Chess World Cup 2021

Not to be confused with World Chess Championship 2021.

FIDE Chess World Cup 2021

Jan-Krzysztof Duda, the winner of the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
Tournament information
Sport	Chess
Location	Sochi, Russia
Dates	12 July 2021–6 August 2021
Administrator	FIDE
Tournament format(s)	Single-elimination tournament
Host(s)	Chess Federation of Russia
Final positions
Champion	Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Runner-up	Sergey Karjakin
3rd place	Magnus Carlsen
←  2019 2023  →

The Chess World Cup 2021 was a 206-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Sochi, Russia, beginning 12 July and ending 6 August 2021. ^[1] It was the 9th edition of the Chess World Cup. The winner of this tournament was the Polish grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who won without losing any games either in classical chess or in the rapid tiebreakers. ^[2]

The two finalists (Duda and Sergey Karjakin) qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2022. The rest of the final eight, except Magnus Carlsen, qualified for the FIDE Grand Prix 2022.

In parallel with this open tournament, an inaugural women-only version was held.

Format

The tournament was an 8-round knockout event, with the top 50 seeds given a bye directly into the second round. The losers of the two semi-finals played a match for third place.

The two finalists, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Sergey Karjakin qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2022, which is a tournament to decide the next challenger for the World Championship. Moreover, all quarter-finalists, except for World Champion Magnus Carlsen, qualified for the FIDE Grand Prix 2022, giving them another chance to qualify for the Candidates.

Each round consisted of classical time limit games on the first two days, plus tie-breaks on the third day if required. The time limits were as follows:

• Two classical time limit games: 90 minutes, plus a 30-minute increment on move 40, plus a 30-second increment per move from move 1, per player.
• If the match was tied after the classical games, players played two rapid chess games, with 25 minutes plus a 10-second increment per move, per player.
• If the match was still tied, players then played two more rapid chess games, with 10 minutes plus a 10-second increment per move, per player.
• If the match was still tied, players then played two blitz games, with 5 minutes plus a 3-second increment per move, per player.
• If the match was still tied, a single armageddon chess game was played to decide the match, with draw odds to Black, meaning White had to win but Black only needed to draw or win, to win the match. The players drew lots and the winner of the draw chose their color. White received 5 minutes, Black received 4 minutes, and each player received an extra 2 seconds per move beginning at move 61.

Schedule

Each round lasted three days: two for classical time limit games and a third, if necessary, for tie-breaks. Rounds 1 to 3 ran from July 12 to 20; July 21 was a rest day; Rounds 4 to 6 ran from July 22 to 30; July 31 was a rest day; and the last two rounds ran from August 1 to 6.

Play began at 3:00 pm local time (12:00 UTC) on all days. ^[1]

Prize money

The total prize fund was US$1,892,500, with the first prize of US$110,000. ^[3]

Prize money in US dollars

Round	Prizes	Total
Round 1	78 × 3,750	292,500
Round 2	64 × 6,000	384,000
Round 3	32 × 10,000	320,000
Round 4	16 × 16,000	256,000
Round 5	8 × 25,000	200,000
Round 6	4 × 35,000	140,000
4th place	1 × 50,000	50,000
3rd place	1 × 60,000	60,000
Runner-up	1 × 80,000	80,000
Winner	1 × 110,000	110,000
Total		1,892,500

Media

IM Eric Rosen was one of the official photographers for the event. ^[4]

Participants

The following is the list of participants. ^{[5] [6]} Players were seeded by their FIDE rating of June 2021, and all players were grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

0 1.    Magnus Carlsen  (NOR), 2847 (World Champion)

0 2.    Fabiano Caruana  (USA), 2820 (R)

0 3.    Levon Aronian  (ARM), 2781 (R)

0 4.    Anish Giri  (NED), 2780 (R)

0 5.    Alexander Grischuk  (RUS), 2776 (R)

0 6.    Shakhriyar Mamedyarov  (AZE), 2770 (R)

0 7.    Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  (FRA), 2760 (WC)

0 8.    Alireza Firouzja  (FRA), 2759 (R)

0 9.    Leinier Domínguez  (USA), 2758 (R)

