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🏆 World Cup (2015)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian, Wesley So, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov, Ding Liren, Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Grischuk, Anish Giri, Teimour Radjabov, Sergey Karjakin, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Boris Gelfand, Peter Svidler, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Pentala Harikrishna, Pavel Eljanov, Peter Leko, Gata Kamsky, Wei Yi, Hao Wang, Yangyi Yu, Michael Adams, Dmitry Jakovenko, Evgeny Tomashevsky, David Navara, Nikita Vitiugov, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, Quang Liem Le, Parham Maghsoodloo, Vladimir Fedoseev, Maxim Matlakov, Dmitry Andreikin, Ernesto Inarkiev, Vladislav Artemiev, Sam Shankland, Alexander Moiseenko, Andrei Volokitin, Hua Ni, Anton Korobov, Laurent Fressinet, Alexander Areshchenko, Lazaro Bruzon Batista, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Denis Khismatullin, Ivan Cheparinov, Sanan Sjugirov, Sergei Zhigalko, Alexander Motylev, Maxim Rodshtein, Rauf Mamedov, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Evgeny Najer, Boris Grachev, Ray Robson, Viktor Laznicka, David Anton Guijarro, Gabriel Sargissian, Romain Edouard, Ilia Smirin, Igor Kovalenko, Alexander Onischuk, Igor Lysyj, Bassem Amin, Julio Granda Zuniga, Samuel Sevian, Eltaj Safarli, Tamir Nabaty, Ivan Saric, Baskaran Adhiban, Yifan Hou, A R Saleh Salem, Hrant Melkumyan, Mateusz Bartel, Varuzhan Akobian, Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli, Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Csaba Balogh, Jianchao Zhou, Gadir Guseinov, Alexander Ipatov, Anton Kovalyov, Sandro Mareco, Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen, Ivan Popov, Sethuraman P Sethuraman, Constantin Lupulescu, Ivan Bukavshin, Yuniesky Quesada Perez, Rinat Jumabayev, Alexandr Fier, Rafael Leitao, Viorel Iordachescu, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Shanglei Lu, Robert Kempinski plus 28 more players.

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
World Cup (2015)

The 2015 FIDE World Cup, held from 11 September - 5 October in Fairmont Hotel, Baku, Azerbaijan, featured 128 players in a series of knockout matches. The early rounds had two games each, plus tiebreak games if necessary. The final was a match of four games. The two finalists would qualify for the Candidates tournament next year. The prize fund was $1,600,000, with the winner taking home $120,000, minus 20% tax to FIDE. Players received 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 more minutes for the rest of the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. The tiebreaks consisted of two 25 min + 10-sec increment Rapid games, then if necessary two 10+10 Rapid games, two 5+3 Blitz games, and an Armageddon game where White had 5 minutes to Black's 4, but a draw counted as a win for Black. Chief arbiter: Faig Gasanov. Deputy chief arbiter: Carlos Oliveira Dias.

On way to the final, Sergey Karjakin eliminated Ermes Espinosa Veloz in Round 1, Alexander Onischuk in Round 2, Yu Yangyi in Round 3, Dmitry Andreikin in Round 4, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the quarterfinal, and Pavel Eljanov in the semifinal. Peter Svidler beat Emre Can in Round 1, Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu in Round 2, Teimour Radjabov in Round 3, Veselin Topalov in Round 4, Wei Yi in the quarterfinal, and Anish Giri in the semifinal. The final match started on 1 October. After 2-2 in the Classical games and 2-2 in the Rapid games, Karjakin won both Blitz games. Karjakin and Svidler both qualified for the World Championship Candidates (2016) tournament.

                       Classic   Rapid  Blitz
                 Elo   1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  5 6
Sergey Karjakin  2762  0 0 1 1  1 0 0 1  1 1  6
Peter Svidler    2727  1 1 0 0  0 1 1 0  0 0  4
Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2016022...
Regulations: https://fide.com/FIDE/handbook/Worl...
Mark Weeks: https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/b4...
Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/kar...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/baku-...
chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...
TWIC: http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews...
FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament...
Wikipedia article: Chess World Cup 2015

Previous: World Cup (2013). Next: World Cup (2017)

 page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 433  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. R Phiri vs Nakamura 0-1402015World CupE15 Queen's Indian
2. Caruana vs A Zaibi 1-0262015World CupD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
3. Aronian vs M Wiedenkeller 1-0332015World CupA18 English, Mikenas-Carls
4. Mamedyarov vs P Idani 1-0312015World CupD05 Queen's Pawn Game
5. Kasimdzhanov vs A Kovalyov  ½-½322015World CupE15 Queen's Indian
6. Q L Le vs V Durarbayli ½-½292015World CupE60 King's Indian Defense
7. I Lysyj vs Lupulescu  ½-½202015World CupD41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
8. M Bartel vs G Sargissian  ½-½212015World CupC45 Scotch Game
9. R Leitao vs Y Hou ½-½272015World CupE46 Nimzo-Indian
10. B Adhiban vs V Fedoseev ½-½152015World CupE15 Queen's Indian
11. Motylev vs B Grachev  ½-½222015World CupB33 Sicilian
12. Vachier-Lagrave vs I R Ortiz Suarez 1-0352015World CupB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
13. S Sjugirov vs S P Sethuraman 0-1242015World CupC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
14. Topalov vs O Adu 1-0492015World CupD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
15. So vs P Maghsoodloo 1-0432015World CupA30 English, Symmetrical
16. D E Cori Tello vs Kramnik 0-1312015World CupD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
17. I Iljiushenok vs Jakovenko  ½-½372015World CupE46 Nimzo-Indian
18. Z Rahman vs Tomashevsky  ½-½432015World CupA45 Queen's Pawn Game
19. Adams vs M Muzychuk  ½-½412015World CupC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
20. E Can vs Svidler 0-1342015World CupD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
21. F Perez Ponsa vs L Dominguez Perez 1-0412015World CupB94 Sicilian, Najdorf
22. B Lalith vs Wojtaszek  ½-½392015World CupD39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation
23. V Iordachescu vs Y Yu 0-1422015World CupB33 Sicilian
24. Leko vs A Goganov 1-0322015World CupC18 French, Winawer
25. Fressinet vs A Brkic  ½-½422015World CupD02 Queen's Pawn Game
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Oct-05-15  donjova: Svidler left the rook en prise. I guess both of them are simply dead tired.
Oct-05-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  chancho: Their brains are basically tapioca at this point.
Oct-05-15  john barleycorn: < Oct-05-15
Premium Chessgames Member chancho: Yikes!

