# Chess World Cup 2015

The Chess World Cup 2015 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 10 September to 5 October 2015.
Sergey Karjakin won the competition on tie-breaks after a four-game final against Peter Svidler. Both finalists qualified for the 2016 Candidates Tournament.
The winner of the Chess World Cup 2013, Vladimir Kramnik, was defeated by Dmitry Andreikin in the third round.

## Format

Matches consisted of two games (except for the final, which consisted of four). Players had 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move from the start of the game. If a match was tied after the regular games, tie breaks were played the next day. The format for the tie breaks was as follows:
* Two rapid games (25 minutes plus 10 seconds increment).
* If the score was tied after two rapid games, two rapid games (10 minutes plus 10 seconds increment).
* If the score was tied after four rapid games, the opponents play two blitz games (five minutes plus three seconds increment).
* If the score was tied after a pair of blitz games, an armageddon game (in which a draw counts as a win for Black) was played. White had 5 minutes and Black had 4 minutes, with an increment of 3 seconds/move starting from move 61.

## Prize money

| Round | Prize | Total |
| Round 1 | 64 × US $6,000 | US $384,000 |
| Round 2 | 32 × US $10,000 | US $320,000 |
| Round 3 | 16 × US $16,000 | US $256,000 |
| Round 4 | 8 × US $25,000 | US $200,000 |
| Round 5 | 4 × US $35,000 | US $140,000 |
| Round 6 | 2 × US $50,000 | US $100,000 |
| Runner-up | US $80,000 | US $80,000 |
| Winner | US $120,000 | US $120,000 |
| Total | | US $1,600,000 |
According to the regulations, and contrary to many elite tournaments even including the FIDE Grand Prix, all players had to pay their own expenses for travel.

