FIDE Chess World Cup 2021
Jan-Krzysztof Duda, the winner of the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
Tournament information
SportChess
LocationSochi, Russia
Dates12 July 2021–6 August 2021
AdministratorFIDE
Tournament
format(s)
Single-elimination tournament
Host(s)Chess Federation of Russia
Final positions
ChampionPoland Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Runner-upRussia Sergey Karjakin
3rd placeNorway Magnus Carlsen
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The Chess World Cup 2021 was a 206-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Sochi, Russia, beginning 12 July and ending 6 August 2021.[1] It was the 9th edition of the Chess World Cup. The winner of this tournament was the Polish grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who won without losing any games either in classical chess or in the rapid tiebreakers.[2]

The two finalists (Duda and Sergey Karjakin) qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2022. The rest of the final eight, except Magnus Carlsen, qualified for the FIDE Grand Prix 2022.

In parallel with this open tournament, an inaugural women-only version was held.

Format

The tournament was an 8-round knockout event, with the top 50 seeds given a bye directly into the second round. The losers of the two semi-finals played a match for third place.

The two finalists, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Sergey Karjakin qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2022, which is a tournament to decide the next challenger for the World Championship. Moreover, all quarter-finalists, except for World Champion Magnus Carlsen, qualified for the FIDE Grand Prix 2022, giving them another chance to qualify for the Candidates.

Each round consisted of classical time limit games on the first two days, plus tie-breaks on the third day if required. The time limits were as follows:

Schedule

Each round lasted three days: two for classical time limit games and a third, if necessary, for tie-breaks. Rounds 1 to 3 ran from July 12 to 20; July 21 was a rest day; Rounds 4 to 6 ran from July 22 to 30; July 31 was a rest day; and the last two rounds ran from August 1 to 6.

Play began at 3:00 pm local time (1200 UT) on all days.[1]

Prize money

The total prize fund was US$1,892,500, with the first prize of US$110,000.[3]

Prize money in US dollars
Round Prizes Total
Round 1 78 × 3,750 292,500
Round 2 64 × 6,000 384,000
Round 3 32 × 10,000 320,000
Round 4 16 × 16,000 256,000
Round 5 8 × 25,000 200,000
Round 6 4 × 35,000 140,000
4th place 1 × 50,000 50,000
3rd place 1 × 60,000 60,000
Runner-up 1 × 80,000 80,000
Winner 1 × 110,000 110,000
Total 1,892,500

Media

IM Eric Rosen was one of the official photographers for the event.[4]

Participants

The following is the list of participants.[5][6] Players were seeded by their FIDE rating of June 2021, and all players were grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

