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

World Championship 2012 in Chennai

Breaking news: World Championship 2012 in Chennai

Press release

World Title Match At Chennai In 2012

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has accepted to stage the Anand versus Gelfand World Chess title match either in April or in May of 2012. The budget for the event which is Rs. 20 Crore(3.2 million euros) will be sponsored by the Tamil Nadu Government. This followed a meeting FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov had with the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister at Chennai this morning.
At a subsequent meet-the-press, held at the Russian Cultural Centre in Chennai on July 13, 2011, J.C.D. Prabhakar, President of the AICF announced the Chennai bid for the world title match which is likely to go through on July 31, 2011.
When this event happens, this will become the biggest chess event ever in India in terms of importance as well as prize money. Two World Championship semi-finals were held at Sanghinagar (near Hyderabad) in February 1995 and the two semi-finals were held in Delhi in December 2000. The finals has never taken place in Indian soil.
Viswanathan Anand is a four-time world champion and would be looking forward to defend and keep his title for a fifth time next summer.
In a Tamil Nadu Government Press Release No.444 dated July 13, 2011, the Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha had sanctioned the amount for this title match which has not been staged in India before.

Asian Zonal 3.1 Men Championship 2011 July 4-13,2011 : Salem A R Saleh wins title !

Asian Zonal 3.1 Men Championship 2011 4 - 13 July 2011


Final Ranking crosstable after 9 Rounds
Rk.     Name   Rtg   FED   1.Rd 2.Rd 3.Rd 4.Rd 5.Rd 6.Rd 7.Rd 8.Rd 9.Rd   Pts.    TB1
1 GM   Salem A R Saleh    2493   UAE    13s½  10w1   2s½   6w1   5s½   4s0   7w1   3w1   8s1   6.5   2420
2 IM   Darini Pouria    2462   IRI    11w1   3s½   1w½   4s½   7w1   5w1   6s½   8s0  12w1   6   2422
3 IM   Khader Sami    2402   JOR    15s1   2w½  13s1   5w0   6s½  10w1   4w1   1s0   9s1   6   2397
4 GM   Ghaem Maghami Ehsan    2588   IRI    12s1   6w1   5s½   2w½  10s1   1w1   3s0   9w0  11w1   6   2393
5 GM   Al-Sayed Mohammed    2498   QAT     8w1   7s1   4w½   3s1   1w½   2s0   9w½  11s0  14w1   5.5   2376
6 IM   Nezad Husein Aziz    2423   QAT     9w1   4s0  14w1   1s0   3w½   8s½   2w½   7s½  13w1   5   2381
7 IM   Alavi Sayed Javad    2436   IRI    14s1   5w0  10s½  13w1   2s0  12w1   1s0   6w½  16w1   5   2361
8 FM   Ali Layth Ahmed    2278   IRQ     5s0  13w0  16s1  15w½  11s1   6w½  10s1   2w1   1w0   5   2346
9 CM   El Jawich Amro    2125   LIB     6s0  12w½  15s1  10w0  16s1  11w½   5s½   4s1   3w0   4.5   2348
10     Omar Noaman    2296   UAE    16w1   1s0   7w½   9s1   4w0   3s0   8w0  14s1  15w1   4.5   2316
11 FM   Ayyad Husain    2187   BRN     2s0  15w0  12s1  14s1   8w0   9s½  16w1   5w1   4s0   4.5   2301
12 FM   Al-Hadarani Hatim    2280   YEM     4w0   9s½  11w0  16w1  13s1   7s0  14w1  15s1   2s0   4.5   2264
13 FM   Khouri Ibrahim Mohamed    2212   UAE     1w½   8s1   3w0   7s0  12w0  14s½  15w1  16s1   6s0   4   2330
14     Shobaita Talal    2162   PLE     7w0  16s1   6s0  11w0  15s1  13w½  12s0  10w0   5s0   2.5   2306
15     Al Rafai Abdulqader    0   SYR     3w0  11s1   9w0   8s½  14w0  16s1  13s0  12w0  10s0   2.5   2236
16     Nasser Bader
  0   KUW    10s0  14w0   8w0  12s0   9w0  15w0  11s0  13w0   7s0   0   2236

