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Chess World Cup 2009
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<h2 id="format">Format</h2> <p>Matches consisted of two games (except for the final, which consisted of four). Players had 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. If the match was tied after the regular games, tie breaks were played on the next day. The format for the tie breaks was as follows:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Four rapid games (25 minutes plus 10 second <a href="/facts/Glossary_of_chess/bh0g4wCP">increment</a>) were played. According to chess journalist <a href="/facts/Mig_Greengard/RYu3Wsnp">Mig Greengard</a>, a "high FIDE official" admitted off the record that this unusual decision of playing four games instead of two was actually a mistake that was spotted too late to correct it.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li>If the score was still tied, up to five pairs of blitz games (5 minutes plus 3 second increment) were played. If one player led after a pair of blitz games, that player was declared the winner. This was a change from previous events, for instance at the <a href="/facts/Chess_World_Cup_2007/Us6Ut81T">Chess World Cup 2007</a> the match went to an armageddon game after a single pair of blitz games.</li> <li>If the score was still tied after five pairs of blitz games, a single <a href="/facts/Armageddon_chess/lga7H592">armageddon</a> game (white must win, black only needs to draw) would be played. White had 5 minutes, black had 4 minutes, and both players had three-second increments beginning with move 61. Ultimately, no Armageddon games were played, as all matches were decided before that stage.</li></ul> <h2 id="participants">Participants</h2> <p>The players qualified for the event were:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <ol><li> <a href="/facts/Boris_Gelfand/BKbVJ8hK">Boris Gelfand</a> (ISR), 2758 (R)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Vugar_Gashimov/cpj56sSo">Vugar Gashimov</a> (AZE), 2758 (R)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Peter_Svidler/KFmSAEQ7">Peter Svidler</a> (RUS), 2754 (R)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Morozevich/6qp4FxtT">Alexander Morozevich</a> (RUS), 2750 (R)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Teimour_Radjabov/avMFqmwE">Teimour Radjabov</a> (AZE), 2748 (R)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Vassily_Ivanchuk/IRsJzAVf">Vassily Ivanchuk</a> (UKR), 2739 (R)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Ruslan_Ponomariov/NYq6ymn2">Ruslan Ponomariov</a> (UKR), 2739 (R)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Grischuk/5f9EP1D9">Alexander Grischuk</a> (RUS), 2736 (R)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Dmitry_Jakovenko/0lf4U9VT">Dmitry Jakovenko</a> (RUS), 2736 (R)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Wang_Yue_(chess_player)/H0NEKNRD">Wang Yue</a> (CHN), 2734 (R)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Pavel_Eljanov/K3EgoQAy">Pavel Eljanov</a> (UKR), 2729 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Sergey_Karjakin/a5hVSJom">Sergey Karjakin</a> (UKR), 2723 (SF)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov/3qNY2hvc">Shakhriyar Mamedyarov</a> (AZE), 2719 (R)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Alexei_Shirov/j4w35Bs9">Alexei Shirov</a> (ESP), 2719 (SF)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Leinier_Dom%C3%ADnguez/4gzyLaCL">Leinier Domínguez</a> (CUB), 2719 (R)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Sergei_Movsesian/jQ8qfgFX">Sergei Movsesian</a> (SVK), 2718 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Maxime_Vachier-Lagrave/xR3njzos">Maxime Vachier-Lagrave</a> (FRA), 2718 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Evgeny_Alekseev_(chess_player)/U5KnT1um">Evgeny Alekseev</a> (RUS), 2715 (R)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Evgeny_Tomashevsky/e2YBco9V">Evgeny Tomashevsky</a> (RUS), 2708 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Wang_Hao_(chess_player)/Rg4gyc0q">Wang Hao</a> (CHN), 2708 (R)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/David_Navara/2QCWE620">David Navara</a> (CZE), 2707 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Vladimir_Malakhov_(chess_player)/Qluw9AYo">Vladimir Malakhov</a> (RUS), 2706 (R)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/%C3%89tienne_Bacrot/1EzH1YUA">Étienne Bacrot</a> (FRA), 2700 (R)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Sergei_Rublevsky/YCH5qH1d">Sergei Rublevsky</a> (RUS), 2697 (R)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Baadur_Jobava/H9JQzkMC">Baadur Jobava</a> (GEO), 2696 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Motylev/dykb08s2">Alexander Motylev</a> (RUS), 2695 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Gata_Kamsky/J1bHygy6">Gata Kamsky</a> (USA), 2695 (SF)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Nikita_Vitiugov/wSXFzHhF">Nikita Vitiugov</a> (RUS), 2694 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Viktor_Bologan/UPoYtW2T">Viktor Bologan</a> (MDA), 2692 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Arkadij_Naiditsch/RVoCECNE">Arkadij Naiditsch</a> (GER), 2689 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Bu_Xiangzhi/fcs6yfJB">Bu Xiangzhi</a> (CHN), 2682 (R)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Judit_Polg%C3%A1r/dKphBXJA">Judit Polgár</a> (HUN), 2680 (R)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Liviu-Dieter_Nisipeanu/MmVveAPM">Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu</a> (ROU), 2677 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Gabriel_Sargissian/wlsykjPA">Gabriel Sargissian</a> (ARM), 2676 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Onischuk/wTTyX06U">Alexander Onischuk</a> (USA), 2672 (Z2.1)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Ivan_Cheparinov/G0vKlFc9">Ivan Cheparinov</a> (BUL), 2671 (PN)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Zahar_Efimenko/Q6FaHaGX">Zahar Efimenko</a> (UKR), 2668 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Emil_Sutovsky/1cejojd9">Emil Sutovsky</a> (ISR), 2666 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Evgeniy_Najer/AWSq2bxX">Evgeniy Najer</a> (RUS), 2666 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Sergei_Tiviakov/L8CytG7U">Sergei Tiviakov</a> (NED), 2664 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Areshchenko/LYxkN8xG">Alexander Areshchenko</a> (UKR), 2664 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Krishnan_Sasikiran/WU0kYPwU">Krishnan Sasikiran</a> (IND), 2664 (R)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Ilya_Smirin/NgH43U86">Ilya Smirin</a> (ISR), 2662 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Vladimir_Baklan/mAUcgePW">Vladimir Baklan</a> (UKR), 2655 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Surya_Shekhar_Ganguly/PD50hTL0">Surya Shekhar Ganguly</a> (IND), 2654 (AS)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Alexandr_Fier/oC7LRIdK">Alexandr Fier</a> (BRA), 2653 (Z2.4)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Laurent_Fressinet/XPKG7FCb">Laurent Fressinet</a> (FRA), 2653 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Georg_Meier_(chess_player)/gMFssfoa">Georg Meier</a> (GER), 2653 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Boris_Grachev/WlekAuKo">Boris Grachev</a> (RUS), 2652 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Fabiano_Caruana/uqs9VVwa">Fabiano Caruana</a> (ITA), 2652 (PN)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Ivan_Sokolov_(chess_player)/stpMjHeU">Ivan Sokolov</a> (BIH), 2652 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Vadim_Milov/l9XLyMPm">Vadim Milov</a> (SUI), 2652 (R)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Artyom_Timofeev_(chess_player)/C7kePHem">Artyom Timofeev</a> (RUS), 2651 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Ernesto_Inarkiev/38VfQY4f">Ernesto Inarkiev</a> (RUS), 2645 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Boris_Savchenko/MCTlU2Kp">Boris Savchenko</a> (RUS), 2644 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Mikhail_Kobalia/9seeQL1d">Mikhail Kobalia</a> (RUS), 2643 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Vladislav_Tkachiev/uctj2ldV">Vladislav Tkachiev</a> (FRA), 2642 (PN)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Pavel_Tregubov/uvEyJHfu">Pavel Tregubov</a> (RUS), 2642 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Wesley_So/nmmGXFsc">Wesley So</a> (PHI), 2640 (Z3.3)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Julio_Granda/vtSSDuxR">Julio Granda</a> (PER), 2640 (AM09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Viktor_L%C3%A1zni%C4%8Dka/CJFJJE5z">Viktor Láznička</a> (CZE), 2637 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Dmitry_Andreikin/PJlsd4N4">Dmitry Andreikin</a> (RUS), 2636 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Rauf_Mamedov/3CqH8t3U">Rauf Mamedov</a> (AZE), 2634 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Farrukh_Amonatov/GMgoRNca">Farrukh Amonatov</a> (TJK), 2631 (Z3.4)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Sergey_Viktorovich_Volkov/lfTLrQEC">Sergey Volkov</a> (RUS), 2629 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Zhou_Jianchao/nLsN9lI5">Zhou Jianchao</a> (CHN), 2629 (Z3.5)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Tomi_Nyb%C3%A4ck/bP2zgIn0">Tomi