The 2023 FIDE World Cup is a 206-player knockout taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan from July 30 to August 24. The top 3 players qualify for the 2024 Candidates Tournament.

Format

Each match consists of two classical games of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with increment of 30 seconds per move. No draw offers are allowed until after move 30.

In case of a tie, a play-off is played the third day, consisting in two 25+10 rapid games, then two 10+10 games and then two 5+3 games. If still tied, individual 3+2 games until a player wins.

Players

206 players are participating in the open section, and 103 in the Women’s section. The top 50 are seeded directly to round 2.

The list of players includes Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Ju Wenjun and many others.

Schedule

  • Round 1: July 30-August 1
  • Round 2: August 2-August 4
  • Round 3: August 5-August 7
  • Round 4: August 9-August 11
  • Round 5: August 12-August 14
  • Round 6: August 15-August 17
  • Round 7: August 19-August 21
  • Final & 3rd place match: August 22-August 24

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    Day 1
    • Fataliyeva vs Ju Wenjun 1/2-1/2
    • Goryachkina vs Divya 1-0
    • Badelka vs Koneru 1/2-1/2
    • Gomes vs Salimova 0-1
    • Injac vs Kosteniuk 1/2-1/2
    • Tan vs Narva 1/2-1/2
    • Roebers vs Kulon 1-0
    • M. Muzychuk vs Vaishali 1-0
    • Ushenina vs A. Muzychuk 1/2-1/2
    • Dronavalli vs Javakhishvili 1/2-1//2
    • Osmak vs Zhu 1/2-1/2
    • Shuvalova vs Krush 1/2-1/2
    • Bivol vs Aulia 0-1
    • Khotenashvili vs Arabidze 1-0
    • Zhao vs Batsiashvili 0-1
    • Paehtz vs Assaubayeva 1/2-1/2