4th ACP World Rapid Cup
Bank PIVDENNY will once again be the organizer and main financial partner of the 4th ACP World Rapid Cup.
The 4th ACP WRC will be a KO tournament. The time control will be 20 minutes per game with an increment of 5 seconds per move.
16 players will fight for the Cup: 13 grandmasters who performed best in the ACP Tour 2008/2009 + 3 Wild Cards given by the organizers.
1.Grischuk Alexandr 2760
2.Eljanov Pavel 2751
3.Shirov Alexei 2742
4.Ivanchuk Vassily 2741
5.Karyakin Sergey 2739
6.Gashimov Vugar 2734
7.Jakovenko Dmitry 2725
8.Movsesian Sergei 2717
9.Bacrot Etienne 2710
10.Motylev Alexander 2704
11.Naiditsch Arkadij 2686
12.Inarkiev Ernesto 2669
13.Moiseenko Alexandr 2669
14.Drozdovskij Jurij 2625
15.Karpov Anatoly 2619
16.Gurevich Mikhail 2614
Official website: http://worldcup.pivdenny.com/ru/index.php
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