Chess World Cup 2009
# Chess World Cup 2009

The Chess World Cup 2009 was a 128-player single-elimination tournament, played between 20 November and 14 December 2009, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The Cup winner qualified for the Candidates stage of the World Chess Championship 2012. Boris Gelfand defeated Ruslan Ponomariov in the final.

The winner of the Chess World Cup 2007, Gata Kamsky, was defeated by Wesley So 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 move one. If the match was tied after the regular games, tie breaks were played on the next day. The format for the tie breaks was as follows:

* Four rapid games (25 minutes plus 10 second increment) were played. According to chess journalist Mig Greengard, a "high FIDE official" admitted off the record that this unusual decision of playing four games instead of two was actually a mistake that was spotted too late to correct it.
* If the score was still tied, up to five pairs of blitz games (5 minutes plus 3 second increment) were played. If one player led after a pair of blitz games, that player was declared the winner. This was a change from previous events, for instance at the Chess World Cup 2007 the match went to an armageddon game after a single pair of blitz games.
* If the score was still tied after five pairs of blitz games, a single armageddon game (white must win, black only needs to draw) would be played. White had 5 minutes, black had 4 minutes, and both players had three-second increments beginning with move 61. Ultimately, no Armageddon games were played, as all matches were decided before that stage.

## Participants

The players qualified for the event were:

* Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2758 (R)
* Vugar Gashimov (AZE), 2758 (R)
* Peter Svidler (RUS), 2754 (R)
* Alexander Morozevich (RUS), 2750 (R)
* Teimour Radjabov (AZE), 2748 (R)
* Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2739 (R)
* Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR), 2739 (R)
* Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2736 (R)
* Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS), 2736 (R)
* Wang Yue (CHN), 2734 (R)
* Pavel Eljanov (UKR), 2729 (E09)
* Sergey Karjakin (UKR), 2723 (SF)
* Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2719 (R)
* Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2719 (SF)
* Leinier Domínguez (CUB), 2719 (R)
* Sergei Movsesian (SVK), 2718 (E08)
* Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), 2718 (E08)
* Evgeny Alekseev (RUS), 2715 (R)
* Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS), 2708 (E09)
* Wang Hao (CHN), 2708 (R)
* David Navara (CZE), 2707 (E09)
* Vladimir Malakhov (RUS), 2706 (R)
* Étienne Bacrot (FRA), 2700 (R)
* Sergei Rublevsky (RUS), 2697 (R)
* Baadur Jobava (GEO), 2696 (E09)
* Alexander Motylev (RUS), 2695 (E09)
* Gata Kamsky (USA), 2695 (SF)
* Nikita Vitiugov (RUS), 2694 (E09)
* Viktor Bologan (MDA), 2692 (E08)
* Arkadij Naiditsch (GER), 2689 (E09)
* Bu Xiangzhi (CHN), 2682 (R)
* Judit Polgár (HUN), 2680 (R)
* Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROU), 2677 (E09)
* Gabriel Sargissian (ARM), 2676 (E08)
* Alexander Onischuk (USA), 2672 (Z2.1)
* Ivan Cheparinov (BUL), 2671 (PN)
* Zahar Efimenko (UKR), 2668 (E08)
* Emil Sutovsky (ISR), 2666 (E08)
* Evgeniy Najer (RUS), 2666 (E08)
* Sergei Tiviakov (NED), 2664 (E08)
* Alexander Areshchenko (UKR), 2664 (E09)
* Krishnan Sasikiran (IND), 2664 (R)
* Ilya Smirin (ISR), 2662 (E08)
* Vladimir Baklan (UKR), 2655 (E08)
* Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND), 2654 (AS)
* Alexandr Fier (BRA), 2653 (Z2.4)
* Laurent Fressinet (FRA), 2653 (E08)
* Georg Meier (GER), 2653 (E09)
* Boris Grachev (RUS), 2652 (E08)
* Fabiano Caruana (ITA), 2652 (PN)
* Ivan Sokolov (BIH), 2652 (E09)
* Vadim Milov (SUI), 2652 (R)
* Artyom Timofeev (RUS), 2651 (E09)
* Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS), 2645 (E09)
* Boris Savchenko (RUS), 2644 (E09)
* Mikhail Kobalia (RUS), 2643 (E09)
* Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA), 2642 (PN)
* Pavel Tregubov (RUS), 2642 (E08)
* Wesley So (PHI), 2640 (Z3.3)
* Julio Granda (PER), 2640 (AM09)
* Viktor Láznička (CZE), 2637 (E08)
* Dmitry Andreikin (RUS), 2636 (E08)
* Rauf Mamedov (AZE), 2634 (E09)
* Farrukh Amonatov (TJK), 2631 (Z3.4)
* Sergey Volkov (RUS), 2629 (E08)
* Zhou Jianchao (CHN), 2629 (Z3.5)
* Tomi Nybäck (FIN), 2628 (E08)
* Ioánnis Papaïoánnou (GRE), 2628 (E08)
* Konstantin Sakaev (RUS), 2626 (E09)
* Gadir Guseinov (AZE), 2625 (E09)
* Varuzhan Akobian (USA), 2624 (Z2.1)
* Lê Quang Liêm (VIE), 2624 (AS)
* Chanda Sandipan (IND), 2623 (AS)
* Yury Shulman (USA), 2623 (Z2.1)
* Jan Gustafsson (GER), 2622 (E08)
* Rafael Leitão (BRA), 2621 (Z2.4)
* Parimarjan Negi (IND), 2620 (AS)
* Sergey Fedorchuk (UKR), 2619 (E09)
* Lázaro Bruzón (CUB), 2619 (Z2.3)
* Mateusz Bartel (POL), 2618 (E09)
* Tigran L. Petrosian (ARM), 2615 (E09)
* Sanan Sjugirov (RUS), 2612 (E09)
* Alexander Khalifman (RUS), 2612 (E08)
* Anton Filippov (UZB), 2607 (Z3.4)
* Alexander Shabalov (USA), 2606 (AM09)
* Jaan Ehlvest (USA), 2606 (AM08)
* Erwin l'Ami (NED), 2606 (E08)
* Fidel Corrales Jimenez (CUB), 2605 (AM09)
* Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN), 2605 (Z2.3)
* Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (IRI), 2603 (PN)
* Zhou Weiqi (CHN), 2603 (AS)
* Gilberto Milos (BRA), 2603 (AM09)
* Yuriy Kryvoruchko (UKR), 2602 (E08)
* Diego Flores (ARG), 2602 (AM09)
* Li Chao (CHN), 2596 (Z3.5)
* Constantin Lupulescu (ROU), 2591 (E09)
* Duško Pavasovič (SLO), 2590 (E08)
* Yannick Pelletier (SUI), 2589 (PN)
* Hou Yifan (CHN), 2588 (AS)
* Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2583 (J07)
* Abhijeet Gupta (IND), 2578 (J08)
* Rogelio Antonio Jr. (PHI), 2574 (AS)
* Robert Hess (USA), 2572 (Z2.1)
* Ray Robson (USA), 2567, IM (PN)
* Iván Morovic (CHI), 2562 (Z2.5)
* Friso Nijboer (NED), 2561 (E09)
* Bassem Amin (EGY), 2553 (AF)
* Darwin Laylo (PHI), 2552 (Z3.3)
* Joshua Friedel (USA), 2551 (Z2.1)
* Alexander Ivanov (USA), 2539 (AM09)
* Aleksei Pridorozhni (RUS), 2533, IM (ON)
* Yu Shaoteng (CHN), 2529 (AS)
* Yu Yangyi (CHN), 2527 (AS)
* David Smerdon (AUS), 2525 (Z3.6)
* Abhijit Kunte (IND), 2522 (AS)
* Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS), 2516 (WWC)
* Andrés Rodríguez (URU), 2508 (Z2.5)
* Mohamad Al Sayed (QAT), 2504 (Z3.1)
* Nikolai Kabanov (RUS), 2501 (ON)
* Aimen Rizouk (ALG), 2500 (AF)
* Sriram Jha (IND), 2497, IM (Z3.2)
* Essam El-Gindy (EGY), 2493 (AF)
* Alexei Bezgodov (RUS), 2484 (ON)
* Mohamed Ezat (EGY), 2472, IM (AF)
* Khaled Abdel Razik (EGY), 2469, IM (AF)
* Jean Hébert (CAN), 2420, IM (Z2.2)
* Walaa Sarwat (EGY), 2405, IM (AF)
* Andrei Obodchuk (RUS), 2404, IM (ON)

