Chess World Cup 2023

Not to be confused with World Chess Championship 2023.

The Chess World Cup 2023 was a 206-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Baku, Azerbaijan from 30 July to 24 August 2023.^[1] It was the 10th edition of the Chess World Cup. The winner, runner-up and third-place finisher of the tournament (Magnus Carlsen, R Praggnanandhaa and Fabiano Caruana) earned the right to the play in the 2024 Candidates Tournament.^[2][3] In January 2024, Carlsen withdrew from the Candidates tournament, with the fourth-place finisher from the World Cup (Nijat Abasov) qualifying in his place.^[4][5] The tournament was held in parallel with the Women's Chess World Cup 2023.

FIDE Chess World Cup 2023

Magnus Carlsen, the winner of the 2023 FIDE World Cup.
Tournament information
Sport	Chess
Location	Baku, Azerbaijan
Dates	30 July 2023–24 August 2023
Administrator	FIDE
Tournament format(s)	Single-elimination tournament
Host(s)	Azerbaijan Chess Federation
Participants	206
Final positions
Champion	Magnus Carlsen
Runner-up	R Praggnanandhaa
3rd place	Fabiano Caruana
← 2021 2025 →

Jan-Krzysztof Duda was the defending champion.^[6][7] He lost in the fifth round (last 16) to Fabiano Caruana.^[8]

Format

Stamps of Azerbaijan

The tournament was an eight-round knockout event, with the top 50 seeds having been given a bye directly into the second round. The losers of the two semi-finals played a match for third place. The players who finished first, second, and third qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2024, a tournament to decide the challenger for the upcoming World Championship.^[9][10]

Each round consisted of classical time limit games on the first two days, plus tie-breaks on the third day if they were required. The time limits were as follows:

Two classical time limit games: 90 minutes, plus a 30-minute increment on move 40, plus a 30-second increment per move from move 1, per player. If the match was tied after the classical games, players played two rapid chess games, with 25 minutes plus a 10-second increment per move, per player. If the match was tied, players played two more rapid chess games, with 10 minutes plus a 10-second increment per move, per player. If the match was still tied, players played two blitz games, with five minutes plus a three-second increment per move, per player. If the match was still tied, a single blitz game, with three minutes plus a two-second increment per move, was played to decide the match. A drawing of lots determined which player had white. If the game was drawn, the players switched colors and played again, and this process was repeated until a decisive result was obtained.

Schedule

Each round lasted three days: two for classical time control games and a third, if necessary, for tie-breaks. Rounds 1 to 3 ran from July 30 to August 7; August 8 was a rest day; Rounds 4 to 6 ran from August 9 to 17; August 18 was a rest day; and the last two rounds ran from August 19 to 24.

Prize money

The total prize fund is US$1,834,000, with the first prize of US$110,000.

Prize money in US dollars

Ranking	Prizes	Total
Eliminated in Round 1	78 × 3,000	234,000
Eliminated in Round 2	64 × 6,000	384,000
Eliminated in Round 3	32 × 10,000	320,000
Eliminated in Round 4	16 × 16,000	256,000
Eliminated in Round 5	8 × 25,000	200,000
Eliminated in Round 6	4 × 35,000	140,000
4th place	1 × 50,000	50,000
3rd place	1 × 60,000	60,000
Runner-up	1 × 80,000	80,000
Winner	1 × 110,000	110,000
Total		1,834,000

Participants

The participants are seeded here by their FIDE rating of July 2023.^{[lower-alpha 1]} All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.^[11]

01.    Magnus Carlsen (NOR), 2835 (WC)

02.    Hikaru Nakamura (USA), 2787 (PN)

03.    Fabiano Caruana (USA), 2782 (Z2.1)

04.    Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS), 2779 (R)

05.    Anish Giri (NED), 2775 (R)

06.    Wesley So (USA), 2769 (Z2.1)

07.    Teimour Radjabov (AZE), 2747 (R)

08.    Gukesh D (IND), 2744 (R)

09.    Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2742 (R)

10.    Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), 2739 (R)

11.    Leinier Domínguez (USA), 2739 (Z2.1)

12.    Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2736 (R)

13.    Yu Yangyi (CHN), 2735 (R)

14.    Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL), 2732 (WC)

15.    Lê Quang Liêm (VIE), 2728 (R)

16.    Wei Yi (CHN), 2726 (R)

17.    Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB), 2725 (R)

18.    Nikita Vitiugov (FIDE), 2720 (R)

19.    Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI), 2719 (R)

20.    Vidit Gujrathi (IND), 2719 (R)

21.    Daniil Dubov (RUS), 2716 (R)

22.    Sam Shankland (USA), 2711 (FN)

23.    Arjun Erigaisi (IND), 2710 (PN)

24.    Wang Hao (CHN), 2709 (R)

25.    Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP), 2706 (FN)

26.    Bassem Amin (EGY), 2694 (AF22)

27.    Kirill Shevchenko (ROM), 2694 (E23)

28.    Jorden van Foreest (NED), 2693 (FN)

29.    Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROM), 2693 (E21)

30.    David Antón Guijarro (ESP), 2691 (E22)

31.    R Praggnanandhaa (IND), 2690 (AS22)

32.    Vincent Keymer (GER), 2690 (E21)

33.    Amin Tabatabaei (IRI), 2689 (FN)

34.    David Navara (CZE), 2689 (E21)

35.    Ray Robson (USA), 2689 (Z2.1)

36.    Nihal Sarin (IND), 2688 (FN)

37.    Peter Svidler (FIDE), 2688 (PN)

38.    Alexey Sarana (SRB), 2685 (E21)

39.    Nils Grandelius (SWE), 2684 (E23)

40.    Andrey Esipenko (FIDE), 2683 (E23)

41.    David Howell (ENG), 2677 (FN)

42.    Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO), 2676 (WC)

43.    Radosław Wojtaszek (POL), 2676 (FN)

44.    Andrei Volokitin (UKR), 2674 (FN)

45.    Matthias Bluebaum (GER), 2672 (E21)

46.    Alexander Donchenko (GER), 2668 (E23)

47.    Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2668 (E23)

48.    Anton Korobov (UKR), 2667 (E23)

49.    Vasyl Ivanchuk (UKR), 2667 (PN)

50.    Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR), 2664 (E22)

51.    Ivan Cheparinov (BUL), 2663 (E22)

52.    Etienne Bacrot (FRA), 2662 (E23)

53.    Salem Saleh (UAE), 2661 (FN)

54.    Gadir Guseinov (AZE), 2661 (E22)

55.    Javokhir Sindarov (UZB), 2659 (FN)

56.    Ivan Šarić (CRO), 2657 (E22)

57.    S. L. Narayanan (IND), 2656 (AS22)

58.    Jaime Santos Latasa (ESP), 2656 (E22)

59.    Jules Moussard (FRA), 2654 (E22)

60.    Laurent Fressinet (FRA), 2652 (FN)^[12]

61.    Alexandr Predke (SRB), 2651 (E23)

62.    Awonder Liang (USA), 2649 (Z2.1)

63.    Benjámin Gledura (HUN), 2645 (E23)

64.    Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE), 2642 (E23)

65.    Aryan Tari (NOR), 2641 (E22)

66.    Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB), 2640 (Z3.4)

67.    Mustafa Yılmaz (TUR), 2639 (E21)

68.    Rauf Mamedov (AZE), 2636 (E21)

69.    Nijat Abasov (AZE), 2632 (E23)

70.    Vasif Durarbayli (AZE), 2631 (E22)

71.    Georg Meier (URU), 2629 (AM23)

72.    Yuriy Kuzubov (UKR), 2628 (E22)

73.    Rasmus Svane (GER), 2625 (E21)

74.    Markus Ragger (AUT), 2624 (E22)

75.    Jonas Buhl Bjerre (DEN), 2624 (E21)

76.    Anton Demchenko (SLO), 2623 (E21)

77.    Aleksandar Inđić (SRB), 2619 (E22)

78.    Frederik Svane (GER), 2618 (E23)

79.    Dmitrij Kollars (GER), 2618, (FN)^[13]

80.    Cristobal Henriquez Villagra (CHI), 2618 (Z2.5)

81.    Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli (ESP), 2617 (E22)

82.    Ferenc Berkes (HUN), 2615 (FN)

83.    Mateusz Bartel (POL), 2614 (E22)

84.    David Paravyan (FIDE), 2612 (E23)

85.    Daniele Vocaturo (ITA), 2609 (E21)

86.    Eric Hansen (CAN), 2609 (FN)

87.    Jerguš Pecháč (SVK), 2608 (E23)

88.    Ante Brkic (CRO), 2608 (E23)

89.    Eltaj Safarli (AZE), 2607 (FN)

90.    Mikhail Antipov (FIDE), 2606 (E21)

91.    Christopher Yoo (USA), 2606 (AM22)

92.    Abhimanyu Puranik (IND), 2605 (AS23)

93.    Axel Bachmann (PAR), 2604 (FN)

94.    Alexandr Fier (BRA), 2604 (Z2.4)

95.    Niclas Huschenbeth (GER), 2603 (E21)

96.    Denis Kadric (MNE), 2601 (FN)

97.    Daniel Dardha (BEL), 2600 (E23)

98.    Maxime Lagarde (FRA), 2599 (E21)

99.    Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB), 2597 (AS23)

100.    Kacper Piorun (POL), 2597 (E21)

101.    Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2596 (AF22)

102.    Ilia Smirin (ISR), 2595 (FN)

103.    Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera (CUB), 2591 (Z2.3)

104.    Velimir Ivic (SRB), 2590 (E21)

105.    Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ), 2589 (FN)

106.    Sergei Azarov (FIDE), 2589 (E23)

107.    Nidjat Mamedov (AZE), 2589 (E21)

108.    Adhiban Baskaran (IND), 2587 (AS22)

109.    Dimitrios Mastrovasilis (GRE), 2587 (FN)^[12]

110.    Aydin Suleymanli (AZE), 2586 (ON)

111.    Daniel Fridman (GER), 2586 (E21)

112.    Vahap Şanal (TUR), 2585 (E21)

113.    Luis Paulo Supi (BRA), 2582 (FN)^[14]

114.    Peter Michalik (CZE), 2582 (FN)^[12]

115.    Timur Gareyev (USA), 2581 (AM22)

116.    Temur Kuybokarov (AUS), 2581 (Z3.6)

117.    Bardiya Daneshvar (IRI), 2577 (AS23)

118.    Szymon Gumularz (POL), 2577 (E23)

119.    Valentin Dragnev (AUT), 2576 (E23)

120.    Tin Jingyao (SGP), 2573 (AS23)

121.    Bobby Cheng (AUS), 2572 (FN)

122.    Viktor Erdős (HUN), 2571 (E21)

123.    Emre Can (TUR), 2570 (FN)

124.    Fernando Peralta (ARG), 2568 (FN)

125.    Vugar Asadli (AZE), 2567 (ON)

126.    Tomas Laurusas (LTU), 2566 (FN)

127.    Karthik Venkataraman (IND), 2565 (Z3.7)

128.    Levan Pantsulaia (GEO), 2564 (E21)

129.    Harsha Bharathakoti (IND), 2563 (AS22)

130.    Gregory Kaidanov (USA), 2563 (AM22)

131.    Mikheil Mchedlishvili (GEO), 2561 (FN)

132.    Lê Tuấn Minh (VIE), 2557 (Z3.3)

133.    Arseniy Nesterov (FIDE), 2554 (E22)

134.    Luis Ernesto Quesada Pérez (CUB), 2553 (FN)

135.    Grzegorz Nasuta (POL), 2552 (E23)

136.    Misratdin Iskandarov (AZE), 2551 (E22)

137.    Vladimir Baklan (UKR), 2550 (E22)

138.    Ori Kobo (ISR), 2548 (E22)

139.    Igor Janik (POL), 2548 (E23)

140.    Mahammad Muradli (AZE), 2546 (ON)

141.    Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR), 2545 (E22)

142.    Emilio Cordova (PER), 2542 (FN)

143.    Ivan Ivanisevic (SRB), 2536 (FN)

144.    Adham Fawzy (EGY), 2533 (AF23)

145.    Zdenko Kozul (CRO), 2532 (E22)

146.    Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (GRE), IM, 2531 (E23)

147.    Xu Yinglun (CHN), 2531 (Z3.5)

148.    Felix Blohberger (AUT), 2522 (FN)

149.    Lance Henderson de La Fuente (AND), 2517 (Z1.10)

150.    Ivan Schitco (MLD), 2507 (FN)

151.    Susanto Megaranto (INA), 2505 (FN)

152.    Luka Paichadze (GEO), 2501 (E21)

153.    Ediz Gurel (TUR), IM, 2500 (E23)

154.    Alisher Suleymenov (KAZ), IM, 2499 (Z3.4)

155.    Santiago Avila Pavas (COL), 2499 (FN)

156.    Evandro Barbosa (BRA), 2493 (Z2.4)

157.    Pablo Ismael Acosta (ARG), IM, 2485 (Z2.5)

158.    Abdulla Gadimbayli (AZE), 2483 (U20)

159.    Yago De Moura Santiago (BRA), 2481 (AM23)

160.    Goh Wei Ming (SGP), 2473 (FN)

161.    Pablo Salinas Herrera (CHI), 2468 (FN)

162.    Fy Rakotomaharo (MAD), IM, 2463 (FN)^[12]

163.    Gábor Nagy (HUN), 2461 (E21)

164.    Sumiya Bilguun (MGL), 2457 (Z3.3)

165.    Luis Fernando Ibarra Chami (MEX), 2448 (FN)

166.    Huang Renjie (CHN), untitled, 2445 (Z3.5)

167.    Josiah Stearman (USA), IM, 2444 (AM23)

168.    Roberto Carlos Sanchez Alvarez (PAN), IM, 2444 (Z2.3)

169.    Carlos Matamoros Franco (ECU), 2441 (FN)

170.    Mark Paragua (PHI), 2438 (FN)

171.    Susal Thewjan de Silva (SRI), IM, 2433 (FN)

172.    Mohammad Fahad Rahman (BAN), IM, 2428 (Z3.2)

173.    Trần Thanh Tú (JPN), CM, 2420 (FN)

174.    Abdelrahman Hesham (EGY), 2414 (AF22)

175.    Pouria Darini (IRI), 2412 (Z3.1)

176.    Ganzorig Amartuvshin (MGL), IM, 2407 (FN)

177.    Daniel Cawdery (RSA), IM, 2388 (FN)

178.    Enamul Hossain (BAN), 2386 (FN)

179.    Lee Jun Hyeok (KOR), IM, 2378 (FN)

180.    Amir Zaibi (TUN), 2375 (FN)

181.    Gianmarco Leiva (PER), IM, 2374 (AM23)

182.    Basheer Al Qudaimi (YEM), IM, 2374 (FN)

183.    Kareim Wageih (EGY), IM, 2369 (FN)

184.    Prin Laohawirapap (THA), FM, 2353 (FN)

185.    Mohamed Tissir (MAR), IM, 2347 (FN)^[12]

186.    Bernardo Roselli (URU), IM, 2347 (FN)

187.    Leonel Figueredo Losada (MEX), IM, 2345 (AM22)

188.    Rodwell Makoto (ZIM), IM, 2312 (FN)^[15]

189.    Lim Zhuo Ren (MAS), FM, 2310 (FN)

190.    Chitumbo Mwali (ZAM), IM, 2304 (FN)^[16]

191.    Malek Koniahli (SYR), FM, 2296 (FN)

192.    Amro El Jawich (LBN), FM, 2288 (FN)

193.    Yuanchen Zhang (CAN), IM, 2281 (Z2.2)

194.    Eldiar Orozbaev (KGZ), FM, 2281 (FN)

195.    Alisher Karimov (TJK), FM, 2273 (FN)

196.    Oluwafemi Balogun (NGR), IM, 2235 (FN)

197.    Massinas Djabri (ALG), FM, 2231 (FN)

198.    Haruna Nsubuga (UGA), FM, 2223 (FN)

199.    Austin Yang Ching-Wei (TPE), FM, 2212 (FN)

200.    Providence Oatlhotse (BOT), IM, 2199 (FN)^[12]

201.    Dante Beukes (NAM), IM, 2180 (FN)^[12]

202.    Deng Cypriano Rehan (SSD), untitled, 2147 (FN)

203.    Rupesh Jaiswal (NEP), FM, 2122 (FN)

204.    Aydagnuhem Gezachew Abera (ETH), CM, 2121 (FN)

205.    Nay Lin Tun (MYA), CM, 2055 (FN)

206.    Yousef Alhassadi (LBA), untitled, 2030 (FN)^[12]

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifier explanation

The following 206 players qualified for the World Cup:^[9]

• The world chess champion^[17] (declined to play)
• The women's world chess champion as of 1 June 2023 (WWC)^[18] (declined to play)
• The 2022 World Junior Champion U20 (U20)^[19]
• The top four players in the Chess World Cup 2021 (WC)
• 109 players qualifying from Continental and Zonal events:
  • Europe (47+20): including European Championships 2021 (E21, 23), 2022 (E22, 20), and 2023, (E23, 23), and Zone 1.10 2022 (Z1.10, 1)^[20][21]
  • Americas (11+9): including American Continental Championships 2022 (AM22, 4) and 2023 (AM23, 4), Zonals 2.1 (Z2.1, 5), 2.2 (Z2.2, 1), 2.3 (Z2.3, 2), and 2.4 2022 (Z2.4, 2), and Zonal 2.5 2023 (Z2.5, 2)^{[22][23][24][25][26]}
  • Asia (18): including Asian Championships 2022 (AS22, 4) and 2023 (AS23, 4), Zonals 3.1 (Z3.1, 1), 3.2 (Z3.2, 1), 3.3 (Z3.3, 2), 3.4 (Z3.4, 2), 3.5 (Z3.5, 2), 3.6 (Z3.6, 1), and 3.7 2023 (Z3.7, 1)^{[27][28][29][30]}
  • Africa (4): including the African Championships 2022 (AF22, 3) and 2023 (AF23, 1)^[31]
• The 13 highest-rated players from the June 2023 FIDE World Rankings^{[lower-alpha 2]} (R)
• 71 federations spots selected according to the final standings of the 44th Chess Olympiad (FN)^[32]
• 4 nominees of the FIDE President (PN)
• 2 nominees of the organizer (ON)

