 Check out the World Cup (Khanty-Mansiysk,Russia Nov.22-Dec.18) pairings. American players Akobian, Becerra, Ivanov Kaidanov, Kamsky,
Kudrin, Onischuk, Shabalov and Shulman will compete for the most second
most prestigious world title. The tournament is structured as a knockout, with the higher rated players playing the lowest rated players in the first round. Gata Kamsky should therefore, theoretically have the "easiest" pairing of all the Americans. However, Gata has drawn the new surprise World Junior Champion from Egypt, Ahmed Adly. While Gata is still a big favorite, this is definitely not the easiest opponent from this rating range. Meanwhile, Shabalov, Shulman, Kaidanov are in the middle of the pack, so they all drew players within 50 points of their own ratings. Sergei Kudrin has the toughest first round pairing- he's playing Francisco Vallejo Pons, the 25-year-old 2650+ GM from Mallorca, Spain. For more information, check the official website.
American Pairings in the World Cup:
Gata Kamsky(USA, 2714)- Ahmed Adly (Egypt, 2494, World Junior Champion)
Alexander Onischuk (USA,2674)- Zaven Andriasian (Armenia, 2546)
Sergei Kudrin (USA, 2563)- Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain, 2660)
Alexander Ivanov (USA, 2565)- David Navara (Czech Republic, 2656)
Julio Becerra Rivero (USA, 2568)- Evgeny Bareev (Russia, 2653)
Varuzhan Akobian (USA, 2585)- Michael Roiz (Israel, 2644)
Gregory Kaidanov (USA,2597)- Mikhail Gurevich (Turkey, 2627)
Alexander Shabalov (USA, 2626)- Dusko Pavaosovic (Slovenia, 2597)
Yuri Shulman (USA, 2616)- Rafael Leitao (Brazil, 2601)
| Ivanchuk,
Vassily (1) |
UKR |
2787 |
|
- |
Aderito, Pedro
(128) |
ANG |
2352 |
| Mamedyarov,
Shakhriyar (2) |
AZE |
2752 |
|
- |
Abdel Razik, Khaled (127) |
EGY |
2389 |
| Radjabov,
Teimour (3) |
AZE |
2742 |
|
- |
Genba, Vladimir (126) |
RUS |
2413 |
| Aronian,
Levon (4) |
ARM |
2741 |
|
- |
Hobaica, Juan Pablo
(125) |
ARG |
2427 |
| Shirov,
Alexei (5) |
ESP |
2739 |
|
- |
Gwaze, Robert
(124) |
ZIM |
2429 |
| Svidler,
Peter (6) |
RUS |
2732 |
|
- |
Iturrizaga, Eduardo
(123) |
VEN |
2435 |
| Adams,
Michael (7) |
ENG |
2729 |
|
- |
Zugic, Igor
(122) |
CAN |
2477 |
| Alekseev,
Evgeny (8) |
RUS |
2716 |
|
- |
Ismagambetov, Anuar
(121) |
KAZ |
2480 |
| Grischuk,
Alexander (9) |
RUS |
2715 |
|
- |
Lima, Darcy (120) |
BRA |
2487 |
| Carlsen,
Magnus (10) |
NOR |
2714 |
25 |
- |
Zhao, Zong-Yuan
(119) |
AUS |
2491 |
| Kamsky, Gata
(11) |
USA |
2714 |
9 |
- |
Adly, Ahmed (118) |
EGY |
2494 |
| Akopian,
Vladimir (12) |
ARM |
2713 |
|
- |
Filippov, Anton (117) |
UZB |
2496 |
| Jakovenko,
Dmitry (13) |
RUS |
2710 |
|
- |
Rahman, Ziaur
(116) |
BAN |
2497 |
| Ponomariov,
Ruslan (14) |
UKR |
2705 |
|
- |
El Gindy, Essam
(115) |
EGY |
2503 |
| Wang, Yue
(15) |
CHN |
2703 |
|
- |
Pridorozhni, Aleksei
(114) |
RUS |
2506 |
| Bacrot,
Etienne (16) |
FRA |
2695 |
|
- |
Laylo, Darwin
(113) |
PHI |
2508 |
| Karjakin,
Sergey (17) |
UKR |
2694 |
|
- |
Matsuura, Everaldo
(112) |
BRA |
2511 |
| Bu, Xiangzhi
(18) |
CHN |
2692 |
|
- |
Kabanov, Nikolai
(111) |
RUS |
2512 |
| Eljanov,
Pavel (19) |
UKR |
2691 |
20 |
- |
Hossain Enamul
(110) |
BAN |
2514 |
| Almasi,
Zoltan (20) |
HUN |
2691 |
14 |
- |
Wen Yang (109) |
CHN |
2515 |
| Malakhov,
Vladimir (21) |
RUS |
2690 |
15 |
- |
Xu, Yuhua
(108)
|
CHN |
2517 |
| Kasimdzhanov,
Rustam (22) |
UZB |
2690 |
14 |
- |
Gopal, G.N.
(107) |
IND |
2520 |
| Dominguez
Perez, Lenier (23) |
CUB |
2683 |
|
- |
Iljushin, Alexei
(106) |
RUS |
2528 |
| Van Wely,
Loek (24) |
NED |
2679 |
|
- |
Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son
(105) |
VIE |
2530 |
| Landa,
Konstantin (25) |
RUS |
2678 |
15 |
- |
Nevednichy, Vladislav
(104) |
ROU |
2531 |
| Volokitin,
Andrei (26) |
UKR |
2678 |
5 |
- |
Le, Quang Liem
(103) |
VIE |
2534 |
| Rublevsky,
Sergei (27) |
RUS |
2676 |
|
- |
Hera, Imre Jr.