Now Karjakin wins!!!>

the Russians have fixed the chessworld. so much is obvious :-)

Oct-05-15  notyetagm: Just like Fischer said:

THE RUSSIANS HAVE FIXED CHESS

:-)

Oct-05-15  fisayo123: This looks more pre-arranged than real.
Oct-05-15  john barleycorn: or to paraphrase <overgod>:

Stan and Laurel are sorting it out.

Oct-05-15  Harvestman: All over this time!
Oct-05-15  Rama: Wow, what a comeback. S needed only a draw...K has nerves of steel.
Oct-05-15  fgh: Congratulations to Karjakin for showing great nerves and determination throughout this gruelling event.
Oct-05-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  chancho: They are both assured a berth in the candidates.

This was about getting a bigger slice of the pie.

Congrats to Sergey Karjakin.

Oct-05-15  Absentee: Guys at livestream: you really need to ditch flash and use html5.
Oct-05-15  john barleycorn: not bad at all for the first chess tourist on his way to WC contender. congrats to Karjakin for winning an uncompromising fight.
Oct-05-15  fisayo123: Svidler outplayed Karjakin in most of those games but did everything in his power to lose the final.
Oct-05-15  Arcturar: What a fantastic, fighting match! Massive kudos to Karjakin for making it through the pressure, and somehow surviving endless must-win situations in a row. Simply amazing mental fortitude, regardless of the blunders that started to creep into both fighters' chess. I consider Karjakin one of the favourites to challenge Carlsen - he did get 2nd in the last Candidates, plus he's doing unreal stuff in high-pressure moments. And I think this World Cup showed that he has a better chance than most in a World Championship match. Much better than the likes of Aronian, Topalov, or Svidler, who Carlsen would easily break mentally. Nakamura 2.0 is a wild card but would also make for a thrilling match, and apart from him and Karjakin maybe Caruana and Giri could also withstand the mental pressure and give Carlsen a fight. Next Candidates will be amazing.
Oct-05-15  Tiggler: <Karposian: <HeMateMe: <This World Cup is turning out to be the closest-run thing since the Battle of Waterloo.>

It wasn't a close run thing. The French were routed.>

Actually the battle was a close run until the Prussians arrived and helped Wellington's British army out. Without Prussian intervention, Wellington would have probably lost the battle. But the Prussian army under the leadership of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, saved the day and sealed Napoleon's fate.>

That's right. Wellington and Blucher were the greatest bughouse team in history.

Oct-05-15  Tiggler: <john barleycorn: or to paraphrase <overgod>:

Stan and Laurel are sorting it out.>

I think you meant Stan and Ollie.

Oct-05-15  john barleycorn: <Tiggler: ...
That's right. Wellington and Blucher were the greatest bughouse team in history.>

I want night or Blucher!

Oct-05-15  john barleycorn: <Tiggler: ...

I think you meant Stan and Ollie.>

thanks, yes of course I meant that dynamic duo :-)

Oct-05-15  fgh: More filth headed for the ignore list.
Oct-05-15  jith1207: They won and lost so many times that it would be a surprise if they even remembered which round they were and who was leading. In the end, all viewers should have switched their support to each other and ended up rooting for both. It sure looked like a Groundhog Day, but the added complexity being Chess as a game. I would not have survived such a battle, kudos to both players for fighting it out. I have a feeling that they got to read <Overgod>'s post last night.
Oct-05-15  Atking: <fisayo123: This looks more pre-arranged than real> I hope next time they will prearranged games of 2750 average quality. But true it's incredible that Svidler playing so well most of the world Cup played so badly the last 3 games. In other hand Karjakin has the nerves to get lost positions and still win them.
Oct-05-15  diceman: <AylerKupp:

not a single draw!>

Awww, come on,
...I could do that against any of these guys. :)

Oct-05-15  jith1207: For all the talk about restricting only one finalist from World Cup into Candidates tournament, I think they fairly proved that they both deserve to be up there playing next spring than many of their colleagues in the world.
Oct-05-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  offramp: So I believe Karjakin won. Is that correct?
Oct-05-15  Absentee: <offramp: So I believe Karjakin won. Is that correct?>

You mean whether it is correct that you believe Karjakin won? You should know.

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