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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
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
Classified after Day 2
Day 2
Day 1
Classified after Tiebreaks