World Cup pairings

Khanty-Mansiysk round 1

These are the pairings for round 1 of the World Chess Cup that will take place from the 23rd of November to 17th of December in Khanty-Mansiysk. 128 of the world's top chess players will take part in the competition. Here are the pairings for round 1.

World Cup round 1

Ivanchuk, Vassily (1) - Aderito, Pedro (128)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2) - Abdel Razik, Khaled (127)
Radjabov, Teimour (3) - Genba, Vladimir (126)
Aronian, Levon (4) - Hobaica, Juan Pablo (125)
Shirov, Alexei (5) - Gwaze, Robert (124)
Svidler, Peter (6) - Iturrizaga, Eduardo (123)
Adams, Michael (7) - Zugic, Igor (122)
Alekseev, Evgeny (8) - Ismagambetov, Anuar (121)
Grischuk, Alexander (9) - Lima, Darcy (120)
Carlsen, Magnus (10) - Zhao, Zong-Yuan (119)
Kamsky, Gata (11) - Adly, Ahmed (118)
Akopian, Vladimir (12) - Filippov, Anton (117)
Jakovenko, Dmitry (13) - Rahman, Ziaur (116)
Ponomariov, Ruslan (14) - El Gindy, Essam (115)
Wang, Yue (15) - Pridorozhni, Aleksei (114)
Bacrot, Etienne (16) - Laylo, Darwin (113)
Karjakin, Sergey (17) - Matsuura, Everaldo (112)
Bu, Xiangzhi (18) - Kabanov, Nikolai (111)
Eljanov, Pavel (19) - Hossain Enamul (110)
Almasi, Zoltan (20) - Wen Yang (109)
Malakhov, Vladimir (21) - Xu, Yuhua (108)
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (22) - Gopal, G.N. (107)
Dominguez Perez, Lenier (23) - Iljushin, Alexei (106)
Van Wely, Loek (24) - Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son (105)
Landa, Konstantin (25) - Nevednichy, Vladislav (104)
Volokitin, Andrei (26) - Le, Quang Liem (103)
Rublevsky, Sergei (27) - Hera, Imre Jr. (102)
Onischuk, Alexander (28) - Andriasian, Zaven (101)
Inarkiev, Ernesto (29) - Peralta, Fernando (100)
Zvjaginsev, Vadim (30) - Kunte, Abhijit (99)
Cheparinov, Ivan (31) - Gonzalez Zamora, Juan Carlos (98)
Harikrishna, P. (32) - Zhao, Jun (97)
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (33) - Amin, Bassem (96)
Tkachiev, Vladislav (34) - Balogh, Csaba (95)
Sasikiran, Krishnan (35) - Zhigalko, Sergei (94)
Vallejo Pons, Francisco (36) - Kudrin, Sergey (93)
Nikolic, Predrag (37) - Iljin, Artem (92)
Navara, David (38) - Ivanov, Alexander (91)
Sutovsky, Emil (39) - Zhou, Jianchao (90)
Fressinet, Laurent (40) - Flores, Diego (89)
Bareev, Evgeny (41) - Becerra Rivero, Julio (88)
Short, Nigel D (42) - Baramidze, David (87)
Georgiev, Kiril (43) - Megaranto, Susanto (86)
Volkov, Sergey (44) - Gajewski, Grzegorz (85)
Socko, Bartosz (45) - Georgiev, Vladimir (84)
Tomashevsky, Evgeny (46) - Mamedov, Rauf (83)
Motylev, Alexander (47) - Savchenko, Boris (82)
Zhang, Pengxiang (48) - Gagunashvili, Merab (81)
Roiz, Michael (49) - Akobian, Varuzhan (80)
Tiviakov, Sergei (50) - Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (79)
Wang, Hao (51) - Markus, Robert (78)
Khalifman, Alexander (52) - Belov, Vladimir (77)
Izoria, Zviad (53) - Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (76)
Avrukh, Boris (54) - Milos, Gilberto (75)
Naiditsch, Arkadij (55) - Granda Zuniga, Julio E (74)
Najer, Evgeniy (56) - Berg, Emanuel (73)
Sakaev, Konstantin (57) - Vitiugov, Nikita (72)
Gurevich, Mikhail (58) - Kaidanov, Gregory S (71)
Shabalov, Alexander (59) - Pavasovic, Dusko (70)
Shulman, Yuri (60) - Leitao, Rafael (69)
Rodshtein, Maxim (61) - Gustafsson, Jan (68)
Laznicka, Viktor (62) - Macieja, Bartlomiej (67)
Kozul, Zdenko (63) - Bruzon Batista, Lazaro (66)
Bartel, Mateusz (64) - Galkin, Alexander (65)