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Final of the ICCF World Cup 21

Thursday, June 6, 2019: – initiated

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:

  1. sh=shared place – 1st or 2nd (lower number is better)
  2. pos=final position in section (lower number is better)
  3. %=percentage result (higher number is better)
  4. 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


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