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The 2005 FIDE World Cup was a 127-player (Vladimir Eduardovich Akopian withdrew) knockout tournament held from 27 November to 17 December in the Concert Hall of the Arts Centre for Talented Children of the North in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The top 10 players would advance to the Candidates matches in 2006 (which were postponed to 2007). All rounds (including the final) had two games each, and tiebreak games if needed. The players received 90 minutes for the first 40 moves then 15 more minutes for the rest of the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move one. The tiebreak games were two 25 min + 10 sec increment Rapid games, followed if needed by two 5 + 10 Rapid games, and finally an Armageddon game where White had 6 minutes to Black's 5 (with no increment), but a draw counted as a win for Black. Games started at 3 pm. The players were accomodated at the Wellness Hotel Ugorskaya Dolina. The total prize fund was $1,572,000, with the winner taking home $100,000 from the final, minus 20% tax to FIDE. Organizers: FIDE, Alexander Filipenko, Nikolay Petrovich Bondarev and others. On his way to the final, Levon Aronian beat Ali Farahat in Round 1, World Cup (2005)/Darmen Sadvakasov in Round 2, Alexander Areshchenko in Round 3, Francisco Vallejo Pons in Round 4, Mikhail Gurevich in the quarterfinal, and Etienne Bacrot in the semifinal. Ruslan Ponomariov defeated Ahmed Adly in Round 1, Alexander Motylev in Round 2, Xu Jun in Round 3, Loek van Wely in Round 4, Evgeny Ilgizovich Bareev in the quarterfinal, and Alexander Grischuk in the semifinal. In the final match on 15-17 December, Aronian defeated Ponomariov by winning the first two Rapid tiebreak games: Aronian 2724 ½½ 11 -- - 3
Ponomariov 2704 ½½ 00 -- - 1
The semifinal losers played a match for 3rd place in which Bacrot beat Grischuk 2½-1½. The quarterfinal losers played matches for places 5-8, and the Round 4 losers played matches for places 9-16. When the smoke had cleared, the standings were as follows:01 Aronian
02 Ponomariov
03 Bacrot
04 Grischuk
05 Bareev
06 Gelfand
07 Rublevsky
08 Gurevich
09 Kamsky
10 Carlsen
11 Malakhov
12 Vallejo Pons
13 Dreev
14 Van Wely
15 Lautier
16 Sakaev
The top 10 players qualified for the World Championship Candidates (2007). Since Bacrot was already qualified by rating, Malakhov also qualified. Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2005121...
Regulations: https://web.archive.org/web/2006061...
The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...
Mark Weeks: https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/a5...
ChessFocus: http://www.chessfocus.com/tournamen...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/levon...
ChessPro: https://chesspro.ru/events2/worldcu...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...
FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament...
https://ru.wikinews.org/wiki/%D0%9A...
