Chess World Cup 2009

The 2009 World Chess Cup (officially: FIDE World Cup 2009 ) took place from November 20th to December 15th in Khanty-Mansiysk , Russia . The winner, Boris Gelfand , won the right to take part in the 2012 World Chess Championship Candidates' tournament.

128 of the best players in the world took part in the tournament, which is played in the cup system .

qualification

The list of eligible players is as follows:

• The reigning world chess champion : Viswanathan Anand .
• The four semi-finalists of the 2007 World Cup : Gata Kamsky , Alexei Schirow , Magnus Carlsen , Sergei Karjakin
• The reigning world chess champion : Alexandra Kostenjuk
• The 2007 and 2008 junior world champions: Ahmed Adly and Abhijeet Gupta
• 20 players with the highest Elo ratings; to this, the average of the lists of July 2008 and January 2009 was taken: Veselin Topalov , Vassily Ivanchuk , Alexander Morozevich , Vladimir Kramnik , Teimour Radjabov , Leko , Levon Aronian , Dmitri Yakovenko , Shakriyar Mamedyarov , Alexander Grishchuk , Pyotr Svidler , Gelfand , Michael Adams , Ruslan Ponomarjow , Wang Yue , Vugar Gashimov , Evgeni Alexejew , Leinier Domínguez , Étienne Bacrot and Vadim Milov
• 46 players from the European qualifying tournaments
  • 23 players from the European Championship 2008: Gabriel Sarkissjan , Jan Gustafsson , Tomi Nybäck , Maxime Vachier-Lagrave , Laurent Fressinet , Ioannis Papaioannou , Emil Sutovsky , Ilia Smirin , Viktor Bologan , Sergey Tiviakov , Erwin l'Ami , Boris Gratschow , Jewgeni Najer , Pawel Tregubow , Dmitri Andreikin , Alexander Chalifman , Sergei Wolkow , Sergej Movsesjan , Dusko Pavasovic , Viktor Láznička , Sachar Jefymenko , Volodymyr Baklan and Jurij Kryworutschko
  • 23 players from the European Championship 2009: Tigran L. Petrosjan , Gadir Guseinov , Rauf Mamedov , Arkadij Naiditsch , Georg Meier , Baadur Dschobawa , Ivan Sokolov , Friso Nijboer , Mateusz Bartel , Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu , Constantin Lupulescu , Alexander Motyljow , Wladimir Malachow , Evgeni Tomaschewski , Artyom Timofejew , Nikita Vitjugow , Ernesto Inarkiew , Boris Savtschenko , Michail Kobalija , Konstantin Sakajew , Sanan Sjugirow , David Navara and Serhiy Fedorschuk
• 19 players from the American qualifiers
  • 1 player from the Pan American Championship 2008: Jaan Ehlvest
  • 6 players from the Continental Absolute 2009: Diego Flores , Gilberto Milos , Fidel Corrales Jiménez , Julio Ernesto Granda Zúñiga , Alexander Shabalov , Alexander Ivanov
  • 5 players from the US Championship 2009: Hikaru Nakamura , Alexander Onischuk , Yury Shulman , Varuzhan Akobian , Robert Hess
  • 1 player from the Canadian Championship 2009 Jean Hébert
  • 2 players from the zone tournament 2.3: Lázaro Bruzón and Eduardo Iturrizaga
  • 2 players from the zone tournament 2.4: Rafael Leitão and Alexandr Fier
  • 2 players from the zone tournament 2.5: Iván Morovic and Andrés Rodríguez Vila
• 19 players from the Asian qualifiers
  • 10 players from the Asian Cup 2009: Surya Shekhar Ganguly , Zhou Weiqi , Yu Yangyi, Yu Shaoteng , Lê Quang Liêm , Rogelio Antonio jr. , Hou Yifan , Chanda Sandipan , Krishnan Sasikiran , Abhijit Kunte
  • 1 player from zone tournament 3.1: Mohamad al-Sayed
  • 1 player from zone tournament 3.2: Jha Sriram
  • 2 players from zone tournament 3.3: Darwin Laylo and Wesley So
  • 2 players from the zone tournament 3.4: Farruch Amonatow and Anton Filippov
  • 2 players from Zone Tournament 3.5: Wang Hao and Zhou Jianchao
  • 1 player from Zone Tournament 3.6: David Smerdon
• 6 players from the African Cup of Nations 2009: Khaled Abdel Razik , Bassem Amin , Essam El Gindy , Mohamed Ezat , Walaa Sarwat , Aimen Rizouk
• 6 nominees by the FIDE President: Ray Robson , Vladislav Tkachiev , Ehsan Ghaem Maghami , Fabiano Caruana , Iwan Tscheparinow and Yannick Pelletier
• 4 nominees by the local organizing committee

Seeding list

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. The following players declined to participate: Anand , Carlsen , Topalow , Aronjan , Kramnik , Leko , Adams , Nakamura and Ni Hua . Of these, Anand, Topalow and Aronjan are already qualified for the candidates' tournament or the world championship; Carlsen, Kramnik, Nakamura, Adams and Ni will play in the London Chess Classic from December 7th to 15th .

