FIDE is publishing the final list of participants for the World Cup 2017 to be held in Tbilisi, Georgia from 2 September (player’s technical meeting) to 27 September 2017 (tiebreaks/closing ceremony).
* August 2017 ratings
# | ID | Name | Fed. | Title | rating* | B. Year | Qualification Rule |
1 | 1503014 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | GM | 2822 | 1990 | World Champion and World Cup 2015 semi-finalists |
2 | 14109603 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | GM | 2773 | 1990 | World Champion and World Cup 2015 semi-finalists |
3 | 4102142 | Svidler, Peter | RUS | GM | 2751 | 1976 | World Champion and World Cup 2015 semi-finalists |
4 | 14102951 | Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | GM | 2734 | 1983 | World Champion and World Cup 2015 semi-finalists |
5 | 24116068 | Giri, Anish | NED | GM | 2772 | 1994 | World Champion and World Cup 2015 semi-finalists |
6 | 4107012 | Antipov, Mikhail Al. | RUS | GM | 2580 | 1997 | Junior World Champions 2015 & 2016 |
7 | 2047640 | Xiong, Jeffery | USA | GM | 2633 | 2000 | Junior World Champions 2015 & 2017 |
8 | 2020009 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | GM | 2807 | 1992 | From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 2/2016 up to 1/2017 |
9 | 4101588 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | GM | 2803 | 1975 | From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 2/2016 up to 1/2017 |
10 | 623539 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | GM | 2789 | 1990 | From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 2/2016 up to 1/2017 |
11 | 13300474 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | GM | 2799 | 1982 | From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 2/2016 up to 1/2017 |
12 | 2016192 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | GM | 2792 | 1987 | From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 2/2016 up to 1/2017 |
13 | 5202213 | So, Wesley | USA | GM | 2810 | 1993 | From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 2/2016 up to 1/2017 |
14 | 5000017 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | GM | 2783 | 1969 | From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 2/2016 up to 1/2017 |
15 | 8603677 | Ding, Liren | CHN | GM | 2777 | 1992 | From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 2/2016 up to 1/2017 |
16 | 5007003 | Harikrishna, P. | IND | GM | 2743 | 1986 | From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 2/2016 up to 1/2017 |
17 | 13401319 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | GM | 2797 | 1985 | From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 2/2016 up to 1/2017 |
18 | 4126025 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | GM | 2783 | 1983 | From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 2/2016 up to 1/2017 |
19 | 8604436 | Li, Chao b | CHN | GM | 2744 | 1989 | From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 2/2016 up to 1/2017 |
20 | 400041 | Adams, Michael | ENG | GM | 2738 | 1971 | From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 2/2016 up to 1/2017 |
21 | 4158814 | Andreikin, Dmitry | RUS | GM | 2706 | 1990 | From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 2/2016 up to 1/2017 |
22 | 2805677 | Gelfand, Boris | ISR | GM | 2729 | 1968 | From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 2/2016 up to 1/2017 |
23 | 8603820 | Yu, Yangyi | CHN | GM | 2744 | 1994 | From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 2/2016 up to 1/2017 |
24 | 4168119 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | GM | 2751 | 1990 | From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 2/2016 up to 1/2017 |
25 | 738590 | Rapport, Richard | HUN | GM | 2675 | 1996 | From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 2/2016 up to 1/2017 |
26 | 4147235 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | RUS | GM | 2710 | 1987 | From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 2/2016 up to 1/2017 |
27 | 4162722 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | RUS | GM | 2702 | 1985 | From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 2/2016 up to 1/2017 |
28 | 14117908 | Kovalenko, Igor | LAT | GM | 2640 | 1988 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
29 | 13601520 | Jobava, Baadur | GEO | GM | 2687 | 1983 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
30 | 309095 | Navara, David | CZE | GM | 2737 | 1985 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
31 | 2205530 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ESP | GM | 2717 | 1982 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
32 | 1118358 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | POL | GM | 2745 | 1987 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
33 | 1130420 | Piorun, Kacper | POL | GM | 2644 | 1991 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
