World Chess Cup 2009
World Chess Cup Khanty Mansiysk 2009
round 1 pairings
After knowing the November 2009 ratings,
the World Chess Federation has announced the pairings for the 2009 World Chess Cup in Khanty Mansiysk.
More information about the competition at the World Cup preview and the official website.
World Cup 2009 pairings and participants
1 GM Gelfand, Boris ISR - IM Obodchuk, Andrei RUS
2 GM Gashimov, Vugar AZE - IM Sarwat, Walaa EGY
3 GM Svidler, Peter RUS - IM Hebert, Jean CAN
4 GM Morozevich, Alexander RUS - IM Abdel Razik, Khaled EGY
5 GM Radjabov, Teimour AZE - IM Ezat, Mohamed EGY
6 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR - GM Bezgodov, Alexei RUS
7 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR - GM El Gindy, Essam EGY
8 GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS - IM Sriram, Jha IND
9 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS - GM Rizouk, Aimen ALG
10 GM Wang, Yue CHN - GM Kabanov, Nikolai RUS
11 GM Eljanov, Pavel UKR - GM Al Sayed, Mohamad N. QAT
12 GM Karjakin, Sergey UKR - GM Rodriguez Vila, Andres URU
13 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE - GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS
14 GM Shirov, Alexei ESP - GM Kunte, Abhijit IND
15 GM Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB - GM Smerdon, David AUS
16 GM Movsesian, Sergei SVK - GM Yu, Yangyi CHN
17 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA - GM Yu, Shaoteng CHN
18 GM Alekseev, Evgeny RUS - IM Pridorozhni, Aleksei RUS
19 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS - GM Ivanov, Alexander USA
20 GM Wang, Hao CHN - GM Friedel, Joshua E USA
21 GM Navara, David CZE - GM Laylo, Darwin PHI
22 GM Malakhov, Vladimir RUS - GM Amin, Bassem EGY
23 GM Bacrot, Etienne FRA - GM Nijboer, Friso NED
24 GM Rublevsky, Sergei RUS - GM Morovic Fernandez, Ivan CHI
25 GM Jobava, Baadur GEO - IM Robson, Ray USA
26 GM Motylev, Alexander RUS - GM Hess, Robert L USA
27 GM Kamsky, Gata USA - GM Antonio, Rogelio Jr PHI
28 GM Vitiugov, Nikita RUS - GM Gupta, Abhijeet IND
29 GM Bologan, Viktor MDA - GM Adly, Ahmed EGY
30 GM Naiditsch, Arkadij GER - GM Hou, Yifan CHN
31 GM Bu, Xiangzhi CHN - GM Pelletier, Yannick SUI
32 GM Polgar, Judit HUN - GM Pavasovic, Dusko SLO
33 GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU - GM Lupulescu, Constantin ROU
34 GM Sargissian, Gabriel ARM - GM Li, Chao b CHN
35 GM Onischuk, Alexander USA - GM Flores, Diego ARG
36 GM Cheparinov, Ivan BUL - GM Kryvoruchko, Yuriy UKR
37 GM Efimenko, Zahar UKR - GM Milos, Gilberto BRA
38 GM Sutovsky, Emil ISR - GM Zhou, Weiqi CHN
39 GM Najer, Evgeniy RUS - GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan IRI
40 GM Tiviakov, Sergei NED - GM Iturrizaga, Eduardo VEN
41 GM Areshchenko, Alexander UKR - GM Corrales Jimenez, Fidel CUB
42 GM Sasikiran, Krishnan IND - GM L'Ami, Erwin NED
43 GM Smirin, Ilia ISR - GM Ehlvest, Jaan USA
44 GM Baklan, Vladimir UKR - GM Shabalov, Alexander USA
45 GM Ganguly, Surya Shekhar IND - GM Filippov, Anton UZB
46 GM Fier, Alexandr BRA - GM Khalifman, Alexander RUS
47 GM Fressinet, Laurent FRA - GM Sjugirov, Sanan RUS
48 GM Meier, Georg GER - GM Petrosian, Tigran L. ARM
49 GM Grachev, Boris RUS - GM Bartel, Mateusz POL
50 GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA - GM Bruzon Batista, Lazaro CUB
51 GM Sokolov, Ivan NED - GM Fedorchuk, Sergey A. UKR
52 GM Milov, Vadim SUI - GM Negi, Parimarjan IND
53 GM Timofeev, Artyom RUS - GM Leitao, Rafael BRA
54 GM Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS - GM Gustafsson, Jan GER
55 GM Savchenko, Boris RUS - GM Shulman, Yuri USA
56 GM Kobalia, Mikhail RUS - GM Sandipan, Chanda IND
57 GM Tkachiev, Vladislav FRA - GM Le, Quang Liem VIE
58 GM Tregubov, Pavel V. RUS - GM Akobian, Varuzhan USA
59 GM So, Wesley PHI - GM Guseinov, Gadir AZE
60 GM Granda Zuniga, Julio E PER - GM Sakaev, Konstantin RUS
61 GM Laznicka, Viktor CZE - GM Papaioannou, Ioannis GRE
62 GM Andreikin, Dmitry RUS - GM Nyback, Tomi FIN
63 GM Mamedov, Rauf AZE - GM Zhou, Jianchao CHN
64 GM Amonatov, Farrukh TJK - GM Volkov, Sergey RUS
