)
  91.  Aleksandar Inđić (SRB), 2607 (E)
  92.  Cristobal Henriquez Villagra (CHI), 2606 (AM)
  93.  Vasif Durarbayli (AZE), 2606 (FN)
  94.  Timur Gareyev (USA), 2606 (Z2.1)
  95.  Ivan Ivanisevic (SRB), 2606 (E)
  96.  Evgeny Alekseev (RUS), 2605 (E)
  97.  Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson (ISL), 2603 (FN)
  98.  Baadur Jobava (GEO), 2603 (E)
  99.  Axel Bachmann (PAR), 2599 (AM)
  100.  Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB), 2598 (Z3.4)
  101.  Kiril Georgiev (MKD), 2594 (FN)
  102.  Ante Brkić (CRO), 2592 (E)
  103.  Michał Krasenkow (POL), 2591 (E)
  104.  Mircea-Emilian Parligras (ROM), 2591 (FN)
  105.  Hovhannes Gabuzyan (ARM), 2590 (E)
  106.  Viorel Iordachescu (MDA), 2589 (FN)
  107.  Denis Kadrić (BIH), 2586 (PN)
  108.  Sebastian Bogner (SUI), 2581 (FN)
  109.  Victor Mikhalevski (ISR), 2581 (FN)
  110.  Velimir Ivić (SRB), 2581 (FN)
  111.  Mads Andersen (DEN), 2579 (FN)
  112.  Gukesh D (IND), 2578 (PN)
  113.  Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE), 2577 (E)
  114.  Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera (CUB), 2573 (Z2.3)
  115.  Emre Can (TUR), 2569 (E)
  116.  Alexandr Fier (BRA), 2569 (FN)
  117.  Nikita Meshkovs (LAT), 2568 (FN)
  118.  Yasser Quesada Pérez (CUB), 2565 (FN)
  119.  Luka Paichadze (GEO), 2564 (E)
  120.  Levan Pantsulaia (GEO), 2564 (FN)
  121.  Javokhir Sindarov (UZB), 2558 (AS)
  122.  Elshan Moradiabadi (USA), 2555 (AM)
  123.  Krikor Mekhitarian (BRA), 2554 (AM)
  124.  Federico Perez Ponsa (ARG), 2554 (Z2.5)
  125.  Boris Savchenko (RUS), 2553 (E)
  126.  Bobby Cheng (AUS), 2552 (FN)
  127.  Susanto Megaranto (INA), 2550 (FN)
  128.  Saša Martinović (CRO), 2548 (E)
  129.  Kaido Kulaots (EST), 2548 (FN)
  130.  Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (IRI), 2547 (Z3.1)
  131.  Vahap Şanal (TUR), 2546 (FN)
  132.  Nikita Afanasiev (RUS), 2542 (E)
  133.  Momchil Nikolov (BUL), 2542 (FN)
  134.  Juan Carlos González Zamora (MEX), 2540 (FN)
  135.  Helgi Dam Ziska (FRO), 2539 (Z1.10)
  136.  Andrew Tang (USA), 2538 (AM)
  137.  Jahongir Vakhidov (UZB), 2534 (FN)
  138.  Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB), 2530 (AS)
  139.  Leandro Krysa (ARG), 2527 (AM)
  140.  Guillermo Vázquez, IM (PAR), 2527 (FN)
  141.  Jerguš Pecháč (SVK), 2523 (PN)
  142.  Darcy Lima (BRA), 2522 (Z2.4)
  143.  Vojtěch Plát (CZE), 2521 (FN)
  144.  Ádám Kozák (HUN), 2518 (E)
  145.  Paweł Teclaf, IM (POL), 2514 (E)
  146.  Pablo Salinas Herrera (CHI), 2514 (FN)
  147.  Robert Hungaski (USA), 2514 (AM)
