The closing ceremony took place in the Biltmore Hotel in Tbilisi on 27th of September 2017. The players and guests were greeted by the Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia Tariel Khechikashvili, the ECU President Zurab Azmaiparashvili, the President of Georgian Chess Federation Giorgi Giorgadze, the former Women’s World Chess Champion Nona Gaprindashvili [...]
The tie-break games of the World Cup final match between Levon Aronian (Armenia) and Ding Liren (China) were played in Tbilisi on 27th September. Playing the first game with Black pieces, Ding Liren misplayed the opening and Levon Aronian got the better position. This time the Armenian Grandmaster didn’t let his opponent escape and won [...]
The fourth game of the World Cup final match between Levon Aronian (Armenia) and Ding Liren (China) was played in the Biltmore Hotel in Tbilisi. Ding Liren had White pieces but same as in the second game of the match it was Levon Aronian, who played for the victory. The Armenian Grandmaster managed to surprise [...]
The 1st game of the Final Tie-Breaks starts at 3:00 PM September, 27 2017. WHITE FED. TITLE RATING vs BLACK FED. TITLE RATING Aronian, Levon GM 2802 Ding, Liren GM 2771
The third game of the World Cup final match was played in the Biltmore Hotel in Tbilisi on 25th of September. Playing with White pieces Levon Aronian got pleasant position out of the opening. There were many different perspective lines for White which would put long-term slight pressure on Black. After the game the Armenian [...]
The second game of the final match of the World Cup finished in a draw after 5 and half hours of play. Levon Aronian managed to equalize with Black pieces against Ding Liren and after most of the pieces were traded it seemed the players were about to sign a peace. Surprisingly Ding Liren went [...]
The final match of the FIDE World Cup started in the Biltmore Hotel in Tbilisi on 23rd of September. Levon Aronian (Armenia) and Ding Liren (China) are competing for the first place in the World Cup in a 4-game match with classical time control (90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest [...]
The semifinal tie-breaks started with 2 matches on the 21st of September at 3 pm local time. Ding Liren-Wesley So In the first rapid game Ding Liren had absolutely winning position against Wesley So. In the current position White Knight is pinned and Black does not need to force anything but can improve the [...]
The 1st game of the Final starts at 3 PM September, 23 2017. The final games will be held at BILTMORE Hotel. WHITE FED. TITLE RATING vs BLACK FED. TITLE RATING Aronian, Levon GM 2802 Ding, Liren GM 2771
In the return game of the semifinal clash Levon Aronian and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave agreed for a draw after 19 moves and extended the match to the tie-break. Playing White Ding Liren got better position out of the opening against Wesley So. After queens exchange the Chinese Grandmaster slowly tried to increase the advantage but his [...]
