Chess World Cup 2007

The 2007 World Chess Cup (officially: FIDE World Cup 2007 ) took place from November 24th to December 16th in Khanty-Mansiysk , Russia , and served as a qualification stage for the 2010 World Chess Championship .

128 chess players who had previously qualified through national and international qualifications took part in the tournament, which was played in the cup system . The US-American Gata Kamsky won the competition undefeated, he only had to go into the tiebreak once , and defeated Alexei Schirow 2.5: 1.5 in the final over four games . With his victory, Kamsky qualified for the candidate final against Wesselin Topalow . The winner (Topalow) won the right to challenge world champion Viswanathan Anand .

Two 17 year old players, Sergey Karjakin and Magnus Carlsen , reached the semifinals.

The four semi-finalists were given access to the FIDE Grand Prix 2008/09 , which was a qualification stage for the 2012 World Cup .

Prominent non-participating players

Vladimir Kramnik and Wesselin Topalow could not take part because they already enjoyed privileges in the current World Cup cycle, which still resulted from their participation in the 2006 World Chess Championship , which ended the division of the World Cup title in two. All other leading grandmasters, including world champion Anand; were eligible to participate, but Anand waived.

Three other players who had recently taken part in the 2007 World Cup in Mexico - Péter Lékó , Alexander Morozevich and Boris Gelfand - did not take part either. Lékó and Morozevich refused to attend because of the privileges granted to Kramnik and Topalow. As the only other player from the top 30 in the world rankings, Judit Polgár did not take part.

qualification

The list of participants is as follows:

• The best three players of the 2007 World Chess Championship ( Levon Aronjan , Peter Swidler , Alexander Grischuk ). The remaining five participants in this World Cup were replaced by the five best players on average in the FIDE world rankings from July 2006 and January 2007.
• The 2006 world chess champion , Xu Yuhua .
• The junior world champion of 2006: Sawen Andriasjan .
• 25 players with the highest Elo ratings (including the five above): Again, the average of the lists from July 2006 and January 2007 was taken.
• 89 players who qualified through continental and zone championships.
  • 45 players from Europe (16 from the European Individual Championship 2006 and 29 from the 2007)
  • 19 players from America (7 from the 4th Pan-American Championship, 12 from the 2.1 through 2.5 Zonals),
  • 19 players from Asia and Oceania (10 from the 6th Asian Championship, 9 from the 3.1 through 3.6 Zonals),
  • 6 players from Africa (Africa Championship 2007).
• 5 nominees by the FIDE President: Sergei Rublevsky , Yevgeny Bareev , Sjarhej Schyhalka , Ziaur Rahman and Boris Savchenko .
• 4 nominees by the local organizing committee: Yevgeni Alexejew , Nikolai Kabanow , Alexei Pridorozhny and Vladimir Genba .

Attendees

Unless otherwise noted, all players had the title of grandmaster . The number behind the name stands for the Elo rating that the respective player had at the beginning of the tournament.

