World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

[Hans Jung]

Many exciting games in the first round and a lot of nice endgames. Good chess being played and not too many embarrassing minitiatures.
https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...rdo-Adhiban_B_ One game that caught my eye was Iturrizaga - Adhiban. For years GM Iturrizaga has been a tactical monster and amazing attacker but in game one he has done to him what he has done to many others. Nothing wrong with White's opening but he jumps the gun with f4 and Black's pieces are poised to take over the resulting open lines and kingside. Nice finish by Adhiban but he misses a killer knight shot in Nxb3!!. Still Black finds a nice finish around the king.

[Frank Dixon]

Good Luck and Good Skill for Canada's representative, GM Bareev!!!!

[Wayne Komer]

World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

September 9, 2019

First Round Matchups

FM Press, Shaun 1954	— —	GM Ding, Liren 2811
GM Movsesian, S. 2654	— —	GM Oparin, G. 2654
GM Firouzja, A. 2702	— —	GM Pashikian, A. 2599
GM Cordova, E. 2576	— —	GM Dubov, Daniil 2699
GM Wojtaszek, R. 2739	— —	GM Christiansen 2558
GM Nguyen, N. T. 2638	— —	GM Alekseenko 2671
GM Gonzalez Vid. 2552	— —	GM Harikrishna 2746
GM Fedoseev, V. 2664	— —	GM Ganguly, S. 2658
GM Dominguez Pe. 2763	— —	GM Escobar Fore. 2504
GM Abasov, Nijat 2632	— —	GM Piorun, K. 2660
GM Pridorozhni 2599	— —	GM Wang, Hao 2726
GM Rodshtein, M. 2684	— —	GM Bartel, M. 2621
IM Pultinevicius 2503	— —	GM Grischuk, A. 2759
GM Saric, Ivan 2667	— —	GM Bok, Benjamin 2640
GM Bu, Xiangzhi 2721	— —	GM Xu, Xiangyu 2576
GM Karthikeyan 2617	— —	GM Inarkiev, E. 2693
GM So, Wesley 2767	— —	IM Duran Vega 2387
GM Hovhannisyan 2639	— —	GM Demchenko, A. 2655
GM Pichot, Alan 2600	— —	GM Vidit, S. G. 2718
GM Grandelius 2691	— —	GM Rakhmanov, A. 2606
GM Megaranto, S. 2550	— —	GM Karjakin, S. 2760
GM Sevian, S. 2654	— —	GM Tari, Aryan 2630
GM Vitiugov, N. 2732	— —	GM Urkedal, F. 2550
GM Huschenbeth 2620	— —	GM Naiditsch, A. 2643
Gan-Erdene 2407	— —	GM Nepomniachtc. 2776
GM Sarana, A. 2651	— —	GM Predke, A. 2657
GM Tomashevsky 2718	— —	GM Petrov, N. 2586
GM Aravindh, C.. 2609	— —	GM Adams, M. 2694
GM Yu, Yangyi 2763	— —	GM Ghaem Maghami 2544
GM Iturrizaga B. 2626	— —	GM Adhiban, B. 2639
GM Santos Ruiz 2560	— —	GM Wei, Yi 2721
GM Anton Guijar. 2674	— —	GM Narayanan.S.L 2611
GM Giri, Anish 2780	— —	FM Mohammad Fah. 2250
GM Najer, E. 2635	— —	GM Gledura, B. 2654
GM Lysyj, Igor 2596	— —	GM Xiong, J. 2707
GM Amin, Bassem 2699	— —	GM Tabatabaei, M.amin 2642
GM Mekhitarian 2558	— —	GM Andreikin, D. 2741
GM Berkes, F. 2666	— —	GM Jumabayev, R. 2630
GM Duda, J. 2730	— —	GM Henriquez Vi. 2587
GM Sethuraman, S.P. 2624	— —	GM Nabaty, Tamir 2658
IM Rakotomaharo 2428	— —	GM Mamedyarov 2767
GM Kasimdzhanov 2657	— —	GM Bareev, E. 2643
GM Shankland, S. 2705	— —	GM Safarli, E. 2593
GM Nihal Sarin 2610	— —	GM Cori, Jorge 2676
GM Radjabov, T. 2758	— —	GM Ziska, H. D. 2533
GM Mareco, S. 2633	— —	GM Sjugirov, S. 2662
GM Yuffa, Daniil 2577	— —	GM Navara, David 2724
GM McShane, L. 2682	— —	GM Delgado Rami. 2615
IM Anwuli, D. 2284	— —	GM Vachier-Lagr. 2774
GM Kovalenko, I. 2674	— —	GM Lupulescu, C. 2643
GM Jakovenko, D. 2681	— —	GM Martinez Alc. 2596
GM Flores, Diego 2602	— —	GM Jones, G. C. 2688
GM Nakamura, H. 2745	— —	GM Bellahcene 2540
GM Parligras, M. 2629	— —	GM Nisipeanu, L. 2656
GM Albornoz Cab. 2581	— —	GM Svidler, P. 2729
GM Ponomariov 2675	— —	GM Esipenko, A. 2624
GM Aronian, L. 2758	— —	GM El Gindy, E. 2431
GM Chigaev, M. 2644	— —	GM Maghsoodloo 2664
GM Abdusattorov 2608	— —	GM Matlakov, M. 2716
GM Gelfand, B. 2686	— —	GM Lu, Shanglei 2602
GM Iljiushenok 2540	— —	GM Artemiev, V. 2746
GM Cheparinov 2670	— —	GM Adly, Ahmed 2636
GM Le, Quang L. 2708	— —	GM Aleksandrov 2577
GM Gupta, A. 2609	— —	GM Korobov, A. 2679

