The Chess World Cup 2021 was a 206-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Sochi, Russia, beginning 12 July and ending 6 August 2021.[1] It was the 9th edition of the Chess World Cup. The winner of this tournament was the Polish grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who won without losing any games either in classical chess or in the rapid tiebreakers.[2]

FIDE Chess World Cup 2021
Jan-Krzysztof Duda, the winner of the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
Tournament information
SportChess
LocationSochi, Russia
Dates12 July 2021–6 August 2021
AdministratorFIDE
Tournament
format(s)
Single-elimination tournament
Host(s)Chess Federation of Russia
Final positions
ChampionPoland Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Runner-upRussia Sergey Karjakin
3rd placeNorway Magnus Carlsen
← 2019
2023 →

The two finalists (Duda and Sergey Karjakin) qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2022. The rest of the final eight, except Magnus Carlsen, qualified for the FIDE Grand Prix 2022.

In parallel with this open tournament, an inaugural women-only version was held.

Format

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The tournament was an 8-round knockout event, with the top 50 seeds given a bye directly into the second round. The losers of the two semi-finals played a match for third place.

The two finalists, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Sergey Karjakin qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2022, which is a tournament to decide the next challenger for the World Championship. Moreover, all quarter-finalists, except for World Champion Magnus Carlsen, qualified for the FIDE Grand Prix 2022, giving them another chance to qualify for the Candidates.

Each round consisted of classical time limit games on the first two days, plus tie-breaks on the third day if required. The time limits were as follows:

  • Two classical time limit games: 90 minutes, plus a 30-minute increment on move 40, plus a 30-second increment per move from move 1, per player.
  • If the match was tied after the classical games, players played two rapid chess games, with 25 minutes plus a 10-second increment per move, per player.
  • If the match was still tied, players then played two more rapid chess games, with 10 minutes plus a 10-second increment per move, per player.
  • If the match was still tied, players then played two blitz games, with 5 minutes plus a 3-second increment per move, per player.
  • If the match was still tied, a single armageddon chess game was played to decide the match, with draw odds to Black, meaning White had to win but Black only needed to draw or win, to win the match. The players drew lots and the winner of the draw chose their color. White received 5 minutes, Black received 4 minutes, and each player received an extra 2 seconds per move beginning at move 61.

Schedule

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Each round lasted three days: two for classical time limit games and a third, if necessary, for tie-breaks. Rounds 1 to 3 ran from July 12 to 20; July 21 was a rest day; Rounds 4 to 6 ran from July 22 to 30; July 31 was a rest day; and the last two rounds ran from August 1 to 6.

Play began at 3:00 pm local time (12:00 UTC) on all days.[1]

Prize money

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The total prize fund was US$1,892,500, with the first prize of US$110,000.[3]

Prize money in US dollars
Round Prizes Total
Round 1 78 × 3,750 292,500
Round 2 64 × 6,000 384,000
Round 3 32 × 10,000 320,000
Round 4 16 × 16,000 256,000
Round 5 8 × 25,000 200,000
Round 6 4 × 35,000 140,000
4th place 1 × 50,000 50,000
3rd place 1 × 60,000 60,000
Runner-up 1 × 80,000 80,000
Winner 1 × 110,000 110,000
Total 1,892,500

Media

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IM Eric Rosen was one of the official photographers for the event.[4]

Participants

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The following is the list of participants.[5][6] Players were seeded by their FIDE rating of June 2021, and all players were grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

