Return of the Master

Who already qualified for the World Cup?

 

This week FIDE published an almost complete list of qualifiers for the 2009 World Cup, scheduled for November 20-December 15 in Khanty-Maniysk, Russia. The winner cashes USD 120,000 and will qualify for the Candidates stage of the World Championship cycle 2009-2011.

The FIDE World Cup 2009 will be a knockout tournament of 128 players, held from November 20th till December 15th, 2009 in Khanty-Maniysk, Russia, just like the previous two World Cups won by Levon Aronian and Gata Kamsky respectively.

Khanty-Mansiysk is an oil boom town in Russia, the administrative center of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. It is located on the Irtysh River, 15 km from its confluence with the Ob. Besides the World Cups, Khanty-Mansiysk was the venue of the 2003 Biathlon World Championships, and in 2005 the first Mixed Biathlon Relay (4×6 km) took place there.

World Cup format

There shall be 6 rounds of matches comprising two 2 games per round, with the winners progressing to the next round, plus the final seventh (7th) round comprising of four (4) games.
Round 1: there shall be 128 players
Round 2: there shall be 64 players
Round 3: there shall be 32 players
Round 4: there shall be 16 players
Round 5: there shall be 8 players
Round 6: there shall be 4 players
Round 7: there shall be 2 players

The time control shall be 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 move one. For the first 6 rounds, each match shall be played over 2 games and the winner of a match shall be the first player to score 1.5 or more points. The final 7th round will be a match played over 4 games and the winner of the World Cup will be the first player to score 2.5 or more points.

Extended tiebreak

This edition will feature an extended format for tiebreaks. A maximum of four rapid games will be played, and if the score is still equal, there will be up to five pairs of blitz games. If the tie is broken after any pair of games, the tiebreak will end. Failing that, an armageddon game will be played, where players will have three-second increments beginning with move 61.

Prize fund

Round 1 losers:   64 x   USD   6,000  (net 4,800)  USD 384,000
Round 2 losers:   32 x   USD  10,000  (net 8,000)  USD 320,000
Round 3 losers:   16 x   USD  16,000  (net 12,800) USD 256,000
Round 4 losers:    8 x   USD  25,000  (net 20,000) USD 200,000
Round 5 losers:    4 x   USD  35,000  (net 28,000) USD 140,000
Round 6 losers:    2 x   USD  50,000  (net 40,000) USD 100,000
Runner-up:         1 x   USD  80,000  (net 64,000) USD  80,000
World Cup winner:  1 x   USD 120,000  (net 96,000) USD 120,000 

Total:                                           USD 1,600,000

Who qualify?

• World Champion;



• 4 semi-finalists from the World Cup 2007;



• Women’s World Champion;



• World Junior U-20 Champions 2007 & 2008;



• 20 rated players;



• 90 players from Continental Championships;



• 6 FIDE President nominees;



• 4 organiser nominees.

For the purpose of deciding the 20 rated player qualifiers, as well as any replacements, the average from the following lists will be used; rating of July 2008 plus rating of January 2009 divided by 2.

Qualifiers so far

Below you’ll find the current list of qualifiers for the World Cup 2009. Qualified players have to confirm their participation no later than September 9th, 2009.

QUALIFIERS for the WORLD CUP 2009

a) From World Championship Match 2008:


1. V. Anand (IND – World Champion)

b) From World Cup 2007:


2. G. Kamsky (USA)

3. A. Shirov (ESP)


4. M. Carlsen (NOR)


5. S. Karjakin (UKR)

c) Women’s World Champion 2008:


6. A. Kosteniuk (RUS)

d) Junior World Champions 2007 & 2008:


7. A. Adly (EGY)

8. A. Gupta (IND)

d) From FIDE Rating List, 20 players, average 7/2008 & 1/2009:


9. V. Topalov (BUL) 2786,50


10. V. Ivanchuk (UKR) 2780,00


11. A. Morozevich (RUS) 2779,50


12. V. Kramnik (RUS) 2773,50


13. T. Radjabov (AZE) 2752,50


14. P. Leko (HUN) 2746,00


15. L. Aronian (ARM) 2743,50


16. D. Jakovenko (RUS) 2734,50


17. S. Mamedyarov (AZE) 2733,00


18. P. Svidler (RUS) 2730,50


19. A. Grischuk (RUS) 2730,50


20. B. Gelfand (ISR) 2726,50


21. M. Adams (ENG) 2723,50


22. R. Ponomariov (UKR) 2722,00


23. Wang Yue (CHN) 2721,50


24. V. Gashimov (AZE) 2720,00


25. E. Alekseev (RUS) 2713,00


26. L. Dominguez Perez (CUB) 2712,50


27. Ni Hua (CHN) 2707,00


28. E. Bacrot (FRA) 2706, 50







e) 46 players from European Championships 2008 & 2009

29. S. Tiviakov (NED) 2008


30. S. Movsesian (SVK) 2008


31. S. Volkov (RUS) 2008


32. P. Tregubov (RUS) 2008


33. E. L’Ami (NED) 2008


34. M. Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2008


35. B. Grachev (RUS) 2008


36. V. Baklan (UKR) 2008


37. Y. Kryvoruchko (UKR) 2008


38. T. Nyback (FIN) 2008


39. E. Sutovsky (ISR) 2008


40. V. Laznicka (CZE) 2008


41. D. Pavasovic (SLO) 2008


42. Z. Efimenko (UKR) 2008


43. I. Papaioannou (GRE) 2008


44. A. Khalifman (RUS) 2008


45. E. Najer (RUS) 2008


46. D. Andreikin (RUS) 2008


47. G. Sargissian (ARM) 2008


48. J. Gustafsson (GER) 2008


49. L. Fressinet (FRA) 2008


50. I. Smirin (ISR) 2008


51. V. Bologan (MDA) 2008


52. E. Tomashevsky (RUS) 2009


53. V. Malakhov (RUS) 2009


54. B. Jobava (GEO) 2009


55. E. Inarkiev (RUS) 2009


56. I. Sokolov (NED) 2009


57. A. Naiditsch (GER) 2009


58. D. Navara (CZE) 2009


59. M. Kobalia (RUS) 2009


60. G. Guseinov (AZE) 2009


61. G. Meier (GER) 2009


62. F. Nijboer (NED) 2009


63. S. Fedorchuk (UKR) 2009


64. A. Timofeev (RUS) 2009


65. S. Sjugirov (RUS) 2009


66. M. Bartel (POL) 2009


67. R. Mamedov (AZE) 2009


68. B. Savchenko (RUS) 2009


69. K. Sakaev (RUS) 2009


70. N. Vitiugov (RUS) 2009


71. T. L. Petrosian (ARM) 2009


72. L. Nisipeanu (ROU) 2009


73. C. Lupulescu (ROU) 2009


74. A. Motylev (RUS) 2009




f) 19 players from Americas

75. I. Morovic Fernandez (CHI) Zonal 2.5


76. A. Rodriguez Vila (URU) Zonal 2.5


77. H. Nakamura (USA) Zonal 2.1


78. R. Hess (USA) Zonal 2.1


79. A. Onischuk (USA) Zonal 2.1


80. V. Akobian (USA) Zonal 2.1


81. Y. Shulman (USA) Zonal 2.1


82. A. Fier (BRA) Zonal 2.4


83. R. Leitao (BRA) Zonal 2.4


84. L. Bruzon (CUB) Zonal 2.3


85. E. Iturrizaga (VEN) Zonal 2.3


86. J. Hebert (CAN) Zonal 2.2


87. J. Ehlvest (USA) Continental 2008


88. A. Shabalov (USA) Continental 2009


89. F. Corrales Jimenez (CUB) Continental 2009


90. J. Granda Zuniga (PER) Continental 2009


91. G. Milos (BRA) Continental 2009


92. D. Flores (ARG) Continental 2009


93. A. Ivanov (USA) Continental 2009

g) 19 players from Asia/Oceania

94. S. Ganguly (IND) Continental


95. Zhou Weiqi (CHN) Continental


96. Yu Yangyi (CHN) Continental


97. Yu Shaoteng (CHN) Continental


98. Le Quang Liem (VIE) Continental


99. A. Rogelio Jr (PHI) Continental


100. Hou Yifan (CHN) Continental


101. C. Sandipan (IND) Continental


102. K. Sasikiran (IND) Continental


103. A. Kunte (IND) Continental


104. Wang Hao (CHN) Zonal 3.5


105. Zhou Jianchao (CHN) Zonal 3.5


106. D. Smerdon (AUS) Zonal 3.6


107. J. Sriram (IND) Zonal 3.2


108. D. Laylo (PHI) Zonal 3.3


109. Wesley So (PHI) Zonal 3.3


110. Al Sayed, Mohamed N. (QAT) Zonal 3.1


111. Amonatov, A. (TJK) Zonal 3.4


112. Filipov, A. (UZB) Zonal 3.4

g) 6 players from Africa

113. B. Amin (EGY)

114. K. Abdel Razik (EGY)


115. E. El Gindy (EGY)


116. W. Sarwat (EGY)


117. M. Ezat (EGY)


118. A. Rizouk (ALG)

h) 6 nominees of the FIDE President

119. To be announced…


120. To be announced…


121. To be announced…


122. To be announced…


123. To be announced…


124. To be announced…

i) 4 nominees of the local Organising Committee

125. To be announced…


126. To be announced…


127. To be announced…


128. To be announced…

Total = 128 players

 

 

source:chess vibes