| 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 2015Previous: World Cup (2013). Next: World Cup (2017)
|
|
| page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 433 |
     |
 |
| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. R Phiri vs Nakamura |
 | 0-1 | 40 | 2015 | World Cup | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 2. Caruana vs A Zaibi |
| 1-0 | 26 | 2015 | World Cup | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 3. Aronian vs M Wiedenkeller |
| 1-0 | 33 | 2015 | World Cup | A18 English, Mikenas-Carls |
| 4. Mamedyarov vs P Idani |
| 1-0 | 31 | 2015 | World Cup | D05 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 5. Kasimdzhanov vs A Kovalyov |
| ½-½ | 32 | 2015 | World Cup | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 6. Q L Le vs V Durarbayli |
| ½-½ | 29 | 2015 | World Cup | E60 King's Indian Defense |
| 7. I Lysyj vs Lupulescu |
| ½-½ | 20 | 2015 | World Cup | D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
| 8. M Bartel vs G Sargissian |
| ½-½ | 21 | 2015 | World Cup | C45 Scotch Game |
| 9. R Leitao vs Y Hou |
| ½-½ | 27 | 2015 | World Cup | E46 Nimzo-Indian |
| 10. B Adhiban vs V Fedoseev |
| ½-½ | 15 | 2015 | World Cup | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 11. Motylev vs B Grachev |
| ½-½ | 22 | 2015 | World Cup | B33 Sicilian |
| 12. Vachier-Lagrave vs I R Ortiz Suarez |
| 1-0 | 35 | 2015 | World Cup | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 13. S Sjugirov vs S P Sethuraman |
| 0-1 | 24 | 2015 | World Cup | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 14. Topalov vs O Adu |
| 1-0 | 49 | 2015 | World Cup | D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 15. So vs P Maghsoodloo |
| 1-0 | 43 | 2015 | World Cup | A30 English, Symmetrical |
| 16. D E Cori Tello vs Kramnik |
| 0-1 | 31 | 2015 | World Cup | D37 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 17. I Iljiushenok vs Jakovenko |
| ½-½ | 37 | 2015 | World Cup | E46 Nimzo-Indian |
| 18. Z Rahman vs Tomashevsky |
| ½-½ | 43 | 2015 | World Cup | A45 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 19. Adams vs M Muzychuk |
| ½-½ | 41 | 2015 | World Cup | C80 Ruy Lopez, Open |
| 20. E Can vs Svidler |
| 0-1 | 34 | 2015 | World Cup | D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 21. F Perez Ponsa vs L Dominguez Perez |
| 1-0 | 41 | 2015 | World Cup | B94 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 22. B Lalith vs Wojtaszek |
| ½-½ | 39 | 2015 | World Cup | D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation |
| 23. V Iordachescu vs Y Yu |
 | 0-1 | 42 | 2015 | World Cup | B33 Sicilian |
| 24. Leko vs A Goganov |
| 1-0 | 32 | 2015 | World Cup | C18 French, Winawer |
| 25. Fressinet vs A Brkic |
| ½-½ | 42 | 2015 | World Cup | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
|
| page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 433 |
|
|
|
|
< Earlier Kibitzing · PAGE 78 OF 80 ·
Later Kibitzing> |
| Oct-05-15 | | Lambda: By far the most embarrassing thing to do is call someone "world champion" for winning such a lottery, (not to mention it always being the continuation of the "world championship of losers" line,) so surely every "world championship" of this format is automatically more embarrassing than every world cup, which is at least a title nobody really cares about. |
|
| Oct-05-15 | | BUNA: Two quotes regarding the question whether the World Cup is "a lottery". Kramnik in 2013 after he won:
"I personally prefer more regular tournaments because there is more 'chess content'. You can be much more free. You can risk a lot at one point because the tournament is long. You can loose one game o.k., but you can still win games. Here if you loose one game most often you're out. In general this event is good for very solid players. This is a format which suits this kind of classical style." Kramnik in 2015 after he lost to Andreikin:
"It's a very tough format here. It's quite fair that I lost because I was simply not at my best yesterday. And here in this format unfortunately if it happens in classical games first of all you have more time, you can still maybe settle for a draw and wait for a better day. But in tiebreaks you have to win. ... It's a pity because in general I was showing quite good chess. But in this format if you have one bad day you're out." So at least according to Kramnik it's not a "lottery", but simply a very tough format. The players themselves seem to rate this tournament very high.
