Chess World Cup 2015

The Chess World Cup 2015 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 10 September to 5 October 2015.

Stamps of Azerbaijan, 2015

Sergey Karjakin won the competition on tie-breaks after a four-game final against Peter Svidler. Both finalists qualified for the 2016 Candidates Tournament.

The winner of the Chess World Cup 2013, Vladimir Kramnik, was defeated by Dmitry Andreikin in the third round.

Format

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 the start of the game. If a match was tied after the regular games, tie breaks were played the next day. The format for the tie breaks was as follows:

  • Two rapid games (25 minutes plus 10 seconds increment).
  • If the score was tied after two rapid games, two rapid games (10 minutes plus 10 seconds increment).
  • If the score was tied after four rapid games, the opponents play two blitz games (five minutes plus three seconds increment).
  • If the score was tied after a pair of blitz games, an armageddon game (in which a draw counts as a win for Black) was played. White had 5 minutes and Black had 4 minutes, with an increment of 3 seconds/move starting from move 61.

Prize money
RoundPrizeTotal
Round 164 × US $6,000US $384,000
Round 232 × US $10,000US $320,000
Round 316 × US $16,000US $256,000
Round 48 × US $25,000US $200,000
Round 54 × US $35,000US $140,000
Round 62 × US $50,000US $100,000
Runner-upUS $80,000US $80,000
WinnerUS $120,000US $120,000
TotalUS $1,600,000

According to the regulations, and contrary to many elite tournaments even including the FIDE Grand Prix, all players had to pay their own expenses for travel.[1]

Participants

The qualified players[2] are seeded by their FIDE ratings of August 2015. Eighteen players qualified by rating.[3] All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

