FIDE WORLD CHESS CUP 2015

Karjakin won the World Cup.

FIDE World Chess Cup took place in Baku, Azerbaijan with 128 players from September 10 – October 5, 2015

Rules: Knock-Out system tournament. 2 games. If tie break needed, two (2) tie-break games shall be played. 25mn + 10 sec/move

Players in bold are qualified to the next round.

FINAL
Game 1	Svidler vs Karjakin	1 - 0	King's Indian Attack
Game 2	Karjakin vs Svidler	0 - 1	Ruy Lopez (Breyer)
Game 3	Svidler vs Karjakin	0 - 1	Sicilian (Chekhover)
Game 4	Karjakin vs Svidler	1 - 0	Queen's gambit
Tie-break Rapid 1	Karjakin vs Svidler	1 - 0	English opening
Tie-break Rapid 2	Svidler vs Karjakin	1 - 0	King's Indian Attack
Tie-break Rapid 3	Karjakin vs Svidler	0 - 1	English opening
Tie-break Rapid 4	Svidler vs Karjakin	0 - 1	Sicilian (Canal Sokolsky)
Tie-break Blitz 1	Karjakin vs Svidler	1 - 0	Ruy Lopez (Marshall Counter attack)
Tie-break Blitz 2	Svidler vs Karjakin	0 - 1	Giuoco Piano
Final score: Karjakin vs Svidler : 6-4

SEMI-FINALS
Players	aggregate	games 90 mn	Tie-break Rapid 25 mn	Tie-break Rapid 10 mn	Tie-break Blitz 5 mn	Armageddon 5mn vs 4mn
Peter Svidler (RUS) - Anish Giri (NED)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
Pavel Eljanov (UKR) - Sergey Karjakin (RUS)	2.5 - 3.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0 - 1	0 - 1 // 0.5 - 0.5

QUARTER-FINALS
Players	aggregate	games 90 mn	Tie-break Rapid 25 mn	Tie-break Rapid 10 mn	Tie-break Blitz 5 mn	Armageddon 5mn vs 4mn
Peter Svidler (RUS) - Yi Wei (CHN)	3.5 - 2.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 1 - 0
Anish Giri (NED) - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)	1.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 1 - 0
Hikaru Nakamura (USA) - Pavel Eljanov (UKR)	0.5 - 1.5	0 - 1 // 0.5 - 0.5
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) - Sergey Karjakin (RUS)	2 - 4	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 1 - 0

ROUND 4
Players	aggregate	games 90 mn	Tie-break Rapid 25 mn	Tie-break Rapid 10 mn	Tie-break Blitz 5 mn	Armageddon 5mn vs 4mn
Veselin Topalov (BUL) - Peter Svidler (RUS)	0.5 - 1.5	0 - 1 // 0.5 - 0.5
Ding Liren (CHN) - Yi Wei (CHN)	2.5 - 3.5	1 - 0 // 0 - 1	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0 - 1
Anish Giri (NED) - Radoslaw Wojtaszek (POL)	3 - 1	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 1 - 0
Wesley So (USA) - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)	0.5 - 1.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 1 - 0
Hikaru Nakamura (USA) - Michael Adams (ENG)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
Pavel Eljanov (UKR) - Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS)	2.5 - 1.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 1 - 0
Fabiano Caruana (USA) - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)	0.5 - 1.5	0 - 1 // 0.5 - 0.5
Dmitry Andreikin (RUS) - Sergey Karjakin (RUS)	1.5 - 2.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0 - 1 // 0.5 - 0.5

ROUND 3
Players	aggregate	games 90 mn	Tie-break Rapid 25 mn	Tie-break Rapid 10 mn	Tie-break Blitz 5 mn	Armageddon 5mn vs 4mn
Veselin Topalov (BUL) - Shanglei Lu (CHN)	2.5 - 1.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
Peter Svidler (RUS) - Teimour Radjabov (AZE)	2.5 - 1.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 1 - 0
Ding Liren (CHN) - Gadir Guseinov (AZE)	1.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 1 - 0
Alexander Areshchenko (UKR) - Yi Wei (CHN)	0.5 - 1.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0 - 1
Anish Giri (NED) - Peter Leko (HUN)	1.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 1 - 0
Julio Granda Zuniga (PER) - Radoslaw Wojtaszek (POL)	0.5 - 1.5;	0.5 - 0.5 // 0 - 1
Wesley So (USA) - Le Quang Liem (VIE)	2.5 - 1.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 1 - 0
Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS) - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)	2 - 4	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0 - 1 // 0 - 1

