World Chess Cup starts August 27th until September 20th in Khanty-Mansiysk

The World Cup is traditionally held on knock-out at 128 participants. Rate-a favorite at this time is the Russian Sergey Karjakin 2788. This is followed by the Ukraine-Azerbaijan Four: Vassily Ivanchuk 2768, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2765, Ruslan Ponomariov 2764, Vugar Gashimov 2760.

Schedule of the World Chess Cup 2011

Date	Day	Time	Events	Players
26.08.2011	Friday		Arrival
27.08.2011	Saturday	21:00	Opening Ceremony
28.08.2011	Sunday	15:00	Round 1, game 1	128
29.08.2011	Monday	15:00	Round 1, game 2
30.08.2011	Tuesday	15:00	Tiebreak
31.08.2011	Weednesday	15:00	Round 2, game 1	64
01.09.2011	Thursday	15:00	Round 2, game 2
02.09.2011	Friday	15:00	Tiebreak
03.09.2011	Saturday	15:00	Round 3, game 1	32
04.09.2011	Sunday	15:00	Round 3, game 2
05.09.2011	Monday	15:00	Tiebreak
06.09.2011	Tuesday	15:00	Round 4, game 1	16
07.09.2011	Wednesday	15:00	Round 4, game 2
08.09.2011	Thursday	15:00	Tiebreak
09.09.2011	Friday	15:00	Round 5, game 1	8
10.09.2011	Saturday	15:00	Round 5, game 2
11.09.2011	Sunday	15:00	Tiebreak
12.09.2011	Monday	15:00	Round 6, game 1	4
13.09.2011	Tuesday	15:00	Round 6, game 2
14.09.2011	Wednesday	15:00	Tiebreak
15.09.2011	Thursday		Free Day
16.09.2011	Friday	15:00	Round 7, game 1	2
17.09.2011	Saturday	15:00	Round 7, game 2
18.09.2011	Sunday	15:00	Round 7, game 3
19.09.2011	Monday	15:00	Round 7, game 4
20.09.2011	Tuesday	11:00	Tiebreaks, Closing
21.09.2011	Wednesday		Departure