Chess World Cup 2007

The Chess World Cup 2007 served as a qualification tournament for the World Chess Championship 2010. It was held as a 128-player single-elimination tournament, between 24 November and 16 December 2007, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.[1]

In an event attended by most leading players of the world, American Gata Kamsky emerged as the winner. He was unbeaten in the tournament, going into tie-break only once and defeating Spaniard Alexei Shirov, 2½–1½, in the four-game final. Two 17-year-old players, Sergey Karjakin and Magnus Carlsen, reached the semifinals.

By winning, Kamsky qualified for the Challenger Match, the final stage in determining the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2010; his participation in that match allowed him direct entry into the Candidates Matches for the World Chess Championship 2012.

The final four also received direct entry into the FIDE Grand Prix 2008–10, a qualifying stage for the World Chess Championship 2012.

The winner of the Chess World Cup 2005, Levon Aronian, was defeated by Dmitry Jakovenko in the fourth round.

Background

The 2007 World Cup was part of the cycle for the World Chess Championship 2010. Gata Kamsky, as the winner of this tournament, played an eight-game match against Veselin Topalov in 2008, for the right to be the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2010. Ultimately Topalov won the match and will face World Champion Viswanathan Anand, who successfully defended his title against former champion Vladimir Kramnik at the World Chess Championship 2008.

Prominent non-participants

Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov were ineligible to participate, due to special privileges they already had in the 2008–2010 World Championship cycle.

All other leading players, including world champion Viswanathan Anand, were eligible to participate. However Anand, who was already seeded into the 2008–2010 cycle, elected not to play.

Three other players who had recently competed in the World Chess Championship 2007 in Mexico - Péter Lékó, Aleksandr Morozevich and Boris Gelfand - elected not to play. Lékó and Morozevich refused to take part as a form of protest against the special privileges given for the inclusion of Kramnik and Topalov in the World Chess Championship Cycle.[2][3]

The only other player from the Top 30 who did not participate was Judit Polgár.

Qualification

The final list of 128 qualifiers for the World Cup was as follows:[4]

The individual Zones (for Zonals) are described in the FIDE handbook.[5]