Broadcast Teams

Chess24 –

English – Miroshnichenko, Rudolf & Yermolinsky
Russian – Sergey Shipov
Spanish – Pepe Cuenca & Divis
Spanish – Garcia & Ubilava

Twitch.tv/Chessbrah –

Seirawan, Hansen & Hambleton

[Wayne Komer]

World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia


September 9, 2019

Predictions

According to Peter Heine Nielsen, FIDE used AI to predict the results of the World Cup. It said that Shankland will beat both Radjabov and Mamedyarov, while Anish Giri will make it to the semi-finals (only).

https://twitter.com/FIDE_chess?ref_s...ess-news.ru%2F

This would make the pairings and results:

1/4 Final

Ding Liren beating Alexander Grischuk

Sergey Karjakin beating Yu Yangyi

Anish Giri beating Sam Shankland

MVL beating Levon Aronian

Semi-finals

Sergey Karjakin beating Ding Liren

MVL beating Anish Giri

Final

MVL beating Sergey Karjakin


The entire bracket is at:

https://www.fide.com/images/stories/...ree_100819.pdf

_____________

Late News:

FIDE World Cup top seed Ding Liren got black at the color draw during the opening ceremony in Khanty-Mansiysk.

Ding and all the players with odd numbers will start with black pieces.

Evgeny Bareev has black against Rustam Kasimdzhanov

The tournament starts tomorrow. Full pairing:https://khantymansiysk2019.fide.com/...ults/pairings/ …#FIDEWorldCup

[Wayne Komer]

World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

September 3, 2019

FIDE Announcement

The FIDE World Cup 2019 takes place in Khanty-Mansiysk on September 9 – October 4. The competition is a part of the World Championship cycle. 128 players from 47 countries participate in the 7-round elimination tournament. Both finalists of World Cup qualify to the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2020.

The opening ceremony of the World Cup will be held in the Arts Center for Gifted Children of the North on September 9, at 7 pm local time. The draw of colours for Round 1 will take place during the ceremony.

The Ugra Chess Academy (Loparev street, 6) will be the playing venue.

Schedule:

Rounds 1-3 – September 10-18
Rounds 4-6 – September 20-28
Final and Match for 3rd place – September 30 – October 4

Rest days: September 19 and 29.

All rounds start at 3 pm local time.

(This is 6 AM Toronto/Montreal Time)

All matches except for the final and the match for 3rd place consist of two games with FIDE time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1. The final and the match for 3rd place consist of four games.

