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Chess World Cup 2021 Participants, Prize Money, Format, Broadcast Details

The Chess World Cup 2021 is the 9th edition of the Chess World Cup, it is a 206-player single-elimination chess tournament that will take place in Sochi, Russia between July 10 to August 03. The tournament is an 8-round knockout event, with the top 50 seeds given a bye directly into the second round. The losers of the two semi-finals play a match for third place. It is part of the world championship cycle: the top two players qualify for the 2022 FIDE Candidates Tournament.

Chess World Cup 2021 Format

Each round will consist of classical time limit games on the first two days, plus tie-breaks on the third day if required. The time limits are as follows:

Two classical time limit games: 90 minutes, plus a 30 minute increment on move 40, plus a 30 second increment per move from move 1, per player. If the match is tied after the classical games, players play two rapid chess games, with 25 minutes plus a 10 second increment per move, per player.

If the match is still tied, players then play two blitz chess games, with 10 minutes plus a 10 second increment per move, per player. If the match is still tied, players then play two more blitz games, with 5 minutes plus a 3 second increment per move, per player.

If the match is still tied – a single armageddon chess game is played to decide the match, with draw odds to Black, meaning White must win but Black only needs to draw or win, to win the match. The players draw lots and the winner of the draw chooses their color. White receives 5 minutes, Black receives 4 minutes, and each player receives an extra 2 seconds per move beginning at move 61.

Chess World Cup 2021 Live Streaming + TV Channel List, Broadcast Rights

You can watch Chess World Cup 2021 live broadcast on (Chess dot com/TV) or on their Twitch and YouTube channels. GM Viswanathan Anand will be a daily special guest commentator during Chess dot com’s broadcast of the FIDE World Cup.

Chess World Cup 2021 Prize money

The total prize fund is US$1,892,500, with the first prize of US$110,000.

Round 1 – (78 × 3750) = $292,500
Round 2 – (64 × 6,000) = $384,000
Round 3 – (32 × 10,000) = $320,000
Round 4 – (16 × 16,000) = $256,000
Round 5 – (8 × 25,000) = $200,000
Round 6 – (4 × 35,000) = $140,000
4th place – (50,000) = $50,000
3rd place = $60,000
Runner-up = $80,000
Winner = $110,000

Chess World Cup 2021 Participants

Players qualifying for the event include:

  • The current world chess champion
  • The current women’s world chess champion (WWC)
  • The 2019 World Junior Champion U20 (U20)
  • The top four players in the Chess World Cup 2019 (WC)
  • 89 players qualifying from Continental events:
  • Europe (47): High rating (ER, 10), Hybrid qualification (E, 36), Zonal 1.10 (Z1.10, 1)
  • America (11+9): Hybrid qualification (AM, 8), Zonals 2.1 (Z2.1, 5), 2.2 (Z2.2, 1), 2.3 (Z2.3, 2), 2.4 (Z2.4, 2), 2.5 (Z2.5, 2)
  • Asia (18): Hybrid Asian Championship 2021 (AS, 7), Indian Qualification (IAS, 1), Zonals 3.1 (Z3.1, 1), 3.2 (Z3.2, 1), 3.3 (Z3.3, 2), 3.4 (Z3.4, 2), 3.5 (Z3.5, 2), 3.6 (Z3.6, 1), 3.7 (Z3.7, 1)
  • Africa (4): African Chess Championship (AF, 4)

Participants as given below:

  1. Magnus Carlsen (NOR), 2847 (World Champion)
  2. Fabiano Caruana (USA), 2820 (R)
  3. Levon Aronian (ARM), 2781 (R)
  4. Anish Giri (NED), 2780 (R)
  5. Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2776 (R)
  6. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2770 (R)
  7. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), 2760 (WC)
  8. Alireza Firouzja (FIDE), 2759 (R)
  9. Leinier Domínguez (USA), 2758 (R)
  10. Sergey Karjakin (RUS), 2757 (R)
  11. Pentala Harikrishna (IND), 2730 (R)
  12. Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL), 2729 (ER)
  13. Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (IND), 2726 (R)
  14. Dmitry Andreikin (RUS), 2724 (ER)
  15. Nikita Vitiugov (RUS), 2724 (ER)
  16. Andrey Esipenko (RUS), 2716 (E)
  17. Daniil Dubov (RUS), 2714 (ER)
  18. Peter Svidler (RUS), 2714 (ER)
  19. Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP), 2710 (ER)
  20. Jeffery Xiong (USA), 2709 (Z2.1)
  21. Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS), 2706 (E)
  22. Yu Yangyi (CHN), 2705 (WC)
  23. Vladislav Artemiev (RUS), 2704 (E)
  24. Bassem Amin (EGY), 2703 (AF)
  25. Jorden van Foreest (NED), 2701 (R)
  26. Kirill Alekseenko (RUS), 2699 (ER)
  27. Yuriy Kryvoruchko (UKR), 2699 (ER)
  28. Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI), 2698 (AS)
  29. David Navara (CZE), 2697 (ER)
  30. Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS), 2696 (E)
  31. Sam Shankland (USA), 2691 (Z2.1)
  32. Maxim Matlakov (RUS), 2688 (E)
  33. Radoslaw Wojtaszek (POL), 2687 (ER)
  34. Alexander Areshchenko (UKR), 2687 (R)
  35. Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS), 2684 (R)
  36. Alexandr Predke (RUS), 2683 (E)
  37. Anton Korobov (UKR), 2683 (R)
  38. Saleh Salem (UAE), 2682 (R)
  39. Gabriel Sargissian (ARM), 2682 (FN)
  40. Markus Ragger (AUT), 2680 (FN)
  41. Etienne Bacrot (FRA), 2678 (FN)
  42. Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2675 (R)
  43. Ferenc Berkes (HUN), 2673 (FN)
  44. David Antón Guijarro (ESP), 2673 (E)
  45. Nils Grandelius (SWE), 2670 (FN)
  46. Matthias Blübaum (GER), 2669 (FN)
  47. Ivan Cheparinov (BUL), 2667 (E)
  48. Vladimir Malakhov (RUS), 2666 (R)
  49. Nijat Abasov (AZE), 2665 (PN)
  50. Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2662 (FN)
  51. Sanan Sjugirov (RUS), 2661 (E)
  52. Baskaran Adhiban (IND), 2660 (FN)
  53. Samuel Sevian (USA), 2660 (Z2.1)
  54. Constantin Lupulescu (ROM), 2656 (E)
  55. Grigoriy Oparin (RUS), 2654 (E)
  56. Yuri Kuzubov (UKR), 2653 (FN)
  57. Jorge Cori (PER), 2652 (Z2.4)
  58. Alexander Onischuk (USA), 2649 (Z2.1)
  59. Haik M. Martirosyan (ARM), 2648 (E)
  60. Ivan Šarić (CRO), 2645 (FN)
  61. Aravindh Chithambaram (IND), 2641 (Z3.7)
  62. Alexey Sarana (RUS), 2640 (PN)
  63. Alexander Motylev (RUS), 2639 (E)
  64. Aryan Tari (NOR), 2639 (FN)
  65. Evgeny Bareev (CAN), 2638 (Z2.2)
  66. Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ), 2637 (FN)
  67. Vladislav Kovalev (BLR), 2637 (PN)
  68. Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB), 2634 (Z3.4)
