The World Cup preliminaries began on 2015-10-01 with 928 entries (718 players from 52 countries) in 72 server sections and ended on 2017-11-09. The semi-finals were played from 2017-06-30 to 2019-04-18 with 143 players in 11 server sections.
With the participation of 13 competitors, the ICCF 21 World Cup final (norms: GM=8 SIM=7,5 IM=6,5) was launched on 2019-06-06. Official start date 2019-06-30, no end date. The final is directed by IA Józef Lubas (POL).
The World Cup 21 final participants:
P | Q reason | Tit | Player | Fed | Elo |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CT21/sf01 | IM | Praznik, Niko | SLO | 2451 |
2 | CT21/sf02 | IM | Wharrier, Jo A. | ENG | 2424 |
3 | CT21/sf03 | IM | Taras, Iulian | ROU | 2440 |
4 | CT21/sf04 | CCM | Filin, Evgeny | RUS | 2410 |
5 | CT21/sf05 | IM | Vetter, Gerhard | GER | 2293 |
6 | CT21/sf06 | IM | Voveris, Gediminas | LTU | 2410 |
7 | CT21/sf07 | CCM | Johansen, Anders Sten | NOR | 2338 |
8 | CT21/sf08 | SIM | Krzyżanowski, Wojciech | POL | 2493 |
9 | CT21/sf09 | CCM | Ivec, Ivan | CRO | 2368 |
10 | CT21/sf10 | CCM | Kaan, J. E. F | NED | 2300 |
11 | CT21/sf11 | SIM | Schäfer, Uwe | GER | 2473 |
12 | CT16/final | SIM | Nogga, Uwe | GER | 2462 |
13 | CT17/final | GM | Gleichmann, Matthias | GER | 2541 |
Total | 13 | 2416 |
List of reserve:
List of reserve will be employed until October 2019 (more or less).
Pos | Section | Tit | Player | Fed | Elo | sh | pos | % | dSB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CT21/sf03 | IM | Dorić, Nenad | CRO | 2434 | 1 | 2 | 70,8% | -0,25 |
2 | CT21/sf10 | CCM | Achatz, Michael | GER | 2352 | 1 | 2 | 58,3% | -0,75 |
3 | CT21/sf05 | SIM | Morozov, Dmitry | RUS | 2481 | 1 | 2 | 54,2% | 0,00 |
Legend and priorities:
- sh=shared place – 1st or 2nd (lower number is better)
- pos=final position in section (lower number is better)
- %=percentage result (higher number is better)
- dSB=difference in SB between 2nd and 1st in cross table (higher number is better)
Statistics summary for the final:
- entries = 13
- countries = 10
- titled players = 13 (GM=1 SIM=3 IM=5 CCM=4)
- highest rating = 2541
- average rating of all entries = 2416
- entries by countries: 4xGER, 1 from GER, CRO, ENG, LTU, NED, NOR, POL, ROU, RUS, SLO.
Average rating 2416, tournament category 7 with title norms: GM=8/12 SIM-7,5 IM-6,5.
Prizes:
Prize 2000€ for the first 4 players (1000€; 600€, 300€; 100€). There will be no tie-break for the cash prizes but tie-breaks will be applied to decide the medal places.
Qualifications:
The following qualifications can be achieved in the final:
- the winner and the runner-up may enter directly a World Championship Candidates (tie break applies) (upon payment of the entry fee) [2019 ICCF Rules, Article 1.2.1.3.1.(d)];
- the winner of the World Cup Final 21 will qualify for the final of the next World Cup Tournament without paying any entry fee [2019 ICCF Rules, Article 1.2.3.6.] and will be awarded the SIM title [2019 ICCF Rules, Article 1.5.2.3.(a)];
- participants in the final round have the right to take part in the semi-final round of the next correspondence chess World Cup tournament (upon payment of the entry fee) [2019 ICCF Rules, Article 1.2.3.6.]
- the participants in a Final of the ICCF World Cup Tournament who finished in place 3 or 4 (tie break applies) or scored at least 60% of the possible points may enter directly a World Championship semi-finals (upon payment of the entry fee) [2019 ICCF Rules, Article 1.2.1.2.1.(e)];
- the participants in a Final of the ICCF World Cup Tournament who scored at least 50% of the possible points may enter directly a World Championship Preliminaries (upon payment of the entry fee) [2019 ICCF Rules, Article 1.2.1.1.1.(e)].
Enjoy this event in the spirit of …
Amici sumus
Mariusz Wojnar
Tournament Organizer