All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise. The pairings of the 1st round (players were seeded according to their ratings) were announced on 2 November 2009, immediately after the publishing of the November rating list. The list of players who declined participation: Anand, Carlsen, Topalov, Aronian, Kramnik, Leko, Adams, Nakamura, and Ni Hua. Among them, Anand, Topalov and Aronian had already qualified for the Candidates or the Championship match; Carlsen, Kramnik, Nakamura, Adams and Ni had committed to play in the London Chess Classic on 7–15 December 2009.

Qualification paths:

## Calendar

| Round | Regular games | Tiebreaks |
| - | - | - |
| Round 1 | 21–22 November | 23 November |
| Round 2 | 24–25 November | 26 November |
| Round 3 | 27–28 November | 29 November |
| Round 4 | 30 November, 1 December | 2 December |
| Quarterfinals | 3–4 December | 5 December |
| Semifinals | 6–7 December | 8 December |
| Final | 10–13 December | 14 December |

## Summary of results

### Round one

In the first round of the tournament all of the top 30 seeded players progressed, with the sole exception of Slovakian Sergei Movsesian (16), who was eliminated by the Chinese 113th seed Yu Yangyi. Judit Polgár achieved a walkover, due to her opponent Duško Pavasovič withdrawing from the competition due to injury. The round was notable for the 16-game match between Pavel Tregubov and Varuzhan Akobian: after each winning with white over the first two days, their tiebreak held a marathon of four rapid games followed by ten blitz games. The two players fought until near 1 a.m. local time for the right to face Ruslan Ponomariov in the second round (which would start the next morning), Akobian finally achieving the decisive two-point advantage in the final bout before an Armageddon game would have been required.

### Round two

The first day of Round Two included a number of upsets. The highest seed to have won their match was Alexander Grischuk (8), as Peter Svidler (3), Alexander Morozevich (4), Teimour Radjabov (5) and Vassily Ivanchuk (6) all lost and the remaining highest seeds (Gelfand, Gashimov and Ponomariov) drew. On the next day of matches, Morozevich, Radjabov and Ivanchuk were all eliminated, and exactly half of the matches went to tie-breaks. Of the 32 players to reach Round Three, all but seven players had been originally seeded in the top 32.

### Round three

Sixteen-year-old Wesley So, who had upset Ivanchuk in Round Two, achieved another major upset, defeating Gata Kamsky, the 2007 winner, 1½-½. In the second rapid tiebreak, Chinese players Wang Yue and Li Chao were not at their seats for the start of the round, and lost the game, and their matches against Bacrot and Gashimov.

### Round four

This round marked the departure of most of the youthful players from the World Cup. Wesley So (16), Fabiano Caruana (17) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (19) were eliminated by the more experienced Malakhov, Gashimov and Gelfand respectively, leaving Sergey Karjakin the only under-20 player left in contention.