1.  Vasyl Ivanchuk , 2787
2.  Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov , 2752
3.  Teymur Rəcəbov , 2742
4.  Levon Aronjan , 2741
5.  Alexei Shirov , 2739
6.  Pyotr Swidler , 2732
7.  Michael Adams , 2729
8.  Yevgeny Alexeyev , 2716
9.  Alexander Grischuk , 2715
10.  Magnus Carlsen , 2714
11.  Gata Kamsky , 2714
12.  Vladimir Hakobyan , 2713
13.  Dmitry Jakovenko , 2710
14.  Ruslan Ponomarev , 2705
15.  Wang Yue , 2703
16.  Étienne Bacrot , 2695
17.  Sergei Karjakin , 2694
18.  Bu Xiangzhi , 2692
19.  Pavel Elyanov , 2691
20.  Zoltán Almási , 2691
21.  Vladimir Malakhov , 2690
22.  Rustam Kasimjanov , 2690
23.  Leinier Domínguez , 2683
24.  Loek van Wely , 2679
25.  Konstantin Landa , 2678
26.  Andrei Volokitin , 2678
27.  Sergei Rublevsky , 2676
28.  Alexander Onischuk , 2674
29.  Ernesto Inarkiev , 2674
30.  Vadim Svyagintsev , 2674
31.  Ivan Cheparinov , 2670
32.  P. Harikrishna , 2668
33.  Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu , 2668
34.  Vladislav Tkachiev , 2661
35.  K. Sasikiran , 2661
36.  Francisco Vallejo Pons , 2660
37.  Predrag Nikolić , 2657
38.  David Navara , 2656
39.  Emil Sutovsky , 2655
40.  Laurent Fressinet , 2654
41.  Yevgeny Bareev , 2653
42.  Nigel Short , 2649
43.  Kiril Georgiev , 2649
44.  Sergei Volkov , 2648
45.  Bartosz Soćko , 2646
46.  Yevgeny Tomaschewski , 2646
47.  Alexander Motylev , 2645
48.  Zhang Pengxiang , 2644
49.  Michael Roiz , 2643
50.  Sergey Tiviakov , 2643
51.  Wang Hao , 2643
52.  Alexander Khalifman , 2643
53.  Swiad Isoria ¹ , 2643
54.  Boris Awruch , 2641
55.  Arkadij Naiditsch , 2639
56.  Yevgeny Najer , 2635
57.  Konstantin Sakaev , 2634
58.  Mikhail Gurevich , 2627
59.  Alexander Shabalov , 2626
60.  Yury Shulman , 2616
61.  Maxim Rodshtein , 2615
62.  Viktor Láznička , 2610
63.  Zdenko Kožul , 2609
64.  Mateusz Bartel , 2608
65.  Alexander Galkin , 2608
66.  Lázaro Bruzón , 2607
67.  Bartłomiej Macieja , 2606
68.  Jan Gustafsson , 2606
69.  Rafael Leitão , 2601
70.  Duško Pavasovič , 2597
71.  Gregory Kaidanov , 2597
72.  Nikita Vitjugov , 2594
73.  Emanuel Berg , 2593
74.  Julio Ernesto Granda Zúñiga , 2592
75.  Gilberto Milos , 2592
76.  Ehsan Ghaem Maghami , 2591
77.  Vladimir Below , 2587
78.  Robert Markuš , 2586
79.  Surya Shekhar Ganguly , 2585
80.  Varuzhan Akobian , 2584
81.  Merab Gagunashvili , 2584
82.  Boris Savchenko , 2583
83.  Rauf Məmmədov , 2582
84.  Vladimir Georgiev , 2576
85.  Grzegorz Gajewski , 2573
86.  Susanto Megaranto , 2569
87.  David Baramidze , 2569
88.  Julio Becerra , 2568
89.  Diego Flores , 2566, IM
90.  Zhou Jianchao , 2565
91.  Alexander Ivanov , 2565
92.  Artyom Ilyin , 2565
93.  Sergey Kudrin , 2563
94.  Syarhej Schyhalka , 2562
95.  Csaba Balogh , 2561
96.  Bassem Amin , 2561
97.  Zhao Jun , 2552
98.  Juan Carlos González Zamora ¹ , 2552
99.  Abhijit Kunte , 2547
100.  Fernando Peralta , 2546
101.  Sawen Andriasjan , 2546
102.  Imre Héra , 2544
103.  Lê Quang Liêm , 2534
104.  Vladislav Nevednichy , 2531
105.  Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn , 2530
106.  Alexei Ilyushin , 2528
107.  GN Gopal , 2520, IM
108.  Xu Yuhua , 2517
109.  Wen Yang , 2515, IM
110.  Enamul Hossain , 2514, IM
111.  Nikolai Kabanov , 2512, IM
112.  Everaldo Matsuura , 2511, IM
113.  Darwin Laylo , 2508, IM
114.  Alexei Pridoroschny , 2506, IM
115.  Essam El Gindy , 2503, IM
116.  Ziaur Rahman , 2497
117.  Anton Filippov , 2496, IM
118.  Ahmed Adly , 2494
119.  Zhao Zong-Yuan , 2491, IM
120.  Darcy Lima , 2484
121.  Jan Ismagambetov , 2480, IM
122.  Igor Zugic , 2477, IM
123.  Eduardo Iturrizaga , 2435, IM
124.  Robert Gwaze , 2429, IM
125.  Juan Pablo Hobaica , 2427, IM
126.  Vladimir Genba , 2413, IM
127.  Khaled Abdel Razik , 2389, FM
128.  Pedro Aderito , 2352, IM