Nybäck</a> (FIN), 2628 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Ioannis_Papaioannou_(chess_player)/PJh8TSPX">Ioánnis Papaïoánnou</a> (GRE), 2628 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Konstantin_Sakaev/Me6p3FXm">Konstantin Sakaev</a> (RUS), 2626 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Gadir_Guseinov/hoIXjjYp">Gadir Guseinov</a> (AZE), 2625 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Varuzhan_Akobian/U0B4Ia20">Varuzhan Akobian</a> (USA), 2624 (Z2.1)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/L%C3%AA_Quang_Li%C3%AAm/aGAtjU64">Lê Quang Liêm</a> (VIE), 2624 (AS)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Chanda_Sandipan/I7ovWQg5">Chanda Sandipan</a> (IND), 2623 (AS)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Yury_Shulman/tesx6SA1">Yury Shulman</a> (USA), 2623 (Z2.1)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Jan_Gustafsson/AM8eEga4">Jan Gustafsson</a> (GER), 2622 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Rafael_Leit%C3%A3o/4Lh8DCve">Rafael Leitão</a> (BRA), 2621 (Z2.4)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Parimarjan_Negi/Jy2ClHVd">Parimarjan Negi</a> (IND), 2620 (AS)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Sergey_Fedorchuk/QXBuD4xu">Sergey Fedorchuk</a> (UKR), 2619 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/L%C3%A1zaro_Bruz%C3%B3n/9Va2JjU5">Lázaro Bruzón</a> (CUB), 2619 (Z2.3)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Mateusz_Bartel/1Vuts1qe">Mateusz Bartel</a> (POL), 2618 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Tigran_L._Petrosian/N66mhKd1">Tigran L. Petrosian</a> (ARM), 2615 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Sanan_Sjugirov/1b7hzlAA">Sanan Sjugirov</a> (RUS), 2612 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Khalifman/bmvMKsIt">Alexander Khalifman</a> (RUS), 2612 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Anton_Filippov/aSBqhqxn">Anton Filippov</a> (UZB), 2607 (Z3.4)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Shabalov/v8Al4c3f">Alexander Shabalov</a> (USA), 2606 (AM09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Jaan_Ehlvest/vY79IBIy">Jaan Ehlvest</a> (USA), 2606 (AM08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Erwin_l%27Ami/sBbXUg0M">Erwin l'Ami</a> (NED), 2606 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Fidel_Corrales_Jimenez/UsqKISA4">Fidel Corrales Jimenez</a> (CUB), 2605 (AM09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Eduardo_Iturrizaga/57ltJo3D">Eduardo Iturrizaga</a> (VEN), 2605 (Z2.3)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Ehsan_Ghaem_Maghami/gMPAlGcC">Ehsan Ghaem Maghami</a> (IRI), 2603 (PN)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Zhou_Weiqi/zqzXDByb">Zhou Weiqi</a> (CHN), 2603 (AS)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Gilberto_Milos/WVPAqFXr">Gilberto Milos</a> (BRA), 2603 (AM09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Yuriy_Kryvoruchko/WGegFwrz">Yuriy Kryvoruchko</a> (UKR), 2602 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Diego_Flores_(chess_player)/5kLh4rLQ">Diego Flores</a> (ARG), 2602 (AM09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Li_Chao_(chess_player)/Quofn8S7">Li Chao</a> (CHN), 2596 (Z3.5)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Constantin_Lupulescu/wR2u4tsY">Constantin Lupulescu</a> (ROU), 2591 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Du%C5%A1ko_Pavasovi%C4%8D/KWnKRcp3">Duško Pavasovič</a> (SLO), 2590 (E08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Yannick_Pelletier/syjYLjhC">Yannick Pelletier</a> (SUI), 2589 (PN)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Hou_Yifan/WlCzrhqW">Hou Yifan</a> (CHN), 2588 (AS)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Ahmed_Adly/qNGkqCA1">Ahmed Adly</a> (EGY), 2583 (J07)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Abhijeet_Gupta/YAyU0nQv">Abhijeet Gupta</a> (IND), 2578 (J08)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Rogelio_Antonio_Jr./IquSR01s">Rogelio Antonio Jr.</a> (PHI), 2574 (AS)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Robert_Hess_(chess_player)/ln6ffmrj">Robert Hess</a> (USA), 2572 (Z2.1)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Ray_Robson/CVbLPFxn">Ray Robson</a> (USA), 2567, <a href="/facts/International_Master/maWP1Mhx">IM</a> (PN)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Iv%C3%A1n_Morovic/ofRQfcWo">Iván Morovic</a> (CHI), 2562 (Z2.5)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Friso_Nijboer/BqBQEyJ7">Friso Nijboer</a> (NED), 2561 (E09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Bassem_Amin/UhSFux9G">Bassem Amin</a> (EGY), 2553 (AF)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Darwin_Laylo/hjYkK4xq">Darwin Laylo</a> (PHI), 2552 (Z3.3)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Joshua_Friedel/gKML06Ac">Joshua Friedel</a> (USA), 2551 (Z2.1)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Ivanov_(chess_player)/IxyfgzpK">Alexander Ivanov</a> (USA), 2539 (AM09)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Aleksei_Pridorozhni/0rzzDLf1">Aleksei Pridorozhni</a> (RUS), 2533, <a href="/facts/International_Master/maWP1Mhx">IM</a> (ON)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Yu_Shaoteng/S9BXqlbp">Yu Shaoteng</a> (CHN), 2529 (AS)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Yu_Yangyi/58pSFdU3">Yu Yangyi</a> (CHN), 2527 (AS)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/David_Smerdon/IYIywn20">David Smerdon</a> (AUS), 2525 (Z3.6)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Abhijit_Kunte/EXG84ca9">Abhijit Kunte</a> (IND), 2522 (AS)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Alexandra_Kosteniuk/knfXHEtt">Alexandra Kosteniuk</a> (RUS), 2516 (WWC)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Andr%C3%A9s_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(chess_player)/r5WDsbaB">Andrés Rodríguez</a> (URU), 2508 (Z2.5)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Mohammed_Al-Sayed/6yMvjrK5">Mohamad Al Sayed</a> (QAT), 2504 (Z3.1)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Nikolai_Kabanov/XMXc45Cv">Nikolai Kabanov</a> (RUS), 2501 (ON)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Aimen_Rizouk/RDRTlTAc">Aimen Rizouk</a> (ALG), 2500 (AF)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Sriram_Jha/3ClS5mac">Sriram Jha</a> (IND), 2497, <a href="/facts/International_Master/maWP1Mhx">IM</a> (Z3.2)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Essam_El-Gindy/qehUIBe6">Essam El-Gindy</a> (EGY), 2493 (AF)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Alexei_Bezgodov/6MTtK0L8">Alexei Bezgodov</a> (RUS), 2484 (ON)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Mohamed_Ezat/tsr5VgVG">Mohamed Ezat</a> (EGY), 2472, <a href="/facts/International_Master/maWP1Mhx">IM</a> (AF)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Khaled_Abdel_Razik/nngpGbrw">Khaled Abdel Razik</a> (EGY), 2469, <a href="/facts/International_Master/maWP1Mhx">IM</a> (AF)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Jean_H%C3%A9bert/78UEm1tM">Jean Hébert</a> (CAN), 2420, <a href="/facts/International_Master/maWP1Mhx">IM</a> (Z2.2)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Walaa_Sarwat/xGYtbrJp">Walaa Sarwat</a> (EGY), 2405, <a href="/facts/International_Master/maWP1Mhx">IM</a> (AF)</li> <li> Andrei Obodchuk (RUS), 2404, <a href="/facts/International_Master/maWP1Mhx">IM</a> (ON)</li></ol> <p>All players are <a href="/facts/Grandmaster_(chess)/NalWpE97">grandmasters</a> unless indicated otherwise. The pairings of the 1st round (players were seeded according to their ratings) were announced on 2 November 2009, immediately after the publishing of the November rating list. The list of players who declined participation: <a href="/facts/Viswanathan_Anand/4bbYydet">Anand</a>, <a href="/facts/Magnus_Carlsen/TGIKWDIH">Carlsen</a>, <a href="/facts/Veselin_Topalov/SLH3Q8tF">Topalov</a>, <a href="/facts/Levon_Aronian/8B7Kao3m">Aronian</a>, <a href="/facts/Vladimir_Kramnik/4nqctqAw">Kramnik</a>, <a href="/facts/Peter_Leko/R33IzceP">Leko</a>, <a href="/facts/Michael_Adams_(chess_player)/oHawY3WJ">Adams</a>, <a href="/facts/Hikaru_Nakamura/k6dAxlK2">Nakamura</a>, and <a href="/facts/Ni_Hua/Vvmm62Kf">Ni Hua</a>. Among them, Anand, Topalov and Aronian had already qualified for the Candidates or the Championship match; Carlsen, Kramnik, Nakamura, Adams and Ni had committed to play in the <a href="/facts/London_Chess_Classic/MwkjHTfp">London Chess Classic</a> on 7–15 December 2009.