## Results, rounds 1–4

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Third round | Third round | Third round | | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Boris Gelfand (ISR) | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 128 | Andrei Obodchuk (RUS) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 128 | Andrei Obodchuk (RUS) | ½ | 1 | Boris Gelfand (ISR) | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 64 | Farrukh Amonatov (TJK) | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 64 | Farrukh Amonatov (TJK) | 1½ | 64 | Farrukh Amonatov (TJK) | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 65 | Sergey Volkov (RUS) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 65 | Sergey Volkov (RUS) | ½ | | | | 1 | Boris Gelfand (ISR) | 3½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 32 | Judit Polgár (HUN) | 2½ | | | | |
| 32 | Judit Polgár (HUN) | w/o | | | | | | | 32 | Judit Polgár (HUN) | 2½ | | | | |
| 97 | Duško Pavasovič (SLO) | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 97 | Duško Pavasovič (SLO) | | 32 | Judit Polgár (HUN) | 4½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 33 | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROU) | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| 33 | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROU) | 1½ | 33 | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROU) | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| 96 | Constantin Lupulescu (ROU) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 96 | Constantin Lupulescu (ROU) | ½ | | | | | | | | 1 | Boris Gelfand (ISR) | 4½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 17 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) | 3½ |
| 16 | Sergei Movsesian (SVK) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) | 3½ |
| 113 | Yu Yangyi (CHN) | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 113 | Yu Yangyi (CHN) | 1½ | 113 | Yu Yangyi (CHN) | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 80 | Mateusz Bartel (POL) | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 49 | Boris Grachev (RUS) | 3 | 80 | Mateusz Bartel (POL) | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 80 | Mateusz Bartel (POL) | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 80 | Mateusz Bartel (POL) | 5 | | | | 113 | Yu Yangyi (CHN) | ½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 17 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) | 1½ | | | | |
| 17 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) | 1½ | | | | | | | 17 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) | 1½ | | | | |
| 112 | Yu Shaoteng (CHN) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 112 | Yu Shaoteng (CHN) | ½ | 17 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 48 | Georg Meier (GER) | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 48 | Georg Meier (GER) | 1½ | 48 | Georg Meier (GER) | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 81 | Tigran L. Petrosian (ARM) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Third round | Third round | Third round | | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Alexander Grischuk (RUS) | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 121 | Sriram Jha (IND) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 121 | Sriram Jha (IND) | ½ | 8 | Alexander Grischuk (RUS) | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 57 | Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA) | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 57 | Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA) | 3½ | 57 | Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA) | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 72 | Lê Quang Liêm (VIE) | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 72 | Lê Quang Liêm (VIE) | 1½ | | | | 8 | Alexander Grischuk (RUS) | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 25 | Baadur Jobava (GEO) | 3 | | | | |
| 25 | Baadur Jobava (GEO) | 1½ | | | | | | | 25 | Baadur Jobava (GEO) | 3 | | | | |
| 104 | Ray Robson (USA) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 104 | Ray Robson (USA) | ½ | 25 | Baadur Jobava (GEO) | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 89 | Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN) | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 40 | Sergei Tiviakov (NED) | 2½ | 89 | Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN) | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 89 | Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN) | 3½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 89 | Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN) | 3½ | | | | | | | | 8 | Alexander Grischuk (RUS) | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 9 | Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) | 5 |
| 9 | Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) | 5 |
| 120 | Aimen Rizouk (ALG) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 120 | Aimen Rizouk (ALG) | ½ | 9 | Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 73 | Chanda Sandipan (IND) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 56 | Mikhail Kobalia (RUS) | ½ | 73 | Chanda Sandipan (IND) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 73 | Chanda Sandipan (IND) | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 73 | Chanda Sandipan (IND) | 1½ | | | | 9 | Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 41 | Alexander Areshchenko (UKR) | 2 | | | | |
| 24 | Sergei Rublevsky (RUS) | 1½ | | | | | | | 41 | Alexander Areshchenko (UKR) | 2 | | | | |
