# Chess World Cup 2019

The Chess World Cup 2019 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from 9 September to 4 October 2019. It was won by Azerbaijani grandmaster Teimour Radjabov. He and the runner-up, Ding Liren, both qualified for the Candidates Tournament for the World Chess Championship 2021. It was the 8th edition of the Chess World Cup.
Levon Aronian, the winner of the Chess World Cup 2017, advanced to the quarterfinals before being eliminated by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave on tiebreaks. Vachier-Lagrave was eliminated by Radjabov in the semi-finals, but defeated Yu Yangyi to claim 3rd place.

## Bidding process

There was only one bid received for the combined FIDE World Cup and Olympiad events, which was done by the Yugra Chess Federation.

## Format

The tournament was a 7-round knockout event. The matches from round 1 to round 6 consisted of two classical games with a time control of 90 minutes per 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move. The finals and the match for the third place consisted of four classical games.
If the score is tied after the classical games, rapid and, if necessary, blitz tiebreaks are played the next day. Two games are played with a time control of 25 minutes per game plus 10 seconds increment. In the case of a tie, they are followed by two games with a time control of 10 minutes per game plus 10 seconds increment. If the score is still tied, two blitz games follow (5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment). If the score is tied 4–4 after all these games, a single "Armageddon" game is played: the player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the colour; White has 5 minutes per game and Black has 4 minutes, with an increment of 2 seconds per move starting from move 61, and White needs a win to advance to the next round; Black advances if they win or the game is drawn.
The two top finishers qualified for the 2020 Candidates Tournament. The rules in fact specified that it would be the top two finishers other than Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, because Carlsen as World Champion did not play in the Candidates, and Caruana had already qualified for the Candidates. The rule was introduced because the World Champion and the previous challenger unexpectedly signed up for the previous edition Chess World Cup 2017. This time, though, Carlsen and Caruana both declined their invitations to the World Cup, so the qualifiers are simply the two finalists.

## Schedule

Each of the first six rounds took three days: one day each for the two regular time limit games and then a third day for tiebreaks, if required. The final round has four days of regular time limit games and then a fifth day for tiebreaks, if required.
* Round 1: 10 September – 12 September
* Round 2: 13 September – 15 September
* Round 3: 16 September – 18 September
* Rest day: 19 September
* Round 4: 20 September – 22 September
* Round 5: 23 September – 25 September
* Round 6: 26 September – 28 September
* Rest day: 29 September
* Final and play-off for third place: 30 September – 4 October

## Prize money

The total prize fund was US$1,600,000, with the first prize of US$110,000.
| Round | (US$) Prize received | (US$)Total |
| Round 1 | 64 × 6,000 | 384,000 |
| Round 2 | 32 × 10,000 | 320,000 |
| Round 3 | 16 × 16,000 | 256,000 |
| Round 4 | 8 × 25,000 | 200,000 |
| Round 5 | 4 × 35,000 | 140,000 |
| 4-th place | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| 3-rd place | 60,000 | 60,000 |
| Runner-up | 80,000 | 80,000 |
| Winner | 110,000 | 110,000 |
| Total (US$) | | 1,600,000 |

