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Chess World Cup 2021

Summary

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 grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who won without losing any games either in classical chess or in the rapid tiebreakers.[2]

FIDE Chess World Cup 2021
Jan-Krzysztof Duda, the winner of the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
Tournament information
SportChess
LocationSochi, Russia
Dates12 July 2021–6 August 2021
AdministratorFIDE
Tournament
format(s)
Single-elimination tournament
Host(s)Chess Federation of Russia
Final positions
ChampionPoland Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Runner-upRussia Sergey Karjakin
3rd placeNorway Magnus Carlsen
← 2019
2023 →

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 edit

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 edit

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 3:00 pm local time (1200 UT) on all days.[1]

Prize money edit

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 edit

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

Participants edit

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.

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

01.     Magnus Carlsen (NOR), 2847 (World Champion)
02.     Fabiano Caruana (USA), 2820 (R)
03.     Levon Aronian (ARM), 2781 (R)
04.     Anish Giri (NED), 2780 (R)
05.     Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2776 (R)
06.     Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2770 (R)
07.     Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), 2760 (WC)
08.     Alireza Firouzja (FRA), 2759 (R)
09.     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.     Étienne 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 Yılmaz (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.     R 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 Ivanišević (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 Pârligras (ROM), 2591 (FN)
105.     Hovhannes Gabuzyan (ARM), 2590 (E)
106.     Viorel Iordăchescu (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 Ramón Martínez 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.     André Ventura Sousa, 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.     Abobker Mohamed Elarabi, 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.     Elmer Prudente, 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 edit

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]

Rounds 1–4 edit

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1   M Carlsen Bye
- Bye 1 1   M Carlsen 2
128   S Martinović 1½ 128   S Martinović 0
129   K Kulaots ½ 1   M Carlsen 2
65   E Bareev 1½ 64   A Tari 0
192   D Quizon ½ 65   E Bareev ½
64   A Tari 2 64   A Tari 1½
193   D Barrish 0 1   M Carlsen 2½
33   R Wojtaszek Bye 33   R Wojtaszek 1½
- Bye 33 33   R Wojtaszek 1½
96   E Alekseev 2½ 96   E Alekseev ½
161   A Fawzy 1½ 33   R Wojtaszek 3
97   HS Gretarsson 2½ 32   M Matlakov 1
160   K Stupak 1½ 97   HS Gretarsson ½
32   M Matlakov Bye 32   M Matlakov 1½
- Bye 32

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
17   D Dubov Bye
Bye 17 17   D Dubov 2½
112   Gukesh D 2½ 112   Gukesh D 1½
145   P Teclaf 1½ 17   D Dubov 1½
81   D Vocaturo 1½ 48   V Malakhov ½
176   S Gan-Erdene ½ 81   D Vocaturo ½
48   V Malakhov Bye 48   V Malakhov 1½
- Bye 48 17   D Dubov 2½
49   N Abasov Bye 16   A Esipenko 3½
- Bye 49 49   N Abasov 2½
80   S Sargsyan 2 80   S Sargsyan 1½
177   P Martínez Reyes 0 49   N Abasov ½
113   TDV Nguyen 1½ 16   A Esipenko 1½
144   A Kozák ½ 113   TDV Nguyen 1½
16   A Esipenko Bye 16   A Esipenko 2½
- Bye 16

Section 3 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
9   L Domínguez Bye
- Bye 9 9   L Domínguez 1
120   L Pantsulaia ½ 137   J Vakhidov 3
137   J Vakhidov 1½ 137   J Vakhidov 1
73   P Ponkratov 1½ 73   P Ponkratov 3
184   A Ventura Sousa ½ 73   P Ponkratov 1½
56   Y Kuzubov 2 56   Y Kuzubov ½
201   A Kassis 0 73   P Ponkratov 1½
41   É Bacrot Bye 41   É Bacrot 2½
- Bye 41 41   É Bacrot 2½
88   V Zvjaginsev 1 169   R Haria 1½
169   R Haria 3 41   É Bacrot 2½
105   H Gabuzyan 3 24   B Amin 1½
152   B Bellahcene 1 105   H Gabuzyan ½
24   B Amin Bye 24   B Amin 1½
- Bye 24

