The chess world cup 2019 will be this time held in Russia from September 9, 2019 to October 4, 2019. The Chess world cup is a single-elimination chess tournament in which 128-players play. The two tournament finalists will be qualified for the candidates tournament, which determines the opponent against Magnus Carlsen for the World Chess Championship, that will be held in 2020.
World Chess Championship 2020 is the chess match between the Candidates tournament winner against the reigning world champion. The reigning world champion is Magnus Carlsen. The World Chess Championship 2020 is a 14 match chess tournament. The best-of-14 match performance will be assessed to determine the World Chess Champion.
Chess World Cup matches will have 7-round knock-out type matches. Of the seven rounds, the first six will have two classical games except in the finals and in the match to determine the second runner-up. The finals and second runner-up determining match will have four classical games instead of two.
Chess World Cup 2019 Matches and Rounds Schedule
Here is the complete schedule for the 2019 Chess World Cup.
| Event | Dates |
| Round 1 | September 10th – September 12th |
| Round 2 | September 13th – September 15th |
| Round 3 | September 16th – September 18th |
| Round 4 | September 20th – September 22nd |
| Round 5 | September 23rd – September 25th |
| Round 6 | September 26th – September 28th |
| Finals and play-off for third place | September 30th – October 4th |
Chess World Cup 2019 Prize Money
The prize money waiting for the tournament final winner is US $110,000. The runner-up will get US $80000 as the prize money.
The prize money for third and fourth positions is US $60000 and US $50000 respectively. Here is the round-wise winning prize money for the Chess World Cup 2019.
| Rounds | Winning Prize Money |
| Round One | US $6000 |
| Round Two | US $10000 |
| Round Three | US $16000 |
| Round Four | US $25000 |
| Round Five | US $35000 |
| fourth position | US $50000 |
| Third position | US $60000 |
| Runner-up | US $80000 |
| Final Winner | US $110000 |
2019 Chess World Cup Qualified Players
Here is the list of all qualified players for the tournament with their country and FIDE ratings. The players are chosen according to the FIDE ratings of August 2019.
1. Ding Liren (China), 2805
2. Anish Giri (Netherlands), 2779
3. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (), 2778
4. Wesley So (USA), 2776
5. Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia), 2774
6. Levon Aronian (Armenia), 2765
7. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), 2764
8. Leinier Domínguez (USA), 2763
9. Alexander Grischuk (Russia), 2759
10.Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), 2758
11. Vladislav Artemiev (Russia), 2757
12. Yu Yangyi (China), 2752
13. Sergey Karjakin (Russia), 2750
14. Hikaru Nakamura (USA), 2743
15. Dmitry Andreikin (Russia), 2743
16. Radoslaw Wojtaszek (Poland), 2739
17. Pentala Harikrishna (India), 2738
18. Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland), 2730
19. Peter Svidler (Russia), 2729
20. Nikita Vitiugov (Russia), 2728
21. Wei Yi (China), 2727
22. Le Quang Liem (Vietnam), 2726
23. David Navara (Czech Republic), 2724
24. Bu Xiangzhi (China), 2721
25. Wang Hao (China), 2720 (R)
26. Sam Shankland (USA ), 2713
27. Maxim Matlakov (Russia), 2710
28. Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia), 2706
29. Vidit Gujrathi (India), 2705
30. Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia), 2704
31. Jeffery Xiong (USA), 2703
32. Alireza Firouzja (Iran), 2702
33. Daniil Dubov (Russia), 2699
34. Bassem Amin (Egypt), 2692
35. Gawain Jones (England), 2692
36. Nils Grandelius (Sweden), 2691
37. Michael Adams (England), 2690
38. Boris Gelfand (Israel), 2686
