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.
Round six game one

Evgeny Tomashevsky vs Dmitry Andreikin after
the first third of their game

Vladimir Kramnik vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
one move before the end

It is interesting to note that Dmitry Andreikin, rated 2716, has made it
to the semi-finals of the World Cup, eliminating the likes of Dreev, Karjakin
and Svidler, but has actually lost a bunch of rating points in the process.
The reason: of the eleven classical games he has played in this event so
far he has won just one (against Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen in round two) and
drawn the rest, a number against lower rated players. Andreikin is known
to be a very strong rapid and blitz player and is probably pinning his hopes
on the "Grischuk strategy": draw your classical game, draw the
rapid, take it in the 10 minute or the blitz games, maybe even the Armageddon.
All pictures provided by Paul Truong
All results of the sixth round games
Player |
Rtg |
G1 |
G2 |
G3 |
G4 |
G5 |
G6 |
G7 |
G8 |
G9 |
Pts |
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2716 |
½
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0.5 |
Tomashevsky, Ev. |
2706 |
½
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0.5 |
Player |
Rtg |
G1 |
G2 |
G3 |
G4 |
G5 |
G6 |
G7 |
G8 |
G9 |
Pts |
Vachier-Lagrave, M |
2719 |
½
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0.5 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
2784 |
½
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0.5 |
Replay the games of the day
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Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime - Kramnik,Vladimir [E21]
FIDE World Cup 2013 Tromso NOR (46.2), 26.08.2013
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 0-0 7.Bg2 d5
8.Qb3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Qa3 e5 11.Nb5 Nc6 12.Be3 Bg4 13.Rd1 Qa5 14.Qxa5
Nxa5 15.Nxa7 Nc6 16.Bxc6 ½-½
Andreikin,Dmitry - Tomashevsky,Evgeny [D45]
FIDE World Cup 2013 Tromso NOR (46.1), 26.08.2013
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 e6 6.c5 b6 7.cxb6 Qxb6
8.Bd3 a5 9.Na4 Qc7 10.0-0 Bd6 11.b3 0-0 12.Bb2 Ba6 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.h3 ½-½