## Participants

The qualified players are seeded by their FIDE ratings of August 2015. Eighteen players qualified by rating. All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.
* Veselin Topalov (BUL), 2816 (R)
* Hikaru Nakamura (USA), 2814 (R)
* Fabiano Caruana (USA), 2808 (R)
* Anish Giri (NED), 2793 (R)
* Wesley So (USA), 2779 (R)
* Vladimir Kramnik (RUS), 2777 (WC)
* Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2771 (R)
* Ding Liren (CHN), 2770 (R)
* Levon Aronian (ARM), 2765 (R)
* Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS), 2759 (E14)
* Sergey Karjakin (RUS), 2753 (R)
* Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS), 2747 (WC)
* Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2741 (R)
* Pentala Harikrishna (IND), 2740 (R)
* Michael Adams (ENG), 2740 (R)
* Peter Svidler (RUS), 2739 (R)
* Teimour Radjabov (AZE), 2738 (ON)
* Leinier Domínguez (CUB), 2736 (R)
* Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2735 (R)
* Radosław Wojtaszek (POL), 2733 (E14)
* Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), 2731 (WC)
* Yu Yangyi (CHN), 2726 (J13)
* Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2726 (R)
* Wei Yi (CHN), 2725 (Z3.5)
* David Navara (CZE), 2724 (E14)
* Pavel Eljanov (UKR), 2723 (E14)
* Dmitry Andreikin (RUS), 2720 (WC)
* Nikita Vitiugov (RUS), 2719 (R)
* Peter Leko (HUN), 2714 (R)
* Ni Hua (CHN), 2713 (AS14)
* Laurent Fressinet (FRA), 2710 (E14)
* Alexander Moiseenko (UKR), 2710 (E15)
* Wang Hao (CHN), 2705 (R)
* Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS), 2705 (E15)
* Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB), 2704 (AS14)
* Igor Kovalenko (LAT), 2702 (PN)
* Lê Quang Liêm (VIE), 2699 (Z3.3)
* Anton Korobov (UKR), 2699 (E15)
* Ivan Cheparinov (BUL), 2690 (E14)
* Maxim Matlakov (RUS), 2689 (E15)
* Ray Robson (USA), 2680 (Z2.1)
* Maxim Rodshtein (ISR), 2678 (E15)
* Igor Lysyj (RUS), 2673 (E14)
* Gabriel Sargissian (ARM), 2673 (E14)
* Vladislav Artemiev (RUS), 2671 (E14)
* Hou Yifan (CHN), 2671 (PN)
* Gata Kamsky (USA), 2670 (Z2.1)
* Ilya Smirin (ISR), 2669 (E14)
* Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (GER), 2667 (E15)
* Viktor Láznička (CZE), 2665 (E15)
* Sanan Sjugirov (RUS), 2664 (E15)
* Julio Granda (PER), 2663 (AM14)
* Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (VIE), 2662 (Z3.3)
* Alexander Onischuk (USA), 2662 (Z2.1)
* Ivan Šarić (CRO), 2661 (E14)
* Alexander Areshchenko (UKR), 2661 (E14)
* Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS), 2660 (PN)
* Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS), 2659 (E14)
* Lázaro Bruzón (CUB), 2659 (Z2.3)
* Csaba Balogh (HUN), 2659 (E14)
* Alexander Motylev (RUS), 2658 (E14)
* Evgeniy Najer (RUS), 2658 (E15)
* Sam Shankland (USA), 2655 (AM14)
* Ivan Bukavshin (RUS), 2655 (E15)
* Sergei Zhigalko (BLR), 2654 (E14)
* Ivan Popov (RUS), 2653 (E15)
* Rauf Mamedov (AZE), 2651 (ON)
* Boris Grachev (RUS), 2649 (E15)
* Eltaj Safarli (AZE), 2644 (ON)
* Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (IND), 2644 (AS15)
* Baskaran Adhiban (IND), 2643 (AS14)
* Yuniesky Quezada (CUB), 2643 (AM15)
* Denis Khismatullin (RUS), 2642 (E15)
* Bassem Amin (EGY), 2640 (AF)
* Andrei Volokitin (UKR), 2639 (E15)
* Robert Kempiński (POL), 2637 (E15)
* Alexandr Fier (BRA), 2636 (Z2.4)
* S. P. Sethuraman (IND), 2635 (Z3.7)
* Varuzhan Akobian (USA), 2635 (Z2.1)
* David Antón Guijarro (ESP), 2635 (E14)
* Romain Édouard (FRA), 2634 (ACP)
* Hrant Melkumyan (ARM), 2633 (E14)
* Rafael Leitão (BRA), 2632 (AM14)
* Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND), 2631 (AS15)
* Mateusz Bartel (POL), 2631 (E15)
* Constantin Lupulescu (ROU), 2626 (E14)
* Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN), 2625 (AM15)
* Yuri Vovk (UKR), 2624 (E15)
* Gadir Guseinov (AZE), 2624 (PN)
* Alexander Ipatov (TUR), 2622 (E15)
* Dragan Šolak (TUR), 2622 (E14)
* Vasif Durarbayli (AZE), 2621 (ON)
* Wen Yang (CHN), 2618 (AS14)
* Anton Kovalyov (CAN), 2616 (AM15)
* Zhao Jun (CHN), 2616 (Z3.5)
* Miloš Perunović (SRB), 2614 (E14)
* Lu Shanglei (CHN), 2607 (J14)
* Ante Brkić (CRO), 2607 (E15)
* Sandro Mareco (ARG), 2605 (Z2.5)
* Aleksey Goganov (RUS), 2603 (E15)
* Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (ARM), 2601 (E14)
* Zhou Jianchao (CHN), 2600 (AS15)
* Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ), 2600 (Z3.4)
* Tamir Nabaty (ISR), 2595 (E15)
* Salem A. R. Saleh (UAE), 2595 (AS14)
* Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2591 (AF)
* Viorel Iordăchescu (MDA), 2589 (E14)
* Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez (CUB), 2577 (AM14)
* M. R. Lalith Babu (IND), 2570 (AS15)
* Pouya Idani (IRI), 2568 (Z3.1)
* Federico Perez Ponsa (ARG), 2563 (AM15)
* Samuel Sevian (USA), 2553 (Z2.1)
* Emre Can (TUR), 2547 (E15)
* Mariya Muzychuk (UKR), 2528 (WWC)
* Max Illingworth, IM (AUS), 2514 (Z3.6)
* Cristobal Henriquez Villagra, IM (CHI), 2511 (Z2.5)
* Ziaur Rahman (BAN), 2509 (Z3.2)
* Ermes Espinoza Veloz, FM (CUB), 2495 (Z2.3)
* Ilia Iljiushenok, IM (RUS), 2491 (E15)
* Michael Wiedenkeller, IM (LUX), 2453 (PN)
* Tomas Krnan, IM (CAN), 2436 (Z2.2)
* Yusup Atabayev, IM (TKM), 2428 (Z3.4)
* Deysi Cori, WGM (PER), 2421 (Z2.4)
* Parham Maghsoodloo, untitled (IRI), 2416 (AS15)
* Arthur Ssegwanyi, IM (UGA), 2357 (Z4.2)
* Amir Zaibi, FM (TUN), 2330 (Z4.1)
* Richmond Phiri, IM (ZAM), 2291 (Z4.3)
* Oladapo Adu, IM (NGR), 2241 (Z4.4)

