Chess World Cup 2015 Explained

FIDE Chess World Cup 2015
Sport:Chess
Location:Baku, Azerbaijan
Start Date:10 September 2015
End Date:5 October 2015
Administrator:FIDE
Tournament Format:Single-elimination tournament
Host:Chess Federation of Azerbaijan
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Champion: Sergey Karjakin
Runners-Up1: Peter Svidler
Runner-Up2:-->
Previous:2013
Next:2017

The Chess World Cup 2015 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 10 September to 5 October 2015.

Sergey Karjakin won the competition on tie-breaks after a four-game final against Peter Svidler. Both finalists qualified for the 2016 Candidates Tournament.

The winner of the Chess World Cup 2013, Vladimir Kramnik, was defeated by Dmitry Andreikin in the third round.

Format

Matches consisted of two games (except for the final, which consisted of four). Players had 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move from the start of the game. If a match was tied after the regular games, tie breaks were played the next day. The format for the tie breaks was as follows:

Prize money

Round Prize Total
Round 1 64 × US $6,000 US $384,000
Round 2 32 × US $10,000 US $320,000
Round 3 16 × US $16,000 US $256,000
Round 4 8 × US $25,000 US $200,000
Round 5 4 × US $35,000 US $140,000
Round 6 2 × US $50,000 US $100,000
Runner-up US $80,000 US $80,000
Winner US $120,000 US $120,000
Total US $1,600,000

According to the regulations, and contrary to many elite tournaments even including the FIDE Grand Prix, all players had to pay their own expenses for travel.[1]

Participants

The qualified players[2] are seeded by their FIDE ratings of August 2015. Eighteen players qualified by rating.[3] All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

  1. , 2816 (R)
  2. , 2814 (R)
  3. , 2808 (R)
  4. , 2793 (R)
  5. , 2779 (R)
  6. , 2777 (WC)
  7. , 2771 (R)
  8. , 2770 (R)
  9. , 2765 (R)
  10. , 2759 (E14)
  11. , 2753 (R)
  12. , 2747 (WC)
  13. , 2741 (R)
  14. , 2740 (R)
  15. , 2740 (R)
  16. , 2739 (R)
  17. , 2738 (ON)
  18. , 2736 (R)
  19. , 2735 (R)
  20. , 2733 (E14)
  21. , 2731 (WC)
  22. , 2726 (J13)
  23. , 2726 (R)
  24. , 2725 (Z3.5)
  25. , 2724 (E14)
  26. , 2723 (E14)
  27. , 2720 (WC)
  28. , 2719 (R)
  29. , 2714 (R)
  30. , 2713 (AS14)
  31. , 2710 (E14)
  32. , 2710 (E15)
  33. , 2705 (R)
  34. , 2705 (E15)
  35. , 2704 (AS14)
  36. , 2702 (PN)
  37. , 2699 (Z3.3)
  38. , 2699 (E15)
  39. , 2690 (E14)
  40. , 2689 (E15)
  41. , 2680 (Z2.1)
  42. , 2678 (E15)
  43. , 2673 (E14)
  44. , 2673 (E14)
  45. , 2671 (E14)
  46. , 2671 (PN)
  47. , 2670 (Z2.1)
  48. , 2669 (E14)
  49. , 2667 (E15)
  50. , 2665 (E15)
  51. , 2664 (E15)
  52. , 2663 (AM14)
  53. , 2662 (Z3.3)
  54. , 2662 (Z2.1)
  55. , 2661 (E14)
  56. , 2661 (E14)
  57. , 2660 (PN)
  58. , 2659 (E14)
  59. , 2659 (Z2.3)
  60. , 2659 (E14)
  61. , 2658 (E14)
  62. , 2658 (E15)
  63. , 2655 (AM14)
  64. , 2655 (E15)
  65. , 2654 (E14)
  66. , 2653 (E15)
  67. , 2651 (ON)
  68. , 2649 (E15)
  69. , 2644 (ON)
  70. , 2644 (AS15)
  71. , 2643 (AS14)
  72. , 2643 (AM15)
  73. , 2642 (E15)
  74. , 2640 (AF)
  75. , 2639 (E15)
  76. , 2637 (E15)
  77. , 2636 (Z2.4)
  78. , 2635 (Z3.7)
  79. , 2635 (Z2.1)
  80. , 2635 (E14)
  81. , 2634 (ACP)
  82. , 2633 (E14)
  83. , 2632 (AM14)
  84. , 2631 (AS15)
  85. , 2631 (E15)
  86. , 2626 (E14)
  87. , 2625 (AM15)
  88. , 2624 (E15)
  89. , 2624 (PN)
  90. , 2622 (E15)
  91. , 2622 (E14)
  92. , 2621 (ON)
  93. , 2618 (AS14)
  94. , 2616 (AM15)
  95. , 2616 (Z3.5)
  96. , 2614 (E14)
  97. , 2607 (J14)
  98. , 2607 (E15)
  99. , 2605 (Z2.5)
  100. , 2603 (E15)
  101. , 2601 (E14)
  102. , 2600 (AS15)
  103. , 2600 (Z3.4)
  104. , 2595 (E15)
  105. , 2595 (AS14)
  106. , 2591 (AF)
  107. , 2589 (E14)
  108. , 2577 (AM14)
  109. , 2570 (AS15)
  110. , 2568 (Z3.1)
  111. , 2563 (AM15)
  112. , 2553 (Z2.1)
  113. , 2547 (E15)
  114. , 2528 (WWC)
  115. , 2514 (Z3.6)
  116. , 2511 (Z2.5)
  117. , 2509 (Z3.2)
  118. , 2495 (Z2.3)
  119. , 2491 (E15)
  120. , 2453 (PN)
  121. , 2436 (Z2.2)
  122. , 2428 (Z3.4)
  123. , 2421 (Z2.4)
  124. , 2416 (AS15)
  125. , 2357 (Z4.2)
  126. , 2330 (Z4.1)
  127. , 2291 (Z4.3)
  128. , 2241 (Z4.4)

Qualification paths

Calendar

RoundRegular gamesTiebreaks
Round 111–12 September13 September
Round 214–15 September16 September
Round 317–18 September19 September
Round 420–21 September22 September
Quarterfinals23–24 September25 September
Semifinals27–28 September29 September
Final1–4 October5 October

Results, Rounds 1–4

Section 8

Results, rounds 5–7

Final, 1–5 October

SeedNameSep 2015 rating1234R1R2R3R4B1B2Total
16align=left 27271100 0110004
11align=left 276200111001116

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Regulations for the FIDE World Chess Cup 2015. FIDE. 27 May 2020.
  2. Web site: PARTICIPANTS of the WORLD CUP 2015. FIDE. PDF. 2017-08-04.
  3. Web site: World Cup 2015 - Average rating list. FIDE. 2015-01-08. 2015-02-26. 2019-04-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20190411143336/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/8481-world-cup-2015-average-rating-list.html. dead.

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