| 105 | Iván Morovic (CHI) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 105 | Iván Morovic (CHI) | ½ | 24 | Sergei Rublevsky (RUS) | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 41 | Alexander Areshchenko (UKR) | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| 41 | Alexander Areshchenko (UKR) | 1½ | 41 | Alexander Areshchenko (UKR) | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| 88 | Fidel Corrales Jimenez (CUB) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Third round | Third round | Third round | | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Alexander Morozevich (RUS) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 125 | Khaled Abdel Razik (EGY) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 125 | Khaled Abdel Razik (EGY) | 0 | 4 | Alexander Morozevich (RUS) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 61 | Viktor Láznička (CZE) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 61 | Viktor Láznička (CZE) | 1½ | 61 | Viktor Láznička (CZE) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 68 | Ioánnis Papaïoánnou (GRE) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 68 | Ioánnis Papaïoánnou (GRE) | ½ | | | | 61 | Viktor Láznička (CZE) | 3½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 29 | Viktor Bologan (MDA) | 1½ | | | | |
| 29 | Viktor Bologan (MDA) | 1½ | | | | | | | 29 | Viktor Bologan (MDA) | 1½ | | | | |
| 100 | Ahmed Adly (EGY) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 100 | Ahmed Adly (EGY) | ½ | 29 | Viktor Bologan (MDA) | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 36 | Ivan Cheparinov (BUL) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 36 | Ivan Cheparinov (BUL) | 3½ | 36 | Ivan Cheparinov (BUL) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 93 | Yuriy Kryvoruchko (UKR) | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 93 | Yuriy Kryvoruchko (UKR) | 2½ | | | | | | | | 61 | Viktor Láznička (CZE) | ½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 13 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) | 1½ |
| 13 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) | 1½ |
| 116 | Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 116 | Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS) | 0 | 13 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 52 | Vadim Milov (SUI) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 52 | Vadim Milov (SUI) | 3½ | 52 | Vadim Milov (SUI) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 77 | Parimarjan Negi (IND) | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 77 | Parimarjan Negi (IND) | 1½ | | | | 13 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) | 1½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 20 | Wang Hao (CHN) | ½ | | | | |
| 20 | Wang Hao (CHN) | 2 | | | | | | | 20 | Wang Hao (CHN) | ½ | | | | |
| 109 | Joshua Friedel (USA) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 109 | Joshua Friedel (USA) | 0 | 20 | Wang Hao (CHN) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 45 | Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 45 | Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND) | 2 | 45 | Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 84 | Anton Filippov (UZB) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Third round | Third round | Third round | | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Teimour Radjabov (AZE) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 124 | Mohamed Ezat (EGY) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 124 | Mohamed Ezat (EGY) | 0 | 5 | Teimour Radjabov (AZE) | ½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 69 | Konstantin Sakaev (RUS) | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 60 | Julio Granda (PER) | ½ | 69 | Konstantin Sakaev (RUS) | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 69 | Konstantin Sakaev (RUS) | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 69 | Konstantin Sakaev (RUS) | 1½ | | | | 69 | Konstantin Sakaev (RUS) | ½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 28 | Nikita Vitiugov (RUS) | 1½ | | | | |
| 28 | Nikita Vitiugov (RUS) | 1½ | | | | | | | 28 | Nikita Vitiugov (RUS) | 1½ | | | | |
| 101 | Abhijeet Gupta (IND) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 101 | Abhijeet Gupta (IND) | ½ | 28 | Nikita Vitiugov (RUS) | 4½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 92 | Gilberto Milos (BRA) | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| 37 | Zahar Efimenko (UKR) | ½ | 92 | Gilberto Milos (BRA) | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| 92 | Gilberto Milos (BRA) | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 92 | Gilberto Milos (BRA) | 1½ | | | | | | | | 28 | Nikita Vitiugov (RUS) | ½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 12 | Sergey Karjakin (UKR) | 1½ |
| 12 | Sergey Karjakin (UKR) | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | Sergey Karjakin (UKR) | 1½ |
| 117 | Andrés Rodríguez (URU) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 117 | Andrés Rodríguez (URU) | ½ | 12 | Sergey Karjakin (UKR) | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 53 | Artyom Timofeev (RUS) | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 53 | Artyom Timofeev (RUS) | 3½ | 53 | Artyom Timofeev (RUS) | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 76 | Rafael Leitão (BRA) | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 76 | Rafael Leitão (BRA) | 2½ | | | | 12 | Sergey Karjakin (UKR) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 21 | David Navara (CZE) | 1 | | | | |
| 21 | David Navara (CZE) | 4 | | | | | | | 21 | David Navara (CZE) | 1 | | | | |
| 108 | Darwin Laylo (PHI) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 108 | Darwin Laylo (PHI) | 2 | 21 | David Navara (CZE) | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 85 | Alexander Shabalov (USA) | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 44 | Vladimir Baklan (UKR) | 3½ | 85 | Alexander Shabalov (USA) | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 85 | Alexander Shabalov (USA) | 4½ | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 5

