The Chess World Cup 2013 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament, played between 11 August and 2 September 2013, in the hotel Scandic Tromsø in Tromsø, Norway.[1][2] It was won by Vladimir Kramnik, who defeated Dmitry Andreikin 2½–1½ in the final match.[3] The finalists qualified for the 2014 Candidates Tournament.
The winner of the Chess World Cup 2011, Peter Svidler, was defeated by Dmitry Andreikin in the quarter-finals.
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 the start of the game. If a 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 seconds increment) were to be played.
- If the score was tied after two rapid games, two rapid games (10 minutes plus 10 seconds increment) were to be played.
- If the score was tied after four rapid games, the opponents were to play two blitz games (five minutes plus three seconds increment).
- If the score was tied after a pair of blitz games, an armageddon game (in which a draw counts as a win for Black) 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
Round |
Prize |
Total
|
Round 1 |
64 × US $6,000 |
US $384,000
|
Round 2 |
32 × US $10,000 |
US $320,000
|
Round 3 |
16 × US $16,000 |
US $256,000
|
Round 4 |
8 × US $25,000 |
US $200,000
|
Round 5 |
4 × US $35,000 |
US $140,000
|
Round 6 |
2 × US $50,000 |
US $100,000
|
Runner-up |
US $80,000 |
US $80,000
|
Winner |
US $120,000 |
US $120,000
|
Total |
|
US $1,600,000[4]
|
Participants
The participating players were seeded by their July 2013 FIDE ratings:[5]
- 01. File:Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian (ARM), 2813 (R)
- 02. File:Flag of Italy.svg Fabiano Caruana (ITA), 2796 (R)
- 03. File:Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Kramnik (RUS), 2784 (R)
- 04. File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2780 (WC)
- 05. File:Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Karjakin (RUS), 2776 (R)
- 06. File:Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura (USA), 2775 (R)
- 07. File:Flag of Israel.svg Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2773 (R)
- 08. File:Flag of the United States.svg Gata Kamsky (USA), 2763 (R)
- 09. File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2761 (R)
- 10. File:Flag of Cuba.svg Leinier Domínguez (CUB), 2757 (R)
- 11. File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR), 2756 (WC)
- 12. File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hao (CHN), 2752 (R)
- 13. File:Flag of Russia.svg Peter Svidler (RUS), 2746 (WC)
- 14. File:Flag of England.svg Michael Adams (ENG), 2740 (R)
- 15. File:Flag of Hungary.svg Peter Leko (HUN), 2737 (R)
- 16. File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Morozevich (RUS), 2736 (R)
- 17. File:Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Vitiugov (RUS), 2734 (E12)
- 18. File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri (NED), 2734 (R)
- 19. File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2733 (WC)
- 20. File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Teimour Radjabov (AZE), 2733 (R)
- 21. File:Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Andreikin (RUS), 2727 (E12)
- 22. File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Anton Korobov (UKR), 2720 (E13)
- 23. File:Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), 2719 (PN)
- 24. File:Flag of Russia.svg Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS), 2717 (R)
- 25. File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Navara (CZE), 2715 (PN)
- 26. File:Flag of France.svg Étienne Bacrot (FRA), 2714 (E12)
- 27. File:Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Alekseev (RUS), 2714 (E13)
- 28. File:Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS), 2713 (E12)
- 29. File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Lê Quang Liêm (VIE), 2712 (AS13)
- 30. File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Alexander Areshchenko (UKR), 2709 (E13)
- 31. File:Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Malakhov (RUS), 2709 (E12)
- 32. File:Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS), 2709 (R)
- 33. File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Wesley So (PHI), 2708 (Z3.3)
- 34. File:Flag of France.svg Laurent Fressinet (FRA), 2708 (E12)
- 35. File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Riazantsev (RUS), 2708 (E12)
- 36. File:Flag of Spain.svg Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP), 2706 (E12)
- 37. File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Pavel Eljanov (UKR), 2702 (E13)