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>Qualification paths: </p> <table><tbody><tr><td><ul><li>SF: Semi-finalist of <a href="/facts/Chess_World_Cup_2007/Us6Ut81T">Chess World Cup 2007</a></li><li>WWC: <a href="/facts/Women%27s_World_Chess_Championship_2008/kuCMfyKL">Women's World Champion</a></li><li>J07 and J08: <a href="/facts/World_Junior_Chess_Championship/EUUDUdz9">World Junior Champions</a> 2007 and 2008</li><li>R: Rating (average of July 2008 and January 2009 ratings is used)</li><li>E08 and E09: <a href="/facts/European_Individual_Chess_Championship/sDqChEtd">European Individual Championships</a> 2008 and 2009</li><li>AM08: <a href="/facts/Pan_American_Chess_Championship/t4ENQ3Xw">Pan American Chess Championship</a> 2008</li></ul></td><td><ul><li>AM09: Continental Absolute Chess Championship Americas 2009</li><li>AS: <a href="/facts/Asian_Chess_Championship/ghCVWznl">Asian Chess Championship</a> 2009</li><li>AF: <a href="/facts/African_Chess_Championship/uXVmYq6N">African Chess Championship</a> 2009</li><li><a href="/facts/U.S._Chess_Championship/4KSykE7W">Z2.1</a>, <a href="/facts/Canadian_Chess_Championship/t2IcWAWW">Z2.2</a>, Z2.3, Z2.4, Z2.5, Z3.1, Z3.2, Z3.3, Z3.4, Z3.5, Z3.6: Zonal tournaments</li><li>PN: <a href="/facts/Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov/WBSLew5Y">FIDE president</a> nominee</li><li>ON: Organizer nominee</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="calendar">Calendar</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Round</th><th>Regular games</th><th>Tiebreaks</th></tr><tr><td>Round 1</td><td>21–22 November</td><td>23 November</td></tr><tr><td>Round 2</td><td>24–25 November</td><td>26 November</td></tr><tr><td>Round 3</td><td>27–28 November</td><td>29 November</td></tr><tr><td>Round 4</td><td>30 November, 1 December</td><td>2 December</td></tr><tr><td>Quarterfinals</td><td>3–4 December</td><td>5 December</td></tr><tr><td>Semifinals</td><td>6–7 December</td><td>8 December</td></tr><tr><td>Final</td><td>10–13 December</td><td>14 December</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="summary-of-results">Summary of results</h2> <h3>Round one</h3> <p>In the first round of the tournament all of the top 30 seeded players progressed, with the sole exception of Slovakian <a href="/facts/Sergei_Movsesian/jQ8qfgFX">Sergei Movsesian</a> (16), who was eliminated by the Chinese 113th seed <a href="/facts/Yu_Yangyi/58pSFdU3">Yu Yangyi</a>. <a href="/facts/Judit_Polg%C3%A1r/dKphBXJA">Judit Polgár</a> achieved a walkover, due to her opponent <a href="/facts/Du%C5%A1ko_Pavasovi%C4%8D/KWnKRcp3">Duško Pavasovič</a> withdrawing from the competition due to injury.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> The round was notable for the 16-game match between <a href="/facts/Pavel_Tregubov/uvEyJHfu">Pavel Tregubov</a> and <a href="/facts/Varuzhan_Akobian/U0B4Ia20">Varuzhan Akobian</a>: after each winning with white over the first two days, their tiebreak held a marathon of four rapid games followed by ten blitz games. The two players fought until near 1 a.m. local time for the right to face <a href="/facts/Ruslan_Ponomariov/NYq6ymn2">Ruslan Ponomariov</a> in the second round (which would start the next morning), Akobian finally achieving the decisive two-point advantage in the final bout before an <a href="/facts/Glossary_of_chess/bh0g4wCP">Armageddon</a> game would have been required. </p> <h3>Round two</h3> <p>The first day of Round Two included a number of upsets. The highest seed to have won their match was <a href="/facts/Alexander_Grischuk/5f9EP1D9">Alexander Grischuk</a> (8), as <a href="/facts/Peter_Svidler/KFmSAEQ7">Peter Svidler</a> (3), <a href="/facts/Alexander_Morozevich/6qp4FxtT">Alexander Morozevich</a> (4), <a href="/facts/Teimour_Radjabov/avMFqmwE">Teimour Radjabov</a> (5) and <a href="/facts/Vassily_Ivanchuk/IRsJzAVf">Vassily Ivanchuk</a> (6) all lost and the remaining highest seeds (Gelfand, Gashimov and Ponomariov) drew. On the next day of matches, Morozevich, Radjabov and Ivanchuk were all eliminated, and exactly half of the matches went to tie-breaks.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> Of the 32 players to reach Round Three, all but seven players had been originally seeded in the top 32. </p> <h3>Round three</h3> <p>Sixteen-year-old <a href="/facts/Wesley_So/nmmGXFsc">Wesley So</a>, who had upset Ivanchuk in Round Two, achieved another major upset, defeating <a href="/facts/Gata_Kamsky/J1bHygy6">Gata Kamsky</a>, the <a href="/facts/Chess_World_Cup_2007/Us6Ut81T">2007 winner</a>, 1½-½.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> In the second rapid tiebreak, Chinese players Wang Yue and Li Chao were not at their seats for the start of the round, and lost the game, and their matches against Bacrot and Gashimov.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <h3>Round four</h3> <p>This round marked the departure of most of the youthful players from the World Cup. Wesley So (16), Fabiano Caruana (17) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (19) were eliminated by the more experienced Malakhov, Gashimov and Gelfand respectively, leaving Sergey Karjakin the only under-20 player left in contention. </p> <h2 id="results-rounds-14">Results, rounds 1–4</h2> <h3>Section 1</h3> <table><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3">First round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Second round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Third round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Fourth round</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">1</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Boris_Gelfand/BKbVJ8hK">Boris Gelfand</a> (ISR)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="21" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">128</td><td rowspan="2"> Andrei Obodchuk (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">1</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Boris_Gelfand/BKbVJ8hK">Boris Gelfand</a> (ISR)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">64</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Farrukh_Amonatov/GMgoRNca">Farrukh Amonatov</a> (TJK)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">64</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Farrukh_Amonatov/GMgoRNca">Farrukh Amonatov</a> (TJK)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">65</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Sergey_Viktorovich_Volkov/lfTLrQEC">Sergey Volkov</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">1</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Boris_Gelfand/BKbVJ8hK">Boris Gelfand</a> (ISR)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">32</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Judit_Polg%C3%A1r/dKphBXJA">Judit Polgár</a> (HUN)</td><td rowspan="2">2½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">32</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Judit_Polg%C3%A1r/dKphBXJA">Judit Polgár</a> (HUN)</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Walkover/yPEwe5fH">w/o</a></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">97</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Du%C5%A1ko_Pavasovi%C4%8D/KWnKRcp3">Duško Pavasovič</a> (SLO)</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">32</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Judit_Polg%C3%A1r/dKphBXJA">Judit Polgár</a> (HUN)</td><td rowspan="2">4½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">33</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Liviu-Dieter_Nisipeanu/MmVveAPM">Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu</a> (ROU)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">33</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Liviu-Dieter_Nisipeanu/MmVveAPM">Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu</a> (ROU)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">96</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Constantin_Lupulescu/wR2u4tsY">Constantin Lupulescu</a> (ROU)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">1</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Boris_Gelfand/BKbVJ8hK">Boris Gelfand</a> (ISR)</td><td rowspan="2">4½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="13"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">17</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Maxime_Vachier-Lagrave/xR3njzos">Maxime Vachier-Lagrave</a> (FRA)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">16</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Sergei_Movsesian/jQ8qfgFX">Sergei Movsesian</a> (SVK)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="20" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">113</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Yu_Yangyi/58pSFdU3">Yu Yangyi</a> (CHN)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">113</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Yu_Yangyi/58pSFdU3">Yu Yangyi</a> (CHN)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">80</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Mateusz_Bartel/1Vuts1qe">Mateusz Bartel</a> (POL)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">49</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Boris_Grachev/WlekAuKo">Boris Grachev</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">3</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">80</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Mateusz_Bartel/1Vuts1qe">Mateusz Bartel</a> (POL)</td><td rowspan="2">5</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">113</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Yu_Yangyi/58pSFdU3">Yu Yangyi</a> (CHN)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">17</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Maxime_Vachier-Lagrave/xR3njzos">Maxime Vachier-Lagrave</a> (FRA)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">17</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Maxime_Vachier-Lagrave/xR3njzos">Maxime Vachier-Lagrave</a> (FRA)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">112</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Yu_Shaoteng/S9BXqlbp">Yu