Revised World Cup pairings: No Judit vs Hou Yifan

World Cup round 1 matchups

http://www.fide.com/images/stories/NEWS_2011/fide_news/World_Cup_2011/World_Cup_R1_Pairings.pdf

1	1	GM	Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	-	128	IM	Kaabi, Mejdi	TUN
2	2	GM	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	-	127	FM	Steel, Henry Robert	RSA
3	3	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	-	126		Ibrahim, Hatim	EGY
4	4	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	-	125	IM	Gwaze, Robert	ZIM
5	5	GM	Gashimov, Vugar	AZE	-	124	IM	Hansen, Eric	CAN
6	6	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	-	123	IM	Genba, Vladimir	RUS
7	7	GM	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	-	122	GM	De La Paz Perdomo, Frank	CUB
8	8	GM	Kamsky, Gata	USA	-	121	IM	Di Berardino, Diego Rafael	BRA
9	9	GM	Svidler, Peter	RUS	-	119	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE
10	10	GM	Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	-	120	GM	Lima, Darcy	BRA
11	11	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	-	118	GM	Bezgodov, Alexei	RUS
12	12	GM	Almasi, Zoltan	HUN	-	117	GM	El Gindy, Essam	EGY
13	13	GM	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	ESP	-	116	GM	Cori, Jorge	PER
14	14	GM	Navara, David	CZE	-	115	GM	Kabanov, Nikolai	RUS
15	15	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	-	114	GM	Rahman, Ziaur	BAN
16	16	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	CUB	-	113	GM	Moradiabadi, Elshan	IRI
17	17	GM	Wang, Hao	CHN	-	112	GM	Ivanov, Alexander	USA
18	18	GM	Leko, Peter	HUN	-	111	GM	Shankland, Samuel L	USA
19	19	GM	Moiseenko, Alexander	UKR	-	110	GM	Esen, Baris	TUR
20	20	GM	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	-	109	GM	Megaranto, Susanto	INA
21	21	GM	Adams, Michael	ENG	-	108	GM	Paragua, Mark	PHI
22	22	GM	Shirov, Alexei	ESP	-	107	GM	Leon Hoyos, Manuel	MEX
23	23	GM	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	-	106	GM	Guliyev, Namig	AZE
24	24	GM	Caruana, Fabiano	ITA	-	105	GM	Pridorozhni, Aleksei	RUS
25	25	GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	RUS	-	104	IM	Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynald	CUB
26	26	GM	Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	-	103	GM	Robson, Ray	USA
27	27	GM	Wang, Yue	CHN	-	102	GM	Fier, Alexandr	BRA
28	28	GM	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	RUS	-	101	GM	Zhao, Zong-Yuan	AUS
29	29	GM	Efimenko, Zahar	UKR	-	100	GM	Babula, Vlastimil	CZE
30	30	GM	Malakhov, Vladimir	RUS	-	99	GM	Felgaer, Ruben	ARG
31	31	GM	Sutovsky, Emil	ISR	-	98	GM	Vorobiov, Evgeny E.	RUS
32	32	GM	Movsesian, Sergei	ARM	-	97	GM	Hou, Yifan	CHN
33	33	GM	Polgar, Judit	HUN	-	96	GM	Corrales Jimenez, Fidel	CUB
34	34	GM	Fressinet, Laurent	FRA	-	95	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat	KAZ
35	35	GM	Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	-	94	GM	Zherebukh, Yaroslav	UKR
36	36	GM	Berkes, Ferenc	HUN	-	92	GM	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	KAZ
37	37	GM	Andreikin, Dmitry	RUS	-	93	GM	Mareco, Sandro	ARG
38	38	GM	Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	-	91	GM	Halkias, Stelios	GRE
39	39	GM	Zhigalko, Sergei	BLR	-	90	GM	Filippov, Anton	UZB
40	40	GM	Riazantsev, Alexander	RUS	-	89	GM	Bluvshtein, Mark	CAN
41	41	GM	Motylev, Alexander	RUS	-	88	GM	Drozdovskij, Yuri	UKR
42	42	GM	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	POL	-	87	GM	Pashikian, Arman	ARM
43	43	GM	Potkin, Vladimir	RUS	-	86	GM	Shulman, Yuri	USA
44	44	GM	Nielsen, Peter Heine	DEN	-	85	GM	Postny, Evgeny	ISR
45	45	GM	Grachev, Boris	RUS	-	84	GM	Romanov, Evgeny	RUS
46	46	GM	Inarkiev, Ernesto	RUS	-	83	GM	Salgado Lopez, Ivan	ESP
47	47	GM	Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	-	82	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	IND
48	48	GM	Kobalia, Mikhail	RUS	-	81	GM	Lysyj, Igor	RUS
49	49	GM	Bologan, Viktor	MDA	-	79	GM	Adly, Ahmed	EGY
50	50	GM	Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	-	80	GM	Socko, Bartosz	POL
51	51	GM	Onischuk, Alexander	USA	-	78	GM	Ivanisevic, Ivan	SRB
52	52	GM	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	CUB	-	77	GM	Quesada Perez, Yuniesky	CUB
53	53	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	-	76	GM	Parligras, Mircea-Emilian	ROU
54	54	GM	Korobov, Anton	UKR	-	75	GM	Zhou, Jianchao	CHN
55	55	GM	Harikrishna, P.	IND	-	74	GM	Rodshtein, Maxim	ISR
56	56	GM	Li, Chao b	CHN	-	73	GM	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	VIE
57	57	GM	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	UZB	-	72	GM	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	ROU
58	58	GM	Akopian, Vladimir	ARM	-	71	GM	Negi, Parimarjan	IND
59	59	GM	Feller, Sebastien	FRA	-	70	GM	Iordachescu, Viorel	MDA
60	60	GM	Timofeev, Artyom	RUS	-	69	GM	Azarov, Sergei	BLR
61	61	GM	Ni, Hua	CHN	-	68	GM	Khairullin, Ildar	RUS
62	62	GM	Fridman, Daniel	GER	-	67	GM	Lupulescu, Constantin	ROU
63	63	GM	Alekseev, Evgeny	RUS	-	66	GM	Ragger, Markus	AUT
64	64	GM	So, Wesley	PHI	-	65	GM	Ding, Liren	CHN

