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The FIDE World Chess Cup is taking place in Khanty-Mansiysk from November 20th to December 15th 2009. It is a seven-round knockout event with six rounds of matches comprising two games per round, with the winners progressing to the next round. The final seventh round consists of four games. The time control is 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. Games start at 15:00h local time, which is GMT +5 hours = 11:00 a.m. European time = 5 a.m. New York.
Tiebreaks: In case of a tie four tie-break games are played, with a time control of 25 minutes for each player with an addition of 10 seconds after each move. If the score is still tied a match of two games is played, with a time control of five minutes plus three seconds increment after each move. In case of a level score, the same match is repeated. If still there is no winner after five such matches (total ten games), a single decisive sudden death game is played, according to the following rules: the player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the color. The player with the white pieces receives five minutes, the opponent with the black pieces receives four minutes, with both players receiving an increment of three seconds from move 61. In case of a draw the player with the black pieces is declared the winner.
The World Chess Cup is an integral part of the World Championship Cycle 2009-2011.
Round 1 losers | 64 x US $6,000 (net $4,800) | US $384,000 |
Round 2 losers | 32 x US $10,000 (net $8,000) | US $320,000 |
Round 3 losers | 16 x US $16,000 (net $12,800) | US $256,000 |
Round 4 losers | 8 x US $25,000 (net $20,000) | US $200,000 |
Round 5 losers | 4 x US $35,000 (net $28,000) | US $140,000 |
Round 6 losers | 2 x US $50,000 (net $40,000) | US $100,000 |
Runner-up | 1 x US $80,000 (net $64,000) | US $80,000 |
World Cup winner | 1 x US $120,000 (net $96,000) | US $120,000 |
Total: US $1,600,000. A payment of 20% from the total prize fund is made to FIDE.
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The town is located about 1400 miles (2250 km) east of Moscow, just north of Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River, 15 km from its confluence with the Ob. The name is pronounced "hanty-mansisk", with the first part rhyming with "hunty", the second pronounced "mun-sisk". If you are up to it, pronounce the initial "k" like the guttural "ch" in the German "Dach" or the Spanish "rojo". The Russian original is Ха́нты-Манси́йск.
The original place was called Samarovsky Yam, and was founded in 1637 by 50 horse-drivers with their families. They set up camp on the right bank of the Irtysh River, at the foot of steep mountains, with the thick cedar forest growing on them.The settlement became known as Samarovo, and the town of Khanty-Mansiysk originated from it.
The Opening Ceremony ook place in the House of Culture “Oktyabr” on 20 November. The Governor of Khanty Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra Alexander Filipenko and the Vice Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Zhukov welcomed the participants. Zhukov called Khanty Mansiysk one of the chess capitals in Russia. Beautiful chess palaces are to be constructed before the start of the Chess Olympiad in 2010, which is to be held in this city.
A brass band from Khanty-Mansiysk opens the ceremony
The obligatory black-and-white (and maroon) chess ballet
A performer on the stage
Costumed models in the lobby...
The club “Druzhba” with its chess fashion show “Yugra chess”...
... young and talented designers from Nyagany Elena Goncharova,...
...Elena Chernysh, Ob-yugorsk theatre “Solnze”.
Beautiful chess players – a game with puppets
Players and vistors stand for the national anthem
All photos courtesy of FIDE
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1 |
GM |
Gelfand, Boris |
ISR |
- |
IM |
Obodchuk, Andrei |
RUS |
2 |
GM |
Gashimov, Vugar |
AZE |
- |
IM |
Sarwat, Walaa |
EGY |
3 |
GM |
Svidler, Peter |
RUS |
- |
IM |
Hebert, Jean |
CAN |
4 |
GM |
Morozevich, Alexander |
RUS |
- |
IM |
Abdel Razik, Khaled |
EGY |
5 |
GM |
Radjabov, Teimour |
AZE |
- |
IM |
Ezat, Mohamed |
EGY |
6 |
GM |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
UKR |
- |
GM |
Bezgodov, Alexei |
RUS |
7 |
GM |
Ponomariov, Ruslan |
UKR |
- |
GM |
El Gindy, Essam |
EGY |
8 |
GM |