Svidler:
"Frankly I did not rate my chances very highly. Getting through this tournament twice to get to the candidates ... this has to rank very high in the list of things I achieved in my professional career, because this is an incredibly hard tournament." Karjakin:
"I'm very happy to win this event. This is probably my best result in my life." As for me, it's the most interesting chess tournament. 25 days of excitement! Congratulations to Sergey Karjakin. |
|
| Oct-05-15 | | dumbgai: I sure hope Kramnik isn't the one confusing the words <lose> and <loose>. |
|
| Oct-05-15 | | sonia91: <Sally Simpson: maybe it's done on a what they perceive as an interest ratio.> cg.com recently uploaded games from Karpos Open, a few months after the end of the of the tournament, and the US open just after the end: New Tournaments And both have no comments...and I highly doubt they were more interesting than Russian Higher League or Poikovsky... |
|
| Oct-05-15 | | dehanne: A comedy of errors. |
|
Oct-05-15
 | | Sally Simpson: Hi sonia91,
As I said, 'maybe' this is how they do it. Perhaps they will catch up later. (I'm off to make a comment in the Karpos Open, one of my favourite tournaments in the whole chess calendar.) |
|
Oct-06-15
 | | FSR: http://en.chessbase.com/post/baku-f... |
|
| Oct-06-15 | | jith1207: Yes, there needs to be a Like button just for <Domdaniel>'s post only. |
|
| Oct-06-15 | | Atking: <Karjakin:
"I'm very happy to win this event. This is probably my best result in my life.">The way he passed Ejanov and Svidler is undoubtedly memorable. Indeed probably unique in Chess History. The games speak for them-self. Really. I regret the 15 years old Karjakin inspired games. Only matter the result in Chess is not my philosophy. |
|
Oct-06-15
 | | offramp: <breaker90: <SirRuthless> I don't disagree about the wildcard slot. But without that slot then there would be no sponsors. An Azeri company sponsored the last Candidates so they can have Radjabov play in it.
The wildcard must be 2725 or higher so they are really strong players. But what I find interesting is you are ok with the top four (1) highest rated platers to qualify. I feel that that is similar to a wildcard as they didn't really have to compete to get into Candidates. What if the wildcard was the 5th highest rated player not qualified for the Candidates?> I'm a bit puzzled about what a Wildcard entry is. If you have to qualify to become a Wildcard entry, then what is "Wild" about it? |
|
| Oct-06-15 | | jith1207: If that's <Everyone>'s sentiment, I think there is no argument against it, or no one else to make against it. |
|
| Oct-06-15 | | Absentee: <Atking: <Karjakin:
"I'm very happy to win this event. This is probably my best result in my life.">> I would think his two recent Norway Chess wins were a lot more impressive, but I'm sure he's a better judge of his own results. |
|
| Oct-06-15 | | Chess Is More: <Absentee: <Atking: <Karjakin: "I'm very happy to win this event. This is probably my best result in my life.">> I would think his two recent Norway Chess wins were a lot more impressive, but I'm sure he's a better judge of his own results.> For once this <Absent(ee)>-minded poster makes some sense. Of course winning the two Norway tournaments, two of the strongest tournaments ever, is a much better result than winning this lottery. But the petty-minded Karjakin is probably still angry at the Norway Chess organizers for not inviting him last time. That's the "entitled" mentality in practice. How could they not invite him, the great Sergey, huh? Karjakin probably hates Norway, one of the best organized and thriving democracies in the world, nothing like the Russian "Putinocracy" he endorses. That little, magnificent country in the North dares to stand up to Putin and his thugs, in defense of political and human rights, everything that Putin's servile follower Sergey Karjakin despises. |
|
Oct-06-15
 | | HeMateMe: <That little, magnificent country in the North dares to stand up to Putin and his thugs, in defense of political and human rights, everything that Putin's servile follower Sergey Karjakin despises.> How does Norway "stand up to Putin," specifically? No discount ski passes for FSR officers? |
|
| Oct-06-15 | | Shams: <Chess Is More> <Karjakin probably hates Norway, one of the best organized and thriving democracies in the world, nothing like the Russian "Putinocracy" he endorses.> You're just pretending to be a moron, right? |
|
