Chess World Cup 2007

Chess World Cup 2007

The Chess World Cup 2007 served as a qualification tournament for the World Chess Championship 2009. 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 2008–2009, a qualifying stage for the World Chess Championship 2012.

Contents

Background

The 2007 World Cup was part of the cycle for the World Chess Championship 2009. 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 have in the 2008–2009 World Championship cycle.

All other leading players, including world champion Viswanathan Anand, were eligible to participate. However Anand, who is already seeded into the 2008–2009 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
  1.  Alexander Galkin (RUS), 2608
  2.  Lazaro Bruzon Batista (CUB), 2607
  3.  Bartłomiej Macieja (POL), 2606
  4.  Jan Gustafsson (GER), 2606
  5.  Rafael Leitao (BRA), 2601
  6.  Dusko Pavasovic (SLO), 2597
  7.  Gregory S. Kaidanov (USA), 2597
  8.  Nikita Vitiugov (RUS), 2594
  9.  Emanuel Berg (SWE), 2593
  10.  Julio E. Granda Zuniga (PER), 2592
  11.  Gilberto Milos (BRA), 2592
  12.  Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (IRI), 2591
  13.  Vladimir Belov (RUS), 2587
  14.  Robert Markuš (SRB), 2586
  15.  Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND), 2585
  16.  Varuzhan Akobian (USA), 2584
  17.  Merab Gagunashvili (GEO), 2584
  18.  Boris Savchenko (RUS), 2583
  19.  Rauf Mammadov (AZE), 2582
  20.  Vladimir Georgiev (MKD), 2576
  21.  Grzegorz Gajewski (POL), 2573
  22.  Susanto Megaranto (INA), 2569
  23.  David Baramidze (GER), 2569
  24.  Julio Becerra Rivero (USA), 2568
  25.  Diego Flores (ARG), 2566, IM
  26.  Zhou Jianchao (CHN), 2565
  27.  Alexander Ivanov (USA), 2565
  28.  Artem Iljin (RUS), 2565
  29.  Sergey Kudrin (USA), 2563
  30.  Sergei Zhigalko (BLR), 2562
  31.  Csaba Balogh (HUN), 2561
  32.  Bassem Amin (EGY), 2561
  33.  Zhao Jun (CHN), 2552
  34.  Juan Carlos González Zamora1 (MEX), 2552
  35.  Abhijit Kunte (IND), 2547
  36.  Fernando Peralta (ARG), 2546
  37.  Zaven Andriasian (ARM), 2546
  38.  Imre Hera, Jr. (HUN), 2544
  39.  Le Quang Liem (VIE), 2534
  40.  Vladislav Nevednichy (ROU), 2531
  41.  Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE), 2530
  42.  Alexei Iljushin (RUS), 2528
  43.  G.N. Gopal (IND), 2520, IM
  44.  Xu Yuhua (CHN), 2517
  45.  Wen Yang (CHN), 2515, IM
  46.  Enamul Hossain (BAN), 2514, IM
  47.  Nikolai Kabanov (RUS), 2512, IM
  48.  Everaldo Matsuura (BRA), 2511, IM
  49.  Darwin Laylo (PHI), 2508, IM
  50.  Aleksei Pridorozhni (RUS), 2506, IM
  51.  Essam El Gindy (EGY), 2503, IM
  52.  Ziaur Rahman (BAN), 2497
  53.  Anton Filippov (UZB), 2496, IM
  54.  Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2494
  55.  Zhao Zong-Yuan (AUS), 2491, IM
  56.  Darcy Lima (BRA), 2484
  57.  Anuar Ismagambetov (KAZ), 2480, IM
  58.  Igor Zugic (CAN), 2477, IM
  59.  Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN), 2435, IM
  60.  Robert Gwaze (ZIM), 2429, IM
  61.  Juan Pablo Hobaica (ARG), 2427, IM
  62.  Vladimir Genba (RUS), 2413, IM
  63.  Khaled Abdel Razik (EGY), 2389, FM
  64.  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

