Chess World Cup 2023 Explained

FIDE Chess World Cup 2023
Sport:Chess
Location:Baku, Azerbaijan
Start Date:30 July 2023
End Date:24 August 2023
Administrator:FIDE
Tournament Format:Single-elimination tournament
Host:Azerbaijan Chess Federation
Participants:206
Champion: Magnus Carlsen
Runners-Up1: R Praggnanandhaa
3Rd Place: Fabiano Caruana
Previous:2021
Next:2025

The Chess World Cup 2023 was a 206-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Baku, Azerbaijan from 30 July to 24 August 2023.[1] It was the 10th edition of the Chess World Cup. The winner, runner-up and third-place finisher of the tournament (Magnus Carlsen, R Praggnanandhaa and Fabiano Caruana) earned the right to the play in the 2024 Candidates Tournament.[2] [3] In January 2024, Carlsen withdrew from the Candidates tournament, with the fourth-place finisher from the World Cup (Nijat Abasov) qualifying in his place.[4] [5] The tournament was held in parallel with the Women's Chess World Cup 2023.

Jan-Krzysztof Duda was the defending champion.[6] [7] He lost in the fifth round (last 16) to Fabiano Caruana.[8]

Format

The tournament was an eight-round knockout event, with the top 50 seeds having been given a bye directly into the second round. The losers of the two semi-finals played a match for third place.The players who finished first, second, and third qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2024, a tournament to decide the challenger for the upcoming World Championship.[9] [10]

Each round consisted of classical time limit games on the first two days, plus tie-breaks on the third day if they were required. The time limits were as follows:

Two classical time limit games: 90 minutes, plus a 30-minute increment on move 40, plus a 30-second increment per move from move 1, per player.If the match was tied after the classical games, players played two rapid chess games, with 25 minutes plus a 10-second increment per move, per player.If the match was tied, players played two more rapid chess games, with 10 minutes plus a 10-second increment per move, per player.If the match was still tied, players played two blitz games, with five minutes plus a three-second increment per move, per player.If the match was still tied, a single blitz game, with three minutes plus a two-second increment per move, was played to decide the match. A drawing of lots determined which player had white. If the game was drawn, the players switched colors and played again, and this process was repeated until a decisive result was obtained.

Schedule

Each round lasted three days: two for classical time control games and a third, if necessary, for tie-breaks. Rounds 1 to 3 ran from July 30 to August 7; August 8 was a rest day; Rounds 4 to 6 ran from August 9 to 17; August 18 was a rest day; and the last two rounds ran from August 19 to 24.

Prize money

The total prize fund is US$1,834,000, with the first prize of US$110,000.

Prize money in US dollars!Ranking!Prizes!Total

Eliminated in Round 1

78 × 3,000

234,000

Eliminated in Round 2

64 × 6,000

384,000

Eliminated in Round 3

32 × 10,000

320,000

Eliminated in Round 4

16 × 16,000

256,000

Eliminated in Round 5

8 × 25,000

200,000

Eliminated in Round 6

4 × 35,000

140,000

4th place

1 × 50,000

50,000

3rd place

1 × 60,000

60,000

Runner-up

1 × 80,000

80,000

Winner

1 × 110,000

110,000

Total

1,834,000

Participants

The participants are seeded here by their FIDE rating of July 2023. All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.[11]

Qualifier explanation

The following 206 players qualified for the World Cup:

Armenia did not nominate a player, and a third Organizer's nominee was invited instead.

The participants were seeded by their FIDE rating of July 2023.

Replacements

The following are the players from the list of qualifiers who declined to play, and their replacements:

Rounds 1–4

Pairings were published on July 4, on the official FIDE website.[28]

Section 16

Rounds 5–8

Third place

SeedNameAug 2023 rating12R1R2Total
69align=left Nijat Abasov26321 0001
3align=left Fabiano Caruana27820 11 13

Finals

SeedNameAug 2023 rating12R1R2Total
1align=left Magnus Carlsen2835½ ½1 ½2½
31align=left R Praggnanandhaa2690½ ½0 ½1½

References

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  4. Web site: Exclusive: Carlsen Confirms He Will Formally Decline Candidates Invitation . . 6 January 2024.
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  8. Web site: FIDE World Cup Round 5 Game 2: Decisive outcomes and missed opportunities . 2023-08-14 . FIDE . en.
  9. Web site: 2023 World Cup regulations, FIDE .
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  27. Web site: List of Federations entitled to nominate a player for FIDE World Cup 2023 .
  28. Web site: The 2023 FIDE World Cup wild cards revealed . 2023-06-04 . www.fide.com . en.

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