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Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Ivanchuk vs A Sibriaev |
 | 1-0 | 31 | 2005 | World Cup | B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 |
| 2. S Chumfwa vs Bacrot |
| 0-1 | 32 | 2005 | World Cup | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 3. Aronian vs A Farahat |
 | 1-0 | 41 | 2005 | World Cup | B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack |
| 4. G Needleman vs Grischuk |
| 0-1 | 79 | 2005 | World Cup | C53 Giuoco Piano |
| 5. Gelfand vs W Kobese |
| 1-0 | 33 | 2005 | World Cup | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 6. K Kuderinov vs Shirov |
| ½-½ | 46 | 2005 | World Cup | B50 Sicilian |
| 7. D Flores vs Radjabov |
| 0-1 | 49 | 2005 | World Cup | A26 English |
| 8. Ponomariov vs A Adly |
| ½-½ | 78 | 2005 | World Cup | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 9. S Belkhodja vs Tiviakov |
| 0-1 | 34 | 2005 | World Cup | B30 Sicilian |
| 10. I Sokolov vs A Stefanova |
| 1-0 | 45 | 2005 | World Cup | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 11. P Charbonneau vs Dreev |
| 0-1 | 76 | 2005 | World Cup | B12 Caro-Kann Defense |
| 12. Kamsky vs J Zhao |
| 1-0 | 45 | 2005 | World Cup | B33 Sicilian |
| 13. C S Matamoros Franco vs Bologan |
| 0-1 | 89 | 2005 | World Cup | A15 English |
| 14. Lautier vs A Pridorozhni |
| ½-½ | 40 | 2005 | World Cup | D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 15. N Kabanov vs L Bruzon Batista |
| 0-1 | 38 | 2005 | World Cup | B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
| 16. Bareev vs R Vasquez Schroeder |
| 1-0 | 29 | 2005 | World Cup | D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 17. N Ibraev vs Mamedyarov |
| 1-0 | 41 | 2005 | World Cup | E97 King's Indian |
| 18. F Vallejo Pons vs Li Shilong |
| 0-1 | 53 | 2005 | World Cup | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 19. W Arencibia Rodriguez vs Smirin |
| ½-½ | 19 | 2005 | World Cup | D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 |
| 20. Harikrishna vs S Yu |
| ½-½ | 71 | 2005 | World Cup | E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 |
| 21. H Wang vs V Malakhov |
| ½-½ | 50 | 2005 | World Cup | B30 Sicilian |
| 22. Sakaev vs D Lima |
| 1-0 | 54 | 2005 | World Cup | D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
| 23. S Cao vs A Volokitin |
| 1-0 | 56 | 2005 | World Cup | B23 Sicilian, Closed |
| 24. A Moiseenko vs Kuzubov |
| 1-0 | 32 | 2005 | World Cup | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
| 25. A Iljushin vs Sasikiran |
| ½-½ | 63 | 2005 | World Cup | D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 |
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| Jan-04-06 | | hintza: <tamar> Haha :)
<TIMER> Sometimes great things happen accidentally! |
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 | | tamar: <Timer> Your assessments are shrewd, or at least I agree with most of them :) Ponomariov-Rublevsky could produce high quality chess, as both are peaking right now. Edge to Pono, as he has experience getting together a team to maximize his preparation. |
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| Jan-05-06 | | refutor: the top bracket is the strongest easily, who knows though...i might underestimate carlsen all the way to the finals ;) leko should win the second
not sure about the third
and in an upset, i predict bacrot to come out of the fourth |
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| Jan-05-06 | | veigaman: In the first round in tripoli Aronian and carlsen played and it was an extremely difficult match for both player and aronian was able to win just in the last game of the series!. I think Carlsen can be a painfull nail! |
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| Jan-05-06 | | Udit Narayan: Those Candidate matches look very interesting. I am looking forward to some exciting chess! |
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| Feb-04-06 | | jamesesq: itedig to use the aethesis!
Yes but I dont have the symbols on my keyboard.
You pack of kinky kipper robbers... |
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| Feb-13-06 | | Bobak Zahmat: Carlsen will survive Candidates and qualify for 2007 Worldchampionship. |
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| Feb-13-06 | | talisman: what if baseball would drop the world series and go to a 8-team tournament? i think fide loses a lot when you eliminate the championship match. you lose a lot of history.if it's tournament excitement they want=CANDIDATES TOURNAMENT,then a CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.sounds like the old days. |
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| Feb-13-06 | | Jim Bartle: I agree with talisman. Interzonal/candidates/championship match is the way to go. Best part is the tension grows over time, not just for two weeks. In fact, baseball has really diluted its excitement by expanding the playoffs from 4 to 8 teams each year. So many teams qualify that real pennant races between good teams just don't exist any more. |
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| Feb-13-06 | | Bobak Zahmat: I think no matter what happens, the next World Championship tournament will be played. |
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| Mar-07-06 | | s4life: <refutor: the top bracket is the strongest easily, who knows though...i might underestimate carlsen all the way to the finals ;)> The strongest? only because of Aronian. He has it easy here... two has-beens and an unexperienced kid won't hold him. <leko should win the second >
Maybe Polgar pulls an upset here... hopefully.