ROUND 3
Players	aggregate	games 90 mn	Tie-break Rapid 25 mn	Tie-break Rapid 10 mn	Tie-break Blitz 5 mn	Armageddon 5mn vs 4mn
Hikaru Nakamura (USA) - Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS)	5 - 4	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5;	1 - 0 // 0 - 1	0 - 1 // 1 - 0	1 - 0
Michael Adams (ENG) - Leiner Dominguez Perez (CUB)	5 - 3	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	1 -0 // 1 - 0
Alexander Grischuk (RUS) - Pavel Eljanov (UKR)	0 - 2	0 - 1 // 0 - 1
Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) - Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR)	1.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5// 1 - 0
Fabiano Caruana (USA) - Anton Kovalyov (CAN)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
S.P. Sethuraman (IND) - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)	0.5 - 1.5	0 - 1 // 0.5 - 0.5
Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) - Dmitry Andreikin (RUS)	1.5 - 2.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0 - 1
Sergey Karjakin (RUS) - Yangyi Yu (CHN)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5

ROUND 2
Players	aggregate	games 90 mn	Tie-break Rapid 25 mn	Tie-break Rapid 10 mn	Tie-break Blitz 5 mn	Armageddon 5mn vs 4mn
Veselin Topalov (BUL) - Sergei Zhigalko (BLR)	1.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 1 - 0
Shanglei Lu (CHN) - Hao Wang (CHN)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
Peter Svidler (RUS) - Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (GER)	2.5 - 1.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
Teimour Radjabov (AZE) - Ilia Smirin (ISR)	3 - 1	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 1 - 0
Ding Liren (CHN) - Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
David Navara (CZE) - Gadir Guseinov (AZE)	0.5 - 1.5	0 - 1 // 0.5 - 0.5
Levon Aronian (ARM) - Alexander Areshchenko (UKR)	1 - 3	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0 - 1 // 0 - 1
Yi Wei (CHN) - Yuri Vovk (UKR)	4.5 - 3.5	1 - 0 // 0 - 1	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0 - 1 //1 - 0	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5

ROUND 2
Players	aggregate	games 90 mn	Tie-break Rapid 25 mn	Tie-break Rapid 10 mn	Tie-break Blitz 5 mn	Armageddon 5mn vs 4mn
Anish Giri (NED) - Alexander Motylev (RUS)	3 - 1	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 1 - 0
Peter Leko (HUN) - Yang Wen (CHN)	1.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 1 - 0
Cristobal Henriquez Villagra (CHI) - Julio Granda Zuniga (PER)	0 - 2	0 - 1 // 0 - 1
Radoslaw Wojtaszek (POL) - Vladislav Artemiev (RUS)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
Wesley So (USA) - Csaba Balogh (HUN)	2 - 0	1 - 0 // 1 - 0
Nikita Vitiugov (RUS) - Le Quang Liem (VIE)	1.5 - 2.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0 - 1
Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS) - Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen (VIE)	3.5 - 2.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) - Gabriel Sargissian (ARM)	1.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 1 - 0

ROUND 2
Players	aggregate	games 90 mn	Tie-break Rapid 25 mn	Tie-break Rapid 10 mn	Tie-break Blitz 5 mn	Armageddon 5mn vs 4mn
Hikaru Nakamura (USA) - Samuel Shankland (USA)	2.5 - 1.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 1 - 0
Laurent Fressinet (FRA) - Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS)	3.5 - 4.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0 - 1
Michael Adams (ENG) - Viktor Laznicka (CZE)	5 - 4	0 - 1 // 1 - 0	1 - 0 // 0 - 1	1 - 0 // 0 - 1	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	1 - 0
Leiner Dominguez Perez (CUB) - Hrant Melkumyan (ARM)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
Alexander Grischuk (RUS) - Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS)	3.5 - 2.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 1 - 0
Pavel Eljanov (UKR) - Alexander Ipatov (TUR)	2 - 0	1 - 0 // 1 - 0
Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) Amin Bassem (EGY)	2.5 - 1.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 1 - 0
Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) - Maxim Rodshtein (ISR)	1 . 5 - 0 . 5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5

ROUND 2
Players	aggregate	games 90 mn	Tie-break Rapid 25 mn	Tie-break Rapid 10 mn	Tie-break Blitz 5 mn	Armageddon 5mn vs 4mn
Fabiano Caruana (USA) - Rauf Mamedov (AZE)	1 .5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
Sandro Mareco (ARG) - Anton Kovalyov (CAN)	0.5 - 1.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0 - 1
P. Harikrishna (IND) - S.P. Sethuraman (IND)	0.5 - 1.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0 - 1
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) - Yifan Hou (CHN)	2.5 - 1.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) - Lazaro Batista Bruzon (CUB)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
Dmitry Andreikin (RUS) - Anton Korobov (UKR)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
Sergey Karjakin (RUS) - Alexander Onischuk (USA)	4 - 2	0 - 1 // 1 - 0	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 1 - 0
Yangyi Yu (CHN) - Igor Lysyj (RUS)	3.5 - 2.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5 /TD>	0.5 // 1 - 0

