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Qualifiers
for the World Cup 2011FIDE has announced the list of qualifiers for the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, 26 August (arrival) to 21 September 2011 (departure). All participants are asked to sign and send their player's contract to the FIDE Secretariat (fax no. +30 2109212859) no later than 20 June. Participants who need an entry visa to Russia should contact the local Organising Committee at the emails oc@ugrasport.com, visa@ugrasport.com and accommodation@ugrasport.com to receive the necessary travel information, hotel bookings and invitation letter.
Download: World Cup 2011 Player's Contract (PDF)
| a) From World Cup 2009: | ||
| 01. R. Ponomariov (UKR) 02. V. Malakhov (RUS) 03. S. Karjakin (RUS) |
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b) Women's World Champion 2010: |
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| 04. Hou Yifan (CHN) | ||
| c) Junior World Champions 2009 & 2010: | ||
| 05. M. Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 06. D. Andreikin (RUS) |
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d) From FIDE Rating List, 20 players, average 7/2010 & 1/2011: |
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07. A. Grischuk (RUS) 2766,50 |
18. D. Jakovenko (RUS) 2722,00 19. G. Kamsky (USA) 2721,50 20. E. Bacrot (FRA) 2721,50 21. D. Navara (CZE) 2719,50 22. L. Dominguez (CUB) 2716,00 23. N. Vitiugov (RUS) 2715,00 24. M. Adams (ENG) 2714,50 25. F. Caruana (ITA) 2709,00 26. A. Morozevich (RUS) 2707,50 27. L. Fressinet (FRA) 2702,00 28. F. Vallejo Pons (ESP) 2697,50 |
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e) 46 players from European Championships 2010 & 2011 |
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| 29. I. Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2010 30. B. Jobava (GEO) 2010 31. A. Timofeev (RUS) 2010 32. Z. Efimenko (UKR) 2010 33. I. Lysyj (RUS) 2010 34. Z. Almasi (HUN) 2010 35. E. Tomashevsky (RUS) 2010 36. M. Rodshtein (ISR) 2010 37. I. Salgado Lopez (ESP) 2010 38. A. Pashikian (ARM) 2010 39. R. Mamedov (AZE) 2010 40. S. Movsesian (ARM) 2010 41. V. Akopian (ARM) 2010 42. E. Alekseev (RUS) 2010 43. S. Halkias (GRE) 2010 44. F. Berkes (HUN) 2010 45. V. Potkin (RUS) 2010 46. B. Grachev (RUS) 2010 47. B. Socko (POL) 2010 48. L. Nisipeanu (ROU) 2010 49. E. Vorobiov (RUS) 2010 50. Y. Drozdovskij (UKR) 2010 51. V. Babula (CZE) 2010 |
52. R. Wojtaszek (POL) 2011 53. J. Polgar (HUN) 2011 54. A. Moiseenko (UKR) 2011 55. M. Ragger (AUT) 2011 56. S. Feller (FRA) 2011 57. S. Zhigalko (BLR) 2011 58. A. Korobov (UKR) 2011 59. E. Inarkiev (RUS) 2011 60. E. Postny (ISR) 2011 61. S. Azarov (BLR) 2011 62. I. Khairullin (RUS) 2011 63. M. Kobalia (RUS) 2011 64. N. Guliyev (AZE) 2011 65. Y. Zherebukh (UKR) 2011 66. A. Riazantsev (RUS) 2011 67. V. Iordachescu (MDA) 2011 68. C. Lupulescu (ROU) 2011 69. D. Fridman (GER) 2011 70. A. Motylev (RUS) 2011 71. I. Ivanisevic (SRB) 2011 72. M. Parligras (ROU) 2011 73. E. Romanov (RUS) 2011 74. B. Esen (TUR) 2011 |
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| f) 19 players from Americas | ||
| 75. R. Felgaer (ARG) Zonal 2.5 76. S. Mareco (ARG) Zonal 2.5 77. Y. Shulman (USA) Zonal 2.1 78. S. Shankland (USA) Zonal 2.1 79. R. Robson (USA) Zonal 2.1 80. A. Onischuk (USA) Zonal 2.1 81. A. Ivanov (USA) Zonal 2.1 82. A. Fier (BRA) Zonal 2.4 83. D. R. Di Berardino (BRA) Zonal 2.4 84. L. Bruzon (CUB) Zonal 2.3 |
85. M. Leon Hoyos (MEX) Zonal 2.3 86. E. Hansen (CAN) Zonal 2.2 87. S. A. Sanabria Rangel (COL) Continental 2010 88. M. Bluvshtein (CAN) Continental 2011 89. Y. Quesada Perez (CUB) Continental 2011 90. J. Cori (PER) Continental 2011 91. F. Corrales Jimenez (CUB) Continental 2011 92. I. R. Ortiz Suarez (CUB) Continental 2011 93. F. De La Paz Perdomo (CUB) Continental 2011 |
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| g) 19 players from Asia/Oceania | ||