01.    Magnus Carlsen (NOR), 2847 (World Champion)
02.    Fabiano Caruana (USA), 2820 (R)
03.    Levon Aronian (ARM), 2781 (R)
04.    Anish Giri (NED), 2780 (R)
05.    Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2776 (R)
06.    Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2770 (R)
07.    Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), 2760 (WC)
08.    Alireza Firouzja (FRA), 2759 (R)
09.    Leinier Domínguez (USA), 2758 (R)
10.    Sergey Karjakin (RUS), 2757 (R)
11.    Pentala Harikrishna (IND), 2730 (R)
12.    Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL), 2729 (ER)
13.    Vidit Gujrathi (IND), 2726 (R)
14.    Dmitry Andreikin (RUS), 2724 (ER)
15.    Nikita Vitiugov (RUS), 2724 (ER)
16.    Andrey Esipenko (RUS), 2716 (E)
17.    Daniil Dubov (RUS), 2714 (ER)
18.    Peter Svidler (RUS), 2714 (ER)
19.    Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP), 2710 (ER)
20.    Jeffery Xiong (USA), 2709 (Z2.1)
21.    Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS), 2706 (E)
22.    Yu Yangyi (CHN), 2705 (WC)
23.    Vladislav Artemiev (RUS), 2704 (E)
24.    Bassem Amin (EGY), 2703 (AF)
25.    Jorden van Foreest (NED), 2701 (R)
26.    Kirill Alekseenko (RUS), 2699 (ER)
27.    Yuriy Kryvoruchko (UKR), 2699 (ER)
28.    Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI), 2698 (AS)
29.    David Navara (CZE), 2697 (ER)
30.    Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS), 2696 (E)
31.    Sam Shankland (USA), 2691 (Z2.1)
32.    Maxim Matlakov (RUS), 2688 (E)
33.    Radosław Wojtaszek (POL), 2687 (ER)
34.    Alexander Areshchenko (UKR), 2687 (R)
35.    Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS), 2684 (R)
36.    Alexandr Predke (RUS), 2683 (E)
37.    Anton Korobov (UKR), 2683 (R)
38.    Salem Saleh (UAE), 2682 (R)
39.    Gabriel Sargissian (ARM), 2682 (FN)
40.    Markus Ragger (AUT), 2680 (FN)
41.    Étienne Bacrot (FRA), 2678 (FN)
42.    Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2675 (R)
43.    Ferenc Berkes (HUN), 2673 (FN)
44.    David Antón Guijarro (ESP), 2673 (E)
45.    Nils Grandelius (SWE), 2670 (FN)
46.    Matthias Blübaum (GER), 2669 (FN)
47.    Ivan Cheparinov (BUL), 2667 (E)
48.    Vladimir Malakhov (RUS), 2666 (R)
49.    Nijat Abasov (AZE), 2665 (PN)
50.    Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2662 (FN)
51.    Sanan Sjugirov (RUS), 2661 (E)
52.    Baskaran Adhiban (IND), 2660 (FN)
53.    Samuel Sevian (USA), 2660 (Z2.1)
54.    Constantin Lupulescu (ROM), 2656 (E)
55.    Grigoriy Oparin (RUS), 2654 (E)
56.    Yuri Kuzubov (UKR), 2653 (FN)
57.    Jorge Cori (PER), 2652 (Z2.4)
58.    Alexander Onischuk (USA), 2649 (Z2.1)
59.    Haik M. Martirosyan (ARM), 2648 (E)
60.    Ivan Šarić (CRO), 2645 (FN)
61.    Aravindh Chithambaram (IND), 2641 (Z3.7)
62.    Alexey Sarana (RUS), 2640 (PN)
63.    Alexander Motylev (RUS), 2639 (E)
64.    Aryan Tari (NOR), 2639 (FN)
65.    Evgeny Bareev (CAN), 2638 (Z2.2)
66.    Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ), 2637 (FN)
67.    Vladislav Kovalev (FIDE), 2637 (PN)
68.    Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB), 2634 (Z3.4)
69.    Alan Pichot (ARG), 2630 (FN)
70.    Mustafa Yılmaz (TUR), 2630 (E)
71.    David Paravyan (RUS), 2629 (PN)
72.    Sandro Mareco (ARG), 2629 (AM)
73.    Pavel Ponkratov (RUS), 2627 (E)
74.    Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROM), 2627 (E)
75.    Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2625 (AF)
76.    Benjamin Bok (NED), 2624 (FN)
77.    Neuris Delgado Ramírez (PAR), 2622 (Z2.5)
78.    Nihal Sarin (IND), 2620 (PN)
79.    Yaroslav Zherebukh (USA), 2620 (FN)
80.    Shant Sargsyan (ARM), 2618 (E)
81.    Daniele Vocaturo (ITA), 2617 (FN)
82.    Rasmus Svane (GER), 2615 (E)
83.    Viktor Erdős (HUN), 2614 (E)
84.    Varuzhan Akobian (USA), 2614 (PN)
85.    Pouya Idani (IRI), 2614 (FN)
86.    Amin Tabatabaei (IRI), 2613 (AS)
87.    Arik Braun (GER), 2609 (E)
88.    Vadim Zvjaginsev (RUS), 2608 (E)
89.    Kacper Piorun (POL), 2608 (FN)
90.    R Praggnanandhaa (IND), 2608 (PN)
91.    Aleksandar Inđić (SRB), 2607 (E)
92.    Cristobal Henriquez Villagra (CHI), 2606 (AM)
93.    Vasif Durarbayli (AZE), 2606 (FN)
94.    Timur Gareyev (USA), 2606 (Z2.1)
95.    Ivan Ivanišević (SRB), 2606 (E)
96.    Evgeny Alekseev (RUS), 2605 (E)
97.    Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson (ISL), 2603 (FN)
98.    Baadur Jobava (GEO), 2603 (E)
99.    Axel Bachmann (PAR), 2599 (AM)
100.    Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB), 2598 (Z3.4)
101.    Kiril Georgiev (MKD), 2594 (FN)
102.    Ante Brkić (CRO), 2592 (E)
103.    Michał Krasenkow (POL), 2591 (E)
