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Chess World Cup 2019

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FIDE Chess World Cup 2019
Teimour Radjabov, the winner of the 2019 FIDE World Cup.
Tournament information
SportChess
LocationKhanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Dates9 September 2019–4 October 2019
AdministratorFIDE
Tournament
format(s)
Single-elimination tournament
Host(s)Chess Federation of Russia
Final positions
ChampionAzerbaijan Teimour Radjabov
Runner-upChina Ding Liren
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The Chess World Cup 2019 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from 9 September to 4 October 2019.[1] It was won by Azerbaijani grandmaster Teimour Radjabov. He and the runner-up, Ding Liren, both qualified for the Candidates Tournament for the World Chess Championship 2021. It was the 8th edition of the Chess World Cup.

Levon Aronian, the winner of the Chess World Cup 2017, advanced to the quarterfinals before being eliminated by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave on tiebreaks. Vachier-Lagrave was eliminated by Radjabov in the semi-finals, but defeated Yu Yangyi to claim 3rd place.

Bidding process

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There was only one bid received for the combined FIDE World Cup and Olympiad events, which was done by the Yugra Chess Federation.[2]

Format

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The tournament was a 7-round knockout event. The matches from round 1 to round 6 consisted of two classical games with a time control of 90 minutes per 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move. The finals and the match for the third place consisted of four classical games.[3]

If the score is tied after the classical games, rapid and, if necessary, blitz tiebreaks are played the next day. Two games are played with a time control of 25 minutes per game plus 10 seconds increment. In the case of a tie, they are followed by two games with a time control of 10 minutes per game plus 10 seconds increment. If the score is still tied, two blitz games follow (5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment). If the score is tied 4–4 after all these games, a single "Armageddon" game is played: the player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the colour; White has 5 minutes per game and Black has 4 minutes, with an increment of 2 seconds per move starting from move 61, and White needs a win to advance to the next round; Black advances if they win or the game is drawn.[3]

The two top finishers qualified for the 2020 Candidates Tournament.[4] The rules in fact specified that it would be the top two finishers other than Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, because Carlsen as World Champion did not play in the Candidates, and Caruana had already qualified for the Candidates. The rule was introduced because the World Champion and the previous challenger unexpectedly signed up for the previous edition Chess World Cup 2017. This time, though, Carlsen and Caruana both declined their invitations to the World Cup, so the qualifiers are simply the two finalists.

Schedule

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Each of the first six rounds took three days: one day each for the two regular time limit games and then a third day for tiebreaks, if required. The final round has four days of regular time limit games and then a fifth day for tiebreaks, if required.[3]

  • Round 1: 10 September – 12 September
  • Round 2: 13 September – 15 September
  • Round 3: 16 September – 18 September
  • Rest day: 19 September
  • Round 4: 20 September – 22 September
  • Round 5: 23 September – 25 September
  • Round 6: 26 September – 28 September
  • Rest day: 29 September
  • Final and play-off for third place: 30 September – 4 October

Prize money

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The total prize fund was US$1,600,000, with the first prize of US$110,000.[3]

Round (US$) Prize received (US$)Total
Round 1 64 × 6,000 384,000
Round 2 32 × 10,000 320,000
Round 3 16 × 16,000 256,000
Round 4 8 × 25,000 200,000
Round 5 4 × 35,000 140,000
4-th place 50,000 50,000
3-rd place 60,000 60,000
Runner-up 80,000 80,000
Winner 110,000 110,000
Total (US$) 1,600,000

Participants

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The participants[5] were seeded by their FIDE rating of August 2019. All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

