Chess World Cup 2015

FIDE Chess World Cup 2015
2015 FIDE World Cup winner Sergey Karjakin
Tournament information
SportChess
LocationBaku, Azerbaijan
Dates10 September 2015–5 October 2015
AdministratorFIDE
Tournament
format
Single-elimination tournament
HostChess Federation of Azerbaijan
Final positions
ChampionRussia Sergey Karjakin
Runner-upRussia Peter Svidler
Stamps of Azerbaijan, 2015

The Chess World Cup 2015 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 10 September to 5 October 2015.

Sergey Karjakin won the competition on tie-breaks after a four-game final against Peter Svidler. Both finalists qualified for the 2016 Candidates Tournament.

The winner of the Chess World Cup 2013, Vladimir Kramnik, was defeated by Dmitry Andreikin in the third round.

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 the next day. The format for the tie breaks was as follows:

  • Two rapid games (25 minutes plus 10 seconds increment).
  • If the score was tied after two rapid games, two rapid games (10 minutes plus 10 seconds increment).
  • If the score was tied after four rapid games, the opponents 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 had 5 minutes and Black had 4 minutes, with an increment of 3 seconds/move starting from 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

According to the regulations, and contrary to many elite tournaments even including the FIDE Grand Prix, all players had to pay their own expenses for travel.[1]

Participants

The qualified players[2] are seeded by their FIDE ratings of August 2015. Eighteen players qualified by rating.[3] All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