1.  Boris Gelfand , 2758
2.  Vüqar Həşimov , 2758
3.  Pyotr Swidler , 2754
4.  Alexander Morozevich , 2750
5.  Teymur Rəcəbov , 2748
6.  Vasyl Ivanchuk , 2739
7.  Ruslan Ponomarev , 2739
8.  Alexander Grishchuk , 2736
9.  Dmitri Jakovenko , 2736
10.  Wang Yue , 2734
11.  Pavel Elyanov , 2729
12.  Sergei Karjakin , 2723
13.  Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov , 2719
14.  Alexei Shirov , 2719
15.  Leinier Domínguez , 2719
16.  Sergei Movsesjan , 2718
17.  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave , 2718
18.  Yevgeny Alexeyev , 2715
19.  Yevgeny Tomaschewski , 2708
20.  Wang Hao , 2708
21.  David Navara , 2707
22.  Vladimir Malakhov , 2706
23.  Étienne Bacrot , 2700
24.  Sergei Rublevsky , 2697
25.  Baadur Jobawa , 2696
26.  Alexander Motylev , 2695
27.  Gata Kamsky , 2695
28.  Nikita Vitjugov , 2694
29.  Viktor Bologan , 2692
30.  Arkadij Naiditsch , 2689
31.  Bu Xiangzhi , 2682
32.  Judit Polgár , 2680
33.  Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu , 2677
34.  Gabriel Sarkissjan , 2676
35.  Alexander Onischuk , 2672
36.  Ivan Cheparinov , 2671
37.  Sachar Jefymenko , 2668
38.  Yevgeny Yuryevich Najer , 2666
39.  Emil Sutovsky , 2666
40.  Sergey Tiviakov , 2664
41.  Oleksandr Areshchenko , 2664
42.  K. Sasikiran , 2664
43.  Ilia Smirin , 2662
44.  Volodymyr Baklan , 2655
45.  Surya Shekhar Ganguly , 2654
46.  Alexandr Fier , 2653
47.  Laurent Fressinet , 2653
48.  Georg Meier , 2653
49.  Boris Grachev , 2652
50.  Fabiano Caruana , 2652
51.  Ivan Sokolov , 2652
52.  Vadim Milov , 2652
53.  Artyom Timofeev , 2651
54.  Ernesto Inarkiev , 2645
55.  Boris Savchenko , 2644
56.  Mikhail Kobalija , 2643
57.  Vladislav Tkachiev , 2642
58.  Pavel Tregubov , 2642
59.  Wesley Sun , 2640
60.  Julio Ernesto Granda Zúñiga , 2640
61.  Viktor Láznička , 2637
62.  Dmitri Andreikin , 2636
63.  Up Məmmədov , 2634
64.  Farruch Amonatow , 2631
65.  Sergei Volkov , 2629
66.  Zhou Jianchao , 2629
67.  Tomi Nybäck , 2628
68.  Ioannis Papaioannou , 2628
69.  Konstantin Sakayev , 2626
70.  Qədir Hüseynov , 2625
71.  Varuzhan Akobian , 2624
72.  Lê Quang Liêm , 2624
73.  Chanda Sandipan , 2623
74.  Yury Shulman , 2623
75.  Jan Gustafsson , 2622
76.  Rafael Leitão , 2621
77.  Parimarjan Negi , 2620
78.  Serhiy Fedorchuk , 2619
79.  Lázaro Bruzón , 2619
80.  Mateusz Bartel , 2618
81.  Tigran L. Petrosian , 2615
82.  Sanan Zyugirov , 2612
83.  Alexander Chalifman , 2612
84.  Anton Filippov , 2607
85.  Alexander Shabalov , 2606
86.  Jaan Ehlvest , 2606
87.  Erwin l'Ami , 2606
88.  Fidel Corrales Jiménez , 2605
89.  Eduardo Iturrizaga , 2605
90.  Ehsan Ghaem Maghami , 2603
91.  Zhou Weiqi , 2603 (AS)
92.  Gilberto Milos , 2603
93.  Yuri Kryvoruchko , 2602
94.  Diego Flores , 2602
95.  Li Chao , 2596
96.  Constantin Lupulescu , 2591
97.  Duško Pavasovič , 2590
98.  Yannick Pelletier , 2589
99.  Hou Yifan , 2588
100.  Ahmed Adly , 2583
101.  Abhijeet Gupta , 2578
102.  Rogelio Antonio , 2574
103.  Robert Hess , 2572
104.  Ray Robson , 2567, IM
105.  Iván Morovic , 2562
106.  Friso Nijboer , 2561
107.  Bassem Amin , 2553
108.  Darwin Laylo , 2552
109.  Joshua Friedel , 2551
110.  Alexander Ivanov , 2539
111.  Alexei Pridoroschny , 2533, IM
112.  Yu Shaoteng , 2529
113.  Yu Yangyi , 2527
114.  David Smerdon , 2525
115.  Abhijit Kunte , 2522
116.  Alexandra Kostenjuk , 2516
117.  Uruguay , 2508
118.  Mohamad al-Sayed , 2504
119.  Nikolai Kabanov , 2501
120.  Aimen Rizouk , 2500
121.  Sriram Jha , 2497, IM
122.  Essam El Gindy , 2493
123.  Alexei Besgodov , 2484
124.  Mohamed Ezat , 2472, IM
125.  Khaled Abdel Razik , 2469, IM
126.  Jean Hébert , 2420, IM
127.  Walaa Sarwat , 2405, IM
128.  Andrei Obodchuk , 2404, IM