Section 4 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
25   J van Foreest Bye
- Bye 25 25   J van Foreest 1½
104   M Pârligras ½ 153   J Druska ½
153   J Druska 1½ 25   J van Foreest ½
89   K Piorun 1½ 89   K Piorun 1½
168   R Makarian ½ 89   K Piorun 1½
40   M Ragger Bye 40   M Ragger ½
- Bye 40 89   K Piorun 1½
57   J Cori 1½ 121   J Sindarov ½
200   A Karimov ½ 57   J Cori 3½
72   S Mareco 2 72   S Mareco 2½
185   S Khader 0 57   J Cori ½
121   J Sindarov 1½ 121   J Sindarov 1½
136   A Tang ½ 121   J Sindarov 3½
8   A Firouzja Bye 8   A Firouzja 2½
- Bye 8

Section 5 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
5   A Grischuk Bye
- Bye 5 5   A Grischuk 1½
124   F Perez Ponsa 3½ 124   F Perez Ponsa ½
133   M Nikolov 2½ 5   A Grischuk 1½
69   A Pichot 2 69   A Pichot ½
188   S Minero Pineda 0 69   A Pichot 1½
60   I Šarić 2 60   I Šarić ½
197   S Miguel 0 5   A Grischuk 2½
37   A Korobov Bye 37   A Korobov 1½
- Bye 37 37   A Korobov 1½
92   C Henriquez Villagra 2 92   C Henriquez Villagra ½
165   Goh Wei Ming 0 37   A Korobov 1½
101   K Georgiev 1½ 101   K Georgiev ½
156   A Dgebuadze ½ 101   K Georgiev 2½
28   P Maghsoodloo Bye 28   P Maghsoodloo 1½
- Bye 28

Section 6 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
21   E Tomashevsky Bye
- Bye 21 21   E Tomashevsky 2
108   S Bogner ½ 149   P Iniyan 0
149   P Iniyan 1½ 21   E Tomashevsky 1½
85   P Idani 2 85   P Idani 2½
172   Z Rahman 0 85   P Idani 1½
44   D Antón Guijarro Bye 44   D Antón Guijarro ½
- Bye 44 85   P Idani ½
53   S Sevian 2 12   J-K Duda 1½
204   S Subramaniam 0 53   S Sevian 4
76   B Bok 2½ 76   B Bok 2
181   A Abdyjapar 1½ 53   S Sevian ½
117   N Meshkovs ½ 12   J-K Duda 1½
140   G Vázquez 1½ 140   G Vázquez ½
12   J-K Duda Bye 12   J-K Duda 1½
- Bye 12

Section 7 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
13   V Gujrathi Bye
- Bye 13 13   V Gujrathi 2½
116   A Fier 3½ 116   A Fier 1½
141   J Pecháč 2½ 13   V Gujrathi 4½
77   N Delgado Ramírez 5 52   B Adhiban 3½
180   N Murshed 3 77   N Delgado Ramírez 0
52   B Adhiban 2 52   B Adhiban 2
205   C Chipanga 0 13   V Gujrathi 2
45   N Grandelius Bye 20   J Xiong 0
- Bye 45 45   N Grandelius 2½
84   V Akobian 2½ 84   V Akobian 1½
173   E Valderrama Quiceno 1½ 45   N Grandelius 1½
109   V Mikhalevski w/o 20   J Xiong 2½
148   Wynn Zaw Htun 109   V Mikhalevski ½
20   J Xiong Bye 20   J Xiong 1½
- Bye 20

Section 8 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
29   D Navara Bye
- Bye 29 29   D Navara 1½
100   N Yakubboev 1½ 100   N Yakubboev ½
157   R Preotu ½ 29   D Navara ½
93   V Durarbayli 1½ 93   V Durarbayli 1½
164   DV Sklyarov ½ 93   V Durarbayli 3
36   A Predke Bye 36   A Predke 1
- Bye 36 93   V Durarbayli 4
61   C Aravindh 2 68   N Abdusattorov 2
196   M Concio 0 61   C Aravindh ½
68   N Abdusattorov w/o 68   N Abdusattorov 1½
189   M Ervan 68   N Abdusattorov 3
125   B Savchenko 2½ 4   A Giri 1
132   N Afanasiev 1½ 125   B Savchenko 0
4   A Giri Bye 4   A Giri 2
- Bye 4