01.     Magnus Carlsen (NOR), 2847 (World Champion)
02.     Fabiano Caruana (USA), 2820 (R)
03.     Levon Aronian (ARM), 2781 (R)
04.     Anish Giri (NED), 2780 (R)
05.     Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2776 (R)
06.     Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2770 (R)
07.     Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), 2760 (WC)
08.     Alireza Firouzja (FRA), 2759 (R)
09.     Leinier Domínguez (USA), 2758 (R)
10.     Sergey Karjakin (RUS), 2757 (R)
11.     Pentala Harikrishna (IND), 2730 (R)
12.     Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL), 2729 (ER)
13.     Vidit Gujrathi (IND), 2726 (R)
14.     Dmitry Andreikin (RUS), 2724 (ER)
15.     Nikita Vitiugov (RUS), 2724 (ER)
16.     Andrey Esipenko (RUS), 2716 (E)
17.     Daniil Dubov (RUS), 2714 (ER)
18.     Peter Svidler (RUS), 2714 (ER)
19.     Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP), 2710 (ER)
20.     Jeffery Xiong (USA), 2709 (Z2.1)
21.     Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS), 2706 (E)
22.     Yu Yangyi (CHN), 2705 (WC)
23.     Vladislav Artemiev (RUS), 2704 (E)
24.     Bassem Amin (EGY), 2703 (AF)
25.     Jorden van Foreest (NED), 2701 (R)
26.     Kirill Alekseenko (RUS), 2699 (ER)
27.     Yuriy Kryvoruchko (UKR), 2699 (ER)
28.     Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI), 2698 (AS)
29.     David Navara (CZE), 2697 (ER)
30.     Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS), 2696 (E)
31.     Sam Shankland (USA), 2691 (Z2.1)
32.     Maxim Matlakov (RUS), 2688 (E)
33.     Radosław Wojtaszek (POL), 2687 (ER)
34.     Alexander Areshchenko (UKR), 2687 (R)
35.     Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS), 2684 (R)
36.     Alexandr Predke (RUS), 2683 (E)
37.     Anton Korobov (UKR), 2683 (R)
38.     Salem Saleh (UAE), 2682 (R)
39.     Gabriel Sargissian (ARM), 2682 (FN)
40.     Markus Ragger (AUT), 2680 (FN)
41.     Étienne Bacrot (FRA), 2678 (FN)
42.     Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2675 (R)
43.     Ferenc Berkes (HUN), 2673 (FN)
44.     David Antón Guijarro (ESP), 2673 (E)
45.     Nils Grandelius (SWE), 2670 (FN)
46.     Matthias Blübaum (GER), 2669 (FN)
47.     Ivan Cheparinov (BUL), 2667 (E)
48.     Vladimir Malakhov (RUS), 2666 (R)
49.     Nijat Abasov (AZE), 2665 (PN)
50.     Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2662 (FN)
51.     Sanan Sjugirov (RUS), 2661 (E)
52.     Baskaran Adhiban (IND), 2660 (FN)
53.     Samuel Sevian (USA), 2660 (Z2.1)
54.     Constantin Lupulescu (ROM), 2656 (E)
55.     Grigoriy Oparin (RUS), 2654 (E)
56.     Yuri Kuzubov (UKR), 2653 (FN)
57.     Jorge Cori (PER), 2652 (Z2.4)
58.     Alexander Onischuk (USA), 2649 (Z2.1)
59.     Haik M. Martirosyan (ARM), 2648 (E)
60.     Ivan Šarić (CRO), 2645 (FN)
61.     Aravindh Chithambaram (IND), 2641 (Z3.7)
62.     Alexey Sarana (RUS), 2640 (PN)
63.     Alexander Motylev (RUS), 2639 (E)
64.     Aryan Tari (NOR), 2639 (FN)
65.     Evgeny Bareev (CAN), 2638 (Z2.2)
66.     Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ), 2637 (FN)
67.     Vladislav Kovalev (FIDE), 2637 (PN)
68.     Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB), 2634 (Z3.4)
69.     Alan Pichot (ARG), 2630 (FN)
70.     Mustafa Yılmaz (TUR), 2630 (E)
71.     David Paravyan (RUS), 2629 (PN)
72.     Sandro Mareco (ARG), 2629 (AM)
73.     Pavel Ponkratov (RUS), 2627 (E)
74.     Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROM), 2627 (E)
75.     Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2625 (AF)
76.     Benjamin Bok (NED), 2624 (FN)
77.     Neuris Delgado Ramírez (PAR), 2622 (Z2.5)
78.     Nihal Sarin (IND), 2620 (PN)
79.     Yaroslav Zherebukh (USA), 2620 (FN)
80.     Shant Sargsyan (ARM), 2618 (E)
81.     Daniele Vocaturo (ITA), 2617 (FN)
82.     Rasmus Svane (GER), 2615 (E)
83.     Viktor Erdős (HUN), 2614 (E)
84.     Varuzhan Akobian (USA), 2614 (PN)
85.     Pouya Idani (IRI), 2614 (FN)
86.     Amin Tabatabaei (IRI), 2613 (AS)
87.     Arik Braun (GER), 2609 (E)
88.     Vadim Zvjaginsev (RUS), 2608 (E)
89.     Kacper Piorun (POL), 2608 (FN)
90.     R Praggnanandhaa (IND), 2608 (PN)
91.     Aleksandar Inđić (SRB), 2607 (E)
92.     Cristobal Henriquez Villagra (CHI), 2606 (AM)
93.     Vasif Durarbayli (AZE), 2606 (FN)
94.     Timur Gareyev (USA), 2606 (Z2.1)
95.     Ivan Ivanišević (SRB), 2606 (E)
96.     Evgeny Alekseev (RUS), 2605 (E)
97.     Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson (ISL), 2603 (FN)
98.     Baadur Jobava (GEO), 2603 (E)
99.     Axel Bachmann (PAR), 2599 (AM)
100.     Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB), 2598 (Z3.4)
101.     Kiril Georgiev (MKD), 2594 (FN)
102.     Ante Brkić (CRO), 2592 (E)
103.     Michał Krasenkow (POL), 2591 (E)
