Chess World Cup 2019

The Chess World Cup 2019 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from 9 September to 4 October 2019.[1] It was won by Azerbaijani grandmaster Teimour Radjabov. Radjabov and the runner-up, Ding Liren, both qualified for the Candidates Tournament for the World Chess Championship 2020. It was the 8th edition of the Chess World Cup.

Levon Aronian, the winner of the Chess World Cup 2017, advanced to the quarterfinals before being eliminated by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave on tiebreaks. Vachier-Lagrave was eliminated by Radjabov in the semi-finals, but defeated Yu Yangyi to claim 3rd place.

This tournament also saw 18-year-old Jeffery Xiong (31st seed) progress far, knocked out in the quarterfinals by the ultimate winner Radjabov.

Bidding process

There was only one bid received for the combined FIDE World Cup and Olympiad events, which was done by the Yugra Chess Federation.[2]

Format

The tournament was a 7-round knockout event. The matches from round 1 to round 6 consisted of two classical games with a time control of 90 minutes per 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move. The finals and the match for the third place consisted of four classical games.[3]

If the score is tied after the classical games, rapid and, if necessary, blitz tiebreaks are played the next day. Two games are played with a time control of 25 minutes per game plus 10 seconds increment. In the case of a tie, they are followed by two games with a time control of 10 minutes per game plus 10 seconds increment. If the score is still tied, two blitz games follow (5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment). If the score is tied 4–4 after all these games, a single "Armageddon" game is played: the player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the colour; White has 5 minutes per game and Black has 4 minutes, with an increment of 2 seconds per move starting from move 61, and White needs a win to advance to the next round; Black advances if they win or the game is drawn.[3]

The two top finishers qualified for the 2020 Candidates Tournament.[4] The rules in fact specified that it would be the top two finishers other than Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, because Carlsen as World Champion does not play in the Candidates, and Caruana had already qualified for the Candidates. The rule was introduced because the World Champion and the previous challenger unexpectedly signed up for the previous edition Chess World Cup 2017. This time, though, Carlsen and Caruana both declined their invitations to the World Cup, so the qualifiers are simply the two finalists.

Schedule

Each of the first six rounds took three days: one day each for the two regular time limit games and then a third day for tiebreaks, if required. The final round has four days of regular time limit games and then a fifth day for tiebreaks, if required.[3]

  • Round 1: 10 September – 12 September
  • Round 2: 13 September – 15 September
  • Round 3: 16 September – 18 September
  • Rest day: 19 September
  • Round 4: 20 September – 22 September
  • Round 5: 23 September – 25 September
  • Round 6: 26 September – 28 September
  • Rest day: 29 September
  • Final and play-off for third place: 30 September – 4 October

Prize money

The total prize fund was US$1,600,000, with the first prize of US$110,000.[3]

Round(US$) Prize received(US$)Total
Round 164 × 6,000384,000
Round 232 × 10,000320,000
Round 316 × 16,000256,000
Round 48 × 25,000200,000
Round 54 × 35,000140,000
4-th place50,00050,000
3-rd place60,00060,000
Runner-up80,00080,000
Winner110,000110,000
Total (US$)1,600,000

Participants

The participants[5] were seeded by their FIDE rating of August 2019. All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