10.    Sergey Karjakin  (RUS), 2757 (R)

11.    Pentala Harikrishna  (IND), 2730 (R)

12.    Jan-Krzysztof Duda  (POL), 2729 (ER)

13.    Vidit Gujrathi  (IND), 2726 (R)

14.    Dmitry Andreikin  (RUS), 2724 (ER)

15.    Nikita Vitiugov  (RUS), 2724 (ER)

16.    Andrey Esipenko  (RUS), 2716 (E)

17.    Daniil Dubov  (RUS), 2714 (ER)

18.    Peter Svidler  (RUS), 2714 (ER)

19.    Francisco Vallejo Pons  (ESP), 2710 (ER)

20.    Jeffery Xiong  (USA), 2709 (Z2.1)

21.    Evgeny Tomashevsky  (RUS), 2706 (E)

22.    Yu Yangyi  (CHN), 2705 (WC)

23.    Vladislav Artemiev  (RUS), 2704 (E)

24.    Bassem Amin  (EGY), 2703 (AF)

25.    Jorden van Foreest  (NED), 2701 (R)

26.    Kirill Alekseenko  (RUS), 2699 (ER)

27.    Yuriy Kryvoruchko  (UKR), 2699 (ER)

28.    Parham Maghsoodloo  (IRI), 2698 (AS)

29.    David Navara  (CZE), 2697 (ER)

30.    Vladimir Fedoseev  (RUS), 2696 (E)

31.    Sam Shankland  (USA), 2691 (Z2.1)

32.    Maxim Matlakov  (RUS), 2688 (E)

33.    Radosław Wojtaszek  (POL), 2687 (ER)

34.    Alexander Areshchenko  (UKR), 2687 (R)

35.    Dmitry Jakovenko  (RUS), 2684 (R)

36.    Alexandr Predke  (RUS), 2683 (E)

37.    Anton Korobov  (UKR), 2683 (R)

38.    Salem Saleh  (UAE), 2682 (R)

39.    Gabriel Sargissian  (ARM), 2682 (FN)

40.    Markus Ragger  (AUT), 2680 (FN)

41.    Étienne Bacrot  (FRA), 2678 (FN)

42.    Boris Gelfand  (ISR), 2675 (R)

43.    Ferenc Berkes  (HUN), 2673 (FN)

44.    David Antón Guijarro  (ESP), 2673 (E)

45.    Nils Grandelius  (SWE), 2670 (FN)

46.    Matthias Blübaum  (GER), 2669 (FN)

47.    Ivan Cheparinov  (BUL), 2667 (E)

48.    Vladimir Malakhov  (RUS), 2666 (R)

49.    Nijat Abasov  (AZE), 2665 (PN)

50.    Alexei Shirov  (ESP), 2662 (FN)

51.    Sanan Sjugirov  (RUS), 2661 (E)

52.    Baskaran Adhiban  (IND), 2660 (FN)

53.    Samuel Sevian  (USA), 2660 (Z2.1)

54.    Constantin Lupulescu  (ROM), 2656 (E)

55.    Grigoriy Oparin  (RUS), 2654 (E)

56.    Yuri Kuzubov  (UKR), 2653 (FN)

57.    Jorge Cori  (PER), 2652 (Z2.4)

58.    Alexander Onischuk  (USA), 2649 (Z2.1)

59.    Haik M. Martirosyan  (ARM), 2648 (E)

60.    Ivan Šarić  (CRO), 2645 (FN)

61.    Aravindh Chithambaram  (IND), 2641 (Z3.7)

62.    Alexey Sarana  (RUS), 2640 (PN)

63.    Alexander Motylev  (RUS), 2639 (E)

64.    Aryan Tari  (NOR), 2639 (FN)

65.    Evgeny Bareev  (CAN), 2638 (Z2.2)

66.    Rinat Jumabayev  (KAZ), 2637 (FN)

67.    Vladislav Kovalev  (FIDE), 2637 (PN)

68.    Nodirbek Abdusattorov  (UZB), 2634 (Z3.4)

69.    Alan Pichot  (ARG), 2630 (FN)

70.    Mustafa Yılmaz  (TUR), 2630 (E)

71.    David Paravyan  (RUS), 2629 (PN)

72.    Sandro Mareco  (ARG), 2629 (AM)

73.    Pavel Ponkratov  (RUS), 2627 (E)

74.    Bogdan-Daniel Deac  (ROM), 2627 (E)

75.    Ahmed Adly  (EGY), 2625 (AF)

76.    Benjamin Bok  (NED), 2624 (FN)

77.    Neuris Delgado Ramírez  (PAR), 2622 (Z2.5)

78.    Nihal Sarin  (IND), 2620 (PN)

79.    Yaroslav Zherebukh  (USA), 2620 (FN)

80.    Shant Sargsyan  (ARM), 2618 (E)

81.    Daniele Vocaturo  (ITA), 2617 (FN)

82.    Rasmus Svane  (GER), 2615 (E)

83.    Viktor Erdős  (HUN), 2614 (E)

84.    Varuzhan Akobian  (USA), 2614 (PN)

85.    Pouya Idani  (IRI), 2614 (FN)

86.    Amin Tabatabaei  (IRI), 2613 (AS)

87.    Arik Braun  (GER), 2609 (E)

88.    Vadim Zvjaginsev  (RUS), 2608 (E)

89.    Kacper Piorun  (POL), 2608 (FN)

90.    R Praggnanandhaa  (IND), 2608 (PN)

91.    Aleksandar Inđić  (SRB), 2607 (E)

92.    Cristobal Henriquez Villagra  (CHI), 2606 (AM)

93.    Vasif Durarbayli  (AZE), 2606 (FN)

94.    Timur Gareyev  (USA), 2606 (Z2.1)

95.    Ivan Ivanišević  (SRB), 2606 (E)

96.    Evgeny Alekseev  (RUS), 2605 (E)

97.    Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson  (ISL), 2603 (FN)

98.    Baadur Jobava  (GEO), 2603 (E)

99.    Axel Bachmann  (PAR), 2599 (AM)

100.    Nodirbek Yakubboev  (UZB), 2598 (Z3.4)

101.    Kiril Georgiev  (MKD), 2594 (FN)

102.    Ante Brkić  (CRO), 2592 (E)

103.    Michał Krasenkow  (POL), 2591 (E)

104.    Mircea Pârligras  (ROM), 2591 (FN)

105.    Hovhannes Gabuzyan  (ARM), 2590 (E)

106.    Viorel Iordăchescu  (MDA), 2589 (FN)

107.    Denis Kadrić  (BIH), 2586 (PN)

108.    Sebastian Bogner  (SUI), 2581 (FN)

109.    Victor Mikhalevski  (ISR), 2581 (FN)

110.    Velimir Ivić  (SRB), 2581 (FN)

111.    Mads Andersen  (DEN), 2579 (FN)

112.    Gukesh D  (IND), 2578 (PN)

113.    Thai Dai Van Nguyen  (CZE), 2577 (E)

114.    Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera  (CUB), 2573 (Z2.3)

115.    Emre Can  (TUR), 2569 (E)

116.    Alexandr Fier  (BRA), 2569 (FN)

117.    Nikita Meshkovs  (LAT), 2568 (FN)

118.    Yasser Quesada Pérez  (CUB), 2565 (FN)

119.    Luka Paichadze  (GEO), 2564 (E)

120.    Levan Pantsulaia  (GEO), 2564 (FN)

121.    Javokhir Sindarov  (UZB), 2558 (AS)

122.    Elshan Moradiabadi  (USA), 2555 (AM)

123.    Krikor Mekhitarian  (BRA), 2554 (AM)

124.    Federico Perez Ponsa  (ARG), 2554 (Z2.5)

125.    Boris Savchenko  (RUS), 2553 (E)

126.    Bobby Cheng  (AUS), 2552 (FN)

127.    Susanto Megaranto  (INA), 2550 (FN)

128.    Saša Martinović  (CRO), 2548 (E)

129.    Kaido Kulaots  (EST), 2548 (FN)

130.    Ehsan Ghaem Maghami  (IRI), 2547 (Z3.1)

131.    Vahap Şanal  (TUR), 2546 (FN)

132.    Nikita Afanasiev  (RUS), 2542 (E)

133.    Momchil Nikolov  (BUL), 2542 (FN)

134.    Juan Carlos González Zamora  (MEX), 2540 (FN)

135.    Helgi Dam Ziska  (FRO), 2539 (Z1.10)

136.    Andrew Tang  (USA), 2538 (AM)

137.    Jahongir Vakhidov  (UZB), 2534 (FN)

138.    Shamsiddin Vokhidov  (UZB), 2530 (AS)

139.    Leandro Krysa  (ARG), 2527 (AM)

140.    Guillermo Vázquez, IM (PAR), 2527 (FN)

141.    Jerguš Pecháč  (SVK), 2523 (PN)

142.    Darcy Lima  (BRA), 2522 (Z2.4)

143.    Vojtěch Plát  (CZE), 2521 (FN)

144.    Ádám Kozák  (HUN), 2518 (E)