104.     Mircea Pârligras (ROM), 2591 (FN)
105.     Hovhannes Gabuzyan (ARM), 2590 (E)
106.     Viorel Iordăchescu (MDA), 2589 (FN)
107.     Denis Kadrić (BIH), 2586 (PN)
108.     Sebastian Bogner (SUI), 2581 (FN)
109.     Victor Mikhalevski (ISR), 2581 (FN)
110.     Velimir Ivić (SRB), 2581 (FN)
111.     Mads Andersen (DEN), 2579 (FN)
112.     Gukesh D (IND), 2578 (PN)
113.     Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE), 2577 (E)
114.     Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera (CUB), 2573 (Z2.3)
115.     Emre Can (TUR), 2569 (E)
116.     Alexandr Fier (BRA), 2569 (FN)
117.     Nikita Meshkovs (LAT), 2568 (FN)
118.     Yasser Quesada Pérez (CUB), 2565 (FN)
119.     Luka Paichadze (GEO), 2564 (E)
120.     Levan Pantsulaia (GEO), 2564 (FN)
121.     Javokhir Sindarov (UZB), 2558 (AS)
122.     Elshan Moradiabadi (USA), 2555 (AM)
123.     Krikor Mekhitarian (BRA), 2554 (AM)
124.     Federico Perez Ponsa (ARG), 2554 (Z2.5)
125.     Boris Savchenko (RUS), 2553 (E)
126.     Bobby Cheng (AUS), 2552 (FN)
127.     Susanto Megaranto (INA), 2550 (FN)
128.     Saša Martinović (CRO), 2548 (E)
129.     Kaido Kulaots (EST), 2548 (FN)
130.     Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (IRI), 2547 (Z3.1)
131.     Vahap Şanal (TUR), 2546 (FN)
132.     Nikita Afanasiev (RUS), 2542 (E)
133.     Momchil Nikolov (BUL), 2542 (FN)
134.     Juan Carlos González Zamora (MEX), 2540 (FN)
135.     Helgi Dam Ziska (FRO), 2539 (Z1.10)
136.     Andrew Tang (USA), 2538 (AM)
137.     Jahongir Vakhidov (UZB), 2534 (FN)
138.     Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB), 2530 (AS)
139.     Leandro Krysa (ARG), 2527 (AM)
140.     Guillermo Vázquez, IM (PAR), 2527 (FN)
141.     Jerguš Pecháč (SVK), 2523 (PN)
142.     Darcy Lima (BRA), 2522 (Z2.4)
143.     Vojtěch Plát (CZE), 2521 (FN)
144.     Ádám Kozák (HUN), 2518 (E)
145.     Paweł Teclaf, IM (POL), 2514 (E)
146.     Pablo Salinas Herrera (CHI), 2514 (FN)
147.     Robert Hungaski (USA), 2514 (AM)
148.     Wynn Zaw Htun, IM (MYA), 2508 (FN)
149.     P. Iniyan (IND), 2506 (IAS)
150.     Dambasuren Batsuren (MGL), 2504 (FN)
151.     Volodar Murzin, IM (RUS), 2502 (FN)
152.     Bilel Bellahcene (ALG), 2499 (FN)
153.     Juraj Druska, IM (SVK), 2493 (FN)
154.     Matej Šebenik (SLO), 2492 (FN)
155.     Sergio Barrientos (COL), 2490 (Z2.3)
156.     Alexandre Dgebuadze (BEL), 2488 (FN)
157.     Razvan Preotu (CAN), 2487 (FN)
158.     Kirill Shubin, IM (RUS), 2486 (ON)
159.     Abhimanyu Mishra (USA), 2485 (PN)
160.     Kirill Stupak (BLR), 2485 (FN)
161.     Adham Fawzy (EGY), 2485 (AF)
162.     Andrés Rodríguez Vila (URU), 2484 (FN)
163.     Tin Jingyao, IM (SGP), 2482 (AS)
164.     Dmitry V. Sklyarov, IM (FIN), 2480 (FN)
165.     Goh Wei Ming (SGP), 2478 (FN)
166.     Luka Drašković, IM (MNE), 2469 (FN)
167.     Paulo Bersamina, IM (PHI), 2462 (FN)
168.     Rudik Makarian, IM (RUS), 2460 (ON)
169.     Ravi Haria, IM (ENG), 2440 (FN)
170.     Karolis Jukšta, FM (LTU), 2438 (FN)
171.     Basheer Al Qudaimi, IM (YEM), 2435 (FN)
172.     Ziaur Rahman, GM (BAN), 2434 (Z3.2)
173.     Esteban Valderrama Quiceno, IM (COL), 2430 (FN)
174.     Saparmyrat Atabayev, IM (TKM), 2425 (FN)
175.     Essam El Gindy (EGY), 2420 (FN)
176.     Sugar Gan-Erdene, IM (MGL), 2419 (AS)
177.     Pedro Ramón Martínez Reyes, FM (VEN), 2417 (FN)
178.     Evgenios Ioannidis, IM (GRE), 2411 (FN)
179.     Arthur Ssegwanyi, IM (UGA), 2409 (FN)
180.     Niaz Murshed (BAN), 2404 (FN)
181.     Asyl Abdyjapar, IM (KGZ), 2403 (FN)
182.     Abdelrahman Hesham (EGY), 2397 (AF)
183.     Amir Zaibi (TUN), 2396 (FN)
184.     André Ventura Sousa, IM (POR), 2390 (FN)
185.     Sami Khader, IM (JOR), 2382 (FN)
186.     Mohamed Tissir, IM (MAR), 2379 (FN)
187.     Noaman Omar, IM (UAE), 2367 (FN)
188.     Sergio Minero Pineda, IM (CRC), 2365 (FN)
189.     Mohamad Ervan, IM (INA), 2356 (AS)
190.     Rodwell Makoto, IM (ZIM), 2352 (FN)
191.     Bashir Eiti, IM (SYR), 2340 (FN)
192.     Daniel Quizon, IM (PHI), 2319 (Z3.3)
193.     Daniel Barrish, FM (RSA), 2313 (FN)
194.     Abobker Mohamed Elarabi, FM (LBA), 2307 (FN)
195.     Olanrewaju Ajibola, no title (NGR), 2302 (FN)
196.     Michael Concio, IM (PHI), 2297 (Z3.3)
197.     Sergio Miguel, FM (ANG), 2286 (FN)
198.     Chitumbo Mwali, IM (ZAM), 2281 (FN)
199.     Akar Ali Salih Salih, FM (IRQ), 2274 (FN)
200.     Alisher Karimov, FM (TJK), 2244 (FN)
201.     Antoine Kassis, FM (LBN), 2205 (FN)
202.     Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage, CM (SRI), 2203 (FN)
203.     Allen Chi Zhou Fan, FM (NZL), 2193 (FN)
204.     Sumant Subramaniam, FM (MAS), 2155 (FN)
205.     Chiletso Chipanga, CM (MWI), 2103 (PN)
206.     Elmer Prudente, CM (GUM), 1998 (Z3.6)

