FIDE is publishing the final list of participants for the World Cup 2017 to be held in Tbilisi, Georgia from 2 September (player's technical meeting) to 27 September 2017 (tiebreaks/closing ceremony). * August 2017 ratings # ID Name Fed. Title rating* B. Year Qualification Rule 1 1503014 Carlsen, Magnus NOR GM 2822 1990 World [...]

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President of Georgian Chess Federation Giorgi Giorgadze and President of European Chess Union Zurab Azmaiparashvili, who is also the director of Chess Olympiad Batumi 2018 Organizing Committee, held a joint press conference in Tbilisi Chess Palace. The attendees of the press conference were informed about the details of the preparations for the Chess World Cup. [...]

The FIDE World Chess Cup will be held on September 2-28 of 2017, in the framework of project Check in Georgia. Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Tariel Khechikashvili, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aka Lodia and Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Ketevan Bochorishvili spoke about it. The meeting was [...]