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The Chess World Cup 2023 was a 206-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Baku, Azerbaijan from 30 July to 24 August 2023. [1] It was the 10th edition of the Chess World Cup . The winner, runner-up and third-place finisher of the tournament ( Magnus Carlsen , R Praggnanandhaa and Fabiano Caruana ) earned the right to the ...
The FIDE World Cup is a major chess event organized by FIDE, the international governing body.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.
The main events in the 2023 chess calendar are the World Chess Championship 2023 [1] [2] and Women's World Chess Championship 2023. [3] The top three finishers from the Chess World Cup 2023, the winner and runner-up of the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023 and the winner of the FIDE Circuit 2023 will qualify for the Candidates Tournament 2024.
Schitco qualified for the Chess World Cup 2023, where, ranked 150th, he defeated 107th-seed Nidjat Mamedov in the first round, and 22nd-seed Sam Shankland in the second round. As of 2022, Schitco was a student and chess team member at University of Texas at Dallas. [7] [8]
In December 2023, Gukesh qualified for the 2024 Candidates Tournament, to be conducted to identify the challenger to Ding Liren for the World Chess Championship. [31] He finished second in the FIDE Circuit behind Fabiano Caruana, and took the qualifying spot reserved for the winner, as Caruana had already qualified through the Chess World Cup. [32]
Quarter-finalist of the Chess World Cup 2023. Individual silver and team gold medals in the European Chess Club Cup 2022. Quarter-finalist of the Chess World Cup 2021. Captain of gold medal-winning Indian team in the Online Chess Olympiad 2020. [15] Runner-up of the 2020 Prague Chess Festival Masters. Winner of the 2019 Biel Chess Festival.
Despite qualifying for the Candidates Tournament by winning the 2023 FIDE World Cup, [15] [16] former World Champion Magnus Carlsen decided not to compete in Toronto. [17] He had previously stated his disinclination after reaching the semifinals of the World Cup, stating that "under the current format there is absolutely no chance" he will play the Candidates. [18]
The Women's Chess World Cup 2023 was a 103-player single-elimination chess tournament, the second edition of the Women's Chess World Cup, taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 29 July to 22 August 2023. [1] The runner up and third place finishers, Nurgyul Salimova and Anna Muzychuk, qualified for the Women's Candidates Tournament 2024. [2]