Number Name Country Rating Qualification path
1 Ding Liren  China 2805 WC
2 Anish Giri  Netherlands 2779 R
3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  France 2778 WC
4 Wesley So  United States 2776 WC
5 Ian Nepomniachtchi  Russia 2774 R
6 Levon Aronian  Armenia 2765 WC
7 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov  Azerbaijan 2764 R
8 Leinier Domínguez  United States 2763 Z2.1
9 Alexander Grischuk  Russia 2759 R
10 Teimour Radjabov  Azerbaijan 2758 R
11 Vladislav Artemiev  Russia 2757 E19
12 Yu Yangyi  China 2752 R
13 Sergey Karjakin  Russia 2750 R
14 Hikaru Nakamura  United States 2743 Z2.1
15 Dmitry Andreikin  Russia 2743 R
16 Radosław Wojtaszek  Poland 2739 E18
17 Pentala Harikrishna  India 2738 R
18 Jan-Krzysztof Duda  Poland 2730 R
19 Peter Svidler  Russia 2729 R
20 Nikita Vitiugov  Russia 2728 R
21 Wei Yi  China 2727 AS18
22 Le Quang Liem  Vietnam 2726 AS18
23 David Navara  Czech Republic 2724 E18
24 Bu Xiangzhi  China 2721 R
25 Wang Hao  China 2720 R
26 Sam Shankland  United States 2713 AM18
27 Maxim Matlakov  Russia 2710 E18
28 Evgeny Tomashevsky  Russia 2706 R
29 Vidit Gujrathi  India 2705 R
30 Dmitry Jakovenko  Russia 2704 R
31 Jeffery Xiong  United States 2703 Z2.1
32 Alireza Firouzja  Iran 2702 AS19
33 Daniil Dubov  Russia 2699 E19
34 Bassem Amin  Egypt 2692 AF
35 Gawain Jones  England 2692 E18
36 Nils Grandelius  Sweden 2691 E18
37 Michael Adams  England 2690 R
38 Boris Gelfand  Israel 2686 E19
39 Jorge Cori  Peru 2686 AM18
40 Maxim Rodshtein  Israel 2684 E19
41 Ernesto Inarkiev  Russia 2682 E18
42 Luke McShane  England 2682 E18
43 Anton Korobov  Ukraine 2679 E18
44 David Antón Guijarro  Spain 2678 E18
45 Arkadij Naiditsch  Azerbaijan 2675 R
46 Ruslan Ponomariov  Ukraine 2675 E19
47 Tamir Nabaty  Israel 2673 E18
48 Vladimir Fedoseev  Russia 2671 R
49 Kirill Alekseenko  Russia 2668 ON
50 Ferenc Berkes  Hungary 2666 E19
51 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu  Germany 2666 E19
52 Samuel Sevian  United States 2665 Z2.1
53 Baskaran Adhiban  India 2665 ACP
54 Ivan Cheparinov  Georgia 2663 E18
55 Sanan Sjugirov  Russia 2662 E18
56 Ivan Šarić  Croatia 2660 E18
57 Kacper Piorun  Poland 2660 E19
58 Rustam Kasimdzhanov  Uzbekistan 2657 Z3.4
59 Parham Maghsoodloo  Iran 2656 J18
60 Alexey Sarana  Russia 2655 E18
61 Anton Demchenko  Russia 2655 E18
62 Igor Kovalenko  Latvia 2654 PN
63 Benjamin Gledura  Hungary 2654 E19
64 Sergei Movsesian  Armenia 2654 E19
65 Grigoriy Oparin  Russia 2654 E19
66 Evgeniy Najer  Russia 2653 E18
67 Constantin Lupulescu  Romania 2652 E19
68 Robert Hovhannisyan  Armenia 2650 E18
