Chess World Cup 2013

FIDE Chess World Cup 2013
2013 FIDE World Cup winner Vladimir Kramnik.
Tournament information
SportChess
LocationTromsø, Norway
Dates11 August 2013–2 September 2013
AdministratorFIDE
Tournament
format(s)
Single-elimination tournament
Host(s)Chess Federation of Norway
Final positions
ChampionRussia Vladimir Kramnik
Runner-upRussia Dmitry Andreikin

The Chess World Cup 2013 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament, played between 11 August and 2 September 2013, in the hotel Scandic Tromsø in Tromsø, Norway.[1][2] It was won by Vladimir Kramnik, who defeated Dmitry Andreikin 2½–1½ in the final match.[3] The finalists qualified for the 2014 Candidates Tournament.

The winner of the Chess World Cup 2011, Peter Svidler, was defeated by Dmitry Andreikin in the quarter-finals.

  1. ^ "World Cup 2013". Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Working visit in Tromso". FIDE. 7 March 2013. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  3. ^ Doggers, Peter (2 September 2013). "Kramnik wins Tromsø World Cup". ChessVibes. Archived from the original on 2013-09-04. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

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