ROUND 1
Players	aggregate	games 90 mn	Tie-break Rapid 25 mn	Tie-break Rapid 10 mn	Tie-break Blitz 5 mn	Armageddon 5mn vs 4mn
V. Topalov (BUL) - Oladapo Adu (NGR)	2 - 0	1 - 0 // 1 - 0
S. Zhigalko (BLR) - I. Bukavshin (RUS)	1 - 3	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0 - 2
Lu Shanglei (CHN) - A. Moiseenko (UKR)	2.5 - 1.5	1 - 0 // 0 - 1	1.5 - 0.5
Wang Hao (CHN) - M. Perunovic (SRB)	2.5 - 1.5	1 - 0 // 0 -1	1.5 - 0.5
E. Can (TUR) - P. Svidler (RUS)	0.5 - 1.5	0 - 1 // 0.5 - 0.5
L. Nisipeanu (GER) - Anton Guijarro, David (ESP)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
T. Radjabov (AZE) - S. Sevian (USA)	3 - 1	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	2 - 0
R. Edouard (FRA) - I.Smirin (ISR)	0.5 - 1.5	0 - 1 // 0.5 - 0.5

ROUND 1
Players	aggregate	games 90 mn	Tie-break Rapid 25 mn	Tie-break Rapid 10 mn	Tie-break Blitz 5 mn	Armageddon 5mn vs 4mn
Ding Liren (CHN) - T. Krnan (CAN)	1.5 - 0.5	0 - 1 // 0.5 - 0.5
E. Inarkiev (RUS) - Quesada Perez, Yuniesky (CUB)	3 - 1	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	2 - 0
D. Navara (CZE) - T. Nabaty (ISR)	1 - 1	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	2 - 0
G. Guseinov (AZE) - M. Matlakov (RUS)	1 - 1	1 - 0 // 0 - 1	2 - 0
L. Aronian (ARM) - M. Wiedenkeller (LUX)	2 - 0	1 - 0 // 1 - 0
D. Khismatullin (RUS) - A. Areshchenko (UKR)	0.5 - 1.5	0 - 1 // 0.5 - 0.5
Salem A.R. Saleh (UAE) - Wei Yi (CHN)	0.5 - 1.5;	0 - 1 // 0.5 - 0.5
R. Robson (USA) - Y. Vovk (UKR)	0.5 - 1.5	0 - 1 // 0.5 - 0.5

ROUND 1
Players	aggregate	games 90 mn	Tie-break Rapid 25 mn	Tie-break Rapid 10 mn	Tie-break Blitz 5 mn	Armageddon 5mn vs 4mn
Arthur Ssegwanyi (UGA) - A. Giri (NED)	0.5 - 1.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0 - 1
A. Motylev (RUS) - B. Grachev (RUS)	4.5 - 3.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	1 - 1	1 - 1	1 - 0.5
P. Leko (HUN) - A. Goganov (RUS)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
Wen Yang (CHN) - I. Kovalenko (LAT)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
B. Gelfand (ISR) - Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal (CHI)	1 - 1	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 1
A. Fier (BRA)- Granda Zuniga, Julio E (PER)	0.5 - 1.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0 - 1
Lalith Babu M.R. (IND) - R. Wojtaszek (POL)	0.5 - 1.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0 - 1
V. Artemiev (RUS) - Ganguly Surya Shekhar (IND)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5

ROUND 1
Players	aggregate	games 90 mn	Tie-break Rapid 25 mn	Tie-break Rapid 10 mn	Tie-break Blitz 5 mn	Armageddon 5mn vs 4mn
Wesley So (USA) - Maghsoodloo Parham (IRI)	2 - 0	1 - 0
E. Safarli (AZE) - C. Balogh (HUN)	2.5 - 3.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	1 - 1	0.5 - 1.5
S. Ter-Sahakyan (ARM) - N. Vitiugov (RUS)	1 - 3	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0 - 2
Le Quang Liem (VIE) - V. Durarbayli (AZE)	1.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 1 - 0
Z. Rahman (BAN) - E. Tomashevsky (RUS)	1 - 3	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0 - 2
Nguyen N. T. Son (VIE) - R. Kempinski (POL)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
M. Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) - Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo (CUB)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
M. Bartel (POL) - G. Sargissian (ARM)	4.5 - 4.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	1 - 1	1 - 1	1 - 1	0.5 - 0.5