  1.  Veselin Topalov (BUL), 2816 (R)
  2.  Hikaru Nakamura (USA), 2814 (R)
  3.  Fabiano Caruana (USA), 2808 (R)
  4.  Anish Giri (NED), 2793 (R)
  5.  Wesley So (USA), 2779 (R)
  6.  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS), 2777 (WC)
  7.  Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2771 (R)
  8.  Ding Liren (CHN), 2770 (R)
  9.  Levon Aronian (ARM), 2765 (R)
  10.  Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS), 2759 (E14)
  11.  Sergey Karjakin (RUS), 2753 (R)
  12.  Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS), 2747 (WC)
  13.  Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2741 (R)
  14.  Pentala Harikrishna (IND), 2740 (R)
  15.  Michael Adams (ENG), 2740 (R)
  16.  Peter Svidler (RUS), 2739 (R)
  17.  Teimour Radjabov (AZE), 2738 (ON)
  18.  Leinier Domínguez (CUB), 2736 (R)
  19.  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2735 (R)
  20.  Radosław Wojtaszek (POL), 2733 (E14)
  21.  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), 2731 (WC)
  22.  Yu Yangyi (CHN), 2726 (J13)
  23.  Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2726 (R)
  24.  Wei Yi (CHN), 2725 (Z3.5)
  25.  David Navara (CZE), 2724 (E14)
  26.  Pavel Eljanov (UKR), 2723 (E14)
  27.  Dmitry Andreikin (RUS), 2720 (WC)
  28.  Nikita Vitiugov (RUS), 2719 (R)
  29.  Peter Leko (HUN), 2714 (R)
  30.  Ni Hua (CHN), 2713 (AS14)
  31.  Laurent Fressinet (FRA), 2710 (E14)
  32.  Alexander Moiseenko (UKR), 2710 (E15)
  33.  Wang Hao (CHN), 2705 (R)
  34.  Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS), 2705 (E15)
  35.  Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB), 2704 (AS14)
  36.  Igor Kovalenko (LAT), 2702 (PN)
  37.  Lê Quang Liêm (VIE), 2699 (Z3.3)
  38.  Anton Korobov (UKR), 2699 (E15)
  39.  Ivan Cheparinov (BUL), 2690 (E14)
  40.  Maxim Matlakov (RUS), 2689 (E15)
  41.  Ray Robson (USA), 2680 (Z2.1)
  42.  Maxim Rodshtein (ISR), 2678 (E15)
  43.  Igor Lysyj (RUS), 2673 (E14)
  44.  Gabriel Sargissian (ARM), 2673 (E14)
  45.  Vladislav Artemiev (RUS), 2671 (E14)
  46.  Hou Yifan (CHN), 2671 (PN)
  47.  Gata Kamsky (USA), 2670 (Z2.1)
  48.  Ilya Smirin (ISR), 2669 (E14)
  49.  Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (GER), 2667 (E15)
  50.  Viktor Láznička (CZE), 2665 (E15)
  51.  Sanan Sjugirov (RUS), 2664 (E15)
  52.  Julio Granda (PER), 2663 (AM14)
  53.  Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (VIE), 2662 (Z3.3)
  54.  Alexander Onischuk (USA), 2662 (Z2.1)
  55.  Ivan Šarić (CRO), 2661 (E14)
  56.  Alexander Areshchenko (UKR), 2661 (E14)
  57.  Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS), 2660 (PN)
  58.  Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS), 2659 (E14)
  59.  Lázaro Bruzón (CUB), 2659 (Z2.3)
  60.  Csaba Balogh (HUN), 2659 (E14)
  61.  Alexander Motylev (RUS), 2658 (E14)
  62.  Evgeniy Najer (RUS), 2658 (E15)
  63.  Sam Shankland (USA), 2655 (AM14)
  64.  Ivan Bukavshin (RUS), 2655 (E15)
  65.  Sergei Zhigalko (BLR), 2654 (E14)
  66.  Ivan Popov (RUS), 2653 (E15)
  67.  Rauf Mamedov (AZE), 2651 (ON)
  68.  Boris Grachev (RUS), 2649 (E15)
  69.  Eltaj Safarli (AZE), 2644 (ON)
  70.  Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (IND), 2644 (AS15)
  71.  Baskaran Adhiban (IND), 2643 (AS14)
  72.  Yuniesky Quezada (CUB), 2643 (AM15)
  73.  Denis Khismatullin (RUS), 2642 (E15)
  74.  Bassem Amin (EGY), 2640 (AF)
  75.  Andrei Volokitin (UKR), 2639 (E15)
  76.  Robert Kempiński (POL), 2637 (E15)
  77.  Alexandr Fier (BRA), 2636 (Z2.4)
  78.  S. P. Sethuraman (IND), 2635 (Z3.7)
  79.  Varuzhan Akobian (USA), 2635 (Z2.1)
  80.  David Antón Guijarro (ESP), 2635 (E14)
  81.  Romain Édouard (FRA), 2634 (ACP)
  82.  Hrant Melkumyan (ARM), 2633 (E14)
  83.  Rafael Leitão (BRA), 2632 (AM14)
  84.  Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND), 2631 (AS15)
  85.  Mateusz Bartel (POL), 2631 (E15)
  86.  Constantin Lupulescu (ROU), 2626 (E14)
  87.  Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN), 2625 (AM15)
  88.  Yuri Vovk (UKR), 2624 (E15)
  89.  Gadir Guseinov (AZE), 2624 (PN)
  90.  Alexander Ipatov (TUR), 2622 (E15)
  91.  Dragan Šolak (TUR), 2622 (E14)
  92.  Vasif Durarbayli (AZE), 2621 (ON)
  93.  Wen Yang (CHN), 2618 (AS14)
  94.  Anton Kovalyov (CAN), 2616 (AM15)
  95.  Zhao Jun (CHN), 2616 (Z3.5)
  96.  Miloš Perunović (SRB), 2614 (E14)
  97.  Lu Shanglei (CHN), 2607 (J14)
  98.  Ante Brkić  (CRO), 2607 (E15)
  99.  Sandro Mareco (ARG), 2605 (Z2.5)
  100.  Aleksey Goganov (RUS), 2603 (E15)
  101.  Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (ARM), 2601 (E14)
  102.  Zhou Jianchao (CHN), 2600 (AS15)
  103.  Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ), 2600 (Z3.4)
  104.  Tamir Nabaty (ISR), 2595 (E15)
  105.  Salem A. R. Saleh (UAE), 2595 (AS14)
  106.  Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2591 (AF)
  107.  Viorel Iordăchescu (MDA), 2589 (E14)
  108.  Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez (CUB), 2577 (AM14)
  109.  M. R. Lalith Babu (IND), 2570 (AS15)
  110.  Pouya Idani (IRI), 2568 (Z3.1)
  111.  Federico Perez Ponsa (ARG), 2563 (AM15)
  112.  Samuel Sevian (USA), 2553 (Z2.1)
  113.  Emre Can (TUR), 2547 (E15)
  114.  Mariya Muzychuk (UKR), 2528 (WWC)
  115.  Max Illingworth, IM (AUS), 2514 (Z3.6)
  116.  Cristobal Henriquez Villagra, IM (CHI), 2511 (Z2.5)
  117.  Ziaur Rahman (BAN), 2509 (Z3.2)
  118.  Ermes Espinoza Veloz, FM (CUB), 2495 (Z2.3)
  119.  Ilia Iljiushenok, IM (RUS), 2491 (E15)
  120.  Michael Wiedenkeller, IM (LUX), 2453 (PN)
  121.  Tomas Krnan, IM (CAN), 2436 (Z2.2)
  122.  Yusup Atabayev, IM (TKM), 2428 (Z3.4)
  123.  Deysi Cori, WGM (PER), 2421 (Z2.4)
  124.  Parham Maghsoodloo, untitled (IRI), 2416 (AS15)
  125.  Arthur Ssegwanyi, IM (UGA), 2357 (Z4.2)
  126.  Amir Zaibi, FM (TUN), 2330 (Z4.1)
  127.  Richmond Phiri, IM (ZAM), 2291 (Z4.3)
  128.  Oladapo Adu, IM (NGR), 2241 (Z4.4)

