FIDE announces the first 28 original qualifiers for the World Cup to be held in Khanty-Mansiysk, 20 November to 15 December 2009. In a few days the list with qualifiers from the Continental and Zonal Championships 2008-09 will also be published. The regulations of the World Cup can be downloaded here.
QUALIFIERS for the WORLD CUP 2009
a) From World Championship Match 2008:
1. V. Anand (IND – World Champion)
b) From World Cup 2007:
2. G. Kamsky (USA)
3. A. Shirov (ESP)
4. M. Carlsen (NOR)
5. S. Karjakin (UKR)
c) Women’s World Champion 2008:
6. A. Kosteniuk (RUS)
d) Junior World Champions 2007 & 2008:
7. A. Adly (EGY)
8. A. Gupta (IND)
d) From FIDE Rating List, 20 players, average 7/2008 & 1/2009:
09. V. Topalov (BUL) 2786,50
10. V. Ivanchuk (UKR) 2780,00
11. A. Morozevich (RUS) 2779,50
12. V. Kramnik (RUS) 2773,50
13. T. Radjabov (AZE) 2752,50
14. P. Leko (HUN) 2746,00
15. L. Aronian (ARM) 2743,50
16. S. Movsesian (SVK) 2737,00
17. D. Jakovenko (RUS) 2734,50
18. S. Mamedyarov (AZE) 2733,00
19. P. Svidler (RUS) 2730,50
20. A. Grischuk (RUS) 2730,50
21. B. Gelfand (ISR) 2726,50
22. M. Adams (ENG) 2723,50
23. R. Ponomariov (UKR) 2722,00
24. Wang Yue (CHN) 2721,50
25. V. Gashimov (AZE) 2720,00
26. E. Alekseev (RUS) 2713,00
27. L. Dominguez Perez (CUB) 2712,50
28. Ni Hua (CHN) 2707,00
e) 90 players from the Continental & Zonal Championships 2008 & 2009:
(to be published soon)…
Reserve players who may qualify by rating, average 7/2008 & 1/2009:
1. E. Bacrot (FRA) 2706,50
2. Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) 2706,00
3. P. Eljanov (UKR) 2704,50
4. J. Polgar (HUN) 2702,00
5. S. Rublevsky (RUS) 2700,50
6. H. Nakamura (USA) 2698,00
7. K. Sasikiran (IND) 2697,50
8. Wang Hao (CHN) 2691,00
9. V. Malakhov (RUS) 2690,50
10. M. Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2688,50
11. V. Milov (SUI) 2687,00
12. V. Bologan (MDA) 2686,50
13. V. Akopian (ARM) 2686,50
14. L. Nisipeanu (ROU) 2683,50
15. R. Kasimdzhanov (UZB) 2683,00
16. I. Cheparinov (BUL) 2683,00
17. Z. Efimenko (UKR) 2679,00
18. A. Naiditsch (GER) 2679,00
19. F. Vallejo Pons (ESP) 2676,00
20. A. Motylev (RUS) 2675,00
Source: FIDE.com
go naka
Only 28 qualifiers???
There are already 94 (out of 128) known qualifiers!
And the “FIDE list” is not even correct. Movsesian qualified through 2008 European Championship and not by rating. Bacrot is the last one qualified by rating.
Bleh, FIDE, bleh.