4th Chess 960 World Cup

Sunday, June 12, 2016: All the preliminary sections are now complete with the qualified players!

These are the qualified players:

1: Isigkeit (GER) & Stocker (USA)

2: Noble (NZL) & Korogodski (USA)

3: Noble (NZL) & Voveris (LTU)

4: Fraczek (POL) & Korogodski (USA)

5: Denisov (RUS) & Bennett (ENG)

6: Leijen (NLD) & Koshmak (UKR)

7: Sodomski (POL) & Fortune (USA)

8: Offenborn (GER) & Filin (RUS) & Fortune (USA)

9: Zemlyanov RUS) & David-Bordier (FRA) ^*

10: Ralle (FRA) & Voveris (LTU)

11: Konovalenko (RUS) & Cordes (USA)

12: Panitevsky (RUS) & David-Bordier (FRA) ^*

13: Shishkov (RUS) & Pajak (POL) ^*

14: Pajak (POL) ^* & Bondars (LAT)

15: David-Bordier (FRA) ^* & Pajak (POL) ^*

^*  no more than 2 qualifications for the Semi-Finals

Qualified directly for the Semi-Finals as finalist of the 2^nd Chess 960 WC: Hybl (CZE), Morozov (RUS), Tsygankov (RUS), Eldridge (ENG), Babic (SLO); as highest ELO in the preliminary round: Voll (RUS) & Millstone (USA)

The Semi-Finals will start on the 30th of June 2016 with 6 sections of 6 players.

Qualification for the Final: the winner of each section + the best 2 runners-up