¹ Isoria did not take part due to visa problems. Gonzalez Zamora was unable to participate due to illness.

conditions

The tournament took place under similar conditions as the controversial FIDE knockout world championships 1998-2004 : Each round consisted of two games per pairing, only in the final there were four games. If no decision has been made after the regular games, tie breaks with a shorter reflection period were provided.

The time controls for the regular games were 90 minutes for the first 20 moves and an additional 30 minutes for the remainder of the game, adding 30 seconds per move. The tiebreaks consisted of two quick games (25 minutes per player + 10 seconds per move); if necessary, two more blitz games (5 minutes + 10 seconds per move); if it was still a tie, a single game would have decided whether or not to advance, with White having 6 minutes and Black 5 minutes. If there was a draw, Black would continue.

Prize money ranged from $ 6,000 (for players eliminated in the first round), $ 80,000 for the losing finalist, and $ 120,000 for the winner.

Results, rounds 1-4

Summary

Round 1

Most of the favorites prevailed. Of the 32 top seeded only Pawel Eljanow (19th place), Konstantin Landa (25th) and P. Harikrishna (32nd) were eliminated.

round 2

Teymur Rəcəbov , third on the seeding list, and Loek van Wely , 24th on the seeding list, were eliminated after the regular games. Rustam Kasimjanov (22nd), Andrei Volokitin (26th) and Vadim Svjaginzew (30th) lost in the tie breaks . In the round of the last 32 players, 24 of the 32 top seeders on the seeding list were still represented.

Vassily Ivanchuk , No. 1 on the seed list, as well as Magnus Carlsen (10th), Ruslan Ponomarjow (14th) and Wang Yue (15th) had to go into the tiebreaks in order to progress.

Round 3

After the two regular games, 10 of the 16 tackles were decided. The respective winners were: Alexei Schirow (5th place), Michael Adams (7th), Evgeni Alexejew (8th), Magnus Carlsen (10th), Gata Kamsky (11th), Vladimir Akopian (12th), Dmitry Jakovenko (13th), Ruslan Ponomarjow (14th), Wang Yue (15th) and Iwan Tscheparinow (31st). Tscheparinow defeated the number 2 seed Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov .

The remaining six fights were only decided in the tiebreaker. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (33.) sat down , eliminating the top seed Vassily Ivanchuk , K. Sasikiran (35.), Yevgeny Barejew (41.), Levon Aronjan (4)., Pjotr ​​Swidler (6th) and Sergey Karjakin (17th) through.

Round 4

In the regular games, Schirow, Ponomariov, Carlsen, Karjakin and Tscheparinow won their fights against Akopian, Sasikiran, Adams, Nisipeanu and Wang Yue. The other pairings (Jakovenko-Aronjan, Swidler-Kamsky and Barejew-Alexejew) went into the tiebreaks, in which Jakovenko, Kamsky and Alexejew made progress.