Shaoteng</a> (CHN)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">17</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Maxime_Vachier-Lagrave/xR3njzos">Maxime Vachier-Lagrave</a> (FRA)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">48</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Georg_Meier_(chess_player)/gMFssfoa">Georg Meier</a> (GER)</td><td rowspan="2">2½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">48</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Georg_Meier_(chess_player)/gMFssfoa">Georg Meier</a> (GER)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">81</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Tigran_L._Petrosian/N66mhKd1">Tigran L. Petrosian</a> (ARM)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Section 2</h3> <table><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3">First round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Second round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Third round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Fourth round</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">8</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Grischuk/5f9EP1D9">Alexander Grischuk</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="21" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">121</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Sriram_Jha/3ClS5mac">Sriram Jha</a> (IND)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">8</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Grischuk/5f9EP1D9">Alexander Grischuk</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">57</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Vladislav_Tkachiev/uctj2ldV">Vladislav Tkachiev</a> (FRA)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">57</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Vladislav_Tkachiev/uctj2ldV">Vladislav Tkachiev</a> (FRA)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">72</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/L%C3%AA_Quang_Li%C3%AAm/aGAtjU64">Lê Quang Liêm</a> (VIE)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">8</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Grischuk/5f9EP1D9">Alexander Grischuk</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">5</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">25</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Baadur_Jobava/H9JQzkMC">Baadur Jobava</a> (GEO)</td><td rowspan="2">3</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">25</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Baadur_Jobava/H9JQzkMC">Baadur Jobava</a> (GEO)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">104</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Ray_Robson/CVbLPFxn">Ray Robson</a> (USA)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">25</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Baadur_Jobava/H9JQzkMC">Baadur Jobava</a> (GEO)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">89</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Eduardo_Iturrizaga/57ltJo3D">Eduardo Iturrizaga</a> (VEN)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">40</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Sergei_Tiviakov/L8CytG7U">Sergei Tiviakov</a> (NED)</td><td rowspan="2">2½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">89</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Eduardo_Iturrizaga/57ltJo3D">Eduardo Iturrizaga</a> (VEN)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">8</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Grischuk/5f9EP1D9">Alexander Grischuk</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">3</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="13"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">9</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Dmitry_Jakovenko/0lf4U9VT">Dmitry Jakovenko</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">5</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">9</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Dmitry_Jakovenko/0lf4U9VT">Dmitry Jakovenko</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="20" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">120</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Aimen_Rizouk/RDRTlTAc">Aimen Rizouk</a> (ALG)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">9</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Dmitry_Jakovenko/0lf4U9VT">Dmitry Jakovenko</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">73</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Chanda_Sandipan/I7ovWQg5">Chanda Sandipan</a> (IND)</td><td rowspan="2">0</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">56</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Mikhail_Kobalia/9seeQL1d">Mikhail Kobalia</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">73</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Chanda_Sandipan/I7ovWQg5">Chanda Sandipan</a> (IND)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">9</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Dmitry_Jakovenko/0lf4U9VT">Dmitry Jakovenko</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">4</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">41</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Areshchenko/LYxkN8xG">Alexander Areshchenko</a> (UKR)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">24</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Sergei_Rublevsky/YCH5qH1d">Sergei Rublevsky</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">105</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Iv%C3%A1n_Morovic/ofRQfcWo">Iván Morovic</a> (CHI)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">24</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Sergei_Rublevsky/YCH5qH1d">Sergei Rublevsky</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">2½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">41</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Areshchenko/LYxkN8xG">Alexander Areshchenko</a> (UKR)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">41</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Areshchenko/LYxkN8xG">Alexander Areshchenko</a> (UKR)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">88</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Fidel_Corrales_Jimenez/UsqKISA4">Fidel Corrales Jimenez</a> (CUB)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Section 3</h3> <table><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3">First round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Second round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Third round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Fourth round</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">4</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Morozevich/6qp4FxtT">Alexander Morozevich</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="21" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">125</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Khaled_Abdel_Razik/nngpGbrw">Khaled Abdel Razik</a> (EGY)</td><td rowspan="2">0</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">4</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Morozevich/6qp4FxtT">Alexander Morozevich</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">0</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">61</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Viktor_L%C3%A1zni%C4%8Dka/CJFJJE5z">Viktor Láznička</a> (CZE)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">61</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Viktor_L%C3%A1zni%C4%8Dka/CJFJJE5z">Viktor Láznička</a> (CZE)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">68</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Ioannis_Papaioannou_(chess_player)/PJh8TSPX">Ioánnis Papaïoánnou</a> (GRE)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">61</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Viktor_L%C3%A1zni%C4%8Dka/CJFJJE5z">Viktor Láznička</a> (CZE)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">29</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Viktor_Bologan/UPoYtW2T">Viktor Bologan</a> (MDA)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">29</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Viktor_Bologan/UPoYtW2T">Viktor Bologan</a> (MDA)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">100</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Ahmed_Adly/qNGkqCA1">Ahmed Adly</a> (EGY)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">29</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Viktor_Bologan/UPoYtW2T">Viktor Bologan</a> (MDA)</td><td rowspan="2">4</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">36</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Ivan_Cheparinov/G0vKlFc9">Ivan Cheparinov</a> (BUL)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">36</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Ivan_Cheparinov/G0vKlFc9">Ivan Cheparinov</a> (BUL)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">93</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Yuriy_Kryvoruchko/WGegFwrz">Yuriy Kryvoruchko</a> (UKR)</td><td rowspan="2">2½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">61</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Viktor_L%C3%A1zni%C4%8Dka/CJFJJE5z">Viktor