FIDE World Chess Cup : Final List of 128 Qualifiers

Qualifiers for the World Cup

a) From World Cup 2009:
	01. R. Ponomariov (UKR) 02. V. Malakhov (RUS) 03. S. Karjakin (RUS)
b) Women's World Champion 2010:
	04. Hou Yifan (CHN)
c) Junior World Champions 2009 & 2010:
	05. M. Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 06. D. Andreikin (RUS)
d) From FIDE Rating List, 20 players, average 7/2010 & 1/2011:
	07. A. Grischuk (RUS) 2766,50 08. S. Mamedyarov (AZE) 2766,50 09. V. Ivanchuk (UKR) 2751,50 10. T. Radjabov (AZE) 2746,00 11. P. Eljanov (UKR) 2739,50 12. A. Shirov (ESP) 2735,50 13. P. Svidler (RUS) 2732,00 14. V. Gashimov (AZE) 2727,50 15. Wang Hao (CHN) 2727,50 16. P. Leko (HUN) 2725,50 17. Wang Yue (CHN) 2725,00	18. D. Jakovenko (RUS) 2722,00 19. G. Kamsky (USA) 2721,50 20. E. Bacrot (FRA) 2721,50 21. D. Navara (CZE) 2719,50 22. L. Dominguez (CUB) 2716,00 23. N. Vitiugov (RUS) 2715,00 24. M. Adams (ENG) 2714,50 25. F. Caruana (ITA) 2709,00 26. A. Morozevich (RUS) 2707,50 27. L. Fressinet (FRA) 2702,00 28. F. Vallejo Pons (ESP) 2697,50
e) 46 players from European Championships 2010 & 2011
	29. I. Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2010 30. B. Jobava (GEO) 2010 31. A. Timofeev (RUS) 2010 32. Z. Efimenko (UKR) 2010 33. I. Lysyj (RUS) 2010 34. Z. Almasi (HUN) 2010 35. E. Tomashevsky (RUS) 2010 36. M. Rodshtein (ISR) 2010 37. I. Salgado Lopez (ESP) 2010 38. A. Pashikian (ARM) 2010 39. R. Mamedov (AZE) 2010 40. S. Movsesian (ARM) 2010 41. V. Akopian (ARM) 2010 42. E. Alekseev (RUS) 2010 43. S. Halkias (GRE) 2010 44. F. Berkes (HUN) 2010 45. V. Potkin (RUS) 2010 46. B. Grachev (RUS) 2010 47. B. Socko (POL) 2010 48. L. Nisipeanu (ROU) 2010 49. E. Vorobiov (RUS) 2010 50. Y. Drozdovskij (UKR) 2010 51. V. Babula (CZE) 2010	52. R. Wojtaszek (POL) 2011 53. J. Polgar (HUN) 2011 54. A. Moiseenko (UKR) 2011 55. M. Ragger (AUT) 2011 56. S. Feller (FRA) 2011 57. S. Zhigalko (BLR) 2011 58. A. Korobov (UKR) 2011 59. E. Inarkiev (RUS) 2011 60. E. Postny (ISR) 2011 61. S. Azarov (BLR) 2011 62. I. Khairullin (RUS) 2011 63. M. Kobalia (RUS) 2011 64. N. Guliyev (AZE) 2011 65. Y. Zherebukh (UKR) 2011 66. A. Riazantsev (RUS) 2011 67. V. Iordachescu (MDA) 2011 68. C. Lupulescu (ROU) 2011 69. D. Fridman (GER) 2011 70. A. Motylev (RUS) 2011 71. I. Ivanisevic (SRB) 2011 72. M. Parligras (ROU) 2011 73. E. Romanov (RUS) 2011 74. B. Esen (TUR) 2011
f) 19 players from Americas
