Chess World Cup 2011

The Chess World Cup 2011 was a chess World Cup tournament. It was a 128-player single-elimination tournament, played between 26 August and 21 September 2011, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The Cup winner Peter Svidler, along with second placed Alexander Grischuk and third placed Vassily Ivanchuk, qualified for the Candidates stage of the World Chess Championship 2013.

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 move one. If the 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 second increment) were played.
 * If the score was still tied, two rapid games (10 minutes plus 10 second increment) were played.
 * If these two games were drawn, the opponents played two blitz-games (5 minutes plus 3 second increment).
 * If the score was still tied after pair of blitz games, a single armageddon game (white must win, black only needs to draw) would be played. White had 5 minutes, black had 4 minutes, and both players had three-second increments beginning with move 61. Eventually, two Armageddon game were played in round 1 and round 3.

In the final the regulation is the same with the exception that instead of two games with "long" time control the finalists are to play four. Those who lost in the semifinal round played an additional match (according to the same regulation as in the final) for third place and the right to participate in the Candidates. The first two "tickets" to the Candidates are given to the finalists.

Participants
The winner of the Chess World Cup 2009, Boris Gelfand, did not participate. As the winner of the 2011 Candidates, he was an automatic qualifier for the 2013 Candidates.

The players qualified for the event were:


 * 1) 🇷🇺 Sergey Karjakin (RUS), 2788 (WC)
 * 2) 🇺🇦 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2768 (R)
 * 3) 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2765 (R)
 * 4) 🇺🇦 Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR), 2764 (WC)
 * 5) 🇦🇿 Vugar Gashimov (AZE), 2760 (R)
 * 6) 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2746 (R)
 * 7) 🇦🇿 Teimour Radjabov (AZE), 2744 (R)
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Gata Kamsky (USA), 2741 (R)
 * 9) 🇷🇺 Peter Svidler (RUS), 2739 (R)
 * 10) 🇷🇺 Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS), 2736 (R)
 * 11) 🇷🇺 Nikita Vitiugov (RUS), 2733 (R)
 * 12) 🇭🇺 Zoltán Almási (HUN), 2726 (E10)
 * 13) 🇪🇸 Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP), 2724 (R)
 * 14) 🇨🇿 David Navara (CZE), 2722 (R)
 * 15) 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), 2722 (J09)
 * 16) 🇨🇺 Leinier Domínguez (CUB), 2719 (R)
 * 17) 🇨🇳 Wang Hao1 (CHN), 2718 (R)
 * 18) 🇭🇺 Peter Leko (HUN), 2717 (R)
 * 19) 🇺🇦 Alexander Moiseenko (UKR), 2715 (E11)
 * 20) Lê Quang Liêm, 2715 (AS10)
 * 21) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Adams (ENG), 2715 (R)
 * 22) 🇪🇸 Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2714 (R)
 * 23) Baadur Jobava, 2713 (E10)
 * 24) 🇮🇹 Fabiano Caruana (ITA), 2711 (R)
 * 25) 🇷🇺 Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS), 2711 (E10)
 * 26) 🇫🇷 Étienne Bacrot (FRA), 2710 (R)
 * 27) 🇨🇳 Wang Yue (CHN), 2709 (R)
 * 28) 🇷🇺 Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS), 2707 (E10)
 * 29) 🇺🇦 Zahar Efimenko (UKR), 2706 (E10)
 * 30) 🇷🇺 Vladimir Malakhov (RUS), 2706 (WC)
 * 31) 🇮🇱 Emil Sutovsky (ISR), 2700 (PN)
 * 32) 🇦🇲 Sergei Movsesian (ARM), 2700 (E10)
 * 33) 🇭🇺 Judit Polgár (HUN), 2699 (E11)
 * 34) 🇫🇷 Laurent Fressinet (FRA), 2698 (R)
 * 35) 🇺🇦 Pavel Eljanov (UKR), 2697 (R)
 * 36) 🇭🇺 Ferenc Berkes (HUN), 2696 (E10)
 * 37) 🇷🇺 Dmitry Andreikin (RUS), 2696 (J10)
 * 38) 🇷🇺 Alexander Morozevich (RUS), 2694 (R)
 * 39) 🇧🇾 Sergei Zhigalko (BLR), 2689 (E11)
 * 40) 🇷🇺 Alexander Riazantsev (RUS), 2688 (E11)
 * 41) 🇷🇺 Alexander Motylev (RUS), 2685 (E11)
 * 42) 🇵🇱 Radosław Wojtaszek (POL), 2683 (E11)
 * 43) 🇷🇺 Vladimir Potkin (RUS), 2682 (E10)
 * 44) Peter Heine Nielsen, 2681 (PN)
 * 45) 🇷🇺 Boris Grachev (RUS), 2680 (E10)
 * 46) 🇷🇺 Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS), 2679 (E11)
 * 47) 🇦🇿 Rauf Mamedov (AZE), 2679 (E10)
 * 48) 🇷🇺 Mikhail Kobalia (RUS), 2679 (E11)
 * 49) 🇲🇩 Viktor Bologan (MDA), 2678 (PN)
 * 50) 🇨🇳 Bu Xiangzhi (CHN), 2675 (Z3.5)
 * 51) 🇺🇸 Alexander Onischuk (USA), 2675 (Z2.1)
 * 52) 🇨🇺 Lázaro Bruzón (CUB), 2673 (Z2.3)
 * 53) 🇨🇳 Yu Yangyi (CHN), 2672 (AS11)
 * 54) 🇺🇦 Anton Korobov (UKR), 2671 (E11)
 * 55) 🇮🇳 Pendyala Harikrishna (IND), 2669 (AS11)
 * 56) 🇨🇳 Li Chao (CHN), 2669 (Z3.5)
 * 57) 🇺🇿 Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB), 2669 (PN)
 * 58) 🇦🇲 Vladimir Akopian1 (ARM), 2667 (E10)
 * 59) 🇫🇷 Sébastien Feller (FRA), 2666 (E11)
 * 60) 🇷🇺 Artyom Timofeev (RUS), 2665 (E10)
 * 61) 🇨🇳 Ni Hua (CHN), 2662 (AS10)
 * 62) 🇩🇪 Daniel Fridman (GER), 2659 (E11)
 * 63) 🇷🇺 Evgeny Alekseev (RUS), 2659 (E10)
 * 64) Wesley So, 2658 (AS10)
 * 65) 🇨🇳 Ding Liren (CHN), 2654 (PN)
 * 66) 🇦🇹 Markus Ragger (AUT), 2651 (E11)
 * 67) 🇷🇴 Constantin Lupulescu (ROU), 2650 (E11)
 * 68) 🇷🇺 Ildar Khairullin (RUS), 2649 (E11)
 * 69) 🇧🇾 Sergei Azarov (BLR), 2648 (E11)
 * 70) 🇲🇩 Viorel Iordăchescu (MDA), 2646 (E11)
 * 71) 🇮🇳 Parimarjan Negi (IND), 2642 (Z3.7)