69 Alexandr Predke  Russia 2650 E19
70 Maksim Chigaev  Russia 2643 ON
71 Evgeny Bareev  Canada 2643 Z2.2
72 Nijat Abasov  Azerbaijan 2640 E18
73 Benjamin Bok  Netherlands 2640 E18
74 Sandro Mareco  Argentina 2640 Z2.5
75 Ahmed Adly  Egypt 2636 Z4.2
76 Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli  Venezuela 2635 AM19
77 Aryan Tari  Norway 2634 J17
78 Mircea Parligras  Romania 2633 E18
79 Rinat Jumabayev  Kazakhstan 2633 Z3.4
80 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son  Vietnam 2631 AS18
81 Ganguly Surya Shekhar  India 2630 AS18
82 S.P. Sethuraman  India 2630 AS19
83 Andrey Esipenko  Russia 2625 E19
84 Niclas Huschenbeth  Germany 2620 E19
85 S.L. Narayanan  India 2618 AS19
86 Abhijeet Gupta  India 2616 AS19
87 Neuris Delgado Ramirez  Paraguay 2612 AM19
88 Karthikeyan Murali  India 2612 AS19
89 Mateusz Bartel  Poland 2612 E19
90 Nihal Sarin  India 2610 PN
91 Lu Shanglei  China 2610 Z3.5
92 Aravindh Chithambaram  India 2607 Z3.7
93 Aleksandr Rakhmanov  Russia 2606 E19
94 Diego Flores  Argentina 2604 AM18
95 Amin Tabatabaei  Iran 2601 AS18
96 Emilio Cordova  Peru 2599 AM18
97 Arman Pashikian  Armenia 2599 E18
98 Igor Lysyj  Russia 2596 E19
99 Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara  Peru 2596 Z2.4
100 Alan Pichot  Argentina 2596 AM19
101 Nikita Petrov  Russia 2595 E19
102 Nodirbek Abdusattorov  Uzbekistan 2594 PN
103 Eltaj Safarli  Azerbaijan 2593 E18
104 Aleksei Pridorozhni  Russia 2591 ON
105 Xu Xiangyu  China 2584 Z3.5
106 Daniil Yuffa  Russia 2571 E18
107 Aleksej Aleksandrov  Belarus 2571 E19
108 Miguel Santos Ruiz  Spain 2567 E18
109 Frode Urkedal  Norway 2566 PN
110 Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera  Cuba 2566 Z2.3
111 Cristobal Henriquez Villagra  Chile 2562 Z2.5
112 Yuri Gonzalez Vidal  Cuba 2554 AM19
113 Johan-Sebastian Christiansen  Norway 2554 E19
114 Krikor Mekhitarian  Brazil 2554 Z2.4
115 Bilel Bellahcene  Algeria 2550 Z4.1
116 Susanto Megaranto  Indonesia 2545 Z3.3
117 Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami  Iran 2539 Z3.1
118 Ilia Iljiushenok  Russia 2533 ON
119 Helgi Dam Ziska  Faroe Islands 2533 PN
120 Paulius Pultinevičius, IM  Lithuania 2485 E19
121 Alder Escobar Forero  Colombia 2477 Z2.3
122 Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo, IM  Madagascar 2438 Z4.3
123 Essam El Gindy  Egypt 2423 AF
124 Sugar Gan-Erdene, no title  Mongolia 2408 Z3.3
125 Sergio Duran Vega, IM  Costa Rica 2395 AM19
126 Daniel Anwuli, IM  Nigeria 2284 Z4.4
127 Mohammad Fahad Rahman, FM  Bangladesh 2250 Z3.2
128 Shaun Press, FM  Papua New Guinea 1954 Z3.6

