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          Site: Russia  Khanty-Mansiysk
          Event Date: 27.11.2005 - 29.11.2005

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 1
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Ukraine UKR 2748  GM Vasyl Ivanchuk 1 ½           1.5/2 
02 Russia RUS 2264  FM Aleksandr Sibriaev 0 ½           0.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 2
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Zambia ZAM 2303  Stanley Chumfwa 0 0           0.0/2 
02 France FRA 2725  GM Étienne Bacrot 1 1           2.0/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 3
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Armenia ARM 2724  GM Levon Aronian 1 1           2.0/2 
02 Egypt EGY 2306  FM Ali Frhat 0 0           0.0/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 4
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Argentina ROM 2381  GM Gaston Needleman 0 0           0.0/2 
02 Russia RUS 2720  GM Alexander Grischuk 1 1           2.0/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 5
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Israel ISR 2717  GM Boris Gelfand 1 1           2.0/2 
02 South Africa RSA 2400  IM Watu Kobese 0 0           0.0/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 6
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Armenia ARM 2707  GM Vladimir Akopian f. f.           0.0/2 
02 Australia AUS 2445  IM Gary Lane 1 1           2.0/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 7
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Kazakhstan KAZ 2432  FM Kiril Kuderinov ½ 0           0.5/2 
02 Spain ESP 2710  GM Alexei Shirov ½ 1           1.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 8
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Argentina ARG 2479  IM Diego Flores 0 0           0.0/2 
02 Azerbaijan AZE 2704  GM Teimour Radjabov 1 1           2.0/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 9
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Ukraine UKR 2704  GM Ruslan Ponomariov 1 ½           1.5/2 
02 Egypt EGY 2480  IM Ahmed Adly 0 ½           0.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 10
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Tunisia TUN 2490  GM Slim Belkhodja 0 0           0.0/2 
02 The Netherlands NED 2699  GM Sergei Tiviakov 1 1           2.0/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 11
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 The Netherlands NED 2696  GM Ivan Sokolov 1 ½           1.5/2 
02 Bulgaria BUL 2491  GM Antoaneta Stefanova 0 ½           0.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 12
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Canada CAN 2500  IM Pascal Charbonneau 0 0           0.0/2 
02 Russia RUS 2694  GM Alexey Dreev 1 1           2.0/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 13
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 China CHN 2500  GM Jun Zhao 0 ½           0.5/2 
02 United States USA 2690  GM Gata Kamsky 1 ½           1.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 14
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Ecuador UCU 2501  GM Carlos Matamoros 0 0           0.0/2 
02 Moldova MDA 2682  GM Viktor Viorel Bologan 1 1           2.0/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 15
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 France FRA 2679  GM Joël Lautier ½ ½ 1 1       3.0/4 
02 Russia RUS 2506  IM Aleksei Pridorozhni ½ ½ 0 0       1.0/4 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 16
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2506  IM Nikolai Kabanov 0 1 ½ 0       1.5/4 
02 Cuba CUB 2677  GM Lazaro Bruzon 1 0 ½ 1       2.5/4 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 17
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2675  GM Evgeny Bareev 1 ½           1.5/2 
02 Chile CHI 2506  GM Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder 0 ½           0.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 18
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Kazakhstan KAZ 2508  IM Nurlan Ibraev 1 0 ½ 0       1.5/4 
02 Azerbaijan AZE 2674  GM Shahriyar Mammadyarov 0 1 ½ 1       2.5/4 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 19
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Spain ESP 2674  GM Francisco Vallejo Pons 0 1 1 1       3.0/4 
02 China CHN 2510  GM Li Shilong 1 0 0 0       1.0/4 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 20
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Cuba CUB 2510  GM ter Arencibia ½ ½ ½ 0       1.5/4 
02 Israel ISR 2673  GM Ilya Smirin ½ ½ ½ 1       2.5/4 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 21
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 India IND 2673  GM Pentala Harikrishna ½ ½ 1 1       3.0/4 
02 China CHN 2516  GM Yu Shaoteng ½ ½ 0 0       1.0/4 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 22
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 China CHN 2519  Wang Hao ½ 0           0.5/2 
02 Russia RUS 2670  GM Vladimir Malakhov ½ 1           1.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 23
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
02 Russia RUS 2668  GM Kostantin Sakaev 1 1           2.0/2 
01 Brazil BRA 2529  GM Darcy GustavoLima 0 0           0.0/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 24
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
02 Hungary HUN 2538  GM Cao Sang 1 ½           1.5/2 
01 Ukraine UKR 2666  GM Andrei Volokitin 0 ½           0.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 25
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
02 Ukraine UKR 2663  GM Alexander Moiseenko 1 1           2.0/2 
01 Ukraine UKR 2541  GM Yuriy Kuzubov 0 0           0.0/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 26
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2546  GM Alexei Iljushin ½ 0           0.5/2 
02 India IND 2663  GM Krishnan Sasikiran ½ 1           1.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 27
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Ukraine UKR 2663  GM Pavel Eljanov 1 0 1 ½       2.5/4 
02 United States USA 2551  GM Sergey Kudrin 0 1 0 ½       1.5/4 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 28
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 India IND 2562  GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly 1 1           2.0/1 
02 United States USA 2662  GM Hikaru Nakamura 0 0           0.0/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 29
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2659  GM Vadim Zvjaginsev ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3.5/7 
02 United States USA 2565  GM Yury Shulman ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3.5/7 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 30
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Hungary HUN 2567  GM Csaba Balogh ½ ½ 1 ½       2.5/4 
02 Ukraine UKR 2658  GM Sergey Karjakin ½ ½ 0 ½       1.5/4 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 31
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2658  GM Artyom Timofeev ½ ½ ½ 1       2.5/4 
02 Sweden SWE 2570  GM Evgenij Agrest ½ ½ ½ 0       1.5/4 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 32
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Norwey NOR 2570  GM Magnus Carlsen 1 0 1 1       3.0/4 