Results, rounds 1-4

Section 1

	Round of 16					Second round					Third round					Round of 16
	1	Boris Gelfand	1.5
	128	Andrei Obodchuk	0.5
						1	Boris Gelfand	1.5
						64	Farruch Amonatov	0.5
	64	Farruch Amonatov	1.5
	65	Sergei Volkov	0.5
											1	Boris Gelfand	3.5
											32	Judit Polgár	1.5
	32	Judit Polgár	Where
	97	Duško Pavasovič
						32	Judit Polgár	4.5
						33	Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu	3.5
	33	Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu	1.5
	96	Constantin Lupulescu	0.5
																1	Boris Gelfand	4.5
																17th	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	3.5
	16	Sergei Movsesjan	0.5
	113	Yu Yangyi	1.5
						113	Yu Yangyi	1.5
						80	Mateusz Bartel	0.5
	49	Boris Grachev	3
	80	Mateusz Bartel	5
											113	Yu Yangyi	0.5
											17th	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	1.5
	17th	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	1.5
	112	Yu Shaoteng	0.5
						17th	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	3.5
						48	Georg Meier	2.5
	48	Georg Meier	1.5
	81	Tigran L. Petrosian	0.5

Section 2

	Round of 16					Second round					Third round					Round of 16
	8th	Alexander Grishchuk	1.5
	121	Sriram Jha	0.5
						8th	Alexander Grishchuk	1.5
						57	Vladislav Tkachiev	0.5
	57	Vladislav Tkachiev	3.5
	72	Lê Quang Liêm	1.5
											8th	Alexander Grishchuk	5
											25th	Baadur Jobava	3
	25th	Baadur Jobava	1.5
	104	Ray Robson	0.5
						25th	Baadur Jobava	1.5
						89	Eduardo Iturrizaga	0.5
	40	Sergey Tiviakov	2.5
	89	Eduardo Iturrizaga	3.5
																8th	Alexander Grishchuk	3
																9	Dmitri Yakovenko	5
	9	Dmitri Yakovenko	1.5
	120	Aimen Rizouk	0.5
						9	Dmitri Yakovenko	2
						73	Chanda Sandipan	0
	56	Mikhail Kobalija	0.5
	73	Chanda Sandipan	1.5
											9	Dmitri Yakovenko	4th
											41	Oleksandr Areshchenko	2
	24	Sergei Rublevsky	1.5
	105	Iván Morovic	0.5
						24	Sergei Vladimirovich Rublevsky	2.5
						41	Oleksandr Areshchenko	3.5
	41	Oleksandr Areshchenko	1.5
	88	Fidel Corrales Jiménez	0.5