### Qualification paths
## Calendar

| Round | Regular games | Tiebreaks |
| Round 1 | 11–12 September | 13 September |
| Round 2 | 14–15 September | 16 September |
| Round 3 | 17–18 September | 19 September |
| Round 4 | 20–21 September | 22 September |
| Quarterfinals | 23–24 September | 25 September |
| Semifinals | 27–28 September | 29 September |
| Final | 1–4 October | 5 October |

## 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 | Veselin Topalov | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 128 | Oladapo Adu | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 128 | Oladapo Adu | 0 | 1 | Veselin Topalov | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 65 | Sergei Zhigalko | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 65 | Sergei Zhigalko | 3 | 65 | Sergei Zhigalko | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 64 | Ivan Bukavshin | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 64 | Ivan Bukavshin | 1 | | | | 1 | Veselin Topalov | 2½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 97 | Lu Shanglei | 1½ | | | | |
| 33 | Wang Hao | 2½ | | | | | | | 97 | Lu Shanglei | 1½ | | | | |
| 96 | Miloš Perunović | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 96 | Miloš Perunović | 1½ | 33 | Wang Hao | ½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 97 | Lu Shanglei | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 97 | Lu Shanglei | 2½ | 97 | Lu Shanglei | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 32 | Alexander Moiseenko | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | Alexander Moiseenko | 1½ | | | | | | | | 1 | Veselin Topalov | ½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 16 | Peter Svidler | 1½ |
| 17 | Teimour Radjabov | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | Peter Svidler | 1½ |
| 112 | Samuel Sevian | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 112 | Samuel Sevian | 1 | 17 | Teimour Radjabov | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 48 | Ilya Smirin | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 81 | Romain Édouard | ½ | 48 | Ilya Smirin | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 48 | Ilya Smirin | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 48 | Ilya Smirin | 1½ | | | | 17 | Teimour Radjabov | 1½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 16 | Peter Svidler | 2½ | | | | |
| 49 | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | 1½ | | | | | | | 16 | Peter Svidler | 2½ | | | | |
| 80 | David Antón Guijarro | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 80 | David Antón Guijarro | ½ | 49 | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 16 | Peter Svidler | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 113 | Emre Can | ½ | 16 | Peter Svidler | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Peter Svidler | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Levon Aronian | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 120 | Michael Wiedenkeller | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 120 | Michael Wiedenkeller | 0 | 9 | Levon Aronian | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 56 | Alexander Areshchenko | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 73 | Denis Khismatullin | ½ | 56 | Alexander Areshchenko | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 56 | Alexander Areshchenko | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 56 | Alexander Areshchenko | 1½ | | | | 56 | Alexander Areshchenko | ½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 24 | Wei Yi | 1½ | | | | |
| 41 | Ray Robson | ½ | | | | | | | 24 | Wei Yi | 1½ | | | | |
| 88 | Yuri Vovk | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 88 | Yuri Vovk | 1½ | 88 | Yuri Vovk | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 24 | Wei Yi | 4½ | | | | | | | |
| 105 | Salem A. R. Saleh | ½ | 24 | Wei Yi | 4½ | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Wei Yi | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Wei Yi | 1½ | | | | | | | | 24 | Wei Yi | 3½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Ding Liren | 2½ |
| 25 | David Navara | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Ding Liren | 2½ |
| 104 | Tamir Nabaty | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 104 | Tamir Nabaty | 1 | 25 | David Navara | ½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 89 | Gadir Guseinov | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 89 | Gadir Guseinov | 3 | 89 | Gadir Guseinov | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 40 | Maxim Matlakov | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 40 | Maxim Matlakov | 1 | | | | 89 | Gadir Guseinov | ½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 8 | Ding Liren | 1½ | | | | |
| 57 | Ernesto Inarkiev | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | Ding Liren | 1½ | | | | |
| 72 | Yuniesky Quezada | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 72 | Yuniesky Quezada | 1 | 57 | Ernesto Inarkiev | ½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Ding Liren | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 121 | Tomas Krnan | ½ | 8 | Ding Liren | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Ding Liren | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Wesley So | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 124 | Parham Maghsoodloo | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 124 | Parham Maghsoodloo | 0 | 5 | Wesley So | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 60 | Csaba Balogh | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 69 | Eltaj Safarli | 2½ | 60 | Csaba Balogh | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 60 | Csaba Balogh | 3½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 60 | Csaba Balogh | 3½ | | | | 5 | Wesley So | 2½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 37 | Lê Quang Liêm | 1½ | | | | |
| 37 | Lê Quang Liêm | 1½ | | | | | | | 37 | Lê Quang Liêm | 1½ | | | | |
| 92 | Vasif Durarbayli | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 92 | Vasif Durarbayli | ½ | 37 | Lê Quang Liêm | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 28 | Nikita Vitiugov | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 101 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | 1 | 28 | Nikita Vitiugov | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 28 | Nikita Vitiugov | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | Nikita Vitiugov | 3 | | | | | | | | 5 | Wesley So | ½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 21 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 1½ |
| 21 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | | 21 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 1½ |
