2019 FIDE WORLD CUP/Rd1:
2019 FIDE World Cup Sept. 9 – Oct. 4 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
Knock-out tournament, seven (7) rounds. The first six (6) rounds are played with two (2) games matches.
The Final and the Match for 3 rd place consist of four (4) games.
Round 1: 128 players
Round 2: 64 players
Round 3: 32 players
Round 4: 16 players
Round 5: 8 players
Round 6: 4 players
Round 7: Final 2 players
Match for 3rd place 2 players
The time control for each game is: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an
increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.
The players cannot draw a game by agreement before black’s 30th move. A claim for a draw before black’s 30th move is
permitted only through an Arbiter in case of threefold repetition.
ROUND 1 Pairing Tree
Rating List in the World 30 – 40
Rd 1 Lysyj, Igor (2596) – Xiong, Jeffery (2707) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Nd2 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Nb3 e5 13. Bf3 Be6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Na5 Rfc8 16. Bd2 Rab8 17. b3 Ba3 18. Be1 Bb4 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Kf8 21. Rab1 Ke7 22. Kf1 a5 23. f3 Nd7 24. Ke2 Nc5 25. Rdc1 Ke6 26. Rc2 Rd8 27. Ra1 f5 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 e4 30. fxe4 fxe4 31. Ke2 Rb7 32. Bd2 Rd7 33. Nb1 Nd3 34. a3 Rf7 35. axb4 Rf2+ 36. Kd1 axb4 37. Bc1 Rf1+ 38. Kd2 Rf2+ 39. Kd1 Rf1+ 40. Kd2 b3 0-1
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