  148.  Wynn Zaw Htun, IM (MYA), 2508 (FN)
  149.  P. Iniyan (IND), 2506 (IAS)
  150.  Dambasuren Batsuren (MGL), 2504 (FN)
  151.  Volodar Murzin, IM (RUS), 2502 (FN)
  152.  Bilel Bellahcene (ALG), 2499 (FN)
  153.  Juraj Druska, IM (SVK), 2493 (FN)
  154.  Matej Šebenik (SLO), 2492 (FN)
  155.  Sergio Barrientos (COL), 2490 (Z2.3)
  156.  Alexandre Dgebuadze (BEL), 2488 (FN)
  157.  Razvan Preotu (CAN), 2487 (FN)
  158.  Kirill Shubin, IM (RUS), 2486 (ON)
  159.  Abhimanyu Mishra (USA), 2485 (PN)
  160.  Kirill Stupak (BLR), 2485 (FN)
  161.  Adham Fawzy (EGY), 2485 (AF)
  162.  Andrés Rodríguez Vila (URU), 2484 (FN)
  163.  Tin Jingyao, IM (SGP), 2482 (AS)
  164.  Dmitry V. Sklyarov, IM (FIN), 2480 (FN)
  165.  Goh Wei Ming (SGP), 2478 (FN)
  166.  Luka Drašković, IM (MNE), 2469 (FN)
  167.  Paulo Bersamina, IM (PHI), 2462 (FN)
  168.  Rudik Makarian, IM (RUS), 2460 (ON)
  169.  Ravi Haria, IM (ENG), 2440 (FN)
  170.  Karolis Jukšta, FM (LTU), 2438 (FN)
  171.  Basheer Al Qudaimi, IM (YEM), 2435 (FN)
  172.  Ziaur Rahman, GM (BAN), 2434 (Z3.2)
  173.  Esteban Valderrama Quiceno, IM (COL), 2430 (FN)
  174.  Saparmyrat Atabayev, IM (TKM), 2425 (FN)
  175.  Essam El Gindy (EGY), 2420 (FN)
  176.  Sugar Gan-Erdene, IM (MGL), 2419 (AS)
  177.  Pedro Ramon Martinez Reyes, FM (VEN), 2417 (FN)
  178.  Evgenios Ioannidis, IM (GRE), 2411 (FN)
  179.  Arthur Ssegwanyi, IM (UGA), 2409 (FN)
  180.  Niaz Murshed (BAN), 2404 (FN)
  181.  Asyl Abdyjapar, IM (KGZ), 2403 (FN)
  182.  Abdelrahman Hesham (EGY), 2397 (AF)
  183.  Amir Zaibi (TUN), 2396 (FN)
  184.  , IM (POR), 2390 (FN)
  185.  Sami Khader, IM (JOR), 2382 (FN)
  186.  Mohamed Tissir, IM (MAR), 2379 (FN)
  187.  Noaman Omar, IM (UAE), 2367 (FN)
  188.  Sergio Minero Pineda, IM (CRC), 2365 (FN)
  189.  Mohamad Ervan, IM (INA), 2356 (AS)
  190.  Rodwell Makoto, IM (ZIM), 2352 (FN)
  191.  Bashir Eiti, IM (SYR), 2340 (FN)
  192.  Daniel Quizon, IM (PHI), 2319 (Z3.3)
  193.  Daniel Barrish, FM (RSA), 2313 (FN)
  194.  , FM (LBA), 2307 (FN)
  195.  Olanrewaju Ajibola, no title (NGR), 2302 (FN)
  196.  Michael Concio, IM (PHI), 2297 (Z3.3)
  197.  Sergio Miguel, FM (ANG), 2286 (FN)
  198.  Chitumbo Mwali, IM (ZAM), 2281 (FN)
  199.  Akar Ali Salih Salih, FM (IRQ), 2274 (FN)
  200.  Alisher Karimov, FM (TJK), 2244 (FN)
  201.  Antoine Kassis, FM (LBN), 2205 (FN)
  202.  Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage, CM (SRI), 2203 (FN)
  203.  Allen Chi Zhou Fan, FM (NZL), 2193 (FN)
  204.  Sumant Subramaniam, FM (MAS), 2155 (FN)
  205.  Chiletso Chipanga, CM (MWI), 2103 (PN)
  206.  , CM (GUM), 1998 (Z3.6)