- 38. File:Flag of Poland.svg Radosław Wojtaszek (POL), 2701 (R)
- 39. File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Alexander Moiseenko (UKR), 2699 (E13)
- 40. File:Flag of Armenia.svg Sergei Movsesian (ARM), 2699 (E13)
- 41. File:Flag of Latvia.svg Alexei Shirov (LAT), 2696 (R)
- 42. File:Flag of Hungary.svg Judit Polgár (HUN), 2696 (PN)
- 43. File:Flag of Georgia.svg Baadur Jobava (GEO), 2693 (E12)
- 44. File:Flag of Armenia.svg Vladimir Akopian (ARM), 2691 (E12)
- 45. File:Flag of Cuba.svg Lázaro Bruzón (CUB), 2689 (Z2.3)
- 46. File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Andrei Volokitin (UKR), 2688 (E12)
- 47. File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Chao (CHN), 2686 (AS13)
- 48. File:Flag of Austria.svg Markus Ragger (AUT), 2680 (E13)
- 49. File:Flag of Russia.svg Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS), 2680 (E12)
- 50. File:Flag of Peru.svg Julio Granda (PER), 2679 (AM12)
- 51. File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuriy Kryvoruchko (UKR), 2678 (E12)
- 52. File:Flag of Moldova.svg Victor Bologan (MDA), 2672 (E12)
- 53. File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexey Dreev (RUS), 2668 (E12)
- 54. File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Sergey Fedorchuk (UKR), 2667 (E13)
- 55. File:Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Onischuk (USA), 2667 (Z2.1)
- 56. File:Flag of Russia.svg Maxim Matlakov (RUS), 2665 (E12)
- 57. File:Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Shimanov (RUS), 2664 (E13)
- 58. File:Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Romanov (RUS), 2662 (E13)
- 59. File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Eltaj Safarli (AZE), 2660 (E13)
- 60. File:Flag of India.svg Krishnan Sasikiran (IND), 2660 (AS13)
- 61. File:Flag of Russia.svg Vadim Zvjaginsev (RUS), 2659 (E13)
- 62. File:Flag of Russia.svg Denis Khismatullin (RUS), 2658 (E12)
- 63. File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Yangyi (CHN), 2657 (AS12)
- 64. File:Flag of Russia.svg Igor Lysyj (RUS), 2656 (E13)
- 65. File:Flag of France.svg Andrei Istrățescu (FRA), 2651 (E13)
- 66. File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Alexander Beliavsky (SLO), 2651 (E13)
- 67. File:Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Kobalia (RUS), 2651 (E12)
- 68. File:Flag of Poland.svg Dariusz Świercz (POL), 2650 (J11)
- 69. File:Flag of Romania.svg Constantin Lupulescu (ROU), 2650 (E13)
- 70. File:Flag of Egypt.svg Bassem Amin (EGY), 2650 (AF)
- 71. File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Anton Filippov (UZB), 2643 (Z3.4)
- 72. File:Flag of England.svg Gawain Jones (ENG), 2643 (E12)
- 73. File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Smeets (NED), 2643 (E12)
- 74. File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN), 2642 (Z2.3)
- 75. File:Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Dubov (RUS), 2638 (E13)
- 76. File:Flag of Belarus.svg Sergei Azarov (BLR), 2636 (E12)
- 77. File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zbyněk Hráček (CZE), 2635 (E13)
- 78. File:Flag of India.svg Parimarjan Negi (IND), 2634 (AS12)
- 79. File:Flag of Armenia.svg Hrant Melkumyan (ARM), 2632 (E13)
- 80. File:Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Leitão (BRA), 2632 (Z2.4)
- 81. File:Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Popov (RUS), 2632 (E13)
- 82. File:Flag of Israel.svg Evgeny Postny (ISR), 2631 (E13)
- 83. File:Flag of the United States.svg Ray Robson (USA), 2628 (Z2.1)
- 84. File:Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniy Najer (RUS), 2628 (E12)
- 85. File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (VIE), 2625 (Z3.3)
- 86. File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Martyn Kravtsiv (UKR), 2620 (E13)
- 87. File:Flag of Cuba.svg Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez (CUB), 2612 (AM13)
- 88. File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hou Yifan (CHN), 2600 (PN)
- 89. File:Flag of Norway.svg Jon Ludvig Hammer (NOR), 2599 (ON)
- 90. File:Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2596 (AF)
- 91. File:Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandr Fier (BRA), 2595 (Z2.4)
- 92. File:Flag of Italy.svg Sabino Brunello (ITA), 2593 (E13)
- 93. File:Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Flores (ARG), 2592 (AM13)
- 94. File:Flag of Argentina.svg Rubén Felgaer (ARG), 2586 (Z2.5)
- 95. File:Flag of the United States.svg Larry Christiansen (USA), 2584 (Z2.1)
