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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    Round 5 (Quarterfinals) - Women’s Section

    August 12 - August 14

    Bracket
    • Q1: Elizabeth Paehtz vs Anna Muzychuk

    • Q2: Polina Shuvalova vs Nurgyul Salimova

    • Q3 Zhongyi Tan vs Bella Khotenashvili

    • Q4: Aleksandra Goryachkina vs Harika Dronavalli

    • S1: Winner of Q1 vs Winner of Q2

    • S2: Winner of Q3 vs Winner of Q4

    • 3rd place match: Loser of S1 vs Loser of S2

    • Final: Winner of S1 vs Winner of S2

    Winning odds
    Seed Player Odds of for next round Winning odds
    2 Aleksandra Goryachkina 🏳️ 2557 65.24% 28.09%
    6 Zhongyi Tan 🇨🇳 2523 62.86% 17.09%
    9 Anna Muzychuk 🇺🇦 2504 60.27% 16.15%
    10 Harika Dronavalli 🇮🇳 2500 34.76% 8.93%
    12 Polina Shuvalova 🏳️ 2496 71.74% 15.11%
    14 Bella Khotenashvili 🇬🇪 2475 37.14% 5.82%
    16 Elizabeth Paehtz 🇩🇪 2474 39.73% 6.99%
    28 Nurgyul Salimova 🇧🇬 2409 28.26% 1.82%
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      Day 1
      • A. Muzychuk vs Paehtz 1/2-1/2
      • Salimova vs Shuvalova 1-0
      • Tan vs Khotenashvili 1-0
      • Goryachkina vs Dronavalli 1/2-1/2
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      Day 2
      • Paehtz vs A. Muzychuk 1/2-1/2
      • Dronavalli vs Goryachkina 1/2-1/2
      • Khotenashvili vs Tan 1*2-1/2
      • Shuvalova vs Salimova 1-0
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      Classified after Tiebreaks
      • Aleksandra Goryachkina 4.5/8 🏳️ 2557
      • Anna Muzychuk 4.5/8 🇺🇦 2504
      • Nurgyul Salimova 3/4 🇧🇬 2409