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Chess World Cup 2015

Summary

The Chess World Cup 2015 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 10 September to 5 October 2015.

FIDE Chess World Cup 2015
2015 FIDE World Cup winner Sergey Karjakin.
Tournament information
SportChess
LocationBaku, Azerbaijan
Dates10 September 2015–5 October 2015
AdministratorFIDE
Tournament
format(s)
Single-elimination tournament
Host(s)Chess Federation of Azerbaijan
Final positions
ChampionRussia Sergey Karjakin
Runner-upRussia Peter Svidler
← 2013
2017 →
Stamps of Azerbaijan, 2015

Sergey Karjakin won the competition on tie-breaks after a four-game final against Peter Svidler. Both finalists qualified for the 2016 Candidates Tournament.

The winner of the Chess World Cup 2013, Vladimir Kramnik, was defeated by Dmitry Andreikin in the third round.

Format edit

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 the next day. The format for the tie breaks was as follows:

  • Two rapid games (25 minutes plus 10 seconds increment).
  • If the score was tied after two rapid games, two rapid games (10 minutes plus 10 seconds increment).
  • If the score was tied after four rapid games, the opponents 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 had 5 minutes and Black had 4 minutes, with an increment of 3 seconds/move starting from move 61.

Prize money edit

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

According to the regulations, and contrary to many elite tournaments even including the FIDE Grand Prix, all players had to pay their own expenses for travel.[1]

Participants edit

The qualified players[2] are seeded by their FIDE ratings of August 2015. Eighteen players qualified by rating.[3] All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