| 108 | Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 108 | Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez | ½ | 21 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 44 | Gabriel Sargissian | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 85 | Mateusz Bartel | 4½ | 44 | Gabriel Sargissian | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 44 | Gabriel Sargissian | 4½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 44 | Gabriel Sargissian | 4½ | | | | 21 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 12 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | 2 | | | | |
| 53 | Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn | 1½ | | | | | | | 12 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | 2 | | | | |
| 76 | Robert Kempiński | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 76 | Robert Kempiński | ½ | 53 | Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 12 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| 117 | Ziaur Rahman | 1 | 12 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Boris Gelfand | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 116 | Cristóbal Henríquez Villagra | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 116 | Cristóbal Henríquez Villagra | 2½ | 116 | Cristóbal Henríquez Villagra | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 52 | Julio Granda | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 77 | Alexandr Fier | ½ | 52 | Julio Granda | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 52 | Julio Granda | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 52 | Julio Granda | 1½ | | | | 52 | Julio Granda | ½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 20 | Radosław Wojtaszek | 1½ | | | | |
| 45 | Vladislav Artemiev | 1½ | | | | | | | 20 | Radosław Wojtaszek | 1½ | | | | |
| 84 | Surya Shekhar Ganguly | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 84 | Surya Shekhar Ganguly | ½ | 45 | Vladislav Artemiev | ½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 20 | Radosław Wojtaszek | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 109 | Lalith Babu | ½ | 20 | Radosław Wojtaszek | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Radosław Wojtaszek | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Radosław Wojtaszek | 1½ | | | | | | | | 20 | Radosław Wojtaszek | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Anish Giri | 3 |
| 29 | Peter Leko | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Anish Giri | 3 |
| 100 | Aleksey Goganov | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 100 | Aleksey Goganov | ½ | 29 | Peter Leko | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 93 | Wen Yang | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 93 | Wen Yang | 1½ | 93 | Wen Yang | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 36 | Igor Kovalenko | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 36 | Igor Kovalenko | ½ | | | | 29 | Peter Leko | ½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Anish Giri | 1½ | | | | |
| 61 | Alexander Motylev | 4½ | | | | | | | 4 | Anish Giri | 1½ | | | | |
| 68 | Boris Grachev | 3½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 68 | Boris Grachev | 3½ | 61 | Alexander Motylev | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Anish Giri | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 125 | Arthur Ssegwanyi | ½ | 4 | Anish Giri | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Anish Giri | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Fabiano Caruana | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 126 | Amir Zaibi | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 126 | Amir Zaibi | 0 | 3 | Fabiano Caruana | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 67 | Rauf Mamedov | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 67 | Rauf Mamedov | 1½ | 67 | Rauf Mamedov | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 62 | Evgeniy Najer | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 62 | Evgeniy Najer | ½ | | | | 3 | Fabiano Caruana | 1½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 94 | Anton Kovalyov | ½ | | | | |
| 35 | Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 3½ | | | | | | | 94 | Anton Kovalyov | ½ | | | | |
| 94 | Anton Kovalyov | 4½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 94 | Anton Kovalyov | 4½ | 94 | Anton Kovalyov | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 99 | Sandro Mareco | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 99 | Sandro Mareco | 1½ | 99 | Sandro Mareco | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 30 | Ni Hua | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | Ni Hua | ½ | | | | | | | | 3 | Fabiano Caruana | ½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 19 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 1½ |
| 19 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | | 19 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 1½ |
| 110 | Pouya Idani | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 110 | Pouya Idani | ½ | 19 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 46 | Hou Yifan | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 83 | Rafael Leitão | 1½ | 46 | Hou Yifan | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 46 | Hou Yifan | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 46 | Hou Yifan | 2½ | | | | 19 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 1½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 78 | S. P. Sethuraman | ½ | | | | |
| 51 | Sanan Sjugirov | 0 | | | | | | | 78 | S. P. Sethuraman | ½ | | | | |
| 78 | S. P. Sethuraman | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 78 | S. P. Sethuraman | 2 | 78 | S. P. Sethuraman | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 14 | Pentala Harikrishna | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 115 | Max Illingworth | ½ | 14 | Pentala Harikrishna | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Pentala Harikrishna | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Sergey Karjakin | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 118 | Ermes Espinosa Veloz | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 118 | Ermes Espinosa Veloz | 0 | 11 | Sergey Karjakin | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 54 | Alexander Onischuk | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 75 | Andrei Volokitin | 1½ | 54 | Alexander Onischuk | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 54 | Alexander Onischuk | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 54 | Alexander Onischuk | 2½ | | | | 11 | Sergey Karjakin | 1½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 22 | Yu Yangyi | ½ | | | | |