Section 9 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
3   L Aronian Bye
- Bye 3 3   L Aronian [a]
126   B Cheng 3 126   B Cheng w/o
131   V Şanal 1 126   B Cheng ½
67   V Kovalev 2 67   V Kovalev 1½
190   R Makoto 0 67   V Kovalev 3½
62   A Sarana 2 62   A Sarana 2½
195   O Ajibola 0 67   V Kovalev 0
35   D Jakovenko Bye 30   V Fedoseev 2
- Bye 35 35   D Jakovenko 1½
94   T Gareyev 4 94   T Gareyev 2½
163   J Tin 2 94   T Gareyev ½
99   A Bachmann 1½ 30   V Fedoseev 1½
158   K Shubin ½ 99   A Bachmann 0
30   V Fedoseev Bye 30   V Fedoseev 2
- Bye 30

Section 10 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
19   F Vallejo Pons Bye
- Bye 19 19   F Vallejo Pons ½
110   V Ivić 1½ 110   V Ivić 1½
147   R Hungaski ½ 110   V Ivić 1½
83   V Erdős w/o 46   M Blübaum ½
174   S Atabayev 83   V Erdős 1½
46   M Blübaum Bye 46   M Blübaum 2½
- Bye 46 110   V Ivić 3
51   S Sjugirov 2 14   D Andreikin 1
206   E Prudente 0 51   S Sjugirov ½
78   N Sarin 1½ 78   N Sarin 1½
179   A Ssegwanyi ½ 78   N Sarin ½
115   E Can 2 14   D Andreikin 1½
142   D Lima 0 115   E Can ½
14   D Andreikin Bye 14   D Andreikin 1½
- Bye 14

Section 11 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
11   H Pentala Bye
- Bye 11 11   H Pentala 1½
118   Y Quesada Pérez 1½ 118   Y Quesada Pérez ½
139   L Krysa ½ 11   H Pentala 1½
75   A Adly 1½ 54   C Lupulescu ½
182   A Hesham 2½ 182   A Hesham 0
54   C Lupulescu w/o 54   C Lupulescu 2
203   ACZ Fan 11   H Pentala ½
43   F Berkes Bye 86   A Tabatabaei 1½
- Bye 43 43   F Berkes 1½
86   A Tabatabaei 2½ 86   A Tabatabaei 2½
171   B Al Qudaimi 1½ 86   A Tabatabaei 1½
107   D Kadrić 1½ 22   Y Yangyi ½
150   D Batsuren ½ 107   D Kadrić 0
22   Y Yangyi Bye 22   Y Yangyi 2
- Bye 22

Section 12 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
27   Y Kryvoruchko Bye
- Bye 27 27   Y Kryvoruchko ½
102   A Brkić 2 102   A Brkić 1½
155   S Barrientos 0 102   A Brkić 2
91   A Inđić 2 38   S Saleh 0
166   L Drašković 0 91   A Inđić 1
38   S Saleh Bye 38   S Saleh 3
- Bye 38 102   A Brkić ½
59   HM Martirosyan 3 59   HM Martirosyan 1½
198   C Mwali 1 59   HM Martirosyan 1½
70   M Yılmaz 1½ 70   M Yılmaz ½
187   N Omar ½ 59   HM Martirosyan 2½
123   K Mekhitarian 2½ 6   S Mamedyarov 1½
134   J González Zamora 1½ 123   K Mekhitarian 1
6   S Mamedyarov Bye 6   S Mamedyarov 3
- Bye 6

Section 13 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
7   M Vachier-Lagrave Bye
- Bye 7 7   M Vachier-Lagrave 1½
122   E Moradiabadi w/o 122   E Moradiabadi ½
135   HD Ziska 7   M Vachier-Lagrave 5
71   D Paravyan 2 71   D Paravyan 4
186   M Tissir 0 71   D Paravyan 2
58   A Onischuk 2 58   A Onischuk 0
199   AAS Salih 0 7   M Vachier-Lagrave 1½
39   G Sargissian Bye 90   R Praggnanandhaa ½
- Bye 39 39   G Sargissian 0
90   R Praggnanandhaa 1½ 90   R Praggnanandhaa 2
167   P Bersamina ½ 90   R Praggnanandhaa 3
103   M Krasenkow 1½ 103   M Krasenkow 1
154   M Šebenik ½ 103   M Krasenkow 1½
26   K Alekseenko Bye 26   K Alekseenko ½
- Bye 26

