The 2023 FIDE World Cup is a 206-player knockout taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan from July 30 to August 24. The top 3 players qualify for the 2024 Candidates Tournament.
Format
Each match consists of two classical games of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with increment of 30 seconds per move. No draw offers are allowed until after move 30.
In case of a tie, a play-off is played the third day, consisting in two 25+10 rapid games, then two 10+10 games and then two 5+3 games. If still tied, individual 3+2 games until a player wins.
Players
206 players are participating in the open section, and 103 in the Women's section. The top 50 are seeded directly to round 2.
The list of players includes Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Ju Wenjun and many others.
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FIDE World Chess Cup 2023
https://worldcup2023.fide.com/The 2023 FIDE World Cup is a 206-player knockout taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan from July 30 to August 24. The top 3 players qualify for the 2024 Candidates Tournament.
Format
Each match consists of two classical games of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with increment of 30 seconds per move. No draw offers are allowed until after move 30.
In case of a tie, a play-off is played the third day, consisting in two 25+10 rapid games, then two 10+10 games and then two 5+3 games. If still tied, individual 3+2 games until a player wins.
Players
206 players are participating in the open section, and 103 in the Women's section. The top 50 are seeded directly to round 2.
The list of players includes Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Ju Wenjun and many others.
Schedule
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Round 7 (Semifinals) - Open Section
August 19 - August 21
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Round 7 - Women's Section
August 19 - August 21
3rd place match
Zhongyi Tan ๐จ๐ณ 2523 vs Anna Muzychuk ๐บ๐ฆ 2504
Winning odds: 53.87% - 46.13%
Final
Aleksandra Goryachkina ๐ณ๏ธ 2557 vs Nurgyul Salimova ๐ง๐ฌ 2409
Winning odds: 83.31% - 16.69%
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Goryachkina vs Salimova 2.5-1..5
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1st place: Aleksandra Goryachkina ๐ณ๏ธ 2557
2nd place: Nurgyul Salimova ๐ง๐ฌ 2409
3rd place: Anna Muzychuk ๐บ๐ฆ 2504
4th place: Zhongyi Tan ๐จ๐ณ 2523 :::
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Final: Goryachkina vs Salimova 1/2-1/2
3rd place match: Muzychuk vs Tan 1-0
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Final: Salimova vs Goryachkina 1/2-1/2
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Round 6 (Quarterfinals) - Open Section
August 15 - August 17
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Round 6 (Semifinals) - Women's Section
August 15 - August 14
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S1: Anna Muzychuk vs Nurgyul Salimova
S2: Zhongyi Tan vs Aleksandra Goryachkina
3rd place match: Loser of S1 vs Loser of S2
Final: Winner of S1 vs Winner of S2
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Round 1 - Women's Section
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Round 2 - Open Section
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The big surprises are the elimination of Abdusattorov, Mamedyarov and Shankland. Also the ties for Hikaru, Giri and Wesley So.
Round 2 - Women's Section
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Round 1 - Open Section
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Note: Chessbrah's Eric Hansen couldn't participate in the event :::
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Round 3 (32nd-finals) - Open Section
August 5 - August 7
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Round 3 (16th-final) - Women's Section
August 5 - August 7
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Round 4 (16th-final) - Open Section
August 9 - August 11
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Round 4 (8th-final) - Women's Section
August 9 - August 11
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Round 8 - Open Section
August 22-August 24
3rd place match
Fabiano Caruana ๐บ๐ธ 2782 vs Nijat Abasov ๐ฆ๐ฟ 2632
Winning odds: 85.3% - 14.7%
Final
Magnus Carlsen ๐ณ๐ด 2835 vs Praggnanandhaa R ๐ฎ๐ณ 2690
Winning odds: 85.01% - 14.99%
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Final: Pragg vs Carlsen 1/2-1/2
3rd place match: Abasov vs Caruana 1-0
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Final: Carlsen vs Pragg 1/2-1/2
3rd Place match: Caruana vs Abasov 1-0
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*Final: Carlsen vs Pragg 2.5-1.5
3rd Place match: Caruana vs Abasov 3-1
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1st: Magnus Carlsen ๐ณ๐ด 2835
2nd: Praggnanandhaa R ๐ฎ๐ณ 2690
3rd: Fabiano Caruana ๐บ๐ธ 2782
4th: Nijat Abasov ๐ฆ๐ฟ 2632
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https://www.chess.com/news/view/fide-world-cup-2023-round-1-1
Round 5 (Quarterfinals) - Women's Section
August 12 - August 14
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Q1: Elizabeth Paehtz vs Anna Muzychuk
Q2: Polina Shuvalova vs Nurgyul Salimova
Q3 Zhongyi Tan vs Bella Khotenashvili
Q4: Aleksandra Goryachkina vs Harika Dronavalli
S1: Winner of Q1 vs Winner of Q2
S2: Winner of Q3 vs Winner of Q4
3rd place match: Loser of S1 vs Loser of S2
Final: Winner of S1 vs Winner of S2
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Round 5 (8th-final) - Open Section
August 12 - August 14
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