Láznička</a> (CZE)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="13"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">13</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov/3qNY2hvc">Shakhriyar Mamedyarov</a> (AZE)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">13</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov/3qNY2hvc">Shakhriyar Mamedyarov</a> (AZE)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="20" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">116</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexandra_Kosteniuk/knfXHEtt">Alexandra Kosteniuk</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">0</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">13</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov/3qNY2hvc">Shakhriyar Mamedyarov</a> (AZE)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">52</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Vadim_Milov/l9XLyMPm">Vadim Milov</a> (SUI)</td><td rowspan="2">0</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">52</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Vadim_Milov/l9XLyMPm">Vadim Milov</a> (SUI)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">77</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Parimarjan_Negi/Jy2ClHVd">Parimarjan Negi</a> (IND)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">13</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov/3qNY2hvc">Shakhriyar Mamedyarov</a> (AZE)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">20</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Wang_Hao_(chess_player)/Rg4gyc0q">Wang Hao</a> (CHN)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">20</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Wang_Hao_(chess_player)/Rg4gyc0q">Wang Hao</a> (CHN)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">109</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Joshua_Friedel/gKML06Ac">Joshua Friedel</a> (USA)</td><td rowspan="2">0</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">20</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Wang_Hao_(chess_player)/Rg4gyc0q">Wang Hao</a> (CHN)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">45</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Surya_Shekhar_Ganguly/PD50hTL0">Surya Shekhar Ganguly</a> (IND)</td><td rowspan="2">0</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">45</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Surya_Shekhar_Ganguly/PD50hTL0">Surya Shekhar Ganguly</a> (IND)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">84</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Anton_Filippov/aSBqhqxn">Anton Filippov</a> (UZB)</td><td rowspan="2">0</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Section 4</h3> <table><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3">First round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Second round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Third round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Fourth round</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">5</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Teimour_Radjabov/avMFqmwE">Teimour Radjabov</a> (AZE)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="21" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">124</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Mohamed_Ezat/tsr5VgVG">Mohamed Ezat</a> (EGY)</td><td rowspan="2">0</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">5</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Teimour_Radjabov/avMFqmwE">Teimour Radjabov</a> (AZE)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">69</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Konstantin_Sakaev/Me6p3FXm">Konstantin Sakaev</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">60</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Julio_Granda/vtSSDuxR">Julio Granda</a> (PER)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">69</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Konstantin_Sakaev/Me6p3FXm">Konstantin Sakaev</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">69</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Konstantin_Sakaev/Me6p3FXm">Konstantin Sakaev</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">28</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Nikita_Vitiugov/wSXFzHhF">Nikita Vitiugov</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">28</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Nikita_Vitiugov/wSXFzHhF">Nikita Vitiugov</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">101</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Abhijeet_Gupta/YAyU0nQv">Abhijeet Gupta</a> (IND)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">28</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Nikita_Vitiugov/wSXFzHhF">Nikita Vitiugov</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">4½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">92</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Gilberto_Milos/WVPAqFXr">Gilberto Milos</a> (BRA)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">37</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Zahar_Efimenko/Q6FaHaGX">Zahar Efimenko</a> (UKR)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">92</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Gilberto_Milos/WVPAqFXr">Gilberto Milos</a> (BRA)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">28</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Nikita_Vitiugov/wSXFzHhF">Nikita Vitiugov</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="13"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">12</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Sergey_Karjakin/a5hVSJom">Sergey Karjakin</a> (UKR)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">12</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Sergey_Karjakin/a5hVSJom">Sergey Karjakin</a> (UKR)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="20" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">117</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Andr%C3%A9s_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(chess_player)/r5WDsbaB">Andrés Rodríguez</a> (URU)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">12</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Sergey_Karjakin/a5hVSJom">Sergey Karjakin</a> (UKR)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">53</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Artyom_Timofeev_(chess_player)/C7kePHem">Artyom Timofeev</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">2½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">53</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Artyom_Timofeev_(chess_player)/C7kePHem">Artyom Timofeev</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">76</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Rafael_Leit%C3%A3o/4Lh8DCve">Rafael Leitão</a> (BRA)</td><td rowspan="2">2½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">12</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Sergey_Karjakin/a5hVSJom">Sergey Karjakin</a> (UKR)</td><td rowspan="2">4</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">21</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/David_Navara/2QCWE620">David Navara</a> (CZE)</td><td rowspan="2">1</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">21</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/David_Navara/2QCWE620">David Navara</a> (CZE)</td><td rowspan="2">4</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">108</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Darwin_Laylo/hjYkK4xq">Darwin Laylo</a> (PHI)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">21</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/David_Navara/2QCWE620">David Navara</a> (CZE)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">85</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Shabalov/v8Al4c3f">Alexander Shabalov</a> (USA)</td><td rowspan="2">2½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">44</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Vladimir_Baklan/mAUcgePW">Vladimir Baklan</a> (UKR)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">85</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Shabalov/v8Al4c3f">Alexander Shabalov</a> (USA)</td><td rowspan="2">4½</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Section 5</h3> <table><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3">First round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Second round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Third round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Fourth round</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Vugar_Gashimov/cpj56sSo">Vugar Gashimov</a> (AZE)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="21" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">127</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Walaa_Sarwat/xGYtbrJp">Walaa Sarwat</a> (EGY)</td><td rowspan="2">0</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Vugar_Gashimov/cpj56sSo">Vugar Gashimov</a> (AZE)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">66</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Zhou_Jianchao/nLsN9lI5">Zhou Jianchao</a> (CHN)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">63</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Rauf_Mamedov/3CqH8t3U">Rauf