Chess World Cup 2017
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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 sec
2017 FIDE World Cup winner Levon Aronian.
Candidates Tournament 2018
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The Candidates Tournament 2018 was an eight-player double round-robin chess tournament, which was held in Berlin, Germany, between 10–28 March 2018. The winner, Fabiano Caruana, earned the right to ch
Chess World Cup 2017
…first win in 2005. It was the 7th edition of the Chess World Cup. The top two finishers in the tournament, Aronian and Ding Liren, qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2018 for the World Chess Championship 2018. At the 85th FIDE Congress held during the 41st Chess Olympiad, FIDE received bids to host the World Cup 2017 and…
Fabiano Caruana, the winner of the Candidates Tournament 2018, advanced to the World Chess Championship 2018 match.
Kramnik, Mamedyarov, Karjakin, and Grischuk during the opening ceremony.
So, Ding, Aronian, and Caruana during the opening ceremony.
View of round 6 from the audience: left Mamedyarov (seated) and Kramnik; right Caruana.