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Friday, January 11, 2013

World Chess Cup 2013: Fide Publishes First List

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Hi everyone,

FIDE is publishing the first list of qualifiers for the World Cup 2013, a list which will be continuously updated as zonal and continental events are still taking place throughout the world. The World Cup this year is scheduled for 10 August to 5 September 2013 in Tromso, Norway.

 

QUALIFIERS for the WORLD CUP 2013

a)World Champion and World Cup 2011 semi-finalists
01. V. Anand (IND)
02. P. Svidler (RUS)
03. A. Grischuk (RUS)
04. V. Ivanchuk (UKR)
05. R. Ponomariov (UKR)

b)Women's World Champion 2012:

06. A. Ushenina (UKR)

c)Junior World Champions 2011 & 2012:

07. D. Swiercz (POL)
08. A. Ipatov (TUR)

d)From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 3/2012 up to 1/2013:
09. M. Carlsen (NOR) 2843,00
10. L. Aronian (ARM) 2816,22
11. V. Kramnik (RUS) 2798,88
12. T. Radjabov (AZE) 2789,22
13. S. Karjakin (RUS) 2777,44
14. F. Caruana (ITA) 2775,44
15. H. Nakamura (USA) 2772,77
16. A. Morozevich (RUS) 2760,44
17. V. Topalov (BUL) 2758,00
18. G. Kamsky (USA) 2748,55
19. S. Mamedyarov (AZE) 2744,88
20. Wang Hao (CHN) 2739,11
21. B. Gelfand (ISR) 2738,44
22. P. Leko (HUN) 2731,11
23. E. Tomashevsky (RUS) 2728,77
24. L. Dominguez (CUB) 2727,44
25. M. Adams (ENG) 2721,66
26. R. Wojtaszek (POL) 2721,55

e) 46 players from European Championships 2012 & 2013
27. D. Jakovenko (RUS) 2012
28. L. Fressinet (FRA) 2012
29. V. Malakhov (RUS) 2012
30. D. Andreikin (RUS) 2012
31. E. Inarkiev (RUS) 2012
32. M. Matlakov (RUS) 2012
33. V. Bologan (MDA) 2012
34. F. Vallejo Pons (ESP) 2012
35. Y. Kryvoruchko (UKR) 2012
36. S. Azarov (BLR) 2012
37. E. Najer (RUS) 2012
38. V. Akopian (ARM) 2012
39. A. Volokitin (UKR) 2012
40. J. Smeets (NED) 2012
41. C.B. Gawain Jones (ENG) 2012
42. N. Vitiugov (RUS) 2012
43. E. Bacrot (FRA) 2012
44. A. Dreev (RUS) 2012
45. D. Khismatullin (RUS) 2012
46. M. Kobalia (RUS) 2012
47. V. Durarbeyli (AZE) 2012
48. A. Riazantsev (RUS) 2012
49. B. Jobava (GEO) 2012
50 to 92 TBA

g) 20 players from Asia/Oceania
93 to 112 TBA

h) 6 players from Africa
113 to 118 TBA

i) 6 nominees of the FIDE President
119 to 124 TBA

j) 4 nominees of the local Organising Committee
125 to 128 128 players

Top 3 reserve players by rating (average 3/2012 up to 1/2013):
1. A. Giri (NED) 2715,33
2. I. Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2709,00
3. A. Shirov (LAT) 2708,33

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