| World Cup (2019) |
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The 2019 FIDE World Cup was held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from 10 September to 4 October. The 128-player knockout tournament featured most of the world's best players. The total prize fund was $1.6 million, with $110,000 for the winner and $6,000 for first round losers. The two finalists would qualify for the Candidates tournament next year that would determine Magnus Carlsen 's next World Championship challenger. The format was six knockout rounds of 2-game Classical matches before a 4-game final. For the first time since 2011 there was also a 4-game match for 3rd place between the losing semifinalists. The time control was 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. If the score was tied the players then played two 25-minute + 10-second 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 qualified Black for the next round. Chief arbiter: Ashot Vardapetian. On way to the final, Tejmour Radjabov eliminated Helgi Dam Ziska in Round 1, Sanan Sjugirov in Round 2, Daniil Yuffa in Round 3, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in Round 4, Jeffery Xiong in the quarterfinal and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the semifinal. Ding Liren eliminated Shaun Press in Round 1, Sergei Movsesian in Round 2, Alireza Firouzja in Round 3, Kirill Alekseenko in Round 4, Alexander Grischuk in the quarterfinal, and Yu Yangyi in the semifinal. The final match started on 30 September. After 2-2 in the Classical games and 2-2 in the Rapid, Radjabov won both Blitz games and became the surprise winner. Both players qualified for the World Championship Candidates (2020/21), but Radjabov withdrew from this (on 6 March 2020) and was replaced by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who beat Yu Yangyi in the match for 3rd place. Classic Rapid Blitz
Elo 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 1 2
1 Teimour Radjabov 2758 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6
2 Ding Liren 2811 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 4
3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2774 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 - - - - 4
4 Yu Yangyi 2763 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 - - - - 2
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Wikipedia article: Chess World Cup 2019
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Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. S Press vs Ding Liren |
  | 0-1 | 34 | 2019 | World Cup | A07 King's Indian Attack |
| 2. Giri vs R Mohammad Fahad |
| 1-0 | 47 | 2019 | World Cup | B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
| 3. D Anwuli vs Vachier-Lagrave |
| 0-1 | 51 | 2019 | World Cup | A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto |
| 4. So vs S Duran Vega |
| 1-0 | 45 | 2019 | World Cup | A20 English |
| 5. S Gan-Erdene vs Nepomniachtchi |
| 0-1 | 37 | 2019 | World Cup | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 6. Aronian vs E El Gindy |
| ½-½ | 61 | 2019 | World Cup | A36 English |
| 7. F Rakotomaharo vs Mamedyarov |
| 0-1 | 40 | 2019 | World Cup | B15 Caro-Kann |
| 8. L Dominguez Perez vs A Escobar Forero |
| 1-0 | 54 | 2019 | World Cup | B45 Sicilian, Taimanov |
| 9. P Pultinevicius vs Grischuk |
| 0-1 | 36 | 2019 | World Cup | D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 10. Radjabov vs H Ziska |
| 1-0 | 31 | 2019 | World Cup | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 11. I Iljiushenok vs V Artemiev |
| ½-½ | 34 | 2019 | World Cup | B12 Caro-Kann Defense |
| 12. Y Yu vs E Ghaem Maghami |
| 1-0 | 37 | 2019 | World Cup | D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
| 13. S Megaranto vs Karjakin |
| 0-1 | 70 | 2019 | World Cup | E00 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 14. Nakamura vs B Bellahcene |
| ½-½ | 38 | 2019 | World Cup | E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 |
| 15. K Mekhitarian vs D Andreikin |
| ½-½ | 56 | 2019 | World Cup | D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 16. Wojtaszek vs J Christiansen |
| 0-1 | 51 | 2019 | World Cup | E60 King's Indian Defense |
| 17. Y Gonzalez Vidal vs Harikrishna |
| 0-1 | 51 | 2019 | World Cup | C53 Giuoco Piano |
| 18. Duda vs C Henriquez Villagra |
| 1-0 | 34 | 2019 | World Cup | B69 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 11.Bxf6 |
| 19. C Albornoz Cabrera vs Svidler |
| ½-½ | 38 | 2019 | World Cup | A33 English, Symmetrical |
| 20. Vitiugov vs F Urkedal |
| ½-½ | 42 | 2019 | World Cup | E01 Catalan, Closed |
| 21. M Santos Ruiz vs Wei Yi |
| ½-½ | 31 | 2019 | World Cup | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 22. Q L Le vs A Aleksandrov |
| ½-½ | 41 | 2019 | World Cup | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 23. D Yuffa vs Navara |
| ½-½ | 55 | 2019 | World Cup | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 24. X Bu vs X Xu |
| ½-½ | 39 | 2019 | World Cup | A07 King's Indian Attack |
| 25. A Pridorozhni vs H Wang |
| ½-½ | 55 | 2019 | World Cup | B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation |
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Sep-12-19
 | | moronovich: <Sokrates: I have come to realise that I should take a long break from posting here. Meanwhile, take care, gentlemen, I wish you well.> You will be missed.