If the score is level after the two regular games, tie-breaks games are played with the control of 25 minutes for each player + 10 seconds increment per move, starting from move 1. If the score remains tied, the two blitz games with 10 minutes + 10 seconds per move ensue. If the score remains tied, the next two games are played with the control of 5 minutes + 3 seconds per move. Finally, if the score remains level, then one sudden-death game is played. The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the colour. The player with the white pieces receives 5 minutes, the player with the black pieces receives 4 minutes; after move 60, both players receive an increment of 2 seconds per move, starting from move 61. In case of a draw, the player with the black pieces is declared the winner.

The total prize fund of the tournament is 1,600,000 USD.

Chief Arbiter – IA Ashot Vardapetian (Armenia).

Russia is represented by 28 players, followed by India – 10, China – 7, and USA – 6.

In the absence of Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, grandmaster Ding Liren (2811, China) is the highest-rated participant of the World Cup. Other famous players participating in the event include Anish Giri (2780, Netherlands), Ian Nepomniachtchi (2776, Russia), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2774, France), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2767, Azerbaijan), Wesley So (2767, USA), Yu Yangyi (2763, China), Lenier Dominguez Perez (2763, USA), Sergey Karjakin (2760, Russia), and other chess stars.

The 14-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan) is the youngest player of the field. The Indian prodigy Nihal Sarin is only a couple of months older. The most experienced player Essam El-Gindy (Egypt) is 53.

The list of former winners of the World Cup includes Vishwanathan Anand (India), Levon Aronian (Armenia), Gata Kamsky (USA), Boris Gelfand (Israel), Peter Svidler, Vladimir Kramnik, and Sergey Karjakin (all – Russia).

This is the fifth time Khanty-Manses is hosting the World Cup.

The competition is organized by the Government of Khanty-Manses Autonomous Okrug – Ugra, International Chess Federation (FIDE), Ugra Chess Federation, and Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation.


Official website: https://khantymansiysk2019.fide.com/en/

General partner – Gazpromneft-Khantos LCC.
Official airline – Utair.
Official partners of the competition: OJSC Rostelecom, Ugra Chess Academy, Russian Chess Federation, AB InBev Efes and PJSC Rosneft.
FIDE official partner – JSCo "RZD".
General media partner – News Agency TASS.
Media partners – Match TV, World of Chess social network, OTRC "Ugra", Ugra-news.ru News of Ugra regional newspaper, AIF-Ugra newspaper.


https://www.fide.com/component/conte...-mansiysk.html

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As far as I can see, Khanty-Mansiysk time is two hours ahead of Moscow time and nine hours ahead of Toronto/Montreal time.

[Wayne Komer]

World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

September 1, 2019

Schedule

Date		Round		Game
-		-		-
September 10		Round 1		Game 1
September 11		Round 1		Game 2
September 12		Round 1		Tie-break
September 13		Round 2		Game 1
September 14		Round 2		Game 2
September 15		Round 2		Tie-break
September 16		Round 3		Game 1
September 17		Round 3		Game 2
September 18		Round 3		Tie-break
September 19		Free Day
September 20		Round 4		Game 1
September 21		Round 4		Game 2
September 22		Round 4		Tie-break
September 23		Round 5		Game 1
September 24		Round 5		Game 2
September 25		Round 5		Tie-break
September 26		Round 6		Game 1
September 27		Round 6		Game 2
September 28		Round 6		Tie-break
September 29		Free Day
September 30		Final		Game 1
October 1		Final		Game 2
October 2		Final		Game 3
October 3		Final		Game 4
October 4		Final		Tie-break

[Wayne Komer]

World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

August 12, 2019

ChessBase India - Russia has the highest representation at the World Cup 2019 - 28 players, but India has managed to surpass China, USA and other countries and has the second biggest contingent with 10 players.

The Top Ten List

RUS		28
IND		10
CHN		7
USA		6
AZE		5
ARM		4
IRI		4
POL		4
ENG		3
ISR		3
VIE		3

Photos of each of the participants at:

https://khantymansiysk2019.fide.com/en/participants/

I was impressed by the youth of Esipenko, the colour of the chess pieces in front of Shankland and my unfamiliarity with Shaun Press.

[Wayne Komer]

World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

August 11, 2019

First Round Pairings

FIDE has published the bracket for the tournament and the first round pairings:

https://www.fide.com/images/stories/...ree_100819.pdf

https://www.fide.com/images/stories/...1_no_color.pdf

It appears that neither Carlsen nor Caruana are competing. Ding Liren must be the favourite. The pairings have not been given by colour.