Qualification paths

Replacements

Results, rounds 1–4

Section 1
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
1 Ding Liren 2
128 Shaun Press 0
1 Ding Liren 2½
64 Sergei Movsesian 1½
65 Grigoriy Oparin ½
64 Sergei Movsesian 1½
1 Ding Liren 3
32 Alireza Firouzja 1
33 Daniil Dubov 1½
96 Emilio Cordova ½
33 Daniil Dubov ½
32 Alireza Firouzja 1½
97 Arman Pashikian ½
32 Alireza Firouzja 1½
1 Ding Liren 3
49 Kirill Alekseenko 1
17 Pentala Harikrishna 2
112 Yuri Gonzalez Vidal 0
17 Pentala Harikrishna 1½
48 Vladimir Fedoseev ½
81 Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2
48 Vladimir Fedoseev 4
17 Pentala Harikrishna 0
49 Kirill Alekseenko 2
49 Kirill Alekseenko 1½
80 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son ½
49 Kirill Alekseenko 2½
113 Johan-Sebastian Christiansen 1½
113 Johan-Sebastian Christiansen 2
16 Radosław Wojtaszek 0

Section 2
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
9 Alexander Grischuk 2
120 Paulius Pultinevičius 0
9 Alexander Grischuk 2½
73 Benjamin Bok 1½
73 Benjamin Bok 2½
56 Ivan Šarić 1½
9 Alexander Grischuk 2
105 Xu Xiangyu 0
41 Ernesto Inarkiev 1½
88 Karthikeyan Murali ½
41 Ernesto Inarkiev ½
105 Xu Xiangyu 1½
105 Xu Xiangyu 3½
24 Bu Xiangzhi 2½
9 Alexander Grischuk 2½
8 Leinier Domínguez 1½
25 Wang Hao 3½
104 Aleksei Pridorozhni 2½
25 Wang Hao 1½
40 Maxim Rodshtein ½
89 Mateusz Bartel ½
40 Maxim Rodshtein 1½
25 Wang Hao 3½
8 Leinier Domínguez 4½
57 Kacper Piorun 3½
72 Nijat Abasov 4½
72 Nijat Abasov 1
8 Leinier Domínguez 3
121 Alder Escobar Forero 0
8 Leinier Domínguez 2

Section 3
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
5 Ian Nepomniachtchi 2
124 Sugar Gan-Erdene 0
5 Ian Nepomniachtchi 1½
69 Alexandr Predke ½
69 Alexandr Predke 2½
60 Alexey Sarana 1½
5 Ian Nepomniachtchi 5
28 Evgeny Tomashevsky 3
37 Michael Adams 3½
92 Aravindh Chithambaram 4½
92 Aravindh Chithambaram ½
28 Evgeny Tomashevsky 1½
101 Nikita Petrov 1½
28 Evgeny Tomashevsky 2½
5 Ian Nepomniachtchi ½
12 Yu Yangyi 1½
21 Wei Yi 1½
108 Miguel Santos Ruiz ½
21 Wei Yi 2½
44 David Antón Guijarro 1½
85 S.L. Narayanan 1½
44 David Antón Guijarro 2½
21 Wei Yi 1½
12 Yu Yangyi 2½
53 Baskaran Adhiban 1½
76 Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli ½
53 Baskaran Adhiban 1½
12 Yu Yangyi 2½
117 Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami 2½
12 Yu Yangyi 3½

Section 4
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
13 Sergey Karjakin 1½
116 Susanto Megaranto ½
13 Sergey Karjakin 2
52 Samuel Sevian 0
77 Aryan Tari ½
52 Samuel Sevian 1½
13 Sergey Karjakin ½
20 Nikita Vitiugov 1½
45 Arkadij Naiditsch 0
84 Niclas Huschenbeth 2
84 Niclas Huschenbeth 1
20 Nikita Vitiugov 3
109 Frode Urkedal ½
20 Nikita Vitiugov 1½
20 Nikita Vitiugov 1½
4 Wesley So ½
29 Vidit Gujrathi 1½
100 Alan Pichot ½
29 Vidit Gujrathi 1½
93 Aleksandr Rakhmanov ½
93 Aleksandr Rakhmanov 1½
36 Nils Grandelius ½
29 Vidit Gujrathi ½
4 Wesley So 1½
61 Anton Demchenko 1½
68 Robert Hovhannisyan ½
61 Anton Demchenko ½
4 Wesley So 1½
125 Sergio Duran Vega 0
4 Wesley So 2

Section 5
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2
126 Daniel Anwuli 0
3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2
62 Igor Kovalenko 0
67 Constantin Lupulescu 1½
62 Igor Kovalenko 2½
3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 4½
30 Dmitry Jakovenko 3½
35 Gawain Jones 1½
94 Diego Flores ½
35 Gawain Jones 1
30 Dmitry Jakovenko 3
99 Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara 0
30 Dmitry Jakovenko 2
3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1½
19 Peter Svidler ½
19 Peter Svidler 1½
110 Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera ½
19 Peter Svidler 3
83 Andrey Esipenko 1
83 Andrey Esipenko 1½
46 Ruslan Ponomariov ½
19 Peter Svidler 2½
51 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 1½
51 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2½
78 Mircea Parligras 1½
51 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 1½
14 Hikaru Nakamura ½
115 Bilel Bellahcene 1
14 Hikaru Nakamura 3

