Chess World Cup 2013

The Chess World Cup 2013 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament, played between 11 August and 2 September 2013, in the hotel Scandic Tromsø in Tromsø, Norway.[1][2] It was won by Vladimir Kramnik, who defeated Dmitry Andreikin 2½–1½ in the final match.[3] The finalists qualified for the 2014 Candidates Tournament.

Vladimir Kramnik, winner of the Chess World Cup 2013

The winner of the Chess World Cup 2011, Peter Svidler, was defeated by Dmitry Andreikin in the quarter-finals.

Format

Matches consisted of two games (except for the final, which consisted of four). Players had 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move from the start of the game. If a match was tied after the regular games, tie breaks were played on the next day. The format for the tie breaks was as follows:

  • Two rapid games (25 minutes plus 10 seconds increment) were to be played.
  • If the score was tied after two rapid games, two rapid games (10 minutes plus 10 seconds increment) were to be played.
  • If the score was tied after four rapid games, the opponents were to play two blitz games (five minutes plus three seconds increment).
  • If the score was tied after a pair of blitz games, an armageddon game (in which a draw counts as a win for Black) was played. White would have five minutes and Black would have four minutes, and both players would have a three seconds per move increment beginning with move 61.

Prize money
RoundPrizeTotal
Round 164 × US $6,000US $384,000
Round 232 × US $10,000US $320,000
Round 316 × US $16,000US $256,000
Round 48 × US $25,000US $200,000
Round 54 × US $35,000US $140,000
Round 62 × US $50,000US $100,000
Runner-upUS $80,000US $80,000
WinnerUS $120,000US $120,000
TotalUS $1,600,000[4]

Participants

The participating players were seeded by their July 2013 FIDE ratings:[5]