104.    Mircea Pârligras (ROM), 2591 (FN)
105.    Hovhannes Gabuzyan (ARM), 2590 (E)
106.    Viorel Iordăchescu (MDA), 2589 (FN)
107.    Denis Kadrić (BIH), 2586 (PN)
108.    Sebastian Bogner (SUI), 2581 (FN)
109.    Victor Mikhalevski (ISR), 2581 (FN)
110.    Velimir Ivić (SRB), 2581 (FN)
111.    Mads Andersen (DEN), 2579 (FN)
112.    Gukesh D (IND), 2578 (PN)
113.    Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE), 2577 (E)
114.    Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera (CUB), 2573 (Z2.3)
115.    Emre Can (TUR), 2569 (E)
116.    Alexandr Fier (BRA), 2569 (FN)
117.    Nikita Meshkovs (LAT), 2568 (FN)
118.    Yasser Quesada Pérez (CUB), 2565 (FN)
119.    Luka Paichadze (GEO), 2564 (E)
120.    Levan Pantsulaia (GEO), 2564 (FN)
121.    Javokhir Sindarov (UZB), 2558 (AS)
122.    Elshan Moradiabadi (USA), 2555 (AM)
123.    Krikor Mekhitarian (BRA), 2554 (AM)
124.    Federico Perez Ponsa (ARG), 2554 (Z2.5)
125.    Boris Savchenko (RUS), 2553 (E)
126.    Bobby Cheng (AUS), 2552 (FN)
127.    Susanto Megaranto (INA), 2550 (FN)
128.    Saša Martinović (CRO), 2548 (E)
129.    Kaido Kulaots (EST), 2548 (FN)
130.    Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (IRI), 2547 (Z3.1)
131.    Vahap Şanal (TUR), 2546 (FN)
132.    Nikita Afanasiev (RUS), 2542 (E)
133.    Momchil Nikolov (BUL), 2542 (FN)
134.    Juan Carlos González Zamora (MEX), 2540 (FN)
135.    Helgi Dam Ziska (FRO), 2539 (Z1.10)
136.    Andrew Tang (USA), 2538 (AM)
137.    Jahongir Vakhidov (UZB), 2534 (FN)
138.    Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB), 2530 (AS)
139.    Leandro Krysa (ARG), 2527 (AM)
140.    Guillermo Vázquez, IM (PAR), 2527 (FN)
141.    Jerguš Pecháč (SVK), 2523 (PN)
142.    Darcy Lima (BRA), 2522 (Z2.4)
143.    Vojtěch Plát (CZE), 2521 (FN)
144.    Ádám Kozák (HUN), 2518 (E)
145.    Paweł Teclaf, IM (POL), 2514 (E)
146.    Pablo Salinas Herrera (CHI), 2514 (FN)
147.    Robert Hungaski (USA), 2514 (AM)
148.    Wynn Zaw Htun, IM (MYA), 2508 (FN)
149.    P. Iniyan (IND), 2506 (IAS)
150.    Dambasuren Batsuren (MGL), 2504 (FN)
151.    Volodar Murzin, IM (RUS), 2502 (FN)
152.    Bilel Bellahcene (ALG), 2499 (FN)
153.    Juraj Druska, IM (SVK), 2493 (FN)
154.    Matej Šebenik (SLO), 2492 (FN)
155.    Sergio Barrientos (COL), 2490 (Z2.3)
156.    Alexandre Dgebuadze (BEL), 2488 (FN)
157.    Razvan Preotu (CAN), 2487 (FN)
158.    Kirill Shubin, IM (RUS), 2486 (ON)
159.    Abhimanyu Mishra (USA), 2485 (PN)
160.    Kirill Stupak (BLR), 2485 (FN)
161.    Adham Fawzy (EGY), 2485 (AF)
162.    Andrés Rodríguez Vila (URU), 2484 (FN)
163.    Tin Jingyao, IM (SGP), 2482 (AS)
164.    Dmitry V. Sklyarov, IM (FIN), 2480 (FN)
165.    Goh Wei Ming (SGP), 2478 (FN)
166.    Luka Drašković, IM (MNE), 2469 (FN)
167.    Paulo Bersamina, IM (PHI), 2462 (FN)
168.    Rudik Makarian, IM (RUS), 2460 (ON)
169.    Ravi Haria, IM (ENG), 2440 (FN)
170.    Karolis Jukšta, FM (LTU), 2438 (FN)
171.    Basheer Al Qudaimi, IM (YEM), 2435 (FN)
172.    Ziaur Rahman, GM (BAN), 2434 (Z3.2)
173.    Esteban Valderrama Quiceno, IM (COL), 2430 (FN)
174.    Saparmyrat Atabayev, IM (TKM), 2425 (FN)
175.    Essam El Gindy (EGY), 2420 (FN)
176.    Sugar Gan-Erdene, IM (MGL), 2419 (AS)
177.    Pedro Ramón Martínez Reyes, FM (VEN), 2417 (FN)
178.    Evgenios Ioannidis, IM (GRE), 2411 (FN)
179.    Arthur Ssegwanyi, IM (UGA), 2409 (FN)
180.    Niaz Murshed (BAN), 2404 (FN)
181.    Asyl Abdyjapar, IM (KGZ), 2403 (FN)
182.    Abdelrahman Hesham (EGY), 2397 (AF)
183.    Amir Zaibi (TUN), 2396 (FN)
184.    André Ventura Sousa, IM (POR), 2390 (FN)
185.    Sami Khader, IM (JOR), 2382 (FN)
186.    Mohamed Tissir, IM (MAR), 2379 (FN)
187.    Noaman Omar, IM (UAE), 2367 (FN)
188.    Sergio Minero Pineda, IM (CRC), 2365 (FN)
189.    Mohamad Ervan, IM (INA), 2356 (AS)
190.    Rodwell Makoto, IM (ZIM), 2352 (FN)
191.    Bashir Eiti, IM (SYR), 2340 (FN)
192.    Daniel Quizon, IM (PHI), 2319 (Z3.3)
193.    Daniel Barrish, FM (RSA), 2313 (FN)
194.    Abobker Mohamed Elarabi, FM (LBA), 2307 (FN)
195.    Olanrewaju Ajibola, no title (NGR), 2302 (FN)
196.    Michael Concio, IM (PHI), 2297 (Z3.3)
197.    Sergio Miguel, FM (ANG), 2286 (FN)
198.    Chitumbo Mwali, IM (ZAM), 2281 (FN)
199.    Akar Ali Salih Salih, FM (IRQ), 2274 (FN)
200.    Alisher Karimov, FM (TJK), 2244 (FN)
201.    Antoine Kassis, FM (LBN), 2205 (FN)
202.    Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage, CM (SRI), 2203 (FN)
203.    Allen Chi Zhou Fan, FM (NZL), 2193 (FN)
204.    Sumant Subramaniam, FM (MAS), 2155 (FN)
205.    Chiletso Chipanga, CM (MWI), 2103 (PN)
206.    Elmer Prudente, CM (GUM), 1998 (Z3.6)