Section 1

	Round of 16					Second round					Third round					Round of 16
	1	Vasyl Ivanchuk	2
	128	Pedro Aderito	0
						1	Vasyl Ivanchuk	2.5
						65	Alexander Galkin	1.5
	64	Mateusz Bartel	1
	65	Alexander Galkin	3
											1	Vasyl Ivanchuk	2.5
											33	Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu	3.5
	32	P. Harikrishna	1.5
	97	Zhao Jun	2.5
						97	Zhao Jun	1.5
						33	Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu	2.5
	33	Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu	1.5
	96	Bass amine	0.5
																33	Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu	0.5
																17th	Sergei Karjakin	1.5
	16	Étienne Bacrot	1.5
	113	Darwin Laylo	0.5
						16	Étienne Bacrot	1.5
						49	Michael Roiz	0.5
	49	Michael Roiz	4th
	80	Varuzhan Akobian	3
											16	Étienne Bacrot	1
											17th	Sergei Karjakin	3
	17th	Sergei Karjakin	2
	112	Everaldo Matsuura	0
						17th	Sergei Karjakin	1.5
						48	Zhang Pengxiang	0.5
	48	Zhang Pengxiang	2.5
	81	Merab Gagunashvili	1.5

Section 2

	Round of 16					Second round					Third round					Round of 16
	8th	Yevgeny Alexeyev	2.5
	121	Jan Ismagambetov	1.5
						8th	Yevgeny Alexeyev	1.5
						57	Konstantin Sakaev	0.5
	57	Konstantin Sakaev	4th
	72	Nikita Vitjugov	3
											8th	Yevgeny Alexeyev	1.5
											40	Laurent Fressinet	0.5
	25th	Konstantin Landa	0.5
	104	Vladislav Nevednichy	1.5
						104	Vladislav Nevednichy	0.5
						40	Laurent Fressinet	1.5
	40	Laurent Fressinet	2
	89	Diego Flores	0
																8th	Yevgeny Alexeyev	3
																41	Yevgeny Bareev	1
	9	Alexander Grischuk	1.5
	120	Darcy Lima	0.5
						9	Alexander Grischuk	1.5
						56	Yevgeny Najer	0.5
	56	Yevgeny Najer	1.5
	73	Emanuel Berg	0.5
											9	Alexander Grischuk	1.5
											41	Yevgeny Bareev	2.5
	24	Loek van Wely	3.5
	105	Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn	2.5
						24	Loek van Wely	0.5
						41	Yevgeny Bareev	1.5
	41	Yevgeny Bareev	2
	88	Julio Becerra	0

Section 3

	Round of 16					Second round					Third round					Round of 16
	4th	Levon Aronjan	2
	125	Juan Pablo Hobaica	0
						4th	Levon Aronjan	1.5
						68	Jan Gustafsson	0.5
	61	Maxim Rodshtein	0.5
	68	Jan Gustafsson	1.5
											4th	Levon Aronjan	3
											29	Ernesto Inarkiev	1
	29	Ernesto Inarkiev	1.5
	100	Fernando Peralta	0.5
						29	Ernesto Inarkiev	1.5
						36	Francisco Vallejo Pons	0.5
	36	Francisco Vallejo Pons	1.5
	93	Sergey Kudrin	0.5
																4th	Levon Aronjan	1.5
																13	Dmitry Jakovenko	2.5
	13	Dmitry Jakovenko	2
	116	Ziaur Rahman	0
						13	Dmitry Jakovenko	1.5
						77	Vladimir Below	0.5
	52	Alexander Khalifman	1.5
	77	Vladimir Below	2.5
											13	Dmitry Jakovenko	1.5
											20th	Zoltán Almási	0.5
	20th	Zoltán Almási	1.5
	109	Wen Yang	0.5
						20th	Zoltán Almási	2
						45	Bartosz Soćko	0
	45	Bartosz Soćko	2
	84	Vladimir Georgiev	0