01.   Levon Aronian (ARM), 2813 (R)
02.   Fabiano Caruana (ITA), 2796 (R)
03.   Vladimir Kramnik (RUS), 2784 (R)
04.   Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2780 (WC)
05.   Sergey Karjakin (RUS), 2776 (R)
06.   Hikaru Nakamura (USA), 2775 (R)
07.   Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2773 (R)
08.   Gata Kamsky (USA), 2763 (R)
09.   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2761 (R)
10.   Leinier Domínguez (CUB), 2757 (R)
11.   Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR), 2756 (WC)
12.   Wang Hao (CHN), 2752 (R)
13.   Peter Svidler (RUS), 2746 (WC)
14.   Michael Adams (ENG), 2740 (R)
15.   Peter Leko (HUN), 2737 (R)
16.   Alexander Morozevich (RUS), 2736 (R)
17.   Nikita Vitiugov (RUS), 2734 (E12)
18.   Anish Giri (NED), 2734 (R)
19.   Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2733 (WC)
20.   Teimour Radjabov (AZE), 2733 (R)
21.   Dmitry Andreikin (RUS), 2727 (E12)
22.   Anton Korobov (UKR), 2720 (E13)
23.   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), 2719 (PN)
24.   Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS), 2717 (R)
25.   David Navara (CZE), 2715 (PN)
26.   Étienne Bacrot (FRA), 2714 (E12)
27.   Evgeny Alekseev (RUS), 2714 (E13)
28.   Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS), 2713 (E12)
29.   Lê Quang Liêm (VIE), 2712 (AS13)
30.   Alexander Areshchenko (UKR), 2709 (E13)
31.   Vladimir Malakhov (RUS), 2709 (E12)
32.   Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS), 2709 (R)
33.   Wesley So (PHI), 2708 (Z3.3)
34.   Laurent Fressinet (FRA), 2708 (E12)
35.   Alexander Riazantsev (RUS), 2708 (E12)
36.   Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP), 2706 (E12)
37.   Pavel Eljanov (UKR), 2702 (E13)
38.   Radosław Wojtaszek (POL), 2701 (R)
39.   Alexander Moiseenko (UKR), 2699 (E13)
40.   Sergei Movsesian (ARM), 2699 (E13)
41.   Alexei Shirov (LAT), 2696 (R)
42.   Judit Polgár (HUN), 2696 (PN)
43.   Baadur Jobava (GEO), 2693 (E12)
44.   Vladimir Akopian (ARM), 2691 (E12)
45.   Lázaro Bruzón (CUB), 2689 (Z2.3)
46.   Andrei Volokitin (UKR), 2688 (E12)
47.   Li Chao (CHN), 2686 (AS13)
48.   Markus Ragger (AUT), 2680 (E13)
49.   Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS), 2680 (E12)
50.   Julio Granda (PER), 2679 (AM12)
51.   Yuriy Kryvoruchko (UKR), 2678 (E12)
52.   Victor Bologan (MDA), 2672 (E12)
53.   Alexey Dreev (RUS), 2668 (E12)
54.   Sergey Fedorchuk (UKR), 2667 (E13)
55.   Alexander Onischuk (USA), 2667 (Z2.1)
56.   Maxim Matlakov (RUS), 2665 (E12)
57.   Aleksandr Shimanov (RUS), 2664 (E13)
58.   Evgeny Romanov (RUS), 2662 (E13)
59.   Eltaj Safarli (AZE), 2660 (E13)
60.   Krishnan Sasikiran (IND), 2660 (AS13)
61.   Vadim Zvjaginsev (RUS), 2659 (E13)
62.   Denis Khismatullin (RUS), 2658 (E12)
63.   Yu Yangyi (CHN), 2657 (AS12)
64.   Igor Lysyj (RUS), 2656 (E13)
65.   Andrei Istrățescu (FRA), 2651 (E13)
66.   Alexander Beliavsky (SLO), 2651 (E13)
67.   Mikhail Kobalia (RUS), 2651 (E12)
68.   Dariusz Świercz (POL), 2650 (J11)
69.   Constantin Lupulescu (ROU), 2650 (E13)
70.   Bassem Amin (EGY), 2650 (AF)
71.   Anton Filippov (UZB), 2643 (Z3.4)
72.   Gawain Jones (ENG), 2643 (E12)
73.   Jan Smeets (NED), 2643 (E12)
74.   Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN), 2642 (Z2.3)
75.   Daniil Dubov (RUS), 2638 (E13)
76.   Sergei Azarov (BLR), 2636 (E12)
77.   Zbyněk Hráček (CZE), 2635 (E13)
78.   Parimarjan Negi (IND), 2634 (AS12)
79.   Hrant Melkumyan (ARM), 2632 (E13)
80.   Rafael Leitão (BRA), 2632 (Z2.4)
81.   Ivan Popov (RUS), 2632 (E13)
82.   Evgeny Postny (ISR), 2631 (E13)
83.   Ray Robson (USA), 2628 (Z2.1)
84.   Evgeniy Najer (RUS), 2628 (E12)
85.   Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE), 2625 (Z3.3)
86.   Martyn Kravtsiv (UKR), 2620 (E13)
87.   Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez (CUB), 2612 (AM13)
88.   Hou Yifan (CHN), 2600 (PN)
89.   Jon Ludvig Hammer (NOR), 2599 (ON)
90.   Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2596 (AF)
91.   Alexandr Fier (BRA), 2595 (Z2.4)
92.   Sabino Brunello (ITA), 2593 (E13)
93.   Diego Flores (ARG), 2592 (AM13)
94.   Rubén Felgaer (ARG), 2586 (Z2.5)
95.   Larry Christiansen (USA), 2584 (Z2.1)
96.   Alexander Ipatov (TUR), 2583 (J12)
97.   Alejandro Ramírez (USA), 2583 (Z2.1)
98.   Eric Hansen (CAN), 2581 (AM12)
99.   Gregory Kaidanov (USA), 2577 (AM12)
100.   Oliver Barbosa (PHI), 2572 (AS12)
101.   Mark Paragua (PHI), 2569 (AS13)
102.   Baskaran Adhiban (IND), 2567 (AS13)
103.   Simen Agdestein (NOR), 2567 (ON)
104.   Sandro Mareco (ARG), 2562 (Z2.5)
105.   Wei Yi (CHN), 2557 (PN)
106.   Alexander Shabalov (USA), 2553 (AM12)
107.   Vasif Durarbayli (AZE), 2549 (E12)
108.   Pouria Darini (IRI), 2548 (Z3.1)
109.   Jorge Cori (PER), 2543 (AM13)
110.   Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL), 2536, IM (PN)
111.   Salem Saleh (UAE), 2531 (AS12)
112.   Conrad Holt (USA), 2530 (Z2.1)
113.   Bator Sambuev (CAN), 2530 (Z2.2)
114.   Leif Erlend Johannessen (NOR), 2520 (ON)
115.   Wan Yunguo (CHN), 2509, IM (Z3.5)
116.   Anna Ushenina (UKR), 2500 (WWC)
117.   Liu Qingnan (CHN), 2500, IM (AS12)
118.   Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen (NOR), 2492, IM (ON)
119.   Essam El-Gindy (EGY), 2490 (AF)
120.   Samy Shoker (EGY), 2487, IM (Z4.2)
121.   Lou Yiping (CHN), 2483, IM (Z3.5)
122.   Ziaur Rahman (BAN), 2470 (Z3.2)
123.   Deysi Cori (PER), 2434, WGM (AM13)
124.   Ali Sebbar (MAR), 2371, untitled (Z4.1)
125.   Igor Bjelobrk (AUS), 2341, FM (Z3.6)
126.   Gillan Bwalya (ZAM), 2341, FM (Z4.3)
127.   G. Akash (IND), 2332, IM (Z3.7)
128.   Mikhail Markov (KGZ), 2305, untitled (Z3.4)