145.    Paweł Teclaf, IM (POL), 2514 (E)

146.    Pablo Salinas Herrera  (CHI), 2514 (FN)

147.    Robert Hungaski  (USA), 2514 (AM)

148.    Wynn Zaw Htun, IM (MYA), 2508 (FN)

149.    P. Iniyan  (IND), 2506 (IAS)

150.    Dambasuren Batsuren  (MGL), 2504 (FN)

151.    Volodar Murzin, IM (RUS), 2502 (FN)

152.    Bilel Bellahcene  (ALG), 2499 (FN)

153.    Juraj Druska, IM (SVK), 2493 (FN)

154.    Matej Šebenik  (SLO), 2492 (FN)

155.    Sergio Barrientos  (COL), 2490 (Z2.3)

156.    Alexandre Dgebuadze  (BEL), 2488 (FN)

157.    Razvan Preotu  (CAN), 2487 (FN)

158.    Kirill Shubin, IM (RUS), 2486 (ON)

159.    Abhimanyu Mishra  (USA), 2485 (PN)

160.    Kirill Stupak  (BLR), 2485 (FN)

161.    Adham Fawzy  (EGY), 2485 (AF)

162.    Andrés Rodríguez Vila  (URU), 2484 (FN)

163.    Tin Jingyao, IM (SGP), 2482 (AS)

164.    Dmitry V. Sklyarov, IM (FIN), 2480 (FN)

165.    Goh Wei Ming  (SGP), 2478 (FN)

166.    Luka Drašković, IM (MNE), 2469 (FN)

167.    Paulo Bersamina, IM (PHI), 2462 (FN)

168.    Rudik Makarian, IM (RUS), 2460 (ON)

169.    Ravi Haria, IM (ENG), 2440 (FN)

170.    Karolis Jukšta, FM (LTU), 2438 (FN)

171.    Basheer Al Qudaimi, IM (YEM), 2435 (FN)

172.    Ziaur Rahman, GM (BAN), 2434 (Z3.2)

173.    Esteban Valderrama Quiceno, IM (COL), 2430 (FN)

174.    Saparmyrat Atabayev, IM (TKM), 2425 (FN)

175.    Essam El Gindy  (EGY), 2420 (FN)

176.    Sugar Gan-Erdene, IM (MGL), 2419 (AS)

177.    Pedro Ramón Martínez Reyes, FM (VEN), 2417 (FN)

178.    Evgenios Ioannidis, IM (GRE), 2411 (FN)

179.    Arthur Ssegwanyi, IM (UGA), 2409 (FN)

180.    Niaz Murshed  (BAN), 2404 (FN)

181.    Asyl Abdyjapar, IM (KGZ), 2403 (FN)

182.    Abdelrahman Hesham  (EGY), 2397 (AF)

183.    Amir Zaibi  (TUN), 2396 (FN)

184.    André Ventura Sousa, IM (POR), 2390 (FN)

185.    Sami Khader, IM (JOR), 2382 (FN)

186.    Mohamed Tissir, IM (MAR), 2379 (FN)

187.    Noaman Omar, IM (UAE), 2367 (FN)

188.    Sergio Minero Pineda, IM (CRC), 2365 (FN)

189.    Mohamad Ervan, IM (INA), 2356 (AS)

190.    Rodwell Makoto, IM (ZIM), 2352 (FN)

191.    Bashir Eiti, IM (SYR), 2340 (FN)

192.    Daniel Quizon, IM (PHI), 2319 (Z3.3)

193.    Daniel Barrish, FM (RSA), 2313 (FN)

194.    Abobker Mohamed Elarabi, FM (LBA), 2307 (FN)

195.    Olanrewaju Ajibola, no title (NGR), 2302 (FN)

196.    Michael Concio, IM (PHI), 2297 (Z3.3)

197.    Sergio Miguel, FM (ANG), 2286 (FN)

198.    Chitumbo Mwali, IM (ZAM), 2281 (FN)

199.    Akar Ali Salih Salih, FM (IRQ), 2274 (FN)

200.    Alisher Karimov, FM (TJK), 2244 (FN)

201.    Antoine Kassis, FM (LBN), 2205 (FN)

202.    Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage, CM (SRI), 2203 (FN)

203.    Allen Chi Zhou Fan, FM (NZL), 2193 (FN)

204.    Sumant Subramaniam, FM (MAS), 2155 (FN)

205.    Chiletso Chipanga, CM (MWI), 2103 (PN)

206.    Elmer Prudente, CM (GUM), 1998 (Z3.6)

Players qualifying for the event included:

• The world chess champion
• The women's world chess champion (WWC)
• The 2019 World Junior Champion U20 (U20)
• The top four players in the Chess World Cup 2019 (WC)
• 89 players qualifying from Continental events:
  • Europe (47): High rating (ER, 10), Hybrid qualification (E, 36), Zonal 1.10 (Z1.10, 1)
  • America (11+9): Hybrid qualification (AM, 8), Zonals 2.1 (Z2.1, 5), 2.2 (Z2.2, 1), 2.3 (Z2.3, 2), 2.4 (Z2.4, 2), 2.5 (Z2.5, 2)
  • Asia (18): Hybrid Asian Championship 2021 (AS, 7), Indian Qualification (IAS, 1), Zonals 3.1 (Z3.1, 1), 3.2 (Z3.2, 1), 3.3 (Z3.3, 2), 3.4 (Z3.4, 2), 3.5 (Z3.5, 2), 3.6 (Z3.6, 1), 3.7 (Z3.7, 1)
  • Africa (4): African Chess Championship (AF, 4)
• The 13 highest-rated players from the average of 12 rating lists, from July 2020 to June 2021 (R)
• 91 federations spots selected according to the average rating of their 10 highest rated players (FN).
• 4 nominees of the FIDE President (PN)
• 2 nominees of the organizer (ON)

The participants were seeded by their FIDE rating of June 2021. For the first time, a hybrid format of online chess under arbiter supervision was allowed to be a part of the qualification process, due to the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in organizing over the board competition. ^{[7] [8]}

Replacements

The following are the players from the list of qualifiers ^[5] who declined to play, and their replacements:

•   Teimour Radjabov  (AZE) (WC) →   Boris Gelfand  (ISR) (R). Radjabov already had a wildcard placement for the 2022 Candidates.
•   Ding Liren  (CHN) (WC) →   Anton Korobov  (UKR) (R). Ding Liren did not play because of China's COVID-19 travel restrictions, and also because he was committed to playing in a Chinese tournament. ^[9]
•   Evgeny Shtembuliak  (UKR) (U20) →   Vladimir Malakhov  (RUS) (R)
•   Ju Wenjun  (CHN) (WWC) →   Dmitry Jakovenko  (RUS) (R)
•   Ian Nepomniachtchi  (RUS) (R) →   Pentala Harikrishna  (IND) (R). Nepomniachtchi was preparing for the World Chess Championship 2021 match against Carlsen. ^{[10] [11]}
•   Wesley So  (USA) (R) →   Vidit Gujrathi  (IND) (R). COVID-19 reasons. ^[9]
•   Richárd Rapport  (HUN) (R) →   Alexander Areshchenko  (UKR) (R)
•   Wang Hao  (CHN) (R) →   Salem Saleh  (UAE) (R). Wang Hao had retired from competitive chess. ^[12]
•   Viswanathan Anand  (IND) (R) →   Jorden van Foreest  (NED) (R). Anand was already committed to playing the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting between July 10 and 18. ^[13]
•   Lu Shanglei  (CHN) (AS) →   Parham Maghsoodloo  (IRI) (AS)
•   Veselin Topalov  (BUL) (ER) →   Kirill Alekseenko  (RUS) (ER)
•   Michael Adams  (ENG) (ER) →   Yuriy Kryvoruchko  (UKR) (ER)
•   Viktor Láznička  (CZE) (E) →   Viktor Erdős  (HUN) (E)
•   Michael Wiedenkeller  (LUX) (Z1.10) →   Helgi Dam Ziska  (FRO) (Z1.10)
•   Temur Kuybokarov  (AUS) (Z3.6) →   Elmer Prudente  (GUM) (Z3.6). Kuybokarov withdrew due to Australian travel restrictions due to COVID-19. ^[14]
•   Huang Renjie  (CHN) (Z3.5) → an extra presidential nominee (PN)
•   Bai Jinshi  (CHN) (Z3.5) → an extra presidential nominee (PN)

In addition, six federations (Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Japan, South Korea, Peru, Vietnam) did not nominate a player. Because of this and the two Zone 3.5 withdrawals, the number of presidential nominees (PN) increased from four to twelve, with the eight extra being: ^{[15] [5]}

•   Varuzhan Akobian  (USA) (PN)
•   Chiletso Chipanga  (MAW) (PN)
•   Denis Kadrić  (BIH) (PN)
•   Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa  (IND) (PN)
•   Alexey Sarana  (RUS) (PN)
•   David Paravyan  (RUS) (PN)
•   Nihal Sarin  (IND) (PN)
•   Abhimanyu Mishra  (USA) (PN)

Rounds 1–4

Section 1

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	1	M Carlsen	Bye
	-	Bye 1				1	M Carlsen	2
	128	S Martinović	1½			128	S Martinović	0
	129	K Kulaots	½								1	M Carlsen	2
	65	E Bareev	1½								64	A Tari	0
	192	D Quizon	½			65	E Bareev	½
	64	A Tari	2			64	A Tari	1½
	193	D Barrish	0													1	M Carlsen	2½
	33	R Wojtaszek	Bye													33	R Wojtaszek	1½
	-	Bye 33				33	R Wojtaszek	1½
	96	E Alekseev	2½			96	E Alekseev	½
	161	A Fawzy	1½								33	R Wojtaszek	3
	97	HS Gretarsson	2½								32	M Matlakov	1
	160	K Stupak	1½			97	HS Gretarsson	½
	32	M Matlakov	Bye			32	M Matlakov	1½
	-	Bye 32

Section 2

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

17

D Dubov

Bye

Bye 17

17

D Dubov

2½

112

Gukesh D

2½

112

Gukesh D

1½

145

P Teclaf

1½

17

D Dubov

1½

81

D Vocaturo

1½

48

V Malakhov

½

176

S Gan-Erdene

½

81

D Vocaturo

½

48

V Malakhov

Bye

48

V Malakhov

1½

-

Bye 48

17

D Dubov

2½

49

N Abasov

Bye

16

A Esipenko

3½

-

Bye 49

49

N Abasov

2½

80

S Sargsyan

2

80

S Sargsyan

1½

177

P Martínez Reyes

0

49

N Abasov

½

113

TDV Nguyen

1½

16

A Esipenko

1½

144

A Kozák

½

113

TDV Nguyen

1½

16

A Esipenko

Bye

16

A Esipenko

2½

-

Bye 16

Section 3

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	9	L Domínguez	Bye
	-	Bye 9				9	L Domínguez	1
	120	L Pantsulaia	½			137	J Vakhidov	3
	137	J Vakhidov	1½								137	J Vakhidov	1
	73	P Ponkratov	1½								73	P Ponkratov	3
	184	A Ventura Sousa	½			73	P Ponkratov	1½
	56	Y Kuzubov	2			56	Y Kuzubov	½
	201	A Kassis	0													73	P Ponkratov	1½
	41	É Bacrot	Bye													41	É Bacrot	2½
	-	Bye 41				41	É Bacrot	2½
	88	V Zvjaginsev	1			169	R Haria	1½
	169	R Haria	3								41	É Bacrot	2½
	105	H Gabuzyan	3								24	B Amin	1½
	152	B Bellahcene	1			105	H Gabuzyan	½
	24	B Amin	Bye			24	B Amin	1½
	-	Bye 24