Players qualifying for the event included:

The participants were seeded by their FIDE rating of June 2021. For the first time, a hybrid format of online chess under arbiter supervision was allowed to be a part of the qualification process, due to the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in organizing over the board competition.[7][8]

Replacements

The following are the players from the list of qualifiers[5] who declined to play, and their replacements:

In addition, six federations (Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Japan, South Korea, Peru, Vietnam) did not nominate a player. Because of this and the two Zone 3.5 withdrawals, the number of presidential nominees (PN) increased from four to twelve, with the eight extra being:[15][5]

Rounds 1–4

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1 Norway M Carlsen Bye
- Bye 1 1 Norway M Carlsen 2
128 Croatia S Martinović 1½ 128 Croatia S Martinović 0
129 Estonia K Kulaots ½ 1 Norway M Carlsen 2
65 Canada E Bareev 1½ 64 Norway A Tari 0
192 Philippines D Quizon ½ 65 Canada E Bareev ½
64 Norway A Tari 2 64 Norway A Tari 1½
193 South Africa D Barrish 0 1 Norway M Carlsen 2½
33 Poland R Wojtaszek Bye 33 Poland R Wojtaszek 1½
- Bye 33 33 Poland R Wojtaszek 1½
96 Russia E Alekseev 2½ 96 Russia E Alekseev ½
161 Egypt A Fawzy 1½ 33 Poland R Wojtaszek 3
97 Iceland HS Gretarsson 2½ 32 Russia M Matlakov 1
160 Belarus K Stupak 1½ 97 Iceland HS Gretarsson ½
32 Russia M Matlakov Bye 32 Russia M Matlakov 1½
- Bye 32

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
17 Russia D Dubov Bye
Bye 17 17 Russia D Dubov 2½
112 India Gukesh D 2½ 112 India Gukesh D 1½
145 Poland P Teclaf 1½ 17 Russia D Dubov 1½
81 Italy D Vocaturo 1½ 48 Russia V Malakhov ½
176 Mongolia S Gan-Erdene ½ 81 Italy D Vocaturo ½
48 Russia V Malakhov Bye 48 Russia V Malakhov 1½
- Bye 48 17 Russia D Dubov 2½
49 Azerbaijan N Abasov Bye 16 Russia A Esipenko 3½
- Bye 49 49 Azerbaijan N Abasov 2½
80 Armenia S Sargsyan 2 80 Armenia S Sargsyan 1½
177 Venezuela P Martínez Reyes 0 49 Azerbaijan N Abasov ½
113 Czech Republic TDV Nguyen 1½ 16 Russia A Esipenko 1½
144 Hungary A Kozák ½ 113 Czech Republic TDV Nguyen 1½
16 Russia A Esipenko Bye 16 Russia A Esipenko 2½
- Bye 16