  1.  Veselin Topalov (BUL), 2816 (R)
  2.  Hikaru Nakamura (USA), 2814 (R)
  3.  Fabiano Caruana (USA), 2808 (R)
  4.  Anish Giri (NED), 2793 (R)
  5.  Wesley So (USA), 2779 (R)
  6.  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS), 2777 (WC)
  7.  Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2771 (R)
  8.  Ding Liren (CHN), 2770 (R)
  9.  Levon Aronian (ARM), 2765 (R)
  10.  Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS), 2759 (E14)
  11.  Sergey Karjakin (RUS), 2753 (R)
  12.  Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS), 2747 (WC)
  13.  Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2741 (R)
  14.  Pentala Harikrishna (IND), 2740 (R)
  15.  Michael Adams (ENG), 2740 (R)
  16.  Peter Svidler (RUS), 2739 (R)
  17.  Teimour Radjabov (AZE), 2738 (ON)
  18.  Leinier Domínguez (CUB), 2736 (R)
  19.  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2735 (R)
  20.  Radosław Wojtaszek (POL), 2733 (E14)
  21.  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), 2731 (WC)
  22.  Yu Yangyi (CHN), 2726 (J13)
  23.  Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2726 (R)
  24.  Wei Yi (CHN), 2725 (Z3.5)
  25.  David Navara (CZE), 2724 (E14)
  26.  Pavel Eljanov (UKR), 2723 (E14)
  27.  Dmitry Andreikin (RUS), 2720 (WC)
  28.  Nikita Vitiugov (RUS), 2719 (R)
  29.  Peter Leko (HUN), 2714 (R)
  30.  Ni Hua (CHN), 2713 (AS14)
  31.  Laurent Fressinet (FRA), 2710 (E14)
  32.  Alexander Moiseenko (UKR), 2710 (E15)
  33.  Wang Hao (CHN), 2705 (R)
  34.  Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS), 2705 (E15)
  35.  Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB), 2704 (AS14)
  36.  Igor Kovalenko (LAT), 2702 (PN)
  37.  Le Quang Liem (VIE), 2699 (Z3.3)
  38.  Anton Korobov (UKR), 2699 (E15)
  39.  Ivan Cheparinov (BUL), 2690 (E14)
  40.  Maxim Matlakov (RUS), 2689 (E15)
  41.  Ray Robson (USA), 2680 (Z2.1)
  42.  Maxim Rodshtein (ISR), 2678 (E15)
  43.  Igor Lysyj (RUS), 2673 (E14)
  44.  Gabriel Sargissian (ARM), 2673 (E14)
  45.  Vladislav Artemiev (RUS), 2671 (E14)
  46.  Hou Yifan (CHN), 2671 (PN)
  47.  Gata Kamsky (USA), 2670 (Z2.1)
  48.  Ilia Smirin (ISR), 2669 (E14)
  49.  Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (GER), 2667 (E15)
  50.  Viktor Laznicka (CZE), 2665 (E15)
  51.  Sanan Sjugirov (RUS), 2664 (E15)
  52.  Julio Granda (PER), 2663 (AM14)
  53.  Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE), 2662 (Z3.3)
  54.  Alexander Onischuk (USA), 2662 (Z2.1)
  55.  Ivan Šarić (CRO), 2661 (E14)
  56.  Alexander Areshchenko (UKR), 2661 (E14)
  57.  Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS), 2660 (PN)
  58.  Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS), 2659 (E14)
  59.  Lázaro Bruzón (CUB), 2659 (Z2.3)
  60.  Csaba Balogh (HUN), 2659 (E14)
  61.  Alexander Motylev (RUS), 2658 (E14)
  62.  Evgeniy Najer (RUS), 2658 (E15)
  63.  Sam Shankland (USA), 2655 (AM14)
  64.  Ivan Bukavshin (RUS), 2655 (E15)
  65.  Sergei Zhigalko (BLR), 2654 (E14)
  66.  Ivan Popov (RUS), 2653 (E15)
  67.  Rauf Mamedov (AZE), 2651 (ON)
  68.  Boris Grachev (RUS), 2649 (E15)
  69.  Eltaj Safarli (AZE), 2644 (ON)
  70.  Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (IND), 2644 (AS15)
  71.  Baskaran Adhiban (IND), 2643 (AS14)
  72.  Yuniesky Quezada (CUB), 2643 (AM15)
  73.  Denis Khismatullin (RUS), 2642 (E15)
  74.  Bassem Amin (EGY), 2640 (AF)
  75.  Andrei Volokitin (UKR), 2639 (E15)
  76.  Robert Kempinski (POL), 2637 (E15)
  77.  Alexandr Fier (BRA), 2636 (Z2.4)
  78.  S. P. Sethuraman (IND), 2635 (Z3.7)
  79.  Varuzhan Akobian (USA), 2635 (Z2.1)
  80.  David Anton Guijarro (ESP), 2635 (E14)
  81.  Romain Édouard (FRA), 2634 (ACP)
  82.  Hrant Melkumyan (ARM), 2633 (E14)
  83.  Rafael Leitão (BRA), 2632 (AM14)
  84.  Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND), 2631 (AS15)
  85.  Mateusz Bartel (POL), 2631 (E15)
  86.  Constantin Lupulescu (ROU), 2626 (E14)
  87.  Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN), 2625 (AM15)
  88.  Yuri Vovk (UKR), 2624 (E15)
  89.  Gadir Guseinov (AZE), 2624 (PN)
  90.  Alexander Ipatov (TUR), 2622 (E15)
  91.  Dragan Solak (TUR), 2622 (E14)
  92.  Vasif Durarbayli (AZE), 2621 (ON)
  93.  Wen Yang (CHN), 2618 (AS14)
  94.  Zhao Jun (CHN), 2616 (Z3.5)
  95.  Anton Kovalyov (CAN), 2616 (AM15)
  96.  Milos Perunović (SRB), 2614 (E14)
  97.  Ante Brkić  (CRO), 2607 (E15)
  98.  Lu Shanglei (CHN), 2607 (J14)
  99.  Sandro Mareco (ARG), 2605 (Z2.5)
  100.  Aleksey Goganov (RUS), 2603 (E15)
  101.  Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (ARM), 2601 (E14)
  102.  Zhou Jianchao (CHN), 2600 (AS15)
  103.  Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ), 2600 (Z3.4)
  104.  Tamir Nabaty (ISR), 2595 (E15)
  105.  Salem A. R. Saleh (UAE), 2595 (AS14)
  106.  Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2591 (AF)
  107.  Viorel Iordachescu (MDA), 2589 (E14)
  108.  Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez (CUB), 2577 (AM14)
  109.  M.R. Lalith Babu (IND), 2570 (AS15)
  110.  Pouya Idani (IRI), 2568 (Z3.1)
  111.  Federico Perez Ponsa (ARG), 2563 (AM15)
  112.  Samuel Sevian (USA), 2553 (Z2.1)
  113.  Emre Can (TUR), 2547 (E15)
  114.  Mariya Muzychuk (UKR), 2528 (WWC)
  115.  Max Illingworth, IM (AUS), 2514 (Z3.6)
  116.  Cristobal Henriquez Villagra, IM (CHI), 2511 (Z2.5)
  117.  Ziaur Rahman (BAN), 2509 (Z3.2)
  118.  Ermes Espinoza Veloz, FM (CUB), 2495 (Z2.3)
  119.  Ilia Iljiushenok, IM (RUS), 2491 (E15)
  120.  Michael Wiedenkeller, IM (LUX), 2453 (PN)
  121.  Tomas Krnan, IM (CAN), 2436 (Z2.2)
  122.  Yusup Atabayev, IM (TKM), 2428 (Z3.4)
  123.  Deysi Cori, WGM (PER), 2421 (Z2.4)
  124.  Parham Maghsoodloo, untitled (IRI), 2416 (AS15)
  125.  Arthur Ssegwanyi, IM (UGA), 2357 (Z4.2)
  126.  Amir Zaibi, FM (TUN), 2330 (Z4.1)
  127.  Richmond Phiri, IM (ZAM), 2291 (Z4.3)
  128.  Oladapo Adu, IM (NGR), 2241 (Z4.4)