  69. Alan Pichot (ARG), 2630 (FN)
  70. Mustafa Yilmaz (TUR), 2630 (E)
  71. David Paravyan (RUS), 2629 (PN)
  72. Sandro Mareco (ARG), 2629 (AM)
  73. Pavel Ponkratov (RUS), 2627 (E)
  74. Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROM), 2627 (E)
  75. Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2625 (AF)
  76. Benjamin Bok (NED), 2624 (FN)
  77. Neuris Delgado Ramírez (PAR), 2622 (Z2.5)
  78. Nihal Sarin (IND), 2620 (PN)
  79. Yaroslav Zherebukh (USA), 2620 (FN)
  80. Shant Sargsyan (ARM), 2618 (E)
  81. Daniele Vocaturo (ITA), 2617 (FN)
  82. Rasmus Svane (GER), 2615 (E)
  83. Viktor Erdős (HUN), 2614 (E)
  84. Varuzhan Akobian (USA), 2614 (PN)
  85. Pouya Idani (IRI), 2614 (FN)
  86. Amin Tabatabaei (IRI), 2613 (AS)
  87. Arik Braun (GER), 2609 (E)
  88. Vadim Zvjaginsev (RUS), 2608 (E)
  89. Kacper Piorun (POL), 2608 (FN)
  90. Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (IND), 2608 (PN)
  91. Aleksandar Indjic (SRB), 2607 (E)
  92. Cristobal Henriquez Villagra (CHI), 2606 (AM)
  93. Vasif Durarbayli (AZE), 2606 (FN)
  94. Timur Gareyev (USA), 2606 (Z2.1)
  95. Ivan Ivanisevic (SRB), 2606 (E)
  96. Evgeny Alekseev (RUS), 2605 (E)
  97. Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson (ISL), 2603 (FN)
  98. Baadur Jobava (GEO), 2603 (E)
  99. Axel Bachmann (PAR), 2599 (AM)
  100. Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB), 2598 (Z3.4)
  101. Kiril Georgiev (MKD), 2594 (FN)
  102. Ante Brkić (CRO), 2592 (E)
  103. Michał Krasenkow (POL), 2591 (E)
  104. Mircea-Emilian Parligras (ROM), 2591 (FN)
  105. Hovhannes Gabuzyan (ARM), 2590 (E)
  106. Viorel Iordachescu (MDA), 2589 (FN)
  107. Denis Kadrić (BIH), 2586 (PN)
  108. Sebastian Bogner (SUI), 2581 (FN)
  109. Victor Mikhalevski (ISR), 2581 (FN)
  110. Velimir Ivić (SRB), 2581 (FN)
  111. Mads Andersen (DEN), 2579 (FN)
  112. Gukesh D (IND), 2578 (PN)
  113. Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE), 2577 (E)
  114. Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera (CUB), 2573 (Z2.3)
  115. Emre Can (TUR), 2569 (E)
  116. Alexandr Fier (BRA), 2569 (FN)
  117. Nikita Meshkovs (LAT), 2568 (FN)
  118. Yasser Quesada Pérez (CUB), 2565 (FN)
  119. Luka Paichadze (GEO), 2564 (E)
  120. Levan Pantsulaia (GEO), 2564 (FN)
  121. Javokhir Sindarov (UZB), 2558 (AS)
  122. Elshan Moradiabadi (USA), 2555 (AM)
  123. Krikor Mekhitarian (BRA), 2554 (AM)
  124. Federico Perez Ponsa (ARG), 2554 (Z2.5)
  125. Boris Savchenko (RUS), 2553 (E)
  126. Bobby Cheng (AUS), 2552 (FN)
  127. Susanto Megaranto (INA), 2550 (FN)
  128. Saša Martinović (CRO), 2548 (E)
  129. Kaido Kulaots (EST), 2548 (FN)
  130. Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (IRI), 2547 (Z3.1)
  131. Vahap Şanal (TUR), 2546 (FN)
  132. Nikita Afanasiev (RUS), 2542 (E)
  133. Momchil Nikolov (BUL), 2542 (FN)
  134. Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora (MEX), 2540 (FN)
  135. Helgi Dam Ziska (FRO), 2539 (Z1.10)
  136. Andrew Tang (USA), 2538 (AM)
  137. Jahongir Vakhidov (UZB), 2534 (FN)