Qualification paths

Calendar

Round Regular games Tiebreaks
Round 1 11–12 September 13 September
Round 2 14–15 September 16 September
Round 3 17–18 September 19 September
Round 4 20–21 September 22 September
Quarterfinals 23–24 September 25 September
Semifinals 27–28 September 29 September
Final 1–4 October 5 October

Results, Rounds 1–4

Section 1

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
1 Bulgaria Veselin Topalov 2
128 Nigeria Oladapo Adu 0
1 Bulgaria Veselin Topalov 1½
65 Belarus Sergei Zhigalko ½
65 Belarus Sergei Zhigalko 3
64 Russia Ivan Bukavshin 1
1 Bulgaria Veselin Topalov 2½
97 China Lu Shanglei 1½
33 China Wang Hao 2½
96 Serbia Miloš Perunović 1½
33 China Wang Hao ½
97 China Lu Shanglei 1½
97 China Lu Shanglei 2½
32 Ukraine Alexander Moiseenko 1½
1 Bulgaria Veselin Topalov ½
16 Russia Peter Svidler 1½
17 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov 3
112 United States Samuel Sevian 1
17 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov 3
48 Israel Ilya Smirin 1
81 France Romain Édouard ½
48 Israel Ilya Smirin 1½
17 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov 1½
16 Russia Peter Svidler 2½
49 Germany Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 1½
80 Spain David Antón Guijarro ½
49 Germany Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 1½
16 Russia Peter Svidler 2½
113 Turkey Emre Can ½
16 Russia Peter Svidler 1½

Section 2

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
9 Armenia Levon Aronian 2
120 Luxembourg Michael Wiedenkeller 0
9 Armenia Levon Aronian 1
56 Ukraine Alexander Areshchenko 3
73 Russia Denis Khismatullin ½
56 Ukraine Alexander Areshchenko 1½
56 Ukraine Alexander Areshchenko ½
24 China Wei Yi 1½
41 United States Ray Robson ½
88 Ukraine Yuri Vovk 1½
88 Ukraine Yuri Vovk 3½
24 China Wei Yi 4½
105 United Arab Emirates Salem A. R. Saleh ½
24 China Wei Yi 1½
24 China Wei Yi 3½
8 China Ding Liren 2½
25 Czech Republic David Navara 3
104 Israel Tamir Nabaty 1
25 Czech Republic David Navara ½
89 Azerbaijan Gadir Guseinov 1½
89 Azerbaijan Gadir Guseinov 3
40 Russia Maxim Matlakov 1
89 Azerbaijan Gadir Guseinov ½
8 China Ding Liren 1½
57 Russia Ernesto Inarkiev 3
72 Cuba Yuniesky Quezada 1
57 Russia Ernesto Inarkiev ½
8 China Ding Liren 1½
121 Canada Tomas Krnan ½
8 China Ding Liren 1½