Take care till then… dear <Sokrates> . |
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| Sep-12-19 | | Everett: My goodness. Make the rules clear. If they are clear, abide by them. If they're not, get clarification. Yet, really, if you got thrown out two years ago for wearing shorts, why are you coming with shorts? Why are you even playing this game with your career? I was just discussing the way people argue and discuss certain subjects, and gave it three orientations: principled, pragmatic, personal. Seems like the short-wearing GM insistent on the personal (with a side of principle) yet could not go with the flow in the pragmatic way and avoid making waves for himself and his career. |
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Sep-12-19
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<Yet, really, if you got thrown out two years ago for wearing shorts, why are you coming with shorts?>Are you talking about a different GM? In Kovalyov's case, <his shorts were not a problem> in the 2015 World Cup but were in the 2017 World Cup. |
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Sep-12-19
 | | HeMateMe: Ike should have gotten the historical respect that Ronald Reagan, essentially a do-nothing retiree president, got. Oh wait, Cowboy Ronnie did get a few things accomplished. 1. He got social security earnings federally taxed (double taxation). 2.Reagan blocked stem cell research, work that helped AIDS scientists and was also done to help paralyzed people walk, on religious grounds. 3. Reagan got Ketchup declared "a vegetable," in order that fewer federal dollars be spent on free lunches for students in poverty stricken public schools. |
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Sep-12-19
 | | plang: This problem could be solved if players were allowed to compete in the nude. That is what they did in the ancient Olympics.
...would cut down on opportunities to cheat as well... |
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| Sep-12-19 | | Count Wedgemore: <plang> They should test it out in the upcoming Women's Candidates Tournament. |
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| Sep-12-19 | | Clemens Scheitz: If the creator intended for us to go without clothes, we would have been born that way...
Come back soon <Sokrates> |
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| Sep-12-19 | | wtpy: Count, Don't mean to stir up bad memories but didn't Norway have some issue with same bad neighbors in 1940? |
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| Sep-12-19 | | diceman: <plang:
This problem could be solved if players were allowed to compete in the nude.> Depends if:
<4. 13. 1. 1.Dress code for men: neat shirtand formal suit.> <formal suit> = Birthday suit? |
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| Sep-13-19 | | siggemannen: Can we have the games again? |
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Sep-13-19
 | | Diademas: < wtpy: Count, Don't mean to stir up bad memories but didn't Norway have some issue with same bad neighbors in 1940?> <Once all the Germans were warlike and mean,
But that couldn't happen again.