  1.   Veselin Topalov (BUL), 2816 (R)
  2.   Hikaru Nakamura (USA), 2814 (R)
  3.   Fabiano Caruana (USA), 2808 (R)
  4.   Anish Giri (NED), 2793 (R)
  5.   Wesley So (USA), 2779 (R)
  6.   Vladimir Kramnik (RUS), 2777 (WC)
  7.   Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2771 (R)
  8.   Ding Liren (CHN), 2770 (R)
  9.   Levon Aronian (ARM), 2765 (R)
  10.   Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS), 2759 (E14)
  11.   Sergey Karjakin (RUS), 2753 (R)
  12.   Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS), 2747 (WC)
  13.   Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2741 (R)
  14.   Pentala Harikrishna (IND), 2740 (R)
  15.   Michael Adams (ENG), 2740 (R)
  16.   Peter Svidler (RUS), 2739 (R)
  17.   Teimour Radjabov (AZE), 2738 (ON)
  18.   Leinier Domínguez (CUB), 2736 (R)
  19.   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2735 (R)
  20.   Radosław Wojtaszek (POL), 2733 (E14)
  21.   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), 2731 (WC)
  22.   Yu Yangyi (CHN), 2726 (J13)
  23.   Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2726 (R)
  24.   Wei Yi (CHN), 2725 (Z3.5)
  25.   David Navara (CZE), 2724 (E14)
  26.   Pavel Eljanov (UKR), 2723 (E14)
  27.   Dmitry Andreikin (RUS), 2720 (WC)
  28.   Nikita Vitiugov (RUS), 2719 (R)
  29.   Peter Leko (HUN), 2714 (R)
  30.   Ni Hua (CHN), 2713 (AS14)
  31.   Laurent Fressinet (FRA), 2710 (E14)
  32.   Alexander Moiseenko (UKR), 2710 (E15)
  33.   Wang Hao (CHN), 2705 (R)
  34.   Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS), 2705 (E15)
  35.   Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB), 2704 (AS14)
  36.   Igor Kovalenko (LAT), 2702 (PN)
  37.   Lê Quang Liêm (VIE), 2699 (Z3.3)
  38.   Anton Korobov (UKR), 2699 (E15)
  39.   Ivan Cheparinov (BUL), 2690 (E14)
  40.   Maxim Matlakov (RUS), 2689 (E15)
  41.   Ray Robson (USA), 2680 (Z2.1)
  42.   Maxim Rodshtein (ISR), 2678 (E15)
  43.   Igor Lysyj (RUS), 2673 (E14)
  44.   Gabriel Sargissian (ARM), 2673 (E14)
  45.   Vladislav Artemiev (RUS), 2671 (E14)
  46.   Hou Yifan (CHN), 2671 (PN)
  47.   Gata Kamsky (USA), 2670 (Z2.1)
  48.   Ilya Smirin (ISR), 2669 (E14)
  49.   Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (GER), 2667 (E15)
  50.   Viktor Láznička (CZE), 2665 (E15)
  51.   Sanan Sjugirov (RUS), 2664 (E15)
  52.   Julio Granda (PER), 2663 (AM14)
  53.   Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (VIE), 2662 (Z3.3)
  54.   Alexander Onischuk (USA), 2662 (Z2.1)
  55.   Ivan Šarić (CRO), 2661 (E14)
  56.   Alexander Areshchenko (UKR), 2661 (E14)
  57.   Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS), 2660 (PN)
  58.   Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS), 2659 (E14)
  59.   Lázaro Bruzón (CUB), 2659 (Z2.3)
  60.   Csaba Balogh (HUN), 2659 (E14)
  61.   Alexander Motylev (RUS), 2658 (E14)
  62.   Evgeniy Najer (RUS), 2658 (E15)
  63.   Sam Shankland (USA), 2655 (AM14)
  64.   Ivan Bukavshin (RUS), 2655 (E15)
  65.   Sergei Zhigalko (BLR), 2654 (E14)
  66.   Ivan Popov (RUS), 2653 (E15)
  67.   Rauf Mamedov (AZE), 2651 (ON)
  68.   Boris Grachev (RUS), 2649 (E15)
  69.   Eltaj Safarli (AZE), 2644 (ON)
  70.   Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (IND), 2644 (AS15)
  71.   Baskaran Adhiban (IND), 2643 (AS14)
  72.   Yuniesky Quezada (CUB), 2643 (AM15)
  73.   Denis Khismatullin (RUS), 2642 (E15)
  74.   Bassem Amin (EGY), 2640 (AF)
  75.   Andrei Volokitin (UKR), 2639 (E15)
  76.   Robert Kempiński (POL), 2637 (E15)
  77.   Alexandr Fier (BRA), 2636 (Z2.4)
  78.   S. P. Sethuraman (IND), 2635 (Z3.7)
  79.   Varuzhan Akobian (USA), 2635 (Z2.1)
  80.   David Antón Guijarro (ESP), 2635 (E14)
  81.   Romain Édouard (FRA), 2634 (ACP)
  82.   Hrant Melkumyan (ARM), 2633 (E14)
  83.   Rafael Leitão (BRA), 2632 (AM14)
  84.   Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND), 2631 (AS15)
  85.   Mateusz Bartel (POL), 2631 (E15)
  86.   Constantin Lupulescu (ROU), 2626 (E14)
  87.   Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN), 2625 (AM15)
  88.   Yuri Vovk (UKR), 2624 (E15)
  89.   Gadir Guseinov (AZE), 2624 (PN)
  90.   Alexander Ipatov (TUR), 2622 (E15)
  91.   Dragan Šolak (TUR), 2622 (E14)
  92.   Vasif Durarbayli (AZE), 2621 (ON)
  93.   Wen Yang (CHN), 2618 (AS14)
  94.   Anton Kovalyov (CAN), 2616 (AM15)
  95.   Zhao Jun (CHN), 2616 (Z3.5)
  96.   Miloš Perunović (SRB), 2614 (E14)
  97.   Lu Shanglei (CHN), 2607 (J14)
  98.   Ante Brkić  (CRO), 2607 (E15)
  99.   Sandro Mareco (ARG), 2605 (Z2.5)
  100.   Aleksey Goganov (RUS), 2603 (E15)
  101.   Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (ARM), 2601 (E14)
  102.   Zhou Jianchao (CHN), 2600 (AS15)
  103.   Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ), 2600 (Z3.4)
  104.   Tamir Nabaty (ISR), 2595 (E15)
  105.   Salem A. R. Saleh (UAE), 2595 (AS14)
  106.   Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2591 (AF)
  107.   Viorel Iordăchescu (MDA), 2589 (E14)
  108.   Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez (CUB), 2577 (AM14)
  109.   M. R. Lalith Babu (IND), 2570 (AS15)
  110.   Pouya Idani (IRI), 2568 (Z3.1)
  111.   Federico Perez Ponsa (ARG), 2563 (AM15)
  112.   Samuel Sevian (USA), 2553 (Z2.1)
  113.   Emre Can (TUR), 2547 (E15)
  114.   Mariya Muzychuk (UKR), 2528 (WWC)
  115.   Max Illingworth, IM (AUS), 2514 (Z3.6)
  116.   Cristobal Henriquez Villagra, IM (CHI), 2511 (Z2.5)
  117.   Ziaur Rahman (BAN), 2509 (Z3.2)
  118.   Ermes Espinoza Veloz, FM (CUB), 2495 (Z2.3)
  119.   Ilia Iljiushenok, IM (RUS), 2491 (E15)
  120.   Michael Wiedenkeller, IM (LUX), 2453 (PN)
  121.   Tomas Krnan, IM (CAN), 2436 (Z2.2)
  122.   Yusup Atabayev, IM (TKM), 2428 (Z3.4)
  123.   Deysi Cori, WGM (PER), 2421 (Z2.4)
  124.   Parham Maghsoodloo, untitled (IRI), 2416 (AS15)
  125.   Arthur Ssegwanyi, IM (UGA), 2357 (Z4.2)
  126.   Amir Zaibi, FM (TUN), 2330 (Z4.1)
  127.   Richmond Phiri, IM (ZAM), 2291 (Z4.3)
  128.   Oladapo Adu, IM (NGR), 2241 (Z4.4)

