The FIDE World Chess Cup, an integral part of the World Championship Cycle 2014-2016, is starting in no more than a day.
The long waited event will take place from September 10 – October 5, 2015, at the Grand Ballroom of Fairmont Baku Hotel*****, in Azerbaijani capital Baku.
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), #5Fabiano Caruana (2808), #6 Anish Giri (2793), Liren Ding (2782), Vladimir Kramnik (2777), Wesley So (2773), Alexander Grischuk (2771), Levon Aronian (2765),Sergey Karjakin (2762).
You can see Round 1 pairings and tournament scheme below.
Tournament schedule:
September 10, 15:00 CET – Technical meeting
September 10, 16:30 CET – Opening ceremony
September 11, 12:00 CET – Round 1/64 – Game1
September 12, 12:00 CET – Round 1/64 – Game2
September 13, 12:00 CET – Tiebreaks
September 14, 12:00 CET – Round 1/32 – Game1
September 15, 12:00 CET – Round 1/32 – Game2
September 16, 12:00 CET – Tiebreaks
September 17, 12:00 CET – Round 1/16 – Game1
September 18, 12:00 CET – Round 1/16 – Game2
September 19, 12:00 CET – Tiebreaks
September 20, 12:00 CET – Round 1/8 – Game1
September 21, 12:00 CET – Round 1/8 – Game1
September 22, 12:00 CET – Tiebreaks
September 23, 12:00 CET – Round 1/4 – Game1
September 24, 12:00 CET – Round 1/4 – Game2
September 25, 12:00 CET – Tiebreaks
September 26, 12:00 CET – Free Day
September 27, 12:00 CET – Semifinal – Game1
September 28, 12:00 CET – Semifinal – Game2
September 29, 12:00 CET – Tiebreaks
September 30, 12:00 CET – Free Day
October 1, 12:00 CET – Final – Game1
October 2, 12:00 CET – Final – Game2
October 3, 12:00 CET – Final – Game3
October 4, 12:00 CET – Final – Game4
October 5, 12:00 CET – Tiebreaks and Closing ceremony