Number Name Country Rating Qualification path
1 Ding Liren  China 2805 WC
2 Anish Giri  Netherlands 2779 R
3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  France 2778 WC
4 Wesley So  United States 2776 WC
5 Ian Nepomniachtchi  Russia 2774 R
6 Levon Aronian  Armenia 2765 WC
7 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov  Azerbaijan 2764 R
8 Leinier Domínguez  United States 2763 Z2.1
9 Alexander Grischuk  Russia 2759 R
10 Teimour Radjabov  Azerbaijan 2758 R
11 Vladislav Artemiev  Russia 2757 E19
12 Yu Yangyi  China 2752 R
13 Sergey Karjakin  Russia 2750 R
14 Hikaru Nakamura  United States 2743 Z2.1
15 Dmitry Andreikin  Russia 2743 R
16 Radosław Wojtaszek  Poland 2739 E18
17 Pentala Harikrishna  India 2738 R
18 Jan-Krzysztof Duda  Poland 2730 R
19 Peter Svidler  Russia 2729 R
20 Nikita Vitiugov  Russia 2728 R
21 Wei Yi  China 2727 AS18
22 Lê Quang Liêm  Vietnam 2726 AS18
23 David Navara  Czech Republic 2724 E18
24 Bu Xiangzhi  China 2721 R
25 Wang Hao  China 2720 R
26 Sam Shankland  United States 2713 AM18
27 Maxim Matlakov  Russia 2710 E18
28 Evgeny Tomashevsky  Russia 2706 R
29 Vidit Gujrathi  India 2705 R
30 Dmitry Jakovenko  Russia 2704 R
31 Jeffery Xiong  United States 2703 Z2.1
32 Alireza Firouzja  Iran 2702 AS19
33 Daniil Dubov  Russia 2699 E19
34 Bassem Amin  Egypt 2692 AF
35 Gawain Jones  England 2692 E18
36 Nils Grandelius  Sweden 2691 E18
37 Michael Adams  England 2690 R
38 Boris Gelfand  Israel 2686 E19
39 Jorge Cori  Peru 2686 AM18
40 Maxim Rodshtein  Israel 2684 E19
41 Ernesto Inarkiev  Russia 2682 E18
42 Luke McShane  England 2682 E18
43 Anton Korobov  Ukraine 2679 E18
44 David Antón Guijarro  Spain 2678 E18
45 Arkadij Naiditsch  Azerbaijan 2675 R
46 Ruslan Ponomariov  Ukraine 2675 E19
47 Tamir Nabaty  Israel 2673 E18
48 Vladimir Fedoseev  Russia 2671 R
49 Kirill Alekseenko  Russia 2668 ON
50 Ferenc Berkes  Hungary 2666 E19
51 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu  Germany 2666 E19
52 Samuel Sevian  United States 2665 Z2.1
53 Baskaran Adhiban  India 2665 ACP
54 Ivan Cheparinov  Georgia 2663 E18
55 Sanan Sjugirov  Russia 2662 E18
56 Ivan Šarić  Croatia 2660 E18
57 Kacper Piorun  Poland 2660 E19
58 Rustam Kasimdzhanov  Uzbekistan 2657 Z3.4
59 Parham Maghsoodloo  Iran 2656 J18
60 Alexey Sarana  Russia 2655 E18
61 Anton Demchenko  Russia 2655 E18
62 Igor Kovalenko  Latvia 2654 PN
63 Benjamin Gledura  Hungary 2654 E19
64 Sergei Movsesian  Armenia 2654 E19
65 Grigoriy Oparin  Russia 2654 E19
66 Evgeniy Najer  Russia 2653 E18
67 Constantin Lupulescu  Romania 2652 E19
68 Robert Hovhannisyan  Armenia 2650 E18
69 Alexandr Predke  Russia 2650 E19
70 Maksim Chigaev  Russia 2643 ON
71 Evgeny Bareev  Canada 2643 Z2.2
72 Nijat Abasov  Azerbaijan 2640 E18
73 Benjamin Bok  Netherlands 2640 E18
74 Sandro Mareco  Argentina 2640 Z2.5
75 Ahmed Adly  Egypt 2636 Z4.2
76 Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli  Venezuela 2635 AM19
77 Aryan Tari  Norway 2634 J17
78 Mircea Pârligras  Romania 2633 E18
79 Rinat Jumabayev  Kazakhstan 2633 Z3.4
80 Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn  Vietnam 2631 AS18
81 Surya Shekhar Ganguly  India 2630 AS18
82 S. P. Sethuraman  India 2630 AS19
83 Andrey Esipenko  Russia 2625 E19
84 Niclas Huschenbeth  Germany 2620 E19
85 S.L. Narayanan  India 2618 AS19
86 Abhijeet Gupta  India 2616 AS19
87 Neuris Delgado Ramirez  Paraguay 2612 AM19
88 Karthikeyan Murali  India 2612 AS19
89 Mateusz Bartel  Poland 2612 E19
90 Nihal Sarin  India 2610 PN
91 Lu Shanglei  China 2610 Z3.5
92 Aravindh Chithambaram  India 2607 Z3.7
93 Aleksandr Rakhmanov  Russia 2606 E19
94 Diego Flores  Argentina 2604 AM18
95 Amin Tabatabaei  Iran 2601 AS18
96 Emilio Cordova  Peru 2599 AM18
97 Arman Pashikian  Armenia 2599 E18
98 Igor Lysyj  Russia 2596 E19
99 Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara  Peru 2596 Z2.4
100 Alan Pichot  Argentina 2596 AM19
101 Nikita Petrov  Russia 2595 E19
102 Nodirbek Abdusattorov  Uzbekistan 2594 PN
103 Eltaj Safarli  Azerbaijan 2593 E18
104 Aleksei Pridorozhni  Russia 2591 ON
105 Xu Xiangyu  China 2584 Z3.5
106 Daniil Yuffa  Russia 2571 E18
107 Aleksej Aleksandrov  Belarus 2571 E19
108 Miguel Santos Ruiz  Spain 2567 E18
109 Frode Urkedal  Norway 2566 PN
110 Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera  Cuba 2566 Z2.3
111 Cristobal Henriquez Villagra  Chile 2562 Z2.5
112 Yuri Gonzalez Vidal  Cuba 2554 AM19
113 Johan-Sebastian Christiansen  Norway 2554 E19
114 Krikor Mekhitarian  Brazil 2554 Z2.4
115 Bilel Bellahcene  Algeria 2550 Z4.1
116 Susanto Megaranto  Indonesia 2545 Z3.3
117 Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami  Iran 2539 Z3.1
118 Ilia Iljiushenok  Russia 2533 ON
119 Helgi Dam Ziska  Faroe Islands 2533 PN
120 Paulius Pultinevičius, IM  Lithuania 2485 E19
121 Alder Escobar Forero  Colombia 2477 Z2.3
122 Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo, IM  Madagascar 2438 Z4.3
123 Essam El Gindy  Egypt 2423 AF
124 Sugar Gan-Erdene, no title  Mongolia 2408 Z3.3
125 Sergio Duran Vega, IM  Costa Rica 2395 AM19
126 Daniel Anwuli, IM  Nigeria 2284 Z4.4
127 Mohammad Fahad Rahman, FM  Bangladesh 2250 Z3.2
128 Shaun Press, FM  Papua New Guinea 1954 Z3.6

