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The FIDE World Cup is a knockout, starting with 128 players. You can view the pairings in PDF here, or go to the score tables of round one here. Two games are played between each pair of players. The rate of play is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. If the score is equal there are two rapid chess tiebreak games (25 min + 10 sec), then, if the score is still tied, two accelerated games (10 min + 10 sec). If the score is still tied two blitz games will be played at 5 min + 3 sec, and if there is still no decision a final Armageddon game with 5 minutes for White and 4 minutes for Black, with a 3 sec increment after move 60, will be played. In this game Black has draw odds (i.e. he wins if the game is drawn). The winner and the runner-up of the World Cup 2013 will qualify for the Candidates Tournament of the next World Championship cycle.
The venue of the 2013 FIDE World Cup is the city of Tromsø, which lies in the northern-most region of Norway, almost 400 km inside the Arctic Circle. You can find all details and links to many ChessBase articles on Tromsø here. The World Cup starts on Sunday, August 11th and lasts until September 3rd (tiebreaks, closing ceremony). Each round lasts three days, while the final will consist of four classical games. Thursday August 29 is a free day. A detailed schedule can be found here.
Tromsø is in the Arctic Circle, where the sun barely sets in late Summer
The harbour and bridge, close to the center of the town
A very special guest: Anatoly Karpov give an open-air simul
US American prodigy Ray Robson plays blindfold chess (with press chief Susan Polgar commenting)
A chat between Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Lawrence Trent, with Hou Yifan in the background
The opening ceremony took place in Unversity of Tromso on Saturday, August 10th
In the front row: organisers Børge Robertsen, Morten Sand, Norwegian IA Karl Johan Rist, FIDE Vice President Israel Gelfer, Press Chief Susan Polgar, Berik Balgabaev, advisor to FIDE President, Danara Shovunova from the FIDE office in Moscow, FIDE Executive Director Nigel Freeman. Eagle eyes will also spot Fabiano Caruana, Hou Yifan, Jan Smeets, Ian Rogers, Alexander Grischuk, and a few other familiar faces.
Chief Arbiter Ignatius Leong (above right with Levon Aronian) at the drawing of colours
A musical interlude is obligatory at the opening of all big chess tournaments
The sun in the late evening, trying not to set (but doing so, barely, for five hours)
All set for the start of the FIDE World Cup in Tromsø
Pictures provided by Paul Truong in Tromsø
#. | Rnk | Player | Ti. | Fed | Rtng | Res | Rnk | Player | Ti. | Fed | Rtng |
1 | 1 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2813 | 128 | Markov, Mikhail | KGZ | 2304 | ||
2 | 127 | G., Akash | m | IND | 2340 | 2 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2796 | |
3 | 3 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2784 | 126 | Bwalya, Gillan | f | ZAM | 2341 | |
4 | 125 | Bjelobrk, Igor | m | AUS | 2341 | 4 | Grischuk, Alex. | g | RUS | 2785 | |
5 | 5 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2772 | 124 | Ali, Sebbar | m | MAR | 2371 | |
6 | 123 | Cori T., Deysi | wg | PER | 2434 | 6 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2772 | |
7 | 7 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2764 | 122 | Rahman, Ziaur | g | BAN | 2470 | |
8 | 121 | Lou, Yiping | m | CHN | 2484 | 8 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2741 | |
9 | 9 | Mamedyarov, S. | g | AZE | 2775 | 120 | Shoker, Samy | m | EGY | 2489 | |
10 | 119 | El Gindy, Essam | g | EGY | 2487 | 10 | Dominguez, Leinier | g | CUB | 2757 | |
11 | 11 | Ponomariov, R. | g | UKR | 2756 | 118 | Hansen, Torbjorn | m | NOR | 2492 | |
12 | 117 | Liu, Qingnan | m | CHN | 2500 | 12 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2747 | |
13 | 13 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2746 | 116 | Ushenina, Anna | g | UKR | 2500 | |
14 | 115 | Wan, Yunguo | m | CHN | 2512 | 14 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2740 | |
15 | 15 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2744 | 114 | Johannessen, Leif | g | NOR | 2519 | |
16 | 113 | Sambuev, Bator | g | CAN | 2524 | 16 | Morozevich, Alex. | g | RUS | 2739 | |
17 | 17 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2719 | 112 | Holt, Conrad | g | USA | 2539 | |
18 | 111 | Salem, Saleh | g | UAE | 2556 | 18 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2737 | |
