FIDE World Cup 2009 : Nov. 21st - Dec. 14th Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia : http://www.ugra-chess.ru/eng/main_e.htm : LIVE COVERAGE on ICC
128 players from all around the world : 7 Rounds - Knock Out System (2 Games per Round) : Tie breaks if needed on each round : Rest day: December 9th
Games start at 5:00 AM ICC Time :
Final (Tiebreaks)
1 7.0 GM Boris Gelfand ISR 2758
2 5.0 GM Ruslan Ponomariov RUS 2739 : : GM Boris Gelfand is the new World Cup 2009 Champion
: Results: http://cup2009.fide.com/results.php :
Tie-breaks system: 4 games at 25 mins +10 sec.inc : 2nd tiebreak: Match of 2 Games at 5 mins. +3 sec. inc. (Max. of 10 games) : 3rd tiebreak: 1 game at 5 mins (white) and 4 mins (black)
Prize Fund: 1,600,000 USD - 120,000 for the 1st place : Map: http://www.welt-atlas.de/map_of_russia_0-9017 : Type:
"liblist WorldCup09" "liblist WorldCup09-2" : "liblist WorldCup09-3" "liblist Worldcup09-4" : "liblist WorldCup09-5" for Games