World Cup 2011 roster announced

World Cup 2011
The nominees and all participants for the Chess World Cup announced

The World Chess Cup 2011 will take place 26.08-21.09 in Khanty Mansiysk. It is a knock out competition and includes 128 players. The winner qualifies for the next World Chess Championship Candidates event.

It is a long event, where the winner has to progress through seven consecutive match victories and possible tiebreaks to reach the top position. However, the competition also has one of the biggest prize funds, amounting to 1.6$ million.

Last year’s winner Boris Gelfand went on to win the Candidates matches and will play the World Chess Championship 2012.

The participants in the World Chess Cup include players from Zonal and FIDE World Championship events. Besides them, the FIDE President and the Organizing committee nominees for the World Chess Cup 2011 in Khanty Mansyisk have been announced. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has added to the list the ex world champion GM Kasimdzhanov, GM Sutovsky, GM Peter Heine Nielsen, the young Chinese talent Ding Liren, GM Bologan and GM Moradiabadi. The organizing committee have named Kabanov, Pridorozhni, Bezgodov, and Genba to complete the list of participants. Here is the full lineup for the World Cup.

World Cup 2011 participants

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 and 2010:
05. M. Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
06. D. Andreikin (RUS)

d) From FIDE Rating List, 20 players, average 7/2010 and 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 and 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. D. Lima (BRA) 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. Salem R. Saleh

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)