(102) |
HUN |
2544 |
| Onischuk,
Alexander (28) |
USA |
2674 |
20 |
- |
Andriasian, Zaven
(101) |
ARM |
2546 |
| Inarkiev,
Ernesto (29) |
RUS |
2674 |
15 |
- |
Peralta, Fernando
(100) |
ARG |
2546 |
| Zvjaginsev,
Vadim (30) |
RUS |
2674 |
8 |
- |
Kunte, Abhijit
(99) |
IND |
2547 |
| Cheparinov,
Ivan (31) |
BUL |
2670 |
|
- |
Gonzalez Zamora, Juan Carlos
(98) |
MEX |
2552 |
| Harikrishna,
P. (32) |
IND |
2668 |
24 |
- |
Zhao, Jun
(97)
|
CHN |
2552 |
| Nisipeanu,
Liviu-Dieter (33) |
ROU |
2668 |
11 |
- |
Amin, Bassem
(96) |
EGY |
2561 |
| Tkachiev,
Vladislav (34) |
FRA |
2661 |
19 |
- |
Balogh,
Csaba (95) |
HUN |
2561 |
| Sasikiran,
Krishnan (35) |
IND |
2661 |
11 |
- |
Zhigalko, Sergei
(94) |
BLR |
2562 |
| Vallejo Pons,
Francisco (36) |
ESP |
2660 |
|
- |
Kudrin, Sergey
(93) |
USA |
2563 |
| Nikolic,
Predrag (37) |
BIH |
2657 |
|
- |
Iljin, Artem
(92)
|
RUS |
2565 |
| Navara, David
(38) |
CZE |
2656 |
|
- |
Ivanov, Alexander
(91) |
USA |
2565 |
| Sutovsky,
Emil (39) |
ISR |
2655 |
|
- |
Zhou, Jianchao
(90) |
CHN |
2566 |
| Fressinet,
Laurent (40) |
FRA |
2654 |
|
- |
Flores, Diego
(89) |
ARG |
2566 |
| Bareev,
Evgeny (41) |
RUS |
2653 |
|
- |
Becerra Rivero,
Julio (88) |
USA |
2568 |
| Short, Nigel
D (42) |
ENG |
2649 |
27 |
- |
Baramidze, David
(87) |
GER |
2569 |
| Georgiev,
Kiril (43) |
BUL |
2649 |
21 |
- |
Megaranto, Susanto
(86) |
INA |
2569 |
| Volkov,
Sergey (44) |
RUS |
2648 |
|
- |
Gajewski, Grzegorz
(85) |
POL |
2573 |
| Socko,
Bartosz (45) |
POL |
2646 |
34 |
- |
Georgiev, Vladimir
(84) |
MKD |
2576 |
| Tomashevsky,
Evgeny (46) |
RUS |
2646 |
19 |
- |
Mamedov, Rauf
(83) |
AZE |
2582 |
| Motylev,
Alexander (47) |
RUS |
2645 |
|
- |
Savchenko, Boris
(82) |
RUS |
2583 |
| Zhang,
Pengxiang (48) |
CHN |
2644 |
38 |
- |
Gagunashvili, Merab
(81) |
GEO |
2584 |
| Roiz, Michael
(49) |
ISR |
2644 |
20 |
- |
Akobian, Varuzhan
(80) |
USA |
2585 |
| Tiviakov,
Sergei (50) |
NED |
2643 |
53 |
- |
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar
(79) |
IND |
2585 |
| Wang, Hao
(51) |
CHN |
2643 |
47 |
- |
Markus, Robert
(78) |
SRB |
2586 |
| Khalifman,
Alexander (52) |
RUS |
2643 |
10 |
- |
Belov, Vladimir
(77) |
RUS |
2587 |
| Izoria, Zviad
(53) |
GEO |
2643 |
9 |
- |
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan
(76) |
IRI |
2591 |
| Avrukh, Boris
(54) |
ISR |
2641 |
|
- |
Milos,
Gilberto (75) |
BRA |
2592 |
| Naiditsch,
Arkadij (55) |
GER |
2639 |
|
- |
Granda Zuniga, Julio
E (74) |
PER |
2592 |
| Najer,
Evgeniy (56) |
RUS |
2635 |
|
- |
Berg, Emanuel
(73) |
SWE |
2593 |
| Sakaev,
Konstantin (57) |
RUS |
2634 |
|
- |
Vitiugov,
Nikita (72)
|
RUS |
2594 |
| Gurevich,
Mikhail (58) |
TUR |
2627 |
|
- |
Kaidanov, Gregory S
(71) |
USA |
2597 |
| Shabalov,
Alexander (59) |
USA |
2626 |
|
- |
Pavasovic, Dusko
(70) |
SLO |
2597 |
| Shulman, Yuri
(60) |
USA |
2616 |
|
- |
Leitao, Rafael
(69) |
BRA |
2601 |
| Rodshtein,
Maxim (61) |
ISR |
2615 |
|
- |
Gustafsson, Jan
(68) |
GER |
2606 |
| Laznicka,
Viktor (62) |
CZE |
2610 |
|
- |
Macieja,
Bartlomiej (67)
|
POL |
2606 |
| Kozul, Zdenko
(63) |
CRO |
2609 |
|
- |
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro
(66) |
CUB |
2607 |
| Bartel,
Mateusz (64) |
POL |
2608 |
17 |
- |
Galkin, Alexander
(65) |
RUS |
2608 |
|
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