Players qualifying for the event included:

  • The world chess champion
  • The women's world chess champion (WWC)
  • The 2019 World Junior Champion U20 (U20)
  • The top four players in the Chess World Cup 2019 (WC)
  • 89 players qualifying from Continental events:
    • Europe (47): High rating (ER, 10), Hybrid qualification (E, 36), Zonal 1.10 (Z1.10, 1)
    • America (11+9): Hybrid qualification (AM, 8), Zonals 2.1 (Z2.1, 5), 2.2 (Z2.2, 1), 2.3 (Z2.3, 2), 2.4 (Z2.4, 2), 2.5 (Z2.5, 2)
    • Asia (18): Hybrid Asian Championship 2021 (AS, 7), Indian Qualification (IAS, 1), Zonals 3.1 (Z3.1, 1), 3.2 (Z3.2, 1), 3.3 (Z3.3, 2), 3.4 (Z3.4, 2), 3.5 (Z3.5, 2), 3.6 (Z3.6, 1), 3.7 (Z3.7, 1)
    • Africa (4): African Chess Championship (AF, 4)
  • The 13 highest-rated players from the average of 12 rating lists, from July 2020 to June 2021 (R)
  • 91 federations spots selected according to the average rating of their 10 highest rated players (FN).
  • 4 nominees of the FIDE President (PN)
  • 2 nominees of the organizer (ON)