Participants

All players are Grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

  1.  Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2787
  2.  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2752
  3.  Teimour Radjabov (AZE), 2742
  4.  Levon Aronian (ARM), 2741
  5.  Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2739
  6.  Peter Svidler (RUS), 2732
  7.  Michael Adams (ENG), 2729
  8.  Evgeny Alekseev (RUS), 2716
  9.  Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2715
  10.  Magnus Carlsen (NOR), 2714
  11.  Gata Kamsky (USA), 2714
  12.  Vladimir Akopian (ARM), 2713
  13.  Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS), 2710
  14.  Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR), 2705
  15.  Wang Yue (CHN), 2703
  16.  Étienne Bacrot (FRA), 2695
  17.  Sergey Karjakin (UKR), 2694
  18.  Bu Xiangzhi (CHN), 2692
  19.  Pavel Eljanov (UKR), 2691
  20.  Zoltán Almási (HUN), 2691
  21.  Vladimir Malakhov (RUS), 2690
  22.  Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB), 2690
  23.  Leinier Domínguez (CUB), 2683
  24.  Loek van Wely (NED), 2679
  25.  Konstantin Landa (RUS), 2678
  26.  Andrei Volokitin (UKR), 2678
  27.  Sergei Rublevsky (RUS), 2676
  28.  Alexander Onischuk (USA), 2674
  29.  Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS), 2674
  30.  Vadim Zvjaginsev (RUS), 2674
  31.  Ivan Cheparinov (BUL), 2670
  32.  Pendyala Harikrishna (IND), 2668
  33.  Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROU), 2668
  34.  Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA), 2661
  35.  Krishnan Sasikiran (IND), 2661
  36.  Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP), 2660
  37.  Predrag Nikolić (BIH), 2657
  38.  David Navara (CZE), 2656
  39.  Emil Sutovsky (ISR), 2655
  40.  Laurent Fressinet (FRA), 2654
  41.  Evgeny Bareev (RUS), 2653
  42.  Nigel D. Short (ENG), 2649
  43.  Kiril Georgiev (BUL), 2649
  44.  Sergey Volkov (RUS), 2648
  45.  Bartosz Soćko (POL), 2646
  46.  Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS), 2646
  47.  Alexander Motylev (RUS), 2645
  48.  Zhang Pengxiang (CHN), 2644
  49.  Michael Roiz (ISR), 2643
  50.  Sergei Tiviakov (NED), 2643
  51.  Wang Hao (CHN), 2643
  52.  Alexander Khalifman (RUS), 2643
  53.  Zviad Izoria1 (GEO), 2643
  54.  Boris Avrukh (ISR), 2641
  55.  Arkadij Naiditsch (GER), 2639
  56.  Evgeniy Najer (RUS), 2635
  57.  Konstantin Sakaev (RUS), 2634
  58.  Mikhail Gurevich (TUR), 2627
  59.  Alexander Shabalov (USA), 2626
  60.  Yuri Shulman (USA), 2616
  61.  Maxim Rodshtein (ISR), 2615
  62.  Viktor Laznicka (CZE), 2610
  63.  Zdenko Kozul (CRO), 2609
  64.  Mateusz Bartel (POL), 2608
  65.  Aleksandr Galkin (RUS), 2608
  66.  Lazaro Bruzon Batista (CUB), 2607
  67.  Bartłomiej Macieja (POL), 2606
  68.  Jan Gustafsson (GER), 2606
  69.  Rafael Leitão (BRA), 2601
  70.  Dusko Pavasovic (SLO), 2597
  71.  Gregory S. Kaidanov (USA), 2597
  72.  Nikita Vitiugov (RUS), 2594
  73.  Emanuel Berg (SWE), 2593
  74.  Julio E. Granda Zuniga (PER), 2592
  75.  Gilberto Milos (BRA), 2592
  76.  Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (IRI), 2591
  77.  Vladimir Belov (RUS), 2587
  78.  Robert Markuš (SRB), 2586
  79.  Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND), 2585
  80.  Varuzhan Akobian (USA), 2584
  81.  Merab Gagunashvili (GEO), 2584
  82.  Boris Savchenko (RUS), 2583
  83.  Rauf Mammadov (AZE), 2582
  84.  Vladimir Georgiev (MKD), 2576
  85.  Grzegorz Gajewski (POL), 2573
  86.  Susanto Megaranto (INA), 2569
  87.  David Baramidze (GER), 2569
  88.  Julio Becerra Rivero (USA), 2568
  89.  Diego Flores (ARG), 2566, IM
  90.  Zhou Jianchao (CHN), 2565
  91.  Alexander Ivanov (USA), 2565
  92.  Artem Iljin (RUS), 2565
  93.  Sergey Kudrin (USA), 2563
  94.  Sergei Zhigalko (BLR), 2562
  95.  Csaba Balogh (HUN), 2561
  96.  Bassem Amin (EGY), 2561
  97.  Zhao Jun (CHN), 2552
  98.  Juan Carlos González Zamora1 (MEX), 2552
  99.  Abhijit Kunte (IND), 2547
  100.  Fernando Peralta (ARG), 2546
  101.  Zaven Andriasian (ARM), 2546
  102.  Imre Hera, Jr. (HUN), 2544
  103.  Lê Quang Liêm (VIE), 2534
  104.  Vladislav Nevednichy (ROU), 2531
  105.  Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE), 2530
  106.  Alexei Iljushin (RUS), 2528
  107.  G.N. Gopal (IND), 2520, IM
  108.  Xu Yuhua (CHN), 2517
  109.  Wen Yang (CHN), 2515, IM
  110.  Enamul Hossain (BAN), 2514, IM
  111.  Nikolai Kabanov (RUS), 2512, IM
  112.  Everaldo Matsuura (BRA), 2511, IM
  113.  Darwin Laylo (PHI), 2508, IM
  114.  Aleksei Pridorozhni (RUS), 2506, IM
  115.  Essam El Gindy (EGY), 2503, IM
  116.  Ziaur Rahman (BAN), 2497
  117.  Anton Filippov (UZB), 2496, IM
  118.  Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2494
  119.  Zhao Zong-Yuan (AUS), 2491, IM
  120.  Darcy Lima (BRA), 2484
  121.  Anuar Ismagambetov (KAZ), 2480, IM
  122.  Igor Zugic (CAN), 2477, IM
  123.  Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN), 2435, IM
  124.  Robert Gwaze (ZIM), 2429, IM
  125.  Juan Pablo Hobaica (ARG), 2427, IM
  126.  Vladimir Genba (RUS), 2413, IM
  127.  Khaled Abdel Razik (EGY), 2389, FM
  128.  Pedro Aderito (ANG), 2352, IM