ROUND 1
Players	aggregate	games 90 mn	Tie-break Rapid 25 mn	Tie-break Rapid 10 mn	Tie-break Blitz 5 mn	Armageddon 5mn vs 4mn
Richmond Phiri (ZAM) - H. Nakamura (USA)	0 - 2	0 - 1 // 0 - 1
S. Shankland (USA) - I. Popov (RUS)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
L. Fressinet (FRA) - A. Brkic (CRO)	3 - 1	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	2 - 0
Zhao Jun (CHN ) - I. Nepomniachtchi (RUS)	1 - 1	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0 - 2
M. Adams (ENG) - M. Muzychuk (UKR)	1.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 1 - 0.5
V. Akobian (USA) - V. Laznicka (CZE)	0.5 - 1.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0 - 1
Perez Ponsa, Federico (ARG) - L. Dominguez (CUB)	1.5 - 2.5	1 - 0 // 0 - 1	0.5 - 1.5
G. Kamsky (USA) - H. Melkumyan (ARM)	0.5 - 1.5	0 - 1 // 0.5 - 0.5

ROUND 1
Players	aggregate	games 90 mn	Tie-break Rapid 25 mn	Tie-break Rapid 10 mn	Tie-break Blitz 5 mn	Armageddon 5mn vs 4mn
A. Grischuk (RUS) - Y. Atabayev (TKM)	5 - 3	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	1 - 1	1 - 1	2 - 0
B. Adhiban (IND) - V. Fedoseev (RUS)	1.5 - 2.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5
R. Jumabayev (KAZ) - P. Eljanov (UKR)	0 - 2	0 - 1 // 0 - 1
I. Cheparinov (BUL) - A. Ipatov (TUR)	0.5 - 1.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0 - 1
I. Iljiushenok (RUS) - D. Jakovenko (RUS)	3 - 5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	1 - 1	1 - 1	0 - 2
I. Saric (CRO) - Amin Bassem (EGY)	0 - 2	0 - 1 // 0 - 1
V. Ivanchuk (UKR) - Ahmed Adly (EGY)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
M. Rodshtein (ISR) - E. Iturrizaga (VEN)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5

ROUND 1
Players	aggregate	games 90 mn	Tie-break Rapid 25 mn	Tie-break Rapid 10 mn	Tie-break Blitz 5 mn	Armageddon 5mn vs 4mn
F. Caruana (USA) - Amir Zaibi (TUN)	2 - 0	1 - 0 // 1 - 0
R. Mamedov (AZE) - E. Najer (RUS)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
Mareco, Sandro (ARG) - Ni Hua (CHN)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
Kasimdzhanov, R (UZB) - A. Kovalyov (CAN)	3.5 - 4.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	1 - 1	1 - 1	0.5 - 1.5
M. Illingworth (AUS) - P. Harikrishna (IND)		0 - 2	0 - 1 // 0 - 1
S. Sjugirov (RUS) - Sethuraman S.P. (IND)	0-2	0 - 1 // 0 - 1
S. Mamedyarov (AZE) - Idani Pouya (IRI)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
R. Leitao (BRA) - Hou Yifan (CHN)	1.5 - 2.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	0.5 - 1.5

ROUND 1
Players	aggregate	games 90 mn	Tie-break Rapid 25 mn	Tie-break Rapid 10 mn	Tie-break Blitz 5 mn	Armageddon 5mn vs 4mn
Cori T., Deysi (PER) - V. Kramnik (RUS)	0 - 2	0 -1 // 0 - 1
L. Bruzon (CUB) - Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (IND)	3 - 1	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	2 - 0
D. Andreikin (RUS) - Zhou Jianchao (CHN)	1.5 - 0.5	1 - 0 // 0.5 - 0.5
D. Solak (TUR) - A. Korobov (UKR)	0.5 - 1.5	0 - 1 // 0.5 - 0.5
S. Karjakin (RUS) - Espinosa Veloz, Ermes (CUB)	2 - 0	1 - 0 // 1 - 0
A. Volokitin (UKR ) - A. Onischuk (USA)	1.5 - 2.5	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	1.5 - 0.5
V. Iordachescu (MDA) - Yu Yangyi (CHN)	0 - 2	0 - 1 // 0 - 1
I. Lysyj (RUS) - C. Lupulescu (ROU)	4 - 2	0.5 - 0.5 // 0.5 - 0.5	1 - 1	2 - 0

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