The participants were seeded by their FIDE rating of June 2021. For the first time, a hybrid format of online chess under arbiter supervision was allowed to be a part of the qualification process, due to the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in organizing over the board competition.[7][8]

Replacements

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The following are the players from the list of qualifiers[5] who declined to play, and their replacements:

In addition, six federations (Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Japan, South Korea, Peru, Vietnam) did not nominate a player. Because of this and the two Zone 3.5 withdrawals, the number of presidential nominees (PN) increased from four to twelve, with the eight extra being:[15][5]

Rounds 1–4

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1   M Carlsen Bye
- Bye 1 1   M Carlsen 2
128   S Martinović 128   S Martinović 0
129   K Kulaots ½ 1   M Carlsen 2
65   E Bareev 64   A Tari 0
192   D Quizon ½ 65   E Bareev ½
64   A Tari 2 64   A Tari
193   D Barrish 0 1   M Carlsen
33   R Wojtaszek Bye 33   R Wojtaszek
- Bye 33 33   R Wojtaszek
96   E Alekseev 96   E Alekseev ½
161   A Fawzy 33   R Wojtaszek 3
97   HS Gretarsson 32   M Matlakov 1
160   K Stupak 97   HS Gretarsson ½
32   M Matlakov Bye 32   M Matlakov
- Bye 32

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
17   D Dubov Bye
Bye 17 17   D Dubov
112   Gukesh D 112   Gukesh D
145   P Teclaf 17   D Dubov
81   D Vocaturo 48   V Malakhov ½
176   S Gan-Erdene ½ 81   D Vocaturo ½
48   V Malakhov Bye 48   V Malakhov
- Bye 48 17   D Dubov
49   N Abasov Bye 16   A Esipenko
- Bye 49 49   N Abasov
80   S Sargsyan 2 80   S Sargsyan
177   P Martínez Reyes 0 49   N Abasov ½
113   TDV Nguyen 16   A Esipenko
144   A Kozák ½ 113   TDV Nguyen
16   A Esipenko Bye 16   A Esipenko
- Bye 16

Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
9   L Domínguez Bye
- Bye 9 9   L Domínguez 1
120   L Pantsulaia ½ 137   J Vakhidov 3
137   J Vakhidov 137   J Vakhidov 1
73   P Ponkratov 73   P Ponkratov 3
184   A Ventura Sousa ½ 73   P Ponkratov
56   Y Kuzubov 2 56   Y Kuzubov ½
201   A Kassis 0 73   P Ponkratov
41   É Bacrot Bye 41   É Bacrot
- Bye 41 41   É Bacrot
88   V Zvjaginsev 1 169   R Haria
169   R Haria 3 41   É Bacrot
105   H Gabuzyan 3 24   B Amin
152   B Bellahcene 1 105   H Gabuzyan ½
24   B Amin Bye 24   B Amin
- Bye 24

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
25   J van Foreest Bye
- Bye 25 25   J van Foreest
104   M Pârligras ½ 153   J Druska ½
153   J Druska 25   J van Foreest ½
89   K Piorun 89   K Piorun
168   R Makarian ½ 89   K Piorun
40   M Ragger Bye 40   M Ragger ½
- Bye 40 89   K Piorun
57   J Cori 121   J Sindarov ½
200   A Karimov ½ 57   J Cori
72   S Mareco 2 72   S Mareco
185   S Khader 0 57   J Cori ½
121   J Sindarov 121   J Sindarov
136   A Tang ½ 121   J Sindarov
8   A Firouzja Bye 8   A Firouzja
- Bye 8