| First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Third round | Third round | Third round | | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Vugar Gashimov (AZE) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 127 | Walaa Sarwat (EGY) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 127 | Walaa Sarwat (EGY) | 0 | 2 | Vugar Gashimov (AZE) | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 66 | Zhou Jianchao (CHN) | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 63 | Rauf Mamedov (AZE) | ½ | 66 | Zhou Jianchao (CHN) | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 66 | Zhou Jianchao (CHN) | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 66 | Zhou Jianchao (CHN) | 1½ | | | | 2 | Vugar Gashimov (AZE) | 3½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 95 | Li Chao (CHN) | 1½ | | | | |
| 31 | Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) | ½ | | | | | | | 95 | Li Chao (CHN) | 1½ | | | | |
| 98 | Yannick Pelletier (SUI) | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 98 | Yannick Pelletier (SUI) | 1½ | 98 | Yannick Pelletier (SUI) | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 95 | Li Chao (CHN) | 4½ | | | | | | | |
| 34 | Gabriel Sargissian (ARM) | 3 | 95 | Li Chao (CHN) | 4½ | | | | | | | |
| 95 | Li Chao (CHN) | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 95 | Li Chao (CHN) | 5 | | | | | | | | 2 | Vugar Gashimov (AZE) | 3½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 50 | Fabiano Caruana (ITA) | 1½ |
| 15 | Leinier Domínguez (CUB) | 3½ | | | | | | | | | | | 50 | Fabiano Caruana (ITA) | 1½ |
| 114 | David Smerdon (AUS) | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 114 | David Smerdon (AUS) | 2½ | 15 | Leinier Domínguez (CUB) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 50 | Fabiano Caruana (ITA) | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 50 | Fabiano Caruana (ITA) | 1½ | 50 | Fabiano Caruana (ITA) | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 79 | Lázaro Bruzón (CUB) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 79 | Lázaro Bruzón (CUB) | ½ | | | | 50 | Fabiano Caruana (ITA) | 3½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 18 | Evgeny Alekseev (RUS) | 2½ | | | | |
| 18 | Evgeny Alekseev (RUS) | 1½ | | | | | | | 18 | Evgeny Alekseev (RUS) | 2½ | | | | |
| 111 | Aleksei Pridorozhni (RUS) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 111 | Aleksei Pridorozhni (RUS) | ½ | 18 | Evgeny Alekseev (RUS) | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 47 | Laurent Fressinet (FRA) | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 47 | Laurent Fressinet (FRA) | 2 | 47 | Laurent Fressinet (FRA) | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 82 | Sanan Sjugirov (RUS) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 6