1 Izoria did not appear at the Cup due to visa problems. Gonzalez Zamora did not appear at the Cup due to illness.[6]

Playing conditions

The tournament is in the style of the FIDE World Chess Championships 1998–2004: each round consists of a two-game match (except for the final round, which will be a four-game match), followed by tie breaks at faster time controls if required.[7][8]

The time control for regular games is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with 30 seconds added after each move. Tie breaks consist of two rapid chess games (25 minutes each + 10 seconds per move); followed by two blitz games if required (5 minutes + 10 seconds per move); followed by a single Armageddon chess game if required (white has 6 minutes and must win, black has 5 minutes and only needs to draw).

The prize money ranged from US$6,000 for players eliminated in the first round to $80,000 for the losing finalist and $120,000 for the winner.

Results, rounds 1–4

Round 1

Most of the top seeds progressed. From the top 32, the only higher seeded players eliminated were Pavel Eljanov (19th seed), Konstantin Landa (25) and Pendyala Harikrishna (32).[6]

Round 2

Players in the top 32 eliminated in regular games were Teimour Radjabov (seeded 3), Loek van Wely (24).[9][10] Top 32 players eliminated in tie breaks were Rustam Kasimdzhanov (22), Andrei Volokitin (26) and Vadim Zvjaginsev (30). This left 24 of the top 32 seeds in the final 32.

High seeds needing tie breaks to progress included Vassily Ivanchuk (1), Magnus Carlsen (10), Ruslan Ponomariov (14) and Wang Yue (15).[11]

Round 3

After the two regular games, 10 of the 16 matches had decisive results. Players going through on the regular games are: Alexei Shirov (seeded 5), Michael Adams (7), Evgeny Alekseev (8), Magnus Carlsen (10), Gata Kamsky (11), Vladimir Akopian (12), Dmitry Jakovenko (13), Ruslan Ponomariov (14), Wang Yue (15) and Ivan Cheparinov (31).[12][13] Cheparinov eliminated the number 2 seed Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.

The other six matches were decided in the tie breaks. Winners were Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (33) (eliminating top seed Vassily Ivanchuk), Krishnan Sasikiran (35), Evgeny Bareev (41), Levon Aronian (4), Peter Svidler (6), Sergey Karjakin (17).[14]

Round 4

In the regular time control games, Shirov, Ponomariov, Carlsen, Karjakin and Cheparinov won their respective matches against Akopian, Sasikiran, Adams, Nisipeanu and Wang Yue. The other three matches (Jakovenko-Aronian, Svidler-Kamsky and Bareev-Alekseev) proceed to tie breaks,[15][16] with wins to Jakovenko, Kamsky and Alekseev.

Section 1
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
1 Vassily Ivanchuk 2
128 Pedro Aderito 0
1 Vassily Ivanchuk 2½
65 Aleksandr Galkin 1½
64 Mateusz Bartel 1
65 Aleksandr Galkin 3
1 Vassily Ivanchuk 2½
33 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 3½
32 Pendyala Harikrishna 1½
97 Zhao Jun 2½
97 Zhao Jun 1½
33 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2½
33 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 1½
96 Bassem Amin ½
33 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu ½
17 Sergey Karjakin 1½
16 Étienne Bacrot 1½
113 Darwin Laylo ½
16 Étienne Bacrot 1½
49 Michael Roiz ½
49 Michael Roiz 4
80 Varuzhan Akobian 3
16 Étienne Bacrot 1
17 Sergey Karjakin 3
17 Sergey Karjakin 2
112 Everaldo Matsuura 0
17 Sergey Karjakin 1½
48 Zhang Pengxiang ½
48 Zhang Pengxiang 2½
81 Merab Gagunashvili 1½

