| World Cup (2017) |
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The 2017 FIDE World Cup, held 3-27 September in Tbilisi, Georgia, featured 127 players (Yaroslav Zherebukh withdrawn) in a series of knockout matches. The early rounds had two games each, plus tiebreak games when necessary. The final was a match of four games, plus tiebreak games. The two finalists would advance to the Candidates tournament next year. The prize fund was $1,600,000, with the winner taking home $120,000. Players received 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 more minutes for the rest of the game, with the addition of 30 seconds per move from move one. The tiebreaks consisted of two 25 min + 10-sec increment Rapid games, then if needed two 10+10 games, two 5+3 Blitz games, and finally an Armageddon game where White had 5 minutes to Black's 4, but a draw counted as a win for Black. Chief arbiter: Tomasz Delega. Deputy chief arbiters: Faig Gasanov and Ashot Vardapetyan. On way to the final, Levon Aronian knocked out Daniel J Cawdery in Round 1, Yifan Hou in Round 2, Maxim Matlakov in Round 3, Daniil Dubov in Round 4, Vassily Ivanchuk in the quarterfinal and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the semifinal. Ding Liren beat Mohamed Amine Haddouche in Round 1, Martyn Kravtsiv in Round 2, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi in Round 3, Wang Hao in Round 4, Richard Rapport in the quarterfinal, and Wesley So in the semifinal. The final match started on 23 September. After 2-2 in the Classical games, Aronian won both Rapid games. Aronian and Ding Liren both qualified for the World Championship Candidates (2018) tournament. Elo 1 2 3 4 1 2
Levon Aronian 2799 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4
Ding Liren 2777 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 2
World Champion Magnus Carlsen also participated, and it was asked if this was to try to eliminate future challengers. Carlsen was knocked out anyway in Round 3 by Bu Xiangzhi. Else, there was a dress code controversy after Round 2 involving Anton Kovalyov (who beat Viswanathan Anand in Round 2) and Zurab Alekseyevich Azmaiparashvili, the Chairman of the Appeals Committee. A take on the event by User: Sally Simpson can be found at https://www.redhotpawn.com/chess-bl...Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2017100...
Regulations: http://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/W...
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Wikipedia article: Chess World Cup 2017 Previous: World Cup (2015). Next: World Cup (2019)
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Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Carlsen vs O Balogun |
  | 1-0 | 39 | 2017 | World Cup | B06 Robatsch |
| 2. M Khusenkhojaev vs Vachier-Lagrave |
| ½-½ | 22 | 2017 | World Cup | E60 King's Indian Defense |
| 3. Radjabov vs H Ziska |
| ½-½ | 15 | 2017 | World Cup | E90 King's Indian |
| 4. Ivanchuk vs Kazhgaleyev |
| ½-½ | 16 | 2017 | World Cup | A21 English |
| 5. Jobava vs I Salgado Lopez |
| ½-½ | 20 | 2017 | World Cup | D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation |
| 6. Xiong vs Motylev |
| ½-½ | 15 | 2017 | World Cup | D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 7. S Mareco vs Bluebaum |
| ½-½ | 22 | 2017 | World Cup | C11 French |
| 8. G Liu vs Mamedyarov |
| 0-1 | 26 | 2017 | World Cup | C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange |
| 9. A Smirnov vs Karjakin |
| ½-½ | 30 | 2017 | World Cup | D37 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 10. B Sambuev vs Wei Yi |
| 1-0 | 24 | 2017 | World Cup | D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation |
| 11. J Vakhidov vs Svidler |
| 0-1 | 30 | 2017 | World Cup | D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
| 12. V Kunin vs Le Quang Liem |
| ½-½ | 28 | 2017 | World Cup | D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation |
| 13. M Antipov vs Tomashevsky |
| ½-½ | 15 | 2017 | World Cup | A13 English |
| 14. I Cheparinov vs D Mastrovasilis |
| 1-0 | 32 | 2017 | World Cup | D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 |
| 15. R Hovhannisyan vs M Rodshtein |
| ½-½ | 23 | 2017 | World Cup | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 16. V S Gujrathi vs N Delgado Ramirez |
| ½-½ | 32 | 2017 | World Cup | E10 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 17. Ponomariov vs S P Sethuraman |
| ½-½ | 16 | 2017 | World Cup | C53 Giuoco Piano |
| 18. N Nguyen vs B Adhiban |
| ½-½ | 15 | 2017 | World Cup | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 19. J D Ruiz Castillo vs So |
| 0-1 | 59 | 2017 | World Cup | B18 Caro-Kann, Classical |
| 20. Caruana vs K Solomon |
| 1-0 | 42 | 2017 | World Cup | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 21. Aronian vs D Cawdery |
| 1-0 | 39 | 2017 | World Cup | A16 English |
| 22. Nakamura vs A Al-Rakib |
| 1-0 | 39 | 2017 | World Cup | A04 Reti Opening |
| 23. Nepomniachtchi vs M Palac |
| ½-½ | 35 | 2017 | World Cup | A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto |
| 24. Wojtaszek vs F de Cresce El Debs |
| 1-0 | 42 | 2017 | World Cup | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 25. Y Gonzalez Vidal vs Harikrishna |
| 1-0 | 36 | 2017 | World Cup | C42 Petrov Defense |
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| Sep-15-17 | | Pedro Fernandez: Thank you <zborris8> I didn't know those games, greetings. |
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Sep-15-17
 | | Sally Simpson: Hi geniokov,
Haven't we notice that Technologies such as Chess Engines are already killing " THEORETICAL NOVELTIES?" Far from it, they are opening new doors for players to explore. Doors that were in the past deemed closed because of a run of losses, or someone in the past had declared it bad. In the old days one loss from an opening today we know is playable was enough to relegate it to the dustbin. I cannot think of no better example than Watson who highlighted Nimzowitsch vs Marshall, 1927 saying this one loss was the reason we never saw another Benoni for decades. These days of course the TN's are much deeper and go past 20-30+ moves.with computers that do not having any bias, bad habits or preoccupation. They have never read a book, been coached, or had heroes all of which can influence a players development. It's wrong to say they have discovered a resource in a position once thought good,bad or bland . The resource was always there but nobody was looking for one. |
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Sep-15-17
| | Sally Simpson: I've seen Keti and Sokolov a few times she is doing OK but needs to interrupt every now and then and insist a variation is shown. Her role is to explain the simpler things and point out the basics. A very important role, one must have the ability to quickly spot a plausible move a 1600 player would spot and show, if there is one, the tactical refutation. Trouble is Sokolov devours every position before him like his life depends on it. Suddenly it is his game and he goes off on some variation. Brilliant to watch the thought process but she cannot get a word in so let's him go on and on. It's not done on purpose, Sokolov is not being rude, he is being him. I reckon at the end of each day he is more tired than the players and he has not had a rest day. When she does manage to get a word in she is clear and precise. She may be slightly in awe of him. |
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| Sep-16-17 | | optimal play: <Willber G: From memory, here is their first exchange on commentary together at the tournament: Solokov: We have with us Keti, WIM.
Keti: Thank you, but I am a WGM.
S: Sorry, I'm thinking of when we worked together two years ago when you were a WIM. K: No, I became a WGM in 2012.
S: Ah...>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etk...
3:01:25
Sokolov: Grandmaster?? My God!
(Keti nervously laughs)
An awkward and embarrassing introduction sets the scene for the remainder of their commentary together. |
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| Sep-16-17 | | cormier: is there a board where one can see the developement of this tournement, i couldn't follow-up because of lack of time ... i would really appreciate and like to understant how the tournement was played between each player, and how the players were paired ..... ths |
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| Sep-16-17 | | zborris8: <cormier> - I think this is what you want. See "Download World Cup 2017 Pairings" for the bracket from FIDE World Cup Website:
https://tbilisi2017.fide.com/2017/0... direct PDF to bracket: https://cdn.fide.com/wp-content/upl..." Chess dot com is also posting the updated bracket at the end of each round - see the end of their articles. <Cheers, Pedro!> |
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Sep-16-17
 | | FSR: <keypusher> 2264. https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml... Shows you what a joke the "Woman Grand Master" title is. |
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| Sep-16-17 | | WorstPlayerEver: But..but..but. if female chess is a joke, what does that say about the males involved? They marry them! |
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| Sep-16-17 | | PhilFeeley: <FSR, WorstPlayerEver> It just means the rating is too low for "GM". It should be 2400. WIM for a rating of 2200 should be fine. |
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| Sep-16-17 | | tuttifrutty: <And any human brain that is <entirely> dependent on chess engines is a wasted mind.> No shiiit!, Even someone with an IQ of 26 knows that. Please try again. |
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| Sep-16-17 | | Big Pawn: <PhilFeeley: <FSR, WorstPlayerEver> It just means the rating is too low for "GM". It should be 2400. WIM for a rating of 2200 should be fine.> What good reason is there to have it any different than it is for men? This is implying that women aren't as smart as men, so we need to lower the GM title so they can have one too. A participation trophy.
