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 (8th-final) - Open Section

    August 12 - August 14

    Bracket

    Odds for the remaining top 10 seeds
    Seed Player Odds of for next round Winning odds
    1 Magnus Carlsen 🇳🇴 2835 88.16% 39.13%
    3 Fabiano Caruana 🇺🇸 2782 64.77% 15.17%
    4 Ian Nepomniachtchi 🏳️ 2779 67.343% 14.96%
    8 Gukesh D 🇮🇳 2744 60.47% 4.95%
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      Day 1
      • Carlsen vs Ivanchuk 1-0
      • Hao Wang vs Gukesh 0-1
      • Abasov vs Salem 1-0
      • Vidit vs Nepo 1/2-1/2
      • Caruana vs Duda 1/2-1/2
      • Domínguez Pérez vs Sarana 1-0
      • Berkes vs Pragg 1/2-1/2
      • Grandelius vs Erigaisi 0-1
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      Day 2
      • Ivanchuk vs Carlsen 0-1
      • Gukesh vs Wang 1/2-1/2
      • Salem vs Abasov 0-1
      • Duda vs Caruana 0-1
      • Nepo vs Vidit 1/2-1/2
      • Sarana vs Domínguez Pérez 1/2-1/2
      • Erigaisi vs Grandelius 1/2-1/2
      • Pragg vs Berkes 1-0
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      Classified after Day 2
      • Magnus Carlsen 2/2 🇳🇴 2835
      • Fabiano Caruana 1.5/2 🇺🇸 2782
      • Gukesh D 1.5/2 🇮🇳 2744
      • Leinier Domínguez Pérez 1.5/2 🇺🇸 2739
      • Erigaisi Arjun 1.5/2 🇮🇳 2710
      • Praggnanandhaa R 3/4 🇮🇳 2690
      • Nijat Abasov 2/2 🇦🇿 2632