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
9 United States L Domínguez Bye
- Bye 9 9 United States L Domínguez 1
120 Georgia (country) L Pantsulaia ½ 137 Uzbekistan J Vakhidov 3
137 Uzbekistan J Vakhidov 1½ 137 Uzbekistan J Vakhidov 1
73 Russia P Ponkratov 1½ 73 Russia P Ponkratov 3
184 Portugal A Ventura Sousa ½ 73 Russia P Ponkratov 1½
56 Ukraine Y Kuzubov 2 56 Ukraine Y Kuzubov ½
201 Lebanon A Kassis 0 73 Russia P Ponkratov 1½
41 France É Bacrot Bye 41 France É Bacrot 2½
- Bye 41 41 France É Bacrot 2½
88 Russia V Zvjaginsev 1 169 England R Haria 1½
169 England R Haria 3 41 France É Bacrot 2½
105 Armenia H Gabuzyan 3 24 Egypt B Amin 1½
152 Algeria B Bellahcene 1 105 Armenia H Gabuzyan ½
24 Egypt B Amin Bye 24 Egypt B Amin 1½
- Bye 24

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
25 Netherlands J van Foreest Bye
- Bye 25 25 Netherlands J van Foreest 1½
104 Romania M Pârligras ½ 153 Slovakia J Druska ½
153 Slovakia J Druska 1½ 25 Netherlands J van Foreest ½
89 Poland K Piorun 1½ 89 Poland K Piorun 1½
168 Russia R Makarian ½ 89 Poland K Piorun 1½
40 Austria M Ragger Bye 40 Austria M Ragger ½
- Bye 40 89 Poland K Piorun 1½
57 Peru J Cori 1½ 121 Uzbekistan J Sindarov ½
200 Tajikistan A Karimov ½ 57 Peru J Cori 3½
72 Argentina S Mareco 2 72 Argentina S Mareco 2½
185 Jordan S Khader 0 57 Peru J Cori ½
121 Uzbekistan J Sindarov 1½ 121 Uzbekistan J Sindarov 1½
136 United States A Tang ½ 121 Uzbekistan J Sindarov 3½
8 France A Firouzja Bye 8 France A Firouzja 2½
- Bye 8

Section 5

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
5 Russia A Grischuk Bye
- Bye 5 5 Russia A Grischuk 1½
124 Argentina F Perez Ponsa 3½ 124 Argentina F Perez Ponsa ½
133 Bulgaria M Nikolov 2½ 5 Russia A Grischuk 1½
69 Argentina A Pichot 2 69 Argentina A Pichot ½
188 Costa Rica S Minero Pineda 0 69 Argentina A Pichot 1½
60 Croatia I Šarić 2 60 Croatia I Šarić ½
197 Angola S Miguel 0 5 Russia A Grischuk 2½
37 Ukraine A Korobov Bye 37 Ukraine A Korobov 1½
- Bye 37 37 Ukraine A Korobov 1½
92 Chile C Henriquez Villagra 2 92 Chile C Henriquez Villagra ½
165 Singapore Goh Wei Ming 0 37 Ukraine A Korobov 1½
101 North Macedonia K Georgiev 1½ 101 North Macedonia K Georgiev ½
156 Belgium A Dgebuadze ½ 101 North Macedonia K Georgiev 2½
28 Iran P Maghsoodloo Bye 28 Iran P Maghsoodloo 1½
- Bye 28

Section 6

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
21 Russia E Tomashevsky Bye
- Bye 21 21 Russia E Tomashevsky 2
108 Switzerland S Bogner ½ 149 India P Iniyan 0
149 India P Iniyan 1½ 21 Russia E Tomashevsky 1½
85 Iran P Idani 2 85 Iran P Idani 2½
172 Bangladesh Z Rahman 0 85 Iran P Idani 1½
44 Spain D Antón Guijarro Bye 44 Spain D Antón Guijarro ½
- Bye 44 85 Iran P Idani ½
53 United States S Sevian 2 12 Poland J-K Duda 1½
204 Malaysia S Subramaniam 0 53 United States S Sevian 4
76 Netherlands B Bok 2½ 76 Netherlands B Bok 2
181 Kyrgyzstan A Abdyjapar 1½ 53 United States S Sevian ½
117 Latvia N Meshkovs ½ 12 Poland J-K Duda 1½
140 Paraguay G Vázquez 1½ 140 Paraguay G Vázquez ½
12 Poland J-K Duda Bye 12 Poland J-K Duda 1½
- Bye 12

Section 7

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
13 India V Gujrathi Bye
- Bye 13 13 India V Gujrathi 2½
116 Brazil A Fier 3½ 116 Brazil A Fier 1½
141 Slovakia J Pecháč 2½ 13 India V Gujrathi 4½
77 Paraguay N Delgado Ramírez 5 52 India B Adhiban 3½
180 Bangladesh N Murshed 3 77 Paraguay N Delgado Ramírez 0
52 India B Adhiban 2 52 India B Adhiban 2
205 Malawi C Chipanga 0 13 India V Gujrathi 2
45 Sweden N Grandelius Bye 20 United States J Xiong 0
- Bye 45 45 Sweden N Grandelius 2½
84 United States V Akobian 2½ 84 United States V Akobian 1½
173 Colombia E Valderrama Quiceno 1½ 45 Sweden N Grandelius 1½
109 Israel V Mikhalevski w/o 20 United States J Xiong 2½
148 Myanmar Wynn Zaw Htun 109 Israel V Mikhalevski ½
20 United States J Xiong Bye 20 United States J Xiong 1½
- Bye 20