| 94. Ni Hua (CHN) Continental 2010 95. A. Gupta (IND) Continental 2010 96. Le Quang Liem (VIE) Continental 2010 97. Wesley So (PHI) Continental 2010 98. Zhou, Jianchao (CHN) Continental 2010 99. P. Harikrishna (IND) Continental 2011 100. Yu Yangyi (CHN) Continental 2011 101. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE) Continental 2011 102. R. Jumabayev (KAZ) Continental 2011 |
103. Li Chao B (CHN) Zonal 3.5 104. Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) Zonal 3.5 105. Zhao Zong-Yuan (AUS) Zonal 3.6 106. Ziaur Rahman (BAN) Zonal 3.2 107. S. Megaranto (INA) Zonal 3.3 108. M. Paragua (PHI) Zonal 3.3 109. P. Negi (IND) Zonal 3.7 110. A. Filippov (UZB) Zonal 3.4 111. M. Kazhgaleyev (KAZ) Zonal 3.4 112. (…to be announced…) Zonal 3.1 |
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| h) 6 players from Africa | ||
| 113. M. Kaabi (TUN) Zonal 4.1 114. H. Ibrahim (EGY) Zonal 4.2 115. R. Gwaze (ZIM) Zonal 4.3 |
116. A. Adly (EGY) Continental 2011 117. E. El Gindy (EGY) Continental 2011 118. H. R. Steel (RSA) Continental 2011 |
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| i) 6 nominees of the FIDE President | ||
| 119. R. Kasimdzhanov (UZB) 120. E. Sutovsky (ISR) 121. P. H. Nielsen (DEN) |
122. Ding Liren (CHN) 123. V. Bologan (MDA) 124. E. Moradiabadi (IRI) |
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| j) 4 nominees of the local Organising Committee | ||
| 125. N. Kabanov (RUS) 126. A. Pridorozhni (RUS) |
127. A. Bezgodov (RUS) 128. V. Genba (RUS) |
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Total = 128 players. The pairings of the first round will be announced one month before the start of the event.
| 26 August: | Arrivals | 09 September: | Round 5 - Game 1 |
| 27 August: | Opening / Players Meeting | 10 September: | Round 5 - Game 2 |
| 28 August: | Round 1 - Game 1 | 11 September: | Tiebreaks |
| 29 August: | Round 1 - Game 2 | 12 September: | Round 6 - Game 1 |
| 30 August: | Tiebreaks | 13 September: | Round 6 - Game 2 |
| 31 August: | Round 2 - Game 1 | 14 September | Tiebreaks |
| 01 September: | Round 2 - Game 2 | :15 September: | Free Day |
| 02 September: | Tiebreaks | 16 September: | Round 7 - Game 1 |
| 03 September: | Round 3 - Game 1 | 17 September: | Round 7 - Game 2 |
| 04 September: | Round 3 - Game 2 | 18 September: | Round 7 - Game 3 |
| 05 September: | Tiebreaks | 19 September: | Round 7 - Game 4 |
| 06 September: | Round 4 - Game 1 | 20 September: | Tiebreaks / Closing |
| 07 September: | Round 4 - Game 2 | 21 September: | Departures |
| 08 September: | Tiebreaks |
All rounds and tiebreaks start at 15:00, except the last tiebreaks of 20.09.2011 which will start at 11:00.
Source: FIDE
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Nielsen protests ECU performance calculations 12.04.2011 – The 2011 Individual European Championship was also a qualification tournament, with the top 23 finishers getting a seat in the 2011 World Cup. Problem was that behind the first 15 players there were 29 with a tied score. So the performance was used to break the tie. However the system produced some bizarre results, as GM Peter Heine Nielsen explains. |
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Opinions and proposals in the ECU performance debate 16.04.2011 – The 2011 European Championship generated controversy owing to the unusual tie-break system used. There was a formal protest by GM Peter Heine Nielsen and a thoughtful article by the statistician Jeff Sonas. Naturally we received a large number of letters, and among them two from GMs David Navara and John Nunn. Their proposals are included in the feedback from our readers. |
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ECU decision on Nielsen protest 01.05.2011 – Three weeks ago Danish GM Peter Heine Nielsen protested about the tiebreak system used by the ECU to determine which players in the 2011 European Championship would qualify for the 2011 World Cup. He demanded that the final standings be recalculated, or that the affected players be compensated. Now the ECU, while accepting that the system was flawed, have rejected both demands. |