Players qualifying for the event included:

  • The world chess champion
  • The women's world chess champion (WWC)
  • The 2019 World Junior Champion U20 (U20)
  • The top four players in the Chess World Cup 2019 (WC)
  • 89 players qualifying from Continental events:
    • Europe (47): High rating (ER, 10), Hybrid qualification (E, 36), Zonal 1.10 (Z1.10, 1)
    • America (11+9): Hybrid qualification (AM, 8), Zonals 2.1 (Z2.1, 5), 2.2 (Z2.2, 1), 2.3 (Z2.3, 2), 2.4 (Z2.4, 2), 2.5 (Z2.5, 2)
    • Asia (18): Hybrid Asian Championship 2021 (AS, 7), Indian Qualification (IAS, 1), Zonals 3.1 (Z3.1, 1), 3.2 (Z3.2, 1), 3.3 (Z3.3, 2), 3.4 (Z3.4, 2), 3.5 (Z3.5, 2), 3.6 (Z3.6, 1), 3.7 (Z3.7, 1)
    • Africa (4): African Chess Championship (AF, 4)
  • The 13 highest-rated players from the average of 12 rating lists, from July 2020 to June 2021 (R)
  • 91 federations spots selected according to the average rating of their 10 highest rated players (FN).
  • 4 nominees of the FIDE President (PN)
  • 2 nominees of the organizer (ON)

The participants were seeded by their FIDE rating of June 2021. For the first time, a hybrid format of online chess under arbiter supervision was allowed to be a part of the qualification process, due to the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in organizing over the board competition.[7][8]

Replacements[]

The following are the players from the list of qualifiers[5] who declined to play, and their replacements:

In addition, six federations (Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Japan, South Korea, Peru, Vietnam) did not nominate a player. Because of this and the two Zone 3.5 withdrawals, the number of presidential nominees (PN) increased from four to twelve, with the eight extra being:[15][5]

Results[]

Rounds 1–4[]

Section 1[]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen Bye
- Bye 1
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 2
128 Croatia Saša Martinović 0
128 Croatia Saša Martinović
129 Estonia Kaido Kulaots ½
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 2
64 Norway Aryan Tari 0
65 Canada Evgeny Bareev
192 Philippines Daniel Quizon ½
65 Canada Evgeny Bareev ½
64 Norway Aryan Tari
64 Norway Aryan Tari 2
193 South Africa Daniel Barrish 0
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen
33 Poland Radosław Wojtaszek
33 Poland Radosław Wojtaszek Bye
- Bye 33
33 Poland Radosław Wojtaszek
96 Russia Evgeny Alekseev ½
96 Russia Evgeny Alekseev
161 Egypt Adham Fawzy
33 Poland Radosław Wojtaszek 3
32 Russia Maxim Matlakov 1
97 Iceland Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson
160 Belarus Kirill Stupak
97 Iceland Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson ½
32 Russia Maxim Matlakov
32 Russia Maxim Matlakov Bye
- Bye 32

Section 2[]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
17 Russia Daniil Dubov Bye
Bye 17
17 Russia Daniil Dubov
112 India Gukesh D
112 India Gukesh D
145 Poland Paweł Teclaf
17 Russia Daniil Dubov
48 Russia Vladimir Malakhov ½
81 Italy Daniele Vocaturo
176 Mongolia Sugar Gan-Erdene ½
81 Italy Daniele Vocaturo ½
48 Russia Vladimir Malakhov
48 Russia Vladimir Malakhov Bye
- Bye 48
17 Russia Daniil Dubov
16 Russia Andrey Esipenko
49 Azerbaijan Nijat Abasov Bye
- Bye 49
49 Azerbaijan Nijat Abasov
80 Armenia Shant Sargsyan
80 Armenia Shant Sargsyan 2
177 Venezuela Pedro R. Martinez Reyes 0
49 Azerbaijan Nijat Abasov ½
16 Russia Andrey Esipenko
113 Czech Republic Thai Dai Van Nguyen
144 Hungary Ádám Kozák ½
113 Czech Republic Thai Dai Van Nguyen
16 Russia Andrey Esipenko
16 Russia Andrey Esipenko Bye
- Bye 16