Qualification paths

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Replacements

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Results, rounds 1–4

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Section 1

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First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
1 China Ding Liren 2
128 Papua New Guinea Shaun Press 0
1 China Ding Liren
64 Armenia Sergei Movsesian
65 Russia Grigoriy Oparin ½
64 Armenia Sergei Movsesian
1 China Ding Liren 3
32 Iran Alireza Firouzja 1
33 Russia Daniil Dubov
96 Peru Emilio Cordova ½
33 Russia Daniil Dubov ½
32 Iran Alireza Firouzja
97 Armenia Arman Pashikian ½
32 Iran Alireza Firouzja
1 China Ding Liren 3
49 Russia Kirill Alekseenko 1
17 India Pentala Harikrishna 2
112 Cuba Yuri Gonzalez Vidal 0
17 India Pentala Harikrishna
48 Russia Vladimir Fedoseev ½
81 India Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2
48 Russia Vladimir Fedoseev 4
17 India Pentala Harikrishna 0
49 Russia Kirill Alekseenko 2
49 Russia Kirill Alekseenko
80 Vietnam Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn ½
49 Russia Kirill Alekseenko
113 Norway Johan-Sebastian Christiansen
113 Norway Johan-Sebastian Christiansen 2
16 Poland Radosław Wojtaszek 0

Section 2

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First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
9 Russia Alexander Grischuk 2
120 Lithuania Paulius Pultinevičius 0
9 Russia Alexander Grischuk
73 Netherlands Benjamin Bok
73 Netherlands Benjamin Bok
56 Croatia Ivan Šarić
9 Russia Alexander Grischuk 2
105 China Xu Xiangyu 0
41 Russia Ernesto Inarkiev
88 India Karthikeyan Murali ½
41 Russia Ernesto Inarkiev ½
105 China Xu Xiangyu
105 China Xu Xiangyu
24 China Bu Xiangzhi
9 Russia Alexander Grischuk
8 United States Leinier Domínguez
25 China Wang Hao
104 Russia Aleksei Pridorozhni
25 China Wang Hao
40 Israel Maxim Rodshtein ½
89 Poland Mateusz Bartel ½
40 Israel Maxim Rodshtein
25 China Wang Hao
8 United States Leinier Domínguez
57 Poland Kacper Piorun
72 Azerbaijan Nijat Abasov
72 Azerbaijan Nijat Abasov 1
8 United States Leinier Domínguez 3
121 Colombia Alder Escobar Forero 0
8 United States Leinier Domínguez 2

