Chess World Cup 2009

The World Chess Cup 2009 ( officially: FIDE World Cup 2009 ) was held from November 20 to December 15 in Khanty- Mansiysk, Russia, instead. The winner, Boris Gelfand earned itself the right to participate in the Candidates Tournament for the World Chess Championship 2012.

The tournament, which will be played in the Cup system, participated in 128 of the best players in the world.

Qualification

The list of eligible players is made ​​up as follows:

  • The reigning World Chess Champion: Viswanathan Anand.
  • The four semi-finalists of the World Cup 2007: Gata Kamsky, Alexei Shirov, Magnus Carlsen, Sergei Karjakin
  • The reigning World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk
  • The Junior World Champion in 2007 and 2008: Ahmed Adly and Abhijeet Gupta
  • 20 players with the highest Elo ratings; with an average for the lists of July 2008 and January 2009 was taken: Veselin Topalov, Ivanchuk Wassyl, Alexander Morozevich, Vladimir Kramnik, Teimour Radjabov, Péter Lékó, Levon Aronian, Dmitry Yakovenko, Shakriyar Mamedyarov, Alexander Grishchuk, Pyotr Svidler, Boris Gelfand, Michael Adams, Ruslan Ponomariov, Wang Yue, Vugar Gashimov, Yevgeny Alexeyev, Leinier Domínguez, Etienne Bacrot and Vadim Milov
  • 46 players from the European qualifiers 23 players from the European Championship 2008: Gabriel Sargsyan Jan Gustafsson, Tomi Nybäck, Maxime Vachier -Lagrave, Laurent Fressinet, Ioannis Papaioannou, Emil Sutovsky, Ilia Smirin, Viktor Bologan, Sergey Tiviakov, Erwin l' Ami, Boris Grachev, Yevgeny Najer, Pawel Tregubow, Dmitry Andreikin, Alexander Khalifman, Sergei Volkov, Sergei Movsesjan, Dusko Pavasovic, Viktor Láznička, Sachar Jefymenko, Volodymyr Baklan and Yuri Kryworutschko
  • 23 players from the 2009 European Championship Tigran L. Petrosian, Gadir Guseinov, Rauf Mamedov, Arkady Naiditsch, Georg Meier, Baadur Dschobawa, Ivan Sokolov, Friso Nijboer, Mateusz Bartel, Liviu -Dieter Nisipeanu, Constantin Lupulescu, Alexander Motyljow, Vladimir Malakhov, Yevgeny Tomaschewski, Artyom Timofeev, Nikita Witjugow, Ernesto Inarkiew, Boris Savchenko, Mikhail Kobalija, Konstantin Zakayev, Sanan Sjugirow, David Navara and Sergei Fedortschuk

Seedings

Except where otherwise noted, all players wore the Grandmaster title. The number after the name is the Elo rating, which had the respective player at the start of the tournament. The following players refused to participate: Anand, Carlsen, Topalov, Aronian, Kramnik, Leko, Adams, Nakamura and Ni Hua. Of these, Anand, Topalov and Aronian are already qualified for the Candidates Tournament or the World Series; Carlsen, Kramnik, Nakamura, Adams and Ni play from 7 to 15 December at the London Chess Classic.

Results, rounds 1-4

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Results, rounds 5-7

After four games with classical time it was drawn, followed by four rapid games, and, when there was still no winner, four blitz games.

Sergey Karjakin Dmitry Jakovenko Michael Adams (chess player) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Ilya Smirin Sergey Volkov (chess player) Yuriy Kryvoruchko Arkadij Naiditsch Georg Meier (chess player) Baadur Jobava Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu Vladimir Malakhov (chess player) Nikita Vitiugov Konstantin Sakaev Sergey Fedorchuk Jaan Ehlvest Gilberto Milos Alexander Shabalov Hikaru Nakamura Alexander Onischuk Alexandr Fier Hou Yifan Sandipan Chanda Krishnan Sasikiran Mohammed Al-Sayed Wesley So Wang Hao (chess player) Bassem Amin Ray Robson Fabiano Caruana Yannick Pelletier Peter Leko Bu Xiangzhi Parimarjan Negi Li Chao (chess player) Yu Yangyi Chess World Cup Chess World Cup 2011 Chess World Cup 2013
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