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
The Chess World Cup is one of the more exciting tournaments to watch. It’s a knock out tournament to decide who goes to the 2016 Candidates Tournament. The following URL has a list of all the players participating in the Chess World Cup 2015 .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_World_Cup_2015