Section 3

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First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
5 Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi 2
124 Mongolia Sugar Gan-Erdene 0
5 Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi
69 Russia Alexandr Predke ½
69 Russia Alexandr Predke
60 Russia Alexey Sarana
5 Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi 5
28 Russia Evgeny Tomashevsky 3
37 England Michael Adams
92 India Aravindh Chithambaram
92 India Aravindh Chithambaram ½
28 Russia Evgeny Tomashevsky
101 Russia Nikita Petrov
28 Russia Evgeny Tomashevsky
5 Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi ½
12 China Yu Yangyi
21 China Wei Yi
108 Spain Miguel Santos Ruiz ½
21 China Wei Yi
44 Spain David Antón Guijarro
85 India S.L. Narayanan
44 Spain David Antón Guijarro
21 China Wei Yi
12 China Yu Yangyi
53 India Baskaran Adhiban
76 Venezuela Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli ½
53 India Baskaran Adhiban
12 China Yu Yangyi
117 Iran Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami
12 China Yu Yangyi

Section 4

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First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
13 Russia Sergey Karjakin
116 Indonesia Susanto Megaranto ½
13 Russia Sergey Karjakin 2
52 United States Samuel Sevian 0
77 Norway Aryan Tari ½
52 United States Samuel Sevian
13 Russia Sergey Karjakin ½
20 Russia Nikita Vitiugov
45 Azerbaijan Arkadij Naiditsch 0
84 Germany Niclas Huschenbeth 2
84 Germany Niclas Huschenbeth 1
20 Russia Nikita Vitiugov 3
109 Norway Frode Urkedal ½
20 Russia Nikita Vitiugov
20 Russia Nikita Vitiugov
4 United States Wesley So ½
29 India Vidit Gujrathi
100 Argentina Alan Pichot ½
29 India Vidit Gujrathi
93 Russia Aleksandr Rakhmanov ½
93 Russia Aleksandr Rakhmanov
36 Sweden Nils Grandelius ½
29 India Vidit Gujrathi ½
4 United States Wesley So
61 Russia Anton Demchenko
68 Armenia Robert Hovhannisyan ½
61 Russia Anton Demchenko ½
4 United States Wesley So
125 Costa Rica Sergio Duran Vega 0
4 United States Wesley So 2

Section 5

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First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
3 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2
126 Nigeria Daniel Anwuli 0
3 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2
62 Latvia Igor Kovalenko 0
67 Romania Constantin Lupulescu
62 Latvia Igor Kovalenko
3 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
30 Russia Dmitry Jakovenko
35 England Gawain Jones
94 Argentina Diego Flores ½
35 England Gawain Jones 1
30 Russia Dmitry Jakovenko 3
99 Peru Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara 0
30 Russia Dmitry Jakovenko 2
3 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
19 Russia Peter Svidler ½
19 Russia Peter Svidler
110 Cuba Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera ½
19 Russia Peter Svidler 3
83 Russia Andrey Esipenko 1
83 Russia Andrey Esipenko
46 Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov ½
19 Russia Peter Svidler
51 Germany Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
51 Germany Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
78 Romania Mircea Pârligras
51 Germany Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
14 United States Hikaru Nakamura ½
115 Algeria Bilel Bellahcene 1
14 United States Hikaru Nakamura 3

Section 6

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First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
11 Russia Vladislav Artemiev
118 Russia Ilia Iljiushenok ½
11 Russia Vladislav Artemiev
54 Georgia (country) Ivan Cheparinov ½
75 Egypt Ahmed Adly ½
54 Georgia (country) Ivan Cheparinov
11 Russia Vladislav Artemiev
22 Vietnam Lê Quang Liêm
43 Ukraine Anton Korobov 4
86 India Abhijeet Gupta 2
43 Ukraine Anton Korobov ½
22 Vietnam Lê Quang Liêm
107 Belarus Aleksej Aleksandrov
22 Vietnam Lê Quang Liêm
22 Vietnam Lê Quang Liêm
6 Armenia Levon Aronian
27 Russia Maxim Matlakov
102 Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov
27 Russia Maxim Matlakov
38 Israel Boris Gelfand
91 China Lu Shanglei 2
38 Israel Boris Gelfand 4
27 Russia Maxim Matlakov ½
6 Armenia Levon Aronian
59 Iran Parham Maghsoodloo 2
70 Russia Maksim Chigaev 0
59 Iran Parham Maghsoodloo ½
6 Armenia Levon Aronian
123 Egypt Essam El Gindy ½
6 Armenia Levon Aronian

