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In the 2017 FIDE World Chess Cup 28 players will take part 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
The Decisive battle
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