FIDE Chess World Cup 2011

2011 FIDE World Cup winner Peter Svidler.
Tournament information
Sport	Chess
Location	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Dates	26 August 2011–21 September 2011
Administrator	FIDE
Tournament format(s)	Single-elimination tournament
Host(s)	Chess Federation of Russia
Final positions
Champion	Peter Svidler
Runner-up	Alexander Grischuk
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The Chess World Cup 2011 was a chess World Cup tournament. It was a 128-player single-elimination tournament, played between 26 August and 21 September 2011, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.^[1] The Cup winner Peter Svidler, along with second placed Alexander Grischuk and third placed Vassily Ivanchuk, qualified for the Candidates stage of the World Chess Championship 2013.^[2]

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:^[3]

• Two rapid games (25 minutes plus 10 second increment) were played.
• If the score was still tied, two rapid games (10 minutes plus 10 second increment) were played.
• If these two games were drawn, the opponents played two blitz-games (5 minutes plus 3 second increment).
• If the score was still tied after pair 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, two Armageddon game were played in round 1 and round 3.

In the final the regulation is the same with the exception that instead of two games with "long" time control the finalists are to play four. Those who lost in the semifinal round played an additional match (according to the same regulation as in the final) for third place and the right to participate in the Candidates. The first two "tickets" to the Candidates are given to the finalists.

The winner of the Chess World Cup 2009, Boris Gelfand, did not participate. As the winner of the 2011 Candidates, he was an automatic qualifier for the 2013 Candidates.

The players qualified for the event were:^[4]

¹ Wang Hao and Vladimir Akopian did not appear for their first round matches and lost on forfeit.

All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

Qualification paths:

	First round					Quarter-finals					Third round					Fourth round
	1	Sergey Karjakin	2
	128	Mejdi Kaabi	0
						1	Sergey Karjakin	2½
						64	Wesley So	1½
	64	Wesley So	2½
	65	Ding Liren	1½
											1	Sergey Karjakin	½
											33	Judit Polgár	1½
	32	Sergei Movsesian	2
	97	Hou Yifan	0
						32	Sergei Movsesian	½
						33	Judit Polgár	1½
	33	Judit Polgár	2
	96	Fidel Corrales Jimenez	0
																33	Judit Polgár	4½
																16	Leinier Domínguez	3½
	16	Leinier Domínguez	1½
	113	Elshan Moradi	½
						16	Leinier Domínguez	1½
						49	Viktor Bologan	½
	49	Viktor Bologan	1½
	80	Bartosz Soćko	½
											16	Leinier Domínguez	5
											81	Igor Lysyj	4
	17	Wang Hao
	112	Alexander Ivanov	w/o
						112	Alexander Ivanov	1½
						81	Igor Lysyj	2½
	48	Mikhail Kobalia	1
	81	Igor Lysyj	3

	First round					Quarter-finals					Third round					Fourth round
	8	Gata Kamsky	2½
	121	Diego Di Berardino	1½
						8	Gata Kamsky	1½
						57	Rustam Kasimdzhanov	½
	57	Rustam Kasimdzhanov	1½
	72	Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu	½
											8	Gata Kamsky	3
											25	Ian Nepomniachtchi	1
	25	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2
	104	Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez	0
						25	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2½
						40	Alexander Riazantsev	1½
	40	Alexander Riazantsev	1½
	89	Mark Bluvshtein	½
																8	Gata Kamsky	0
																9	Peter Svidler	2
	9	Peter Svidler	1½
	120	Darcy Lima	½
						9	Peter Svidler	4
						73	Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn	2
	56	Li Chao	½
	73	Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn	1½
											9	Peter Svidler	3
											24	Fabiano Caruana	1
	24	Fabiano Caruana	1½
	105	Aleksei Pridorozhni	½
						24	Fabiano Caruana	1½
						88	Yuri Drozdovskij	½
	41	Alexander Motylev	4
	88	Yuri Drozdovskij	5