Mamedov</a> (AZE)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">66</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Zhou_Jianchao/nLsN9lI5">Zhou Jianchao</a> (CHN)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Vugar_Gashimov/cpj56sSo">Vugar Gashimov</a> (AZE)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">95</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Li_Chao_(chess_player)/Quofn8S7">Li Chao</a> (CHN)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">31</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Bu_Xiangzhi/fcs6yfJB">Bu Xiangzhi</a> (CHN)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">98</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Yannick_Pelletier/syjYLjhC">Yannick Pelletier</a> (SUI)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">98</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Yannick_Pelletier/syjYLjhC">Yannick Pelletier</a> (SUI)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">95</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Li_Chao_(chess_player)/Quofn8S7">Li Chao</a> (CHN)</td><td rowspan="2">4½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">34</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Gabriel_Sargissian/wlsykjPA">Gabriel Sargissian</a> (ARM)</td><td rowspan="2">3</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">95</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Li_Chao_(chess_player)/Quofn8S7">Li Chao</a> (CHN)</td><td rowspan="2">5</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Vugar_Gashimov/cpj56sSo">Vugar Gashimov</a> (AZE)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="13"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">50</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Fabiano_Caruana/uqs9VVwa">Fabiano Caruana</a> (ITA)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">15</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Leinier_Dom%C3%ADnguez/4gzyLaCL">Leinier Domínguez</a> (CUB)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="20" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">114</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/David_Smerdon/IYIywn20">David Smerdon</a> (AUS)</td><td rowspan="2">2½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">15</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Leinier_Dom%C3%ADnguez/4gzyLaCL">Leinier Domínguez</a> (CUB)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">50</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Fabiano_Caruana/uqs9VVwa">Fabiano Caruana</a> (ITA)</td><td rowspan="2">4</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">50</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Fabiano_Caruana/uqs9VVwa">Fabiano Caruana</a> (ITA)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">79</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/L%C3%A1zaro_Bruz%C3%B3n/9Va2JjU5">Lázaro Bruzón</a> (CUB)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">50</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Fabiano_Caruana/uqs9VVwa">Fabiano Caruana</a> (ITA)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">18</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Evgeny_Alekseev_(chess_player)/U5KnT1um">Evgeny Alekseev</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">2½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">18</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Evgeny_Alekseev_(chess_player)/U5KnT1um">Evgeny Alekseev</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">111</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Aleksei_Pridorozhni/0rzzDLf1">Aleksei Pridorozhni</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">18</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Evgeny_Alekseev_(chess_player)/U5KnT1um">Evgeny Alekseev</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">47</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Laurent_Fressinet/XPKG7FCb">Laurent Fressinet</a> (FRA)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">47</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Laurent_Fressinet/XPKG7FCb">Laurent Fressinet</a> (FRA)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">82</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Sanan_Sjugirov/1b7hzlAA">Sanan Sjugirov</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">0</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Section 6</h3> <table><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3">First round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Second round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Third round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Fourth round</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">7</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Ruslan_Ponomariov/NYq6ymn2">Ruslan Ponomariov</a> (UKR)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="21" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">122</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Essam_El-Gindy/qehUIBe6">Essam El-Gindy</a> (EGY)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">7</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Ruslan_Ponomariov/NYq6ymn2">Ruslan Ponomariov</a> (UKR)</td><td rowspan="2">4</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">71</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Varuzhan_Akobian/U0B4Ia20">Varuzhan Akobian</a> (USA)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">58</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Pavel_Tregubov/uvEyJHfu">Pavel Tregubov</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">7</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">71</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Varuzhan_Akobian/U0B4Ia20">Varuzhan Akobian</a> (USA)</td><td rowspan="2">9</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">7</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Ruslan_Ponomariov/NYq6ymn2">Ruslan Ponomariov</a> (UKR)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">26</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Motylev/dykb08s2">Alexander Motylev</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">26</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Motylev/dykb08s2">Alexander Motylev</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">103</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Robert_Hess_(chess_player)/ln6ffmrj">Robert Hess</a> (USA)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">26</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Motylev/dykb08s2">Alexander Motylev</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">39</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Evgeniy_Najer/AWSq2bxX">Evgeniy Najer</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">39</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Evgeniy_Najer/AWSq2bxX">Evgeniy Najer</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">90</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Ehsan_Ghaem_Maghami/gMPAlGcC">Ehsan Ghaem Maghami</a> (IRI)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">7</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Ruslan_Ponomariov/NYq6ymn2">Ruslan Ponomariov</a> (UKR)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="13"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">23</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/%C3%89tienne_Bacrot/1EzH1YUA">Étienne Bacrot</a> (FRA)</td><td rowspan="2">2½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">10</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Wang_Yue_(chess_player)/H0NEKNRD">Wang Yue</a> (CHN)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="20" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">119</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Nikolai_Kabanov/XMXc45Cv">Nikolai Kabanov</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">0</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">10</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Wang_Yue_(chess_player)/H0NEKNRD">Wang Yue</a> (CHN)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">55</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Boris_Savchenko/MCTlU2Kp">Boris Savchenko</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">0</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">55</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Boris_Savchenko/MCTlU2Kp">Boris Savchenko</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">4½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">74</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Yury_Shulman/tesx6SA1">Yury Shulman</a> (USA)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">10</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Wang_Yue_(chess_player)/H0NEKNRD">Wang Yue</a> (CHN)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">23</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/%C3%89tienne_Bacrot/1EzH1YUA">Étienne Bacrot</a> (FRA)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">23</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/%C3%89tienne_Bacrot/1EzH1YUA">Étienne Bacrot</a> (FRA)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">106</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Friso_Nijboer/BqBQEyJ7">Friso Nijboer</a> (NED)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">23</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/%C3%89tienne_Bacrot/1EzH1YUA">Étienne