| 43 | Igor Lysyj | 4 | | | | | | | 22 | Yu Yangyi | ½ | | | | |
| 86 | Constantin Lupulescu | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 86 | Constantin Lupulescu | 2 | 43 | Igor Lysyj | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 22 | Yu Yangyi | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| 107 | Viorel Iordăchescu | 0 | 22 | Yu Yangyi | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Yu Yangyi | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Yu Yangyi | 2 | | | | | | | | 11 | Sergey Karjakin | 2½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 27 | Dmitry Andreikin | 1½ |
| 27 | Dmitry Andreikin | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | | 27 | Dmitry Andreikin | 1½ |
| 102 | Zhou Jianchao | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 102 | Zhou Jianchao | ½ | 27 | Dmitry Andreikin | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 38 | Anton Korobov | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 91 | Dragan Šolak | ½ | 38 | Anton Korobov | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 38 | Anton Korobov | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 38 | Anton Korobov | 1½ | | | | 27 | Dmitry Andreikin | 2½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Vladimir Kramnik | 1½ | | | | |
| 59 | Lázaro Bruzón | 3 | | | | | | | 6 | Vladimir Kramnik | 1½ | | | | |
| 70 | Santosh Gujrathi Vidit | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 70 | Santosh Gujrathi Vidit | 1 | 59 | Lázaro Bruzón | ½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Vladimir Kramnik | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 123 | Deysi Cori | 0 | 6 | Vladimir Kramnik | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Vladimir Kramnik | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Alexander Grischuk | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 122 | Yusup Atabayev | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 122 | Yusup Atabayev | 3 | 7 | Alexander Grischuk | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 58 | Vladimir Fedoseev | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 71 | Baskaran Adhiban | 1½ | 58 | Vladimir Fedoseev | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 58 | Vladimir Fedoseev | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 58 | Vladimir Fedoseev | 2½ | | | | 7 | Alexander Grischuk | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 26 | Pavel Eljanov | 2 | | | | |
| 39 | Ivan Cheparinov | ½ | | | | | | | 26 | Pavel Eljanov | 2 | | | | |
| 90 | Alexander Ipatov | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 90 | Alexander Ipatov | 1½ | 90 | Alexander Ipatov | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 26 | Pavel Eljanov | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 103 | Rinat Jumabayev | 0 | 26 | Pavel Eljanov | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 26 | Pavel Eljanov | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | Pavel Eljanov | 2 | | | | | | | | 26 | Pavel Eljanov | 2½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Dmitry Jakovenko | 1½ |
| 23 | Vassily Ivanchuk | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Dmitry Jakovenko | 1½ |
| 106 | Ahmed Adly | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 106 | Ahmed Adly | ½ | 23 | Vassily Ivanchuk | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 42 | Maxim Rodshtein | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 87 | Eduardo Iturrizaga | ½ | 42 | Maxim Rodshtein | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 42 | Maxim Rodshtein | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 42 | Maxim Rodshtein | 1½ | | | | 23 | Vassily Ivanchuk | ½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 10 | Dmitry Jakovenko | 1½ | | | | |
| 55 | Ivan Šarić | 0 | | | | | | | 10 | Dmitry Jakovenko | 1½ | | | | |
| 74 | Bassem Amin | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 74 | Bassem Amin | 2 | 74 | Bassem Amin | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Dmitry Jakovenko | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 119 | Ilia Iljiushenok | 3 | 10 | Dmitry Jakovenko | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Dmitry Jakovenko | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Michael Adams | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 114 | Mariya Muzychuk | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 114 | Mariya Muzychuk | ½ | 15 | Michael Adams | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 50 | Viktor Láznička | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 79 | Varuzhan Akobian | ½ | 50 | Viktor Láznička | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 50 | Viktor Láznička | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 | Viktor Láznička | 1½ | | | | 15 | Michael Adams | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 18 | Leinier Domínguez | 3 | | | | |
| 47 | Gata Kamsky | ½ | | | | | | | 18 | Leinier Domínguez | 3 | | | | |
| 82 | Hrant Melkumyan | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 82 | Hrant Melkumyan | 1½ | 82 | Hrant Melkumyan | ½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 18 | Leinier Domínguez | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 111 | Federico Pérez Ponsa | 1½ | 18 | Leinier Domínguez | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Leinier Domínguez | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Leinier Domínguez | 2½ | | | | | | | | 15 | Michael Adams | ½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Hikaru Nakamura | 1½ |
| 31 | Laurent Fressinet | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Hikaru Nakamura | 1½ |
| 98 | Ante Brkić | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 98 | Ante Brkić | 1 | 31 | Laurent Fressinet | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 34 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 4½ | | | | | | | |
| 95 | Zhao Jun | 1 | 34 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 4½ | | | | | | | |
| 34 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 34 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 3 | | | | 34 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Hikaru Nakamura | 5 | | | | |
| 63 | Sam Shankland | 1½ | | | | | | | 2 | Hikaru Nakamura | 5 | | | | |
| 66 | Ivan Popov | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 66 | Ivan Popov | ½ | 63 | Sam Shankland | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Hikaru Nakamura | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 127 | Richmond Phiri | 0 | 2 | Hikaru Nakamura | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Hikaru Nakamura | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Results, rounds 5–7