- 96. File:Flag of Turkey.svg Alexander Ipatov (TUR), 2583 (J12)
- 97. File:Flag of the United States.svg Alejandro Ramírez (USA), 2583 (Z2.1)
- 98. File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Eric Hansen (CAN), 2581 (AM12)
- 99. File:Flag of the United States.svg Gregory Kaidanov (USA), 2577 (AM12)
- 100. File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Oliver Barbosa (PHI), 2572 (AS12)
- 101. File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Mark Paragua (PHI), 2569 (AS13)
- 102. File:Flag of India.svg Adhiban Baskaran (IND), 2567 (AS13)
- 103. File:Flag of Norway.svg Simen Agdestein (NOR), 2567 (ON)
- 104. File:Flag of Argentina.svg Sandro Mareco (ARG), 2562 (Z2.5)
- 105. File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wei Yi (CHN), 2557 (PN)
- 106. File:Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Shabalov (USA), 2553 (AM12)
- 107. File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Vasif Durarbayli (AZE), 2549 (E12)
- 108. File:Flag of Iran.svg Pouria Darini (IRI), 2548 (Z3.1)
- 109. File:Flag of Peru.svg Jorge Cori (PER), 2543 (AM13)
- 110. File:Flag of Poland.svg Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL), 2536, IM (PN)
- 111. File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Salem Saleh (UAE), 2531 (AS12)
- 112. File:Flag of the United States.svg Conrad Holt (USA), 2530 (Z2.1)
- 113. File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bator Sambuev (CAN), 2530 (Z2.2)
- 114. File:Flag of Norway.svg Leif Erlend Johannessen (NOR), 2520 (ON)
- 115. File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wan Yunguo (CHN), 2509, IM (Z3.5)
- 116. File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Anna Ushenina (UKR), 2500 (WWC)
- 117. File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Qingnan (CHN), 2500, IM (AS12)
- 118. File:Flag of Norway.svg Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen (NOR), 2492, IM (ON)
- 119. File:Flag of Egypt.svg Essam El-Gindy (EGY), 2490 (AF)
- 120. File:Flag of Egypt.svg Samy Shoker (EGY), 2487, IM (Z4.2)
- 121. File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lou Yiping (CHN), 2483, IM (Z3.5)
- 122. File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Ziaur Rahman (BAN), 2470 (Z3.2)
- 123. File:Flag of Peru.svg Deysi Cori (PER), 2434, WGM (AM13)
- 124. File:Flag of Morocco.svg Ali Sebbar (MAR), 2371, untitled (Z4.1)
- 125. File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Igor Bjelobrk (AUS), 2341, FM (Z3.6)
- 126. File:Flag of Zambia.svg Gillan Bwalya (ZAM), 2341, FM (Z4.3)
- 127. File:Flag of India.svg G. Akash (IND), 2332, IM (Z3.7)
- 128. File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Mikhail Markov (KGZ), 2305, untitled (Z3.4)
All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.
Qualification paths
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- 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
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Prominent non-participants
Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, and Veselin Topalov qualified for the event, but they declined to participate. The only other player from the world's top 30 who did not participate is Ding Liren.[6] Levon Aronian (who declined to play in 2009 and 2011) and Vladimir Kramnik (who had never played in a Chess World Cup) chose to participate because FIDE made participation in either the Chess World Cup or the FIDE Grand Prix series mandatory for qualification to the 2014 Candidates Tournament through rating.[7]
Post-tournament opinions
In particular, Alexander Grischuk was decidedly negative about the organization, as was noted coach Vladimir Chuchelov.[8][9]
Calendar
Round |
Regular games |
Tiebreaks
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Round 1 |
11–12 August |
13 August
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Round 2 |
14–15 August |
16 August
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Round 3 |
17–18 August |
19 August
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Round 4 |
20–21 August |
22 August
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Quarterfinals |
23–24 August |
25 August
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Semifinals |
26–27 August |
28 August
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Final |
30 August – 2 September |
3 September
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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
References
External links