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. 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 were played.
  • If the score was still tied, two rapid games were played.
  • If these two games were drawn, the opponents played two blitz-games.
  • If the score was still tied after pair of blitz games, a single armageddon game 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 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. , 2788
  2. , 2768
  3. , 2765
  4. , 2764
  5. , 2760
  6. , 2746
  7. , 2744
  8. , 2741
  9. , 2739
  10. , 2736
  11. , 2733
  12. , 2726
  13. , 2724
  14. , 2722
  15. , 2722
  16. , 2719
  17. , 2718
  18. , 2717
  19. , 2715
  20. , 2715
  21. , 2715
  22. , 2714
  23. , 2713
  24. , 2711
  25. , 2711
  26. , 2710
  27. , 2709
  28. , 2707
  29. , 2706
  30. , 2706
  31. , 2700
  32. , 2700
  33. , 2699
  34. , 2698
  35. , 2697
  36. , 2696
  37. , 2696
  38. , 2694
  39. , 2689
  40. , 2688
  41. , 2685
  42. , 2683
  43. , 2682
  44. , 2681
  45. , 2680
  46. , 2679
  47. , 2679
  48. , 2679
  49. , 2678
  50. , 2675
  51. , 2675
  52. , 2673
  53. , 2672
  54. , 2671
  55. , 2669
  56. , 2669
  57. , 2669
  58. , 2667
  59. , 2666
  60. , 2665
  61. , 2662
  62. , 2659
  63. , 2659
  64. , 2658
  65. , 2654
  66. , 2651
  67. , 2650
  68. , 2649
  69. , 2648
  70. , 2646
  71. , 2642
  72. , 2641
  73. , 2637
  74. , 2637
  75. , 2636
  76. , 2636
  77. , 2635
  78. , 2633
  79. , 2631
  80. , 2631
  81. , 2629
  82. , 2627
  83. , 2626
  84. , 2624
  85. , 2618
  86. , 2617
  87. , 2616
  88. , 2614
  89. , 2611
  90. , 2606
  91. , 2600
  92. , 2597
  93. , 2597
  94. , 2590
  95. , 2589
  96. , 2585
  97. , 2575
  98. , 2574
  99. , 2573
  100. , 2572
  101. , 2570
  102. , 2566
  103. , 2560
  104. , 2556, IM
  105. , 2550
  106. , 2549
  107. , 2548
  108. , 2545
  109. , 2544
  110. , 2543
  111. , 2539
  112. , 2538
  113. , 2532
  114. , 2528
  115. , 2520
  116. , 2514
  117. , 2510
  118. , 2503
  119. , 2493
  120. , 2493
  121. , 2480, IM
  122. , 2477
  123. , 2452, IM
  124. , 2449, IM
  125. , 2434, IM
  126. , 2402, no title
  127. , 2362, FM
  128. , 2344, IM
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:

Results, rounds 1–4

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Results, rounds 5–7

Third place, 16–20 September

SeedNameRating1234Total
4Ruslan Ponomariov|UKR

Final, 16–20 September

SeedNameRating1234Total
9Peter Svidler>'Peter Svidler'|RUS