FIDE World Cup 2017

FIDE World Cup 2017

Sep 3, 2017 – Sep 27, 2017

Tbilisi, Georgia
3 - 27 September, 2017

The 2017 FIDE World Chess Cup  features 128 players in a series of knockout matches. 
Rounds are two games each, plus a tiebreak if necessary. 
Only the final is a match of four games (plus a possible tiebreak).

Time Limits

Standardplay: 
90 minutes in 40 moves + 
30 minutes all moves + 
30 seconds for each move 
starting from move 1

Play-Offs:
two rapid games (25 min + 10 sec increment), 
then if necessary, two additional 10 + 10  games, 
two blitz games (5 + 3) and finally, if the tie persists, 
a single Armageddon game (5 minutes for White, 4 minutes for Black with draw odds.)

Schedule : * UTC/GMT +4 hours

1/64 final - Game 1   Sep 03, 2017 - 15:00
1/64 final - Game 2   Sep 04, 2017 - 15:00
1/64 final - Play-Offs Sep 05, 2017 - 15:00
1/32 final - Game 1   Sep 06, 2017 - 15:00
1/32 final - Game 2   Sep 07, 2017 - 15:00
1/32 final - Play-Offs Sep 08, 2017 - 15:00
1/16 final - Game 1   Sep 09, 2017 - 15:00
1/16 final - Game 2   Sep 10, 2017 - 15:00
1/16 final - Play-Offs Sep 11, 2017 - 15:00
1/8  final - Game 1    Sep 12, 2017 - 15:00
1/8  final - Game 2    Sep 13, 2017 - 15:00
1/8  final - Play-Offs  Sep 14, 2017 - 15:00
1/4  final - Game 1    Sep 15, 2017 - 15:00
1/4  final - Game 2    Sep 16, 2017 - 15:00
1/4  final - Play-Offs  Sep 17, 2017 - 15:00
                        REST DAY
1/2  final - Game 1    Sep 19, 2017 - 15:00
1/2  final - Game 2    Sep 20, 2017 - 15:00
1/2  final - Play-Offs  Sep 21, 2017 - 15:00
                        REST DAY
Final   -    Game 1    Sep 23, 2017 - 15:00
Final   -    Game 2    Sep 24, 2017 - 15:00
Final   -    Game 3    Sep 25, 2017 - 15:00
Final   -    Game 4    Sep 26, 2017 - 15:00
Final   -    Play-Off    Sep 27, 2017 - 15:00