Tromso World Cup 2013

[Mick Norris]

Is this the strongest event yet?

http://worldchesscup2013.com/images/PDF ... ngTree.pdf

[Andrew Bak]

I can imagine that there will be a lot of upsets as they are only 2-game matches followed by rapid and blitz.

It seems curious to me that seed 1 always played seed 128, 2 vs 127 etc at these World Cups. Why can't they do a similar seeding system to Wimbledon where Seed 1 plays anyone from seed 65-128?

Perhaps in reality the ratings and ability of most of these players are so close that it makes little difference in the long run.

[Mick Norris]

Preview with details including schedule, pairings and time control here
http://www.chessvibes.com/fide-world-cu ... -on-sunday

and with good photos here
http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId/211 ... 80813.aspx

[Greg Breed]

Gawain Jones (seeded 72) has a tough journey! Assuming he wins all his games and faces the top seed from other games he would have:
Round / Seed / Name / Country / FIDE grade
1) 57. A. Shimanov (RUS) 2655
2) 8. G. Kamsky (USA) 2741
3) 25. D. Navara (CZE) 2715
4) 9. S. Mamedyarov (AZE) 2775
5) 1. L. Aronian (ARM) 2813
6) 4. A. Grischuk (RUS) 2785
7) 2. F. Caruana (ITA) 2796

Mickey Adams, being seeded higher at 14 would seemingly have a slightly easier start:
Round / Seed / Name / Country / FIDE grade
1) 115. Wan Yunguo (CHN) 2512
2) 51. Y. Kryvoruchko (UKR) 2678
3) 19. V. Ivanchuk (UKR) 2731
4) 3. V. Kramnik (RUS) 2784
5) 6. H. Nakamura (USA) 2772
6) 2. F. Caruana (ITA) 2796
7) 1. L. Aronian (ARM) 2813

and because they are opposite sides of the draw if they do win all their games they will meet in the final!!

[Andrew Bak]

What happens if Aronian and Caruana meet in the final and both get their tickets to the Candidates via the World Cup - as they will likely get into the Candidates by rating alone.

Would the semi-finalists get their Candidates spots or would it be people lower down in the rating list than those two?

[Steven Gardner]

What happens if Aronian and Caruana meet in the final and both get their tickets to the Candidates via the World Cup - as they will likely get into the Candidates by rating alone.

Would the semi-finalists get their Candidates spots or would it be people lower down in the rating list than those two?

According to the all knowing wikipedia, Aronian and Kramnik have already booked their place in the 2014 candidates based on their average rating from August 2012 to July 2013. If either get to the final then Karjakin is the next in line and if both then Radjabov will also qualify by rating instead.

See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Ches ... nship_2014

[Mick Norris]

http://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/regsc ... es2014.pdf

The 2 World Cup finalists qualify for the Candidates

If either of them manage second in the Grand Prix (given Topalov is first in the GP, and not playing in the WC), then the third in the GP qualifies - we are likely talking here about Mamedyarov, Caruana or Grischuk finishing second and third, there are other possibilities

If either of the WC finalists are Aronian or Kramnik, who both qualify by rating for the Candidates once they play in the WC, then Karjakin gets in by rating - if the WC final is Aronian v Kramnik, then Karjakin qualifies along with Radjabov, as Steven says, as far as I know

[Mick Norris]

Games start at 2pm our time

http://www.chessworldcup2013.com/live

[LawrenceCooper]

Games start at 2pm our time

http://www.chessworldcup2013.com/live

Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to www.chessworldcup2013.com

[Leonard Barden]

According to chessbomb, the start is delayed by 15 minutes due to the long queue for player security checks.....

[Mick Norris]

It was working fine (and in Google Chrome) when I posted the link

Looked nice before anyone arrived
https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/ ... 44/photo/1

[Simon Ansell]

Games start at 2pm our time

http://www.chessworldcup2013.com/live

Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to http://www.chessworldcup2013.com

This always happens, how hard is it for FIDE to do some load testing FFS...?

Does anyone have a direct link to the video commentary on livestream or whatever service they're using?

edit: i found it: http://new.livestream.com/cisha/wcc2013 ... &cat=event

[Andrew Camp]

http://new.livestream.com/cisha/wcc2013 ... &cat=event

[LawrenceCooper]

http://new.livestream.com/cisha/wcc2013 ... &cat=event

Wow, Lawrence is letting someone else get a word in

[Simon Ansell]

Cleaned up link is http://new.livestream.com/cisha/wcc2013