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The 2007 championship was a FIDE Zone 3 qualification event for the 2007 Chess World Cup
, the next stage in the 2009 World Chess Championship
. Ten players were qualified for the 2007 World Cup: Zhang Pengxiang
(China), Wang Hao
(China), Abhijit Kunte
(India), Zhao Jun
(China), Susanto Megaranto
(Indonesia), Wen Yang
(China), Darwin Laylo
(Philippines), Zhou Jianchao
(China), G. N. Gopal (India), Hossain Enamul (Bangladesh).
Ten players were qualified for the 2009 Chess World Cup
: Ganguly Surya Shekhar (India), Zhou Weiqi
(China), Yu Yangyi
(China), Yu Shaoteng
(China), Le Quang Liem
(Vietnam), Rogelio Antonio, Jr.
(Philippines), Hou Yifan
(China), Zhou Jianchao
(China), Chanda Sandipan
(India), and Sasikiran Krishnan (India).
Chess World Cup 2007
The Chess World Cup 2007 served as a qualification tournament for the World Chess Championship 2009. It was held as a 128-player single-elimination tournament, between 24 November and 16 December 2007, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia....
, the next stage in the 2009 World Chess Championship
World Chess Championship 2009
The World Chess Championship 2010 match pitted the defending world champion, Viswanathan Anand, against challenger Veselin Topalov, for the title of World Chess Champion. The match took place in Sofia, Bulgaria from April 24 to May 13, 2010, with a prize fund of million euros...
. Ten players were qualified for the 2007 World Cup: Zhang Pengxiang
Zhang Pengxiang
Zhang Pengxiang is a Chinese chess Grandmaster, and was the 2007 Asian Chess Champion. In 2001, he became China's 12th Grandmaster. He has stated his desire to teach and give training to youngsters in China via an . He lives in Beijing.-Career:...
(China), Wang Hao
Wang Hao (chess player)
Wang Hao is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In November 2009, Wang Hao became the fourth ever Chinese player to cross the 2700 Elo rating mark. He is the reigning Chinese Chess Champion, with a ranking of No. 1 in China, No. 2 in Asia behind Viswanathan Anand and No. 19 in the world...
(China), Abhijit Kunte
Abhijit Kunte
Abhijit Kunte is an Indian chess Grandmaster.He has participated many times in the Indian Chess Championship, winning two gold medals and four bronze medals...
(India), Zhao Jun
Zhao Jun
Zhao Jun is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In 2004, he became China's 19th Grandmaster at the age of 17.Zhao Jun plays for Shandong chess club in the China Chess League . He is ranked 11th in China ....
(China), Susanto Megaranto
Susanto Megaranto
Susanto Megaranto is an Indonesian chess Grandmaster.He became the youngest Indonesian GM ever at 17, beating out Utut Adianto's record by four years....
(Indonesia), Wen Yang
Wen Yang (chess player)
Wen Yang is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In 2008, he became China's 25th Grandmaster at the age of 19.-World Cup:He qualified for and competed in the Chess World Cup 2007 where he reached Round One, where he was defeated 0.5-1.5 by Zoltán Almási...
(China), Darwin Laylo
Darwin Laylo
Darwin Laylo is a Filipino chess Grandmaster.Laylo won the Philippine national championship in 2004 and 2006. These wins earned him a place on the Philippine Chess Olympiad teams in the 2004 Calvià Olympiad and in 2006 at Turin....
(Philippines), Zhou Jianchao
Zhou Jianchao
Zhou Jianchao is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In 2006, he became China's 21st Grandmaster at the age of 17. In March 2009, Zhou became for the first time in his career a player in the world...
(China), G. N. Gopal (India), Hossain Enamul (Bangladesh).
Ten players were qualified for the 2009 Chess World Cup
Chess World Cup 2009
The Chess World Cup 2009 was a 128-player single-elimination tournament, played between 20 November and 14 December 2009, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The Cup winner qualified for the Candidates stage of the World Chess Championship 2011. Boris Gelfand defeated Ruslan Ponomariov in the...
: Ganguly Surya Shekhar (India), Zhou Weiqi
Zhou Weiqi
Zhou Weiqi is a Chinese chess player. He is a close friend and training partner of Bu Xiangzhi. He qualified for the Chess World Cup 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk by coming equal first at the 8th Asian Continental Chess Championship ....
(China), Yu Yangyi
Yu Yangyi
Yu Yangyi is a top junior chess player, who in October 2009 at the age of 15, became China's 29th Grandmaster.-Tournaments:...
