FIDE World Cup 2023 30 July - 24 August 2023. Baku, Azerbaijan
Tournament info
FIDE World Cup is a 206-player knockout tournament and is taking place from 30 July to 24 August 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The prize fund is almost $1.9m, with $110,000 for the winner, while the top 3 players also qualify for the 2024 Candidates Tournament.
The top 50 players, who include world nos 1-3 Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamaura and Fabiano Caruana, are seeded directly into Round 2.
Each match consists of two classical games where the players have 90 minutes for 40 moves, plus 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus 30 seconds increment per move starting from first move.
If tied, a playoff will be held on the 3rd day.
There are two 25 minutes plus 10 seconds rapid games followed, if needed, by two 10 minutes plus 10 seconds games, then two 5 minutes plus 3 seconds games.
If still tied, the players then play single 3 minutes plus 2 seconds games until a player wins.