Section 3[]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
9 United States Leinier Domínguez Bye
- Bye 9
9 United States Leinier Domínguez 1
137 Uzbekistan Jahongir Vakhidov 3
120 Georgia (country) Levan Pantsulaia ½
137 Uzbekistan Jahongir Vakhidov
137 Uzbekistan Jahongir Vakhidov 1
73 Russia Pavel Ponkratov 3
73 Russia Pavel Ponkratov
184 Portugal ½
73 Russia Pavel Ponkratov
56 Ukraine Yuri Kuzubov ½
56 Ukraine Yuri Kuzubov 2
201 Lebanon Antoine Kassis 0
73 Russia Pavel Ponkratov
41 France Étienne Bacrot
41 France Étienne Bacrot Bye
- Bye 41
41 France Étienne Bacrot
169 England Ravi Haria
88 Russia Vadim Zvjaginsev 1
169 England Ravi Haria 3
41 France Étienne Bacrot
24 Egypt Bassem Amin
105 Armenia Hovhannes Gabuzyan 3
152 Algeria Bilel Bellahcene 1
105 Armenia Hovhannes Gabuzyan ½
24 Egypt Bassem Amin
24 Egypt Bassem Amin Bye
- Bye 24

Section 4[]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
25 Netherlands Jorden van Foreest Bye
- Bye 25
25 Netherlands Jorden van Foreest
153 Slovakia Juraj Druska ½
104 Romania Mircea-Emilian Parligras ½
153 Slovakia Juraj Druska
25 Netherlands Jorden van Foreest ½
89 Poland Kacper Piorun
89 Poland Kacper Piorun
168 Russia Rudik Makarian ½
89 Poland Kacper Piorun
40 Austria Markus Ragger ½
40 Austria Markus Ragger Bye
- Bye 40
89 Poland Kacper Piorun
121 Uzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov ½
57 Peru Jorge Cori
200 Tajikistan Alisher Karimov ½
57 Peru Jorge Cori
72 Argentina Sandro Mareco
72 Argentina Sandro Mareco 2
185 Jordan Sami Khader 0
57 Peru Jorge Cori ½
121 Uzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov
121 Uzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov
136 United States Andrew Tang ½
121 Uzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov
8 France Alireza Firouzja
8 France Alireza Firouzja Bye
- Bye 8

Section 5[]

First round Second round Third Fourth round
            
5 Russia Alexander Grischuk Bye
- Bye 5
5 Russia Alexander Grischuk
124 Argentina Federico Perez Ponsa ½
124 Argentina Federico Perez Ponsa
133 Bulgaria Momchil Nikolov
5 Russia Alexander Grischuk
69 Argentina Alan Pichot ½
69 Argentina Alan Pichot 2
188 Costa Rica Sergio Minero Pineda 0
69 Argentina Alan Pichot
60 Croatia Ivan Šarić ½
60 Croatia Ivan Šarić 2
197 Angola Sergio Miguel 0
5 Russia Alexander Grischuk
37 Ukraine Anton Korobov
37 Ukraine Anton Korobov Bye
- Bye 37
37 Ukraine Anton Korobov
92 Chile Cristobal H. Villagra ½
92 Chile Cristobal H. Villagra 2
165 Singapore Goh Wei Ming 0
37 Ukraine Anton Korobov
101 North Macedonia Kiril Georgiev ½
101 North Macedonia Kiril Georgiev
156 Belgium Alexandre Dgebuadze ½
101 North Macedonia Kiril Georgiev
28 Iran Parham Maghsoodloo
28 Iran Parham Maghsoodloo Bye
- Bye 28

Section 6[]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
21 Russia Evgeny Tomashevsky Bye
- Bye 21
21 Russia Evgeny Tomashevsky 2
149 India P. Iniyan 0
108 Switzerland Sebastian Bogner ½
149 India P. Iniyan
21 Russia Evgeny Tomashevsky
85 Iran Pouya Idani
85 Iran Pouya Idani 2
172 Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman 0
85 Iran Pouya Idani
44 Spain David Antón Guijarro ½
44 Spain David Antón Guijarro Bye
- Bye 44
85 Iran Pouya Idani ½
12 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda
53 United States Samuel Sevian 2
204 Malaysia Sumant Subramaniam 0
53 United States Samuel Sevian 4
76 Netherlands Benjamin Bok 2
76 Netherlands Benjamin Bok
181 Kyrgyzstan Asyl Abdyjapar
53 United States Samuel Sevian ½
12 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda
117 Latvia Nikita Meshkovs ½
140 Paraguay Guillermo Vázquez
140 Paraguay Guillermo Vázquez ½
12 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda
12 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda Bye
- Bye 12

