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.
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Round of 16 pairings
Veselin Topalov (BUL) – Peter Svidler (RUS)
Ding Liren (CHN) – Yi Wei (CHN)
Anish Giri (NED) – Radoslaw Wojtaszek (POL)
Wesley So (USA) – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
Hikaru Nakamura (USA) – Michael Adams (ENG)
Pavel Eljanov (UKR) – Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS)
Fabiano Caruana (USA) – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)
Dmitry Andreikin (RUS) – Sergey Karjakin (RUS)
2015 FIDE World Cup: Official website
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