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final (best of 4) | Final (best of 4) | Final (best of 4) |
| 16 | Peter Svidler | 3½ | | | | | | |
| 24 | Wei Yi | 2½ | | | | | | |
| 24 | Wei Yi | 2½ | 16 | Peter Svidler | 1½ | | | |
| | | | 4 | Anish Giri | ½ | | | |
| 21 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | ½ | 4 | Anish Giri | ½ | | | |
| 4 | Anish Giri | 1½ | | | | | | |
| 4 | Anish Giri | 1½ | | | | 16 | Peter Svidler | 4 |
| | | | | | | 11 | Sergey Karjakin | 6 |
| 19 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2 | | | | | | | 11 | Sergey Karjakin | 6 |
| 11 | Sergey Karjakin | 4 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Sergey Karjakin | 4 | 11 | Sergey Karjakin | 3½ | | | |
| | | | 26 | Pavel Eljanov | 2½ | | | |
| 26 | Pavel Eljanov | 1½ | 26 | Pavel Eljanov | 2½ | | | |
| 2 | Hikaru Nakamura | ½ | | | | | | |

### Final, 1–5 October

| Seed | Name | Sep 2015 rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | B1 | B2 | Total |
| 16 | Peter Svidler (RUS) | 2727 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Sergey Karjakin (RUS) | 2762 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |