The FIDE World Chess Cup, an integral part of the World Championship Cycle 2014-2016, is taking place from September 10 – October 5, 2015, in Baku, Azerbaijan.
There shall be six (6) rounds of matches comprising two (2) games per round, with the winners progressing to the next round, plus the final seventh (7th) round comprising of four (4) games.
World #3 Veselin Topalov (2816) heads the strong field of 128 players, including #4 Hikaru Nakamura (2814), #5 Fabiano Caruana (2808), #6 Anish Giri (2793).
2015 FIDE World Cup: Official website / Live games with analysis
There are times I don’t understand GM Hikaru Nakamura, respectfully. I understand the good efforts of testing opening theory to see what works and what doesn’t, but in his first game against GM Shankland, I fail to understand 15. Qd2 followed by 16. Qe1? To make things worse we see 17. Na2??. I just don’t get it…