Section 8

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
29 Czech Republic D Navara Bye
- Bye 29 29 Czech Republic D Navara 1½
100 Uzbekistan N Yakubboev 1½ 100 Uzbekistan N Yakubboev ½
157 Canada R Preotu ½ 29 Czech Republic D Navara ½
93 Azerbaijan V Durarbayli 1½ 93 Azerbaijan V Durarbayli 1½
164 Finland DV Sklyarov ½ 93 Azerbaijan V Durarbayli 3
36 Russia A Predke Bye 36 Russia A Predke 1
- Bye 36 93 Azerbaijan V Durarbayli 4
61 India C Aravindh 2 68 Uzbekistan N Abdusattorov 2
196 Philippines M Concio 0 61 India C Aravindh ½
68 Uzbekistan N Abdusattorov w/o 68 Uzbekistan N Abdusattorov 1½
189 Indonesia M Ervan 68 Uzbekistan N Abdusattorov 3
125 Russia B Savchenko 2½ 4 Netherlands A Giri 1
132 Russia N Afanasiev 1½ 125 Russia B Savchenko 0
4 Netherlands A Giri Bye 4 Netherlands A Giri 2
- Bye 4

Section 9

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
3 Armenia L Aronian Bye
- Bye 3 3 Armenia L Aronian [a]
126 Australia B Cheng 3 126 Australia B Cheng w/o
131 Turkey V Şanal 1 126 Australia B Cheng ½
67 FIDE V Kovalev 2 67 FIDE V Kovalev 1½
190 Zimbabwe R Makoto 0 67 FIDE V Kovalev 3½
62 Russia A Sarana 2 62 Russia A Sarana 2½
195 Nigeria O Ajibola 0 67 FIDE V Kovalev 0
35 Russia D Jakovenko Bye 30 Russia V Fedoseev 2
- Bye 35 35 Russia D Jakovenko 1½
94 United States T Gareyev 4 94 United States T Gareyev 2½
163 Singapore J Tin 2 94 United States T Gareyev ½
99 Paraguay A Bachmann 1½ 30 Russia V Fedoseev 1½
158 Russia K Shubin ½ 99 Paraguay A Bachmann 0
30 Russia V Fedoseev Bye 30 Russia V Fedoseev 2
- Bye 30

Section 10

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
19 Spain F Vallejo Pons Bye
- Bye 19 19 Spain F Vallejo Pons ½
110 Serbia V Ivić 1½ 110 Serbia V Ivić 1½
147 United States R Hungaski ½ 110 Serbia V Ivić 1½
83 Hungary V Erdős w/o 46 Germany M Blübaum ½
174 Turkmenistan S Atabayev 83 Hungary V Erdős 1½
46 Germany M Blübaum Bye 46 Germany M Blübaum 2½
- Bye 46 110 Serbia V Ivić 3
51 Russia S Sjugirov 2 14 Russia D Andreikin 1
206 Guam E Prudente 0 51 Russia S Sjugirov ½
78 India N Sarin 1½ 78 India N Sarin 1½
179 Uganda A Ssegwanyi ½ 78 India N Sarin ½
115 Turkey E Can 2 14 Russia D Andreikin 1½
142 Brazil D Lima 0 115 Turkey E Can ½
14 Russia D Andreikin Bye 14 Russia D Andreikin 1½
- Bye 14

Section 11

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
11 India H Pentala Bye
- Bye 11 11 India H Pentala 1½
118 Cuba Y Quesada Pérez 1½ 118 Cuba Y Quesada Pérez ½
139 Argentina L Krysa ½ 11 India H Pentala 1½
75 Egypt A Adly 1½ 54 Romania C Lupulescu ½
182 Egypt A Hesham 2½ 182 Egypt A Hesham 0
54 Romania C Lupulescu w/o 54 Romania C Lupulescu 2
203 New Zealand ACZ Fan 11 India H Pentala ½
43 Hungary F Berkes Bye 86 Iran A Tabatabaei 1½
- Bye 43 43 Hungary F Berkes 1½
86 Iran A Tabatabaei 2½ 86 Iran A Tabatabaei 2½
171 Yemen B Al Qudaimi 1½ 86 Iran A Tabatabaei 1½
107 Bosnia and Herzegovina D Kadrić 1½ 22 China Y Yangyi ½
150 Mongolia D Batsuren ½ 107 Bosnia and Herzegovina D Kadrić 0
22 China Y Yangyi Bye 22 China Y Yangyi 2
- Bye 22