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Breaking News: Judit vs Yifan Hou in the World Cup

I believe that there is a mistake in the pairings. Several GM friends of mine have told me the same thing. We will wait for the confirmation by FIDE.

World Cup 2011 pairings
The 2011 Chess World Cup pairings announced by FIDE

http://www.fide.com/images/stories/NEWS_2011/fide_news/World_Cup_2011/Pairing_List_Round_1.pdf

http://www.fide.com/images/stories/NEWS_2011/fide_news/World_Cup_2011/Pairings_Tree.pdf

The World Chess Cup 2011 will take place 26.08-21.09 in Khanty Mansiysk. It is a knock out competition and includes 128 players. The winner qualifies for the next World Chess Championship Candidates event.

The World Cup 2011 is a long event, where the winner has to progress through seven consecutive match victories and possible tiebreaks to reach the top position. However, the competition also has one of the biggest prize funds, amounting to 1.6$ million.

Last year's winner Boris Gelfand went on to win the Candidates matches and will play the World Chess Championship 2012.

1 GM Karjakin, Sergey RUS - IM Kaabi, Mejdi TUN
2 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR - FM Steel, Henry Robert RSA
3 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE - Ibrahim, Hatim EGY
4 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR - IM Gwaze, Robert ZIM
5 GM Gashimov, Vugar AZE - FM Quesada Perez, Yasser CUB
6 GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS - IM Hansen, Eric CAN
7 GM Radjabov, Teimour AZE - IM Genba, Vladimir RUS
8 GM Kamsky, Gata USA - GM De La Paz Perdomo, Frank CUB
9 GM Svidler, Peter RUS - IM Di Berardino, Diego Rafael BRA
10 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS - GM Lima, Darcy BRA
11 GM Vitiugov, Nikita RUS - GM Salem, A.R. Saleh UAE
12 GM Almasi, Zoltan HUN - GM Bezgodov, Alexei RUS
13 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP - GM El Gindy, Essam EGY
14 GM Navara, David CZE - GM Cori, Jorge PER
15 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA - GM Kabanov, Nikolai RUS
16 GM Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB - GM Rahman, Ziaur BAN
17 GM Wang, Hao CHN - GM Moradiabadi, Elshan IRI
18 GM Leko, Peter HUN - GM Ivanov, Alexander USA
19 GM Moiseenko, Alexander UKR - GM Shankland, Samuel L USA
20 GM Le, Quang Liem VIE - GM Esen, Baris TUR
21 GM Adams, Michael ENG - GM Megaranto, Susanto INA
22 GM Shirov, Alexei ESP - GM Paragua, Mark PHI
23 GM Jobava, Baadur GEO - GM Leon Hoyos, Manuel MEX
24 GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA - GM Guliyev, Namig AZE
25 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS - GM Pridorozhni, Aleksei RUS
26 GM Bacrot, Etienne FRA - IM Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynald CUB
27 GM Wang, Yue CHN - GM Robson, Ray USA
28 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS - GM Fier, Alexandr BRA
29 GM Efimenko, Zahar UKR - GM Zhao, Zong-Yuan AUS
30 GM Malakhov, Vladimir RUS - GM Babula, Vlastimil CZE
31 GM Sutovsky, Emil ISR - GM Felgaer, Ruben ARG
32 GM Movsesian, Sergei ARM - GM Vorobiov, Evgeny E. RUS

