# Chess World Cup 2011

The Chess World Cup 2011 was a chess World Cup tournament. It was a 128-player single-elimination tournament, played between 26 August and 21 September 2011, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The Cup winner Peter Svidler, along with second placed Alexander Grischuk and third placed Vassily Ivanchuk, qualified for the Candidates stage of the World Chess Championship 2013.

## 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 move one. If the match was tied after the regular games, tie breaks were played on the next day. The format for the tie breaks was as follows:
* Two rapid games (25 minutes plus 10 second increment) were played.
* If the score was still tied, two rapid games (10 minutes plus 10 second increment) were played.
* If these two games were drawn, the opponents played two blitz-games (5 minutes plus 3 second increment).
* If the score was still tied after pair of blitz games, a single armageddon game (white must win, black only needs to draw) would be played. White had 5 minutes, black had 4 minutes, and both players had three-second increments beginning with move 61. Eventually, two Armageddon game were played in round 1 and round 3.
In the final the regulation is the same with the exception that instead of two games with "long" time control the finalists are to play four. Those who lost in the semifinal round played an additional match (according to the same regulation as in the final) for third place and the right to participate in the Candidates. The first two "tickets" to the Candidates are given to the finalists.

## Participants

The winner of the Chess World Cup 2009, Boris Gelfand, did not participate. As the winner of the 2011 Candidates, he was an automatic qualifier for the 2013 Candidates.
The players qualified for the event were:
* Sergey Karjakin (RUS), 2788 (WC)
* Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2768 (R)
* Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2765 (R)
* Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR), 2764 (WC)
* Vugar Gashimov (AZE), 2760 (R)
* Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2746 (R)
* Teimour Radjabov (AZE), 2744 (R)
* Gata Kamsky (USA), 2741 (R)
* Peter Svidler (RUS), 2739 (R)
* Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS), 2736 (R)
* Nikita Vitiugov (RUS), 2733 (R)
* Zoltán Almási (HUN), 2726 (E10)
* Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP), 2724 (R)
* David Navara (CZE), 2722 (R)
* Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), 2722 (J09)
* Leinier Domínguez (CUB), 2719 (R)
* Wang Hao$^1$ (CHN), 2718 (R)
* Peter Leko (HUN), 2717 (R)
* Alexander Moiseenko (UKR), 2715 (E11)
* Lê Quang Liêm (VIE), 2715 (AS10)
* Michael Adams (ENG), 2715 (R)
* Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2714 (R)
* Baadur Jobava (GEO), 2713 (E10)
* Fabiano Caruana (ITA), 2711 (R)
* Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS), 2711 (E10)
* Étienne Bacrot (FRA), 2710 (R)
* Wang Yue (CHN), 2709 (R)
* Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS), 2707 (E10)
* Zahar Efimenko (UKR), 2706 (E10)
* Vladimir Malakhov (RUS), 2706 (WC)
* Emil Sutovsky (ISR), 2700 (PN)
* Sergei Movsesian (ARM), 2700 (E10)
* Judit Polgár (HUN), 2699 (E11)
* Laurent Fressinet (FRA), 2698 (R)
* Pavel Eljanov (UKR), 2697 (R)
* Ferenc Berkes (HUN), 2696 (E10)
* Dmitry Andreikin (RUS), 2696 (J10)
* Alexander Morozevich (RUS), 2694 (R)
* Sergei Zhigalko (BLR), 2689 (E11)
* Alexander Riazantsev (RUS), 2688 (E11)
* Alexander Motylev (RUS), 2685 (E11)