Section 5

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
5   A Grischuk Bye
- Bye 5 5   A Grischuk
124   F Perez Ponsa 124   F Perez Ponsa ½
133   M Nikolov 5   A Grischuk
69   A Pichot 2 69   A Pichot ½
188   S Minero Pineda 0 69   A Pichot
60   I Šarić 2 60   I Šarić ½
197   S Miguel 0 5   A Grischuk
37   A Korobov Bye 37   A Korobov
- Bye 37 37   A Korobov
92   C Henriquez Villagra 2 92   C Henriquez Villagra ½
165   Goh Wei Ming 0 37   A Korobov
101   K Georgiev 101   K Georgiev ½
156   A Dgebuadze ½ 101   K Georgiev
28   P Maghsoodloo Bye 28   P Maghsoodloo
- Bye 28

Section 6

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
21   E Tomashevsky Bye
- Bye 21 21   E Tomashevsky 2
108   S Bogner ½ 149   P Iniyan 0
149   P Iniyan 21   E Tomashevsky
85   P Idani 2 85   P Idani
172   Z Rahman 0 85   P Idani
44   D Antón Guijarro Bye 44   D Antón Guijarro ½
- Bye 44 85   P Idani ½
53   S Sevian 2 12   J-K Duda
204   S Subramaniam 0 53   S Sevian 4
76   B Bok 76   B Bok 2
181   A Abdyjapar 53   S Sevian ½
117   N Meshkovs ½ 12   J-K Duda
140   G Vázquez 140   G Vázquez ½
12   J-K Duda Bye 12   J-K Duda
- Bye 12

Section 7

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
13   V Gujrathi Bye
- Bye 13 13   V Gujrathi
116   A Fier 116   A Fier
141   J Pecháč 13   V Gujrathi
77   N Delgado Ramírez 5 52   B Adhiban
180   N Murshed 3 77   N Delgado Ramírez 0
52   B Adhiban 2 52   B Adhiban 2
205   C Chipanga 0 13   V Gujrathi 2
45   N Grandelius Bye 20   J Xiong 0
- Bye 45 45   N Grandelius
84   V Akobian 84   V Akobian
173   E Valderrama Quiceno 45   N Grandelius
109   V Mikhalevski w/o 20   J Xiong
148   Wynn Zaw Htun 109   V Mikhalevski ½
20   J Xiong Bye 20   J Xiong
- Bye 20

Section 8

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29   D Navara Bye
- Bye 29 29   D Navara
100   N Yakubboev 100   N Yakubboev ½
157   R Preotu ½ 29   D Navara ½
93   V Durarbayli 93   V Durarbayli
164   DV Sklyarov ½ 93   V Durarbayli 3
36   A Predke Bye 36   A Predke 1
- Bye 36 93   V Durarbayli 4
61   C Aravindh 2 68   N Abdusattorov 2
196   M Concio 0 61   C Aravindh ½
68   N Abdusattorov w/o 68   N Abdusattorov
189   M Ervan 68   N Abdusattorov 3
125   B Savchenko 4   A Giri 1
132   N Afanasiev 125   B Savchenko 0
4   A Giri Bye 4   A Giri 2
- Bye 4

Section 9

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3   L Aronian Bye
- Bye 3 3   L Aronian [a]
126   B Cheng 3 126   B Cheng w/o
131   V Şanal 1 126   B Cheng ½
67   V Kovalev 2 67   V Kovalev
190   R Makoto 0 67   V Kovalev
62   A Sarana 2 62   A Sarana
195   O Ajibola 0 67   V Kovalev 0
35   D Jakovenko Bye 30   V Fedoseev 2
- Bye 35 35   D Jakovenko
94   T Gareyev 4 94   T Gareyev
163   J Tin 2 94   T Gareyev ½
99   A Bachmann 30   V Fedoseev
158   K Shubin ½ 99   A Bachmann 0
30   V Fedoseev Bye 30   V Fedoseev 2
- Bye 30

Section 10

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19   F Vallejo Pons Bye
- Bye 19 19   F Vallejo Pons ½
110   V Ivić 110   V Ivić
147   R Hungaski ½ 110   V Ivić
83   V Erdős w/o 46   M Blübaum ½
174   S Atabayev 83   V Erdős
46   M Blübaum Bye 46   M Blübaum
- Bye 46 110   V Ivić 3
51   S Sjugirov 2 14   D Andreikin 1
206   E Prudente 0 51   S Sjugirov ½
78   N Sarin 78   N Sarin
179   A Ssegwanyi ½ 78   N Sarin ½
115   E Can 2 14   D Andreikin
142   D Lima 0 115   E Can ½
14   D Andreikin Bye 14   D Andreikin
- Bye 14