<not sure about the third >
The third one is actually the strongest and most balanced bracket. Hard to predict, but Pono has a slight advantage <and in an upset, i predict bacrot to come out of the fourth>
Rather than an upset it seems the most natural outcome. |
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| Mar-07-06 | | iron maiden: Obviously a lot can change in six months, but here are my predictions for the first set of matches, with regard to the players' current form: Aronian-Carlsen 3.5-2.5
Leko-Gurevich 3.5-1.5
Ponomariov-Rublevsky 3.5-2.5
Gelfand-Kasimjanov 3.5-2.5.
Bacrot-Kamsky 3-3 (I would give Kamsky the better chances in tie-breaks)
Grischuk-Malakhov 3-3 (Grischuk wins tie-breaks)
Polgar-Bareev 3.5-2.5
Shirov-Adams 2-4 |
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| Apr-06-06 | | Bobak Zahmat: Aronian vs Carlsen will surely be the greatest match of the Candidates. Those two are well suited for each other, it can go all the way. Both have great growing potential. I think the match will be decided in the tiebreaks. |
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| Apr-06-06 | | Bobak Zahmat: Leko should obviously beat Gurevich without too much difficulties. Ponomariov vs Rublevsky is also hard to predict, but Ruslan has the edge of playing more this kind of games. Gelfand vs Kasimzhanov is very interesting match. But Gelfand should be able to win this mini match. |
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| Apr-06-06 | | Bobak Zahmat: Bacrot will easily beat Kamsky. Since Kamsky has returned at the top stage, he has had a hard time and Bacrot is a enormous talented player. Polgar vs Bareev will probably the first decisive match. Polgar should prove herself as the leading femal player. Grischuk is also a bit too strong for Malakhov probably, but he has still do it of course. Last but not least, Shirov vs Adams, well this is gonna be one the most attacking matches hopefully. Adams in good form should come out as winner. |
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| Apr-06-06 | | babakova: If Kamsky gets closer to his old form, Bacrot will not have an easy opponent. |
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| Apr-07-06 | | Bobak Zahmat: <babakova> That can be true, but only time will learn. By the way they play against each other also at MTel Masters, so let's wait and see. |
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| May-22-06 | | John Abraham: Kamsky is back in the driver's seat !!!
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| May-22-06 | | cotdt: ponpmariov will have a hard time against rublevsky, and kamsky will crush bacrow like he did to kramnik and short. |
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| May-25-06 | | Bobak Zahmat: It is still unclear whether the Candidates will be played and if so when it will take place? |
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| Aug-14-06 | | Bobak Zahmat: I was really looking forward for the Candidate Matches, but I think the suggestion of possible cancellation is correct. I guess if the Candidates won't take place in October, or for my matter in 2006, FIDE will have a huge problem. Because then we can be sure next year's Worldchampionship Tournament also be cancelled. FIDE has focused all their attention to the Kramnik - Topalov match, but they think other players forgot the Candidates. The later FIDE gives explanation, the worse the problem gets. If FIDE fails to organize the Candidates, I think we might get a even greater chaos in the Chess World than we already have. |
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| Sep-26-06 | | samsal27: <If FIDE fails to organize the Candidates, I think we might get a even greater chaos in the Chess World than we already have.> I hope not. |
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| May-29-07 | | scholes: what was carlsen final place in this tournament ? he beated several of players who are playing in candidates |
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| May-29-07 | | Karpova: Place 10 after losing to Kamsky:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... |
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| Jul-23-09 | | returnoftheking: Ponomariov tied here and lost the additional rapid games - a bit like recently at Donostia. If only he'd be (even more) strong at rapid-he'd be winning titles again in no time!;) |
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