Qualification paths edit

Calendar edit

Round Regular games Tiebreaks
Round 1 11–12 September 13 September
Round 2 14–15 September 16 September
Round 3 17–18 September 19 September
Round 4 20–21 September 22 September
Quarterfinals 23–24 September 25 September
Semifinals 27–28 September 29 September
Final 1–4 October 5 October

Results, Rounds 1–4 edit

Section 1 edit

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
1   Veselin Topalov 2
128   Oladapo Adu 0
1   Veselin Topalov 1½
65   Sergei Zhigalko ½
65   Sergei Zhigalko 3
64   Ivan Bukavshin 1
1   Veselin Topalov 2½
97   Lu Shanglei 1½
33   Wang Hao 2½
96   Miloš Perunović 1½
33   Wang Hao ½
97   Lu Shanglei 1½
97   Lu Shanglei 2½
32   Alexander Moiseenko 1½
1   Veselin Topalov ½
16   Peter Svidler 1½
17   Teimour Radjabov 3
112   Samuel Sevian 1
17   Teimour Radjabov 3
48   Ilya Smirin 1
81   Romain Édouard ½
48   Ilya Smirin 1½
17   Teimour Radjabov 1½
16   Peter Svidler 2½
49   Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 1½
80   David Antón Guijarro ½
49   Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 1½
16   Peter Svidler 2½
113   Emre Can ½
16   Peter Svidler 1½

Section 2 edit

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
9   Levon Aronian 2
120   Michael Wiedenkeller 0
9   Levon Aronian 1
56   Alexander Areshchenko 3
73   Denis Khismatullin ½
56   Alexander Areshchenko 1½
56   Alexander Areshchenko ½
24   Wei Yi 1½
41   Ray Robson ½
88   Yuri Vovk 1½
88   Yuri Vovk 3½
24   Wei Yi 4½
105   Salem A. R. Saleh ½
24   Wei Yi 1½
24   Wei Yi 3½
8   Ding Liren 2½
25   David Navara 3
104   Tamir Nabaty 1
25   David Navara ½
89   Gadir Guseinov 1½
89   Gadir Guseinov 3
40   Maxim Matlakov 1
89   Gadir Guseinov ½
8   Ding Liren 1½
57   Ernesto Inarkiev 3
72   Yuniesky Quezada 1
57   Ernesto Inarkiev ½
8   Ding Liren 1½
121   Tomas Krnan ½
8   Ding Liren 1½