33 GM Polgar, Judit HUN - GM Hou, Yifan CHN

34 GM Fressinet, Laurent FRA - GM Corrales Jimenez, Fidel CUB
35 GM Eljanov, Pavel UKR - GM Jumabayev, Rinat KAZ
36 GM Berkes, Ferenc HUN - GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav UKR
37 GM Andreikin, Dmitry RUS - GM Mareco, Sandro ARG
38 GM Morozevich, Alexander RUS - GM Kazhgaleyev, Murtas KAZ
39 GM Zhigalko, Sergei BLR - GM Halkias, Stelios GRE
40 GM Riazantsev, Alexander RUS - GM Filippov, Anton UZB
41 GM Motylev, Alexander RUS - GM Bluvshtein, Mark CAN
42 GM Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL - GM Drozdovskij, Yuri UKR
43 GM Potkin, Vladimir RUS - GM Pashikian, Arman ARM
44 GM Nielsen, Peter Heine DEN - GM Shulman, Yuri USA
45 GM Grachev, Boris RUS - GM Postny, Evgeny ISR
46 GM Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS - GM Romanov, Evgeny RUS
47 GM Mamedov, Rauf AZE - GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan ESP
48 GM Kobalia, Mikhail RUS - GM Gupta, Abhijeet IND
49 GM Bologan, Viktor MDA - GM Lysyj, Igor RUS
50 GM Bu, Xiangzhi CHN - GM Socko, Bartosz POL
51 GM Onischuk, Alexander USA - GM Adly, Ahmed EGY
52 GM Bruzon Batista, Lazaro CUB - GM Ivanisevic, Ivan SRB
53 GM Yu, Yangyi CHN - GM Parligras, Mircea-Emilian ROU
54 GM Korobov, Anton UKR - GM Zhou, Jianchao CHN
55 GM Harikrishna, P. IND - GM Rodshtein, Maxim ISR
56 GM Li, Chao b CHN - GM Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son VIE
57 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB - GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU
58 GM Akopian, Vladimir ARM - GM Negi, Parimarjan IND
59 GM Feller, Sebastien FRA - GM Iordachescu, Viorel MDA
60 GM Timofeev, Artyom RUS - GM Azarov, Sergei BLR
61 GM Ni, Hua CHN - GM Khairullin, Ildar RUS
62 GM Fridman, Daniel GER - GM Lupulescu, Constantin ROU
63 GM Alekseev, Evgeny RUS - GM Ragger, Markus AUT
64 GM So, Wesley PHI - GM Ding, Liren CHN

USA 1-1 Japan at the end of regulation, Japan wins in penalty kicks!

Alex Morgan scored a great goal for the US to take a 1-0 lead. But a series of mistakes by the US defenders allowed Japan to even up the score at 1-1. Even though the US dominated this game, Japan fought very hard to stay in the game.

Now they will go to a 30 minute extra time session.

Another beautiful header by Wambach to give the US a 2-1 lead!



Japan scores on a corner kick to even up the score at 2-2!

Penalty kicks!

Japan crushed the US in penalty kicks! The US missed the first 3 penalty kicks! A well deserved victory for Japan! Great clutch performance for Japan!