Bacrot</a> (FRA)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">42</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Krishnan_Sasikiran/WU0kYPwU">Krishnan Sasikiran</a> (IND)</td><td rowspan="2">0</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">42</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Krishnan_Sasikiran/WU0kYPwU">Krishnan Sasikiran</a> (IND)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">87</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Erwin_l%27Ami/sBbXUg0M">Erwin l'Ami</a> (NED)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Section 7</h3> <table><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3">First round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Second round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Third round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Fourth round</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">3</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Peter_Svidler/KFmSAEQ7">Peter Svidler</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="21" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">126</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Jean_H%C3%A9bert/78UEm1tM">Jean Hébert</a> (CAN)</td><td rowspan="2">0</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">3</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Peter_Svidler/KFmSAEQ7">Peter Svidler</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">67</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Tomi_Nyb%C3%A4ck/bP2zgIn0">Tomi Nybäck</a> (FIN)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">62</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Dmitry_Andreikin/PJlsd4N4">Dmitry Andreikin</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">67</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Tomi_Nyb%C3%A4ck/bP2zgIn0">Tomi Nybäck</a> (FIN)</td><td rowspan="2">4½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">3</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Peter_Svidler/KFmSAEQ7">Peter Svidler</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">5</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">30</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Arkadij_Naiditsch/RVoCECNE">Arkadij Naiditsch</a> (GER)</td><td rowspan="2">3</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">30</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Arkadij_Naiditsch/RVoCECNE">Arkadij Naiditsch</a> (GER)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">99</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Hou_Yifan/WlCzrhqW">Hou Yifan</a> (CHN)</td><td rowspan="2">2½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">30</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Arkadij_Naiditsch/RVoCECNE">Arkadij Naiditsch</a> (GER)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">35</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Onischuk/wTTyX06U">Alexander Onischuk</a> (USA)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">35</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Onischuk/wTTyX06U">Alexander Onischuk</a> (USA)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">94</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Diego_Flores_(chess_player)/5kLh4rLQ">Diego Flores</a> (ARG)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">3</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Peter_Svidler/KFmSAEQ7">Peter Svidler</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="13"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">14</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexei_Shirov/j4w35Bs9">Alexei Shirov</a> (ESP)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">14</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexei_Shirov/j4w35Bs9">Alexei Shirov</a> (ESP)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="20" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">115</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Abhijit_Kunte/EXG84ca9">Abhijit Kunte</a> (IND)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">14</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexei_Shirov/j4w35Bs9">Alexei Shirov</a> (ESP)</td><td rowspan="2">4</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">78</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Sergey_Fedorchuk/QXBuD4xu">Sergey Fedorchuk</a> (UKR)</td><td rowspan="2">1</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">51</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Ivan_Sokolov_(chess_player)/stpMjHeU">Ivan Sokolov</a> (BIH)</td><td rowspan="2">0</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">78</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Sergey_Fedorchuk/QXBuD4xu">Sergey Fedorchuk</a> (UKR)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">14</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexei_Shirov/j4w35Bs9">Alexei Shirov</a> (ESP)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">19</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Evgeny_Tomashevsky/e2YBco9V">Evgeny Tomashevsky</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">19</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Evgeny_Tomashevsky/e2YBco9V">Evgeny Tomashevsky</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">110</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Ivanov_(chess_player)/IxyfgzpK">Alexander Ivanov</a> (USA)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">19</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Evgeny_Tomashevsky/e2YBco9V">Evgeny Tomashevsky</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">83</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Khalifman/bmvMKsIt">Alexander Khalifman</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">2½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">46</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexandr_Fier/oC7LRIdK">Alexandr Fier</a> (BRA)</td><td rowspan="2">2½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">83</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Khalifman/bmvMKsIt">Alexander Khalifman</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Section 8</h3> <table><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3">First round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Second round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Third round</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Fourth round</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">6</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Vassily_Ivanchuk/IRsJzAVf">Vassily Ivanchuk</a> (UKR)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="21" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">123</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Alexei_Bezgodov/6MTtK0L8">Alexei Bezgodov</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">0</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">6</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Vassily_Ivanchuk/IRsJzAVf">Vassily Ivanchuk</a> (UKR)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">59</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Wesley_So/nmmGXFsc">Wesley So</a> (PHI)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">59</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Wesley_So/nmmGXFsc">Wesley So</a> (PHI)</td><td rowspan="2">4</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">70</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Gadir_Guseinov/hoIXjjYp">Gadir Guseinov</a> (AZE)</td><td rowspan="2">1</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">59</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Wesley_So/nmmGXFsc">Wesley So</a> (PHI)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">27</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Gata_Kamsky/J1bHygy6">Gata Kamsky</a> (USA)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">27</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Gata_Kamsky/J1bHygy6">Gata Kamsky</a> (USA)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">102</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Rogelio_Antonio_Jr./IquSR01s">Rogelio Antonio Jr.