Chess World Cup 2011

FIDE Chess World Cup 2011
2011 FIDE World Cup winner Peter Svidler.
Tournament information
SportChess
LocationKhanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Dates26 August 2011–21 September 2011
AdministratorFIDE
Tournament
format(s)
Single-elimination tournament
Host(s)Chess Federation of Russia
Final positions
ChampionRussia Peter Svidler
Runner-upRussia Alexander Grischuk

The Chess World Cup 2011 was a chess World Cup tournament. It was a 128-player single-elimination tournament, played between 26 August and 21 September 2011, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.[1] The Cup winner Peter Svidler, along with second placed Alexander Grischuk and third placed Vassily Ivanchuk, qualified for the Candidates stage of the World Chess Championship 2013.[2]

  1. ^ "World Cup 2011 pairings (updated)". Archived from the original on 2017-07-18. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  2. ^ "Rules & regulations for the Candidates Matches of the FIDE World Championship cycle 2011-2013" (PDF). FIDE. Retrieved 4 September 2011.