Chess World Cup 2005 - Participants

Participants

All players are Grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

  1. Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2748
  2. Étienne Bacrot (FRA), 2725
  3. Levon Aronian (ARM), 2724
  4. Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2720
  5. Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2717
  6. Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2710
  7. Vladimir Akopian (ARM), 2707
  8. Teimur Radjabov (AZE), 2704
  9. Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR), 2704
  10. Sergei Tiviakov (NED), 2699
  11. Ivan Sokolov (NED), 2696
  12. Alexey Dreev (RUS), 2694
  13. Gata Kamsky (USA), 2690
  14. Viorel Bologan (MDA), 2682
  15. Joël Lautier (FRA), 2679
  16. Lazaro Bruzon (CUB), 2677
  17. Evgeny Bareev (RUS), 2675
  18. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2674
  19. Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP), 2674
  20. Ilia Smirin (ISR), 2673
  21. Pendyala Harikrishna (IND), 2673
  22. Vladimir Malakhov (RUS), 2670
  23. Konstantin Sakaev (RUS), 2668
  24. Andrei Volokitin (UKR), 2666
  25. Alexander Moiseenko (UKR), 2663
  26. Krishnan Sasikiran (IND), 2663
  27. Pavel Eljanov (UKR), 2663
  28. Hikaru Nakamura (USA), 2662
  29. Vadim Zvjaginsev (RUS), 2659
  30. Sergey Karjakin (UKR), 2658
  31. Artyom Timofeev (RUS), 2658
  32. Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GEO), 2658
  33. Michał Krasenkow (POL), 2655
  34. Emil Sutovsky (ISR), 2654
  35. Alexander Areshchenko (UKR), 2653
  36. Alexander Khalifman (RUS), 2653
  37. Vadim Milov (SUI), 2652
  38. Mikhail Gurevich (TUR), 2652
  39. Sergei Rublevsky (RUS), 2652
  40. Loek van Wely (NED), 2648
  41. Ye Jiangchuan (CHN), 2648
  42. Zviad Izoria (GEO), 2646
  43. David Navara (CZE), 2646
  44. Giovanni Vescovi (BRA), 2646
  45. Karen Asrian (ARM), 2645
  46. Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS), 2644
  47. Evgeniy Najer (RUS), 2641
  48. Arkadij Naiditsch (GER), 2641
  49. Alexander Onischuk (USA), 2640
  50. Julio Granda (PER), 2637
  51. Zahar Efimenko (UKR), 2637
  52. Pavel Smirnov (RUS), 2637
  53. Sergei Movsesian (SVK), 2635
  54. Mikhail Kobalia (RUS), 2634
  55. Evgenij Miroshnichenko (UKR), 2634
  56. Alexander Motylev (RUS), 2632
  57. Evgeny Alekseev (RUS), 2632
  58. Alexander G. Beliavsky (SLO), 2631
  59. Vasilios Kotronias (GRE), 2626
  60. Ruben Felgaer (ARG), 2624
  61. Andrei Istrăţescu (ROM), 2622
  62. Gilberto Milos (BRA), 2620
  63. Robert Kempinski (POL), 2619
  64. Ivan Cheparinov (BUL), 2618
  1. Alexei Fedorov (BLR), 2616
  2. Rafael A. Vaganian (ARM), 2614
  3. Darmen Sadvakasov (KAZ), 2612
  4. Ľubomír Ftáčnik (SVK), 2612
  5. Gregory S. Kaidanov (USA), 2608
  6. Ni Hua (CHN), 2603
  7. Baadur Jobava (GEO), 2601
  8. Murtas Kazhgaleyev (KAZ), 2601
  9. Michael Roiz (ISR), 2600
  10. Oleg Korneev (RUS), 2599
  11. Zhang Zhong (CHN), 2598
  12. Mark Paragua (PHI), 2596
  13. Dmitry Bocharov (RUS), 2592
  14. Bartłomiej Macieja (POL), 2591
  15. Alexander Ivanov (USA), 2589
  16. Valerij Popov (RUS), 2588
  17. Pavel Kotsur (KAZ), 2587
  18. Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (IRI), 2586
  19. Rafael Leitao (BRA), 2586
  20. Wang Yue (CHN), 2585
  21. Utut Adianto (INA), 2584
  22. Predrag Nikolić (BIH), 2584
  23. Sergey Erenburg (ISR), 2582
  24. Xu Jun (CHN), 2582
  25. Artashes Minasian (ARM), 2581
  26. Dao Thien Hai (VIE), 2581
  27. Robert Markuš (SCG), 2579
  28. Levan Pantsulaia (GEO), 2578
  29. Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS), 2577
  30. Alexander Stripunsky (USA), 2576
  31. Hichem Hamdouchi (MAR), 2574
  32. Farrukh Ammonatov (TJK), 2572
  33. Magnus Carlsen (NOR), 2570
  34. Evgenij Agrest (SWE), 2570
  35. Csaba Balogh (HUN), 2567
  36. Yuri Shulman (USA), 2565
  37. Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND), 2562
  38. Sergey Kudrin (USA), 2551
  39. Alexei Iljushin (RUS), 2546
  40. Yuriy Kuzubov (UKR), 2541
  41. Sang Cao (HUN), 2538
  42. Darcy Gustavo Lima (BRA), 2529
  43. Wang Hao (CHN), 2519, no title
  44. Yu Shaoteng (CHN), 2516
  45. Walter Arencibia (CUB), 2510
  46. Li Shilong (CHN), 2510
  47. Nurlan Ibraev (KAZ), 2508, IM
  48. Vasquez Rodrigo (CHI), 2506
  49. Nikolai Kabanov (RUS), 2506, IM
  50. Aleksei Pridorozhni (RUS), 2506, IM
  51. Carlos Matamoros (ECU), 2501
  52. Zhao Jun (CHN), 2500
  53. Pascal Charbonneau (CAN), 2500, IM
  54. Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL), 2491
  55. Slim Belkhodja (TUN), 2490
  56. Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2480
  57. Diego Flores (ARG), 2479, IM
  58. Gary Lane (AUS), 2445, IM
  59. Kiril Kuderinov (KAZ), 2432, FM
  60. Watu Kobese (RSA), 2400, IM
  61. Gaston Needleman (ARG), 2381, no title
  62. Ali Frhat (EGY), 2306, FM
  63. Stanley Chumfwa (ZAM), 2303, no title
  64. Aleksandr Sibriaev (RUS), 2264, FM

Note: 7th seed Akopian did not show up for his first round match against Lane and lost on forfeit.

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