Section 3 edit

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
5   Wesley So 2
124   Parham Maghsoodloo 0
5   Wesley So 2
60   Csaba Balogh 0
69   Eltaj Safarli 2½
60   Csaba Balogh 3½
5   Wesley So 2½
37   Lê Quang Liêm 1½
37   Lê Quang Liêm 1½
92   Vasif Durarbayli ½
37   Lê Quang Liêm 2½
28   Nikita Vitiugov 1½
101   Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 1
28   Nikita Vitiugov 3
5   Wesley So ½
21   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1½
21   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1½
108   Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez ½
21   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1½
44   Gabriel Sargissian ½
85   Mateusz Bartel 4½
44   Gabriel Sargissian 4½
21   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 4
12   Evgeny Tomashevsky 2
53   Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn 1½
76   Robert Kempiński ½
53   Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn 2½
12   Evgeny Tomashevsky 3½
117   Ziaur Rahman 1
12   Evgeny Tomashevsky 3

Section 4 edit

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
13   Boris Gelfand 1½
116   Cristóbal Henríquez Villagra 2½
116   Cristóbal Henríquez Villagra 0
52   Julio Granda 2
77   Alexandr Fier ½
52   Julio Granda 1½
52   Julio Granda ½
20   Radosław Wojtaszek 1½
45   Vladislav Artemiev 1½
84   Surya Shekhar Ganguly ½
45   Vladislav Artemiev ½
20   Radosław Wojtaszek 1½
109   Lalith Babu ½
20   Radosław Wojtaszek 1½
20   Radosław Wojtaszek 1
4   Anish Giri 3
29   Peter Leko 1½
100   Aleksey Goganov ½
29   Peter Leko 1½
93   Wen Yang ½
93   Wen Yang 1½
36   Igor Kovalenko ½
29   Peter Leko ½
4   Anish Giri 1½
61   Alexander Motylev 4½
68   Boris Grachev 3½
61   Alexander Motylev 1
4   Anish Giri 3
125   Arthur Ssegwanyi ½
4   Anish Giri 1½

Section 5 edit

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
3   Fabiano Caruana 2
126   Amir Zaibi 0
3   Fabiano Caruana 1½
67   Rauf Mamedov ½
67   Rauf Mamedov 1½
62   Evgeniy Najer ½
3   Fabiano Caruana 1½
94   Anton Kovalyov ½
35   Rustam Kasimdzhanov 3½
94   Anton Kovalyov 4½
94   Anton Kovalyov 1½
99   Sandro Mareco ½
99   Sandro Mareco 1½
30   Ni Hua ½
3   Fabiano Caruana ½
19   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1½
19   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1½
110   Pouya Idani ½
19   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2½
46   Hou Yifan 1½
83   Rafael Leitão 1½
46   Hou Yifan 2½
19   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1½
78   S. P. Sethuraman ½
51   Sanan Sjugirov 0
78   S. P. Sethuraman 2
78   S. P. Sethuraman 1½
14   Pentala Harikrishna ½
115   Max Illingworth ½
14   Pentala Harikrishna 1½

Section 6 edit

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
11   Sergey Karjakin 2
118   Ernes Espinoza Veloz 0
11   Sergey Karjakin 4
54   Alexander Onischuk 2
75   Andrei Volokitin 1½
54   Alexander Onischuk 2½
11   Sergey Karjakin 1½
22   Yu Yangyi ½
43   Igor Lysyj 4
86   Constantin Lupulescu 2
43   Igor Lysyj 2½
22   Yu Yangyi 3½
107   Viorel Iordăchescu 0
22   Yu Yangyi 2
11   Sergey Karjakin 2½
27   Dmitry Andreikin 1½
27   Dmitry Andreikin 1½
102   Zhou Jianchao ½
27   Dmitry Andreikin 1½
38   Anton Korobov ½
91   Dragan Šolak ½
38   Anton Korobov 1½
27   Dmitry Andreikin 2½
6   Vladimir Kramnik 1½
59   Lázaro Bruzón 3
70   Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1
59   Lázaro Bruzón ½
6   Vladimir Kramnik 1½
123   Deysi Cori 0
6   Vladimir Kramnik 2