1st NOVALICHES Non - Master Active Chess Tournament 2011: July 17,2011 @ SM Novaliches

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Unusual Chess Openings : Game 1 Unusual lines Kings Indian Attack

[Event "2m, rated"]
[Site "Main Playing Hall"]
[Date "2011.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "hamalmanish"]
[Black "Balakubak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1782"]
[BlackElo "1742"]

1. d4  f5  2. c4 Nf6  3. Nc3  c6  4. Nf3  e6  5. e3 

 d5  6. Bd2  g6  7. Be2  Bg7  8. O-O  O-O  9. Rc1
Nbd7  10. Qc2  a6  11. c5  Ne4  12. Na4  h6  13. b4
Kh7  14. a3  g5  15. Be1  g4  16. Nd2  Qh4 17. f3  g3
 18. h3  Ng5  19. f4  Nxh3+  20. gxh3  Qxh3  21. Bf3
Qh2#  0-1

[Event "2m, rated"]
[Site "Main Playing Hall"]
[Date "2011.08.02"]
[Round 2]
[White "Balakubak"]
[Black "hamalmanish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1717"]
[BlackElo "1885"]1. d4  e6  2. c4  d5  3. cxd5  exd5  4. Nc3  c6  5. g3 Nf6  6. Bg2 {0} Bd6 {1} 7. Nf3  O-O  8. O-O  Bf5  9. Re1
Re8   10. Bg5  Nbd7  11. e3  Qb6   12.  Qb3  Ne4   13. Nxe4
 Bxe4  14. Bf4  Bxf4  15. gxf4  Qxb3  16. axb3  a6  17.
Ne5  Nf6  18. f3  Bd3  19. Nxd3  Nh5  20. Kf2  Rab8
21. Bh3   g6   22. Nc5   f5   23. Nd7   Rbd8   24. Ne5   Kg7
25. b4   Kf6  26. Rec1   Ng7   27. Bf1   Ne6   28. Bxa6   bxa6
  29. Rxc6   Rc8   30. Raxa6   Rxc6   31. Nxc6   Rc8    32. b5
 Kf7   33. Ra7+   Kf6   34. b4   Nc7   35. Rb7   Nxb5   36. Rxb5
  Rxc6   37. Rxd5   Rc2+   38. Kg3   Rb2   39. Rb5   Rb3   40.
Rb6+   Kf7   41. Rb7+   Kf6   42. b5   Rxe3   43. Rxh7   Rd3
44. b6   Rxd4   45. b7   Rb4   46. Rc7
  1-0

[White "Benbeck"]
[Black "Tarabal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "1938"]
[EventDate "2011.07.11"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[TimeControl "240"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 exd3 5.
Bxd3 g6 6. Nxh7 Rxh7 7. Bxg6+ Rf7 8. Nc3 d5 9.
Bg5 Qd6 10. Qd2 Qe5+ 11. Kf1 d4 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7
13. Bxf6 exf6 14. Ne2 c5 15. h4 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7
17. h5 Bb5 18. h6 Qxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Bxe2+ 20. Kxe2
Nd7 21. g4 Kg6 22. Rh5 Bxh6 23. Rah1 Bg7 24. Rd5
Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1 Ke6 30. gxf6 Kxd5 31. fxg7 Nf6
32. Ke2 Ke6  33. Kd3  Kf7 34. Kc4  Kxg7  35. Kb5  Nd5
 36. Ka6  Kf6 37. Kxa7  Kf5  38. Ka6  Kxf4  39. Kb5  Ke3
 40. Kc4  Nb4  41. c3 d3  42. cxb4  cxb4
 0-1