Section 2
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
8 Evgeny Alekseev 2½
121 Anuar Ismagambetov 1½
8 Evgeny Alekseev 1½
57 Konstantin Sakaev ½
57 Konstantin Sakaev 4
72 Nikita Vitiugov 3
8 Evgeny Alekseev 1½
40 Laurent Fressinet ½
25 Konstantin Landa ½
104 Vladislav Nevednichy 1½
104 Vladislav Nevednichy ½
40 Laurent Fressinet 1½
40 Laurent Fressinet 2
89 Diego Flores 0
8 Evgeny Alekseev 3
41 Evgeny Bareev 1
9 Alexander Grischuk 1½
120 Darcy Lima ½
9 Alexander Grischuk 1½
56 Evgeniy Najer ½
56 Evgeniy Najer 1½
73 Emanuel Berg ½
9 Alexander Grischuk 1½
41 Evgeny Bareev 2½
24 Loek van Wely 3½
105 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2½
24 Loek van Wely ½
41 Evgeny Bareev 1½
41 Evgeny Bareev 2
88 Julio Becerra Rivero 0

Section 3
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
4 Levon Aronian 2
125 Juan Pablo Hobaica 0
4 Levon Aronian 1½
68 Jan Gustafsson ½
61 Maxim Rodshtein ½
68 Jan Gustafsson 1½
4 Levon Aronian 3
29 Ernesto Inarkiev 1
29 Ernesto Inarkiev 1½
100 Fernando Peralta ½
29 Ernesto Inarkiev 1½
36 Francisco Vallejo Pons ½
36 Francisco Vallejo Pons 1½
93 Sergey Kudrin ½
4 Levon Aronian 1½
13 Dmitry Jakovenko 2½
13 Dmitry Jakovenko 2
116 Ziaur Rahman 0
13 Dmitry Jakovenko 1½
77 Vladimir Belov ½
52 Alexander Khalifman 1½
77 Vladimir Belov 2½
13 Dmitry Jakovenko 1½
20 Zoltán Almási ½
20 Zoltán Almási 1½
109 Wen Yang ½
20 Zoltán Almási 2
45 Bartosz Soćko 0
45 Bartosz Soćko 2
84 Vladimir Georgiev 0

Section 4
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
5 Alexei Shirov 2
124 Robert Gwaze 0
5 Alexei Shirov 1½
60 Yuri Shulman ½
60 Yuri Shulman 3
69 Rafael Leitão 1
5 Alexei Shirov 1½
28 Alexander Onischuk ½
28 Alexander Onischuk 2½
101 Zaven Andriasian 1½
28 Alexander Onischuk 1½
37 Predrag Nikolić ½
37 Predrag Nikolić 2
92 Artem Iljin 0
5 Alexei Shirov 1½
12 Vladimir Akopian ½
12 Vladimir Akopian 2½
117 Anton Filippov 1½
12 Vladimir Akopian 1½
76 Ehsan Ghaem Maghami ½
53 Zviad Izoria
76 Ehsan Ghaem Maghami w/o
12 Vladimir Akopian 1½
21 Vladimir Malakhov ½
21 Vladimir Malakhov 2
108 Xu Yuhua 0
21 Vladimir Malakhov 2½
44 Sergey Volkov 1½
44 Sergey Volkov 1½
85 Grzegorz Gajewski ½

Section 5
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
2 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2
127 Khaled Abdel Razik 0
2 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1½
63 Zdenko Kozul ½
63 Zdenko Kozul 3½
66 Lazaro Bruzon Batista 2½
2 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ½
31 Ivan Cheparinov 1½
31 Ivan Cheparinov w/o
98 Juan Carlos González Zamora
31 Ivan Cheparinov 3½
34 Vladislav Tkachiev 2½
34 Vladislav Tkachiev 1½
95 Csaba Balogh ½
31 Ivan Cheparinov 1½
15 Wang Yue ½
15 Wang Yue 1½
114 Aleksei Pridorozhni ½
15 Wang Yue 2½
50 Sergei Tiviakov 1½
50 Sergei Tiviakov 1½
79 Surya Shekhar Ganguly ½
15 Wang Yue 1½
18 Bu Xiangzhi ½
18 Bu Xiangzhi 2
111 Nikolai Kabanov 0
18 Bu Xiangzhi 3½
47 Alexander Motylev 2½
47 Alexander Motylev 1½
82 Boris Savchenko ½