19 | 19 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2731 | 110 | Duda, Jan | m | POL | 2534 | |
20 | 109 | Cori, Jorge | g | PER | 2569 | 20 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2733 | |
21 | 21 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2716 | 108 | Darini, Pouria | g | IRI | 2535 | |
22 | 107 | Durarbayli, Vasif | g | AZE | 2567 | 22 | Korobov, Anton | g | UKR | 2720 | |
23 | 23 | Vachier-L., M. | g | FRA | 2719 | 106 | Shabalov, Alex. | g | USA | 2546 | |
24 | 105 | Wei, Yi | g | CHN | 2551 | 24 | Nepomniachtchi, I. | g | RUS | 2723 | |
25 | 25 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2715 | 104 | Mareco, Sandro | g | ARG | 2561 | |
26 | 103 | Agdestein, Simen | g | NOR | 2567 | 26 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2714 | |
27 | 27 | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2710 | 102 | Adhiban, B. | g | IND | 2567 | |
28 | 101 | Paragua, Mark | g | PHI | 2565 | 28 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2724 | |
29 | 29 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2702 | 100 | Barbosa, Oliver | g | PHI | 2571 | |
30 | 99 | Kaidanov, Gregory | g | USA | 2574 | 30 | Areshchenko, Alex. | g | UKR | 2709 | |
31 | 31 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2707 | 98 | Hansen, Eric | g | CAN | 2584 | |
32 | 97 | Ramirez, Alejandro | g | USA | 2588 | 32 | Tomashevsky, E. | g | RUS | 2706 | |
33 | 33 | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2710 | 96 | Ipatov, Alexander | g | TUR | 2584 | |
34 | 95 | Christiansen, Larry | g | USA | 2584 | 34 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2708 | |
35 | 35 | Riazantsev, Alex. | g | RUS | 2700 | 94 | Felgaer, Ruben | g | ARG | 2586 | |
36 | 93 | Flores, Diego | g | ARG | 2578 | 36 | Vallejo, Francisco | g | ESP | 2706 | |
37 | 37 | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2702 | 92 | Brunello, Sabino | g | ITA | 2607 | |
38 | 91 | Fier, Alexandr | g | BRA | 2595 | 38 | Wojtaszek, Rad. | g | POL | 2701 | |
39 | 39 | Moiseenko, Alex. | g | UKR | 2699 | 90 | Adly, Ahmed | g | EGY | 2594 | |
40 | 89 | Hammer, Jon L. | g | NOR | 2605 | 40 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | ARM | 2699 | |
41 | 41 | Shirov, Alexei | g | LAT | 2696 | 88 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2609 | |
42 | 87 | Ortiz, Isan | g | CUB | 2609 | 42 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2696 | |
43 | 43 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2696 | 86 | Kravtsiv, Martyn | g | UKR | 2607 | |
44 | 85 | Nguyen, Ngoc | g | VIE | 2625 | 44 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2691 | |
45 | 45 | Bruzon, Lazaro | g | CUB | 2698 | 84 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2626 | |
46 | 83 | Robson, Ray | g | USA | 2623 | 46 | Volokitin, Andrei | g | UKR | 2688 | |
47 | 47 | Li, Chao b | g | CHN | 2693 | 82 | Postny, Evgeny | g | ISR | 2628 | |
48 | 81 | Popov, Ivan | g | RUS | 2644 | 48 | Ragger, Markus | g | AUT | 2680 | |
49 | 49 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2693 | 80 | Leitao, Rafael | g | BRA | 2632 | |
50 | 79 | Melkumyan, Hrant | g | ARM | 2632 | 50 | Granda, Julio | g | PER | 2664 | |
51 | 51 | Kryvoruchko, Y. | g | UKR | 2678 | 78 | Negi, Parimarjan | g | IND | 2643 | |
52 | 77 | Hracek, Zbynek | g | CZE | 2635 | 52 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2672 | |
53 | 53 | Dreev, Aleksey | g | RUS | 2668 | 76 | Azarov, Sergei | g | BLR | 2636 | |
54 | 75 | Dubov, Daniil | g | RUS | 2624 | 54 | Fedorchuk, Sergey | g | UKR | 2669 | |
55 | 55 | Onischuk, Alex. | g | USA | 2667 | 74 | Iturrizaga, Eduardo | g | VEN | 2660 | |
56 | 73 | Smeets, Jan | g | NED | 2643 | 56 | Matlakov, Maxim | g | RUS | 2676 | |
57 | 57 | Shimanov, Alek. | g | RUS | 2623 | 72 | Jones, Gawain C B | g | ENG | 2645 | |
58 | 71 | Filippov, Anton | g | UZB | 2630 | 58 | Romanov, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2651 | |
59 | 59 | Safarli, Eltaj | g | AZE | 2660 | 70 | Amin, Bassem | g | EGY | 2652 | |
60 | 69 | Lupulescu, Const. | g | ROU | 2634 | 60 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2660 | |
61 | 61 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | g | RUS | 2659 | 68 | Swiercz, Dariusz | g | POL | 2654 | |
62 | 67 | Kobalia, Mikhail | g | RUS | 2651 | 62 | Khismatullin, Denis | g | RUS | 2653 | |
63 | 63 | Yu, Yangyi | g | CHN | 2662 | 66 | Beliavsky, Alex. | g | SLO | 2651 | |
64 | 65 | Istratescu, A. | g | FRA | 2646 | 64 | Lysyj, Igor | g | RUS | 2648 |
Links
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