## Participants

The participants were seeded by their FIDE rating of August 2019. All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.
| Number | Name | Country | Rating | Qualification path |
| 1 | Ding Liren | China | 2805 | WC |
| 2 | Anish Giri | Netherlands | 2779 | R |
| 3 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | France | 2778 | WC |
| 4 | Wesley So | United States | 2776 | WC |
| 5 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | Russia | 2774 | R |
| 6 | Levon Aronian | Armenia | 2765 | WC |
| 7 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Azerbaijan | 2764 | R |
| 8 | Leinier Domínguez | United States | 2763 | Z2.1 |
| 9 | Alexander Grischuk | Russia | 2759 | R |
| 10 | Teimour Radjabov | Azerbaijan | 2758 | R |
| 11 | Vladislav Artemiev | Russia | 2757 | E19 |
| 12 | Yu Yangyi | China | 2752 | R |
| 13 | Sergey Karjakin | Russia | 2750 | R |
| 14 | Hikaru Nakamura | United States | 2743 | Z2.1 |
| 15 | Dmitry Andreikin | Russia | 2743 | R |
| 16 | Radosław Wojtaszek | Poland | 2739 | E18 |
| 17 | Pentala Harikrishna | India | 2738 | R |
| 18 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | Poland | 2730 | R |
| 19 | Peter Svidler | Russia | 2729 | R |
| 20 | Nikita Vitiugov | Russia | 2728 | R |
| 21 | Wei Yi | China | 2727 | AS18 |
| 22 | Lê Quang Liêm | Vietnam | 2726 | AS18 |
| 23 | David Navara | Czech Republic | 2724 | E18 |
| 24 | Bu Xiangzhi | China | 2721 | R |
| 25 | Wang Hao | China | 2720 | R |
| 26 | Sam Shankland | United States | 2713 | AM18 |
| 27 | Maxim Matlakov | Russia | 2710 | E18 |
| 28 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | Russia | 2706 | R |
| 29 | Vidit Gujrathi | India | 2705 | R |
| 30 | Dmitry Jakovenko | Russia | 2704 | R |
| 31 | Jeffery Xiong | United States | 2703 | Z2.1 |
| 32 | Alireza Firouzja | Iran | 2702 | AS19 |
| 33 | Daniil Dubov | Russia | 2699 | E19 |
| 34 | Bassem Amin | Egypt | 2692 | AF |
| 35 | Gawain Jones | England | 2692 | E18 |
| 36 | Nils Grandelius | Sweden | 2691 | E18 |
| 37 | Michael Adams | England | 2690 | R |
| 38 | Boris Gelfand | Israel | 2686 | E19 |
| 39 | Jorge Cori | Peru | 2686 | AM18 |
| 40 | Maxim Rodshtein | Israel | 2684 | E19 |
| 41 | Ernesto Inarkiev | Russia | 2682 | E18 |
| 42 | Luke McShane | England | 2682 | E18 |
| 43 | Anton Korobov | Ukraine | 2679 | E18 |
| 44 | David Antón Guijarro | Spain | 2678 | E18 |
| 45 | Arkadij Naiditsch | Azerbaijan | 2675 | R |
| 46 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Ukraine | 2675 | E19 |
| 47 | Tamir Nabaty | Israel | 2673 | E18 |
| 48 | Vladimir Fedoseev | Russia | 2671 | R |
| 49 | Kirill Alekseenko | Russia | 2668 | ON |
| 50 | Ferenc Berkes | Hungary | 2666 | E19 |
| 51 | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | Germany | 2666 | E19 |
| 52 | Samuel Sevian | United States | 2665 | Z2.1 |
| 53 | Baskaran Adhiban | India | 2665 | ACP |
| 54 | Ivan Cheparinov | Georgia | 2663 | E18 |
| 55 | Sanan Sjugirov | Russia | 2662 | E18 |
| 56 | Ivan Šarić | Croatia | 2660 | E18 |
| 57 | Kacper Piorun | Poland | 2660 | E19 |
| 58 | Rustam Kasimdzhanov | Uzbekistan | 2657 | Z3.4 |
| 59 | Parham Maghsoodloo | Iran | 2656 | J18 |
| 60 | Alexey Sarana | Russia | 2655 | E18 |
| 61 | Anton Demchenko | Russia | 2655 | E18 |
| 62 | Igor Kovalenko | Latvia | 2654 | PN |
| 63 | Benjamin Gledura | Hungary | 2654 | E19 |
| 64 | Sergei Movsesian | Armenia | 2654 | E19 |
| 65 | Grigoriy Oparin | Russia | 2654 | E19 |