* Radosław Wojtaszek (POL), 2683 (E11)
* Vladimir Potkin (RUS), 2682 (E10)
* Peter Heine Nielsen (DEN), 2681 (PN)
* Boris Grachev (RUS), 2680 (E10)
* Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS), 2679 (E11)
* Rauf Mamedov (AZE), 2679 (E10)
* Mikhail Kobalia (RUS), 2679 (E11)
* Viktor Bologan (MDA), 2678 (PN)
* Bu Xiangzhi (CHN), 2675 (Z3.5)
* Alexander Onischuk (USA), 2675 (Z2.1)
* Lázaro Bruzón (CUB), 2673 (Z2.3)
* Yu Yangyi (CHN), 2672 (AS11)
* Anton Korobov (UKR), 2671 (E11)
* Pendyala Harikrishna (IND), 2669 (AS11)
* Li Chao (CHN), 2669 (Z3.5)
* Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB), 2669 (PN)
* Vladimir Akopian$^1$ (ARM), 2667 (E10)
* Sébastien Feller (FRA), 2666 (E11)
* Artyom Timofeev (RUS), 2665 (E10)
* Ni Hua (CHN), 2662 (AS10)
* Daniel Fridman (GER), 2659 (E11)
* Evgeny Alekseev (RUS), 2659 (E10)
* Wesley So (PHI), 2658 (AS10)
* Ding Liren (CHN), 2654 (PN)
* Markus Ragger (AUT), 2651 (E11)
* Constantin Lupulescu (ROU), 2650 (E11)
* Ildar Khairullin (RUS), 2649 (E11)
* Sergei Azarov (BLR), 2648 (E11)
* Viorel Iordăchescu (MDA), 2646 (E11)
* Parimarjan Negi (IND), 2642 (Z3.7)
* Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROU), 2641 (E10)
* Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (VIE), 2637 (AS11)
* Maxim Rodshtein (ISR), 2637 (E10)
* Zhou Jianchao (CHN), 2636 (AS10)
* Mircea Pârligras (ROU), 2636 (E11)
* Yuniesky Quesada (CUB), 2635 (AM11)
* Ivan Ivanišević (SRB), 2633 (E11)
* Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2631 (AF)
* Bartosz Soćko (POL), 2631 (E10)
* Igor Lysyj (RUS), 2629 (E10)
* Abhijeet Gupta (IND), 2627 (AS10)
* Ivan Salgado Lopez (ESP), 2626 (E10)
* Evgeny Romanov (RUS), 2624 (E11)
* Evgeny Postny (ISR), 2618 (E11)
* Yury Shulman (USA), 2617 (Z2.1)
* Arman Pashikian (ARM), 2616 (E10)
* Yuri Drozdovskij (UKR), 2614 (E10)
* Mark Bluvshtein (CAN), 2611 (AM11)
* Anton Filippov (UZB), 2606 (Z3.4)
* Stelios Halkias (GRE), 2600 (E10)
* Murtas Kazhgaleyev (KAZ), 2597 (Z3.4)
* Sandro Mareco (ARG), 2597 (Z2.5)
* Yaroslav Zherebukh (UKR), 2590 (E11)
* Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ), 2589 (AS11)
* Fidel Corrales Jimenez (CUB), 2585 (AM11)
* Hou Yifan (CHN), 2575 (WWC)
* Evgeny Vorobiov (RUS), 2574 (E10)
* Rubén Felgaer (ARG), 2573 (Z2.5)
* Vlastimil Babula (CZE), 2572 (E10)
* Zhao Zong-Yuan (AUS), 2570 (Z3.6)
* Alexandr Fier (BRA), 2566 (Z2.4)
* Ray Robson (USA), 2560 (Z2.1)
* Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez (CUB), 2556, IM (AM11)
* Aleksei Pridorozhni (RUS), 2550 (ON)
* Namig Guliyev (AZE), 2549 (E11)
* Manuel León Hoyos (MEX), 2548 (Z2.3)
* Mark Paragua (PHI), 2545 (Z3.3)
* Susanto Megaranto (INA), 2544 (Z3.3)
* Barış Esen (TUR), 2543 (E11)
* Samuel Shankland (USA), 2539 (Z2.1)
* Alexander Ivanov (USA), 2538 (Z2.1)
* Elshan Moradi (IRI), 2532 (PN)
* Ziaur Rahman (BAN), 2528 (Z3.2)
* Nikolai Kabanov (RUS), 2520 (ON)
* Jorge Cori (PER), 2514 (AM11)
* Essam El-Gindy (EGY), 2510 (AF)
* Alexei Bezgodov (RUS), 2503 (ON)
* Salem A. R. Saleh (UAE), 2493 (Z3.1)
* Darcy Lima (BRA), 2493 (AM10)
* Diego Di Berardino (BRA), 2480, IM (Z2.4)
* Frank De La Paz Perdomo (CUB), 2477 (AM11)
* Vladimir Genba (RUS), 2452, IM (ON)
* Eric Hansen (CAN), 2449, IM (Z2.2)
* Robert Gwaze (ZIM), 2434, IM (Z4.3)
* Hatim Ibrahim (EGY), 2402, no title (Z4.2)
* Henry Robert Steel (RSA), 2362, FM (AF)
* Mejdi Kaabi (TUN), 2344, IM (Z4.1)
$^1$ Wang Hao and Vladimir Akopian did not appear for their first round matches and lost on forfeit.
All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.
Qualification paths:

## Calendar

| Round | Regular games | Tiebreaks |
| Round 1 | 28–29 August | 30 August |
| Round 2 | 31 August–1 September | 2 September |
| Round 3 | 3–4 September | 5 September |
| Round 4 | 6–7 September | 8 September |
| Quarterfinals | 9–10 September | 11 September |
| Semifinals | 12–13 September | 14 September |
| Final | 16–19 September | 20 September |

## 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 | Sergey Karjakin | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 128 | Mejdi Kaabi | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 128 | Mejdi Kaabi | 0 | 1 | Sergey Karjakin | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 64 | Wesley So | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 64 | Wesley So | 2½ | 64 | Wesley So | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 65 | Ding Liren | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 65 | Ding Liren | 1½ | | | | 1 | Sergey Karjakin | ½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 33 | Judit Polgár | 1½ | | | | |
| 32 | Sergei Movsesian | 2 | | | | | | | 33 | Judit Polgár | 1½ | | | | |
| 97 | Hou Yifan | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 97 | Hou Yifan | 0 | 32 | Sergei Movsesian | ½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 33 | Judit Polgár | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 33 | Judit Polgár | 2 | 33 | Judit Polgár | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 96 | Fidel Corrales Jimenez | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 96 | Fidel Corrales Jimenez | 0 | | | | | | | | 33 | Judit Polgár | 4½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 16 | Leinier Domínguez | 3½ |
| 16 | Leinier Domínguez | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | Leinier Domínguez | 3½ |
| 113 | Elshan Moradi | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 113 | Elshan Moradi | ½ | 16 | Leinier Domínguez | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 49 | Viktor Bologan | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 49 | Viktor Bologan | 1½ | 49 | Viktor Bologan | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 80 | Bartosz Soćko | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 80 | Bartosz Soćko | ½ | | | | 16 | Leinier Domínguez | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 81 | Igor Lysyj | 4 | | | | |
| 17 | Wang Hao | | | | | | | | 81 | Igor Lysyj | 4 | | | | |
| 112 | Alexander Ivanov | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| 112 | Alexander Ivanov | w/o | 112 | Alexander Ivanov | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 81 | Igor Lysyj | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 48 | Mikhail Kobalia | 1 | 81 | Igor Lysyj | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 81 | Igor Lysyj | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 8 | Gata Kamsky | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 121 | Diego Di Berardino | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 121 | Diego Di Berardino | 1½ | 8 | Gata Kamsky | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 57 | Rustam Kasimdzhanov | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 57 | Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 1½ | 57 | Rustam Kasimdzhanov | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 72 | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 72 | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | ½ | | | | 8 | Gata Kamsky | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 25 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 1 | | | | |
| 25 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2 | | | | | | | 25 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 1 | | | | |
| 104 | Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 104 | Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez | 0 | 25 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 40 | Alexander Riazantsev | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 40 | Alexander Riazantsev | 1½ | 40 | Alexander Riazantsev | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 89 | Mark Bluvshtein | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 89 | Mark Bluvshtein | ½ | | | | | | | | 8 | Gata Kamsky | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 9 | Peter Svidler | 2 |
| 9 | Peter Svidler | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | Peter Svidler | 2 |
| 120 | Darcy Lima | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 120 | Darcy Lima | ½ | 9 | Peter Svidler | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 73 | Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 56 | Li Chao | ½ | 73 | Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 73 | Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 73 | Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn | 1½ | | | | 9 | Peter Svidler | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 24 | Fabiano Caruana | 1 | | | | |
| 24 | Fabiano Caruana | 1½ | | | | | | | 24 | Fabiano Caruana | 1 | | | | |
| 105 | Aleksei Pridorozhni | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 105 | Aleksei Pridorozhni | ½ | 24 | Fabiano Caruana | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 88 | Yuri Drozdovskij | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 41 | Alexander Motylev | 4 | 88 | Yuri Drozdovskij | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 88 | Yuri Drozdovskij | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 4 | Ruslan Ponomariov | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 125 | Robert Gwaze | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 125 | Robert Gwaze | ½ | 4 | Ruslan Ponomariov | 3½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 61 | Ni Hua | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 61 | Ni Hua | 3½ | 61 | Ni Hua | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 68 | Ildar Khairullin | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 68 | Ildar Khairullin | 2½ | | | | 4 | Ruslan Ponomariov | 2½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 29 | Zahar Efimenko | 1½ | | | | |
| 29 | Zahar Efimenko | 1½ | | | | | | | 29 | Zahar Efimenko | 1½ | | | | |
| 100 | Vlastimil Babula | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 100 | Vlastimil Babula | ½ | 29 | Zahar Efimenko | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 36 | Ferenc Berkes | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 36 | Ferenc Berkes | 1½ | 36 | Ferenc Berkes | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 93 | Sandro Mareco | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 93 | Sandro Mareco | ½ | | | | | | | | 4 | Ruslan Ponomariov | 4½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 52 | Lázaro Bruzón | 3½ |
| 13 | Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | | 52 | Lázaro Bruzón | 3½ |