 * 72) 🇷🇴 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROU), 2641 (E10)
 * 73) Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn, 2637 (AS11)
 * 74) 🇮🇱 Maxim Rodshtein (ISR), 2637 (E10)
 * 75) 🇨🇳 Zhou Jianchao (CHN), 2636 (AS10)
 * 76) 🇷🇴 Mircea Pârligras (ROU), 2636 (E11)
 * 77) 🇨🇺 Yuniesky Quesada (CUB), 2635 (AM11)
 * 78) 🇷🇸 Ivan Ivanišević (SRB), 2633 (E11)
 * 79) 🇪🇬 Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2631 (AF)
 * 80) 🇵🇱 Bartosz Soćko (POL), 2631 (E10)
 * 81) 🇷🇺 Igor Lysyj (RUS), 2629 (E10)
 * 82) 🇮🇳 Abhijeet Gupta (IND), 2627 (AS10)
 * 83) 🇪🇸 Ivan Salgado Lopez (ESP), 2626 (E10)
 * 84) 🇷🇺 Evgeny Romanov (RUS), 2624 (E11)
 * 85) 🇮🇱 Evgeny Postny (ISR), 2618 (E11)
 * 86) 🇺🇸 Yury Shulman (USA), 2617 (Z2.1)
 * 87) 🇦🇲 Arman Pashikian (ARM), 2616 (E10)
 * 88) 🇺🇦 Yuri Drozdovskij (UKR), 2614 (E10)
 * 89) 🇨🇦 Mark Bluvshtein (CAN), 2611 (AM11)
 * 90) 🇺🇿 Anton Filippov (UZB), 2606 (Z3.4)
 * 91) Stelios Halkias, 2600 (E10)
 * 92) 🇰🇿 Murtas Kazhgaleyev (KAZ), 2597 (Z3.4)
 * 93) 🇦🇷 Sandro Mareco (ARG), 2597 (Z2.5)
 * 94) 🇺🇦 Yaroslav Zherebukh (UKR), 2590 (E11)
 * 95) 🇰🇿 Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ), 2589 (AS11)
 * 96) 🇨🇺 Fidel Corrales Jimenez (CUB), 2585 (AM11)
 * 97) 🇨🇳 Hou Yifan (CHN), 2575 (WWC)
 * 98) 🇷🇺 Evgeny Vorobiov (RUS), 2574 (E10)
 * 99) 🇦🇷 Rubén Felgaer (ARG), 2573 (Z2.5)
 * 100) 🇨🇿 Vlastimil Babula (CZE), 2572 (E10)
 * 101) 🇦🇺 Zhao Zong-Yuan (AUS), 2570 (Z3.6)
 * 102) 🇧🇷 Alexandr Fier (BRA), 2566 (Z2.4)
 * 103) 🇺🇸 Ray Robson (USA), 2560 (Z2.1)
 * 104) 🇨🇺 Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez (CUB), 2556, IM (AM11)
 * 105) 🇷🇺 Aleksei Pridorozhni (RUS), 2550 (ON)
 * 106) 🇦🇿 Namig Guliyev (AZE), 2549 (E11)
 * 107) 🇲🇽 Manuel León Hoyos (MEX), 2548 (Z2.3)
 * 108) Mark Paragua, 2545 (Z3.3)
 * 109) Susanto Megaranto, 2544 (Z3.3)
 * 110) 🇹🇷 Barış Esen (TUR), 2543 (E11)
 * 111) 🇺🇸 Samuel Shankland (USA), 2539 (Z2.1)
 * 112) 🇺🇸 Alexander Ivanov (USA), 2538 (Z2.1)
 * 113) Elshan Moradi, 2532 (PN)
 * 114) Ziaur Rahman, 2528 (Z3.2)
 * 115) 🇷🇺 Nikolai Kabanov (RUS), 2520 (ON)
 * 116) 🇵🇪 Jorge Cori (PER), 2514 (AM11)
 * 117) 🇪🇬 Essam El-Gindy (EGY), 2510 (AF)
 * 118) 🇷🇺 Alexei Bezgodov (RUS), 2503 (ON)
 * 119) Salem A. R. Saleh, 2493 (Z3.1)
 * 120) 🇧🇷 Darcy Lima (BRA), 2493 (AM10)
 * 121) 🇧🇷 Diego Di Berardino (BRA), 2480, IM (Z2.4)
 * 122) 🇨🇺 Frank De La Paz Perdomo (CUB), 2477 (AM11)
 * 123) 🇷🇺 Vladimir Genba (RUS), 2452, IM (ON)
 * 124) 🇨🇦 Eric Hansen (CAN), 2449, IM (Z2.2)
 * 125) Robert Gwaze, 2434, IM (Z4.3)
 * 126) 🇪🇬 Hatim Ibrahim (EGY), 2402, no title (Z4.2)
 * 127) Henry Robert Steel, 2362, FM (AF)
 * 128) 🇹🇳 Mejdi Kaabi (TUN), 2344, IM (Z4.1)

1 Wang Hao and Vladimir Akopian did not appear for their first round matches and lost on forfeit.

All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

Qualification paths:


 * WC: Finalist and Semi-finalists of Chess World Cup 2009
 * WWC: Women's World Champion
 * J09 and J10: World Junior Champions 2009 and 2010
 * R: Rating (average of July 2010 and January 2011 ratings is used)
 * E10 and E11: European Individual Championships 2010 and 2011
 * AM10: Pan American Continental Absolute Championship 2010


 * AM11: American Continental Chess Championship 2011
 * AS10 and AS11: Asian Chess Championship 2010 and 2011
 * AF: African Chess Championship 2011
 * Z2.1, Z2.2, Z2.3, Z2.4, Z2.5, Z3.1, Z3.2, Z3.3, Z3.4, Z3.5, Z3.6, Z3.7, Z4.1, Z4.2, Z4.3: Zonal tournaments
 * PN: FIDE president nominee
 * ON: Organizer nominee