| 66 | Evgeniy Najer | Russia | 2653 | E18 |
| 67 | Constantin Lupulescu | Romania | 2652 | E19 |
| 68 | Robert Hovhannisyan | Armenia | 2650 | E18 |
| 69 | Alexandr Predke | Russia | 2650 | E19 |
| 70 | Maksim Chigaev | Russia | 2643 | ON |
| 71 | Evgeny Bareev | Canada | 2643 | Z2.2 |
| 72 | Nijat Abasov | Azerbaijan | 2640 | E18 |
| 73 | Benjamin Bok | Netherlands | 2640 | E18 |
| 74 | Sandro Mareco | Argentina | 2640 | Z2.5 |
| 75 | Ahmed Adly | Egypt | 2636 | Z4.2 |
| 76 | Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli | Venezuela | 2635 | AM19 |
| 77 | Aryan Tari | Norway | 2634 | J17 |
| 78 | Mircea Pârligras | Romania | 2633 | E18 |
| 79 | Rinat Jumabayev | Kazakhstan | 2633 | Z3.4 |
| 80 | Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn | Vietnam | 2631 | AS18 |
| 81 | Surya Shekhar Ganguly | India | 2630 | AS18 |
| 82 | S. P. Sethuraman | India | 2630 | AS19 |
| 83 | Andrey Esipenko | Russia | 2625 | E19 |
| 84 | Niclas Huschenbeth | Germany | 2620 | E19 |
| 85 | S.L. Narayanan | India | 2618 | AS19 |
| 86 | Abhijeet Gupta | India | 2616 | AS19 |
| 87 | Neuris Delgado Ramirez | Paraguay | 2612 | AM19 |
| 88 | Karthikeyan Murali | India | 2612 | AS19 |
| 89 | Mateusz Bartel | Poland | 2612 | E19 |
| 90 | Nihal Sarin | India | 2610 | PN |
| 91 | Lu Shanglei | China | 2610 | Z3.5 |
| 92 | Aravindh Chithambaram | India | 2607 | Z3.7 |
| 93 | Aleksandr Rakhmanov | Russia | 2606 | E19 |
| 94 | Diego Flores | Argentina | 2604 | AM18 |
| 95 | Amin Tabatabaei | Iran | 2601 | AS18 |
| 96 | Emilio Cordova | Peru | 2599 | AM18 |
| 97 | Arman Pashikian | Armenia | 2599 | E18 |
| 98 | Igor Lysyj | Russia | 2596 | E19 |
| 99 | Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara | Peru | 2596 | Z2.4 |
| 100 | Alan Pichot | Argentina | 2596 | AM19 |
| 101 | Nikita Petrov | Russia | 2595 | E19 |
| 102 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | Uzbekistan | 2594 | PN |
| 103 | Eltaj Safarli | Azerbaijan | 2593 | E18 |
| 104 | Aleksei Pridorozhni | Russia | 2591 | ON |
| 105 | Xu Xiangyu | China | 2584 | Z3.5 |
| 106 | Daniil Yuffa | Russia | 2571 | E18 |
| 107 | Aleksej Aleksandrov | Belarus | 2571 | E19 |
| 108 | Miguel Santos Ruiz | Spain | 2567 | E18 |
| 109 | Frode Urkedal | Norway | 2566 | PN |
| 110 | Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera | Cuba | 2566 | Z2.3 |
| 111 | Cristobal Henriquez Villagra | Chile | 2562 | Z2.5 |
| 112 | Yuri Gonzalez Vidal | Cuba | 2554 | AM19 |
| 113 | Johan-Sebastian Christiansen | Norway | 2554 | E19 |
| 114 | Krikor Mekhitarian | Brazil | 2554 | Z2.4 |
| 115 | Bilel Bellahcene | Algeria | 2550 | Z4.1 |
| 116 | Susanto Megaranto | Indonesia | 2545 | Z3.3 |
| 117 | Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami | Iran | 2539 | Z3.1 |
| 118 | Ilia Iljiushenok | Russia | 2533 | ON |
| 119 | Helgi Dam Ziska | Faroe Islands | 2533 | PN |
| 120 | Paulius Pultinevičius, IM | Lithuania | 2485 | E19 |
| 121 | Alder Escobar Forero | Colombia | 2477 | Z2.3 |
| 122 | Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo, IM | Madagascar | 2438 | Z4.3 |
| 123 | Essam El Gindy | Egypt | 2423 | AF |
| 124 | Sugar Gan-Erdene, no title | Mongolia | 2408 | Z3.3 |
| 125 | Sergio Duran Vega, IM | Costa Rica | 2395 | AM19 |
| 126 | Daniel Anwuli, IM | Nigeria | 2284 | Z4.4 |
| 127 | Mohammad Fahad Rahman, FM | Bangladesh | 2250 | Z3.2 |
| 128 | Shaun Press, FM | Papua New Guinea | 1954 | Z3.6 |