Section 4

	Round of 16					Second round					Third round					Round of 16
	5	Alexei Shirov	2
	124	Robert Gwaze	0
						5	Alexei Shirov	1.5
						60	Yury Shulman	0.5
	60	Yury Shulman	3
	69	Rafael Leitão	1
											5	Alexei Shirov	1.5
											28	Alexander Onischuk	0.5
	28	Alexander Onischuk	2.5
	101	Sawen Andriasjan	1.5
						28	Alexander Onischuk	1.5
						37	Predrag Nikolić	0.5
	37	Predrag Nikolić	2
	92	Artyom Ilyin	0
																5	Alexei Shirov	1.5
																12	Vladimir Hakobyan	0.5
	12	Vladimir Hakobyan	2.5
	117	Anton Filippov	1.5
						12	Vladimir Hakobyan	1.5
						76	Ehsan Ghaem Maghami	0.5
	53	Swiad Isoria
	76	Ehsan Ghaem Maghami	Where
											12	Vladimir Hakobyan	1.5
											21st	Vladimir Malakhov	0.5
	21st	Vladimir Malakhov	2
	108	Xu Yuhua	0
						21st	Vladimir Malakhov	2.5
						44	Sergei Volkov	1.5
	44	Sergei Volkov	1.5
	85	Grzegorz Gajewski	0.5

Section 5

	Round of 16					Second round					Third round					Round of 16
	2	Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov	2
	127	Khaled Abdel Razik	0
						2	Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov	1.5
						63	Zdenko Kožul	0.5
	63	Zdenko Kožul	3.5
	66	Lázaro Bruzón	2.5
											2	Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov	0.5
											31	Ivan Cheparinov	1.5
	31	Ivan Cheparinov	Where
	98	Juan Carlos González Zamora
						31	Ivan Cheparinov	3.5
						34	Vladislav Tkachiev	2.5
	34	Vladislav Tkachiev	1.5
	95	Csaba Balogh	0.5
																31	Ivan Cheparinov	1.5
																15th	Wang Yue	0.5
	15th	Wang Yue	1.5
	114	Alexei Pridorozhny	0.5
						15th	Wang Yue	2.5
						50	Sergey Tiviakov	1.5
	50	Sergey Tiviakov	1.5
	79	Surya Shekhar Ganguly	0.5
											15th	Wang Yue	1.5
											18th	Bu Xiangzhi	0.5
	18th	Bu Xiangzhi	2
	111	Nikolai Kabanov	0
						18th	Bu Xiangzhi	3.5
						47	Alexander Motylev	2.5
	47	Alexander Motylev	1.5
	82	Boris Savchenko	0.5

Section 6

	Round of 16					Second round					Third round					Round of 16
	7th	Michael Adams	1.5
	122	Igor Zugic	0.5
						7th	Michael Adams	1.5
						58	Mikhail Gurevich	0.5
	58	Mikhail Gurevich	2.5
	71	Gregory Kaidanov	1.5
											7th	Michael Adams	1.5
											90	Zhou Jianchao	0.5
	26th	Andrei Volokitin	1.5
	103	Lê Quang Liêm	0.5
						26th	Andrei Volokitin	3
						90	Zhou Jianchao	4th
	39	Emil Sutovsky	0.5
	90	Zhou Jianchao	1.5
																7th	Michael Adams	0.5
																10	Magnus Carlsen	1.5
	10	Magnus Carlsen	2
	119	Zhao Zong-Yuan	0
						10	Magnus Carlsen	3
						55	Arkadij Naiditsch	1
	55	Arkadij Naiditsch	1.5
	74	Julio Ernesto Granda Zúñiga	0.5
											10	Magnus Carlsen	1.5
											23	Leinier Domínguez	0.5
	23	Leinier Domínguez	2
	106	Alexei Ilyushin	0
						23	Leinier Domínguez	1.5
						87	David Baramidze	0.5
	42	Nigel Short	1.5
	87	David Baramidze	2.5

