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The WC round 1 matchups

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World Cup 2009 Round 1 Game 1 (21.11.09)
Table
White Fed Results
Black Fed
1 1 GM Gelfand, Boris ISR – 128 IM Obodchuk, Andrei RUS
2 127 IM Sarwat, Walaa EGY – 2 GM Gashimov, Vugar AZE
3 3 GM Svidler, Peter RUS – 126 IM Hebert, Jean CAN
4 125 IM Abdel Razik, Khaled EGY – 4 GM Morozevich, Alexander RUS
5 5 GM Radjabov, Teimour AZE – 124 IM Ezat, Mohamed EGY
6 123 GM Bezgodov, Alexei RUS – 6 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR
7 7 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR – 122 GM El Gindy, Essam EGY
8 121 IM Sriram, Jha IND – 8 GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS
9 9 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS – 120 GM Rizouk, Aimen ALG
10 119 GM Kabanov, Nikolai RUS – 10 GM Wang, Yue CHN
11 11 GM Eljanov, Pavel UKR – 118 GM Al Sayed, Mohamad N. QAT
12 117 GM Rodriguez Vila, Andres URU – 12 GM Karjakin, Sergey UKR
13 13 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE – 116 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS
14 115 GM Kunte, Abhijit IND – 14 GM Shirov, Alexei ESP
15 15 GM Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB – 114 GM Smerdon, David AUS
16 113 GM Yu, Yangyi CHN – 16 GM Movsesian, Sergei SVK
17 17 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA – 112 GM Yu, Shaoteng CHN
18 111 IM Pridorozhni, Aleksei RUS – 18 GM Alekseev, Evgeny RUS
19 19 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS – 110 GM Ivanov, Alexander USA
20 109 GM Friedel, Joshua E USA – 20 GM Wang, Hao CHN
21 21 GM Navara, David CZE – 108 GM Laylo, Darwin PHI
22 107 GM Amin, Bassem EGY – 22 GM Malakhov, Vladimir RUS
23 23 GM Bacrot, Etienne FRA – 106 GM Nijboer, Friso NED
24 105 GM Morovic Fernandez, Ivan CHI – 24 GM Rublevsky, Sergei RUS
25 25 GM Jobava, Baadur GEO – 104 IM Robson, Ray USA
26 103 GM Hess, Robert L USA – 26 GM Motylev, Alexander RUS
27 27 GM Kamsky, Gata USA – 102 GM Antonio, Rogelio Jr PHI
28 101 GM Gupta, Abhijeet IND – 28 GM Vitiugov, Nikita RUS
29 29 GM Bologan, Viktor MDA – 100 GM Adly, Ahmed EGY
30 99 GM Hou, Yifan CHN – 30 GM Naiditsch, Arkadij GER
31 31 GM Bu, Xiangzhi CHN – 98 GM Pelletier, Yannick SUI
32 97
 GM
 Pavasovic, Dusko
(Withdrawn due to injury)
 SLO
 – 32 GM Polgar, Judit HUN
33 33 GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU – 96 GM Lupulescu, Constantin ROU
34 95 GM Li, Chao b CHN – 34 GM Sargissian, Gabriel ARM
35 35 GM Onischuk, Alexander USA – 94 GM Flores, Diego ARG
36 93 GM Kryvoruchko, Yuriy UKR – 36 GM Cheparinov, Ivan BUL
37 37 GM Efimenko, Zahar UKR – 92 GM Milos, Gilberto BRA
38 91 GM Zhou, Weiqi CHN – 38 GM Sutovsky, Emil ISR
39 39 GM Najer, Evgeniy RUS – 90 GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan IRI
40 89 GM Iturrizaga, Eduardo VEN – 40 GM Tiviakov, Sergei NED
41 41 GM Areshchenko, Alexander UKR – 88 GM Corrales Jimenez, Fidel CUB
42 87 GM L’Ami, Erwin NED – 42 GM Sasikiran, Krishnan IND
43 43 GM Smirin, Ilia ISR – 86 GM Ehlvest, Jaan USA
44 85 GM Shabalov, Alexander USA – 44 GM Baklan, Vladimir UKR
45 45 GM Ganguly, Surya Shekhar IND – 84 GM Filippov, Anton UZB
46 83 GM Khalifman, Alexander RUS – 46 GM Fier, Alexandr BRA
47 47 GM Fressinet, Laurent FRA – 82 GM Sjugirov, Sanan RUS
48 81 GM Petrosian, Tigran L. ARM – 48 GM Meier, Georg GER
49 49 GM Grachev, Boris RUS – 80 GM Bartel, Mateusz POL
50 79 GM Bruzon Batista, Lazaro CUB – 50 GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA
51 51 GM Sokolov, Ivan NED – 78 GM Fedorchuk, Sergey A. UKR
52 77 GM Negi, Parimarjan IND – 52 GM Milov, Vadim SUI
53 53 GM Timofeev, Artyom RUS – 76 GM Leitao, Rafael BRA
54 75 GM Gustafsson, Jan GER – 54 GM Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS
55 55 GM Savchenko, Boris RUS – 74 GM Shulman, Yuri USA
56 73 GM Sandipan, Chanda IND – 56 GM Kobalia, Mikhail RUS
57 57 GM Tkachiev, Vladislav FRA – 72 GM Le, Quang Liem VIE
58 71 GM Akobian, Varuzhan USA – 58 GM Tregubov, Pavel V. RUS
59 59 GM So, Wesley PHI – 70 GM Guseinov, Gadir AZE
60 69 GM Sakaev, Konstantin RUS – 60 GM Granda Zuniga, Julio PER
61 61 GM Laznicka, Viktor CZE – 68 GM Papaioannou, Ioannis GRE
62 67 GM Nyback, Tomi FIN – 62 GM Andreikin, Dmitry RUS
63 63 GM Mamedov, Rauf AZE – 66 GM Zhou, Jianchao CHN
64 65 GM Volkov, Sergey RUS – 64 GM Amonatov, Farrukh TJK

Which matchups have the best chance for a first round upset?

Source: http://www.ugra-chess.ru/eng/main_e.htm

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10 Comments

  1. Anonymous Reply

    Robson will score a first round upset.

  2. Anonymous Reply

    13th ranked Mamedyarov will be the highest seed to go down. Kosteniuk will draw 2 hard fought games and win in the rapid playoff.

  3. Anonymous Reply

    Why table 32 : Judit Polgar against Dusko Pavasovic, don’t appear ?

  4. Anonymous Reply

    I’m not sure how much it matters as Carlsen does not bother to participate. Here we go again with another useless FIDE prelim.

  5. Anonymous Reply

    Idiots, making stupid comments being completly ignorant… (see previous anonymous).

    Well lets bother answering:

    The world cup is QUALIFIER for the candidates tournament. Therefore, the World champion, and the rest who qualify, do NOT play (unless they want to collect some money as Kamsky does)

    Therefore, the following do NOT play: Topalov or Anand (the one will be champion and the other will qualify as loser of the previous final), Aronian (winner of the Grand-Prix), Carlsen (highest rating after those that qualify), Kramnik (second rating after the ones that qualify).

    Along with these, comes the second of the Grand-Prix (this is still open so the candidates for this namely Radjabov, Gashimov, Wang, Ivanchuck DO play), and one player named by the organiser (Azerbaijan organises so it will be Radjabov or Gashimov).

    These players with the 2 first of the world cup will play the candidates tournament and the winner a match with the previous champ (Anand or Topalov by that time)

    So effectively ALL players (apart from…Leko maybe) do participate at this world championship cycle

  6. Pitor Reply

    Pavasovic had an accident while playing football a few day ago (something happened to his Achilles . Due to his operation he is not able to get to the venue in time. Judit will start on Tuesday in the 2nd round.

  7. Anonymous Reply

    Its rather odd..but I seem to agree with just about everyone here….and I won’t call people names…etc..but seriously, the top ten should be the next candidates and start from there….more than half the names I see on this list I’ve never heard of and have no business playing for the world title. Lets be serious here…this is not a proper way to find a challenger. We all know who the main contenders are.

  8. Anonymous Reply

    Pavasovic withdrawn “due to injury”?

    Sad to hear that, but Judit would have chewed him and spat him out anyway.

  9. Anonymous Reply

    Robson lost.

    http://cup2009.fide.com/round.php

  10. Anonymous Reply

    I wanted to see the games, and got a message: Live broadcast stopped due to technical reasons. Any news what is going on and when it would be fixed?

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