| 116 | Jorge Cori | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 116 | Jorge Cori | 1½ | 13 | Francisco Vallejo Pons | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 52 | Lázaro Bruzón | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 52 | Lázaro Bruzón | 3½ | 52 | Lázaro Bruzón | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 77 | Yuniesky Quesada | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 77 | Yuniesky Quesada | 2½ | | | | 52 | Lázaro Bruzón | 2½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 20 | Lê Quang Liêm | 1½ | | | | |
| 20 | Lê Quang Liêm | 1½ | | | | | | | 20 | Lê Quang Liêm | 1½ | | | | |
| 109 | Susanto Megaranto | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 109 | Susanto Megaranto | ½ | 20 | Lê Quang Liêm | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 45 | Boris Grachev | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 45 | Boris Grachev | 1½ | 45 | Boris Grachev | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 84 | Evgeny Romanov | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 5 | Vugar Gashimov | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 124 | Eric Hansen | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 124 | Eric Hansen | 0 | 5 | Vugar Gashimov | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 69 | Sergei Azarov | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 60 | Artyom Timofeev | ½ | 69 | Sergei Azarov | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 69 | Sergei Azarov | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 69 | Sergei Azarov | 1½ | | | | 5 | Vugar Gashimov | 1½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 28 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | ½ | | | | |
| 28 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | 2 | | | | | | | 28 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | ½ | | | | |
| 101 | Zhao Zong-Yuan | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 101 | Zhao Zong-Yuan | 0 | 28 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 37 | Dmitry Andreikin | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 37 | Dmitry Andreikin | 1½ | 37 | Dmitry Andreikin | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 92 | Murtas Kazhgaleyev | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 92 | Murtas Kazhgaleyev | ½ | | | | | | | | 5 | Vugar Gashimov | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 44 | Peter Heine Nielsen | 2 |
| 12 | Zoltán Almási | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 44 | Peter Heine Nielsen | 2 |
| 117 | Essam El-Gindy | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 117 | Essam El-Gindy | 0 | 12 | Zoltán Almási | ½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 76 | Mircea Pârligras | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 53 | Yu Yangyi | 0 | 76 | Mircea Pârligras | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 76 | Mircea Pârligras | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 76 | Mircea Pârligras | 2 | | | | 76 | Mircea Pârligras | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 44 | Peter Heine Nielsen | 3 | | | | |
| 21 | Michael Adams | 1½ | | | | | | | 44 | Peter Heine Nielsen | 3 | | | | |
| 108 | Mark Paragua | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 108 | Mark Paragua | ½ | 21 | Michael Adams | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 44 | Peter Heine Nielsen | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 44 | Peter Heine Nielsen | 5 | 44 | Peter Heine Nielsen | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 85 | Evgeny Postny | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 2 | Vassily Ivanchuk | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 127 | Henry Robert Steel | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 127 | Henry Robert Steel | 0 | 2 | Vassily Ivanchuk | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 63 | Evgeny Alekseev | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 63 | Evgeny Alekseev | 2½ | 63 | Evgeny Alekseev | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 66 | Markus Ragger | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 66 | Markus Ragger | 1½ | | | | 2 | Vassily Ivanchuk | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 31 | Emil Sutovsky | 1 | | | | |
| 31 | Emil Sutovsky | 2½ | | | | | | | 31 | Emil Sutovsky | 1 | | | | |
| 98 | Evgeny Vorobiov | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 98 | Evgeny Vorobiov | 1½ | 31 | Emil Sutovsky | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 34 | Laurent Fressinet | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 34 | Laurent Fressinet | 2 | 34 | Laurent Fressinet | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 95 | Rinat Jumabayev | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 95 | Rinat Jumabayev | 0 | | | | | | | | 2 | Vassily Ivanchuk | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 50 | Bu Xiangzhi | 1 |
| 15 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | | 50 | Bu Xiangzhi | 1 |
| 114 | Ziaur Rahman | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 114 | Ziaur Rahman | ½ | 15 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 50 | Bu Xiangzhi | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 50 | Bu Xiangzhi | 2 | 50 | Bu Xiangzhi | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| 79 | Ahmed Adly | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 79 | Ahmed Adly | 0 | | | | 50 | Bu Xiangzhi | 1½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 82 | Abhijeet Gupta | ½ | | | | |
| 18 | Peter Leko | ½ | | | | | | | 82 | Abhijeet Gupta | ½ | | | | |
| 111 | Samuel Shankland | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 111 | Samuel Shankland | 1½ | 111 | Samuel Shankland | ½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 82 | Abhijeet Gupta | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 47 | Rauf Mamedov | ½ | 82 | Abhijeet Gupta | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 82 | Abhijeet Gupta | 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 |
| 7 | Teimour Radjabov | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 122 | Frank De La Paz Perdomo | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 122 | Frank De La Paz Perdomo | 0 | 7 | Teimour Radjabov | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 71 | Parimarjan Negi | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 58 | Vladimir Akopian | | 71 | Parimarjan Negi | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 71 | Parimarjan Negi | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| 71 | Parimarjan Negi | w/o | | | | 7 | Teimour Radjabov | 1½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 26 | Étienne Bacrot | ½ | | | | |