Section 7[]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
13 India Vidit Gujrathi Bye
- Bye 13
13 India Vidit Gujrathi
116 Brazil Alexandr Fier
116 Brazil Alexandr Fier
141 Slovakia Jerguš Pecháč
13 India Vidit Gujrathi
52 India Baskaran Adhiban
77 Paraguay Neuris Delgado Ramírez 5
180 Bangladesh Niaz Murshed 3
77 Paraguay Neuris Delgado Ramírez 0
52 India Baskaran Adhiban 2
52 India Baskaran Adhiban 2
205 Malawi Chiletso Chipanga 0
13 India Vidit Gujrathi 2
20 United States Jeffery Xiong 0
45 Sweden Nils Grandelius Bye
- Bye 45
45 Sweden Nils Grandelius
84 United States Varuzhan Akobian
84 United States Varuzhan Akobian
173 Colombia Esteban V. Quiceno
45 Sweden Nils Grandelius
20 United States Jeffery Xiong
109 Israel Victor Mikhalevski w/o
148 Myanmar Wynn Zaw Htun
109 Israel Victor Mikhalevski ½
20 United States Jeffery Xiong
20 United States Jeffery Xiong Bye
- Bye 20

Section 8[]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
29 Czech Republic David Navara Bye
- Bye 29
29 Czech Republic David Navara
100 Uzbekistan Nodirbek Yakubboev ½
100 Uzbekistan Nodirbek Yakubboev
157 Canada Razvan Preotu ½
29 Czech Republic David Navara ½
93 Azerbaijan Vasif Durarbayli
93 Azerbaijan Vasif Durarbayli
164 Finland Dmitry V. Sklyarov ½
93 Azerbaijan Vasif Durarbayli 3
36 Russia Alexandr Predke 1
36 Russia Alexandr Predke Bye
- Bye 36
93 Azerbaijan Vasif Durarbayli 4
68 Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2
61 India Aravindh Chithambaram 2
196 Philippines Michael Concio 0
61 India Aravindh Chithambaram ½
68 Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov
68 Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov w/o
189 Indonesia Mohamad Ervan
68 Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov 3
4 Netherlands Anish Giri 1
125 Russia Boris Savchenko
132 Russia Nikita Afanasiev
125 Russia Boris Savchenko 0
4 Netherlands Anish Giri 2
4 Netherlands Anish Giri Bye
- Bye 4

Section 9[]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
3 Armenia Levon Aronian Bye
- Bye 3
3 Armenia Levon Aronian [a]
126 Australia Bobby Cheng w/o
126 Australia Bobby Cheng 3
131 Turkey Vahap Şanal 1
126 Australia Bobby Cheng ½
67 FIDE Vladislav Kovalev
67 FIDE Vladislav Kovalev 2
190 Zimbabwe Rodwell Makoto 0
67 FIDE Vladislav Kovalev
62 Russia Alexey Sarana
62 Russia Alexey Sarana 2
195 Nigeria Olanrewaju Ajibola 0
67 FIDE Vladislav Kovalev 0
30 Russia Vladimir Fedoseev 2
35 Russia Dmitry Jakovenko Bye
- Bye 35
35 Russia Dmitry Jakovenko
94 United States Timur Gareyev
94 United States Timur Gareyev 4
163 Singapore Tin Jingyao 2
94 United States Timur Gareyev ½
30 Russia Vladimir Fedoseev
99 Paraguay Axel Bachmann
158 Russia Kirill Shubin ½
99 Paraguay Axel Bachmann 0
30 Russia Vladimir Fedoseev 2
30 Russia Vladimir Fedoseev Bye
- Bye 30

