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The pairings for the first round of the $ 180,000 Chess.com FIDE online Nations Cup are Europe vs. Russia, China vs. Rest of the world and India vs. United States. This was the result of the draw, held during the tournament’s online opening ceremony.
All games will be played on Chess.com’s live server and can be followed on our events page and in our Android and iOS apps under “View”. Expert commentary can be enjoyed at Chess.com/TV where the games will be discussed and explained.
The opening ceremony took place on Monday in a live broadcast on Chess.com/TV with hosts GM Robert Hess and MI Daniel Rensch. They revealed the pairing numbers that came from a random number generator processed during a private Zoom call with team captains and technicians from Chess.com.
And this is what the captains’ meeting looks like! #NnlineNations pic.twitter.com/WY9s7JdDTd
– International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) May 4, 2020
These were the numbers:
1. Europe
2. China
3. India
4. USA
5. Rest of the world
6. Russia
The matchmaking system follows Berger’s round table for six teams. That means the pairings for the first round on May 5 are Europe against Russia, China against RoW, and India against the United States.
FIDE Chess.com Nations Cup Online | Pairings
| Rd. 1, May 5 | 6 am. PDT | 15:00 CET | Rd. 6, May 7 | 7:45 a.m. PDT | 16:45 CET | |
 Europe |
vs | Russia | Russia | vs | Europe |
|
| China | vs | Row | Row | vs | China | |
| India | vs | United States | United States | vs | India | |
| Rd. 2, May 5 | 7:45 a.m. PDT | 16:45 CET | Rd. 7, May 8 | 6 am. PDT | 15:00 CET | |
| Russia | vs | United States | United States | vs | Russia | |
| Row | vs | India | India | vs | Row | |
| Europe |
vs | China | China | vs | Europe |
|
| Rd. 3, May 6 | 6 am. PDT | 15:00 CET | Rd. May 8 | 7:45 a.m. PDT | 16:45 CET | |
| China | vs | Russia | Russia | vs | China | |
| India | vs | Europe |
Europe |
vs | India | |
| United States | vs | Row | Row | vs | United States | |
| Rd. 4, May 6 | 7:45 a.m. PDT | 16:45 CET | Rd. 9, May 9 | 6 am. PDT | 15:00 CET | |
| Russia | vs | RoWE | Row | vs | Russia | |
| Europe |
vs | United States | United States | vs | Europe |
|
| China | vs | India | India | vs | China | |
| Rd. 5, May 7 | 6 am. PDT | 15:00 CET | Rd. 10, May 9 | 7:45 a.m. PDT | 16:45 CET | |
| India | vs | Russia | Russia | vs | India | |
| United States | vs | China | China | vs | United States | |
| Row | vs | Europe |
Europe |
vs | Row |
This schedule immediately leads to interesting board pairings in the first round. Most notable is the possibility of a clash between GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Ian Nepomniachtchi, the two leaders of the FIDE Candidate tournament. They will play on board one of their respective teams, Europe and Russia, if the captains decide to start with their main lineups (see below).
MVL joined the live show for a moment and, when asked if it could contain anything in preparation, recalled that he had already played Nepo as a target in Yekaterinburg: “If I play with white, it is not a party that appears in the candidates, and I can play my preparation if I want. “
The broadcast of the opening ceremony for the replay.
Other possible matchups on the board include GM Viswanathan Anand against Hikaru Nakamura and GM Ding Liren against Teimour Radjabov. The deadline to submit team lineups for captains is 30 minutes before the start of the round.
Anand is the only player who also serves as the team captain. Wouldn’t that potentially lead to internal conflict? What if Captain Anand wants the player to sit outside a round, but Player Anand does not want to?
Answering the half serious question of how this argument would win, the Indian GM joked, “Oh, but I’m going to whip it!”
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, team captain for Rest of the World, also joined the broadcast. He started by saying, “Thank you for a beautiful ceremony. Chess.com is really instrumental in doing this at a high quality level.”