FIDE World Cup 2019 Round 1 (No Color)

Table Name Fed Name Fed

1	GM	Ding, Liren	CHN	-	128	FM	Press, Shaun	PNG
2	GM	Giri, Anish	NED	-	127	FM	Mohammad Fahad, Rahman	BAN
3	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	-	126	IM	Anwuli, Daniel	NGR
4	GM	So, Wesley	USA	-	125	IM	Duran Vega, Sergio	CRC
5	GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	RUS	-	124		Gan-Erdene, Sugar	MGL
6	GM	Aronian, Levon	ARM	-	123	GM	El Gindy, Essam	EGY
7	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	-	122	IM	Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina	MAD
8	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	USA	-	121	GM	Escobar Forero, Alder	COL
9	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	-	120	IM	Pultinevicius, Paulius	LTU
10	GM	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	-	119	GM	Ziska, Helgi Dam	FAI
11	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	RUS	-	118	GM	Iljiushenok, Ilia	RUS
12	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	-	117	GM	Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	IRI
13	GM	Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	-	116	GM	Megaranto, Susanto	INA
14	GM	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	-	115	GM	Bellahcene,Bilel	ALG
15	GM	Andreikin, Dmitry	RUS	-	114	GM	Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	BRA
16	GM	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	POL	-	113	GM	Christiansen, Johan-Sebast	NOR
17	GM	Harikrishna, Pentala	IND	-	112	GM	Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri	CUB
18	GM	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	POL	-	111	GM	Henriquez Villagra, Cristo	CHI
19	GM	Svidler, Peter	RUS	-	110	GM	Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos D	CUB
20	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	-	109	GM	Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen	NOR
21	GM	Wei, Yi	CHN	-	108	GM	Santos Ruiz, Miguel	ESP
22	GM	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	-	107	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	BLR
23	GM	Navara, David	CZE	-	106	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	RUS
24	GM	Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	-	105	GM	Xu, Xiangyu	CHN
25	GM	Wang, Hao	CHN	-	104	GM	Pridorozhni, Aleksei	RUS
26	GM	Shankland, Sam	USA	-	103	GM	Safarli, Eltaj	AZE
27	GM	Matlakov, Maxim	RUS	-	102	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	UZB
28	GM	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	RUS	-	101	GM	Petrov, Nikita	RUS
29	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	IND	-	100	GM	Pichot, Alan	ARG
30	GM	Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	-	99	GM	Martinez Alcantara, Jose E	PER
31	GM	Xiong, Jeffery	USA	-	98	GM	Lysyj, Igor	RUS
32	GM	Firouzja, Alireza	IRI	-	97	GM	Pashikian, Arman	ARM
33	GM	Dubov, Daniil	RUS	-	96	GM	Cordova, Emilio	PER
34	GM	Amin, Bassem	EGY	-	95	GM	Tabatabaei, M.amin	IRI
35	GM	Jones, Gawain C B	ENG	-	94	GM	Flores, Diego	ARG
36	GM	Grandelius, Nils	SWE	-	93	GM	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	RUS
37	GM	Adams, Michael	ENG	-	92	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	IND
38	GM	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	-	91	GM	Lu, Shanglei	CHN
39	GM	Cori, Jorge	PER	-	90	GM	Nihal Sarin	IND
40	GM	Rodshtein, Maxim	ISR	-	89	GM	Bartel, Mateusz	POL
41	GM	Inarkiev, Ernesto	RUS	-	88	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali	IND
42	GM	McShane, Luke J	ENG	-	87	GM	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	PAR
43	GM	Korobov, Anton	UKR	-	86	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	IND
44	GM	Anton Guijarro, David	ESP	-	85	GM	Narayanan.S.L	IND
45	GM	Naiditsch, Arkadij	AZE	-	84	GM	Huschenbeth, Niclas	GER
46	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	-	83	GM	Esipenko, Andrey	RUS
47	GM	Nabaty, Tamir	ISR	-	82	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND
48	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	RUS	-	81	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	IND
49	GM	Alekseenko, Kirill	RUS	-	80	GM	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	VIE
50	GM	Berkes, Ferenc	HUN	-	79	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat	KAZ
51	GM	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	GER	-	78	GM	Parligras, Mircea-Emilian	ROU
52	GM	Sevian, Samuel	USA	-	77	GM	Tari, Aryan	NOR
53	GM	Adhiban, B.	IND	-	76	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduard	VEN
54	GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	GEO	-	75	GM	Adly, Ahmed	EGY
55	GM	Sjugirov, Sanan	RUS	-	74	GM	Mareco, Sandro	ARG
56	GM	Saric, Ivan	CRO	-	73	GM	Bok, Benjamin	NED
57	GM	Piorun, Kacper	POL	-	72	GM	Abasov, Nijat	AZE
58	GM	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	UZB	-	71	GM	Bareev, Evgeny	CAN
59	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	IRI	-	70	GM	Chigaev, Maksim	RUS
60	GM	Sarana, Alexey	RUS	-	69	GM	Predke, Alexandr	RUS
61	GM	Demchenko, Anton	RUS	-	68	GM	Hovhannisyan, Robert	ARM
62	GM	Kovalenko, Igor	LAT	-	67	GM	Lupulescu, Constantin	ROU
63	GM	Gledura, Benjamin	HUN	-	66	GM	Najer, Evgeniy	RUS
64	GM	Movsesian, Sergei	ARM	-	65	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	RU