Qualification paths

Calendar
RoundRegular gamesTiebreaks
Round 111–12 September13 September
Round 214–15 September16 September
Round 317–18 September19 September
Round 420–21 September22 September
Quarterfinals23–24 September25 September
Semifinals27–28 September29 September
Final1–4 October5 October

Results, Rounds 1–4

Section 1
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
1 Veselin Topalov 2
128 Oladapo Adu 0
1 Veselin Topalov 1½
65 Sergei Zhigalko ½
65 Sergei Zhigalko 3
64 Ivan Bukavshin 1
1 Veselin Topalov 2½
97 Lu Shanglei 1½
33 Wang Hao 2½
96 Milos Perunović 1½
33 Wang Hao ½
97 Lu Shanglei 1½
97 Lu Shanglei 2½
32 Alexander Moiseenko 1½
1 Veselin Topalov ½
16 Peter Svidler 1½
17 Teimour Radjabov 3
112 Samuel Sevian 1
17 Teimour Radjabov 3
48 Ilia Smirin 1
81 Romain Édouard ½
48 Ilia Smirin 1½
17 Teimour Radjabov 1½
16 Peter Svidler 2½
49 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 1½
80 David Antón Guijarro ½
49 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 1½
16 Peter Svidler 2½
113 Emre Can ½
16 Peter Svidler 1½