Section 10[]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
19 Spain Francisco Vallejo Pons Bye
- Bye 19
19 Spain Francisco Vallejo Pons ½
110 Serbia Velimir Ivić
110 Serbia Velimir Ivić
147 United States Robert Hungaski ½
110 Serbia Velimir Ivić
46 Germany Matthias Blübaum ½
83 Hungary Viktor Erdős w/o
174 Turkmenistan Saparmyrat Atabayev
83 Hungary Viktor Erdős
46 Germany Matthias Blübaum
46 Germany Matthias Blübaum Bye
- Bye 46
110 Serbia Velimir Ivić 3
14 Russia Dmitry Andreikin 1
51 Russia Sanan Sjugirov 2
206 Guam 0
51 Russia Sanan Sjugirov ½
78 India Nihal Sarin
78 India Nihal Sarin
179 Uganda Arthur Ssegwanyi ½
78 India Nihal Sarin ½
14 Russia Dmitry Andreikin
115 Turkey Emre Can 2
142 Brazil Darcy Lima 0
115 Turkey Emre Can ½
14 Russia Dmitry Andreikin
14 Russia Dmitry Andreikin Bye
- Bye 14

Section 11[]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
11 India Pentala Harikrishna Bye
- Bye 11
11 India Pentala Harikrishna
118 Cuba Yasser Quesada Pérez ½
118 Cuba Yasser Quesada Pérez
139 Argentina Leandro Krysa ½
11 India Pentala Harikrishna
54 Romania Constantin Lupulescu ½
75 Egypt Ahmed Adly
182 Egypt Abdelrahman Hesham
182 Egypt Abdelrahman Hesham 0
54 Romania Constantin Lupulescu 2
54 Romania Constantin Lupulescu w/o
203 New Zealand Allen Chi Zhou Fan
11 India Pentala Harikrishna ½
86 Iran Amin Tabatabaei
43 Hungary Ferenc Berkes Bye
- Bye 43
43 Hungary Ferenc Berkes
86 Iran Amin Tabatabaei
86 Iran Amin Tabatabaei
171 Yemen Basheer Al Qudaimi
86 Iran Amin Tabatabaei
22 China Yu Yangyi ½
107 Bosnia and Herzegovina Denis Kadrić
150 Mongolia Dambasuren Batsuren ½
107 Bosnia and Herzegovina Denis Kadrić 0
22 China Yu Yangyi 2
22 China Yu Yangyi Bye
- Bye 22

Section 12[]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
27 Ukraine Yuriy Kryvoruchko Bye
- Bye 27
27 Ukraine Yuriy Kryvoruchko ½
102 Croatia Ante Brkić
102 Croatia Ante Brkić 2
155 Colombia Sergio Barrientos 0
102 Croatia Ante Brkić 2
38 United Arab Emirates Salem Saleh 0
91 Serbia Aleksandar Inđić 2
166 Montenegro Luka Drašković 0
91 Serbia Aleksandar Inđić 1
38 United Arab Emirates Salem Saleh 3
38 United Arab Emirates Salem Saleh Bye
- Bye 38
102 Croatia Ante Brkić ½
59 Armenia Haik M. Martirosyan
59 Armenia Haik M. Martirosyan 3
198 Zambia Chitumbo Mwali 1
59 Armenia Haik M. Martirosyan
70 Turkey Mustafa Yilmaz ½
70 Turkey Mustafa Yilmaz
187 United Arab Emirates Noaman Omar ½
59 Armenia Haik M. Martirosyan
6 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
123 Brazil Krikor Mekhitarian
134 Mexico Juan C. González Zamora
123 Brazil Krikor Mekhitarian 1
6 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 3
6 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Bye
- Bye 6

