Chess World Cup 2005


The Chess World Cup 2005 served as a qualification tournament for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2007. It was held as a 128-player tournament from 27 November to 17 December 2005 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
The top ten finishers qualified for the candidates matches of the World Chess Championship 2007. One of them had already qualified for the candidates matches via rating, freeing the place for the eleventh player at the World Cup.
The World Cup was won by Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian.

Background

The 2005 World Cup was part of the cycle for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2007. Three of the players at the World Cup, Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk and Boris Gelfand, went on to qualify for the World Championship, which was held as an eight-player double round-robin event, with Gelfand finishing third.
Four top finishers of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 were already invited to the World Championship 2007 and thus exempt from the World Cup.

Playing conditions

The tournament was in the style of the FIDE World Chess Championships between 1998 and 2004: each round consisted of a two-game match, followed by tie breaks at faster time controls if required. In rounds 1–3 losing players were eliminated. However, in rounds 4–6 defeated players progressed to the next round, to determine standings of the 16 best players.
The time control for regular games was 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with 30 seconds added after each move. Tie breaks consisted of two rapid chess games ; followed by two blitz games if required ; followed by a single Armageddon chess game if required.

Qualification

The following players qualified for the World Cup:
All players are Grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.
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  123. , 2432, FM
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  126. , 2306, FM
  127. , 2303, no title
  128. , 2264, FM
Note: 7th seed Akopian did not show up for his first round match against Lane and lost on forfeit.

Final standings

The top 11 qualified for the 2007 Candidates Tournament.

Results, rounds 5–7

The losers in rounds 4-6 played further mini matches to establish the places 3-16.

Placement matches

;Round 5
;;For places 9–16
;Round 6
;;For places 5–8
;;For places 9–12
;;For places 13–16
;Round 7
;;3rd place match
;;5th place match
;;7th place match
;;9th place match
;;11th place match
;;13th place match
;;15th place match

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8