| 26 | Étienne Bacrot | 4 | | | | | | | 26 | Étienne Bacrot | ½ | | | | |
| 103 | Ray Robson | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 103 | Ray Robson | 2 | 26 | Étienne Bacrot | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 90 | Anton Filippov | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 39 | Sergei Zhigalko | 0 | 90 | Anton Filippov | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 90 | Anton Filippov | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 90 | Anton Filippov | 2 | | | | | | | | 7 | Teimour Radjabov | 1½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Dmitry Jakovenko | ½ |
| 10 | Dmitry Jakovenko | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Dmitry Jakovenko | ½ |
| 119 | Salem A. R. Saleh | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 119 | Salem A. R. Saleh | 0 | 10 | Dmitry Jakovenko | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 55 | Pendyala Harikrishna | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 55 | Pendyala Harikrishna | 1½ | 55 | Pendyala Harikrishna | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 74 | Maxim Rodshtein | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 74 | Maxim Rodshtein | ½ | | | | 10 | Dmitry Jakovenko | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 23 | Baadur Jobava | 0 | | | | |
| 23 | Baadur Jobava | 2 | | | | | | | 23 | Baadur Jobava | 0 | | | | |
| 106 | Namig Guliyev | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 106 | Namig Guliyev | 0 | 23 | Baadur Jobava | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 42 | Radosław Wojtaszek | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 42 | Radosław Wojtaszek | 2 | 42 | Radosław Wojtaszek | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 87 | Arman Pashikian | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 3 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 126 | Hatim Ibrahim | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 126 | Hatim Ibrahim | 0 | 3 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 62 | Daniel Fridman | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 62 | Daniel Fridman | 1½ | 62 | Daniel Fridman | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 67 | Constantin Lupulescu | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 67 | Constantin Lupulescu | ½ | | | | 3 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 1½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 94 | Yaroslav Zherebukh | 2½ | | | | |
| 30 | Vladimir Malakhov | 1½ | | | | | | | 94 | Yaroslav Zherebukh | 2½ | | | | |
| 99 | Rubén Felgaer | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 99 | Rubén Felgaer | 2½ | 99 | Rubén Felgaer | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 94 | Yaroslav Zherebukh | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 35 | Pavel Eljanov | 1½ | 94 | Yaroslav Zherebukh | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 94 | Yaroslav Zherebukh | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 94 | Yaroslav Zherebukh | 2½ | | | | | | | | 94 | Yaroslav Zherebukh | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 14 | David Navara | 2 |
| 14 | David Navara | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | David Navara | 2 |
| 115 | Nikolai Kabanov | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 115 | Nikolai Kabanov | 0 | 14 | David Navara | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 51 | Alexander Onischuk | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 51 | Alexander Onischuk | 1½ | 51 | Alexander Onischuk | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 78 | Ivan Ivanišević | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 78 | Ivan Ivanišević | ½ | | | | 14 | David Navara | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 19 | Alexander Moiseenko | 2 | | | | |
| 19 | Alexander Moiseenko | 1½ | | | | | | | 19 | Alexander Moiseenko | 2 | | | | |
| 110 | Baris Esen | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 110 | Baris Esen | ½ | 19 | Alexander Moiseenko | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 46 | Ernesto Inarkiev | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 46 | Ernesto Inarkiev | 1½ | 46 | Ernesto Inarkiev | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 83 | Ivan Salgado Lopez | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 6 | Alexander Grischuk | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 123 | Vladimir Genba | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 123 | Vladimir Genba | ½ | 6 | Alexander Grischuk | 2½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 59 | Sébastien Feller | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 59 | Sébastien Feller | 2½ | 59 | Sébastien Feller | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| 70 | Viorel Iordăchescu | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 70 | Viorel Iordăchescu | 1½ | | | | 6 | Alexander Grischuk | 1½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 38 | Alexander Morozevich | ½ | | | | |
| 27 | Wang Yue | ½ | | | | | | | 38 | Alexander Morozevich | ½ | | | | |
| 102 | Alexandr Fier | 1½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 102 | Alexandr Fier | 1½ | 102 | Alexandr Fier | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 38 | Alexander Morozevich | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 38 | Alexander Morozevich | 3 | 38 | Alexander Morozevich | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 91 | Stelios Halkias | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 91 | Stelios Halkias | 1 | | | | | | | | 6 | Alexander Grischuk | 2½ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 43 | Vladimir Potkin | 1½ |
| 11 | Nikita Vitiugov | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 43 | Vladimir Potkin | 1½ |
| 118 | Alexei Bezgodov | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 118 | Alexei Bezgodov | 2 | 11 | Nikita Vitiugov | 1½ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 54 | Anton Korobov | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 54 | Anton Korobov | 2 | 54 | Anton Korobov | ½ | | | | | | | |
| 75 | Zhou Jianchao | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 75 | Zhou Jianchao | 0 | | | | 11 | Nikita Vitiugov | 1½ | | | | |
| | | | | | | 43 | Vladimir Potkin | 2½ | | | | |
| 22 | Alexei Shirov | 1½ | | | | | | | 43 | Vladimir Potkin | 2½ | | | | |
| 107 | Manuel León Hoyos | ½ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 107 | Manuel León Hoyos | ½ | 22 | Alexei Shirov | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 43 | Vladimir Potkin | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 43 | Vladimir Potkin | 3½ | 43 | Vladimir Potkin | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 86 | Yury Shulman | 2½ | | | | | | | | | | |

