2019-10-04

FIDE World Cup 2019

The FIDE World Cup 2019 is held from 10th of September to 4th of October in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
System of play: 128 players knockout tournament. The first two players will qualify for the 2020 Candidates.
Time control: 90 min for 40 moves, then 30 min for the rest of the game, plus 30 sec increment from move 1.
Tie breaks: 2 games 25+10, 2 games 10+10, 2 games 5+3, if there is still a tie armageddon 5 to 4 min will be played.

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Schedule in UTC:
Round 1 / Game 1    Sep 10, 2019    10:00 
Round 1 / Game 2    Sep 11, 2019    10:00 
Round 1 Tiebreaks    Sep 12, 2019    10:00 
Round 2 / Game 1    Sep 13, 2019    10:00 
Round 2 / Game 2    Sep 14, 2019    10:00 
Round 2 /TiebreaksSep 15, 2019    10:00 
Round 3 / Game 1    Sep 16, 2019    10:00 
Round 3 / Game 2    Sep 17, 2019    10:00 
Round 3 /Tiebreaks    Sep 18, 2019    10:00 
Round 4 / Game 1    Sep 20, 2019    10:00 
Round 4 / Game 2    Sep 21, 2019    10:00 
Round 4 /Tiebreaks    Sep 22, 2019    10:00 
1/4 final / Game 1    Sep 23, 2019    10:00 
1/4 final / Game 2    Sep 24, 2019    10:00 
1/4 final / Tiebreaks    Sep 25, 2019    10:00 
1/2 final / Game 1    Sep 26, 2019    10:00 
1/2 final / Game 2    Sep 27, 2019    10:00 
1/2 final / Tiebreaks    Sep 28, 2019    10:00 
Final / Game 1    Sep 30, 2019    10:00 
Final / Game 2    Oct 1, 2019    10:00 
Final / Game 3    Oct 2, 2019    10:00 
Final / Game 4    Oct 3, 2019    10:00
Final / Tiebreaks    Oct 4, 2019    10:00 


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