Section 4

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

25

J van Foreest

Bye

-

Bye 25

25

J van Foreest

1½

104

M Pârligras

½

153

J Druska

½

153

J Druska

1½

25

J van Foreest

½

89

K Piorun

1½

89

K Piorun

1½

168

R Makarian

½

89

K Piorun

1½

40

M Ragger

Bye

40

M Ragger

½

-

Bye 40

89

K Piorun

1½

57

J Cori

1½

121

J Sindarov

½

200

A Karimov

½

57

J Cori

3½

72

S Mareco

2

72

S Mareco

2½

185

S Khader

0

57

J Cori

½

121

J Sindarov

1½

121

J Sindarov

1½

136

A Tang

½

121

J Sindarov

3½

8

A Firouzja

Bye

8

A Firouzja

2½

-

Bye 8

Section 5

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

5

A Grischuk

Bye

-

Bye 5

5

A Grischuk

1½

124

F Perez Ponsa

3½

124

F Perez Ponsa

½

133

M Nikolov

2½

5

A Grischuk

1½

69

A Pichot

2

69

A Pichot

½

188

S Minero Pineda

0

69

A Pichot

1½

60

I Šarić

2

60

I Šarić

½

197

S Miguel

0

5

A Grischuk

2½

37

A Korobov

Bye

37

A Korobov

1½

-

Bye 37

37

A Korobov

1½

92

C Henriquez Villagra

2

92

C Henriquez Villagra

½

165

Goh Wei Ming

0

37

A Korobov

1½

101

K Georgiev

1½

101

K Georgiev

½

156

A Dgebuadze

½

101

K Georgiev

2½

28

P Maghsoodloo

Bye

28

P Maghsoodloo

1½

-

Bye 28

Section 6

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	21	E Tomashevsky	Bye
	-	Bye 21				21	E Tomashevsky	2
	108	S Bogner	½			149	P Iniyan	0
	149	P Iniyan	1½								21	E Tomashevsky	1½
	85	P Idani	2								85	P Idani	2½
	172	Z Rahman	0			85	P Idani	1½
	44	D Antón Guijarro	Bye			44	D Antón Guijarro	½
	-	Bye 44														85	P Idani	½
	53	S Sevian	2													12	J-K Duda	1½
	204	S Subramaniam	0			53	S Sevian	4
	76	B Bok	2½			76	B Bok	2
	181	A Abdyjapar	1½								53	S Sevian	½
	117	N Meshkovs	½								12	J-K Duda	1½
	140	G Vázquez	1½			140	G Vázquez	½
	12	J-K Duda	Bye			12	J-K Duda	1½
	-	Bye 12

Section 7

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	13	V Gujrathi	Bye
	-	Bye 13				13	V Gujrathi	2½
	116	A Fier	3½			116	A Fier	1½
	141	J Pecháč	2½								13	V Gujrathi	4½
	77	N Delgado Ramírez	5								52	B Adhiban	3½
	180	N Murshed	3			77	N Delgado Ramírez	0
	52	B Adhiban	2			52	B Adhiban	2
	205	C Chipanga	0													13	V Gujrathi	2
	45	N Grandelius	Bye													20	J Xiong	0
	-	Bye 45				45	N Grandelius	2½
	84	V Akobian	2½			84	V Akobian	1½
	173	E Valderrama Quiceno	1½								45	N Grandelius	1½
	109	V Mikhalevski	w/o								20	J Xiong	2½
	148	Wynn Zaw Htun				109	V Mikhalevski	½
	20	J Xiong	Bye			20	J Xiong	1½
	-	Bye 20

Section 8

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	29	D Navara	Bye
	-	Bye 29				29	D Navara	1½
	100	N Yakubboev	1½			100	N Yakubboev	½
	157	R Preotu	½								29	D Navara	½
	93	V Durarbayli	1½								93	V Durarbayli	1½
	164	DV Sklyarov	½			93	V Durarbayli	3
	36	A Predke	Bye			36	A Predke	1
	-	Bye 36														93	V Durarbayli	4
	61	C Aravindh	2													68	N Abdusattorov	2
	196	M Concio	0			61	C Aravindh	½
	68	N Abdusattorov	w/o			68	N Abdusattorov	1½
	189	M Ervan									68	N Abdusattorov	3
	125	B Savchenko	2½								4	A Giri	1
	132	N Afanasiev	1½			125	B Savchenko	0
	4	A Giri	Bye			4	A Giri	2
	-	Bye 4

Section 9

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	3	L Aronian	Bye
	-	Bye 3				3	L Aronian	[lower-alpha 1]
	126	B Cheng	3			126	B Cheng	w/o
	131	V Şanal	1								126	B Cheng	½
	67	V Kovalev	2								67	V Kovalev	1½
	190	R Makoto	0			67	V Kovalev	3½
	62	A Sarana	2			62	A Sarana	2½
	195	O Ajibola	0													67	V Kovalev	0
	35	D Jakovenko	Bye													30	V Fedoseev	2
	-	Bye 35				35	D Jakovenko	1½
	94	T Gareyev	4			94	T Gareyev	2½
	163	J Tin	2								94	T Gareyev	½
	99	A Bachmann	1½								30	V Fedoseev	1½
	158	K Shubin	½			99	A Bachmann	0
	30	V Fedoseev	Bye			30	V Fedoseev	2
	-	Bye 30