All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

Qualification paths

Prominent non-participants

Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, and Veselin Topalov qualified for the event, but they declined to participate. The only other player from the world's top 30 who did not participate is Ding Liren.[6] Levon Aronian (who declined to play in 2009 and 2011) and Vladimir Kramnik (who had never played in a Chess World Cup) chose to participate because FIDE made participation in either the Chess World Cup or the FIDE Grand Prix series mandatory for qualification to the 2014 Candidates Tournament through rating.[7]

Post-tournament opinions

In particular, Alexander Grischuk was decidedly negative about the organization, as was noted coach Vladimir Chuchelov.[8][9]

Calendar
RoundRegular gamesTiebreaks
Round 111–12 August13 August
Round 214–15 August16 August
Round 317–18 August19 August
Round 420–21 August22 August
Quarterfinals23–24 August25 August
Semifinals26–27 August28 August
Final30 August – 2 September3 September

Results, rounds 1–4

Section 1
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
1 Levon Aronian 2
128 Mikhail Markov 0
1 Levon Aronian 3
64 Igor Lysyj 1
64 Igor Lysyj 1½
65 Andrei Istrățescu ½
1 Levon Aronian ½
32 Evgeny Tomashevsky 1½
32 Evgeny Tomashevsky 5
97 Alejandro Ramírez 4
32 Evgeny Tomashevsky 1½
33 Wesley So ½
33 Wesley So 1½
96 Alexander Ipatov ½
32 Evgeny Tomashevsky 4½
16 Alexander Morozevich 3½
16 Alexander Morozevich 2½
113 Bator Sambuev 1½
16 Alexander Morozevich 1½
80 Rafael Leitão ½
49 Ernesto Inarkiev 2½
80 Rafael Leitão 3½
16 Alexander Morozevich 4½
17 Nikita Vitiugov 3½
17 Nikita Vitiugov 2
112 Conrad Holt 0
17 Nikita Vitiugov 1½
48 Markus Ragger ½
48 Markus Ragger 2½
81 Ivan Popov 1½