Section 6
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
7 Michael Adams 1½
122 Igor Zugic ½
7 Michael Adams 1½
58 Mikhail Gurevich ½
58 Mikhail Gurevich 2½
71 Gregory S. Kaidanov 1½
7 Michael Adams 1½
90 Zhou Jianchao ½
26 Andrei Volokitin 1½
103 Lê Quang Liêm ½
26 Andrei Volokitin 3
90 Zhou Jianchao 4
39 Emil Sutovsky ½
90 Zhou Jianchao 1½
7 Michael Adams ½
10 Magnus Carlsen 1½
10 Magnus Carlsen 2
119 Zhao Zong-Yuan 0
10 Magnus Carlsen 3
55 Arkadij Naiditsch 1
55 Arkadij Naiditsch 1½
74 Julio E. Granda Zuniga ½
10 Magnus Carlsen 1½
23 Leinier Domínguez ½
23 Leinier Domínguez 2
106 Alexei Iljushin 0
23 Leinier Domínguez 1½
87 David Baramidze ½
42 Nigel D. Short 1½
87 David Baramidze 2½

Section 7
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
3 Teimour Radjabov 2
126 Vladimir Genba 0
3 Teimour Radjabov 0
67 Bartłomiej Macieja 2
62 Viktor Laznicka ½
67 Bartłomiej Macieja 1½
67 Bartłomiej Macieja 2
35 Krishnan Sasikiran 4
30 Vadim Zvjaginsev 2½
99 Abhijit Kunte 1½
30 Vadim Zvjaginsev 2
35 Krishnan Sasikiran 4
35 Krishnan Sasikiran 3½
94 Sergei Zhigalko 2½
35 Krishnan Sasikiran ½
14 Ruslan Ponomariov 1½
14 Ruslan Ponomariov 2½
115 Essam El Gindy 1½
14 Ruslan Ponomariov 2½
51 Wang Hao 1½
51 Wang Hao 1½
78 Robert Markuš ½
14 Ruslan Ponomariov 1½
46 Evgeny Tomashevsky ½
19 Pavel Eljanov ½
110 Enamul Hossain 1½
110 Enamul Hossain ½
46 Evgeny Tomashevsky 1½
46 Evgeny Tomashevsky 3½
83 Rauf Mammadov 2½

Section 8
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
6 Peter Svidler 2
123 Eduardo Iturrizaga 0
6 Peter Svidler 2
70 Dusko Pavasovic 0
59 Alexander Shabalov ½
70 Dusko Pavasovic 1½
6 Peter Svidler 2½
27 Sergei Rublevsky 1½
27 Sergei Rublevsky 1½
102 Imre Hera, Jr. ½
27 Sergei Rublevsky 3½
38 David Navara 2½
38 David Navara 1½
91 Alexander Ivanov ½
6 Peter Svidler 1½
11 Gata Kamsky 2½
11 Gata Kamsky 1½
118 Ahmed Adly ½
11 Gata Kamsky 1½
54 Boris Avrukh ½
54 Boris Avrukh 3
75 Gilberto Milos 1
11 Gata Kamsky 1½
43 Kiril Georgiev ½
22 Rustam Kasimdzhanov 4
107 G.N. Gopal 2
22 Rustam Kasimdzhanov 3
43 Kiril Georgiev 4
43 Kiril Georgiev 2
86 Susanto Megaranto 0

Results, rounds 5–7
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final (best of 4)
         
17 Sergey Karjakin 2½
8 Evgeny Alekseev 1½
17 Sergey Karjakin 1½
5 Alexei Shirov 2½
13 Dmitry Jakovenko 0
5 Alexei Shirov 2
5 Alexei Shirov 1½
11 Gata Kamsky 2½
31 Ivan Cheparinov ½
10 Magnus Carlsen 1½
10 Magnus Carlsen ½
11 Gata Kamsky 1½
14 Ruslan Ponomariov ½
11 Gata Kamsky 1½

Chessbase reports: Round five Game one; Round five Game two; Round five tie breaks; Round six Game one.

Final stats
13 December – 16 December
SeedNameRating1234Total
5  Alexei Shirov (ESP) 2739 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1½
11  Gata Kamsky (USA) 2714 ½ 1 ½ ½ 2½

References
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