Section 7

	Round of 16					Second round					Third round					Round of 16
	3	Teymur Rəcəbov	2
	126	Vladimir Genba	0
						3	Teymur Rəcəbov	0
						67	Bartłomiej Macieja	2
	62	Viktor Láznička	0.5
	67	Bartłomiej Macieja	1.5
											67	Bartłomiej Macieja	2
											35	K. Sasikiran	4th
	30th	Vadim Svyagintsev	2.5
	99	Abhijit Kunte	1.5
						30th	Vadim Svyagintsev	2
						35	K. Sasikiran	4th
	35	K. Sasikiran	3.5
	94	Syarhej Schyhalka	2.5
																35	K. Sasikiran	0.5
																14th	Ruslan Ponomarev	1.5
	14th	Ruslan Ponomarev	2.5
	115	Essam El Gindy	1.5
						14th	Ruslan Ponomarev	2.5
						51	Wang Hao	1.5
	51	Wang Hao	1.5
	78	Robert Markuš	0.5
											14th	Ruslan Ponomarev	1.5
											46	Yevgeny Tomaschewski	0.5
	19th	Pavel Elyanov	0.5
	110	Enamul Hossain	1.5
						110	Enamul Hossain	0.5
						46	Yevgeny Tomaschewski	1.5
	46	Yevgeny Tomaschewski	3.5
	83	Up Məmmədov	2.5

Section 8

	Round of 16					Second round					Third round					Round of 16
	6th	Pyotr Swidler	2
	123	Eduardo Iturrizaga	0
						6th	Pyotr Swidler	2
						70	Duško Pavasovič	0
	59	Alexander Shabalov	0.5
	70	Duško Pavasovič	1.5
											6th	Pyotr Swidler	2.5
											27	Sergei Rublevsky	1.5
	27	Sergei Rublevsky	1.5
	102	Imre Héra	0.5
						27	Sergei Rublevsky	3.5
						38	David Navara	2.5
	38	David Navara	1.5
	91	Alexander Ivanov	0.5
																6th	Pyotr Swidler	1.5
																11	Gata Kamsky	2.5
	11	Gata Kamsky	1.5
	118	Ahmed Adly	0.5
						11	Gata Kamsky	1.5
						54	Boris Awruch	0.5
	54	Boris Awruch	3
	75	Gilberto Milos	1
											11	Gata Kamsky	1.5
											43	Kiril Georgiev	0.5
	22nd	Rustam Kasimjanov	4th
	107	GN Gopal	2
						22nd	Rustam Kasimjanov	3
						43	Kiril Georgiev	4th
	43	Kiril Georgiev	2
	86	Susanto Megaranto	0

Results, rounds 5-7

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	17th	Sergei Karjakin	2.5
	8th	Yevgeny Alexeyev	1.5
						17th	Sergei Karjakin	1.5
						5	Alexei Shirov	2.5
	13	Dmitri Yakovenko	0
	5	Alexei Shirov	2
											5	Alexei Shirov	1.5
											11	Gata Kamsky	2.5
	31	Ivan Cheparinov	0.5
	10	Magnus Carlsen	1.5
						10	Magnus Carlsen	0.5
						11	Gata Kamsky	1.5
	14th	Ruslan Ponomarev	0.5
	11	Gata Kamsky	1.5

Final, December 13th to 16th

Seat	Surname	Elo rating	1	2	3	4th	total
5	Alexei Shirov	2739	½	0	½	½	1.5
11	Gata Kamsky	2714	½	1	½	½	2.5

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ Leko's manager Carsten Hensel: "the privilege that Topalov is getting, to play against the winner of the World Cup or to immediately challenge Kramnik in a world championship match, must be of concern to the other top players. I expect all top grandmasters, including Peter Leko, to protest against this special privilege. " . Chessbase . July 11, 2007. Accessed February 2011.
3. ↑ List of participants in the 2007 World Cup (English) On: fide.com, accessed on November 23, 2008
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5. ↑ Rules for the 2007–2009 World Chess Championship cycle, Section 3.2 ( Memento of December 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) On: FIDE.com
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14. ↑ Round 4, Game 2 (English) On: chessbase.com, December 4, 2007