The return games of the second round of the World Cup were completed in the Hualing Hotel in Tbilisi. Despite the elimination of 64 players in the first round, tomorrow we are going to see the same number of tie-break matches as in the previous tie-break day - 22. Magnus Carlsen defeated Alexei Dreev and [...]
Publishings Pairings for Tie-Breaks of Round 2. 22 Matches. Start at 3PM. WHITE FED. TITLE RATING vs BLACK FED. TITLE RATING So, Wesley GM 2792 Bluebaum, Matthias GM 2633 Lenic, Luka GM 2646 Caruana, Fabiano GM 2799 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar GM 2797 Kuzubov, Yuriy GM 2688 Aronian, Levon GM 2802 Hou, Yifan GM 2670 [...]
Legendary Georgian football player and chess enthusiast Manuchar Machaidze came to support the strong Georgian chess player Baadur Jobava on Round 1 tie-break games. Mr. Manuchar, today you came here to support Baadur Jobava. Do you know him personally? No, he belongs to a different, younger generation. We have not interacted. We know that you [...]
32 participants of the World Cup returned today to the venue to play the first games of the second round. Only 7 games were decisive, while 25 finished in a draw. Magnus Carlsen defeated Alexey Dreev, David Navara won against Ivan Cheparinov, in two Russian derbies Vladimir Kramnik and Vladimir Fedoseev won against Anton Demchenko [...]
The third day of the FIDE World Cup has finished and all the results of the first round are in. The remaining 22 matches continued with playoffs after two classical games. According to the regulations of the World Cup tiebreaks two rapid games are played at a rate of 25 min+10 seconds. If the score [...]
Publishing Pairings for Round 2 Game 1 to be played on September, 6 2017 at 3 PM. WHITE FED. TITLE RATING vs BLACK FED. TITLE RATING Dreev, Aleksey GM 2648 Carlsen, Magnus GM 2827 Bacrot, Etienne GM 2728 Bu, Xiangzhi GM 2714 Svidler, Peter GM 2756 Erdos, Viktor GM 2619 Onischuk, Alexander GM 2682 Wojtaszek, [...]
The second games of the first round were played in Tbilisi on 4th of September. The majority of the top seeds proceeded to the second round by defeating much lower rated opponents. 42 players won their matches after two classical games: Carlsen Magnus (NOR), So Wesley (USA), Caruana Fabiano (USA), Kramnik Vladimir (RUS), Aronian Levon [...]
The 2017 FIDE World Chess Cup began today at the Hualing Hotel in Tbilisi, Georgia, with 128 world's top players fighting for the 1,6 million USD prize fund. FIDE Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos made the first move in the game between the World Champion Magnus Carlsen (NOR) and Oluwafemi Balogun (NGR). According to the pairings, [...]
Magnus Carlsen chose White pieces at the Opening Ceremony of the World Cup. The opening ceremony took place at the Funicular restaurant in Tbilisi on 2nd 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 [...]
The drawing of lots ceremony took place in Funicular restaurant of Tbilisi. The reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway) picked white colour. Round 1 Game 1 pairings are published below. Players will switch colours in Round 1 Game 2. * September 2017 Ratings WHITE FED. TITLE RATING vs BLACK FED. TITLE RATING Carlsen, Magnus [...]