Section 11

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11   H Pentala Bye
- Bye 11 11   H Pentala
118   Y Quesada Pérez 118   Y Quesada Pérez ½
139   L Krysa ½ 11   H Pentala
75   A Adly 54   C Lupulescu ½
182   A Hesham 182   A Hesham 0
54   C Lupulescu w/o 54   C Lupulescu 2
203   ACZ Fan 11   H Pentala ½
43   F Berkes Bye 86   A Tabatabaei
- Bye 43 43   F Berkes
86   A Tabatabaei 86   A Tabatabaei
171   B Al Qudaimi 86   A Tabatabaei
107   D Kadrić 22   Y Yangyi ½
150   D Batsuren ½ 107   D Kadrić 0
22   Y Yangyi Bye 22   Y Yangyi 2
- Bye 22

Section 12

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27   Y Kryvoruchko Bye
- Bye 27 27   Y Kryvoruchko ½
102   A Brkić 2 102   A Brkić
155   S Barrientos 0 102   A Brkić 2
91   A Inđić 2 38   S Saleh 0
166   L Drašković 0 91   A Inđić 1
38   S Saleh Bye 38   S Saleh 3
- Bye 38 102   A Brkić ½
59   HM Martirosyan 3 59   HM Martirosyan
198   C Mwali 1 59   HM Martirosyan
70   M Yılmaz 70   M Yılmaz ½
187   N Omar ½ 59   HM Martirosyan
123   K Mekhitarian 6   S Mamedyarov
134   J González Zamora 123   K Mekhitarian 1
6   S Mamedyarov Bye 6   S Mamedyarov 3
- Bye 6

Section 13

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7   M Vachier-Lagrave Bye
- Bye 7 7   M Vachier-Lagrave
122   E Moradiabadi w/o 122   E Moradiabadi ½
135   HD Ziska 7   M Vachier-Lagrave 5
71   D Paravyan 2 71   D Paravyan 4
186   M Tissir 0 71   D Paravyan 2
58   A Onischuk 2 58   A Onischuk 0
199   AAS Salih 0 7   M Vachier-Lagrave
39   G Sargissian Bye 90   R Praggnanandhaa ½
- Bye 39 39   G Sargissian 0
90   R Praggnanandhaa 90   R Praggnanandhaa 2
167   P Bersamina ½ 90   R Praggnanandhaa 3
103   M Krasenkow 103   M Krasenkow 1
154   M Šebenik ½ 103   M Krasenkow
26   K Alekseenko Bye 26   K Alekseenko ½
- Bye 26

Section 14

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23   V Artemiev Bye
- Bye 23 23   V Artemiev
106   V Iordăchescu 151   V Murzin
151   V Murzin 23   V Artemiev 3
87   A Braun 42   B Gelfand 1
170   K Jukšta ½ 87   A Braun ½
42   B Gelfand Bye 42   B Gelfand
- Bye 42 23   V Artemiev
55   G Oparin 2 10   S Karjakin
202   RD Liyanage 0 55   G Oparin
74   B-D Deac w/o 74   B-D Deac
183   A Zaibi 55   G Oparin ½
119   L Paichadze 0 10   S Karjakin
138   S Vokhidov 2 138   S Vokhidov 0
10   S Karjakin Bye 10   S Karjakin 2
- Bye 10

Section 15

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15   N Vitiugov Bye
- Bye 15 15   N Vitiugov
114   C Albornoz Cabrera ½ 143   V Plát ½
143   V Plát 15   N Vitiugov
79   Y Zherebukh 50   A Shirov ½
178   E Ioannidis ½ 79   Y Zherebukh 2
50   A Shirov Bye 50   A Shirov 4
- Bye 50 15   N Vitiugov
47   I Cheparinov Bye 18   P Svidler
- Bye 47 47   I Cheparinov 5
82   R Svane 2 82   R Svane 4
175   E El-Gindy 0 47   I Cheparinov
111   M Andersen ½ 18   P Svidler
146   P Salinas Herrera 146   P Salinas Herrera ½
18   P Svidler Bye 18   P Svidler
- Bye 18