Section 12

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
27 Ukraine Y Kryvoruchko Bye
- Bye 27 27 Ukraine Y Kryvoruchko ½
102 Croatia A Brkić 2 102 Croatia A Brkić 1½
155 Colombia S Barrientos 0 102 Croatia A Brkić 2
91 Serbia A Inđić 2 38 United Arab Emirates S Saleh 0
166 Montenegro L Drašković 0 91 Serbia A Inđić 1
38 United Arab Emirates S Saleh Bye 38 United Arab Emirates S Saleh 3
- Bye 38 102 Croatia A Brkić ½
59 Armenia HM Martirosyan 3 59 Armenia HM Martirosyan 1½
198 Zambia C Mwali 1 59 Armenia HM Martirosyan 1½
70 Turkey M Yılmaz 1½ 70 Turkey M Yılmaz ½
187 United Arab Emirates N Omar ½ 59 Armenia HM Martirosyan 2½
123 Brazil K Mekhitarian 2½ 6 Azerbaijan S Mamedyarov 1½
134 Mexico J González Zamora 1½ 123 Brazil K Mekhitarian 1
6 Azerbaijan S Mamedyarov Bye 6 Azerbaijan S Mamedyarov 3
- Bye 6

Section 13

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
7 France M Vachier-Lagrave Bye
- Bye 7 7 France M Vachier-Lagrave 1½
122 United States E Moradiabadi w/o 122 United States E Moradiabadi ½
135 Faroe Islands HD Ziska 7 France M Vachier-Lagrave 5
71 Russia D Paravyan 2 71 Russia D Paravyan 4
186 Morocco M Tissir 0 71 Russia D Paravyan 2
58 United States A Onischuk 2 58 United States A Onischuk 0
199 Iraq AAS Salih 0 7 France M Vachier-Lagrave 1½
39 Armenia G Sargissian Bye 90 India R Praggnanandhaa ½
- Bye 39 39 Armenia G Sargissian 0
90 India R Praggnanandhaa 1½ 90 India R Praggnanandhaa 2
167 Philippines P Bersamina ½ 90 India R Praggnanandhaa 3
103 Poland M Krasenkow 1½ 103 Poland M Krasenkow 1
154 Slovenia M Šebenik ½ 103 Poland M Krasenkow 1½
26 Russia K Alekseenko Bye 26 Russia K Alekseenko ½
- Bye 26

Section 14

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
23 Russia V Artemiev Bye
- Bye 23 23 Russia V Artemiev 2½
106 Moldova V Iordăchescu 2½ 151 Russia V Murzin 1½
151 Russia V Murzin 3½ 23 Russia V Artemiev 3
87 Germany A Braun 1½ 42 Israel B Gelfand 1
170 Lithuania K Jukšta ½ 87 Germany A Braun ½
42 Israel B Gelfand Bye 42 Israel B Gelfand 1½
- Bye 42 23 Russia V Artemiev 2½
55 Russia G Oparin 2 10 Russia S Karjakin 3½
202 Sri Lanka RD Liyanage 0 55 Russia G Oparin 2½
74 Romania B-D Deac w/o 74 Romania B-D Deac 1½
183 Tunisia A Zaibi 55 Russia G Oparin ½
119 Georgia (country) L Paichadze 0 10 Russia S Karjakin 1½
138 Uzbekistan S Vokhidov 2 138 Uzbekistan S Vokhidov 0
10 Russia S Karjakin Bye 10 Russia S Karjakin 2
- Bye 10

Section 15

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
15 Russia N Vitiugov Bye
- Bye 15 15 Russia N Vitiugov 1½
114 Cuba C Albornoz Cabrera ½ 143 Czech Republic V Plát ½
143 Czech Republic V Plát 1½ 15 Russia N Vitiugov 1½
79 United States Y Zherebukh 1½ 50 Spain A Shirov ½
178 Greece E Ioannidis ½ 79 United States Y Zherebukh 2
50 Spain A Shirov Bye 50 Spain A Shirov 4
- Bye 50 15 Russia N Vitiugov 1½
47 Bulgaria I Cheparinov Bye 18 Russia P Svidler 2½
- Bye 47 47 Bulgaria I Cheparinov 5
82 Germany R Svane 2 82 Germany R Svane 4
175 Egypt E El-Gindy 0 47 Bulgaria I Cheparinov 1½
111 Denmark M Andersen ½ 18 Russia P Svidler 2½
146 Chile P Salinas Herrera 1½ 146 Chile P Salinas Herrera ½
18 Russia P Svidler Bye 18 Russia P Svidler 1½
- Bye 18