Section 2
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
8 Gata Kamsky 3½
121 Lou Yiping 2½
8 Gata Kamsky 3
57 Aleksandr Shimanov 1
57 Aleksandr Shimanov 3½
72 Gawain Jones 2½
8 Gata Kamsky 1½
89 Jon Ludvig Hammer ½
25 David Navara 1½
104 Sandro Mareco ½
25 David Navara 1
89 Jon Ludvig Hammer 3
40 Sergei Movsesian 1½
89 Jon Ludvig Hammer 2½
8 Gata Kamsky 1½
9 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ½
9 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1½
120 Samy Shoker ½
9 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2½
56 Maxim Matlakov 1½
56 Maxim Matlakov 1½
73 Jan Smeets ½
9 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2½
105 Wei Yi 1½
24 Ian Nepomniachtchi ½
105 Wei Yi 1½
105 Wei Yi 1½
41 Alexei Shirov ½
41 Alexei Shirov 4
88 Hou Yifan 2

Section 3
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
4 Alexander Grischuk 2
125 Igor Bjelobrk 0
4 Alexander Grischuk 1½
68 Dariusz Świercz ½
61 Vadim Zvjaginsev 3½
68 Dariusz Świercz 4½
4 Alexander Grischuk 1½
29 Lê Quang Liêm 2½
29 Lê Quang Liêm 2
100 Oliver Barbosa 0
29 Lê Quang Liêm 2½
36 Francisco Vallejo Pons 1½
36 Francisco Vallejo Pons 2
93 Diego Flores 0
29 Lê Quang Liêm 1½
13 Peter Svidler 2½
13 Peter Svidler 3
116 Anna Ushenina 1
13 Peter Svidler 2½
52 Victor Bologan 1½
52 Victor Bologan 3½
77 Zbyněk Hráček 2½
13 Peter Svidler 1½
20 Teimour Radjabov ½
20 Teimour Radjabov 3½
109 Jorge Cori 2½
20 Teimour Radjabov 4
45 Lázaro Bruzón 2
45 Lázaro Bruzón 3
84 Evgeniy Najer 1

Section 4
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
5 Sergey Karjakin 1½
124 Ali Sebbar ½
5 Sergey Karjakin 2½
60 Krishnan Sasikiran 1½
60 Krishnan Sasikiran 2½
69 Constantin Lupulescu 1½
5 Sergey Karjakin 4½
37 Pavel Eljanov 3½
28 Dmitry Jakovenko 2
101 Mark Paragua 0
28 Dmitry Jakovenko ½
37 Pavel Eljanov 1½
37 Pavel Eljanov 1½
92 Sabino Brunello ½
5 Sergey Karjakin 1
21 Dmitry Andreikin 3
12 Wang Hao 1½
117 Liu Qingnan ½
12 Wang Hao 1
53 Alexey Dreev 3
53 Alexey Dreev 2½
76 Sergei Azarov 1½
53 Alexey Dreev 2
21 Dmitry Andreikin 4
21 Dmitry Andreikin 2½
108 Pouria Darini 1½
21 Dmitry Andreikin 1½
85 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son ½
44 Vladimir Akopian ½
85 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 1½

Section 5
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
2 Fabiano Caruana 1½
127 G. Akash ½
2 Fabiano Caruana 1½
63 Yu Yangyi ½
63 Yu Yangyi 3
66 Alexander Beliavsky 1
2 Fabiano Caruana 3
31 Vladimir Malakhov 1
31 Vladimir Malakhov 1½
98 Eric Hansen ½
31 Vladimir Malakhov 3
34 Laurent Fressinet 1
34 Laurent Fressinet 1½
95 Larry Christiansen ½
2 Fabiano Caruana 2
50 Julio Granda 0
15 Peter Leko 1½
114 Leif Erlend Johannessen ½
15 Peter Leko ½
50 Julio Granda 1½
50 Julio Granda 5
79 Hrant Melkumyan 4
50 Julio Granda 2½
18 Anish Giri 1½
18 Anish Giri 1½
111 Salem Saleh ½
18 Anish Giri 2
47 Li Chao 0
47 Li Chao 2½
82 Evgeny Postny 1½