Unusual White's 2nd move  SICILIAN DEFENSE

[Event "Rated game, 1m + 0s"]
[Site "Main Playing Hall"]
[Date "2011.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "tarabal"]
[Black "TomeBrasil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[BlackElo "2161"]

1. e4  c5  2. Bc4  e6  3. Nc3  Nf6  4. e5  Ng8  5. f4 Nc6  6. Nf3  d5  7. exd6  Bxd6  8. d3  Nf6  9. O-O
a6  10. a4  O-O  11. Kh1  b6  12. Ne4  Bb7  13. Nxd6
Qxd6  14. c3  Rad8  15. Qe2  Na5  16. Be3  Nxc4  17. dxc4
 Qc7  18. h3  Ne4  19. Kh2  f5  20. Ne5  g5  21. Rad1
 Kh8  22. Rxd8  Qxd8  23. Rd1  Qe8  24. Rd7  Bc8  25.
Rc7  Qd8  26. Ra7 Qf6  27. Qh5  h6  28. Ng6+  Kg8  29.
Ne7+  Kh7  30. Ng6+  Kg8  31. Nxf8  Qxf8  32. Qg6+  Kh8
 33. Rh7#  1-0




[Event "Rated game, 1m + 0s"]
[Site "Main Playing Hall"]
[Date "2011.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "tarabal"]
[Black "TomeBrasil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
 1. e4  c5  2. Bc4 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6  4. f4  a6  5. a4
 d6 6. Nf3  Nf6  7. e5  dxe5  8. fxe5  Nd7  9. Qe2 
Qc7  10. d3  Ndxe5  11. Bf4  Nxd3+  12. Bxd3  Qxf4  13.
O-O  Be7  14. Ne4  Qc7  15. Kh1  h6 16. Qf2  Rf8  17.
Nh4  Nb4  18. Rad1  Nxd3  19. Rxd3  b6  20. Rf3  Bxh4 
21. Qxh4  Bb7  22. Qg4  f5  23. Qg6+  Qf7  24. Nd6+  Ke7 
 25. Nxf7  Rxf7  26. Rd3 {2} Be4  27. Rd7+ Kxd7  28. Qxf7+ 
 Kd6  29. Rd1+  Ke5  30. Qxg7+  Kf4  31. Qg3# 
 1-0

Request of Philippines to include chess to the 2014 Russia Winter Olympic Games

During a working visit of the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov to Philippines, Head of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) Mr. Jose Cojuangco, Jr. signed an appeal to the Head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Mr. Jacques Rogge and IOC members with a request to include chess to the programme of the Olympic Games. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov noted: "We are proceeding to carry on a goal-seeking work by including chess to the programme of the Olympic games. And after a longlasting consultations with IOC and its Head Mr. Jacques Rogge it became clear that we have good chances but we need to be actively supported by the national federations and olympic committees. We set ourselves an ultimate priority to collect letters with a request of such sort from NOCs of all 170 FIDE members countries. It is obvious that these letters are not appeared for no special reason: it is a result of great efforts made by me during my working visits. I would like to express my gratitude to the President of Philippines Chess federation Mr. Prospero Pichay and to the President of the Philippines NOC Mr. Jose Cojuangco, Jr. who were the first to respond on our request.

FIDE President hopes that this event will provoke "a chain reaction" in the other countries as well. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov asserts that everybody shall be interested in it, i.e. representatives of the federations, chess players, trainers, organizers and millions of chess fans all over the world.

Let us remind you that during the elections in Khanty Mansiysk Kirsan Ilyumzhinov stated three main points of his activity as a FIDE President: development of the programme "Chess in schools", training of trainers and arbiters and work on chess inclusion to the programme of the Olympiad. He noted: "We have already achieved a great success in two issues. It is of no doubt that consolidated efforts of FIDE, national chess federations and olympic committees will bring a maximum effect in work with IOC.
"Chess is a legitimate sport played internationally. It's inclusion in th Olympics is long overdue," said Cojuangco.
"It will also give us the opportunity to compete in the Winter Games again."