| First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Third round | Third round | Third round | | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 122 | Essam El-Gindy (EGY) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 122 | Essam El-Gindy (EGY) | ½ | 7 | Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 71 | Varuzhan Akobian (USA) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 58 | Pavel Tregubov (RUS) | 7 | 71 | Varuzhan Akobian (USA) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 71 | Varuzhan Akobian (USA) | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 71 | Varuzhan Akobian (USA) | 9 | | | | 7 | Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) | 1½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 26 | Alexander Motylev (RUS) | ½ | | | | |
| 26 | Alexander Motylev (RUS) | 1½ | | | | | | | 26 | Alexander Motylev (RUS) | ½ | | | | |
| 103 | Robert Hess (USA) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 103 | Robert Hess (USA) | ½ | 26 | Alexander Motylev (RUS) | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 39 | Evgeniy Najer (RUS) | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 39 | Evgeniy Najer (RUS) | 1½ | 39 | Evgeniy Najer (RUS) | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 90 | Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (IRI) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 90 | Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (IRI) | ½ | | | | | | | | 7 | Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) | 3½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 23 | Étienne Bacrot (FRA) | 2½ |
| 10 | Wang Yue (CHN) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 23 | Étienne Bacrot (FRA) | 2½ |
| 119 | Nikolai Kabanov (RUS) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 119 | Nikolai Kabanov (RUS) | 0 | 10 | Wang Yue (CHN) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 55 | Boris Savchenko (RUS) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 55 | Boris Savchenko (RUS) | 4½ | 55 | Boris Savchenko (RUS) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 74 | Yury Shulman (USA) | 3½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 74 | Yury Shulman (USA) | 3½ | | | | 10 | Wang Yue (CHN) | 1½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 23 | Étienne Bacrot (FRA) | 3½ | | | | |
| 23 | Étienne Bacrot (FRA) | 3½ | | | | | | | 23 | Étienne Bacrot (FRA) | 3½ | | | | |
| 106 | Friso Nijboer (NED) | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 106 | Friso Nijboer (NED) | 1½ | 23 | Étienne Bacrot (FRA) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 42 | Krishnan Sasikiran (IND) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 42 | Krishnan Sasikiran (IND) | 3½ | 42 | Krishnan Sasikiran (IND) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 87 | Erwin l'Ami (NED) | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 7

| First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Third round | Third round | Third round | | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Peter Svidler (RUS) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 126 | Jean Hébert (CAN) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 126 | Jean Hébert (CAN) | 0 | 3 | Peter Svidler (RUS) | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 67 | Tomi Nybäck (FIN) | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 62 | Dmitry Andreikin (RUS) | 3½ | 67 | Tomi Nybäck (FIN) | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 67 | Tomi Nybäck (FIN) | 4½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 67 | Tomi Nybäck (FIN) | 4½ | | | | 3 | Peter Svidler (RUS) | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 30 | Arkadij Naiditsch (GER) | 3 | | | | |
| 30 | Arkadij Naiditsch (GER) | 3½ | | | | | | | 30 | Arkadij Naiditsch (GER) | 3 | | | | |
| 99 | Hou Yifan (CHN) | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 99 | Hou Yifan (CHN) | 2½ | 30 | Arkadij Naiditsch (GER) | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 35 | Alexander Onischuk (USA) | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 35 | Alexander Onischuk (USA) | 1½ | 35 | Alexander Onischuk (USA) | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 94 | Diego Flores (ARG) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 94 | Diego Flores (ARG) | ½ | | | | | | | | 3 | Peter Svidler (RUS) | 1½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 14 | Alexei Shirov (ESP) | ½ |
| 14 | Alexei Shirov (ESP) | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | Alexei Shirov (ESP) | ½ |
| 115 | Abhijit Kunte (IND) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 115 | Abhijit Kunte (IND) | ½ | 14 | Alexei Shirov (ESP) | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 78 | Sergey Fedorchuk (UKR) | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 51 | Ivan Sokolov (BIH) | 0 | 78 | Sergey Fedorchuk (UKR) | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 78 | Sergey Fedorchuk (UKR) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 78 | Sergey Fedorchuk (UKR) | 2 | | | | 14 | Alexei Shirov (ESP) | 1½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 19 | Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS) | ½ | | | | |
| 19 | Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS) | 1½ | | | | | | | 19 | Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS) | ½ | | | | |
| 110 | Alexander Ivanov (USA) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 110 | Alexander Ivanov (USA) | ½ | 19 | Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS) | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 83 | Alexander Khalifman (RUS) | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 46 | Alexandr Fier (BRA) | 2½ | 83 | Alexander Khalifman (RUS) | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 83 | Alexander Khalifman (RUS) | 3½ | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 8