Section 13[]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
7 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Bye
- Bye 7
7 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
122 United States Elshan Moradiabadi ½
122 United States Elshan Moradiabadi w/o
135 Faroe Islands Helgi Dam Ziska
7 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 5
71 Russia David Paravyan 4
71 Russia David Paravyan 2
186 Morocco Mohamed Tissir 0
71 Russia David Paravyan 2
58 United States Alexander Onischuk 0
58 United States Alexander Onischuk 2
199 Iraq Akar Ali Salih Salih 0
7 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
90 India R. Praggnanandhaa ½
39 Armenia Gabriel Sargissian Bye
- Bye 39
39 Armenia Gabriel Sargissian 0
90 India R. Praggnanandhaa 2
90 India R. Praggnanandhaa
167 Philippines Paulo Bersamina ½
90 India R. Praggnanandhaa 3
103 Poland Michał Krasenkow 1
103 Poland Michał Krasenkow
154 Slovenia Matej Šebenik ½
103 Poland Michał Krasenkow
26 Russia Kirill Alekseenko ½
26 Russia Kirill Alekseenko Bye
- Bye 26

Section 14[]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
23 Russia Vladislav Artemiev Bye
- Bye 23
23 Russia Vladislav Artemiev
151 Russia Volodar Murzin
106 Moldova Viorel Iordachescu
151 Russia Volodar Murzin
23 Russia Vladislav Artemiev 3
42 Israel Boris Gelfand 1
87 Germany Arik Braun
170 Lithuania Karolis Jukšta ½
87 Germany Arik Braun ½
42 Israel Boris Gelfand
42 Israel Boris Gelfand Bye
- Bye 42
23 Russia Vladislav Artemiev
10 Russia Sergey Karjakin
55 Russia Grigoriy Oparin 2
202 Sri Lanka Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage 0
55 Russia Grigoriy Oparin
74 Romania Bogdan-Daniel Deac
74 Romania Bogdan-Daniel Deac w/o
183 Tunisia Amir Zaibi
55 Russia Grigoriy Oparin ½
10 Russia Sergey Karjakin
119 Georgia (country) Luka Paichadze 0
138 Uzbekistan Shamsiddin Vokhidov 2
138 Uzbekistan Shamsiddin Vokhidov 0
10 Russia Sergey Karjakin 2
10 Russia Sergey Karjakin Bye
- Bye 10

Section 15[]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
15 Russia Nikita Vitiugov Bye
- Bye 15
15 Russia Nikita Vitiugov
143 Czech Republic Vojtěch Plát ½
114 Cuba Carlos D. Albornoz Cabrera ½
143 Czech Republic Vojtěch Plát
15 Russia Nikita Vitiugov
50 Spain Alexei Shirov ½
79 United States Yaroslav Zherebukh
178 Greece Evgenios Ioannidis ½
79 United States Yaroslav Zherebukh 2
50 Spain Alexei Shirov 4
50 Spain Alexei Shirov Bye
- Bye 50
15 Russia Nikita Vitiugov
18 Russia Peter Svidler
47 Bulgaria Ivan Cheparinov Bye
- Bye 47
47 Bulgaria Ivan Cheparinov 5
82 Germany Rasmus Svane 4
82 Germany Rasmus Svane 2
175 Egypt Essam El Gindy 0
47 Bulgaria Ivan Cheparinov
18 Russia Peter Svidler
111 Denmark Mads Andersen ½
146 Chile Pablo Salinas Herrera
146 Chile Pablo Salinas Herrera ½
18 Russia Peter Svidler
18 Russia Peter Svidler Bye
- Bye 18

Section 16[]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
31 United States Sam Shankland Bye
- Bye 31
31 United States Sam Shankland
98 Georgia (country) Baadur Jobava ½
98 Georgia (country) Baadur Jobava
159 United States Abhimanyu Mishra ½
31 United States Sam Shankland
34 Ukraine Alexander Areshchenko
95 Serbia Ivan Ivanisevic w/o
162 Uruguay Andrés Rodríguez Vila
95 Serbia Ivan Ivanisevic ½
34 Ukraine Alexander Areshchenko
34 Ukraine Alexander Areshchenko Bye
- Bye 34
31 United States Sam Shankland
66 Kazakhstan Rinat Jumabayev ½
63 Russia Alexander Motylev 2
194 Libya 0
63 Russia Alexander Motylev ½
66 Kazakhstan Rinat Jumabayev
66 Kazakhstan Rinat Jumabayev 2
191 Syria Bashir Eiti 0
66 Kazakhstan Rinat Jumabayev
2 United States Fabiano Caruana ½
127 Indonesia Susanto Megaranto
130 IranEhsan Ghaem Maghami
127 Indonesia Susanto Megaranto 0[b]
2 United States Fabiano Caruana 2
2 United States Fabiano Caruana Bye
- Bye 2