| Oct-06-15 | | Chess Is More: <HeHateMe: How does Norway "stand up to Putin," specifically? No discount ski passes for FSR officers?> I did not know that <FSR> had his own private army := (LOL! LOL! LOL! As the demented lollster from the cafe would have said). You meant FSB, of course. The Russian successor to the KGB. Norway had a long border dispute with Russia in the Arctic, they stood firm against the intimidation from mighty Russia. I respect the Norwegians for that. I have many friends in that country, I know things.. They spoke out against the homophobic policies in Russia, they demonstrated that during the Winter Olympics. I don't remeber the details, but they did. And the Norwegian Chess Federation has been one of the most outspoken federations against Kirsan's corrupt and authoritarian leadership. They even wanted Magnus to boycott the WC match in Sochi, a friend told me this. Perhaps an exaggeration. The general secretary of NATO is former Norwegian PM Stoltenberg, he has taken a tough, aggressive stance against Russia for their intervention in Ukraine. As president Roosevelt said during WW2, "look to Norway". And they are a longtime ally of the USA. We can trust them, explicitly. Enough said. |
|
| Oct-06-15 | | Chess Is More: <Shams: You're just pretending to be a moron, right?> It's easier for you. You don't have to pretend. |
|
| Oct-06-15 | | jith1207: <Chess Is More> That was funny, That was like going way far than the actual events to correlate all politics to push your agenda, except posing as if Karjakin thinks so. Just as if you entered his mind and read his thoughts. While you are at it, you might want to read the way he studies chess, and you could be the next world cup winner. |
|
| Oct-06-15 | | jith1207: Poor <FSR>. |
|
| Oct-06-15 | | Chess Is More: <jith1207: except posing as if Karjakin thinks so. Just as if you entered his mind and read his thoughts.> No need to read his thoughts:
<Karjakin has become quite political lately, voicing his contentment concerning the Russian annexation of Crimea, posting pro-Putin photos and openly supporting Kirsan while being critical of Kasparov. Russian article where Karjakin endorses Kirsan and disses Kasparov for "ultra-radicalism": http://itar-tass.com/sport/1348247
Karjakin's photo of himself in pro-Putin t-shirt:> http://instagram.com/p/qwru4aOrnB/
(The quotation came from this page:)
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/che... |
|
| Oct-06-15 | | 1971: Congrats to Sergey for winning what I think is the top tournament in chess. It tests the players in all phases of the game, it's a month long and really demands the best out of the winner. It might look like luck or a lottery to some but the fact is one player has to consistently make better moves to win and that was Karjakin who showed great nerves and resilience under pressure. He was really solid and resolute all tournament he didn't crack. |
|
| Oct-06-15 | | Howard: Isn't Khalifman's "title" a bit out-of-date, after 16 years ? |
|
Oct-06-15
 | | Check It Out: Greatest final round comeback victory in World Cup history? |
|
| Oct-06-15 | | nok: <Norway, one of the best organized and thriving democracies in the world, nothing like the Russian "Putinocracy"> Oil smells the same everywhere. |
|
| Oct-06-15 | | jith1207: After reading whom Norway considers as an ally, no wonder they oppose the said country and its policies. Even if that means standing up for good in some areas against their neighbors. I mean, I have lived enough in Murica, I trust and love the people there but not the government. It was too much speculation from <chess is more > to say that karjakin Hates Norway. I can also speculate if his political stance was the reason why Karjakin wasn't invited to the Norway chess tournament. One thing is for sure, no one is ever right or wrong, everybody cares about own and that is going to be bad for someone else. Anyway let's not bring politics here, Karjakin sure has his rights to express his feelings, right or wrong and that should have nothing to do with his chess career. |
|
|
|
|
< Earlier Kibitzing · PAGE 78 OF 80 ·
Later Kibitzing> |
|
|
|
NOTE: Create an account today
to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users.
Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username,
then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion.
|
Please observe our posting guidelines:
- No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language.
- No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts.
- No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members.
- Nothing in violation of United States law.
- No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members.
- No trolling.
- The use of "sock puppet" accounts to circumvent disciplinary action taken by moderators, create a false impression of consensus or support, or stage conversations, is prohibited.
- Do not degrade Chessgames or any of it's staff/volunteers.
Please try to maintain a semblance of civility at all times.
NOTE: Please keep all discussion on-topic.
This forum is for this specific tournament only. To discuss chess or this site in general,
visit the Kibitzer's Café.
|
Messages posted by Chessgames members
do not necessarily represent the views of Chessgames.com, its employees, or sponsors.
All moderator actions taken are ultimately at the sole discretion of the administration. |
Spot an error? Please suggest your correction and help us eliminate database mistakes!
Copyright 2001-2025, Chessgames Services LLC
|
Kibitzing