Big congratulations to Japan! They fought with their hearts!

USA or Japan?

Which team will win the Women's Soccer World Cup?
	USA by 1 goal
	Japan by 1 goal
	USA by 2 goals or more
	Japan by 2 goals or more
	USA by penalty kicks
	Japan by penalty kicks

World Cup 2011 roster announced

World Cup 2011
The nominees and all participants for the Chess World Cup announced

The World Chess Cup 2011 will take place 26.08-21.09 in Khanty Mansiysk. It is a knock out competition and includes 128 players. The winner qualifies for the next World Chess Championship Candidates event.

It is a long event, where the winner has to progress through seven consecutive match victories and possible tiebreaks to reach the top position. However, the competition also has one of the biggest prize funds, amounting to 1.6$ million.

Last year's winner Boris Gelfand went on to win the Candidates matches and will play the World Chess Championship 2012.

The participants in the World Chess Cup include players from Zonal and FIDE World Championship events. Besides them, the FIDE President and the Organizing committee nominees for the World Chess Cup 2011 in Khanty Mansyisk have been announced. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has added to the list the ex world champion GM Kasimdzhanov, GM Sutovsky, GM Peter Heine Nielsen, the young Chinese talent Ding Liren, GM Bologan and GM Moradiabadi. The organizing committee have named Kabanov, Pridorozhni, Bezgodov, and Genba to complete the list of participants. Here is the full lineup for the World Cup.

World Cup 2011 participants

a) From World Cup 2009:
01. R. Ponomariov (UKR)
02. V. Malakhov (RUS)
03. S. Karjakin (RUS)

b) Women's World Champion 2010:
04. Hou Yifan (CHN)

c) Junior World Champions 2009 and 2010:
05. M. Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
06. D. Andreikin (RUS)

d) From FIDE Rating List, 20 players, average 7/2010 and 1/2011:
07. A. Grischuk (RUS) 2766,50
08. S. Mamedyarov (AZE) 2766,50
09. V. Ivanchuk (UKR) 2751,50
10. T. Radjabov (AZE) 2746,00
11. P. Eljanov (UKR) 2739,50
12. A. Shirov (ESP) 2735,50
13. P. Svidler (RUS) 2732,00
14. V. Gashimov (AZE) 2727,50
15. Wang Hao (CHN) 2727,50
16. P. Leko (HUN) 2725,50
17. Wang Yue (CHN) 2725,00
18. D. Jakovenko (RUS) 2722,00
19. G. Kamsky (USA) 2721,50
20. E. Bacrot (FRA) 2721,50
21. D. Navara (CZE) 2719,50
22. L. Dominguez (CUB) 2716,00
23. N. Vitiugov (RUS) 2715,00
24. M. Adams (ENG) 2714,50
25. F. Caruana (ITA) 2709,00
26. A. Morozevich (RUS) 2707,50
27. L. Fressinet (FRA) 2702,00
28. F. Vallejo Pons (ESP) 2697,50

e) 46 players from European Championships 2010 and 2011
29. I. Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2010
30. B. Jobava (GEO) 2010
31. A. Timofeev (RUS) 2010
32. Z. Efimenko (UKR) 2010
33. I. Lysyj (RUS) 2010
34. Z. Almasi (HUN) 2010
35. E. Tomashevsky (RUS) 2010
36. M. Rodshtein (ISR) 2010
37. I. Salgado Lopez (ESP) 2010
38. A. Pashikian (ARM) 2010
39. R. Mamedov (AZE) 2010
40. S. Movsesian (ARM) 2010
41. V. Akopian (ARM) 2010
42. E. Alekseev (RUS) 2010
43. S. Halkias (GRE) 2010
44. F. Berkes (HUN) 2010
45. V. Potkin (RUS) 2010
46. B. Grachev (RUS) 2010
47. B. Socko (POL) 2010
48. L. Nisipeanu (ROU) 2010
49. E. Vorobiov (RUS) 2010
50. Y. Drozdovskij (UKR) 2010
51. V. Babula (CZE) 2010
52. R. Wojtaszek (POL) 2011
53. J. Polgar (HUN) 2011
54. A. Moiseenko (UKR) 2011
55. M. Ragger (AUT) 2011
56. S. Feller (FRA) 2011
57. S. Zhigalko (BLR) 2011
58. A. Korobov (UKR) 2011
59. E. Inarkiev (RUS) 2011
60. E. Postny (ISR) 2011
61. S. Azarov (BLR) 2011
62. I. Khairullin (RUS) 2011
63. M. Kobalia (RUS) 2011
64. N. Guliyev (AZE) 2011
65. Y. Zherebukh (UKR) 2011
66. A. Riazantsev (RUS) 2011
67. V. Iordachescu (MDA) 2011
68. C. Lupulescu (ROU) 2011
69. D. Fridman (GER) 2011
70. A. Motylev (RUS) 2011
71. I. Ivanisevic (SRB) 2011
72. M. Parligras (ROU) 2011
73. E. Romanov (RUS) 2011
74. B. Esen (TUR) 2011

