Chess World Cup 2013

Format

• Two rapid games were to be played.
• If the score was tied after two rapid games, two rapid games were to be played.
• If the score was tied after four rapid games, the opponents were to play two blitz games.
• If the score was tied after a pair of blitz games, an armageddon game was played. White would have five minutes and Black would have four minutes, and both players would have a three seconds per move increment beginning with move 61.

  Prize money

Participants

Qualification paths

• WC: Semi-finalists of the Chess World Cup 2011
• WWC: Women's World Champion
• J11 and J12: World Junior Champions 2011 and 2012
• R: Rating
• E12 and E13: European Individual Championships 2012 and 2013
• AM12 and AM13: American Continental Championship 2012 and 2013
• AS12 and AS13: Asian Chess Championship 2012 and 2013
• AF: African Chess Championship 2013
• 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

  Prominent non-participants

Post-tournament opinions

Calendar

Results, rounds 1–4

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Results, rounds 5–7

Final, 30 August – 2 September