We taught them a lesson in 1918
And they've hardly bothered us since then.>
-Tom Lehrer |
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Sep-13-19
 | | Sally Simpson: ***
This chessbase report on the who wears shorts-shorts can serve as a reminder. https://en.chessbase.com/post/the-k... It appears a bit one sided but Evgeny Surov a journalist covering the event seems to even things up. “Mr. Kovalyov was definitely wearing shorts for two rounds, problem is that nobody told him anything about it for those two days and they decided to talk to him 5 minutes before the [3rd round] game." My take on the affair was that Anton queried the colour he was given and 'shock-horror' how dare this....this...gypsy question an almighty arbiter. (These arbiter types are highly strung and get a bit touchy - ask AylerKupp for more details on that one) and it all kicked off from there. Or (and this is a good guess) having paid a huge dollop of cash for Anand's appearance fee this....this...gypsy goes and knocks him out in round 2. *** |
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Sep-13-19
| | Sally Simpson: ***
Nakamura has lost the first game as Black v Nisipeanu in 30 move. *** |
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| Sep-13-19 | | edbermac: Horrible play by Naka |
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Sep-13-19
| | Sally Simpson: ***
Nisipeanu played a good game using a box of back rank tricks. You know things are going to pot when here as Black... 
click for larger view...Nakamura played 19...g6. A move I'd call 'null-luft.' The return with Nakamura as White could be a good game to watch tomorrow. *** |
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Sep-13-19
| | beatgiant: <Sally Simpson>
Thanks, that was pretty interesting.
The tournament director said this: "I have seen the proof of him playing The World Cup 2015 in Baku wearing shorts. As Mr. Kovalyov claims, he asked for permission to the organizers in Baku. I wonder why did not he do the same here in Tbilisi?" If we believe this, then his shorts were approved in advance for the 2015 World Cup, but not for the 2017 event. |
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Sep-13-19
| | Sally Simpson: ***
Hi beatgiant,
I think querying the draw started it and it all went downhill from there. If I recall correctly did not Ivanchuk wear knee length shorts the following day as an act of sympathy. The link at the bottom of that piece I posted takes you too the ethics commision report: https://en.chessbase.com/post/the-k...
I like the bit where the arbiter said: 'I did not call him a gypsy, I said he was dressed like a gypsy.' *** |
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| Sep-13-19 | | LameJokes: This is a month-long event. Players typically arrive with a single, large suitcase in tow. How many suits can you stuff therein? Usually one, since suits take a lot of space. Now, you wear the suit every single day. Well, almost. In hot climate, heavy perspiration is the order of the day. As a result, the suit starts stinking. What is the dress code for such stinking suits? |
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Sep-13-19
| | beatgiant: <Sally Simpson>
I've looked at some photos of the 2017 event, and a lot of players were dressed very informally. I see hoodies, jogging outfits, t-shirts, etc., and some of the "offenders" were top stars. Azmaiparashvili claimed that he complained about Kovalyov's attire before Kovalyov asked about his color assignment. But, who knows? You might be right. |
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Sep-13-19
| | beatgiant: <LameJokes>
<Players typically arrive with a single, large suitcase in tow. How many suits can you stuff therein?>True, but the 2017 event was held in Tbilisi, a big city. I'm sure there would be a place where a player could rent a suit for a few weeks at an affordable rate. I'm not sure if the same is true for Khanty-Mansiysk, the 2019 venue. |
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| Sep-13-19 | | dumbgai: Wow Naka got absolutely crushed by Nisipeanu. It looked like a GM vs an amateur. |
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| Sep-13-19 | | LameJokes: <beatgiant> You might be right. I was discussing only a plausible scenario. |
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| Sep-13-19 | | parmetd: Nice wins by Aronian and Sarin today.
Naka really needs to stop playing QGD... That's just not his style. He has a heavy minus score with these structures. Still the most fascinating game position for today for me is move 60 of Korobov-Le where the underpromotion to knight is the best move and brought 5 knights to the board. |
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| Sep-13-19 | | parmetd: The problem is beatgiant is that Anton was given 10 minutes or told he would be forfeited. Had they gently approached after the game, he would have had all evening to secure such a rental. |
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Sep-13-19
| | beatgiant: <parmetd>
<Anton was given 10 minutes or told he would be forfeited.>Kovalyov was definitely mistreated, but the sources I've seen don't say he was told he would be forfeited. Chess.com quoted the arbiter, Delega, as saying, "It was not my intention to deny the player from playing today," but it's not clear whether that depended on the change of outfit. Things really went sour when the organizer, Azmaiparashvil, said he looked like a gypsy, which is apparently something like using the n-word in Eastern Europe. That's when Kovalyov walked out. |
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