	75. R. Felgaer (ARG) Zonal 2.5 76. S. Mareco (ARG) Zonal 2.5 77. Y. Shulman (USA) Zonal 2.1 78. S. Shankland (USA) Zonal 2.1 79. R. Robson (USA) Zonal 2.1 80. A. Onischuk (USA) Zonal 2.1 81. A. Ivanov (USA) Zonal 2.1 82. A. Fier (BRA) Zonal 2.4 83. D. R. Di Berardino (BRA) Zonal 2.4 84. L. Bruzon (CUB) Zonal 2.3	85. M. Leon Hoyos (MEX) Zonal 2.3 86. E. Hansen (CAN) Zonal 2.2 87. S. A. Sanabria Rangel (COL) Continental 2010 88. M. Bluvshtein (CAN) Continental 2011 89. Y. Quesada Perez (CUB) Continental 2011 90. J. Cori (PER) Continental 2011 91. F. Corrales Jimenez (CUB) Continental 2011 92. I. R. Ortiz Suarez (CUB) Continental 2011 93. F. De La Paz Perdomo (CUB) Continental 2011
g) 19 players from Asia/Oceania
	94. Ni Hua (CHN) Continental 2010 95. A. Gupta (IND) Continental 2010 96. Le Quang Liem (VIE) Continental 2010 97. Wesley So (PHI) Continental 2010 98. Zhou, Jianchao (CHN) Continental 2010 99. P. Harikrishna (IND) Continental 2011 100. Yu Yangyi (CHN) Continental 2011 101. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE)        Continental 2011 102. R. Jumabayev (KAZ) Continental 2011	103. Li Chao B (CHN) Zonal 3.5 104. Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) Zonal 3.5 105. Zhao Zong-Yuan (AUS) Zonal 3.6 106. Ziaur Rahman (BAN) Zonal 3.2 107. S. Megaranto (INA) Zonal 3.3 108. M. Paragua (PHI) Zonal 3.3 109. P. Negi (IND) Zonal 3.7 110. A. Filippov (UZB) Zonal 3.4 111. M. Kazhgaleyev (KAZ) Zonal 3.4 112. (…to be announced…) Zonal 3.1
h) 6 players from Africa
	113. M. Kaabi (TUN) Zonal 4.1 114. H. Ibrahim (EGY) Zonal 4.2 115. R. Gwaze (ZIM) Zonal 4.3	116. A. Adly (EGY) Continental 2011 117. E. El Gindy (EGY) Continental 2011 118. H. R. Steel (RSA) Continental 2011
i) 6 nominees of the FIDE President
	119. R. Kasimdzhanov (UZB) 120. E. Sutovsky (ISR) 121. P. H. Nielsen (DEN)	122. Ding Liren (CHN) 123. V. Bologan (MDA) 124. E. Moradiabadi (IRI)
j) 4 nominees of the local Organising Committee
	125. N. Kabanov (RUS) 126. A. Pridorozhni (RUS)	127. A. Bezgodov (RUS) 128. V. Genba (RUS)

Total = 128 players. The pairings of the first round will be announced one month before the start of the event.

Schedule of the World Cup 2011

26 August:	Arrivals	09 September:	Round 5 - Game 1
27 August:	Opening / Players Meeting	10 September:	Round 5 - Game 2
28 August:	Round 1 - Game 1	11 September:	Tiebreaks
29 August:	Round 1 - Game 2	12 September:	Round 6 - Game 1
30 August:	Tiebreaks	13 September:	Round 6 - Game 2
31 August:	Round 2 - Game 1	14 September	Tiebreaks
01 September:	Round 2 - Game 2	:15 September:	Free Day
02 September:	Tiebreaks	16 September:	Round 7 - Game 1
03 September:	Round 3 - Game 1	17 September:	Round 7 - Game 2
04 September:	Round 3 - Game 2	18 September:	Round 7 - Game 3
05 September:	Tiebreaks	19 September:	Round 7 - Game 4
06 September:	Round 4 - Game 1	20 September:	Tiebreaks / Closing
07 September:	Round 4 - Game 2	21 September:	Departures
08 September:	Tiebreaks

All rounds and tiebreaks start at 15:00, except the last tiebreaks of 20.09.2011 which will start at 11:00.

Source: FIDE