His team faces China’s favorite qualification in the first round. Dvorkovich: “It will be difficult. In the Chinese team, there are some really good players, like the top 10 players in the men’s section and two world champions in the women’s section.”
Below you will find all the equipment. The first four players are part of the main lineup, while players five and six are reserve players. “C” represents the captain.
Teams
| # # | flag | China | Standard | Quick | # # | flag | United States | Standard | Quick | |
| one | Ding Liren | 2791 | 2836 | one | Fabiano Caruana | 2835 | 2773 | |||
| 2 | Wang hao | 2763 | 2750 | 2 | Hikaru Nakamura | 2736 | 2829 | |||
| 3 | Wei Yi | 2732 | 2752 | 3 | Leinier Dominguez | 2758 | 2786 | |||
| 4 4 | Hou Yifan | 2658 | 2621 | 4 4 | Irina Krush | 2429 | 2392 | |||
| 5 5 | Yu Yangyi | 2709 | 2738 | 5 5 | Wesley So | 2770 | 2816 | |||
| 6 6 | Ju Wenjun | 2560 | 2610 | 6 6 | Anna Zatonskih | 2420 | 2327 | |||
| C | Ye Jiangchuan | AV. 2702 | AV. 2718 | C | John Donaldson | AV. 2658 | AV. 2654 | |||
| # # | flag | Europe | Standard | Quick | # # | flag | India | Standard | Quick | |
| one | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2778 | 2860 | one | Viswanathan Anand * | 2753 | 2785 | |||
| 2 | Levon Aronian | 2773 | 2778 | 2 | Vidit Gujrathi | 2726 | 2636 | |||
| 3 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 2753 | 2774 | 3 | Pentala Harikrishna | 2719 | 2690 | |||
| 4 4 | Anna Muzychuk | 2535 | 2533 | 4 4 | Humpy Koneru | 2586 | 2483 | |||
| 5 5 | Anish Giri | 2764 | 2731 | 5 5 | Admit Baskaran | 2659 | 2624 | |||
| 6 6 | Nana Dzagnidze | 2524 | 2447 | 6 6 | Harika Dronavalli | 2515 | 2450 | |||
| C | Garry Kasparov | AV. 2688 | AV. 2687 | C | Vladimir Kramnik * | AV. 2660 | AV. 2611 | |||
| # # | flag | Russia | Standard | Quick | # # | flag | Rest of the world | Standard | Quick | |
| one | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2784 | 2778 | one | Teimour Radjabov | 2765 | 2758 | |||
| 2 | Vladislav Artemiev | 2716 | 2769 | 2 | Alireza Firouzja | 2728 | 2703 | |||
| 3 | Sergey Karjakin | 2752 | 2709 | 3 | Bassem Amin | 2686 | 2608 | |||
| 4 4 | Aleksandra Goryachkina | 2582 | 2502 | 4 4 | Mariya Muzychuk | 2544 | 2506 | |||
| 5 5 | Dmitry Andreikin | 2726 | 2740 | 5 5 | Jorge Cori | 2652 | 2599 | |||
| 6 6 | Olga girya | 2469 | 2471 | 6 6 | Dinara Saduakassova | 2500 | 2412 | |||
| C | Alexander Motylev | AV. 2672 | AV. 2662 | C | Arkady Dvorkovich | AV. 2646 | AV. 2598 |
* Anand will play as captain while Kramnik is adviser to the team.
The FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup is a team competition held on May 5-10 at Chess.com. The first stage consists of a double round-robin with each team playing each other twice. The top two teams after 10 rounds qualify for a “Superfinal” match on May 10.
All matches are played on four boards: three with male players and one with female players. Time control for all games is 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment per move, starting from move one. The prize fund is $ 180,000.
Find all the information about the tournament here.
Excited to announce that @JugadiPrima will release a new chess song titled “You Better Resign” live during the #NationsCup May 9!
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Tune into the live debut on https://t.co/d7eYWvFwEd and find previous Juga chess songs at https://t.co/4WjZOIeuHO! pic.twitter.com/HtpKBKGbBw
– Chess.com (@chesscom) May 2, 2020
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