Section 6
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
7 Boris Gelfand 1½
122 Ziaur Rahman ½
7 Boris Gelfand 1½
71 Anton Filippov ½
58 Evgeny Romanov ½
71 Anton Filippov 1½
7 Boris Gelfand 1½
39 Alexander Moiseenko ½
26 Étienne Bacrot 2
103 Simen Agdestein 0
26 Étienne Bacrot 1½
39 Alexander Moiseenko 2½
39 Alexander Moiseenko w/o
90 Ahmed Adly[10] w/d
7 Boris Gelfand 1½
23 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2½
10 Leinier Domínguez 2
119 Essam El-Gindy 0
10 Leinier Domínguez 1½
55 Alexander Onischuk ½
55 Alexander Onischuk 1½
74 Eduardo Iturrizaga ½
10 Leinier Domínguez ½
23 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1½
23 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2
106 Alexander Shabalov 0
23 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2
87 Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez 0
42 Judit Polgár ½
87 Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez 1½

Section 7
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
3 Vladimir Kramnik 2
126 Gillan Bwalya 0
3 Vladimir Kramnik 2½
67 Mikhail Kobalia 1½
62 Denis Khismatullin 1½
67 Mikhail Kobalia 2½
3 Vladimir Kramnik 3
30 Alexander Areshchenko 1
30 Alexander Areshchenko 1½
99 Gregory Kaidanov ½
30 Alexander Areshchenko 1½
94 Rubén Felgaer ½
35 Alexander Riazantsev 2½
94 Rubén Felgaer 3½
3 Vladimir Kramnik 1½
19 Vassily Ivanchuk ½
14 Michael Adams 2½
115 Wan Yunguo 1½
14 Michael Adams 1½
51 Yuriy Kryvoruchko 2½
51 Yuriy Kryvoruchko 4
78 Parimarjan Negi 2
51 Yuriy Kryvoruchko 1
19 Vassily Ivanchuk 3
19 Vassily Ivanchuk 1½
110 Jan-Krzysztof Duda ½
19 Vassily Ivanchuk 2
83 Ray Robson 0
46 Andrei Volokitin 0
83 Ray Robson 2

Section 8
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
6 Hikaru Nakamura 2
123 Deysi Cori 0
6 Hikaru Nakamura 1½
59 Eltaj Safarli ½
59 Eltaj Safarli 3½
70 Bassem Amin 2½
6 Hikaru Nakamura 2
102 Baskaran Adhiban 0
27 Evgeny Alekseev 3
102 Baskaran Adhiban 5
102 Baskaran Adhiban 1½
91 Alexandr Fier ½
38 Radosław Wojtaszek 1½
91 Alexandr Fier 2½
6 Hikaru Nakamura ½
22 Anton Korobov 1½
11 Ruslan Ponomariov 1½
118 Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen ½
11 Ruslan Ponomariov 4
75 Daniil Dubov 5
54 Sergey Fedorchuk 0
75 Daniil Dubov 2
75 Daniil Dubov 1½
22 Anton Korobov 2½
22 Anton Korobov 3
107 Vasif Durarbayli 1
22 Anton Korobov 3
43 Baadur Jobava 1
43 Baadur Jobava 3
86 Martyn Kravtsiv 1

Results, rounds 5–7
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
32 Evgeny Tomashevsky 1½
8 Gata Kamsky ½
32 Evgeny Tomashevsky 1½
21 Dmitry Andreikin 2½
13 Peter Svidler 1½
21 Dmitry Andreikin 2½
21 Dmitry Andreikin 1½
3 Vladimir Kramnik 2½
2 Fabiano Caruana 1½
23 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2½
23 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1½
3 Vladimir Kramnik 2½
3 Vladimir Kramnik 1½
22 Anton Korobov ½

Final, 30 August – 2 September
SeedNameJuly rating1234Total
21  Dmitry Andreikin (RUS) 2727 0 ½ ½ ½ 1½
3  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2784 1 ½ ½ ½ 2½

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