QUALIFIERS for the WORLD CUP 2013
a) World Champion and World Cup 2011 semi-finalists
01. V. Anand (IND)
02. P. Svidler (RUS)
03. A. Grischuk (RUS)
04. V. Ivanchuk (UKR)
05. R. Ponomariov (UKR)

b) Women's World Champion 2012:
06. A. Ushenina (UKR)

c) Junior World Champions 2011 & 2012:
07. D. Swiercz (POL)
08. A. Ipatov (TUR)

d) From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 3/2012 up to 1/2013:
09. M. Carlsen (NOR) 2843,00
10. L. Aronian (ARM) 2816,22
11. V. Kramnik (RUS) 2798,88
12. T. Radjabov (AZE) 2789,22
13. S. Karjakin (RUS) 2777,44
14. F. Caruana (ITA) 2775,44
15. H. Nakamura (USA) 2772,77
16. A. Morozevich (RUS) 2760,44
17. V. Topalov (BUL) 2758,00
18. G. Kamsky (USA) 2748,55
19. S. Mamedyarov (AZE) 2744,88
20. Wang Hao (CHN) 2739,11
21. B. Gelfand (ISR) 2738,44
22. P. Leko (HUN) 2731,11
23. E. Tomashevsky (RUS) 2728,77
24. L. Dominguez (CUB) 2727,44
25. M. Adams (ENG) 2721,66
26. R. Wojtaszek (POL) 2721,55

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. I. Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2013
57. H. Melkumyan (ARM) 2013
58. A. Korobov  (UKR) 2013
59. I. Lysyj (RUS) 2013
60. A. Shimanov (RUS) 2013
61. A. Areshchenko (UKR) 2013
62. P. Eljanov (UKR) 2013
63. M. Kravtsiv (UKR) 2013
64. D. Dubov (RUS) 2013
65. M. Ragger (AUT) 2013
66. Z. Hracek (CZE) 2013
67. I. Popov (RUS) 2013
68. S. Brunello (ITA) 2013
69. S. A. Fedorchuk (UKR) 2013
70. E. Postny (ISR) 2013
71. V. Zvjaginsev (RUS) 2013
72. A. Istratescu (FRA) 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. T. Gareev (USA) Zonal 2.1
80. C. Holt (USA) Zonal 2.1
81. L. M. Christiansen (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. TBA
89. TBA
90. TBA
91. TBA
92. TBA

g) 20 players from Asia/Oceania
93. Negi Parimarjan (IND) Continental 2012
94. Yu Yangyi (CHN) Continental 2012
95. Salem A. R. Saleh (UAE) Continental 2012
96. Liu Qingnan (CHN) Continental 2012
97. Oliver Barbosa (PHI) Continental 2012
98. Nguyen Ngoc Trung Son (VIE) Zonal 3.3
99. Wesley So (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. TBA
105. TBA
106. TBA
107. TBA
108. TBA
109. TBA
110. TBA
111. TBA
112. TBA

h) 6 players from Africa
113. TBA
114. TBA
115. TBA
116. TBA
117. TBA
118. TBA

i) 6 nominees of the FIDE President
119. TBA
120. TBA
121. TBA
122. TBA
123. TBA
124. TBA

j) 4 nominees of the local Organising Committee
125. TBA
126. TBA
127. TBA
128. TBA

Total = 128 players

Top 3 reserve players by rating (average 3/2012 up to 1/2013):
1. A. Giri (NED) 2715,33
2. I. Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2709,00
3. A. Shirov (LAT) 2708,33