  138. Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB), 2530 (AS)
  139. Leandro Krysa (ARG), 2527 (AM)
  140. Guillermo Vázquez (PAR), 2527 (FN)
  141. Jerguš Pecháč (SVK), 2523 (PN)
  142. Darcy Lima (BRA), 2522 (Z2.4)
  143. Vojtěch Plát (CZE), 2521 (FN)
  144. Ádám Kozák (HUN), 2518 (E)
  145. Paweł Teclaf, IM (POL), 2514 (E)
  146. Pablo Salinas Herrera (CHI), 2514 (FN)
  147. Robert Hungaski (USA), 2514 (AM)
  148. Wynn Zaw Htun, IM (MYA), 2508 (FN)
  149. P. Iniyan (IND), 2506 (IAS)
  150. Dambasuren Batsuren (MGL), 2504 (FN)
  151. Volodar Murzin, IM (RUS), 2502 (FN)
  152. Bilel Bellahcene (ALG), 2499 (FN)
  153. Juraj Druska, IM (SVK), 2493 (FN)
  154. Matej Šebenik (SLO), 2492 (FN)
  155. Sergio Barrientos (COL), 2490 (Z2.3)
  156. Alexandre Dgebuadze (BEL), 2488 (FN)
  157. Razvan Preotu (CAN), 2487 (FN)
  158. Kirill Shubin, IM (RUS), 2486 (ON)
  159. Abhimanyu Mishra, IM (USA), 2485 (PN)
  160. Kirill Stupak (BLR), 2485 (FN)
  161. Adham Fawzy (EGY), 2485 (AF)
  162. Andrés Rodríguez Vila (URU), 2484 (FN)
  163. Tin Jingyao, IM (SGP), 2482 (AS)
  164. Dmitry V. Sklyarov, IM (FIN), 2480 (FN)
  165. Goh Wei Ming (SGP), 2478 (FN)
  166. Luka Drašković, IM (MNE), 2469 (FN)
  167. Paulo Bersamina, IM (PHI), 2462 (FN)
  168. Rudik Makarian, IM (RUS), 2460 (ON)
  169. Ravi Haria, IM (ENG), 2440 (FN)
  170. Karolis Juksta, FM (LTU), 2438 (FN)
  171. Basheer Al Qudaimi, IM (YEM), 2435 (FN)
  172. Ziaur Rahman (BAN), 2434 (Z3.2)
  173. Esteban Valderrama Quiceno, IM (COL), 2430 (FN)
  174. Saparmyrat Atabayev, IM (TKM), 2425 (FN)
  175. Essam El Gindy (EGY), 2420 (FN)
  176. Sugar Gan-Erdene, IM (MGL), 2419 (AS)
  177. Pedro Ramon Martinez Reyes, FM (VEN), 2417 (FN)
  178. Evgenios Ioannidis, IM (GRE), 2411 (FN)
  179. Arthur Ssegwanyi, IM (UGA), 2409 (FN)
  180. Niaz Murshed (BAN), 2404 (FN)
  181. Asyl Abdyjapar, IM (KGZ), 2403 (FN)
  182. Abdelrahman Hesham (EGY), 2397 (AF)
  183. Amir Zaibi (TUN), 2396 (FN)
  184. Andre Ventura Sousa, IM (POR), 2390 (FN)
  185. Sami Khader, IM (JOR), 2382 (FN)
  186. Mohamed Tissir, IM (MAR), 2379 (FN)
  187. Noaman Omar, IM (UAE), 2367 (FN)
  188. Sergio Minero Pineda, IM (CRC), 2365 (FN)
  189. Mohamad Ervan, IM (INA), 2356 (AS)
  190. Rodwell Makoto, IM (ZIM), 2352 (FN)
  191. Bashir Eiti, IM (SYR), 2340 (FN)
  192. Daniel Quizon, IM (PHI), 2319 (Z3.3)
  193. Daniel Barrish, FM (RSA), 2313 (FN)
  194. Abobker Mohamed Elarabi, FM (LBA), 2307 (FN)
  195. Olanrewaju Ajibola, no title (NGR), 2302 (FN)
  196. Michael Concio, IM (PHI), 2297 (Z3.3)
  197. Sergio Miguel, FM (ANG), 2286 (FN)
  198. Chitumbo Mwali, IM (ZAM), 2281 (FN)
  199. Akar Ali Salih Salih, FM (IRQ), 2274 (FN)
  200. Alisher Karimov, FM (TJK), 2244 (FN)
  201. Antoine Kassis, FM (LBN), 2205 (FN)
  202. Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage, CM (SRI), 2203 (FN)
  203. Allen Chi Zhou Fan, FM (NZL), 2193 (FN)
  204. Sumant Subramaniam, FM (MAS), 2155 (FN)
  205. Chiletso Chipanga, CM (MWI), 2103 (PN)
  206. Elmer Prudente, CM (GUM), 1998 (Z3.6)
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