Section 16

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31   S Shankland Bye
- Bye 31 31   S Shankland
98   B Jobava 98   B Jobava ½
159   A Mishra ½ 31   S Shankland
95   I Ivanišević w/o 34   A Areshchenko
162   A Rodríguez Vila 95   I Ivanišević ½
34   A Areshchenko Bye 34   A Areshchenko
- Bye 34 31   S Shankland
63   A Motylev 2 66   R Jumabayev ½
194   AM Elarabi 0 63   A Motylev ½
66   R Jumabayev 2 66   R Jumabayev
191   B Eiti 0 66   R Jumabayev
127   S Megaranto 2   F Caruana ½
130   E Ghaem-Maghami 127   S Megaranto 0[b]
2   F Caruana Bye 2   F Caruana 2
- Bye 2

Rounds 5–8

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1   Magnus Carlsen 5
16   Andrey Esipenko 3
1   Magnus Carlsen 2
41   Étienne Bacrot 0
41   Étienne Bacrot 4
89   Kacper Piorun 2
1   Magnus Carlsen
12   Jan-Krzysztof Duda
5   Alexander Grischuk
12   Jan-Krzysztof Duda
12   Jan-Krzysztof Duda
13   Vidit Gujrathi ½
13   Vidit Gujrathi
93   Vasif Durarbayli ½
12   Jan-Krzysztof Duda
10   Sergey Karjakin ½
30   Vladimir Fedoseev 3
110   Velimir Ivić 1
30   Vladimir Fedoseev
86   Amin Tabatabaei ½
86   Amin Tabatabaei
59   Haik M. Martirosyan
30   Vladimir Fedoseev ½
10   Sergey Karjakin
7   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Third place
10   Sergey Karjakin
10   Sergey Karjakin 4 1   Magnus Carlsen 2
31   Sam Shankland 2 30   Vladimir Fedoseev 0
18   Peter Svidler ½
31   Sam Shankland

Third place

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Seed Name Jul 2021 rating 1 2 Total
1   Magnus Carlsen 2847 1 1 2
30   Vladimir Fedoseev 2696 0 0 0

Finals

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Seed Name Jul 2021 rating 1 2 Total
12   Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2738 ½ 1
10   Sergey Karjakin 2757 ½ 0 ½

Notes

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  1. ^ Aronian forfeited both games for health-related reasons.[16]
  2. ^ Caruana won the first game by forfeit, after Megaranto's COVID-19 test was confirmed as positive, 15 moves into the first game.[17] As a result, Megaranto was forced to forfeit the second game. FIDE confirmed a mid-game forfeit had occurred, but did not name the player, citing "privacy regulations".[18]

References

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  1. ^ a b Men's World Cup 2021 Schedule Archived 2023-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, FIDE
  2. ^ ""Games Archive"". 2700chess.
  3. ^ "Regulations for the FIDE World Cup 2021" (PDF). FIDE.
  4. ^ Rosen, Eric [@IM_Rosen] (9 July 2021). "Beginning my journey to Sochi... Super excited to be one of the official photographers for the @FIDE_chess World Cup!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ a b c "Participants of the World Cup 2021" (PDF), Official tournament site, FIDE
  6. ^ "Tournament Tree"
  7. ^ FIDE Approves Hybrid Format. Chess.com.
  8. ^ nikita (14 May 2021). "FIDE World Chess Cup 2021 – Chessdom". Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  9. ^ a b Carlsen, So, Aronian & Ding in San Fermin Masters battle, chess24.com, July 11, 2021
  10. ^ Magnus Carlsen to play in FIDE World Cup in Sochi, Chessbase, June 11, 2021
  11. ^ Ian Nepomniachtchi to @rianru: I won't play at the FIDE World Cup in Sochi, FIDE, Twitter, 17 June 2021
  12. ^ Rao, Rakesh (28 April 2021). "Nepomniachtchi loses last round, takes Candidates title; Wang Hao retires at 31". Sportstar. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  13. ^ Viswanathan Anand likely to skip World Cup in Sochi, Indian Express, 27 May 2021
  14. ^ Australian Chess Federation Newsletter 604, 19 June 2021
  15. ^ Players lists and full pairings of FIDE World Cups published, FIDE, 22 June 2021 (This shows who the original four PNs were.)
  16. ^ We respect @LevAronian’s decision..., FIDE, Twitter, 16 July 2021
  17. ^ FIDE Chess World Cup 2021: Fabiano Caruana wins by default after his opponent Susanto Megaranto's COVID-19 test result came positive during the game, The Free Press Journal, 15 July 2021
  18. ^ World Champion Magnus Carlsen debuts with a technical win, FIDE, 15 July 2021

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