The Chess World Cup 2013 was a 128-player

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tournament, played between 11 August and 2 September 2013, in the hotel Scandic Tromsø in

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, Norway. It was won by

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, who defeated

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2½–1½ in the final match. The finalists qualified for the 2014 Candidates Tournament. The winner of the Chess World Cup 2011,

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, was defeated by

in the quarter-finals.

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

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of 30 seconds per move from the start of the game. If a 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

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games (25 minutes plus 10 seconds

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) were to be played. * If the score was tied after two rapid games, two rapid games (10 minutes plus 10 seconds increment) were to be played. * If the score was tied after four rapid games, the opponents were to play two blitz games (five minutes plus three seconds increment). * If the score was tied after a pair of blitz games, an

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game (in which a draw counts as a win for Black) was played. White would have five minutes and Black would have four minutes, and both players would have a three seconds per move increment beginning with move 61.

Prize money

Participants

The participating players were seeded by their July 2013

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s: , 2813 (R) , 2796 (R) , 2784 (R) , 2780 (WC) , 2776 (R) , 2775 (R) , 2773 (R) , 2763 (R) , 2761 (R) , 2757 (R) , 2756 (WC) , 2752 (R) , 2746 (WC) , 2740 (R) , 2737 (R) , 2736 (R) , 2734 (E12) , 2734 (R) , 2733 (WC) , 2733 (R) , 2727 (E12) , 2720 (E13) , 2719 (PN) , 2717 (R) , 2715 (PN) , 2714 (E12) , 2714 (E13) , 2713 (E12) , 2712 (AS13) , 2709 (E13) , 2709 (E12) , 2709 (R) , 2708 (Z3.3) , 2708 (E12) , 2708 (E12) , 2706 (E12) , 2702 (E13) , 2701 (R) , 2699 (E13) , 2699 (E13) , 2696 (R) , 2696 (PN) , 2693 (E12) , 2691 (E12) , 2689 (Z2.3) , 2688 (E12) , 2686 (AS13) , 2680 (E13) , 2680 (E12) , 2679 (AM12) , 2678 (E12) , 2672 (E12) , 2668 (E12) , 2667 (E13) , 2667 (Z2.1) , 2665 (E12) , 2664 (E13) , 2662 (E13) , 2660 (E13) , 2660 (AS13) , 2659 (E13) , 2658 (E12) , 2657 (AS12) , 2656 (E13) , 2651 (E13) , 2651 (E13) , 2651 (E12) , 2650 (J11) , 2650 (E13) , 2650 (AF) , 2643 (Z3.4) , 2643 (E12) , 2643 (E12) , 2642 (Z2.3) , 2638 (E13) , 2636 (E12) , 2635 (E13) , 2634 (AS12) , 2632 (E13) , 2632 (Z2.4) , 2632 (E13) , 2631 (E13) , 2628 (Z2.1) , 2628 (E12) , 2625 (Z3.3) , 2620 (E13) , 2612 (AM13) , 2600 (PN) , 2599 (ON) , 2596 (AF) , 2595 (Z2.4) , 2593 (E13) , 2592 (AM13) , 2586 (Z2.5) , 2584 (Z2.1) , 2583 (J12) , 2583 (Z2.1) , 2581 (AM12) , 2577 (AM12) , 2572 (AS12) , 2569 (AS13) , 2567 (AS13) , 2567 (ON) , 2562 (Z2.5) , 2557 (PN) , 2553 (AM12) , 2549 (E12) , 2548 (Z3.1) , 2543 (AM13) , 2536, IM (PN) , 2531 (AS12) , 2530 (Z2.1) , 2530 (Z2.2) , 2520 (ON) , 2509, IM (Z3.5) , 2500 (WWC) , 2500, IM (AS12) , 2492, IM (ON) , 2490 (AF) , 2487, IM (Z4.2) , 2483, IM (Z3.5) , 2470 (Z3.2) , 2434, WGM (AM13) , 2371, untitled (Z4.1) , 2341, FM (Z3.6) , 2341, FM (Z4.3) , 2332, IM (Z3.7) , 2305, untitled (Z3.4) All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

Qualification paths

*WC: Semi-finalists of the Chess World Cup 2011 *WWC: Women's World Champion *J11 and J12: World Junior Champions 2011 and 2012 *R: Rating (average of all published ratings from March 2012 to January 2013 is used) *E12 and E13: European Individual Championships 2012 and 2013 *AM12 and AM13: American Continental Championship 2012 and 2013 *AS12 and AS13: Asian Chess Championship 2012 and 2013 *AF: African Chess Championship 2013 * Z2.1, Z2.2, Z2.3, Z2.4, Z2.5, Z3.1, Z3.2, Z3.3, Z3.4, Z3.5, Z3.6, Z3.7, Z4.1, Z4.2, Z4.3: Zonal tournaments *PN: FIDE president nominee *ON: Organizer nominee

Prominent non-participants

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Viswanathan Anand Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster. Anand is a five-time World Chess Champion, a two-time World Rapid Chess Champion, a two-time Chess World Cup Champion and a World Blitz Chess Cup Champion. ...

, and

Veselin Topalov Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov (pronounced ; ; born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster and former FIDE World Chess Championship, World Chess Champion. Topalov became FIDE World Chess Champion by winning the FIDE ...

qualified for the event, but they declined to participate. The only other player from the world's top 30 who did not participate is

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Levon Aronian Levon Grigori Aronian (; born 6 October 1982) is an Armenian chess grandmaster who has represented the United States since 2021. A chess prodigy, he earned the title of grandmaster in 2000, at the age of 17. He is a former world rapid and blit ...

(who declined to play in 2009 and 2011) and

(who had never played in a Chess World Cup) chose to participate because FIDE made participation in either the

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or the

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series mandatory for qualification to the 2014 Candidates Tournament through rating.

Post-tournament opinions

In particular,

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was decidedly negative about the organization, as was noted coach Vladimir Chuchelov."These Were the Worst Conditions I Have Experienced In Last Ten Years"
(Chuchelov, Chess-News)

Calendar

Results, rounds 1–4

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Results, rounds 5–7

Final, 30 August – 2 September

References

External links

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Chess World Cup 2013 games

Chess World Cup 2013 at Chessdom
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