Chess World Cup 2005 - Qualification

Qualification

The following players qualified for the World Cup:

• Three of the four semi-finalists of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 (Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Michael Adams and Teimour Radjabov); the fourth semi-finalist, Veselin Topalov, was the reigning FIDE World Champion and already had a berth in the next championship.
• Women's World Champion 2004 (Antoaneta Stefanova).
• Junior World Champion 2004 (Pendyala Harikrishna).
• 22 players with the highest Elo rating. The average ratings from July 2004 and January 2005 were used.
• 90 players qualified from the continental and zonal championships:
  • 46 players from Europe,
  • 19 players from the Americas,
  • 19 players from Asia and Oceania,
  • 6 players from Africa.
• 8 nominees of the FIDE President.
• 3 nominees of the local Organising Committee.