[Bob Armstrong]

Thanks Fred - I thought it was something like that.....

Bob A

[Fred McKim]

Question: I see Magnus is `entitled` to play in the World Cup by rating.

Has he decided if he will play? - he obviously can decline, since he is WC, and wait to see what the Candidates`Tournament throws up to him.

But if he plays, and qualifies for a spot in the Candidates`Tournament, is he effectively ignored, and his place goes to someone else?

Or can he play in his own Candidates`Tournament? And if so, what if he wins?? Can he play himself for the WCC?

Bored....nothing to do.....mind is like a sewer........just askin`

Bob A

I think he has confirmed he is going to play. If he wins or comes second, that spot goes to the 3rd place finisher, as he's not allowed to play in the Candidates.

[Bob Armstrong]

Question: I see Magnus is `entitled` to play in the World Cup by rating.

Has he decided if he will play? - he obviously can decline, since he is WC, and wait to see what the Candidates`Tournament throws up to him.

But if he plays, and qualifies for a spot in the Candidates`Tournament, is he effectively ignored, and his place goes to someone else?

Or can he play in his own Candidates`Tournament? And if so, what if he wins?? Can he play himself for the WCC?

Bored....nothing to do.....mind is like a sewer........just askin`

Bob A

[Wayne Komer]

World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

July 25, 2019

Venue

September 9 to October 4

Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

Seven Rounds

Financial conditions

The total prize fund amounts to 1,600,000 USD

The regular prizes shall be allocated as follows:

Round		Number of Players		Prize
Round 1		64		6000
Round 2		32		10000
Round 3		16		16000
Round 4		8		25000
Round 5		4		35000
Fourth Place		1		50000
Third Place		1		60000
Runner-up		1		80000
Winner		1		110000

The list of players qualified for the World Cup:

Name		Fed.		Rating*
Carlsen, Magnus		NOR		2872
Aronian, Levon		ARM		2756
Ding, Liren		CHN		2812
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime		FRA		2775
So, Wesley		USA		2763
Ju, Wenjun		CHN		2595
Tari, Aryan		NOR		2620
Maghsoodloo, Parham		IRI		2656
Shankland, Sam		USA		2713
Flores, Diego		ARG		2600
Cori, Jorge		PER		2686
Cordova, Emilio		PER		2615
Wei, Yi		CHN		2737
Le, Quang Liem		VIE		2713
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar		IND		2638
Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son		VIE		2636
Saric, Ivan		CRO		2681
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw		POL		2737
Sjugirov, Sanan		RUS		2667
Jones, Gawain C B		ENG		2692
Matlakov, Maxim		RUS		2701
McShane, Luke J		ENG		2688
Korobov, Anton		UKR		2687
Safarli, Eltaj		AZE		2608
Nabaty, Tamir		ISR		2678
Najer, Evgeniy		RUS		2678
Demchenko, Anton		RUS		2665
Grandelius, Nils		SWE		2691
Yuffa, Daniil		RUS		2582
Navara, David		CZE		2734
Inarkiev, Ernesto		RUS		2693
Hovhannisyan, Robert		ARM		2640
Cheparinov, Ivan		GEO		2666
Bok, Benjamin		NED		2645
Santos Ruiz, Miguel		ESP		2567
Abasov, Nijat		AZE		2641
Pashikian, Arman		ARM		2601
Sarana, Alexey		RUS		2640
Anton Guijarro, David		ESP		2678
Parligras, Mircea-Emilian		ROU		2638
Amin, Bassem		EGY		2707
El Gindy, Essam		EGY		2423
Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo		VEN		2625
Delgado Ramirez, Neuris		PAR		2605
Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri		CUB		2547
Duran Vega, Sergio		CRC		2364
Karthikeyan, Murali		IND		2613
Sethuraman, S.P.		IND		2630
Narayanan.S.L		IND		2616
Firouzja, Alireza		IRI		2685
Gupta, Abhijeet		IND		2603
Artemiev, Vladislav		RUS		2761
Piorun, Kacper		POL		2656
Rodshtein, Maxim		ISR		2685
Berkes, Ferenc		HUN		2681
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter		GER		2672
Movsesian, Sergei		ARM		2649
Huschenbeth, Niclas		GER		2620
Oparin, Grigoriy		RUS		2660
Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian		NOR		2548
Aleksandrov, Aleksej		BLR		2571
Pultinevicius, Paulius		LTU		2481
Esipenko, Andrey		RUS		2621
Petrov, Nikita		RUS		2600
Gelfand, Boris		ISR		2676
Gledura, Benjamin		HUN		2654
Predke, Alexandr		RUS		2632
Rakhmanov, Aleksandr		RUS		2615
Bartel, Mateusz		POL		2600
Dubov, Daniil		RUS		2700
Lysyj, Igor		RUS		2623
Ponomariov, Ruslan		UKR		2675
Lupulescu, Constantin		ROU		2649
Bellahcene,Bilel		ALG		2541
Nakamura, Hikaru		USA		2754
Dominguez Perez, Leinier		USA		2760
Caruana, Fabiano		USA		2819
Sevian, Samuel		USA		2667
Xiong, Jeffery		USA		2691
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan		IRI		2544
Adly, Ahmed		EGY		2618
Bareev, Evgeny		CAN		2643
Mohammad Fahad, Rahman		BAN		2271
Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina		MAD		2419
Escobar Forero, Alder		COL		2477
Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel		CUB		2566
Megaranto, Susanto		INA		2545
Gan-Erdene, Sugar		MGL		2408
Anwuli, Daniel		NGR		2295
Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo		PER		2601
Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag		BRA		2545
Jumabayev, Rinat		KAZ		2633
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam		UZB		2657
Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal		CHI		2560
Mareco, Sandro		ARG		2641
Lu, Shanglei		CHN		2619
Xu, Xiangyu		CHN		2585
Illingworth, Max		AUS		2493
Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.		IND		2600
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar		AZE		2765
Giri, Anish		NED		2779
Anand, Viswanathan		IND		2764
Grischuk, Alexander		RUS		2766
Nepomniachtchi, Ian		RUS		2775
Kramnik, Vladimir		RUS		2753
Yu, Yangyi		CHN		2736
Radjabov, Teimour		AZE		2759
Karjakin, Sergey		RUS		2748
Svidler, Peter		RUS		2737
Topalov, Veselin		BUL		2740
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof		POL		2729
Harikrishna, Pentala		IND		2734
Rapport, Richard		HUN		2735
Jakovenko, Dmitry		RUS		2711
Bu, Xiangzhi		CHN		2722
Vitiugov, Nikita		RUS		2727
Wang, Hao		CHN		2725
Adhiban, B.		IND		2665
Kovalenko, Igor		LAT		2654
Salem, A.R. Saleh		UAE		2672
Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen		NOR		2566
Ziska, Helgi Dam		FAI		2533
Pridorozhni, Aleksei		RUS		2586
Iljiushenok, Ilia		RUS		2520

*July 2019 standard rating

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