02 Georgia GEO 2658  GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili 0 1 0 0       1.0/4 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 33
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Poland POL 2655  GM Michal Krasenkow ½ ½ 0 0       1.0/4 
02 Tajikistan TJK 2572  GM Farrukh Amonatov ½ ½ 1 1       3.0/4 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 34
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Morocco MAR 2574  GM Hichem Hamdouchi 0 1 0 ½       1.5/4 
02 Israel ISR 2654  GM Emil Sutovsky 1 0 1 ½       2.5/4 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 35
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Ukraine UKR 2653  GM Alexander Areshchenko 1 1           2.0/2 
02 United States USA 2576  GM Alexander Stripunsky 0 0           0.0/0 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 36
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2577  GM Ernesto Inarkiev ½ ½ ½ 0       1.5/4 
02 Russia RUS 2653  GM Alexander Khalifman ½ ½ ½ 1       2.5/4 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 37
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Switzerland SUI 2652  GM Vadim Milov 1 ½           1.5/2 
02 Georgia GEO 2720  GM Levan Pantsulaia 0 ½           1.5/4 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 38
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Serbia SRB 2579  GM Robert Markus ½ ½ 0 ½       1.5/4 
02 Turkey BEL 2652  GM Mikhail Gurevich ½ ½ 1 ½       2.5/4 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 39
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2624  GM Dao Thien Hai 1 ½           1.5/2 
02 Vietnam VIE 2581  GM Dao Thien Hai 0 ½           0.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 40
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Armenia ARM 2581  GM Artashes Minasian 0 0           0.0/2 
02 The Netherlands NED 2648  GM Loek Van Wely 1 1           2.0/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 41
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 China CHN 2648  GM Ye Jiangchuan 0 ½           0.5/2 
02 China CHN 2582  GM Xu Jun 1 ½           1.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 42
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Israel ISR 2582  GM Sergey Erenburg ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 4.0/7 
02 Georgia GEO 2646  GM Zviad Izoria ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 3.0/7 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 43
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Czech Republic CZE 2646  GM David Navara 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 3.5/7 
02 Bosnia and Herzegovina BHI 2584  GM Predrag Nikolic 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 3.5/7 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 44
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Indonesia INA 2584  GM Utut Adianto 0 ½           0.5/2 
02 Brazil BRA 2646  GM Giovanni Vecovi 1 ½           1.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 45
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Armenia ARM 2645  GM Karen Asrian ½ 0           0.5/2 
02 China CHN 2585  GM Wang Yue ½ 1           1.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 46
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Brazil BRA 2586  GM Rafael Leităo ½ ½ ½ 1       2.5/4 
02 Russia RUS 2644  GM Dmitry Jakovenko ½ ½ ½ 0       1.5/4 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 47
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2641  GM Evgeniy Najer 1 ½           1.5/2 
02 Iran IRI 2586  GM Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami 0 ½           0.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 48
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Kazakhstan KAZ 2587  GM Pavel Kotsur ½ 0           0.5/2 
02 Germany GER 2641  GM Arkadij Naiditsch ½ 1           1.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 49
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 United States USA 2640  GM Alexander Onischuk 1 ½           1.5/2 
02 Russia RUS 2587  GM Valerij Popov 0 ½           0.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 50
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 United States USA 2589  GM Alexander Ivanov 1 ½           1.5/2 
02 Peru PER 2637  GM Julio Granda Zuniga 0 ½           0.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 51
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
02 Ukraine UKR 2637  GM Zahar Efimenko 1 1           2.0/2 
01 Poland POL 2591  GM Bartlomiej Macieja 0 0           0.0/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 52
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2592  GM Dmitry Bocharov 1 ½           1.5/2 
02 Russia RUS 2637  GM Pavel Smirnov 0 ½           0.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 53
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Slovakia SVK 2635  GM Sergei Movsesian ½ 0           0.5/2 
02 Philippines PHI 2596  GM Mark Paragua ½ 1           1.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 54
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 China CHN 2598  GM Zhang Zhong ½ ½ 1 ½       2.5/4 
02 Russia RUS 2634  GM Michail Kobalija ½ ½ 0 ½       1.5/4 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 55
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
02 Ukraine UKR 2634  GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko 1 0 ½ 0       1.5/4 
01 Russia RUS 2599  GM Oleg Korneev 0 1 ½ 1       2.5/4 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 56
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
02 Israel ISR 2600  GM Michael Roiz ½ 0           0.5/2 
01 Russia RUS 2632  GM Alexander Motylev ½ 1           1.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 57
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2632  GM Evgeny Alekseev ½ 0           0.5/2 
02 Kazakhstan KAZ 2601  GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev ½ 1           1.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 58
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Georgia GEO 2601  GM Baadur Jobava ½ ½ 1 1       3.0/4 
02 Slovenia SLO 2631  GM Alexander Beliavsky ½ ½ 0 0       1.0/4 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 59
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 United States USA 2608  GM Gregory Kaidanov ½ 0           0.5/2 
02 Argentina ARG 2624  GM Rubén Felgaer ½ 1           1.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 60
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Cypro CYP 2626  GM Vassilios Kotronias 1 ½           1.5/2 
02 China CHN 2603  GM Ni Hua 0 ½           0.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 61
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Romania ROM 2622  GM Andrei Istratescu ½ ½ ½ 1       2.5/4 
02 Slovakia SVK 2603  GM Lubomir Ftacnik ½ ½ ½ 0       1.5/4 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 62
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Kazakhstan KAZ 2612  GM Darmen Sadvakasov 1 ½           1.5/2 
02 Brazil BRA 2620  GM Gilberto Milos 0 ½           0.5/2 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 63
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Poland POL 2619  GM Robert Kempinski ½ ½ 1 1       3.0/4 
02 Armenia ARM 2614  GM Rafael Vaganian ½ ½ 0 0       1.0/4 