Summary

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  
 
  65  Alexander Galkin  
64  Mateusz Bartel 1
65  Alexander Galkin 3  
  1  Vassily Ivanchuk  
  33  Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu  
32  Pendyala Harikrishna  
97  Zhao Jun  
  97  Zhao Jun
 
  33  Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu  
33  Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
96  Bassem Amin ½  
  33  Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu ½
  17  Sergey Karjakin
16  Étienne Bacrot  
113  Darwin Laylo ½  
  16  Étienne Bacrot
 
  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
 
  48  Zhang Pengxiang ½  
48  Zhang Pengxiang
81  Merab Gagunashvili  

Section 2

  First round Second round Third round Fourth round
                                     
8  Evgeny Alekseev  
121  Anuar Ismagambetov  
  8  Evgeny Alekseev  
 
  57  Konstantin Sakaev ½  
57  Konstantin Sakaev 4
72  Nikita Vitiugov 3  
  8  Evgeny Alekseev  
  40  Laurent Fressinet ½  
25  Konstantin Landa ½  
104  Vladislav Nevednichy  
  104  Vladislav Nevednichy ½
 
  40  Laurent Fressinet  
40  Laurent Fressinet 2
89  Diego Flores 0  
  8  Evgeny Alekseev 3
  41  Evgeny Bareev 1
9  Alexander Grischuk  
120  Darcy Lima ½  
  9  Alexander Grischuk
 
  56  Evgeniy Najer ½  
56  Evgeniy Najer
73  Emanuel Berg ½  
  9  Alexander Grischuk
  41  Evgeny Bareev  
24  Loek van Wely  
105  Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son  
  24  Loek van Wely ½
 
  41  Evgeny Bareev  
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  
 
  68  Jan Gustafsson ½  
61  Maxim Rodshtein ½
68  Jan Gustafsson  
  4  Levon Aronian 3  
  29  Ernesto Inarkiev 1  
29  Ernesto Inarkiev  
100  Fernando Peralta ½  
  29  Ernesto Inarkiev
 
  36  Francisco Vallejo Pons ½  
36  Francisco Vallejo Pons
93  Sergey Kudrin ½  
  4  Levon Aronian
  13  Dmitry Jakovenko
13  Dmitry Jakovenko 2  
116  Ziaur Rahman 0  
  13  Dmitry Jakovenko
 
  77  Vladimir Belov ½  
52  Alexander Khalifman
77  Vladimir Belov  
  13  Dmitry Jakovenko
  20  Zoltán Almási ½  
20  Zoltán Almási  
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  
 
  60  Yuri Shulman ½  
60  Yuri Shulman 3
69  Rafael Leitao 1  
  5  Alexei Shirov  
  28  Alexander Onischuk ½  
28  Alexander Onischuk  
101  Zaven Andriasian  
  28  Alexander Onischuk
 
  37  Predrag Nikolić ½  
37  Predrag Nikolić 2
92  Artem Iljin 0  
  5  Alexei Shirov
  12  Vladimir Akopian ½
12  Vladimir Akopian  
117  Anton Filippov  
  12  Vladimir Akopian
 
  76  Ehsan Ghaem Maghami ½  
53  Zviad Izoria
76  Ehsan Ghaem Maghami w/o  
  12  Vladimir Akopian
  21  Vladimir Malakhov ½  
21  Vladimir Malakhov 2  
108  Xu Yuhua 0  
  21  Vladimir Malakhov
 
  44  Sergey Volkov  
44  Sergey Volkov
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  
 
  63  Zdenko Kozul ½  
63  Zdenko Kozul
66  Lazaro Bruzon Batista  
  2  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ½  
  31  Ivan Cheparinov  
31  Ivan Cheparinov w/o  
98  Juan Carlos González Zamora  
  31  Ivan Cheparinov
 
  34  Vladislav Tkachiev  
34  Vladislav Tkachiev
95  Csaba Balogh ½  
  31  Ivan Cheparinov
  15  Wang Yue ½
15  Wang Yue  
114  Aleksei Pridorozhni ½  
  15  Wang Yue
 