Section 2
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
9 Levon Aronian 2
120 Michael Wiedenkeller 0
9 Levon Aronian 1
56 Alexander Areshchenko 3
73 Denis Khismatullin ½
56 Alexander Areshchenko 1½
56 Alexander Areshchenko ½
24 Wei Yi 1½
41 Ray Robson ½
88 Yuri Vovk 1½
88 Yuri Vovk 3½
24 Wei Yi 4½
105 Salem A. R. Saleh ½
24 Wei Yi 1½
24 Wei Yi 3½
8 Ding Liren 2½
25 David Navara 3
104 Tamir Nabaty 1
25 David Navara ½
89 Gadir Guseinov 1½
89 Gadir Guseinov 3
40 Maxim Matlakov 1
89 Gadir Guseinov ½
8 Ding Liren 1½
57 Ernesto Inarkiev 3
72 Yuniesky Quezada 1
57 Ernesto Inarkiev ½
8 Ding Liren 1½
121 Tomas Krnan ½
8 Ding Liren 1½

Section 3
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
5 Wesley So 2
124 Parham Maghsoodloo 0
5 Wesley So 2
60 Csaba Balogh 0
69 Eltaj Safarli 2½
60 Csaba Balogh 3½
5 Wesley So 2½
37 Le Quang Liem 1½
37 Le Quang Liem 1½
92 Vasif Durarbayli ½
37 Le Quang Liem 2½
28 Nikita Vitiugov 1½
101 Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 1
28 Nikita Vitiugov 3
5 Wesley So ½
21 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1½
21 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1½
108 Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez ½
21 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1½
44 Gabriel Sargissian ½
85 Mateusz Bartel 4½
44 Gabriel Sargissian 4½
21 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 4
12 Evgeny Tomashevsky 2
53 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 1½
76 Robert Kempinski ½
53 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2½
12 Evgeny Tomashevsky 3½
117 Ziaur Rahman 1
12 Evgeny Tomashevsky 3

Section 4
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
13 Boris Gelfand 1½
116 Cristóbal Henríquez Villagra 2½
116 Cristóbal Henríquez Villagra 0
52 Julio Granda 2
77 Alexandr Fier ½
52 Julio Granda 1½
52 Julio Granda ½
20 Radosław Wojtaszek 1½
45 Vladislav Artemiev 1½
84 Surya Shekhar Ganguly ½
45 Vladislav Artemiev ½
20 Radosław Wojtaszek 1½
109 Lalith Babu ½
20 Radosław Wojtaszek 1½
20 Radosław Wojtaszek 1
4 Anish Giri 3
29 Peter Leko 1½
100 Aleksey Goganov ½
29 Peter Leko 1½
93 Wen Yang ½
93 Wen Yang 1½
36 Igor Kovalenko ½
29 Peter Leko ½
4 Anish Giri 1½
61 Alexander Motylev 4½
68 Boris Grachev 3½
61 Alexander Motylev 1
4 Anish Giri 3
125 Arthur Ssegwanyi ½
4 Anish Giri 1½

Section 5
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
3 Fabiano Caruana 2
126 Amir Zaibi 0
3 Fabiano Caruana 1½
67 Rauf Mamedov ½
67 Rauf Mamedov 1½
62 Evgeniy Najer ½
3 Fabiano Caruana 1½
94 Anton Kovalyov ½
35 Rustam Kasimdzhanov 3½
94 Anton Kovalyov 4½
94 Anton Kovalyov 1½
99 Sandro Mareco ½
99 Sandro Mareco 1½
30 Ni Hua ½
3 Fabiano Caruana ½
19 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1½
19 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1½
110 Pouya Idani ½
19 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2½
46 Hou Yifan 1½
83 Rafael Leitão 1½
46 Hou Yifan 2½
19 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1½
78 S. P. Sethuraman ½
51 Sanan Sjugirov 0
78 S. P. Sethuraman 2
78 S. P. Sethuraman 1½
14 Pentala Harikrishna ½
115 Max Illingworth ½
14 Pentala Harikrishna 1½

