Tournament information | |
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Sport | Chess |
Location | Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Dates | 26 August 2011–21 September 2011 |
Administrator | FIDE |
Tournament format(s) | Single-elimination tournament |
Host(s) | Chess Federation of Russia |
Final positions | |
Champion | Peter Svidler |
Runner-up | 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]