39. Jorge Cori (Peru), 2686
40. Maxim Rodshtein (Israel), 2684
41. Ernesto Inarkiev (Russia), 2682
42.Luke McShane (England), 2682
43. Anton Korobov (Ukraine), 2679
44. David Antón Guijarro (Spain), 2678
45. Arkadij Naiditsch (Azerbaijan), 2675
46. Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine), 2675
47. Tamir Nabaty (Israel), 2673
48. Vladimir Fedoseev (Russia), 2671
49. Kirill Alekseenko (Russia), 2668
50. Ferenc Berkes (Hungary), 2666
51. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (), 2666
52. Samuel Sevian (USA), 2665
53. Baskaran Adhiban (India) 2665
54. Ivan Cheparinov (Georgia), 2663
55. Sanan Sjugirov (Russia), 2662
56. Ivan Šaric (Croatia), 2660
57. Kaer Piorun (Poland), 2660
58. Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan), 2657
59. Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran), 2656
60. Alexey Sarana (Russia), 2655
61. Anton Demchenko (Russia), 2655
62. Igor Kovalenko (Latvia), 2654
63. Benjamin Gledura (Hungary), 2654
64. Sergei Movsesian (Armenia), 2654
65. Grigoriy Oparin (Russia), 2654
66. Evgeniy Najer (Russia), 2653
67. Constantin Lupulescu (Romania), 2652
68. Robert Hovhannisyan (Armenia), 2650
69. Alexandr Predke (Russia), 2650
70. Maksim Chigaev (Russia), 2643
71. Evgeny Bareev (Canada), 2643
72. Nijat Abasov (Azerbaijan), 2640
73. Benjamin Bok (Netherlands), 2640
74. Sandro Mareco (Argentina), 2640
75. Ahmed Adly (Egypt), 2636
76. Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli (Venezuela), 2635
77. Aryan Tari (Norway), 2634
78. Mircea Parligras (Romania), 2633
79. Rinat Jumabayev (Kazakhstan), 2633
80. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (Vietnam), 2631
81. Ganguly Surya Shekhar (India), 2630
82. S.P. Sethuraman (India), 2630
83. Andrey Esipenko (Russia), 2625
84. Niclas Huschenbeth (), 2620
85. S.L. Narayanan (India), 2618
86. Abhijeet Gupta (India), 2616
87. Neuris Delgado Ramirez (Paraguay), 2612
88. Karthikeyan Murali (India), 2612
89. Mateusz Bartel (Poland), 2612
90. Nihal Sarin (India), 2610
91. Lu Shanglei (China), 2610
92. Aravindh Chithambaram (India), 2607
93. Aleksandr Rakhmanov (Russia), 2606
94. Diego Flores (Argentina), 2604
95. Amin Tabatabaei (Iran), 2601
96. Emilio Cordova (Peru), 2599
97. Arman Pashikian (ARM), 2599
98. Igor Lysyj (Russia), 2596
99. Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara (Peru), 2596
100. Alan Pichot (Argentina), 2596
101. Nikita Petrov (Russia), 2595
102. Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan), 2594
103. Eltaj Safarli (Azerbaijan), 2593
104. Aleksei Pridorozhni (Russia), 2591
105. Xu Xiangyu (China), 2584
106. Daniil Yuffa (Russia), 2571
107. Aleksej Aleksandrov (Belarus), 2571
108. Miguel Santos Ruiz, IM (Spain), 2567
109. Frode Urkedal (Norway), 2566
110. Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera (Cuba), 2566
111. Cristobal Henriquez Villagra (Chile), 2562
112. Yuri Gonzalez Vidal (Cuba), 2554
113. Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (Norway), 2554
114. Krikor Mekhitarian (Brazil), 2554
115. Bilel Bellahcene (Algeria), 2550
116. Susanto Megaranto (Indonesia), 2545
117. Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami (Iran), 2539
118. Ilia Iljiushenok (Russia), 2533
119. Helgi Dam Ziska (Faroe Islands), 2533
120. Paulius Pultinevicius, IM (Lithuania), 2485
121. Alder Escobar Forero (Colombia), 2477
122. Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo, IM (Madagascar), 2438
123. Essam El Gindy (Egypt), 2423
124. Sugar Gan-Erdene, untitled (Mongolia), 2408
125. Sergio Duran Vega, IM (Costa Rica), 2395
126. Daniel Anwuli, IM (Nigeria), 2284
127. Mohammad Fahad Rahman, FM (Bangladesh), 2250
128. Shaun Press, FM (Papua New Guinea), 1954
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