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The FIDE World Cup is a knockout, starting with 128 players, with two games (90 min for 40 moves + 30 min for the rest, with 30 seconds increment) between pairs of players. The tiebreaks consist of two rapid games (25 min + 10 sec), then two accelerated games (10 min + 10 sec), and finally an Armageddon. 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 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.
There were are some noteworthy results in this round:
#. | Rnk | Player | Ti. | Fed | Rtng | G1 | G2 | Rnk | Player | Ti. | Fed | Rtng |
1 | 1 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2813 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 128 | Markov, Mikhail | KGZ | 2304 | |
2 | 127 | G., Akash | m | IND | 2340 | 0-1 | 1/2 | 2 | Caruana, Fab. | g | ITA | 2796 |
3 | 3 | Kramnik, Vlad. | g | RUS | 2784 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 126 | Bwalya, Gillan | f | ZAM | 2341 |
4 | 125 | Bjelobrk, Igor | m | AUS | 2341 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 4 | Grischuk, Alex. | g | RUS | 2785 |
5 | 5 | Karjakin, Serg. | g | RUS | 2772 | 1-0 | 1/2 | 124 | Ali, Sebbar | m | MAR | 2371 |
6 | 123 | Cori T., Deysi | wg | PER | 2434 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 6 | Nakamura, Hi. | g | USA | 2772 |
7 | 7 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2764 | 1-0 | 1/2 | 122 | Rahman, Ziaur | g | BAN | 2470 |
8 | 121 | Lou, Yiping | m | CHN | 2484 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 8 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2741 |
9 | 9 | Mamedyarov,S | g | AZE | 2775 | 1-0 | 1/2 | 120 | Shoker, Samy | m | EGY | 2489 |
10 | 119 | El Gindy, Essam | g | EGY | 2487 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 10 | Dominguez, L. | g | CUB | 2757 |
11 | 11 | Ponomariov, R | g | UKR | 2756 | 1-0 | 1/2 | 118 | Hansen, Torbjorn | m | NOR | 2492 |
12 | 117 | Liu, Qingnan | m | CHN | 2500 | 1/2 | 0-1 | 12 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2747 |
13 | 13 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2746 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 116 | Ushenina, Anna | g | UKR | 2500 |
14 | 115 | Wan, Yunguo | m | CHN | 2512 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 14 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2740 |
15 | 15 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2744 | 1-0 | 1/2 | 114 | Johannessen, Leif | g | NOR | 2519 |
16 | 113 | Sambuev, Bator | g | CAN | 2524 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 16 | Morozevich, Alex. | g | RUS | 2739 |
17 | 17 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2719 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 112 | Holt, Conrad | g | USA | 2539 |
18 | 111 | Salem, Saleh | g | UAE | 2556 | 0-1 | 1/2 | 18 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2737 |
19 | 19 | Ivanchuk, V. | g | UKR | 2731 | 1/2 | 1-0 | 110 | Duda, Jan | m | POL | 2534 |
20 | 109 | Cori, Jorge | g | PER | 2569 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 20 | Radjabov, T. | g | AZE | 2733 |
21 | 21 | Andreikin, D. | g | RUS | 2716 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 108 | Darini, Pouria | g | IRI | 2535 |
22 | 107 | Durarbayli, V. | g | AZE | 2567 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 22 | Korobov, Anton | g | UKR | 2720 |
23 | 23 | Vachier-La., M. | g | FRA | 2719 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 106 | Shabalov, Alex. | g | USA | 2546 |
24 | 105 | Wei, Yi | g | CHN | 2551 | 1/2 | 1-0 | 24 | Nepomniachtchi,I. | g | RUS | 2723 |
25 | 25 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2715 | 1-0 | 1/2 | 104 | Mareco, Sandro | g | ARG | 2561 |
26 | 103 | Agdestein, S. | g | NOR | 2567 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 26 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2714 |
27 | 27 | Alekseev, E. | g | RUS | 2710 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 102 | Adhiban, B. | g | IND | 2567 |
28 | 101 | Paragua, Mark | g | PHI | 2565 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 28 | Jakovenko, D. | g | RUS | 2724 |
29 | 29 | Le, Quang L. | g | VIE | 2702 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 100 | Barbosa, Oliver | g | PHI | 2571 |
30 | 99 | Kaidanov, Greg. | g | USA | 2574 | 0-1 | 1/2 | 30 | Areshchenko, A. | g | UKR | 2709 |
31 | 31 | Malakhov, V. | g | RUS | 2707 | 1-0 | 1/2 | 98 | Hansen, Eric | g | CAN | 2584 |
