Ding Liren will face Wesley So in the semifinal. In the meantime, Aronian will face the winner of the Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Svidler playoff. The two finalist will automatically earn spots in the Candidates Tournament for a chance to...
More clarification from GM Anton Kovalyov about Tbilisi World Cup incident
Photo by Amruta Mokal / ChessBase India A few days ago, I published the official statement from GM Anton Kovalyov about the World Cup incident. You can read it below: Official statement from GM Anton Kovalyov about World Cup...
Premature Resignation in Only Decisive Result today at World Cup
The only player to score today is Aronian vs Ivanchuk. Even though his position was really bad, I do not think that Ivanchuk should have resigned at this stage. Players have won in much worse positions in previous rounds...
We are down to the Final 8 at the World Cup
We are down to the Final 8 players in the World Cup! Here are the matchups: Vachier-Lagrave vs Svidler (the winner of this will play the winner of Aronian v Ivanchuk) Aronian vs Ivanchuk (the winner of this will...
5 playoff matches for spots in World Cup Final 8 – Who will prevail?
Round 4 full results (http://tbilisi2017.fide.com) Name G1 G2 R1 R2 r3 r4 B1 B2 SD Tot Round 4 Match 01 Svidler Peter (RUS) ½ ½ 1 Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) ½ ½ 1 Round 4 Match 02 So...
Ivanchuk, Ding Liren & Aronian to Final 8 – Others in playoff
Round 4 – Game 2 Results Aronian, Levon – Dubov, Daniil 1-0 Bu, Xiangzhi – Svidler, Peter ½-½ Ding, Liren – Wang, Hao 1-0 Fedoseev, Vladimir – Rodshtein, Maxim 0-1 Giri, Anish – Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½ Grischuk,...
Ivanchuk 1-0 Giri while Rodshtein 0-1 Fedoseev at World Cup
Round 4 game 1 results Dubov, Daniil – Aronian, Levon ½-½ Ivanchuk, Vassily – Giri, Anish 1-0 Rapport, Richard – Najer, Evgeniy ½-½ Rodshtein, Maxim – Fedoseev, Vladimir 0-1 So, Wesley – Jobava, Baadur ½-½ Svidler, Peter – Bu,...
Big drama at the World Cup, On and Off the Board!
The excitement of World Cup round 3 should have come on the chess board, especially since World Champion Magnus Carlsen lost to Bu with white. Unfortunately, the drama was caused by an incident off the board. You can read...
Full World Cup Round 2 Matchups – Can Anyone Stop Carlsen?
Round 2 pairings WHITE FED. TITLE RATING vs BLACK FED. TITLE RATING Dreev, Aleksey GM 2648 Carlsen, Magnus GM 2827 Bacrot, Etienne GM 2728 Bu, Xiangzhi GM 2714 Svidler, Peter GM 2756 Erdos, Viktor GM 2619 Onischuk, Alexander GM...