Section 3

	Round of 16					Second round					Third round					Round of 16
	4th	Alexander Morozevich	2
	125	Khaled Abdel Razik	0
						4th	Alexander Morozevich	0
						61	Viktor Láznička	2
	61	Viktor Láznička	1.5
	68	Ioannis Papaioannou	0.5
											61	Viktor Láznička	3.5
											29	Viktor Bologan	1.5
	29	Viktor Bologan	1.5
	100	Ahmed Adly	0.5
						29	Viktor Bologan	4th
						36	Ivan Cheparinov	2
	36	Ivan Cheparinov	3.5
	93	Yuri Kryvoruchko	2.5
																61	Viktor Láznička	0.5
																13	Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov	1.5
	13	Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov	2
	116	Alexandra Kostenjuk	0
						13	Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov	2
						52	Vadim Milov	0
	52	Vadim Milov	3.5
	77	Parimarjan Negi	1.5
											13	Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov	1.5
											20th	Wang Hao	0.5
	20th	Wang Hao	2
	109	Joshua Friedel	0
						20th	Wang Hao	2
						45	Surya Shekhar Ganguly	0
	45	Surya Shekhar Ganguly	2
	84	Anton Filippov	0

Section 4

	Round of 16					Second round					Third round					Round of 16
	5	Teymur Rəcəbov	2
	124	Mohamed Ezat	0
						5	Teymur Rəcəbov	0.5
						69	Konstantin Sakayev	1.5
	60	Julio Ernesto Granda Zúñiga	0.5
	69	Konstantin Sakayev	1.5
											69	Konstantin Sakayev	0.5
											28	Nikita Vitjugov	1.5
	28	Nikita Vitjugov	1.5
	101	Abhijeet Gupta	0.5
						28	Nikita Vitjugov	4.5
						92	Gilberto Milos	3.5
	37	Sachar Jefymenko	0.5
	92	Gilberto Milos	1.5
																28	Nikita Vitjugov	0.5
																12	Sergei Karjakin	1.5
	12	Sergei Karjakin	1.5
	117	Andrés Rodríguez Vila	0.5
						12	Sergei Karjakin	3.5
						53	Artyom Timofeev	2.5
	53	Artyom Timofeev	3.5
	76	Rafael Leitão	2.5
											12	Sergei Karjakin	4th
											21st	David Navara	1
	21st	David Navara	4th
	108	Darwin Laylo	2
						21st	David Navara	3.5
						85	Alexander Shabalov	2.5
	44	Volodymyr Baklan	3.5
	85	Alexander Shabalov	4.5

Section 5

	Round of 16					Second round					Third round					Round of 16
	2	Vüqar Həşimov	2
	127	Walaa Sarwat	0
						2	Vüqar Həşimov	1.5
						66	Zhou Jianchao	0.5
	63	Up Məmmədov	0.5
	66	Zhou Jianchao	1.5
											2	Vüqar Həşimov	3.5
											95	Li Chao	1.5
	31	Bu Xiangzhi	0.5
	98	Yannick Pelletier	1.5
						98	Yannick Pelletier	3.5
						95	Li Chao	4.5
	34	Gabriel Sarkissjan	3
	95	Li Chao	5
																2	Vüqar Həşimov	3.5
																50	Fabiano Caruana	1.5
	15th	Leinier Domínguez	3.5
	114	David Smerdon	2.5
						15th	Leinier Domínguez	2
						50	Fabiano Caruana	4th
	50	Fabiano Caruana	1.5
	79	Lázaro Bruzón	0.5
											50	Fabiano Caruana	3.5
											18th	Yevgeny Alexeyev	2.5
	18th	Yevgeny Alexeyev	1.5
	111	Alexei Pridorozhny	0.5
						18th	Yevgeny Alexeyev	3.5
						47	Laurent Fressinet	1.5
	47	Laurent Fressinet	2
	82	Sanan Zyugirov	0

Section 6

	Round of 16					Second round					Third round					Round of 16
	7th	Ruslan Ponomarev	1.5
	122	Essam El Gindy	0.5
						7th	Ruslan Ponomarev	4th
						71	Varuzhan Akobian	2
	58	Pavel Tregubov	7th
	71	Varuzhan Akobian	9
											7th	Ruslan Ponomarev	1.5
											26th	Alexander Motylev	0.5
	26th	Alexander Motylev	1.5
	103	Robert Hess	0.5
						26th	Alexander Motylev	1.5
						39	Yevgeny Najer	0.5
	39	Yevgeny Najer	1.5
	90	Ehsan Ghaem Maghami	0.5
																7th	Ruslan Ponomarev	3.5
																23	Étienne Bacrot	2.5
	10	Wang Yue	2
	119	Nikolai Kabanov	0
						10	Wang Yue	2
						55	Boris Savchenko	0
	55	Boris Savchenko	4.5
	74	Yury Shulman	3.5
											10	Wang Yue	1.5
											23	Étienne Bacrot	3.5
	23	Étienne Bacrot	3.5
	106	Friso Nijboer	1.5
						23	Étienne Bacrot	2
						42	K. Sasikiran	0
	42	K. Sasikiran	3.5
	87	Erwin l'Ami	1.5