Section 3

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
5 United States Wesley So 2
124 Iran Parham Maghsoodloo 0
5 United States Wesley So 2
60 Hungary Csaba Balogh 0
69 Azerbaijan Eltaj Safarli 2½
60 Hungary Csaba Balogh 3½
5 United States Wesley So 2½
37 Vietnam Lê Quang Liêm 1½
37 Vietnam Lê Quang Liêm 1½
92 Azerbaijan Vasif Durarbayli ½
37 Vietnam Lê Quang Liêm 2½
28 Russia Nikita Vitiugov 1½
101 Armenia Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 1
28 Russia Nikita Vitiugov 3
5 United States Wesley So ½
21 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1½
21 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1½
108 Cuba Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez ½
21 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1½
44 Armenia Gabriel Sargissian ½
85 Poland Mateusz Bartel 4½
44 Armenia Gabriel Sargissian 4½
21 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 4
12 Russia Evgeny Tomashevsky 2
53 Vietnam Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn 1½
76 Poland Robert Kempiński ½
53 Vietnam Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn 2½
12 Russia Evgeny Tomashevsky 3½
117 Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman 1
12 Russia Evgeny Tomashevsky 3

Section 4

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
13 Israel Boris Gelfand 1½
116 Chile Cristóbal Henríquez Villagra 2½
116 Chile Cristóbal Henríquez Villagra 0
52 Peru Julio Granda 2
77 Brazil Alexandr Fier ½
52 Peru Julio Granda 1½
52 Peru Julio Granda ½
20 Poland Radosław Wojtaszek 1½
45 Russia Vladislav Artemiev 1½
84 India Surya Shekhar Ganguly ½
45 Russia Vladislav Artemiev ½
20 Poland Radosław Wojtaszek 1½
109 India Lalith Babu ½
20 Poland Radosław Wojtaszek 1½
20 Poland Radosław Wojtaszek 1
4 Netherlands Anish Giri 3
29 Hungary Peter Leko 1½
100 Russia Aleksey Goganov ½
29 Hungary Peter Leko 1½
93 China Wen Yang ½
93 China Wen Yang 1½
36 Latvia Igor Kovalenko ½
29 Hungary Peter Leko ½
4 Netherlands Anish Giri 1½
61 Russia Alexander Motylev 4½
68 Russia Boris Grachev 3½
61 Russia Alexander Motylev 1
4 Netherlands Anish Giri 3
125 Uganda Arthur Ssegwanyi ½
4 Netherlands Anish Giri 1½

Section 5

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
3 United States Fabiano Caruana 2
126 Tunisia Amir Zaibi 0
3 United States Fabiano Caruana 1½
67 Azerbaijan Rauf Mamedov ½
67 Azerbaijan Rauf Mamedov 1½
62 Russia Evgeniy Najer ½
3 United States Fabiano Caruana 1½
94 Canada Anton Kovalyov ½
35 Uzbekistan Rustam Kasimdzhanov 3½
94 Canada Anton Kovalyov 4½
94 Canada Anton Kovalyov 1½
99 Argentina Sandro Mareco ½
99 Argentina Sandro Mareco 1½
30 China Ni Hua ½
3 United States Fabiano Caruana ½
19 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1½
19 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1½
110 Iran Pouya Idani ½
19 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2½
46 China Hou Yifan 1½
83 Brazil Rafael Leitão 1½
46 China Hou Yifan 2½
19 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1½
78 India S. P. Sethuraman ½
51 Russia Sanan Sjugirov 0
78 India S. P. Sethuraman 2
78 India S. P. Sethuraman 1½
14 India Pentala Harikrishna ½
115 Australia Max Illingworth ½
14 India Pentala Harikrishna 1½

Section 6

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
11 Russia Sergey Karjakin 2
118 Cuba Ermes Espinosa Veloz 0
11 Russia Sergey Karjakin 4
54 United States Alexander Onischuk 2
75 Ukraine Andrei Volokitin 1½
54 United States Alexander Onischuk 2½
11 Russia Sergey Karjakin 1½
22 China Yu Yangyi ½
43 Russia Igor Lysyj 4
86 Romania Constantin Lupulescu 2
43 Russia Igor Lysyj 2½
22 China Yu Yangyi 3½
107 Moldova Viorel Iordăchescu 0
22 China Yu Yangyi 2
11 Russia Sergey Karjakin 2½
27 Russia Dmitry Andreikin 1½
27 Russia Dmitry Andreikin 1½
102 China Zhou Jianchao ½
27 Russia Dmitry Andreikin 1½
38 Ukraine Anton Korobov ½
91 Turkey Dragan Šolak ½
38 Ukraine Anton Korobov 1½
27 Russia Dmitry Andreikin 2½
6 Russia Vladimir Kramnik 1½
59 Cuba Lázaro Bruzón 3
70 India Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1
59 Cuba Lázaro Bruzón ½
6 Russia Vladimir Kramnik 1½
123 Peru Deysi Cori 0
6 Russia Vladimir Kramnik 2