### Replacements

* Players from the list of qualifiers who declined to play:
** Magnus Carlsen (NOR) (World champion)
** Ju Wenjun (CHN) (WWC) (decided to instead participate in the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2019–20)
** Viswanathan Anand (IND) (who decided to instead focus on qualifying for the Candidates via the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019)
** Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) (retired from top level chess in January 2019)
** Richárd Rapport (HUN)
** Veselin Topalov (BUL) (R)
* Their replacements, all from the ratings list, were:
** Dmitry Andreikin (RUS)
** Arkadij Naiditsch (AZE)
** Vidit Gujrathi (IND)
** Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS)
** Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS)
** Michael Adams (ENG) (R)
* Other replacements:
** Fabiano Caruana (USA) (Z2.1) → replaced by Alan Pichot (ARG) (AM19) (the next player in Z2.1 did not attain the required score of 50%, so the position passed on to the AM19)
** Max Illingworth (AUS) (Z3.6) (retired) → replaced by Shaun Press (PNG) (Z3.6). This made Press the lowest rated player to play in a Chess World Cup.
** Salem A. R. Saleh (UAE) (PN) → replaced by Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) (PN)

## Results, rounds 1–4
### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Third round | Third round | Third round | | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 1 | Ding Liren | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 128 | Shaun Press | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 128 | Shaun Press | 0 | 1 | Ding Liren | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 64 | Sergei Movsesian | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 65 | Grigoriy Oparin | ½ | 64 | Sergei Movsesian | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 64 | Sergei Movsesian | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 64 | Sergei Movsesian | 1½ | | | | 1 | Ding Liren | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 32 | Alireza Firouzja | 1 | | | | |
| 33 | Daniil Dubov | 1½ | | | | | | | 32 | Alireza Firouzja | 1 | | | | |
| 96 | Emilio Cordova | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 96 | Emilio Cordova | ½ | 33 | Daniil Dubov | ½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 32 | Alireza Firouzja | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 97 | Arman Pashikian | ½ | 32 | Alireza Firouzja | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 32 | Alireza Firouzja | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | Alireza Firouzja | 1½ | | | | | | | | 1 | Ding Liren | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 49 | Kirill Alekseenko | 1 |
| 17 | Pentala Harikrishna | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 49 | Kirill Alekseenko | 1 |
| 112 | Yuri Gonzalez Vidal | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 112 | Yuri Gonzalez Vidal | 0 | 17 | Pentala Harikrishna | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 48 | Vladimir Fedoseev | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 81 | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2 | 48 | Vladimir Fedoseev | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 48 | Vladimir Fedoseev | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 48 | Vladimir Fedoseev | 4 | | | | 17 | Pentala Harikrishna | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 49 | Kirill Alekseenko | 2 | | | | |
| 49 | Kirill Alekseenko | 1½ | | | | | | | 49 | Kirill Alekseenko | 2 | | | | |
| 80 | Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 80 | Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn | ½ | 49 | Kirill Alekseenko | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 113 | Johan-Sebastian Christiansen | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 113 | Johan-Sebastian Christiansen | 2 | 113 | Johan-Sebastian Christiansen | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Radosław Wojtaszek | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Third round | Third round | Third round | | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 9 | Alexander Grischuk | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 120 | Paulius Pultinevičius | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 120 | Paulius Pultinevičius | 0 | 9 | Alexander Grischuk | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 73 | Benjamin Bok | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 73 | Benjamin Bok | 2½ | 73 | Benjamin Bok | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 56 | Ivan Šarić | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 56 | Ivan Šarić | 1½ | | | | 9 | Alexander Grischuk | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 105 | Xu Xiangyu | 0 | | | | |
| 41 | Ernesto Inarkiev | 1½ | | | | | | | 105 | Xu Xiangyu | 0 | | | | |
| 88 | Karthikeyan Murali | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 88 | Karthikeyan Murali | ½ | 41 | Ernesto Inarkiev | ½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 105 | Xu Xiangyu | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 105 | Xu Xiangyu | 3½ | 105 | Xu Xiangyu | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Bu Xiangzhi | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Bu Xiangzhi | 2½ | | | | | | | | 9 | Alexander Grischuk | 2½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Leinier Domínguez | 1½ |
| 25 | Wang Hao | 3½ | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Leinier Domínguez | 1½ |
| 104 | Aleksei Pridorozhni | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 104 | Aleksei Pridorozhni | 2½ | 25 | Wang Hao | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 40 | Maxim Rodshtein | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 89 | Mateusz Bartel | ½ | 40 | Maxim Rodshtein | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 40 | Maxim Rodshtein | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 40 | Maxim Rodshtein | 1½ | | | | 25 | Wang Hao | 3½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 8 | Leinier Domínguez | 4½ | | | | |
