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2. Chess World Cup 2017 - Wikipedia

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   The Chess World Cup 2017 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament, held in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 2 to 27 September 2017. It was won by Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian . This was the second time he had won the Chess World Cup , 12 years after his first win in 2005 .

3. 2017 in chess - Wikipedia

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   This article details the year of 2017 with respect to the game of chess.Major chess-related events that took place in 2017 include the Women's World Chess Championship 2017 knockout tournament, the Chess World Cup, the FIDE Grand Prix Series, and the abolishing of the consecutiveness requirement within the fivefold repetition rule.

4. Eric Hansen (chess player) - Wikipedia

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   Nevertheless, Hansen was nominated to play in the FIDE World Cup 2011. [11] [12] In that event, Hansen played Vugar Gashimov, losing both games. In a 4 September 2012 video interview at the Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Hansen reflected on his 2011 World Cup experience: "I got paired against Gashimov and he killed me.

5. Chess World Cup - Wikipedia

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   The FIDE World Cup is a major chess event organized by FIDE, the international governing body. Three different formats have been used: Three different formats have been used: In 2000 and 2002, it was a multi-stage tournament , with a group stage consisting of 24 players in four groups, followed by a knockout stage .

6. Ian Nepomniachtchi - Wikipedia

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   On 10 December 2017, Ian won a chess game against world champion Magnus Carlsen at the super tournament in London. In the tournament, Nepomniachtchi, the leader after eight rounds (+3−0=5), lost in a tie-break to Fabiano Caruana , who managed to catch up with the leader in the ninth round, and took 2nd place.

7. Oluwafemi Balogun - Wikipedia

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   In the Chess World Cup 2017, Balogun was defeated by World Champion Magnus Carlsen in the first round, becoming the first African to play against a reigning world champion in a competitive match. [2] In 2021 he won the Nigerian chess championships. In the Chess World Cup 2023, he was defeated by Alexandr Predke in the first round. [3]

8. Netflix signs groundbreaking deal for live Women's World Cup ...

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   It will mark the first time that any World Cup matches, men's or women's, will be broadcast in the U.S. by a digital streaming service, and not on linear TV. And, for FIFA, it is risky.

9. Diego Flores (chess player) - Wikipedia

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   He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013 and 2017.Flores won the Argentine Chess Championships of 2005, 2009, [2] 2012 [3] 2016, [4] and 2017. Flores has played for the Argentine national team in the Chess Olympiad, the Pan-American Team Chess Championship and the Mercosur Chess Olympiad.