Section 16

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
31 United States S Shankland Bye
- Bye 31 31 United States S Shankland 1½
98 Georgia (country) B Jobava 1½ 98 Georgia (country) B Jobava ½
159 United States A Mishra ½ 31 United States S Shankland 2½
95 Serbia I Ivanišević w/o 34 Ukraine A Areshchenko 1½
162 Uruguay A Rodríguez Vila 95 Serbia I Ivanišević ½
34 Ukraine A Areshchenko Bye 34 Ukraine A Areshchenko 1½
- Bye 34 31 United States S Shankland 1½
63 Russia A Motylev 2 66 Kazakhstan R Jumabayev ½
194 Libya AM Elarabi 0 63 Russia A Motylev ½
66 Kazakhstan R Jumabayev 2 66 Kazakhstan R Jumabayev 1½
191 Syria B Eiti 0 66 Kazakhstan R Jumabayev 1½
127 Indonesia S Megaranto 2½ 2 United States F Caruana ½
130 Iran E Ghaem-Maghami 1½ 127 Indonesia S Megaranto 0[b]
2 United States F Caruana Bye 2 United States F Caruana 2
- Bye 2

Rounds 5–8

Fifth round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
            
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 5
16 Russia Andrey Esipenko 3
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 2
41 France Étienne Bacrot 0
41 France Étienne Bacrot 4
89 Poland Kacper Piorun 2
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 1½
12 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2½
5 Russia Alexander Grischuk 1½
12 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2½
12 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda 1½
13 India Vidit Gujrathi ½
13 India Vidit Gujrathi 1½
93 Azerbaijan Vasif Durarbayli ½
12 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda 1½
10 Russia Sergey Karjakin ½
30 Russia Vladimir Fedoseev 3
110 Serbia Velimir Ivić 1
30 Russia Vladimir Fedoseev 1½
86 Iran Amin Tabatabaei ½
86 Iran Amin Tabatabaei 2½
59 Armenia Haik M. Martirosyan 1½
30 Russia Vladimir Fedoseev ½
10 Russia Sergey Karjakin 1½
7 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2½ Third place
10 Russia Sergey Karjakin 3½
10 Russia Sergey Karjakin 4 1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 2
31 United States Sam Shankland 2 30 Russia Vladimir Fedoseev 0
18 Russia Peter Svidler ½
31 United States Sam Shankland 1½

Third place

Seed Name Jul 2021 rating 1 2 Total
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 2847 1 1 2
30 Russia Vladimir Fedoseev 2696 0 0 0

Finals

Seed Name Jul 2021 rating 1 2 Total
12 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2738 ½ 1 1½
10 Russia Sergey Karjakin 2757 ½ 0 ½

Notes

  1. ^ Aronian forfeited both games for health-related reasons.[16]
  2. ^ Caruana won the first game by forfeit, after Megaranto's COVID-19 test was confirmed as positive, 15 moves into the first game.[17] As a result, Megaranto was forced to forfeit the second game. FIDE confirmed a mid-game forfeit had occurred, but did not name the player, citing "privacy regulations".[18]

References

  1. ^ a b Men's World Cup 2021 Schedule Archived 2023-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, FIDE
  2. ^ ""Games Archive"". "2700chess".
  3. ^ "Regulations for the FIDE World Cup 2021" (PDF). FIDE.
  4. ^ Rosen, Eric [@IM_Rosen] (July 9, 2021). "Beginning my journey to Sochi... Super excited to be one of the official photographers for the @FIDE_chess World Cup!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ a b c "Participants of the World Cup 2021" (PDF), Official tournament site, FIDE
  6. ^ "Tournament Tree"
  7. ^ FIDE Approves Hybrid Format. Chess.com.
  8. ^ nikita. "FIDE World Chess Cup 2021 – Chessdom". Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  9. ^ a b Carlsen, So, Aronian & Ding in San Fermin Masters battle, chess24.com, July 11, 2021
  10. ^ Magnus Carlsen to play in FIDE World Cup in Sochi, Chessbase, June 11, 2021
  11. ^ Ian Nepomniachtchi to @rianru: I won't play at the FIDE World Cup in Sochi, FIDE, Twitter, 17 June 2021
  12. ^ Rao, Rakesh. "Nepomniachtchi loses last round, takes Candidates title; Wang Hao retires at 31". Sportstar. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  13. ^ Viswanathan Anand likely to skip World Cup in Sochi, Indian Express, 27 May 2021
  14. ^ Australian Chess Federation Newsletter 604, 19 June 2021
  15. ^ Players lists and full pairings of FIDE World Cups published, FIDE, 22 June 2021 (This shows who the original four PNs were.)
  16. ^ We respect @LevAronian’s decision..., FIDE, Twitter, 16 July 2021
  17. ^ FIDE Chess World Cup 2021: Fabiano Caruana wins by default after his opponent Susanto Megaranto's COVID-19 test result came positive during the game, The Free Press Journal, 15 July 2021
  18. ^ World Champion Magnus Carlsen debuts with a technical win, FIDE, 15 July 2021

See also

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