Section 10

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	19	F Vallejo Pons	Bye
	-	Bye 19				19	F Vallejo Pons	½
	110	V Ivić	1½			110	V Ivić	1½
	147	R Hungaski	½								110	V Ivić	1½
	83	V Erdős	w/o								46	M Blübaum	½
	174	S Atabayev				83	V Erdős	1½
	46	M Blübaum	Bye			46	M Blübaum	2½
	-	Bye 46														110	V Ivić	3
	51	S Sjugirov	2													14	D Andreikin	1
	206	E Prudente	0			51	S Sjugirov	½
	78	N Sarin	1½			78	N Sarin	1½
	179	A Ssegwanyi	½								78	N Sarin	½
	115	E Can	2								14	D Andreikin	1½
	142	D Lima	0			115	E Can	½
	14	D Andreikin	Bye			14	D Andreikin	1½
	-	Bye 14

Section 11

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

11

H Pentala

Bye

-

Bye 11

11

H Pentala

1½

118

Y Quesada Pérez

1½

118

Y Quesada Pérez

½

139

L Krysa

½

11

H Pentala

1½

75

A Adly

1½

54

C Lupulescu

½

182

A Hesham

2½

182

A Hesham

0

54

C Lupulescu

w/o

54

C Lupulescu

2

203

ACZ Fan

11

H Pentala

½

43

F Berkes

Bye

86

A Tabatabaei

1½

-

Bye 43

43

F Berkes

1½

86

A Tabatabaei

2½

86

A Tabatabaei

2½

171

B Al Qudaimi

1½

86

A Tabatabaei

1½

107

D Kadrić

1½

22

Y Yangyi

½

150

D Batsuren

½

107

D Kadrić

0

22

Y Yangyi

Bye

22

Y Yangyi

2

-

Bye 22

Section 12

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	27	Y Kryvoruchko	Bye
	-	Bye 27				27	Y Kryvoruchko	½
	102	A Brkić	2			102	A Brkić	1½
	155	S Barrientos	0								102	A Brkić	2
	91	A Inđić	2								38	S Saleh	0
	166	L Drašković	0			91	A Inđić	1
	38	S Saleh	Bye			38	S Saleh	3
	-	Bye 38														102	A Brkić	½
	59	HM Martirosyan	3													59	HM Martirosyan	1½
	198	C Mwali	1			59	HM Martirosyan	1½
	70	M Yılmaz	1½			70	M Yılmaz	½
	187	N Omar	½								59	HM Martirosyan	2½
	123	K Mekhitarian	2½								6	S Mamedyarov	1½
	134	J González Zamora	1½			123	K Mekhitarian	1
	6	S Mamedyarov	Bye			6	S Mamedyarov	3
	-	Bye 6

Section 13

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	7	M Vachier-Lagrave	Bye
	-	Bye 7				7	M Vachier-Lagrave	1½
	122	E Moradiabadi	w/o			122	E Moradiabadi	½
	135	HD Ziska									7	M Vachier-Lagrave	5
	71	D Paravyan	2								71	D Paravyan	4
	186	M Tissir	0			71	D Paravyan	2
	58	A Onischuk	2			58	A Onischuk	0
	199	AAS Salih	0													7	M Vachier-Lagrave	1½
	39	G Sargissian	Bye													90	R Praggnanandhaa	½
	-	Bye 39				39	G Sargissian	0
	90	R Praggnanandhaa	1½			90	R Praggnanandhaa	2
	167	P Bersamina	½								90	R Praggnanandhaa	3
	103	M Krasenkow	1½								103	M Krasenkow	1
	154	M Šebenik	½			103	M Krasenkow	1½
	26	K Alekseenko	Bye			26	K Alekseenko	½
	-	Bye 26

Section 14

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	23	V Artemiev	Bye
	-	Bye 23				23	V Artemiev	2½
	106	V Iordăchescu	2½			151	V Murzin	1½
	151	V Murzin	3½								23	V Artemiev	3
	87	A Braun	1½								42	B Gelfand	1
	170	K Jukšta	½			87	A Braun	½
	42	B Gelfand	Bye			42	B Gelfand	1½
	-	Bye 42														23	V Artemiev	2½
	55	G Oparin	2													10	S Karjakin	3½
	202	RD Liyanage	0			55	G Oparin	2½
	74	B-D Deac	w/o			74	B-D Deac	1½
	183	A Zaibi									55	G Oparin	½
	119	L Paichadze	0								10	S Karjakin	1½
	138	S Vokhidov	2			138	S Vokhidov	0
	10	S Karjakin	Bye			10	S Karjakin	2
	-	Bye 10

Section 15

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	15	N Vitiugov	Bye
	-	Bye 15				15	N Vitiugov	1½
	114	C Albornoz Cabrera	½			143	V Plát	½
	143	V Plát	1½								15	N Vitiugov	1½
	79	Y Zherebukh	1½								50	A Shirov	½
	178	E Ioannidis	½			79	Y Zherebukh	2
	50	A Shirov	Bye			50	A Shirov	4
	-	Bye 50														15	N Vitiugov	1½
	47	I Cheparinov	Bye													18	P Svidler	2½
	-	Bye 47				47	I Cheparinov	5
	82	R Svane	2			82	R Svane	4
	175	E El-Gindy	0								47	I Cheparinov	1½
	111	M Andersen	½								18	P Svidler	2½
	146	P Salinas Herrera	1½			146	P Salinas Herrera	½
	18	P Svidler	Bye			18	P Svidler	1½
	-	Bye 18

