5th Chess 960 World Cup
Friday, June 23, 2017: All the preliminary sections are now complete with the qualified players!
These are the qualified players:
1: Dutra (BRA) & Korogodski (USA)
2: Hybl (CZE) & Troia (ITA) †
3: Tsygankov (RUS) & Carvaga (SVK)
4: Petrigin (RUS) & Gibson (USA)
5: Weber-Widmar (SUI) & Horvat (SLO)
6: Denisov (RUS) & Millstone (USA)
7: Komaromi (AUT) & Kozlov (RUS)
8: Noble (NZL) & Zavrazhnov (RUS)
9: Claridge (WLS) & Hoffmann (GER)
10: Fortune (USA) & Konovalenko (RUS)
11: Alekseev (RUS) & Grego (POR)
12: Grego (POR) & Perez Lopez (CUB)
13: Muljadi (USA) & Kulakiewicz (POL)
14: Schreiber (ISR) & Korogodski (USA)
Three best third: Lanzani (ITA) from section 3 (7,5/10), Rothman (ISR) from section 10 (7/10) & Denisov (RUS) from section 4 (6,5/10, wins 5)
Qualified directly for the Semi-Finals as highest ELO in the preliminary round: Voll (RUS) & Pavlov (RUS)
The Semi-Finals will start on the 10th of July 2017 with 4 sections of 8 players
Qualification for the Final: the winner & the runner-up of each section