Section 7 edit

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
7   Alexander Grischuk 5
122   Yusup Atabayev 3
7   Alexander Grischuk 3½
58   Vladimir Fedoseev 2½
71   Baskaran Adhiban 1½
58   Vladimir Fedoseev 2½
7   Alexander Grischuk 0
26   Pavel Eljanov 2
39   Ivan Cheparinov ½
90   Alexander Ipatov 1½
90   Alexander Ipatov 0
26   Pavel Eljanov 2
103   Rinat Jumabayev 0
26   Pavel Eljanov 2
26   Pavel Eljanov 2½
10   Dmitry Jakovenko 1½
23   Vassily Ivanchuk 1½
106   Ahmed Adly ½
23   Vassily Ivanchuk 1½
42   Maxim Rodshtein ½
87   Eduardo Iturrizaga ½
42   Maxim Rodshtein 1½
23   Vassily Ivanchuk ½
10   Dmitry Jakovenko 1½
55   Ivan Šarić 0
74   Bassem Amin 2
74   Bassem Amin 1½
10   Dmitry Jakovenko 2½
119   Ilia Iljiushenok 3
10   Dmitry Jakovenko 5

Section 8 edit

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
15   Michael Adams 1½
114   Mariya Muzychuk ½
15   Michael Adams 5
50   Viktor Láznička 4
79   Varuzhan Akobian ½
50   Viktor Láznička 1½
15   Michael Adams 5
18   Leinier Domínguez 3
47   Gata Kamsky ½
82   Hrant Melkumyan 1½
82   Hrant Melkumyan ½
18   Leinier Domínguez 1½
111   Federico Pérez Ponsa 1½
18   Leinier Domínguez 2½
15   Michael Adams ½
2   Hikaru Nakamura 1½
31   Laurent Fressinet 3
98   Ante Brkić 1
31   Laurent Fressinet 3½
34   Ian Nepomniachtchi 4½
95   Zhao Jun 1
34   Ian Nepomniachtchi 3
34   Ian Nepomniachtchi 4
2   Hikaru Nakamura 5
63   Sam Shankland 1½
66   Ivan Popov ½
63   Sam Shankland 1½
2   Hikaru Nakamura 2½
127   Richmond Phiri 0
2   Hikaru Nakamura 2

Results, rounds 5–7 edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final (best of 4)
         
16   Peter Svidler 3½
24   Wei Yi 2½
16   Peter Svidler 1½
4   Anish Giri ½
21   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½
4   Anish Giri 1½
16   Peter Svidler 4
11   Sergey Karjakin 6
19   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2
11   Sergey Karjakin 4
11   Sergey Karjakin 3½
26   Pavel Eljanov 2½
26   Pavel Eljanov 1½
2   Hikaru Nakamura ½

Final, 1–5 October edit

Seed Name Sep 2015 rating 1 2 3 4 R1 R2 R3 R4 B1 B2 Total
16   Peter Svidler (RUS) 2727 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
11   Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2762 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 6

References edit

  1. ^ "Regulations for the FIDE World Chess Cup 2015" (PDF). FIDE. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  2. ^ "PARTICIPANTS of the WORLD CUP 2015" (PDF). FIDE. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
  3. ^ "World Cup 2015 - Average rating list". FIDE. 2015-01-08. Archived from the original on 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2015-02-26.

External links edit

  • "Official website". Archived from the original on 2017-06-13. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  • Pairings tree (PDF). FIDE.
  • Videostream Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine at Livestream.com

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