32 | 97 | Ramirez, Alej. | g | USA | 2588 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 32 | Tomashevsky, E. | g | RUS | 2706 |
33 | 33 | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2710 | 1-0 | 1/2 | 96 | Ipatov, A. | g | TUR | 2584 |
34 | 95 | Christiansen, L. | g | USA | 2584 | 0-1 | 1/2 | 34 | Fressinet, L. | g | FRA | 2708 |
35 | 35 | Riazantsev, A. | g | RUS | 2700 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 94 | Felgaer, Ruben | g | ARG | 2586 |
36 | 93 | Flores, Diego | g | ARG | 2578 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 36 | Vallejo, F. | g | ESP | 2706 |
37 | 37 | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2702 | 1/2 | 1-0 | 92 | Brunello, Sabino | g | ITA | 2607 |
38 | 91 | Fier, Alexandr | g | BRA | 2595 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 38 | Wojtaszek, Rad. | g | POL | 2701 |
39 | 39 | Moiseenko, A. | g | UKR | 2699 | --- | --- | 90 | Adly, Ahmed | g | EGY | 2594 |
40 | 89 | Hammer, Jon L. | g | NOR | 2605 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 40 | Movsesian, S. | g | ARM | 2699 |
41 | 41 | Shirov, Alexei | g | LAT | 2696 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 88 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2609 |
42 | 87 | Ortiz, Isan | g | CUB | 2609 | 1-0 | 1/2 | 42 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2696 |
43 | 43 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2696 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 86 | Kravtsiv, Martyn | g | UKR | 2607 |
44 | 85 | Nguyen, Ngoc | g | VIE | 2625 | 1-0 | 1/2 | 44 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2691 |
45 | 45 | Bruzon, Lazaro | g | CUB | 2698 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 84 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2626 |
46 | 83 | Robson, Ray | g | USA | 2623 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 46 | Volokitin, Andrei | g | UKR | 2688 |
47 | 47 | Li, Chao b | g | CHN | 2693 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 82 | Postny, Evgeny | g | ISR | 2628 |
48 | 81 | Popov, Ivan | g | RUS | 2644 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 48 | Ragger, Markus | g | AUT | 2680 |
49 | 49 | Inarkiev, E. | g | RUS | 2693 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 80 | Leitao, Rafael | g | BRA | 2632 |
50 | 79 | Melkumyan, H. | g | ARM | 2632 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 50 | Granda, Julio | g | PER | 2664 |
51 | 51 | Kryvoruchko, Y. | g | UKR | 2678 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 78 | Negi, Parimarjan | g | IND | 2643 |
52 | 77 | Hracek, Zbynek | g | CZE | 2635 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 52 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2672 |
53 | 53 | Dreev, Aleksey | g | RUS | 2668 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 76 | Azarov, Sergei | g | BLR | 2636 |
54 | 75 | Dubov, Daniil | g | RUS | 2624 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 54 | Fedorchuk, S. | g | UKR | 2669 |
55 | 55 | Onischuk, A. | g | USA | 2667 | 1-0 | 1/2 | 74 | Iturrizaga, E. | g | VEN | 2660 |
56 | 73 | Smeets, Jan | g | NED | 2643 | 1/2 | 0-1 | 56 | Matlakov, M. | g | RUS | 2676 |
57 | 57 | Shimanov, Alek. | g | RUS | 2623 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 72 | Jones, Gawain | g | ENG | 2645 |
58 | 71 | Filippov, Anton | g | UZB | 2630 | 1/2 | 1-0 | 58 | Romanov, E. | g | RUS | 2651 |
59 | 59 | Safarli, Eltaj | g | AZE | 2660 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 70 | Amin, Bassem | g | EGY | 2652 |
60 | 69 | Lupulescu, C. | g | ROU | 2634 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 60 | Sasikiran, K. | g | IND | 2660 |
61 | 61 | Zvjaginsev, V. | g | RUS | 2659 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 68 | Swiercz, Dariusz | g | POL | 2654 |
62 | 67 | Kobalia, Mikhail | g | RUS | 2651 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 62 | Khismatullin, D. | g | RUS | 2653 |
63 | 63 | Yu, Yangyi | g | CHN | 2662 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 66 | Beliavsky, Alex. | g | SLO | 2651 |
64 | 65 | Istratescu, A. | g | FRA | 2646 | 0-1 | 1/2 | 64 | Lysyj, Igor | g | RUS | 2648 |
Thorough checking of the players before they enter the playing hall...
... including a pat-down by female security personnel
This led to long waiting lines and delays in the start – but what you gonna do?