Everything should be 100% merit based. |
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| Sep-16-17 | | tuttifrutty: <What good reason is there to have it any different than it is for men?> NONE...it's high time Fide should adhere to the laws of equality. |
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| Sep-16-17 | | jith1207: <builttospill> I didn't know the broadcast ended when a game was still going on, funny one but am not surprised at all. I earlier posted that in this kind of tournament, it is important that both the commentators participate actively. In a move to bring on some fairer sex who would not participate as much, they had it coming. Perhaps Sokolov could not handle anymore that day and he is a human after all? Perhaps he won't get dinner late after dark and the girl sitting nearby would not make a sandwich? I like chess24, they seemed to have commentators duo who would bring different characters in the room and equally handle the burden with fun so the viewers and themselves could keep going as long as it takes. Such as Jan, Svidler, Trent, Pepe. I think this organising team wanted to imitate how Seirawan does (with a fairer sex), but they missed some not-So-subtleties in chess commentary there. But even chess24 didn't seem to get enough commentators this time probably because Peter is playing here and Jan knew he could not handle alone - he rather would do it alone in his mother tongue, German. |
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| Sep-16-17 | | jith1207: WIM , WGM , WFM , WCM - these title stand for wee-bit-less GM, so on. In reality, that wee-bit-less stands for 200 ELO rating points less than what is considered for men. I think the problem is women have not been completely into the profession of chess, they either get into family priorities or media and don't pursue career throughout, or stay long enough and realise they don't go over a certain peak. These titles are to appease them and make them feel better if they could not have chess in their life for the entire career or youth. The amount of female chess players that get into official broadcasting or chess websites seem to suggest that even if they are much better in chess than doing their thing there. I guess they get to earn and make a living that way, so why shouldn't they. That sucks the competition out and the will to rise above the wee-bit-less status. However, there are few strong players among them who get over the hump and become GMs or IMs. |
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| Sep-16-17 | | Absentee: <Domdaniel: In my experience, those males who disagree with this idea tend to be in denial about sexist structures in society.> In my experience, those males who have a fixation with sexism are trying to expiate an irrational, deep-seated sense of guilt for a collective past history by replacing merit and competence with gender quotas and by shouting "SEXISM!!!111" really, really loud every 0.3 seconds. |
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Sep-16-17
 | | Tabanus: There's a summary by Tisdall at http://mattogpatt.no/2017/09/15/a-d..., for the interested. |
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| Sep-16-17 | | A.T PhoneHome: I'm really happy for Aronian. He's won this year's edition of Grenke Classic, Norway Chess and Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz and now he's in the last 8 of the FIDE World Cup. Right now, I would vote him Player of the Year. Hopefully he will finish the year in similar manner. |
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| Sep-16-17 | | starry2013: He didn't do so well in the Grand Prix, I'm not convinced he would win the Candidates. |
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Sep-16-17
 | | Domdaniel: <Absentee> That sounds more like ideology than experience. For what it's worth, I don't have a fixation with sexism, I didn't mention gender quotas, I don't do guilt and I never, ever shout. |
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| Sep-16-17 | | jith1207: Agree, but not doing grand prix series does not mean he will not do well in Candidates. Not long ago, Carlsen invited Aronian as a training partner before Sinquefield cup and both spent some time in the US. In the end, Aronian seemed to be better prepared. Time and again, if he is given a particular tournament to prepare for or something that he has aimed for, he has done exceptionally well. Otherwise, he does not tend to be one of those consistent performers throughout the year. So obviously people always find events where he does not do well or does very poorly. He is such chess player, he is. I believe World Cup suits his style well - in order to push him to bring his best. Similarly, he would get his eye on Candidates once qualified. On a sidenote, He came close to winning Candidates in 2013, in fact Kramnik was also very close in getting ahead of Carlsen until Chucky knocked Kramnik out in the final round and Kramnik earlier had knocked out the chances of Aronian who would have equalled Carlsen in tie breaker if not for that loss. Ivanchuk and Svidler did their best to defeat Magnus in the end. Still, Carlsen won the Candidates to challenge Anand and then became world champion. Rest is History. |
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Sep-16-17
 | | tpstar: The official site sponsor video has the board set up wrong! AIEEE! <Perhaps he won't get dinner late after dark and the girl sitting nearby would not make a sandwich?> Perhaps. :P |
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| Sep-16-17 | | jith1207: If Aronian wins all 4 classical games in semi finals and finals, he will be inches away from world number one. Even if he wins one each, it should be interesting. Going by how much almost always only world champions have been number one ranked, it would be a great feat if Aronian could become number one before he ever becomes world champion. |
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| Sep-16-17 | | PhilFeeley: Ivanchuk's position doesn't look well for someone who needs a win. Aronian has a centralized queen and bishop and active pawns. Does Ivanchuk have a plan for counterattack? |
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| Sep-16-17 | | JimNorCal: Yes, Chuky's position looks organically stable but passive. MVL's position looks promising, as does Ding's. Early stage, though |
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Sep-16-17
| | tpstar: Sokolov and Sosonko are having a great time analyzing games while Keti is left pondering the undue burden of her womanhood in an uncaring and un-understanding chess world. Aronian wins the fashion show! |
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