f) 19 players from Americas
75. R. Felgaer (ARG) Zonal 2.5
76. S. Mareco (ARG) Zonal 2.5
77. Y. Shulman (USA) Zonal 2.1
78. S. Shankland (USA) Zonal 2.1
79. R. Robson (USA) Zonal 2.1
80. A. Onischuk (USA) Zonal 2.1
81. A. Ivanov (USA) Zonal 2.1
82. A. Fier (BRA) Zonal 2.4
83. D. R. Di Berardino (BRA) Zonal 2.4
84. L. Bruzon (CUB) Zonal 2.3
85. M. Leon Hoyos (MEX) Zonal 2.3
86. E. Hansen (CAN) Zonal 2.2
87. D. Lima (BRA) Continental 2010
88. M. Bluvshtein (CAN) Continental 2011
89. Y. Quesada Perez (CUB) Continental 2011
90. J. Cori (PER) Continental 2011
91. F. Corrales Jimenez (CUB) Continental 2011
92. I. R. Ortiz Suarez (CUB) Continental 2011
93. F. De La Paz Perdomo (CUB) Continental 2011

g) 19 players from Asia/Oceania
94. Ni Hua (CHN) Continental 2010
95. A. Gupta (IND) Continental 2010
96. Le Quang Liem (VIE) Continental 2010
97. Wesley So (PHI) Continental 2010
98. Zhou, Jianchao (CHN) Continental 2010
99. P. Harikrishna (IND) Continental 2011
100. Yu Yangyi (CHN) Continental 2011
101. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE) Continental 2011
102. R. Jumabayev (KAZ) Continental 2011
103. Li Chao B (CHN) Zonal 3.5
104. Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) Zonal 3.5
105. Zhao Zong-Yuan (AUS) Zonal 3.6
106. Ziaur Rahman (BAN) Zonal 3.2
107. S. Megaranto (INA) Zonal 3.3
108. M. Paragua (PHI) Zonal 3.3
109. P. Negi (IND) Zonal 3.7
110. A. Filippov (UZB) Zonal 3.4
111. M. Kazhgaleyev (KAZ) Zonal 3.4
112. Salem R. Saleh

h) 6 players from Africa
113. M. Kaabi (TUN) Zonal 4.1
114. H. Ibrahim (EGY) Zonal 4.2
115. R. Gwaze (ZIM) Zonal 4.3
116. A. Adly (EGY) Continental 2011
117. E. El Gindy (EGY) Continental 2011
118. H. R. Steel (RSA) Continental 2011

i) 6 nominees of the FIDE President
119. R. Kasimdzhanov (UZB)
120. E. Sutovsky (ISR)
121. P. H. Nielsen (DEN)
122. Ding Liren (CHN)
123. V. Bologan (MDA)
124. E. Moradiabadi (IRI)

j) 4 nominees of the local Organising Committee
125. N. Kabanov (RUS)
126. A. Pridorozhni (RUS)
127. A. Bezgodov (RUS)
128. V. Genba (RUS)

Team USA defeats France 3-1 for Women's World Cup Final

Team USA led 1-0 with a goal by Lauren Cheney. France came back to even the score at 1-1.

At one time, France seemed to dominate the game and it looked like the U.S. was in trouble. But Abby Wambach scored with another header to give 2-1 lead. Alex Morgan scored another late goal to beat France 3-1!

They will face the winner of Sweden and Japan match for the World Cup!