Section 7

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
7 Russia Alexander Grischuk 5
122 Turkmenistan Yusup Atabayev 3
7 Russia Alexander Grischuk 3½
58 Russia Vladimir Fedoseev 2½
71 India Baskaran Adhiban 1½
58 Russia Vladimir Fedoseev 2½
7 Russia Alexander Grischuk 0
26 Ukraine Pavel Eljanov 2
39 Bulgaria Ivan Cheparinov ½
90 Turkey Alexander Ipatov 1½
90 Turkey Alexander Ipatov 0
26 Ukraine Pavel Eljanov 2
103 Kazakhstan Rinat Jumabayev 0
26 Ukraine Pavel Eljanov 2
26 Ukraine Pavel Eljanov 2½
10 Russia Dmitry Jakovenko 1½
23 Ukraine Vassily Ivanchuk 1½
106 Egypt Ahmed Adly ½
23 Ukraine Vassily Ivanchuk 1½
42 Israel Maxim Rodshtein ½
87 Venezuela Eduardo Iturrizaga ½
42 Israel Maxim Rodshtein 1½
23 Ukraine Vassily Ivanchuk ½
10 Russia Dmitry Jakovenko 1½
55 Croatia Ivan Šarić 0
74 Egypt Bassem Amin 2
74 Egypt Bassem Amin 1½
10 Russia Dmitry Jakovenko 2½
119 Russia Ilia Iljiushenok 3
10 Russia Dmitry Jakovenko 5

Section 8

First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
15 England Michael Adams 1½
114 Ukraine Mariya Muzychuk ½
15 England Michael Adams 5
50 Czech Republic Viktor Láznička 4
79 United States Varuzhan Akobian ½
50 Czech Republic Viktor Láznička 1½
15 England Michael Adams 5
18 Cuba Leinier Domínguez 3
47 United States Gata Kamsky ½
82 Armenia Hrant Melkumyan 1½
82 Armenia Hrant Melkumyan ½
18 Cuba Leinier Domínguez 1½
111 Argentina Federico Pérez Ponsa 1½
18 Cuba Leinier Domínguez 2½
15 England Michael Adams ½
2 United States Hikaru Nakamura 1½
31 France Laurent Fressinet 3
98 Croatia Ante Brkić 1
31 France Laurent Fressinet 3½
34 Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi 4½
95 China Zhao Jun 1
34 Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi 3
34 Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi 4
2 United States Hikaru Nakamura 5
63 United States Sam Shankland 1½
66 Russia Ivan Popov ½
63 United States Sam Shankland 1½
2 United States Hikaru Nakamura 2½
127 Zambia Richmond Phiri 0
2 United States Hikaru Nakamura 2

Results, rounds 5–7

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final (best of 4)
         
16 Russia Peter Svidler 3½
24 China Wei Yi 2½
16 Russia Peter Svidler 1½
4 Netherlands Anish Giri ½
21 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½
4 Netherlands Anish Giri 1½
16 Russia Peter Svidler 4
11 Russia Sergey Karjakin 6
19 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2
11 Russia Sergey Karjakin 4
11 Russia Sergey Karjakin 3½
26 Ukraine Pavel Eljanov 2½
26 Ukraine Pavel Eljanov 1½
2 United States Hikaru Nakamura ½

Final, 1–5 October

Seed Name Sep 2015 rating 1 2 3 4 R1 R2 R3 R4 B1 B2 Total
16  Peter Svidler (RUS) 2727 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
11  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2762 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 6

References

  1. ^ "Regulations for the FIDE World Chess Cup 2015" (PDF). FIDE. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  2. ^ "PARTICIPANTS of the WORLD CUP 2015" (PDF). FIDE. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
  3. ^ "World Cup 2015 - Average rating list". FIDE. 2015-01-08. Archived from the original on 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
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