Grischuk, Alexander |
RUS |
- |
IM |
Sriram, Jha |
IND |
9 |
GM |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
RUS |
- |
GM |
Rizouk, Aimen |
ALG |
10 |
GM |
Wang, Yue |
CHN |
- |
GM |
Kabanov, Nikolai |
RUS |
11 |
GM |
Eljanov, Pavel |
UKR |
- |
GM |
Al Sayed, Mohamad N. |
QAT |
12 |
GM |
Karjakin, Sergey |
UKR |
- |
GM |
Rodriguez Vila, Andres |
URU |
13 |
GM |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
AZE |
- |
GM |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
RUS |
14 |
GM |
Shirov, Alexei |
ESP |
- |
GM |
Kunte, Abhijit |
IND |
15 |
GM |
Dominguez Perez, Leinier |
CUB |
- |
GM |
Smerdon, David |
AUS |
16 |
GM |
Movsesian, Sergei |
SVK |
- |
GM |
Yu, Yangyi |
CHN |
17 |
GM |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
FRA |
- |
GM |
Yu, Shaoteng |
CHN |
18 |
GM |
Alekseev, Evgeny |
RUS |
- |
IM |
Pridorozhni, Aleksei |
RUS |
19 |
GM |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
RUS |
- |
GM |
Ivanov, Alexander |
USA |
20 |
GM |
Wang, Hao |
CHN |
- |
GM |
Friedel, Joshua E |
USA |
21 |
GM |
Navara, David |
CZE |
- |
GM |
Laylo, Darwin |
PHI |
22 |
GM |
Malakhov, Vladimir |
RUS |
- |
GM |
Amin, Bassem |
EGY |
23 |
GM |
Bacrot, Etienne |
FRA |
- |
GM |
Nijboer, Friso |
NED |
24 |
GM |
Rublevsky, Sergei |
RUS |
- |
GM |
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan |
CHI |
25 |
GM |
Jobava, Baadur |
GEO |
- |
IM |
Robson, Ray |
USA |
26 |
GM |
Motylev, Alexander |
RUS |
- |
GM |
Hess, Robert L |
USA |
27 |
GM |
Kamsky, Gata |
USA |
- |
GM |
Antonio, Rogelio Jr |
PHI |
28 |
GM |
Vitiugov, Nikita |
RUS |
- |
GM |
Gupta, Abhijeet |
IND |
29 |
GM |
Bologan, Viktor |
MDA |
- |
GM |
Adly, Ahmed |
EGY |
30 |
GM |
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
GER |
- |
GM |
Hou, Yifan |
CHN |
31 |
GM |
Bu, Xiangzhi |
CHN |
- |
GM |
Pelletier, Yannick |
SUI |
32 |
GM |
Polgar, Judit |
HUN |
- |
GM |
Pavasovic, Dusko |
SLO |
33 |
GM |
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
ROU |
- |
GM |
Lupulescu, Constantin |
ROU |
34 |
GM |
Sargissian, Gabriel |
ARM |
- |
GM |
Li, Chao b |
CHN |
35 |
GM |
Onischuk, Alexander |
USA |
- |
GM |
Flores, Diego |
ARG |
36 |
GM |
Cheparinov, Ivan |
BUL |
- |
GM |
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy |
UKR |
37 |
GM |
Efimenko, Zahar |
UKR |
- |
GM |
Milos, Gilberto |
BRA |
38 |
GM |
Sutovsky, Emil |
ISR |
- |
GM |
Zhou, Weiqi |
CHN |
39 |
GM |
Najer, Evgeniy |
RUS |
- |
GM |
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan |
IRI |
40 |
GM |
Tiviakov, Sergei |
NED |
- |
GM |
Iturrizaga, Eduardo |
VEN |
41 |
GM |
Areshchenko, Alexander |
UKR |
- |
GM |
Corrales Jimenez, Fidel |
CUB |
42 |
GM |
Sasikiran, Krishnan |
IND |
- |
GM |
L'Ami, Erwin |
NED |
43 |
GM |
Smirin, Ilia |
ISR |
- |
GM |
Ehlvest, Jaan |
USA |
44 |
GM |
Baklan, Vladimir |
UKR |
- |
GM |
Shabalov, Alexander |
USA |
45 |
GM |
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar |
IND |
- |
GM |
Filippov, Anton |
UZB |
46 |
GM |
Fier, Alexandr |
BRA |
- |
GM |
Khalifman, Alexander |
RUS |
47 |
GM |
Fressinet, Laurent |
FRA |
- |
GM |
Sjugirov, Sanan |
RUS |
48 |
GM |
Meier, Georg |
GER |
- |
GM |
Petrosian, Tigran L. |
ARM |
49 |
GM |
Grachev, Boris |
RUS |
- |
GM |
Bartel, Mateusz |
POL |
50 |
GM |
Caruana, Fabiano |
ITA |
- |
GM |
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro |
CUB |
51 |
GM |
Sokolov, Ivan |
NED |
- |
GM |
Fedorchuk, Sergey A. |
UKR |
52 |
GM |
Milov, Vadim |
SUI |
- |
GM |
Negi, Parimarjan |
IND |
53 |
GM |
Timofeev, Artyom |
RUS |
- |
GM |
Leitao, Rafael |
BRA |
54 |
GM |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
RUS |
- |
GM |
Gustafsson, Jan |
GER |
55 |
GM |
Savchenko, Boris |
RUS |
- |
GM |
Shulman, Yuri |
USA |
56 |
GM |
Kobalia, Mikhail |
RUS |
- |
GM |
Sandipan, Chanda |
IND |
57 |
GM |
Tkachiev, Vladislav |
FRA |
- |
GM |
Le, Quang Liem |
VIE |
58 |
GM |
Tregubov, Pavel V. |
RUS |
- |
GM |
Akobian, Varuzhan |
USA |
59 |
GM |
So, Wesley |
PHI |
- |
GM |
Guseinov, Gadir |
AZE |
60 |
GM |
Granda Zuniga, Julio E |
PER |
- |
GM |
Sakaev, Konstantin |
RUS |
61 |
GM |
Laznicka, Viktor |
CZE |
- |
GM |
Papaioannou, Ioannis |
GRE |
62 |
GM |
Andreikin, Dmitry |
RUS |
- |
GM |
Nyback, Tomi |
FIN |
63 |
GM |
Mamedov, Rauf |
AZE |
- |
GM |
Zhou, Jianchao |
CHN |
64 |
GM |
Amonatov, Farrukh |
TJK |
- |
GM |
Volkov, Sergey |
RUS |
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