The FIDE World Cup will be held from 2nd to 27th of September in Hualing Hotel in Tbilisi, Georgia. The final will take place in the Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi from 23rd till 27th of September. 128 player Knock Out tournament brings together the strongest players in the world, as well as qualifiers from every [...]
Attention World Chess Cup participants! The World Cup desk will be placed in the terminal welcome centre in Tbilisi International Airport. It is necessary you contact them immediately upon your arrival.
FIDE Vice President Israel Gelfer and FIDE Chief Executive Officer Geoffrey Borg had a business visit to Tbilisi on August 9-10. The purpose of the visit was to inspect the preparation process for the World Cup which will take place in Tbilisi. The meeting with the first deputy minister of Sport and Youth Affairs [...]
FIDE announces the first round pairings for the forthcoming World Cup 2017 to be held in Tbilisi, Georgia. Download World Cup 2017 Pairings
On July 27, at 15.00, a press conference on Chess World Cup was held at the "Amphitheater" foyer of "The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi". Tbilisi Mayor Davit Narmania, First Deputy Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Akaki Lodia, Director of Organizing Committee of the 2018 World Chess Olympiad and President of European Chess Union Zurab [...]
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 [...]