Section 7

	Round of 16					Second round					Third round					Round of 16
	3	Pyotr Swidler	2
	126	Jean Hébert	0
						3	Pyotr Swidler	3.5
						67	Tomi Nybäck	1.5
	62	Dmitri Andreikin	3.5
	67	Tomi Nybäck	4.5
											3	Pyotr Swidler	5
											30th	Arkadij Naiditsch	3
	30th	Arkadij Naiditsch	3.5
	99	Hou Yifan	2.5
						30th	Arkadij Naiditsch	1.5
						35	Alexander Onischuk	0.5
	35	Alexander Onischuk	1.5
	94	Diego Flores	0.5
																3	Pyotr Swidler	1.5
																14th	Alexei Shirov	0.5
	14th	Alexei Shirov	1.5
	115	Abhijit Kunte	0.5
						14th	Alexei Shirov	4th
						78	Serhiy Fedorchuk	1
	51	Ivan Sokolov	0
	78	Serhiy Fedorchuk	2
											14th	Alexei Shirov	1.5
											19th	Yevgeny Tomaschewski	0.5
	19th	Yevgeny Tomaschewski	1.5
	110	Alexander Ivanov	0.5
						19th	Yevgeny Tomaschewski	3.5
						83	Alexander Chalifman	2.5
	46	Alexandr Fier	2.5
	83	Alexander Chalifman	3.5

Section 8

	Round of 16					Second round					Third round					Round of 16
	6th	Vasyl Ivanchuk	2
	123	Alexei Besgodov	0
						6th	Vasyl Ivanchuk	0.5
						59	Wesley So	1.5
	59	Wesley So	4th
	70	Qədir Hüseynov	1
											59	Wesley So	1.5
											27	Gata Kamsky	0.5
	27	Gata Kamsky	1.5
	102	Rogelio Antonio junior	0.5
						27	Gata Kamsky	1.5
						91	Zhou Weiqi	0.5
	38	Emil Sutovsky	1.5
	91	Zhou Weiqi	3.5
																59	Wesley So	1
																22nd	Vladimir Malakhov	4th
	11	Pavel Elyanov	1.5
	118	Mohamad al-Sayed	0.5
						11	Pavel Elyanov	3.5
						54	Ernesto Inarkiev	2.5
	54	Ernesto Inarkiev	3.5
	75	Jan Gustafsson	1.5
											11	Pavel Elyanov	1
											22nd	Vladimir Malakhov	4th
	22nd	Vladimir Malakhov	2
	107	Bass amine	0
						22nd	Vladimir Malakhov	3.5
						43	Ilia Smirin	1.5
	43	Ilia Smirin	1.5
	86	Jaan Ehlvest	0.5

Results, rounds 5-7

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1	Boris Gelfand	3.5
	9	Dmitri Yakovenko	1.5
						1	Boris Gelfand	2
						12	Sergei Karjakin	0
	13	Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov	0.5
	12	Sergei Karjakin	1.5
											1	Boris Gelfand	7th
											7th	Ruslan Ponomarev	5
	2	Vüqar Həşimov	1.5
	7th	Ruslan Ponomarev	3.5
						7th	Ruslan Ponomarev	4th
						22nd	Vladimir Malakhov	2
	3	Pyotr Swidler	0.5
	22nd	Vladimir Malakhov	1.5

Final, December 10th to December 14th

After four games with a classic time limit it was a draw, followed by four fast games and, when there was still no winner, four blitz games.

Seat	Surname	Elo rating	1	2	3	4th	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	B3	B4	total
1	Boris Gelfand	2758	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	0	1	0	1	1	7th
7th	Ruslan Ponomarev	2739	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	0	1	0	0	5

Web links

• Official site ( Memento of April 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
• Tournament report and games at chessgames.com ( English ) Retrieved on November 16, 2015.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official list of qualifiers for the 2009 World Cup (English) On: fide.com, accessed on August 22, 2009
2. ↑ All qualifiers of the World Cup 2009 ( Memento of November 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) On: caissa.info, accessed on August 24, 2009
3. ↑ London Chess Classic: Player . Accessed January 2013.