Chess World Cup 2009
| File:BGelfand10.jpg 2009 FIDE World Cup winner Boris Gelfand | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Chess |
| Location | Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
| Dates | 20 November 2009–14 December 2009 |
| Administrator | FIDE |
Tournament format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Host | Chess Federation of Russia |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Israel Boris Gelfand |
| Runner-up | Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov |
The Chess World Cup 2009 was a 128-player single-elimination tournament, played between 20 November and 14 December 2009, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.[1] The Cup winner qualified for the Candidates stage of the World Chess Championship 2012. Boris Gelfand defeated Ruslan Ponomariov in the final.
The winner of the Chess World Cup 2007, Gata Kamsky, was defeated by Wesley So in the third round.
Format
[edit | edit source]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:[2]
- Four rapid games (25 minutes plus 10 second increment) were played. According to chess journalist Mig Greengard, a "high FIDE official" admitted off the record that this unusual decision of playing four games instead of two was actually a mistake that was spotted too late to correct it.[3]
- If the score was still tied, up to five pairs of blitz games (5 minutes plus 3 second increment) were played. If one player led after a pair of blitz games, that player was declared the winner. This was a change from previous events, for instance at the Chess World Cup 2007 the match went to an armageddon game after a single pair of blitz games.
- If the score was still tied after five pairs 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. Ultimately, no Armageddon games were played, as all matches were decided before that stage.
Participants
[edit | edit source]The players qualified for the event were:[4]
- File:Flag of Israel.svg Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2758 (R)
- File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Vugar Gashimov (AZE), 2758 (R)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Peter Svidler (RUS), 2754 (R)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Morozevich (RUS), 2750 (R)
- File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Teimour Radjabov (AZE), 2748 (R)
- File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2739 (R)
- File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR), 2739 (R)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2736 (R)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS), 2736 (R)
- File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yue (CHN), 2734 (R)
- File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Pavel Eljanov (UKR), 2729 (E09)
- File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Sergey Karjakin (UKR), 2723 (SF)
- File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2719 (R)
- File:Flag of Spain.svg Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2719 (SF)
- File:Flag of Cuba.svg Leinier Domínguez (CUB), 2719 (R)
- File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Sergei Movsesian (SVK), 2718 (E08)
- File:Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), 2718 (E08)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Alekseev (RUS), 2715 (R)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS), 2708 (E09)
- File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hao (CHN), 2708 (R)
- File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Navara (CZE), 2707 (E09)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Malakhov (RUS), 2706 (R)
- File:Flag of France.svg Étienne Bacrot (FRA), 2700 (R)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Rublevsky (RUS), 2697 (R)
- File:Flag of Georgia.svg Baadur Jobava (GEO), 2696 (E09)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Motylev (RUS), 2695 (E09)
- File:Flag of the United States.svg Gata Kamsky (USA), 2695 (SF)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Vitiugov (RUS), 2694 (E09)
- File:Flag of Moldova.svg Viktor Bologan (MDA), 2692 (E08)
- File:Flag of Germany.svg Arkadij Naiditsch (GER), 2689 (E09)
- File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Bu Xiangzhi (CHN), 2682 (R)
- File:Flag of Hungary.svg Judit Polgár (HUN), 2680 (R)
- File:Flag of Romania.svg Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROU), 2677 (E09)
- File:Flag of Armenia.svg Gabriel Sargissian (ARM), 2676 (E08)
- File:Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Onischuk (USA), 2672 (Z2.1)
- File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ivan Cheparinov (BUL), 2671 (PN)
- File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Zahar Efimenko (UKR), 2668 (E08)
- File:Flag of Israel.svg Emil Sutovsky (ISR), 2666 (E08)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniy Najer (RUS), 2666 (E08)
- File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sergei Tiviakov (NED), 2664 (E08)
- File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Alexander Areshchenko (UKR), 2664 (E09)
- File:Flag of India.svg Krishnan Sasikiran (IND), 2664 (R)
- File:Flag of Israel.svg Ilya Smirin (ISR), 2662 (E08)
- File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Vladimir Baklan (UKR), 2655 (E08)
- File:Flag of India.svg Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND), 2654 (AS)
- File:Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandr Fier (BRA), 2653 (Z2.4)
- File:Flag of France.svg Laurent Fressinet (FRA), 2653 (E08)
- File:Flag of Germany.svg Georg Meier (GER), 2653 (E09)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Boris Grachev (RUS), 2652 (E08)
- File:Flag of Italy.svg Fabiano Caruana (ITA), 2652 (PN)