First round

Quarter-finals

Third round

Fourth round

4

Ruslan Ponomariov

1½

125

Robert Gwaze

½

4

Ruslan Ponomariov

3½

61

Ni Hua

2½

61

Ni Hua

3½

68

Ildar Khairullin

2½

4

Ruslan Ponomariov

2½

29

Zahar Efimenko

1½

29

Zahar Efimenko

1½

100

Vlastimil Babula

½

29

Zahar Efimenko

1½

36

Ferenc Berkes

½

36

Ferenc Berkes

1½

93

Sandro Mareco

½

4

Ruslan Ponomariov

4½

52

Lázaro Bruzón

3½

13

Francisco Vallejo Pons

2½

116

Jorge Cori

1½

13

Francisco Vallejo Pons

1½

52

Lázaro Bruzón

2½

52

Lázaro Bruzón

3½

77

Yuniesky Quesada

2½

52

Lázaro Bruzón

2½

20

Lê Quang Liêm

1½

20

Lê Quang Liêm

1½

109

Susanto Megaranto

½

20

Lê Quang Liêm

1½

45

Boris Grachev

½

45

Boris Grachev

1½

84

Evgeny Romanov

½

	First round					Quarter-finals					Third round					Fourth round
	5	Vugar Gashimov	2
	124	Eric Hansen	0
						5	Vugar Gashimov	1½
						69	Sergei Azarov	½
	60	Artyom Timofeev	½
	69	Sergei Azarov	1½
											5	Vugar Gashimov	1½
											28	Evgeny Tomashevsky	½
	28	Evgeny Tomashevsky	2
	101	Zhao Zong-Yuan	0
						28	Evgeny Tomashevsky	1½
						37	Dmitry Andreikin	½
	37	Dmitry Andreikin	1½
	92	Murtas Kazhgaleyev	½
																5	Vugar Gashimov	4
																44	Peter Heine Nielsen	2
	12	Zoltán Almási	2
	117	Essam El-Gindy	0
						12	Zoltán Almási	½
						76	Mircea Pârligras	1½
	53	Yu Yangyi	0
	76	Mircea Pârligras	2
											76	Mircea Pârligras	1
											44	Peter Heine Nielsen	3
	21	Michael Adams	1½
	108	Mark Paragua	½
						21	Michael Adams	1½
						44	Peter Heine Nielsen	2½
	44	Peter Heine Nielsen	5
	85	Evgeny Postny	3

	First round					Quarter-finals					Third round					Fourth round
	2	Vassily Ivanchuk	2
	127	Henry Robert Steel	0
						2	Vassily Ivanchuk	1½
						63	Evgeny Alekseev	½
	63	Evgeny Alekseev	2½
	66	Markus Ragger	1½
											2	Vassily Ivanchuk	3
											31	Emil Sutovsky	1
	31	Emil Sutovsky	2½
	98	Evgeny Vorobiov	1½
						31	Emil Sutovsky	1½
						34	Laurent Fressinet	½
	34	Laurent Fressinet	2
	95	Rinat Jumabayev	0
																2	Vassily Ivanchuk	3
																50	Bu Xiangzhi	1
	15	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	1½
	114	Ziaur Rahman	½
						15	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	1½
						50	Bu Xiangzhi	2½
	50	Bu Xiangzhi	2
	79	Ahmed Adly	0
											50	Bu Xiangzhi	1½
											82	Abhijeet Gupta	½
	18	Peter Leko	½
	111	Samuel Shankland	1½
						111	Samuel Shankland	½
						82	Abhijeet Gupta	1½
	47	Rauf Mamedov	½
	82	Abhijeet Gupta	1½