| 57 | Kacper Piorun | 3½ | | | | | | | 8 | Leinier Domínguez | 4½ | | | | |
| 72 | Nijat Abasov | 4½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 72 | Nijat Abasov | 4½ | 72 | Nijat Abasov | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Leinier Domínguez | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 121 | Alder Escobar Forero | 0 | 8 | Leinier Domínguez | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Leinier Domínguez | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Third round | Third round | Third round | | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 5 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 124 | Sugar Gan-Erdene | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 124 | Sugar Gan-Erdene | 0 | 5 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 69 | Alexandr Predke | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 69 | Alexandr Predke | 2½ | 69 | Alexandr Predke | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 60 | Alexey Sarana | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 60 | Alexey Sarana | 1½ | | | | 5 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 28 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | 3 | | | | |
| 37 | Michael Adams | 3½ | | | | | | | 28 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | 3 | | | | |
| 92 | Aravindh Chithambaram | 4½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 92 | Aravindh Chithambaram | 4½ | 92 | Aravindh Chithambaram | ½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 28 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 101 | Nikita Petrov | 1½ | 28 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 28 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | 2½ | | | | | | | | 5 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | ½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 12 | Yu Yangyi | 1½ |
| 21 | Wei Yi | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | Yu Yangyi | 1½ |
| 108 | Miguel Santos Ruiz | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 108 | Miguel Santos Ruiz | ½ | 21 | Wei Yi | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 44 | David Antón Guijarro | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 85 | S.L. Narayanan | 1½ | 44 | David Antón Guijarro | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 44 | David Antón Guijarro | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 44 | David Antón Guijarro | 2½ | | | | 21 | Wei Yi | 1½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 12 | Yu Yangyi | 2½ | | | | |
| 53 | Baskaran Adhiban | 1½ | | | | | | | 12 | Yu Yangyi | 2½ | | | | |
| 76 | Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 76 | Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli | ½ | 53 | Baskaran Adhiban | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 12 | Yu Yangyi | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 117 | Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami | 2½ | 12 | Yu Yangyi | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Yu Yangyi | 3½ | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Third round | Third round | Third round | | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 13 | Sergey Karjakin | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 116 | Susanto Megaranto | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 116 | Susanto Megaranto | ½ | 13 | Sergey Karjakin | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 52 | Samuel Sevian | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 77 | Aryan Tari | ½ | 52 | Samuel Sevian | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 52 | Samuel Sevian | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 52 | Samuel Sevian | 1½ | | | | 13 | Sergey Karjakin | ½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 20 | Nikita Vitiugov | 1½ | | | | |
| 45 | Arkadij Naiditsch | 0 | | | | | | | 20 | Nikita Vitiugov | 1½ | | | | |
| 84 | Niclas Huschenbeth | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 84 | Niclas Huschenbeth | 2 | 84 | Niclas Huschenbeth | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 20 | Nikita Vitiugov | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 109 | Frode Urkedal | ½ | 20 | Nikita Vitiugov | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Nikita Vitiugov | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Nikita Vitiugov | 1½ | | | | | | | | 20 | Nikita Vitiugov | 1½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Wesley So | ½ |
| 29 | Vidit Gujrathi | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Wesley So | ½ |
| 100 | Alan Pichot | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 100 | Alan Pichot | ½ | 29 | Vidit Gujrathi | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 93 | Aleksandr Rakhmanov | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 93 | Aleksandr Rakhmanov | 1½ | 93 | Aleksandr Rakhmanov | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 36 | Nils Grandelius | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 36 | Nils Grandelius | ½ | | | | 29 | Vidit Gujrathi | ½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Wesley So | 1½ | | | | |
| 61 | Anton Demchenko | 1½ | | | | | | | 4 | Wesley So | 1½ | | | | |
| 68 | Robert Hovhannisyan | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 68 | Robert Hovhannisyan | ½ | 61 | Anton Demchenko | ½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Wesley So | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 125 | Sergio Duran Vega | 0 | 4 | Wesley So | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Wesley So | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 5