- File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Ivan Sokolov (BIH), 2652 (E09)
- File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Vadim Milov (SUI), 2652 (R)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Artyom Timofeev (RUS), 2651 (E09)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS), 2645 (E09)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Boris Savchenko (RUS), 2644 (E09)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Kobalia (RUS), 2643 (E09)
- File:Flag of France.svg Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA), 2642 (PN)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Pavel Tregubov (RUS), 2642 (E08)
- File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Wesley So (PHI), 2640 (Z3.3)
- File:Flag of Peru.svg Julio Granda (PER), 2640 (AM09)
- File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Viktor Láznička (CZE), 2637 (E08)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Andreikin (RUS), 2636 (E08)
- File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Rauf Mamedov (AZE), 2634 (E09)
- File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Farrukh Amonatov (TJK), 2631 (Z3.4)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Volkov (RUS), 2629 (E08)
- File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Jianchao (CHN), 2629 (Z3.5)
- File:Flag of Finland.svg Tomi Nybäck (FIN), 2628 (E08)
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Ioánnis Papaïoánnou (GRE), 2628 (E08)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Konstantin Sakaev (RUS), 2626 (E09)
- File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Gadir Guseinov (AZE), 2625 (E09)
- File:Flag of the United States.svg Varuzhan Akobian (USA), 2624 (Z2.1)
- File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Lê Quang Liêm (VIE), 2624 (AS)
- File:Flag of India.svg Chanda Sandipan (IND), 2623 (AS)
- File:Flag of the United States.svg Yury Shulman (USA), 2623 (Z2.1)
- File:Flag of Germany.svg Jan Gustafsson (GER), 2622 (E08)
- File:Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Leitão (BRA), 2621 (Z2.4)
- File:Flag of India.svg Parimarjan Negi (IND), 2620 (AS)
- File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Sergey Fedorchuk (UKR), 2619 (E09)
- File:Flag of Cuba.svg Lázaro Bruzón (CUB), 2619 (Z2.3)
- File:Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Bartel (POL), 2618 (E09)
- File:Flag of Armenia.svg Tigran L. Petrosian (ARM), 2615 (E09)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Sanan Sjugirov (RUS), 2612 (E09)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Khalifman (RUS), 2612 (E08)
- File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Anton Filippov (UZB), 2607 (Z3.4)
- File:Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Shabalov (USA), 2606 (AM09)
- File:Flag of the United States.svg Jaan Ehlvest (USA), 2606 (AM08)
- File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Erwin l'Ami (NED), 2606 (E08)
- File:Flag of Cuba.svg Fidel Corrales Jimenez (CUB), 2605 (AM09)
- File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN), 2605 (Z2.3)
- File:Flag of Iran.svg Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (IRI), 2603 (PN)
- File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Weiqi (CHN), 2603 (AS)
- File:Flag of Brazil.svg Gilberto Milos (BRA), 2603 (AM09)
- File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuriy Kryvoruchko (UKR), 2602 (E08)
- File:Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Flores (ARG), 2602 (AM09)
- File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Chao (CHN), 2596 (Z3.5)
- File:Flag of Romania.svg Constantin Lupulescu (ROU), 2591 (E09)
- File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Duško Pavasovič (SLO), 2590 (E08)
- File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Yannick Pelletier (SUI), 2589 (PN)
- File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hou Yifan (CHN), 2588 (AS)
- File:Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2583 (J07)
- File:Flag of India.svg Abhijeet Gupta (IND), 2578 (J08)
- File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Rogelio Antonio Jr. (PHI), 2574 (AS)
- File:Flag of the United States.svg Robert Hess (USA), 2572 (Z2.1)
- File:Flag of the United States.svg Ray Robson (USA), 2567, IM (PN)
- File:Flag of Chile.svg Iván Morovic (CHI), 2562 (Z2.5)
- File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Friso Nijboer (NED), 2561 (E09)
- File:Flag of Egypt.svg Bassem Amin (EGY), 2553 (AF)
- File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Darwin Laylo (PHI), 2552 (Z3.3)
- File:Flag of the United States.svg Joshua Friedel (USA), 2551 (Z2.1)
- File:Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Ivanov (USA), 2539 (AM09)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Aleksei Pridorozhni (RUS), 2533, IM (ON)
- File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Shaoteng (CHN), 2529 (AS)
- File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Yangyi (CHN), 2527 (AS)
- File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Smerdon (AUS), 2525 (Z3.6)
- File:Flag of India.svg Abhijit Kunte (IND), 2522 (AS)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS), 2516 (WWC)
- File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Andrés Rodríguez (URU), 2508 (Z2.5)
- File:Flag of Qatar.svg Mohamad Al Sayed (QAT), 2504 (Z3.1)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Nikolai Kabanov (RUS), 2501 (ON)
- File:Flag of Algeria.svg Aimen Rizouk (ALG), 2500 (AF)
- File:Flag of India.svg Sriram Jha (IND), 2497, IM (Z3.2)
- File:Flag of Egypt.svg Essam El-Gindy (EGY), 2493 (AF)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexei Bezgodov (RUS), 2484 (ON)