Section 6
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
11 Vladislav Artemiev 1½
118 Ilia Iljiushenok ½
11 Vladislav Artemiev 1½
54 Ivan Cheparinov ½
75 Ahmed Adly ½
54 Ivan Cheparinov 1½
11 Vladislav Artemiev 2½
22 Le Quang Liem 3½
43 Anton Korobov 4
86 Abhijeet Gupta 2
43 Anton Korobov ½
22 Le Quang Liem 1½
107 Aleksej Aleksandrov 1½
22 Le Quang Liem 2½
22 Le Quang Liem 2½
6 Levon Aronian 3½
27 Maxim Matlakov 2½
102 Nodirbek Abdusattorov 1½
27 Maxim Matlakov 2½
38 Boris Gelfand 1½
91 Lu Shanglei 2
38 Boris Gelfand 4
27 Maxim Matlakov ½
6 Levon Aronian 1½
59 Parham Maghsoodloo 2
70 Maksim Chigaev 0
59 Parham Maghsoodloo ½
6 Levon Aronian 1½
123 Essam El Gindy ½
6 Levon Aronian 1½

Section 7
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
7 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2
122 Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo 0
7 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1½
58 Rustam Kasimdzhanov ½
71 Evgeny Bareev ½
58 Rustam Kasimdzhanov 1½
7 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1½
103 Eltaj Safarli ½
39 Jorge Cori 0
90 Nihal Sarin 2
90 Nihal Sarin 1½
103 Eltaj Safarli 2½
103 Eltaj Safarli 3½
26 Sam Shankland 2½
7 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2½
10 Teimour Radjabov 3½
23 David Navara ½
106 Daniil Yuffa 1½
106 Daniil Yuffa 5
42 Luke McShane 3
87 Neuris Delgado Ramirez 1½
42 Luke McShane 2½
106 Daniil Yuffa ½
10 Teimour Radjabov 1½
55 Sanan Sjugirov 2½
74 Sandro Mareco 1½
55 Sanan Sjugirov 1½
10 Teimour Radjabov 2½
119 Helgi Dam Ziska ½
10 Teimour Radjabov 1½

Section 8
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
15 Dmitry Andreikin 2½
114 Krikor Mekhitarian 1½
15 Dmitry Andreikin 1½
79 Rinat Jumabayev ½
79 Rinat Jumabayev 1½
50 Ferenc Berkes ½
15 Dmitry Andreikin ½
18 Jan-Krzysztof Duda 1½
47 Tamir Nabaty 3
82 S.P. Sethuraman 1
47 Tamir Nabaty 0
18 Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2
111 Cristobal Henriquez Villagra ½
18 Jan-Krzysztof Duda 1½
18 Jan-Krzysztof Duda 3½
31 Jeffery Xiong 4½
31 Jeffery Xiong 2
98 Igor Lysyj 0
31 Jeffery Xiong 3
95 Amin Tabatabaei 1
95 Amin Tabatabaei 2½
34 Bassem Amin 1½
31 Jeffery Xiong 3½
2 Anish Giri 2½
63 Benjamin Gledura ½
66 Evgeniy Najer 1½
66 Evgeniy Najer 4
2 Anish Giri 5
127 Mohammad Fahad Rahman 0
2 Anish Giri 2

Results, rounds 5–7
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final (best of 4)
                           
  1 Ding Liren 1½  
9 Alexander Grischuk ½  
  1 Ding Liren 2½  
  12 Yu Yangyi 1½  
12 Yu Yangyi 5
  20 Nikita Vitiugov 4  
    1 Ding Liren 4
  10 Teimour Radjabov 6
  3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2½  
6 Levon Aronian 1½  
  3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½ Third place
  10 Teimour Radjabov 1½  
10 Teimour Radjabov 1½ 12 Yu Yangyi 2
  31 Jeffery Xiong ½   3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 4

Third place
SeedNameAug 2019 rating1234R1R2Total
12 Yu Yangyi 2752 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 2
3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2778 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4

Finals
SeedNameAug 2019 rating1234R1R2R3R4B1B2Total
1 Ding Liren 2805 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 4
10 Teimour Radjabov 2758 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6

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