          ROUND ONE - MATCH 64
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 6/5 TOTAL 
01 Belarus BLR 2616  GM Alexei Fedorov ½ ½ ½ 0       1.5/4 
02 Bulgaria BUL 2618  GM Ivan Cheparinov ½ ½ ½ 1       2.5/4 

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World Chess Cup 2005


The Chess World Cup 2005 served as a qualification tournament for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2007. It was held as a 128-player tournament, between 27 November and 17 December 2005, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

Top ten players qualified for the candidates matches of the World Chess Championship 2007. One of them (Étienne Bacrot) has qualified for the candidates matches via rating, freeing the place for the eleventh player at the World Cup (Vladimir Malakhov).

The World Cup was won by Levon Aronian.

Background

The 2005 World Cup was part of the cycle for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2007. Three of the players at the World Cup, Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk and Boris Gelfand, went on to qualify fot the World Championship, which was held as an eight-player double round-robun event, with Gelfand finishing third.

Four top finishers of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 (Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler and Alexander Morozevich) were already invited to the World Championship 2007 and thus exempt from the World Cup.

Playing conditions

The tournament was in the style of the FIDE World Chess Championships between 1998 and 2004: each round consisted of a two game match, followed by tie breaks at faster time controls if required. In rounds 1-3 losing players were eliminated. However, in rounds 4-6 defeated players progressed to the next round, to determine standings of the 16 best players.

The time control for regular games was 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with 30 seconds added after each move. Tie breaks consisted of two rapid chess games (25 minutes each + 10 seconds per move); followed by two blitz games if required (5 minutes + 10 seconds per move); followed by a single Armageddon chess game if required (white has 6 minutes and must win, black has 5 minutes and only needs to draw).

Qualification

The following players qualified for the World Cup:
  • Three of the four semi-finalists of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 (Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Michael Adams and Teimour Radjabov); the fourth quarter-finalist, Veselin Topalov, was the reigning FIDE World Champion and already had a berth in the next championship.
  • Women's World Champion 2004 (Antoaneta Stefanova).
  • Junior World Champion 2004 (Pentala Harikrishna).
  • 22 players with the highest Elo rating. The average ratings from July 2004 and January 2005 were used.
  • 90 players qualified from the continental and zonal championships:
        46 players from Europe,
        19 players from the Americas
        19 players from Asia and Oceania,
        6 players from Africa.
  • 8 nominees of the FIDE President.
  • 3 nominees of the local Organising Committee.
Participants

All players are Grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.



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