(China), Yu Shaoteng
Yu Shaoteng
Yu Shaoteng is a Chinese chess Grandmaster, and is the personal trainer of chess prodigy Hou Yifan. He took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002, but was knocked out in the first round by Zhang Zhong. In 2004, he became China's 17th Grandmaster at the age of 25.-Grandmaster title:He...
(China), Le Quang Liem
Le Quang Liem
Lê Quang Liêm is a leading Vietnamese chess player. He was the Under-14 World Youth Chess Champion in July 2005. He competed for Vietnam at the Chess Olympiads in 2006 and 2008....
(Vietnam), Rogelio Antonio, Jr.
Rogelio Antonio, Jr.
Rogelio Antonio Jr. is a Filippino chess player. He is affectionately known as "Joey" Antonio or GM Joey, having been awarded the International Grandmaster title...
(Philippines), Hou Yifan
Hou Yifan
Hou Yifan is a Chinese chess prodigy. She is the reigning Women's World Chess Champion, the youngest ever to win the title, as well as the youngest female player ever to qualify for the title of Grandmaster.At the age of 12, Hou became the youngest player ever to participate in the FIDE Women's...
(China), Zhou Jianchao
Zhou Jianchao
Zhou Jianchao is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In 2006, he became China's 21st Grandmaster at the age of 17. In March 2009, Zhou became for the first time in his career a player in the world...
(China), Chanda Sandipan
Chanda Sandipan
Chanda Sandipan is a chess Grandmaster hailing from the city of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. Chanda became grandmaster in 2003. He played for India in the Chess Olympiads of 2004, 2006 and 2008.. He is No. 4 in India after Viswanathan Anand, Krishnan Sasikiran, and Pendyala...
(India), and Sasikiran Krishnan (India).
Winners
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1 | 1998 | Tehran Tehran Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to... |
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2 | 2000 | Udaipur Udaipur Udaipur , also known as the City of Lakes, is a city, a Municipal Council and the administrative headquarters of the Udaipur district in the state of Rajasthan in western India. It is located southwest of the state capital, Jaipur, west of Kota, and northeast from Ahmedabad... |
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3 | 2001 | Calcutta | |
4 | 2003 | Doha Doha Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar... |
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5 | 2005 | Hyderabad | |
6 | 2007 | Cebu City Cebu City The City of Cebu is the capital city of Cebu and is the second largest city in the Philippines, the second most significant metropolitan centre in the Philippines and known as the oldest settlement established by the Spaniards in the country.The city is located on the eastern shore of Cebu and was... |
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7 | 2009 | Subic Bay Subic Bay Subic Bay is a bay forming part of Luzon Sea on the west coast of the island of Luzon in Zambales, Philippines, about 100 kilometers northwest of Manila Bay. Its shores were formerly the site of a major United States Navy facility named U.S... |
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8 | 2010 | Subic Bay Subic Bay Subic Bay is a bay forming part of Luzon Sea on the west coast of the island of Luzon in Zambales, Philippines, about 100 kilometers northwest of Manila Bay. Its shores were formerly the site of a major United States Navy facility named U.S... |
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9 | 2011 | Mashad |
Women's Winners
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1 | 1981 | Hyderabad | |
2 | 1983 | Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million... |
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3 | 1985 | Dhaka Dhaka Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city... |
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4 | 1987 | Hyderabad | |
5 | 1991 | Bhopal | |
6 | 1996 | Salem | |
7 | 1998 | Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million... |
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8 | 2000 | Udaipur Udaipur Udaipur , also known as the City of Lakes, is a city, a Municipal Council and the administrative headquarters of the Udaipur district in the state of Rajasthan in western India. It is located southwest of the state capital, Jaipur, west of Kota, and northeast from Ahmedabad... |
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9 | 2001 | Chennai Chennai Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India... |
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10 | 2003 | Calicut | |
11 | 2004 | Beirut Beirut Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan... |
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12 | 2007 | Tehran Tehran Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to... |
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13 | 2009 | Subic Bay Subic Bay Subic Bay is a bay forming part of Luzon Sea on the west coast of the island of Luzon in Zambales, Philippines, about 100 kilometers northwest of Manila Bay. Its shores were formerly the site of a major United States Navy facility named U.S... |
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14 | 2010 | Subic Bay Subic Bay Subic Bay is a bay forming part of Luzon Sea on the west coast of the island of Luzon in Zambales, Philippines, about 100 kilometers northwest of Manila Bay. Its shores were formerly the site of a major United States Navy facility named U.S... |
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15 | 2011 | Mashad |