Section 6
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
11 Sergey Karjakin 2
118 Ernes Espinoza Veloz 0
11 Sergey Karjakin 4
54 Alexander Onischuk 2
75 Andrei Volokitin 1½
54 Alexander Onischuk 2½
11 Sergey Karjakin 1½
22 Yu Yangyi ½
43 Igor Lysyj 4
86 Constantin Lupulescu 2
43 Igor Lysyj 2½
22 Yu Yangyi 3½
107 Viorel Iordăchescu 0
22 Yu Yangyi 2
11 Sergey Karjakin 2½
27 Dmitry Andreikin 1½
27 Dmitry Andreikin 1½
102 Zhou Jianchao ½
27 Dmitry Andreikin 1½
38 Anton Korobov ½
91 Dragan Solak ½
38 Anton Korobov 1½
27 Dmitry Andreikin 2½
6 Vladimir Kramnik 1½
59 Lázaro Bruzón 3
70 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1
59 Lázaro Bruzón ½
6 Vladimir Kramnik 1½
123 Deysi Cori 0
6 Vladimir Kramnik 2

Section 7
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
7 Alexander Grischuk 5
122 Yusup Atabayev 3
7 Alexander Grischuk 3½
58 Vladimir Fedoseev 2½
71 Baskaran Adhiban 1½
58 Vladimir Fedoseev 2½
7 Alexander Grischuk 0
26 Pavel Eljanov 2
39 Ivan Cheparinov ½
90 Alexander Ipatov 1½
90 Alexander Ipatov 0
26 Pavel Eljanov 2
103 Rinat Jumabayev 0
26 Pavel Eljanov 2
26 Pavel Eljanov 2½
10 Dmitry Jakovenko 1½
23 Vassily Ivanchuk 1½
106 Ahmed Adly ½
23 Vassily Ivanchuk 1½
42 Maxim Rodshtein ½
87 Eduardo Iturrizaga ½
42 Maxim Rodshtein 1½
23 Vassily Ivanchuk ½
10 Dmitry Jakovenko 1½
55 Ivan Šarić 0
74 Bassem Amin 2
74 Bassem Amin 1½
10 Dmitry Jakovenko 2½
119 Ilia Iljiushenok 3
10 Dmitry Jakovenko 5

Section 8
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
15 Michael Adams 1½
114 Mariya Muzychuk ½
15 Michael Adams 5
50 Viktor Laznicka 4
79 Varuzhan Akobian ½
50 Viktor Laznicka 1½
15 Michael Adams 5
18 Leinier Domínguez 3
47 Gata Kamsky ½
82 Hrant Melkumyan 1½
82 Hrant Melkumyan ½
18 Leinier Domínguez 1½
111 Federico Pérez Ponsa 1½
18 Leinier Domínguez 2½
15 Michael Adams ½
2 Hikaru Nakamura 1½
31 Laurent Fressinet 3
98 Ante Brkić 1
31 Laurent Fressinet 3½
34 Ian Nepomniachtchi 4½
95 Zhao Jun 1
34 Ian Nepomniachtchi 3
34 Ian Nepomniachtchi 4
2 Hikaru Nakamura 5
63 Sam Shankland 1½
66 Ivan Popov ½
63 Sam Shankland 1½
2 Hikaru Nakamura 2½
127 Richmond Phiri 0
2 Hikaru Nakamura 2

Results, rounds 5–7
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final (best of 4)
         
16 Peter Svidler 3½
24 Wei Yi 2½
16 Peter Svidler 1½
4 Anish Giri ½
21 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½
4 Anish Giri 1½
16 Peter Svidler 4
11 Sergey Karjakin 6
19 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2
11 Sergey Karjakin 4
11 Sergey Karjakin 3½
26 Pavel Eljanov 2½
26 Pavel Eljanov 1½
2 Hikaru Nakamura ½

Final, 1–5 October
SeedNameSep 2015 rating1234R1R2r1r2B1B2Total
16  Peter Svidler (RUS) 2727 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
11  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2762 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 6

References
  1. "Regulations for the FIDE World Chess Cup 2015" (PDF). FIDE. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  2. "PARTICIPANTS of the WORLD CUP 2015" (PDF). FIDE. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
  3. "World Cup 2015 - Average rating list". FIDE. 2015-01-08.
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