Who is the favorite to win the semifinal match between Ding Liren and Wesley So? #TbilisiChess2017 @TbilisiWorldCup — Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) September 17, 2017 Who is the favorite to win the semifinal match between Levon Aronian and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave?...
Aronian & So have white in game 1 of WC semifinal

The 1st game of the round starts at 3 PM September, 19 2017. WHITE FED. TITLE RATING vs BLACK FED. TITLE RATING Aronian, Levon GM 2802 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime GM 2804 So, Wesley GM 2792 Ding, Liren GM 2771
MVL defeated Svidler in rapid playoff to face Aronian in WC semifinal

MVL defeated Svidler in game 2 of the rapid playoff to advance to the semifinal of the World Cup. He will face Aronian next. In the other matchup, So will take on Ding Liren. Svidler – Vachier-Lagrave 1. c4...
Canadian Chess Federation demands apology from World Cup Organizers

Chess federation fuming over treatment of Canadian grandmaster at World Cup Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press Published Monday, September 11, 2017 1:05PM EDT MONTREAL — Canada’s chess federation says it has filed a formal complaint over the treatment of...
World Cup Organizer GM Azmaiparashvili: “I am waiting for Mr. Kovalyov to also apologize…”

Official statement from World Cup Organizer GM Azmaiparashvili: From 2012, when I became the Deputy Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia, till nowadays, I have brought around 20 million USD for chess: We have organized top events...
Ding Liren v So for the Final, Aronian v winner of MVL – Svidler playoff

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...