34 | 608742 | Fressinet, Laurent | FRA | GM | 2650 | 1981 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
35 | 24109959 | Goganov, Aleksey | RUS | GM | 2586 | 1991 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
36 | 24126055 | Dubov, Daniil | RUS | GM | 2666 | 1996 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
37 | 4152956 | Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | GM | 2724 | 1987 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
38 | 2905540 | Cheparinov, Ivan | BUL | GM | 2696 | 1986 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
39 | 4118987 | Najer, Evgeniy | RUS | GM | 2707 | 1977 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
40 | 13302507 | Hovhannisyan, Robert | ARM | GM | 2606 | 1991 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
41 | 13502956 | Zhigalko, Sergei | BLR | GM | 2644 | 1989 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
42 | 14500116 | Palac, Mladen | CRO | GM | 2525 | 1971 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
43 | 2257327 | Salgado Lopez, Ivan | ESP | GM | 2627 | 1991 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
44 | 4100107 | Dreev, Aleksey | RUS | GM | 2648 | 1969 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
45 | 2285525 | Anton Guijarro, David | ESP | GM | 2654 | 1995 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
46 | 13503758 | Stupak, Kirill | BLR | GM | 2573 | 1990 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
47 | 1202758 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | GER | GM | 2687 | 1976 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
48 | 1510045 | Tari, Aryan | NOR | GM | 2591 | 1999 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
49 | 4160258 | Demchenko, Anton | RUS | GM | 2645 | 1987 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
50 | 4168003 | Matlakov, Maxim | RUS | GM | 2728 | 1991 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
51 | 24130737 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | RUS | GM | 2731 | 1995 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
52 | 11600454 | Fridman, Daniel | GER | GM | 2640 | 1976 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
53 | 4121830 | Motylev, Alexander | RUS | GM | 2675 | 1979 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
54 | 1170546 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | POL | GM | 2707 | 1998 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
55 | 410608 | Howell, David W L | ENG | GM | 2702 | 1990 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
56 | 14113147 | Kravtsiv, Martyn | UKR | GM | 2665 | 1990 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
57 | 14109530 | Areshchenko, Alexander | UKR | GM | 2652 | 1986 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
58 | 24651516 | Bluebaum, Matthias | GER | GM | 2646 | 1997 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
59 | 4129199 | Grachev, Boris | RUS | GM | 2654 | 1986 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
60 | 4128737 | Kunin, Vitaly | GER | GM | 2551 | 1983 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
61 | 1017063 | Bok, Benjamin | NED | GM | 2615 | 1995 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
62 | 409561 | Jones, Gawain C B | ENG | GM | 2660 | 1987 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
63 | 605506 | Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | GM | 2715 | 1983 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
64 | 13302485 | Melkumyan, Hrant | ARM | GM | 2642 | 1989 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
65 | 4202694 | Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios | GRE | GM | 2596 | 1983 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
66 | 24101605 | Artemiev, Vladislav | RUS | GM | 2692 | 1998 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
67 | 2806851 | Rodshtein, Maxim | ISR | GM | 2695 | 1989 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
68 | 13500139 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | BLR | GM | 2580 | 1973 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
69 | 719978 | Erdos, Viktor | HUN | GM | 2628 | 1987 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
70 | 14112906 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | UKR | GM | 2652 | 1990 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
71 | 14603853 | Lenic, Luka | SLO | GM | 2646 | 1988 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
72 | 2300044 | Hjartarson, Johann | ISL | GM | 2556 | 1963 | 46 players from European Championships 2016 & 2017 |
73 | 14101025 | Onischuk, Alexander | USA | GM | 2682 | 1975 | 20 players from Americas |
74 | 13300580 | Akobian, Varuzhan | USA | GM | 2662 | 1983 | 20 players from Americas |
75 | 14116804 | Zherebukh, Yaroslav | USA | GM | 2627 | 1993 | 20 players from Americas |
76 | 4128290 | Sambuev, Bator | CAN | GM | 2522 | 1980 | 20 players from Americas |