Section 14 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
23   V Artemiev Bye
- Bye 23 23   V Artemiev 2½
106   V Iordăchescu 2½ 151   V Murzin 1½
151   V Murzin 3½ 23   V Artemiev 3
87   A Braun 1½ 42   B Gelfand 1
170   K Jukšta ½ 87   A Braun ½
42   B Gelfand Bye 42   B Gelfand 1½
- Bye 42 23   V Artemiev 2½
55   G Oparin 2 10   S Karjakin 3½
202   RD Liyanage 0 55   G Oparin 2½
74   B-D Deac w/o 74   B-D Deac 1½
183   A Zaibi 55   G Oparin ½
119   L Paichadze 0 10   S Karjakin 1½
138   S Vokhidov 2 138   S Vokhidov 0
10   S Karjakin Bye 10   S Karjakin 2
- Bye 10

Section 15 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
15   N Vitiugov Bye
- Bye 15 15   N Vitiugov 1½
114   C Albornoz Cabrera ½ 143   V Plát ½
143   V Plát 1½ 15   N Vitiugov 1½
79   Y Zherebukh 1½ 50   A Shirov ½
178   E Ioannidis ½ 79   Y Zherebukh 2
50   A Shirov Bye 50   A Shirov 4
- Bye 50 15   N Vitiugov 1½
47   I Cheparinov Bye 18   P Svidler 2½
- Bye 47 47   I Cheparinov 5
82   R Svane 2 82   R Svane 4
175   E El-Gindy 0 47   I Cheparinov 1½
111   M Andersen ½ 18   P Svidler 2½
146   P Salinas Herrera 1½ 146   P Salinas Herrera ½
18   P Svidler Bye 18   P Svidler 1½
- Bye 18

Section 16 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
31   S Shankland Bye
- Bye 31 31   S Shankland 1½
98   B Jobava 1½ 98   B Jobava ½
159   A Mishra ½ 31   S Shankland 2½
95   I Ivanišević w/o 34   A Areshchenko 1½
162   A Rodríguez Vila 95   I Ivanišević ½
34   A Areshchenko Bye 34   A Areshchenko 1½
- Bye 34 31   S Shankland 1½
63   A Motylev 2 66   R Jumabayev ½
194   AM Elarabi 0 63   A Motylev ½
66   R Jumabayev 2 66   R Jumabayev 1½
191   B Eiti 0 66   R Jumabayev 1½
127   S Megaranto 2½ 2   F Caruana ½
130   E Ghaem-Maghami 1½ 127   S Megaranto 0[b]
2   F Caruana Bye 2   F Caruana 2
- Bye 2

Rounds 5–8 edit

Fifth round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
            
1   Magnus Carlsen 5
16   Andrey Esipenko 3
1   Magnus Carlsen 2
41   Étienne Bacrot 0
41   Étienne Bacrot 4
89   Kacper Piorun 2
1   Magnus Carlsen 1½
12   Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2½
5   Alexander Grischuk 1½
12   Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2½
12   Jan-Krzysztof Duda 1½
13   Vidit Gujrathi ½
13   Vidit Gujrathi 1½
93   Vasif Durarbayli ½
12   Jan-Krzysztof Duda 1½
10   Sergey Karjakin ½
30   Vladimir Fedoseev 3
110   Velimir Ivić 1
30   Vladimir Fedoseev 1½
86   Amin Tabatabaei ½
86   Amin Tabatabaei 2½
59   Haik M. Martirosyan 1½
30   Vladimir Fedoseev ½
10   Sergey Karjakin 1½
7   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2½ Third place
10   Sergey Karjakin 3½
10   Sergey Karjakin 4 1   Magnus Carlsen 2
31   Sam Shankland 2 30   Vladimir Fedoseev 0
18   Peter Svidler ½
31   Sam Shankland 1½

Third place edit

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

Finals edit

Seed Name Jul 2021 rating 1 2 Total
12   Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2738 ½ 1 1½
10   Sergey Karjakin 2757 ½ 0 ½

Notes edit

  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 edit

  1. ^ a b Men's World Cup 2021 Schedule Archived 2023-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, FIDE
  2. ^ ""Games Archive"". "2700chess".
  3. ^ "Regulations for the FIDE World Cup 2021" (PDF). FIDE.
  4. ^ Rosen, Eric [@IM_Rosen] (July 9, 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

See also edit

External links edit

  • FIDE World Cup 2021, official site, FIDE.

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