## Results, rounds 5–7

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final (best of 4) | Final (best of 4) | Final (best of 4) |
| 33 | Judit Polgár | ½ | | | | | | |
| 9 | Peter Svidler | 1½ | | | | | | |
| 9 | Peter Svidler | 1½ | 9 | Peter Svidler | 1½ | | | |
| | | | 4 | Ruslan Ponomariov | ½ | | | |
| 4 | Ruslan Ponomariov | 1½ | 4 | Ruslan Ponomariov | ½ | | | |
| 5 | Vugar Gashimov | ½ | | | | | | |
| 5 | Vugar Gashimov | ½ | | | | 9 | Peter Svidler | 2½ |
| | | | | | | 6 | Alexander Grischuk | 1½ |
| 2 | Vassily Ivanchuk | 2½ | | | | | | | 6 | Alexander Grischuk | 1½ |
| 7 | Teimour Radjabov | 1½ | | | |
| 7 | Teimour Radjabov | 1½ | 2 | Vassily Ivanchuk | 2½ | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 6 | Alexander Grischuk | 3½ |
| 14 | David Navara | 1½ | 6 | Alexander Grischuk | 3½ | 4 | Ruslan Ponomariov | 1½ |
| 6 | Alexander Grischuk | 2½ | | | | 2 | Vassily Ivanchuk | 2½ |

### Third place, 16–20 September

| Seed | Name | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| 4 | Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) | 2758 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1½ |
| 2 | Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) | 2765 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 2½ |

### Final, 16–20 September

| Seed | Name | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| 9 | Peter Svidler (RUS) | 2740 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 2½ |
| 6 | Alexander Grischuk (RUS) | 2757 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1½ |