| First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Third round | Third round | Third round | | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 3 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 126 | Daniel Anwuli | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 126 | Daniel Anwuli | 0 | 3 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 62 | Igor Kovalenko | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 67 | Constantin Lupulescu | 1½ | 62 | Igor Kovalenko | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 62 | Igor Kovalenko | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 62 | Igor Kovalenko | 2½ | | | | 3 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 4½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 30 | Dmitry Jakovenko | 3½ | | | | |
| 35 | Gawain Jones | 1½ | | | | | | | 30 | Dmitry Jakovenko | 3½ | | | | |
| 94 | Diego Flores | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 94 | Diego Flores | ½ | 35 | Gawain Jones | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 30 | Dmitry Jakovenko | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 99 | Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara | 0 | 30 | Dmitry Jakovenko | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 30 | Dmitry Jakovenko | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | Dmitry Jakovenko | 2 | | | | | | | | 3 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 1½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 19 | Peter Svidler | ½ |
| 19 | Peter Svidler | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | | 19 | Peter Svidler | ½ |
| 110 | Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 110 | Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera | ½ | 19 | Peter Svidler | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 83 | Andrey Esipenko | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 83 | Andrey Esipenko | 1½ | 83 | Andrey Esipenko | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 46 | Ruslan Ponomariov | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 46 | Ruslan Ponomariov | ½ | | | | 19 | Peter Svidler | 2½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 51 | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | 1½ | | | | |
| 51 | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | 2½ | | | | | | | 51 | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | 1½ | | | | |
| 78 | Mircea Pârligras | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 78 | Mircea Pârligras | 1½ | 51 | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 14 | Hikaru Nakamura | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 115 | Bilel Bellahcene | 1 | 14 | Hikaru Nakamura | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Hikaru Nakamura | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 6

| First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Third round | Third round | Third round | | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 11 | Vladislav Artemiev | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 118 | Ilia Iljiushenok | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 118 | Ilia Iljiushenok | ½ | 11 | Vladislav Artemiev | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 54 | Ivan Cheparinov | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 75 | Ahmed Adly | ½ | 54 | Ivan Cheparinov | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 54 | Ivan Cheparinov | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 54 | Ivan Cheparinov | 1½ | | | | 11 | Vladislav Artemiev | 2½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 22 | Lê Quang Liêm | 3½ | | | | |
| 43 | Anton Korobov | 4 | | | | | | | 22 | Lê Quang Liêm | 3½ | | | | |
| 86 | Abhijeet Gupta | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 86 | Abhijeet Gupta | 2 | 43 | Anton Korobov | ½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 22 | Lê Quang Liêm | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 107 | Aleksej Aleksandrov | 1½ | 22 | Lê Quang Liêm | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Lê Quang Liêm | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Lê Quang Liêm | 2½ | | | | | | | | 22 | Lê Quang Liêm | 2½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Levon Aronian | 3½ |
| 27 | Maxim Matlakov | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Levon Aronian | 3½ |
| 102 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 102 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 1½ | 27 | Maxim Matlakov | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 38 | Boris Gelfand | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 91 | Lu Shanglei | 2 | 38 | Boris Gelfand | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 38 | Boris Gelfand | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 38 | Boris Gelfand | 4 | | | | 27 | Maxim Matlakov | ½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Levon Aronian | 1½ | | | | |
| 59 | Parham Maghsoodloo | 2 | | | | | | | 6 | Levon Aronian | 1½ | | | | |
| 70 | Maksim Chigaev | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 70 | Maksim Chigaev | 0 | 59 | Parham Maghsoodloo | ½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Levon Aronian | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 123 | Essam El Gindy | ½ | 6 | Levon Aronian | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Levon Aronian | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 7

| First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Third round | Third round | Third round | | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 7 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 122 | Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 122 | Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo | 0 | 7 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 58 | Rustam Kasimdzhanov | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 71 | Evgeny Bareev | ½ | 58 | Rustam Kasimdzhanov | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 58 | Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 58 | Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 1½ | | | | 7 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 1½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 103 | Eltaj Safarli | ½ | | | | |
| 39 | Jorge Cori | 0 | | | | | | | 103 | Eltaj Safarli | ½ | | | | |
| 90 | Nihal Sarin | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 90 | Nihal Sarin | 2 | 90 | Nihal Sarin | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 103 | Eltaj Safarli | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 103 | Eltaj Safarli | 3½ | 103 | Eltaj Safarli | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 26 | Sam Shankland | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | Sam Shankland | 2½ | | | | | | | | 7 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Teimour Radjabov | 3½ |
| 23 | David Navara | ½ | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Teimour Radjabov | 3½ |
| 106 | Daniil Yuffa | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 106 | Daniil Yuffa | 1½ | 106 | Daniil Yuffa | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 42 | Luke McShane | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 87 | Neuris Delgado Ramirez | 1½ | 42 | Luke McShane | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 42 | Luke McShane | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 42 | Luke McShane | 2½ | | | | 106 | Daniil Yuffa | ½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 10 | Teimour Radjabov | 1½ | | | | |
| 55 | Sanan Sjugirov | 2½ | | | | | | | 10 | Teimour Radjabov | 1½ | | | | |
| 74 | Sandro Mareco | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 74 | Sandro Mareco | 1½ | 55 | Sanan Sjugirov | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Teimour Radjabov | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 119 | Helgi Dam Ziska | ½ | 10 | Teimour Radjabov | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Teimour Radjabov | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 8

| First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Third round | Third round | Third round | | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 15 | Dmitry Andreikin | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 114 | Krikor Mekhitarian | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 114 | Krikor Mekhitarian | 1½ | 15 | Dmitry Andreikin | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 79 | Rinat Jumabayev | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 79 | Rinat Jumabayev | 1½ | 79 | Rinat Jumabayev | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 50 | Ferenc Berkes | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 | Ferenc Berkes | ½ | | | | 15 | Dmitry Andreikin | ½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 18 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 1½ | | | | |
| 47 | Tamir Nabaty | 3 | | | | | | | 18 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 1½ | | | | |
| 82 | S. P. Sethuraman | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 82 | S. P. Sethuraman | 1 | 47 | Tamir Nabaty | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 18 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 111 | Cristobal Henriquez Villagra | ½ | 18 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 1½ | | | | | | | | 18 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 3½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 31 | Jeffery Xiong | 4½ |
| 31 | Jeffery Xiong | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 31 | Jeffery Xiong | 4½ |
| 98 | Igor Lysyj | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 98 | Igor Lysyj | 0 | 31 | Jeffery Xiong | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 95 | Amin Tabatabaei | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 95 | Amin Tabatabaei | 2½ | 95 | Amin Tabatabaei | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 34 | Bassem Amin | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 34 | Bassem Amin | 1½ | | | | 31 | Jeffery Xiong | 3½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Anish Giri | 2½ | | | | |
| 63 | Benjamin Gledura | ½ | | | | | | | 2 | Anish Giri | 2½ | | | | |
| 66 | Evgeniy Najer | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 66 | Evgeniy Najer | 1½ | 66 | Evgeniy Najer | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Anish Giri | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 127 | Mohammad Fahad Rahman | 0 | 2 | Anish Giri | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Anish Giri | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Results, rounds 5–7

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final (best of 4) | Final (best of 4) | Final (best of 4) | Final (best of 4) | Final (best of 4) | Final (best of 4) | Final (best of 4) | Final (best of 4) | |
| 1 | Ding Liren | ½ | 1 | | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Alexander Grischuk | ½ | 0 | | ½ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Alexander Grischuk | ½ | 0 | | ½ | 1 | Ding Liren | ½ | ½ | 1½ | 2½ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 12 | Yu Yangyi | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1½ | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Yu Yangyi | ½ | ½ | 4 | 5 | 12 | Yu Yangyi | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1½ | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Nikita Vitiugov | ½ | ½ | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Nikita Vitiugov | ½ | ½ | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | Ding Liren | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 2 | 4 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Teimour Radjabov | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 4 | 6 | |
| 3 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | ½ | ½ | 1½ | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Teimour Radjabov | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Levon Aronian | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1½ | | | | | | |
| 6 | Levon Aronian | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1½ | 3 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | ½ | 0 | | ½ | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | 10 | Teimour Radjabov | ½ | 1 | | 1½ |
| 10 | Teimour Radjabov | ½ | 1 | | 1½ | 10 | Teimour Radjabov | ½ | 1 | | 1½ | 12 | Yu Yangyi | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Jeffery Xiong | ½ | 0 | | ½ | | | | | | | 3 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 2 | 4 |

### Third place

| Seed | Name | Aug 2019 rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | R1 | R2 | Total |
| 12 | Yu Yangyi | 2752 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2778 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4 |

### Finals

| Seed | Name | Aug 2019 rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | B1 | B2 | Total |
| 1 | Ding Liren | 2805 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Teimour Radjabov | 2758 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6 |