PLAYERS - WORLD CUP 2013 a) World Cup 2011 semi-finalists

01. P. Svidler (RUS) 02. A. Grischuk (RUS) 03. V. Ivanchuk (UKR) 04. R. Ponomariov (UKR) b) Women's World Champion 2012: 05. A. Ushenina (UKR) c) Junior World Champions 2011 & 2012: 06. D. Swiercz (POL) 07. A. Ipatov (TUR) d) From FIDE Rating List, average 3/2012 up to 1/2013: 08. L. Aronian (ARM) 2816,22 09. V. Kramnik (RUS) 2798,88 10. T. Radjabov (AZE) 2789,22 11. S. Karjakin (RUS) 2777,44 12. F. Caruana (ITA) 2775,44 13. H. Nakamura (USA) 2772,77 14. A. Morozevich (RUS) 2760,44 15. G. Kamsky (USA) 2748,55 16. S. Mamedyarov (AZE) 2744,88 17. Hao (CHN) 2739,11 18. B. Gelfand (ISR) 2738,44 19. P. Leko (HUN) 2731,11 20. E. Tomashevsky (RUS) 2728,77 21. L. Dominguez (CUB) 2727,44 22. M. Adams (ENG) 2721,66 23. R. Wojtaszek (POL) 2721,55 24. A. Giri (NED) 2715,33 25. I. Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2709,00 26. A. Shirov (LAT) 2708,33 e) 46 players from European Championships 2012 & 2013 27. D. Jakovenko (RUS) 2012 28. L. Fressinet (FRA) 2012 29. V. Malakhov (RUS) 2012 30. D. Andreikin (RUS) 2012 31. E. Inarkiev (RUS) 2012 32. M. Matlakov (RUS) 2012 33. V. Bologan (MDA) 2012 34. F. Vallejo Pons (ESP) 2012 35. Y. Kryvoruchko (UKR) 2012 36. S. Azarov (BLR) 2012 37. E. Najer (RUS) 2012 38. V. Akopian (ARM) 2012 39. A. Volokitin (UKR) 2012 40. J. Smeets (NED) 2012 41. C.B. Gawain Jones (ENG) 2012 42. N. Vitiugov (RUS) 2012 43. E. Bacrot (FRA) 2012 44. A. Dreev (RUS) 2012 45. D. Khismatullin (RUS) 2012 46. M. Kobalia (RUS) 2012 47. V. Durarbeyli (AZE) 2012 48. A. Riazantsev (RUS) 2012 49. B. Jobava (GEO) 2012 50. A. Moiseenko (UKR) 2013 51. E. Alekseev (RUS) 2013 52. E. Romanov (RUS) 2013 53. A. Beliavsky (SLO) 2013 54. C. Lupulescu (ROU) 2013 55. S. Movsesian (ARM) 2013 56. H. Melkumyan (ARM) 2013 57. A. Korobov (UKR) 2013 58. I. Lysyj (RUS) 2013 59. A. Shimanov (RUS) 2013 60. A. Areshchenko (UKR) 2013 61. P. Eljanov (UKR) 2013 62. M. Kravtsiv (UKR) 2013 63. D. Dubov (RUS) 2013 64. M. Ragger (AUT) 2013 65. Z. Hracek (CZE) 2013 66. I. Popov (RUS) 2013 67. S. Brunello (ITA) 2013 68. S. A. Fedorchuk (UKR) 2013 69. E. Postny (ISR) 2013 70. V. Zvjaginsev (RUS) 2013 71. A. Istratescu (FRA) 2013 72. E. Safarli (AZE) 2013 f) 20 players from Americas 73. G. Kaidanov (USA) Continental 2012 74. J. Granda Zuniga (PER) Continental 2012 75. A. Shabalov (USA) Continental 2012 76. E. Hansen (CAN) Continental 2012 77. A. Ramirez (USA) Zonal 2.1 78. A. Onischuk (USA) Zonal 2.1 79. C. Holt (USA) Zonal 2.1 80. L. M. Christiansen (USA) Zonal 2.1 81. R. Robson (USA) Zonal 2.1 82. I. R. Ortiz Suarez (CUB) Continental 2013 83. D. Flores (ARG) Continental 2013 84. J. Cori (PER) Continental 2013 85. D. Cori T. (PER) Continental 2013 86. R. Felgaer (ARG) Zonal 2.5 87. S. Mareco (ARG) Zonal 2.5 88. R. Leitao (BRA) Zonal 2.4 89. A. Fier (BRA) Zonal 2.4 90. B. Sambuev (CAN) Zonal 2.2 91. L. Bruzon (CUB) Zonal 2.3 92. E. Iturrizaga (VEN) Zonal 2.3 g) 20 players from Asia/Oceania 93. Negi Parimarjan (IND) Continental 2012 94. (CHN) Continental 2012 95. Salem A. R. Saleh (UAE) Continental 2012 96. (CHN) Continental 2012 97. Oliver Barbosa (PHI) Continental 2012 98. Nguyen Ngoc Trung Son (VIE) Zonal 3.3 99. (PHI) Zonal 3.3 100. G. Akash (IND) Zonal 3.7 101. Z. Rahman (BAN) Zonal 3.2 102. Lou Yiping (CHN) Zonal 3.5 103. Wan Yunguo (CHN) Zonal 3.5 104. B (CHN) Continental 2013 105. M. Paragua (PHI) Continental 2013 106. Le Quang Liem (VIE) Continental 2013 107. B. Adhiban (IND) Continental 2013 108. K. Sasikiran (IND) Continental 2013 109. I. Bjelobrk (AUS) Zonal 3.6 110. Darini Pouria (IRI) Zonal 3.1 111. A. Filippov (UZB) Zonal 3.4 112. M. Markov (KGZ) Zonal 3.4 h) 6 players from Africa 113. Amin Bassem (EGY) Continental 2013 114. A. Adly (EGY) Continental 2013 115. E. El Gindy (EGY) Continental 2013 116. Ali Sebbar (MAR) Zonal 4.1 117. S. Shoker (EGY) Zonal 4.2 118. Gillian Bwalya (ZAM) Zonal 4.3 i) 6 nominees of the FIDE President 119. M. Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 120. (CHN) 121. J. Polgar (HUN) 122. D. Navara (CZE) 123. J-K. Duda (POL) 124. (CHN) j) 4 nominees of the local Organising Committee 125. (NOR) 126. (NOR) 127. (NOR) 128. Torbjorn Ringdal Hansen (NOR)

Total = 128 players