Section 7

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First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
7 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2
122 Madagascar Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo 0
7 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
58 Uzbekistan Rustam Kasimdzhanov ½
71 Canada Evgeny Bareev ½
58 Uzbekistan Rustam Kasimdzhanov
7 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
103 Azerbaijan Eltaj Safarli ½
39 Peru Jorge Cori 0
90 India Nihal Sarin 2
90 India Nihal Sarin
103 Azerbaijan Eltaj Safarli
103 Azerbaijan Eltaj Safarli
26 United States Sam Shankland
7 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
10 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov
23 Czech Republic David Navara ½
106 Russia Daniil Yuffa
106 Russia Daniil Yuffa 5
42 England Luke McShane 3
87 Paraguay Neuris Delgado Ramirez
42 England Luke McShane
106 Russia Daniil Yuffa ½
10 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov
55 Russia Sanan Sjugirov
74 Argentina Sandro Mareco
55 Russia Sanan Sjugirov
10 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov
119 Faroe Islands Helgi Dam Ziska ½
10 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov

Section 8

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First round Quarter-finals Third round Fourth round
            
15 Russia Dmitry Andreikin
114 Brazil Krikor Mekhitarian
15 Russia Dmitry Andreikin
79 Kazakhstan Rinat Jumabayev ½
79 Kazakhstan Rinat Jumabayev
50 Hungary Ferenc Berkes ½
15 Russia Dmitry Andreikin ½
18 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda
47 Israel Tamir Nabaty 3
82 India S. P. Sethuraman 1
47 Israel Tamir Nabaty 0
18 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2
111 Chile Cristobal Henriquez Villagra ½
18 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda
18 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda
31 United States Jeffery Xiong
31 United States Jeffery Xiong 2
98 Russia Igor Lysyj 0
31 United States Jeffery Xiong 3
95 Iran Amin Tabatabaei 1
95 Iran Amin Tabatabaei
34 Egypt Bassem Amin
31 United States Jeffery Xiong
2 Netherlands Anish Giri
63 Hungary Benjamin Gledura ½
66 Russia Evgeniy Najer
66 Russia Evgeniy Najer 4
2 Netherlands Anish Giri 5
127 Bangladesh Mohammad Fahad Rahman 0
2 Netherlands Anish Giri 2

Results, rounds 5–7

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final (best of 4)
                    
1 China Ding Liren ½ 1
9 Russia Alexander Grischuk ½ 0 ½
1 China Ding Liren ½ ½
12 China Yu Yangyi ½ ½ ½
12 China Yu Yangyi ½ ½ 4 5
20 Russia Nikita Vitiugov ½ ½ 3 4
1 China Ding Liren ½ 1 0 ½ 2 4
10 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov ½ 0 1 ½ 4 6
3 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½ ½
6 Armenia Levon Aronian ½ ½ ½
3 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½ 0 ½ Third place
10 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov ½ 1
10 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov ½ 1 12 China Yu Yangyi ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 2
31 United States Jeffery Xiong ½ 0 ½ 3 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½ ½ ½ ½ 2 4

Third place

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Seed Name Aug 2019 rating 1 2 3 4 R1 R2 Total
12 China Yu Yangyi 2752 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 2
3 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2778 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4

Finals

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Seed Name Aug 2019 rating 1 2 3 4 R1 R2 R3 R4 B1 B2 Total
1 China Ding Liren 2805 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 4
10 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov 2758 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6

References

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  1. ^ FIDE Calendar 2019. FIDE.
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  3. ^ a b c d "Regulations for the FIDE World Cup 2019" (PDF). FIDE.
  4. ^ "The Road to the 2020 Candidates". Chess News. ChessBase. 23 January 2019.
  5. ^ "World Cup 2019 Pairings". FIDE. 10 August 2019.
  6. ^ "List of the Qualifiers" (PDF). FIDE. 2019-07-24.
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  8. ^ Big Beasts Still Alive After First Round of World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Ian Rogers, Lichess, 12-Sep-2019
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