  50  Sergei Tiviakov  
50  Sergei Tiviakov
79  Surya Shekhar Ganguly ½  
  15  Wang Yue
  18  Bu Xiangzhi ½  
18  Bu Xiangzhi 2  
111  Nikolai Kabanov 0  
  18  Bu Xiangzhi
 
  47  Alexander Motylev  
47  Alexander Motylev
82  Boris Savchenko ½  

Section 6

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

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  
  67  Bartłomiej Macieja 2  
  35  Krishnan Sasikiran 4  
30  Vadim Zvjaginsev  
99  Abhijit Kunte  
  30  Vadim Zvjaginsev 2
 
  35  Krishnan Sasikiran 4  
35  Krishnan Sasikiran
94  Sergei Zhigalko  
  35  Krishnan Sasikiran ½
  14  Ruslan Ponomariov
14  Ruslan Ponomariov  
115  Essam El Gindy  
  14  Ruslan Ponomariov
 
  51  Wang Hao  
51  Wang Hao
78  Robert Markuš ½  
  14  Ruslan Ponomariov
  46  Evgeny Tomashevsky ½  
19  Pavel Eljanov ½  
110  Enamul Hossain  
  110  Enamul Hossain ½
 
  46  Evgeny Tomashevsky  
46  Evgeny Tomashevsky
83  Rauf Mammadov  

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  
  6  Peter Svidler  
  27  Sergei Rublevsky  
27  Sergei Rublevsky  
102  Imre Hera, Jr. ½  
  27  Sergei Rublevsky
 
  38  David Navara  
38  David Navara
91  Alexander Ivanov ½  
  6  Peter Svidler
  11  Gata Kamsky
11  Gata Kamsky  
118  Ahmed Adly ½  
  11  Gata Kamsky
 
  54  Boris Avrukh ½  
54  Boris Avrukh 3
75  Gilberto Milos 1  
  11  Gata Kamsky
  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  Ukraine Sergey Karjakin  
8  Russia Evgeny Alekseev  
  17  Ukraine Sergey Karjakin  
  5  Spain Alexei Shirov  
13  Russia Dmitry Jakovenko 0
  5  Spain Alexei Shirov 2  
    5  Spain Alexei Shirov
  11  United States Gata Kamsky
  31  Bulgaria Ivan Cheparinov ½  
10  Norway Magnus Carlsen  
  10  Norway Magnus Carlsen ½
  11  United States Gata Kamsky  
14  Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov ½
  11  United States Gata Kamsky  

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

Final, 13 December – 16 December
Seed Name Rating 1 2 3 4 Total
5  Alexei Shirov (ESP) 2739 ½ 0 ½ ½
11  Gata Kamsky (USA) 2714 ½ 1 ½ ½

References

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  2. ^ "Morozevich: "I cannot play without motivation"". Chessbase. 25 October 2007. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4214. Retrieved 2007-11-28. 
  3. ^ "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. 11 July 2007. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3983. 
  4. ^ List of Qualifiers for the World Cup 2007 from fide.com, accessed 2008-04-10
  5. ^ FIDE Handbook, Section D.I1
  6. ^ a b Round 1 Tiebreaks - Chessbase, November 26, 2007
  7. ^ Regulations for the 2007 - 2009 World Chess Championship Cycle, section 3.2, FIDE online.
  8. ^ "Veselin Topalov and the new FIDE world championship cycle". Chessbase. 24 June 2007. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3948. 
  9. ^ Round 2, Game 1 report at Chessbase
  10. ^ Round 2, Game 2 report at Chessbase
  11. ^ "The Week in Chess". http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html. 
  12. ^ Round three Game one, Chessbase, 30 November 2007
  13. ^ Round three Game two, Chessbase, 1 December 2007
  14. ^ Round three tie breaks, Chessbase, 1 December 2007
  15. ^ Round four Game one, Chessbase, 3 December 2007
  16. ^ Round four Game two, Chessbase, 4 December 2007

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