Dear Chessfriends,
The semi-finals of this World Cup started on 2013-08-30 with 156 players in 12 server sections and now ended on 2015-04-01. We have 98% completed games (range from 90% to 100%) – 6 sections out of 12 finished play. See below more statistics.
We know 11 qualified players for the World Cup 18 semi-finals until now. Most of them confirmed their participation already. Information about all qualified players for the final is posted regularly at the tournament website.
Start of the World Cup 18 final is scheduled as soon as all qualifiers are known (Q2/Q3 2015).
Should there be any non starters or unexpected withdrawals, the final might be completed by players from a prioritized list of reserve (those sharing 1st place). Some of these players might be contacted (if applicable) by TO Mariusz Wojnar via e-mail who will be offered any vacancies which arise.
List of reserve will be employed until October/November 2015 (more or less).
Adjudication
After the end date of the semi-finals (2015-04-01) there were 33 unfinished games. Until now 14 games were adjudicated and 6 games allowed to play and 13 games (from sections 2 & 7) are still under adjudication.
Amici sumus
Mariusz Wojnar
Central Tournament Leader
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Below some statistics and qualifications by sections can be found as of 2015-04-18.
| Section | Games | FG# | % | End date | Qualified for the World Cup 18 final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJ-CT18 | 936 | 917 | 98% | 11 players | ||
| DJ-CT18/sf01 | 78 | 77 | 99% | Ros Padilla, Javier | ||
| DJ-CT18/sf02 | 78 | 70 | 90% | |||
| DJ-CT18/sf03 | 78 | 78 | 100% | 2015-02-24 | Dolya, Anatoly Leonidovich | |
| DJ-CT18/sf04 | 78 | 77 | 99% | Visloguzov, Vadim Anatolievich | ||
| DJ-CT18/sf05 | 78 | 78 | 100% | 2015-04-17 | Zajontz, Rainer | |
| DJ-CT18/sf06 | 78 | 78 | 100% | 2015-03-30 | Voiculescu, Costel | |
| DJ-CT18/sf07 | 78 | 73 | 94% | |||
| DJ-CT18/sf08 | 78 | 78 | 100% | 2015-04-10 | Tseng, Wilbur | |
| DJ-CT18/sf09 | 78 | 78 | 100% | 2015-04-16 | Kubicki, Tadeusz | Mourato, Mário |
| DJ-CT18/sf10 | 78 | 78 | 100% | 2015-02-03 | Podvoysky, Evgeny Borisovich | |
| DJ-CT18/sf11 | 78 | 76 | 97% | Troger, Mag. Dominik | ||
| DJ-CT18/sf12 | 78 | 76 | 97% | Fedorov, Sergey Yurievich | ||
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