- File:Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Ezat (EGY), 2472, IM (AF)
- File:Flag of Egypt.svg Khaled Abdel Razik (EGY), 2469, IM (AF)
- File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jean Hébert (CAN), 2420, IM (Z2.2)
- File:Flag of Egypt.svg Walaa Sarwat (EGY), 2405, IM (AF)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Obodchuk (RUS), 2404, IM (ON)
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All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise. The pairings of the 1st round (players were seeded according to their ratings) were announced on 2 November 2009, immediately after the publishing of the November rating list. The list of players who declined participation: Anand, Carlsen, Topalov, Aronian, Kramnik, Leko, Adams, Nakamura, and Ni Hua. Among them, Anand, Topalov and Aronian had already qualified for the Candidates or the Championship match; Carlsen, Kramnik, Nakamura, Adams and Ni had committed to play in the London Chess Classic on 7–15 December 2009.[5]
Qualification paths:
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Calendar
[edit | edit source]| Round | Regular games | Tiebreaks |
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| Round 1 | 21–22 November | 23 November |
| Round 2 | 24–25 November | 26 November |
| Round 3 | 27–28 November | 29 November |
| Round 4 | 30 November, 1 December | 2 December |
| Quarterfinals | 3–4 December | 5 December |
| Semifinals | 6–7 December | 8 December |
| Final | 10–13 December | 14 December |
Summary of results
[edit | edit source]Round one
[edit | edit source]In the first round of the tournament all of the top 30 seeded players progressed, with the sole exception of Slovakian Sergei Movsesian (16), who was eliminated by the Chinese 113th seed Yu Yangyi. Judit Polgár achieved a walkover, due to her opponent Duško Pavasovič withdrawing from the competition due to injury.[6] The round was notable for the 16-game match between Pavel Tregubov and Varuzhan Akobian: after each winning with white over the first two days, their tiebreak held a marathon of four rapid games followed by ten blitz games. The two players fought until near 1 a.m. local time for the right to face Ruslan Ponomariov in the second round (which would start the next morning), Akobian finally achieving the decisive two-point advantage in the final bout before an Armageddon game would have been required.
Round two
[edit | edit source]The first day of Round Two included a number of upsets. The highest seed to have won their match was Alexander Grischuk (8), as Peter Svidler (3), Alexander Morozevich (4), Teimour Radjabov (5) and Vassily Ivanchuk (6) all lost and the remaining highest seeds (Gelfand, Gashimov and Ponomariov) drew. On the next day of matches, Morozevich, Radjabov and Ivanchuk were all eliminated, and exactly half of the matches went to tie-breaks.[7] Of the 32 players to reach Round Three, all but seven players had been originally seeded in the top 32.
Round three
[edit | edit source]Sixteen-year-old Wesley So, who had upset Ivanchuk in Round Two, achieved another major upset, defeating Gata Kamsky, the 2007 winner, 1½-½.[8] In the second rapid tiebreak, Chinese players Wang Yue and Li Chao were not at their seats for the start of the round, and lost the game, and their matches against Bacrot and Gashimov.[9]
Round four
[edit | edit source]This round marked the departure of most of the youthful players from the World Cup. Wesley So (16), Fabiano Caruana (17) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (19) were eliminated by the more experienced Malakhov, Gashimov and Gelfand respectively, leaving Sergey Karjakin the only under-20 player left in contention.
Results, rounds 1–4
[edit | edit source]Section 1
[edit | edit source]Section 2
[edit | edit source]Section 3
[edit | edit source]Section 4
[edit | edit source]Section 5
[edit | edit source]Section 6
[edit | edit source]Section 7
[edit | edit source]Section 8
[edit | edit source]Results, rounds 5–7
[edit | edit source]| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final (best of 4) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Israel Boris Gelfand | 3½ | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Russia Dmitry Jakovenko | 1½ | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Israel Boris Gelfand | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Ukraine Sergey Karjakin | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | ½ | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Ukraine Sergey Karjakin | 1½ | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Israel Boris Gelfand | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Azerbaijan Vugar Gashimov | 1½ | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov | 3½ | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Russia Vladimir Malakhov | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Russia Peter Svidler | ½ | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Russia Vladimir Malakhov | 1½ | ||||||||||||
Final, 10–14 December
[edit | edit source]| Seed | Name | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | Total |
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| 1 | File:Flag of Israel.svg Boris Gelfand (ISR) | 2758 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) | 2739 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
References
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- ^ Susan Polgar blog entry, 'The WC round 1 matchups' dated November 21 2009.
- ^ Round 2 Results, Official site
- ^ Interview with Gata Kamsky from Khanty-Mansiysk. susanpolgar.blogspot.com. Retrieved on 2009-11-29.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- World Cup 2009 – Official site