At last the second day of round one can start (with Caruana vs G. Akash in the foreground)
Alexei Shirov drew a second time against Chinese GM Hou Yifan
Parimarjan Negi (right) lost this game against Yuriy Kryvoruchko and goes into the tiebreak
The big shock of the day: Anna Ushenina beat Peter Svidler and forced a playoff
[Event "World Cup 2013"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.08.12"] [Round "2.13"] [White "Ushenina, Anna"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2500"] [BlackElo "2746"] [Annotator "Efstratios Grivas"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] [WhiteClock "0:29:33"] [BlackClock "0:46:14"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Nc6 15. d5 Na5 16. Re1 Bxf3 ({The current FIDE Women's World Champion is a hard worker and she constantly proves it. Some 'experts' criticised the FIDE system when she won the title, but very few know her abilities... Here} 16... b6 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Ra1 (18. Ba6 $1 $14) 18... Qb2 19. Rb1 Qa2 20. Ra1 Qb2 21. Rb1 Qa2 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T-Svidler,P London 2013, has been played quite recently. Obviously Svidler didn't wished to enter a theoretical discussion...} ) 17. Bxf3 Nc4 18. Bf4 e5 (18... g5 {weakens Black's position:} 19. Bg3 Be5 $6 (19... b6 $5 20. Re2 Qa5 21. Bg4 $14) 20. Rxb7 $16 {Esserman,M-Molner,M Saint Louis 2012.}) 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Rxb7 $1 Rad8 (20... Rxf4 $2 {loses on the spot after} 21. Qd7 {.}) 21. Rd7 $1 ({An obvious and prepared novelty. Previously White tried} 21. Qc1 {but after} Bb2 $1 22. Rxb2 Nxb2 23. Bg3 Qa5 24. Rf1 Qd2 25. Qc6 Qd7 26. Qc1 Qd2 27. Qc6 Qd7 28. Qc1 Qd2 {Black was able to draw (1/2-1/ 2) in Morozevich,A-Nepomniachtchi,I Loo 2013.}) 21... Rxd7 22. Qxd7 Ne5 ({ Probably best. Again} 22... Rxf4 $2 {is not satisfactory:} 23. Qxe6+ Kh7 (23... Rf7 24. Rc1) 24. Rc1 Bd4 25. Qd7+ Bg7 26. Qd5 a5 27. Qxc4 (27. Rxc4 $2 Rxe4 $3 $19) 27... Qxc4 28. Rxc4 $16 {.}) 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rf1 $1 {Everything according to home-preparation! The threat is Bg4.} h5 $1 25. Be2 $1 {But it seems that there is another way to activate the bishop! Material is equal and the opposite coloured-bishops might help the draw, but as far as queens are on the board the black king remains quite weak...} Rf7 ({I think that Black should opt for} 25... a5 $1 26. Qc6 Bxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qxe2 28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29. Qe5+ Kh6 30. Kg1 {. White retains a small advantage due to the weaker black king, but black should be able to hold.}) 26. Qc8+ Rf8 27. Qc6 Bd4 $6 ({Too optimistic! Again Black should opt for} 27... Bxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qxe2 29. Qxe6+ Kg7 30. Qe5+ Kh6 31. Kg1 $14 {.}) 28. Bc4 Rxf2 $2 ({A clear blunder. Svidler had to go for for} 28... Bxf2+ 29. Kh1 Qa3 $1 {, when after} 30. Qd7 $1 {White has the upper-hand but still he would be very much into the game, but for no more than a draw in any case... His king remains rather weak and as it is well-known the opposite coloured-bishops always help the attack!}) 29. Qxe6+ Kh7 30. Qd7+ (30. Qd7+ {And as Black loses a piece after} Rf7+ 31. Qxd4 {, he resigned!}) 1-0
On the next table Michael Adams is forced into the playoffs by 115th seed Wan Yunguo of China
Our friend Alexander Ipatov, fresh from his
adventures
in South Africa, drew his
second game against Wesley So and, after the loss in round one, is knocked
out
Gata Kamsky struggling against 121st seed IM Lou Yiping from China
18-year-old GM Ray Robson (left) knocked out the nominally stronger Andrei Volokitin 2-0
The third youngest participant, 17-year-old Russian GM Daniil Dubov, knocked out Sergey Fedorchuk 2-0
After a shock draw Vassily Ivanchuk won his second game against 15-year-old Polish IM Jan Duda
The youngest: 14-year-old Chinese GM Wei Yi
beat Ian Nepomniachtchi with the
black pieces and eliminated the Russian Super-GM, rated 2723, from the World
Cup
Another shocker: Judit Polgar knocked out by 87th seed Cuban GM Isan Ortiz
Our friend (we have many friends) Alejandro
Ramirez, left, drew with a Slav against Evgeny Tomashevsky
and forced the Russian GM, who is 118 points above him on the rating scale,
into the tiebreaks
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