</a> (PHI)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">27</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Gata_Kamsky/J1bHygy6">Gata Kamsky</a> (USA)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">91</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Zhou_Weiqi/zqzXDByb">Zhou Weiqi</a> (CHN)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">38</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Emil_Sutovsky/1cejojd9">Emil Sutovsky</a> (ISR)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">91</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Zhou_Weiqi/zqzXDByb">Zhou Weiqi</a> (CHN)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">59</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Wesley_So/nmmGXFsc">Wesley So</a> (PHI)</td><td rowspan="2">1</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="13"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">22</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Vladimir_Malakhov_(chess_player)/Qluw9AYo">Vladimir Malakhov</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">4</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">11</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Pavel_Eljanov/K3EgoQAy">Pavel Eljanov</a> (UKR)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="20" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">118</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Mohammed_Al-Sayed/6yMvjrK5">Mohamad Al Sayed</a> (QAT)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">11</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Pavel_Eljanov/K3EgoQAy">Pavel Eljanov</a> (UKR)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">54</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Ernesto_Inarkiev/38VfQY4f">Ernesto Inarkiev</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">2½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">54</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Ernesto_Inarkiev/38VfQY4f">Ernesto Inarkiev</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">75</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Jan_Gustafsson/AM8eEga4">Jan Gustafsson</a> (GER)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">11</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Pavel_Eljanov/K3EgoQAy">Pavel Eljanov</a> (UKR)</td><td rowspan="2">1</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">22</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Vladimir_Malakhov_(chess_player)/Qluw9AYo">Vladimir Malakhov</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">4</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">22</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Vladimir_Malakhov_(chess_player)/Qluw9AYo">Vladimir Malakhov</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">107</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Bassem_Amin/UhSFux9G">Bassem Amin</a> (EGY)</td><td rowspan="2">0</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">22</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Vladimir_Malakhov_(chess_player)/Qluw9AYo">Vladimir Malakhov</a> (RUS)</td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">43</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Ilya_Smirin/NgH43U86">Ilya Smirin</a> (ISR)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">43</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Ilya_Smirin/NgH43U86">Ilya Smirin</a> (ISR)</td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">86</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Jaan_Ehlvest/vY79IBIy">Jaan Ehlvest</a> (USA)</td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="results-rounds-57">Results, rounds 5–7</h2> <table><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3">Quarterfinals</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Semifinals</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Final (best of 4)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">1</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY"></a> <a href="/facts/Boris_Gelfand/BKbVJ8hK">Boris Gelfand</a></td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">9</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Dmitry_Jakovenko/0lf4U9VT">Dmitry Jakovenko</a></td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">1</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY"></a> <a href="/facts/Boris_Gelfand/BKbVJ8hK">Boris Gelfand</a></td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">12</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj"></a> <a href="/facts/Sergey_Karjakin/a5hVSJom">Sergey Karjakin</a></td><td rowspan="2">0</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">13</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Azerbaijan/Ho5joRTJ"></a> <a href="/facts/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov/3qNY2hvc">Shakhriyar Mamedyarov</a></td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">12</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj"></a> <a href="/facts/Sergey_Karjakin/a5hVSJom">Sergey Karjakin</a></td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">1</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY"></a> <a href="/facts/Boris_Gelfand/BKbVJ8hK">Boris Gelfand</a></td><td rowspan="2">7</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">7</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj"></a> <a href="/facts/Ruslan_Ponomariov/NYq6ymn2">Ruslan Ponomariov</a></td><td rowspan="2">5</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Azerbaijan/Ho5joRTJ"></a> <a href="/facts/Vugar_Gashimov/cpj56sSo">Vugar Gashimov</a></td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">7</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj"></a> <a href="/facts/Ruslan_Ponomariov/NYq6ymn2">Ruslan Ponomariov</a></td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">7</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj"></a> <a href="/facts/Ruslan_Ponomariov/NYq6ymn2">Ruslan Ponomariov</a></td><td rowspan="2">4</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">22</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Vladimir_Malakhov_(chess_player)/Qluw9AYo">Vladimir Malakhov</a></td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">3</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Peter_Svidler/KFmSAEQ7">Peter Svidler</a></td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2">22</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Vladimir_Malakhov_(chess_player)/Qluw9AYo">Vladimir Malakhov</a></td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Final, 10–14 December</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Seed</th><th>Name</th><th>Rating</th><th>1</th><th>2</th><th>3</th><th>4</th><th>R1</th><th>R2</th><th>R3</th><th>R4</th><th>TB1</th><th>TB2</th><th>TB3</th><th>TB4</th><th>Total</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td> <a href="/facts/Boris_Gelfand/BKbVJ8hK">Boris Gelfand</a> (ISR)</td><td>2758</td><td>½</td><td>½</td><td>½</td><td>½</td><td>½</td><td>1</td><td>½</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td> <a href="/facts/Ruslan_Ponomariov/NYq6ymn2">Ruslan Ponomariov</a> (UKR)</td><td>2739</td><td>½</td><td>½</td><td>½</td><td>½</td><td>½</td><td>0</td><td>½</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>5</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://cup2009.fide.com/results.php">World Cup 2009</a> – Official site</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"General information on the World Chess Cup 2009". Archived from the original on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2009-05-16. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181113170022/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/3875-general-information-and-regulations-of-the-world-chess-cup-2009" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20181113170022/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/3875-general-information-and-regulations-of-the-world-chess-cup-2009</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Regulations for the World Chess Cup 2009". <a href="http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook?id=135&view=article" target="_blank">http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook?id=135&view=article</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Mig Greengard (November 30, 2009). "World Cup 09 r4: Sweet 16". <a href="/wiki/Mig_Greengard" target="_blank">/wiki/Mig_Greengard</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"World Cup 2009: Participant's Information". Archived from the original on 2009-06-18. Retrieved 2009-06-16. [sic] <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090618104125/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/4037-list-of-qualifiers-for-world-cup" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20090618104125/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/4037-list-of-qualifiers-for-world-cup</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"London Chess Classic: Players". Archived from the original on 2009-11-28. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091128115514/http://www.londonchessclassic.com/classic/players.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20091128115514/http://www.londonchessclassic.com/classic/players.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Susan Polgar blog entry, 'The WC round 1 matchups' dated November 21 2009. <a href="http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2009/11/wc-round-1-matchups.html" target="_blank">http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2009/11/wc-round-1-matchups.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Round 2 Results, Official site <a href="http://cup2009.fide.com/results.php?id=2&cat=0" target="_blank">http://cup2009.fide.com/results.php?id=2&cat=0</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Interview with Gata Kamsky from Khanty-Mansiysk. susanpolgar.blogspot.com. Retrieved on 2009-11-29. <a href="http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2009/11/interview-with-gata-kamsky-from-khanty.html" target="_blank">http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2009/11/interview-with-gata-kamsky-from-khanty.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"World Cup R3: Two Chinese players default – for smoking". Chess News. 2009-11-29. Retrieved 2017-12-23. <a href="https://en.chessbase.com/post/world-cup-r3-two-chinese-players-default-for-smoking" target="_blank">https://en.chessbase.com/post/world-cup-r3-two-chinese-players-default-for-smoking</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>