77 | 4400704 | Ruiz Castillo, Joshua Daniel | COL | IM | 2377 | 1997 | 20 players from Americas |
78 | 3503321 | Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri | CUB | GM | 2543 | 1981 | 20 players from Americas |
79 | 3802272 | Cori, Jorge | PER | GM | 2641 | 1995 | 20 players from Americas |
80 | 2106981 | El Debs, Felipe de Cresce | BRA | GM | 2531 | 1985 | 20 players from Americas |
81 | 112275 | Mareco, Sandro | ARG | GM | 2650 | 1987 | 20 players from Americas |
82 | 116807 | Krysa, Leandro | ARG | GM | 2537 | 1992 | 20 players from Americas |
83 | 3801497 | Cordova, Emilio | PER | GM | 2629 | 1991 | 20 players from Americas |
84 | 2021285 | Lenderman, Aleksandr | USA | GM | 2565 | 1989 | 20 players from Americas |
85 | 114987 | Kovalyov, Anton | CAN | GM | 2641 | 1992 | 20 players from Americas |
86 | 108049 | Flores, Diego | ARG | GM | 2580 | 1982 | 20 players from Americas |
87 | 2040506 | Sevian, Samuel | USA | GM | 2620 | 2000 | 20 players from Americas |
88 | 3503631 | Delgado Ramirez, Neuris | PAR | GM | 2614 | 1981 | 20 players from Americas |
89 | 3700488 | Bachmann, Axel | PAR | GM | 2648 | 1989 | 20 players from Americas |
90 | 3503739 | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | CUB | GM | 2643 | 1982 | 20 players from Americas |
91 | 3507416 | Bacallao Alonso, Yusnel | CUB | GM | 2573 | 1988 | 20 players from Americas |
92 | 2107139 | Fier, Alexandr | BRA | GM | 2579 | 1988 | 20 players from Americas |
93 | 5021596 | Sethuraman, S.P. | IND | GM | 2618 | 1993 | 20 players from Asia/Oceania |
94 | 12401137 | Le, Quang Liem | VIE | GM | 2739 | 1991 | 20 players from Asia/Oceania |
95 | 8603405 | Wei, Yi | CHN | GM | 2753 | 1999 | 20 players from Asia/Oceania |
96 | 13700316 | Kazhgaleyev, Murtas | KAZ | GM | 2576 | 1973 | 20 players from Asia/Oceania |
97 | 5008352 | Sengupta, Deep | IND | GM | 2589 | 1988 | 20 players from Asia/Oceania |
98 | 12511412 | Pourramezanali, Amirreza | IRI | GM | 2533 | 1992 | 20 players from Asia/Oceania |
99 | 10200444 | Mollah Abdullah, Al Rakib | BAN | GM | 2454 | 1980 | 20 players from Asia/Oceania |
100 | 5702895 | Yeoh, Li Tian | MAS | IM | 2478 | 1999 | 20 players from Asia/Oceania |
101 | 12401110 | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | VIE | GM | 2629 | 1990 | 20 players from Asia/Oceania |
102 | 14201801 | Vakhidov, Jakhongir | UZB | GM | 2529 | 1995 | 20 players from Asia/Oceania |
103 | 14700247 | Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad | TJK | IM | 2455 | 1987 | 20 players from Asia/Oceania |
104 | 8603901 | Liu, Guanchu | CHN | IM | 2451 | 1994 | 20 players from Asia/Oceania |
105 | 8608156 | Dai, Changren | CHN | \N | 2427 | 1999 | 20 players from Asia/Oceania |
106 | 3208923 | Smirnov, Anton | AUS | IM | 2508 | 2001 | 20 players from Asia/Oceania |
107 | 5074452 | Karthikeyan, Murali | IND | GM | 2579 | 1999 | 20 players from Asia/Oceania |
108 | 8602883 | Wang, Hao | CHN | GM | 2702 | 1989 | 20 players from Asia/Oceania |
109 | 8601445 | Bu, Xiangzhi | CHN | GM | 2710 | 1985 | 20 players from Asia/Oceania |
110 | 5029465 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | IND | GM | 2693 | 1994 | 20 players from Asia/Oceania |
111 | 4900847 | Batchuluun, Tsegmed | MGL | GM | 2555 | 1987 | 20 players from Asia/Oceania |
112 | 5201268 | Sadorra, Julio Catalino | PHI | GM | 2575 | 1986 | 20 players from Asia/Oceania |
113 | 7900660 | Haddouche, Mohamed | ALG | GM | 2487 | 1984 | 6 players from Africa |
114 | 10600140 | El Gindy, Essam | EGY | GM | 2455 | 1966 | 6 players from Africa |
115 | 14300192 | Solomon, Kenny | RSA | GM | 2398 | 1979 | 6 players from Africa |
116 | 8501246 | Balogun, Oluwafemi | NGR | FM | 2255 | 1987 | 6 players from Africa |
117 | 10601457 | Amin, Bassem | EGY | GM | 2680 | 1988 | 6 players from Africa |
118 | 14300249 | Cawdery, Daniel | RSA | IM | 2449 | 1982 | 6 players from Africa |
119 | 14100010 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | GM | 2728 | 1969 | 1 ACP Tour Qualifier |
120 | 14103320 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | GM | 2692 | 1983 | 5 nominees of FIDE |
121 | 8602980 | Hou, Yifan | CHN | GM | 2652 | 1994 | 5 nominees of FIDE |
122 | 5018471 | Adhiban, B. | IND | GM | 2677 | 1992 | 5 nominees of FIDE |
123 | 4500261 | Kulaots, Kaido | EST | GM | 2577 | 1976 | 5 nominees of FIDE |
124 | 7200595 | Ziska, Helgi Dam | FAI | GM | 2545 | 1990 | 5 nominees of FIDE |
125 | 13602071 | Pantsulaia, Levan | GEO | GM | 2585 | 1986 | 4 nominees of the local Organising Committee |
126 | 13400924 | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | GM | 2742 | 1987 | 4 nominees of the local Organising Committee |
127 | 13600966 | Mchedlishvili, Mikheil | GEO | GM | 2590 | 1979 | 4 nominees of the local Organising Committee |
128 | 13601903 | Dzagnidze, Nana | GEO | GM | 2519 | 1987 | 4 nominees of the local Organising Committee |