Pairings for Semifinals Tie-breaks. The 1st games of the tie-breaks start at 3 PM September, 21 2017. WHITE FED. TITLE RATING vs BLACK FED. TITLE RATING Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime GM 2804 Aronian, Levon GM 2802 So, Wesley GM 2792 Ding, Liren GM 2771
The semifinal matches of the World Cup started in the Hualing Hotel on 19th of September. Four players continue competing in the World Cup: Levon Aronian (Armenia) had white pieces against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), while Wesley So (USA) played with White against Ding Liren (China). Levon Aronian and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave followed the theoretical line in [...]
The fifth tie-break of the World Cup was played in Hualing Hotel on September 17. Only two players Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Peter Svidler returned to the venue to determine the fourth semi-finalist. The first rapid game ended in a draw and Vachier-Lagrave won the second one. In the first rapid game Maxime got substantial advantage [...]
Pairings for Semifinals. The 1st game of the round starts at 3 PM September, 19 2017. WHITE FED. TITLE RATING vs BLACK FED. TITLE RATING Aronian, Levon GM 2802 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime GM 2804 So, Wesley GM 2792 Ding, Liren GM 2771
The second games of the World Cup Quarterfinals were played on September 16. After the tense fights Vassily Ivanchuk, Richard Rapport and Vladimir Fedoseev leave the tournament. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Peter Svidler made a draw in the second game as well as in the previous one and extended the match to the tie-breaks. Ding Liren [...]
Pairings for Round 5 Tie-Breaks. Tie Break games start at 3PM local time on September, 17 2017. Location: Hualing Hotel, Tbilisi, Georgia. WHITE FED. TITLE RATING vs BLACK FED. TITLE RATING Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime GM 2804 Svidler, Peter GM 2756
The Quarterfinals of the World Cup started in the Hualing Hotel in Tbilisi on the 15th of September. Eight players continue their quest for the places in the final. They are to play short two-game matches with the classical time control. If the match is tied 1-1, it is continued on the tie-break with quicker [...]
Publishing Pairings of the Round 5 Game 1. Round starts at 3 PM September, 15 2017. WHITE FED. TITLE RATING vs BLACK FED. TITLE RATING Svidler Peter GM 2751 Vachier-Lagrave Maxime GM 2789 Fedoseev Vladimir GM 2731 So Wesley GM 2810 Rapport Richard GM 2675 Ding Liren GM 2777 Aronian Levon GM 2799 Ivanchuk Vassily GM 2728
The fourth round tie-breaks started with 5 matches on the 14th of September at 3 pm local time. After two rapid games 4 encounters were over. Georgian chess legends Maia Chiburdanidze and Nona Gaprindashvili as well as many chess fans came to support their local hero Baadur Jobava but his opponent Wesley So won the [...]
The second games of the fourth round of the World Cup were completed in the Hualing Hotel in Tbilisi. Vassily Ivanchuk defeated Anish Giri, Chinese derby finished with a victory of higher rated Ding Liren, Levon Aronian outplayed Daniil Dubov. Therefore, Aronian will play against Ivanchuk in the next round, while Ding Liren will know [...]