Rounds 5–8[]

Fifth round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
            
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 5
16 Russia Andrey Esipenko 3
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 2
41 France Étienne Bacrot 0
41 France Étienne Bacrot 4
89 Poland Kacper Piorun 2
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen
12 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda
5 Russia Alexander Grischuk
12 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda
12 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda
13 India Vidit Gujrathi ½
13 India Vidit Gujrathi
93 Azerbaijan Vasif Durarbayli ½
12 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda
10 Russia Sergey Karjakin ½
30 Russia Vladimir Fedoseev 3
110 Serbia Velimir Ivić 1
30 Russia Vladimir Fedoseev
86 Iran Amin Tabatabaei ½
86 Iran Amin Tabatabaei
59 Armenia Haik M. Martirosyan
30 Russia Vladimir Fedoseev ½
10 Russia Sergey Karjakin
7 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Third place
10 Russia Sergey Karjakin
10 Russia Sergey Karjakin 4 1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 2
31 United States Sam Shankland 2 30 Russia Vladimir Fedoseev 0
18 Russia Peter Svidler ½
31 United States Sam Shankland

Third place[]

Seed Name Jul 2021 rating 1 2 Total
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 2847 1 1 2
30 Russia Vladimir Fedoseev 2696 0 0 0

Finals[]

Seed Name Jul 2021 rating 1 2 Total
12 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2738 ½ 1
10 Russia Sergey Karjakin 2757 ½ 0 ½

Notes[]

  1. ^ Aronian forfeited both games for health-related reasons.[16]
  2. ^ Caruana won the first game by forfeit, after Megaranto's COVID-19 test was confirmed as positive, 15 moves into the first game.[17] As a result, Megaranto was forced to forfeit the second game. FIDE confirmed a mid-game forfeit had occurred, but did not name the player, citing "privacy regulations".[18]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Men's World Cup 2021 Schedule, FIDE
  2. ^ ""Games Archive"". "2700chess".
  3. ^ "Regulations for the FIDE World Cup 2021" (PDF). FIDE.
  4. ^ Rosen, Eric [@IM_Rosen] (9 July 2021). "Beginning my journey to Sochi... Super excited to be one of the official photographers for the @FIDE_chess World Cup!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ a b c "Participants of the World Cup 2021" (PDF), Official tournament site, FIDE
  6. ^ "Tournament Tree"
  7. ^ FIDE Approves Hybrid Format. Chess.com.
  8. ^ nikita. "FIDE World Chess Cup 2021 – Chessdom". Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  9. ^ a b Carlsen, So, Aronian & Ding in San Fermin Masters battle, chess24.com, July 11 2021
  10. ^ Magnus Carlsen to play in FIDE World Cup in Sochi, Chessbase, June 11, 2021
  11. ^ Ian Nepomniachtchi to @rianru: I won't play at the FIDE World Cup in Sochi, FIDE, Twitter, 17 June 2021
  12. ^ Rao, Rakesh. "Nepomniachtchi loses last round, takes Candidates title; Wang Hao retires at 31". Sportstar. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  13. ^ Viswanathan Anand likely to skip World Cup in Sochi, Indian Express, 27 May 2021
  14. ^ Australian Chess Federation Newsletter 604, 19 June 2021
  15. ^ Players lists and full pairings of FIDE World Cups published, FIDE, 22 June 2021 (This shows who the original four PNs were.)
  16. ^ We respect @LevAronian’s decision..., FIDE, Twitter, 16 July 2021
  17. ^ FIDE Chess World Cup 2021: Fabiano Caruana wins by default after his opponent Susanto Megaranto's COVID-19 test result came positive during the game, The Free Press Journal, 15 July 2021
  18. ^ World Champion Magnus Carlsen debuts with a technical win, FIDE, 15 July 2021

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