Section 16

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

31

S Shankland

Bye

-

Bye 31

31

S Shankland

1½

98

B Jobava

1½

98

B Jobava

½

159

A Mishra

½

31

S Shankland

2½

95

I Ivanišević

w/o

34

A Areshchenko

1½

162

A Rodríguez Vila

95

I Ivanišević

½

34

A Areshchenko

Bye

34

A Areshchenko

1½

-

Bye 34

31

S Shankland

1½

63

A Motylev

2

66

R Jumabayev

½

194

AM Elarabi

0

63

A Motylev

½

66

R Jumabayev

2

66

R Jumabayev

1½

191

B Eiti

0

66

R Jumabayev

1½

127

S Megaranto

2½

2

F Caruana

½

130

E Ghaem-Maghami

1½

127

S Megaranto

0 [lower-alpha 2]

2

F Caruana

Bye

2

F Caruana

2

-

Bye 2

Rounds 5–8

	Fifth round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Magnus Carlsen	5
	16	Andrey Esipenko	3
						1	Magnus Carlsen	2
						41	Étienne Bacrot	0
	41	Étienne Bacrot	4
	89	Kacper Piorun	2
											1	Magnus Carlsen	1½
											12	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	2½
	5	Alexander Grischuk	1½
	12	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	2½
						12	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	1½
						13	Vidit Gujrathi	½
	13	Vidit Gujrathi	1½
	93	Vasif Durarbayli	½
																12	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	1½
																10	Sergey Karjakin	½
	30	Vladimir Fedoseev	3
	110	Velimir Ivić	1
						30	Vladimir Fedoseev	1½
						86	Amin Tabatabaei	½
	86	Amin Tabatabaei	2½
	59	Haik M. Martirosyan	1½
											30	Vladimir Fedoseev	½
											10	Sergey Karjakin	1½
	7	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	2½													Third place
	10	Sergey Karjakin	3½
						10	Sergey Karjakin	4								1	Magnus Carlsen	2
						31	Sam Shankland	2								30	Vladimir Fedoseev	0
	18	Peter Svidler	½
	31	Sam Shankland	1½

Third place

Seed	Name	Jul 2021 rating	1	2	Total
1	Magnus Carlsen	2847	1	1	2
30	Vladimir Fedoseev	2696	0	0	0

Finals

Seed	Name	Jul 2021 rating	1	2	Total
12	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	2738	½	1	1½
10	Sergey Karjakin	2757	½	0	½

Notes

1. Aronian forfeited both games for health-related reasons. ^[16]
2. Caruana won the first game by forfeit, after Megaranto's COVID-19 test was confirmed as positive, 15 moves into the first game. ^[17] As a result, Megaranto was forced to forfeit the second game. FIDE confirmed a mid-game forfeit had occurred, but did not name the player, citing "privacy regulations". ^[18]

References

1. Men's World Cup 2021 Schedule Archived 2023-03-06 at the Wayback Machine , FIDE
2. ""Games Archive"". "2700chess".
3. "Regulations for the FIDE World Cup 2021" (PDF). FIDE.
4. Rosen, Eric [@IM_Rosen] (9 July 2021). "Beginning my journey to Sochi... Super excited to be one of the official photographers for the @FIDE_chess World Cup!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
5. "Participants of the World Cup 2021" (PDF), Official tournament site, FIDE
6. "Tournament Tree"
7. FIDE Approves Hybrid Format. Chess.com.
8. nikita. "FIDE World Chess Cup 2021 – Chessdom" . Retrieved 2021-06-03.
9. Carlsen, So, Aronian & Ding in San Fermin Masters battle, chess24.com, July 11, 2021
10. Magnus Carlsen to play in FIDE World Cup in Sochi, Chessbase, June 11, 2021
11. Ian Nepomniachtchi to @rianru: I won't play at the FIDE World Cup in Sochi, FIDE, Twitter, 17 June 2021
12. Rao, Rakesh. "Nepomniachtchi loses last round, takes Candidates title; Wang Hao retires at 31". Sportstar. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
13. Viswanathan Anand likely to skip World Cup in Sochi, Indian Express, 27 May 2021
14. Australian Chess Federation Newsletter 604, 19 June 2021
15. Players lists and full pairings of FIDE World Cups published, FIDE, 22 June 2021 (This shows who the original four PNs were.)
16. We respect @LevAronian’s decision..., FIDE, Twitter, 16 July 2021
17. FIDE Chess World Cup 2021: Fabiano Caruana wins by default after his opponent Susanto Megaranto's COVID-19 test result came positive during the game, The Free Press Journal, 15 July 2021
18. World Champion Magnus Carlsen debuts with a technical win, FIDE, 15 July 2021

See also

• Women's Chess World Cup 2021

External links

• FIDE World Cup 2021, official site, FIDE.