	First round					Quarter-finals					Third round					Fourth round
	7	Teimour Radjabov	2
	122	Frank De La Paz Perdomo	0
						7	Teimour Radjabov	1½
						71	Parimarjan Negi	½
	58	Vladimir Akopian
	71	Parimarjan Negi	w/o
											7	Teimour Radjabov	1½
											26	Étienne Bacrot	½
	26	Étienne Bacrot	4
	103	Ray Robson	2
						26	Étienne Bacrot	3
						90	Anton Filippov	1
	39	Sergei Zhigalko	0
	90	Anton Filippov	2
																7	Teimour Radjabov	1½
																10	Dmitry Jakovenko	½
	10	Dmitry Jakovenko	2
	119	Salem A. R. Saleh	0
						10	Dmitry Jakovenko	1½
						55	Pendyala Harikrishna	½
	55	Pendyala Harikrishna	1½
	74	Maxim Rodshtein	½
											10	Dmitry Jakovenko	2
											23	Baadur Jobava	0
	23	Baadur Jobava	2
	106	Namig Guliyev	0
						23	Baadur Jobava	1½
						42	Radosław Wojtaszek	½
	42	Radosław Wojtaszek	2
	87	Arman Pashikian	0

	First round					Quarter-finals					Third round					Fourth round
	3	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2
	126	Hatim Ibrahim	0
						3	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2½
						62	Daniel Fridman	1½
	62	Daniel Fridman	1½
	67	Constantin Lupulescu	½
											3	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	1½
											94	Yaroslav Zherebukh	2½
	30	Vladimir Malakhov	1½
	99	Rubén Felgaer	2½
						99	Rubén Felgaer	1
						94	Yaroslav Zherebukh	3
	35	Pavel Eljanov	1½
	94	Yaroslav Zherebukh	2½
																94	Yaroslav Zherebukh	0
																14	David Navara	2
	14	David Navara	2
	115	Nikolai Kabanov	0
						14	David Navara	1½
						51	Alexander Onischuk	½
	51	Alexander Onischuk	1½
	78	Ivan Ivanišević	½
											14	David Navara	4
											19	Alexander Moiseenko	2
	19	Alexander Moiseenko	1½
	110	Baris Esen	½
						19	Alexander Moiseenko	3
						46	Ernesto Inarkiev	1
	46	Ernesto Inarkiev	1½
	83	Ivan Salgado Lopez	½

	First round					Quarter-finals					Third round					Fourth round
	6	Alexander Grischuk	1½
	123	Vladimir Genba	½
						6	Alexander Grischuk	2½
						59	Sébastien Feller	1½
	59	Sébastien Feller	2½
	70	Viorel Iordăchescu	1½
											6	Alexander Grischuk	1½
											38	Alexander Morozevich	½
	27	Wang Yue	½
	102	Alexandr Fier	1½
						102	Alexandr Fier	0
						38	Alexander Morozevich	2
	38	Alexander Morozevich	3
	91	Stelios Halkias	1
																6	Alexander Grischuk	2½
																43	Vladimir Potkin	1½
	11	Nikita Vitiugov	4
	118	Alexei Bezgodov	2
						11	Nikita Vitiugov	1½
						54	Anton Korobov	½
	54	Anton Korobov	2
	75	Zhou Jianchao	0
											11	Nikita Vitiugov	1½
											43	Vladimir Potkin	2½
	22	Alexei Shirov	1½
	107	Manuel León Hoyos	½
						22	Alexei Shirov	0
						43	Vladimir Potkin	2
	43	Vladimir Potkin	3½
	86	Yury Shulman	2½

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final (best of 4)

33

Judit Polgár

½

9

Peter Svidler

1½

9

Peter Svidler

1½

4

Ruslan Ponomariov

½

4

Ruslan Ponomariov

1½

5

Vugar Gashimov

½

9

Peter Svidler

2½

6

Alexander Grischuk

1½

2

Vassily Ivanchuk

2½

7

Teimour Radjabov

1½

2

Vassily Ivanchuk

2½

Third place

6

Alexander Grischuk

3½

14

David Navara

1½

4

Ruslan Ponomariov

1½

6

Alexander Grischuk

2½

2

Vassily Ivanchuk

2½

Seed	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	Total
4	Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR)	2758	½	0	½	½	1½
2	Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR)	2765	½	1	½	½	2½

Seed	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	Total
9	Peter Svidler (RUS)	2740	1	½	½	½	2½
6	Alexander Grischuk (RUS)	2757	0	½	½	½	1½

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