| First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Third round | Third round | Third round | | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 123 | Alexei Bezgodov (RUS) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 123 | Alexei Bezgodov (RUS) | 0 | 6 | Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) | ½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 59 | Wesley So (PHI) | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 59 | Wesley So (PHI) | 4 | 59 | Wesley So (PHI) | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 70 | Gadir Guseinov (AZE) | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 70 | Gadir Guseinov (AZE) | 1 | | | | 59 | Wesley So (PHI) | 1½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 27 | Gata Kamsky (USA) | ½ | | | | |
| 27 | Gata Kamsky (USA) | 1½ | | | | | | | 27 | Gata Kamsky (USA) | ½ | | | | |
| 102 | Rogelio Antonio Jr. (PHI) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 102 | Rogelio Antonio Jr. (PHI) | ½ | 27 | Gata Kamsky (USA) | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 91 | Zhou Weiqi (CHN) | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 38 | Emil Sutovsky (ISR) | 1½ | 91 | Zhou Weiqi (CHN) | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 91 | Zhou Weiqi (CHN) | 3½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 91 | Zhou Weiqi (CHN) | 3½ | | | | | | | | 59 | Wesley So (PHI) | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 22 | Vladimir Malakhov (RUS) | 4 |
| 11 | Pavel Eljanov (UKR) | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | | 22 | Vladimir Malakhov (RUS) | 4 |
| 118 | Mohamad Al Sayed (QAT) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 118 | Mohamad Al Sayed (QAT) | ½ | 11 | Pavel Eljanov (UKR) | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 54 | Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS) | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 54 | Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS) | 3½ | 54 | Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS) | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 75 | Jan Gustafsson (GER) | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 75 | Jan Gustafsson (GER) | 1½ | | | | 11 | Pavel Eljanov (UKR) | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 22 | Vladimir Malakhov (RUS) | 4 | | | | |
| 22 | Vladimir Malakhov (RUS) | 2 | | | | | | | 22 | Vladimir Malakhov (RUS) | 4 | | | | |
| 107 | Bassem Amin (EGY) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 107 | Bassem Amin (EGY) | 0 | 22 | Vladimir Malakhov (RUS) | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 43 | Ilya Smirin (ISR) | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 43 | Ilya Smirin (ISR) | 1½ | 43 | Ilya Smirin (ISR) | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 86 | Jaan Ehlvest (USA) | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |

## Results, rounds 5–7

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final (best of 4) | Final (best of 4) | Final (best of 4) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Boris Gelfand | 3½ | | | | | | |
| 9 | Dmitry Jakovenko | 1½ | | | | | | |
| 9 | Dmitry Jakovenko | 1½ | 1 | Boris Gelfand | 2 | | | |
| | | | 12 | Sergey Karjakin | 0 | | | |
| 13 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | ½ | 12 | Sergey Karjakin | 0 | | | |
| 12 | Sergey Karjakin | 1½ | | | | | | |
| 12 | Sergey Karjakin | 1½ | | | | 1 | Boris Gelfand | 7 |
| | | | | | | 7 | Ruslan Ponomariov | 5 |
| 2 | Vugar Gashimov | 1½ | | | | | | | 7 | Ruslan Ponomariov | 5 |
| 7 | Ruslan Ponomariov | 3½ | | | | | | |
| 7 | Ruslan Ponomariov | 3½ | 7 | Ruslan Ponomariov | 4 | | | |
| | | | 22 | Vladimir Malakhov | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Peter Svidler | ½ | 22 | Vladimir Malakhov | 2 | | | |
| 22 | Vladimir Malakhov | 1½ | | | | | | |

### Final, 10–14 December

| Seed | Name | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Boris Gelfand (ISR) | 2758 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) | 2739 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