Armenia did not nominate a player, and a third Organizer's nominee was invited instead.

The participants were seeded by their FIDE rating of July 2023.^[9]

Replacements

The following are the players from the list of qualifiers^[11] who declined to play, and their replacements:

•  Ding Liren (CHN), 2780 (World Champion) →  Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB), 2732 (R)
•  Alireza Firouzja (FRA), 2786 (R) →  Lê Quang Liêm (VIE), 2728 (R)
•  Viswanathan Anand (IND), 2754 (R) →  Wei Yi (CHN), 2722 (R)
•  Hikaru Nakamura (USA), 2775 (R) →  Wang Hao (CHN), 2709 (R)^{[lower-alpha 3]}
•  Richárd Rapport (ROU), 2752 (R) →  Nikita Vitiugov (FIDE), 2721 (R)
•  Sergey Karjakin (RUS), 2750 (WC) →  Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI), 2716 (R)
•  Levon Aronian (USA), 2742 (R) →  Daniil Dubov (RUS), 2716 (R)
•  Ju Wenjun (CHN), 2566 (WWC) →  Vidit Gujrathi (IND), 2719 (R) (Ju Wenjun played in the Women's World Cup instead.)
•  Gabriel Sargissian (ARM), 2692 (E22) →  Markus Ragger (AUT), 2624 (E22)
•  Haik Martirosyan (ARM), 2685 (E22) →  Mateusz Bartel (POL), 2614 (E22)

•  Shant Sargsyan (ARM), 2640 (E22) →  Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli (ESP), 2617 (E22)

•  Yasser Quesada (CUB), 2609 (AM22) →  Leonel Figueredo Losada (MEX), IM, 2345
•  Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (ARM), 2598 (E22) →  Vladimir Baklan (UKR), 2550 (E22)

•  Hovhannes Gabuzyan (ARM), 2579 (E21) →  Levan Pantsulaia (GEO), 2564
•  Kirk Ghazarian (USA), IM, 2479 (AM23) →  Gianmarco Leiva (PER) (AM23).

Rounds 1–4

Pairings were published on July 4, on the official FIDE website.^[34]

Section 1

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	1	M Carlsen	Bye
	-	Bye 1
						1	M Carlsen	2
						128	L Pantsulaia	0
	128	L Pantsulaia	2½
	129	H Bharathakoti	1½
											1	M Carlsen	1½
											65	A Tari	½
	65	A Tari	2
	192	A El Jawich	0
						65	A Tari	1½
						64	TDV Nguyen	½
	64	TDV Nguyen	2
	193	Y Zhang	0
																1	M Carlsen	3½
																32	V Keymer	2½
	33	A Tabatabaei	Bye
	-	Bye 33
						33	A Tabatabaei	1½
						161	P Salinas Herrera	½
	96	D Kadrić	0
	161	P Salinas Herrera	2
											33	A Tabatabaei	0
											32	V Keymer	2
	97	D Dardha	1½
	160	WM Goh	½
						97	D Dardha	½
						32	V Keymer	1½
	32	V Keymer	Bye
	-	Bye 32

Section 2

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	17	N Abdusattorov	Bye
		Bye 17
						17	N Abdusattorov	½
						112	V Şanal	1½
	112	V Şanal	5
	145	Z Kožul	3
											112	V Şanal	3
											48	A Korobov	1
	81	E Iturrizaga Bonelli	2½
	176	G Amartuvshin	1½
						81	E Iturrizaga Bonelli	1½
						48	A Korobov	2½
	48	A Korobov	Bye
	-	Bye 48
																112	V Şanal	2½
																49	V Ivanchuk	3½
	49	V Ivanchuk	Bye
	-	Bye 49
						49	V Ivanchuk	4
						80	C Henriquez Villagra	2
	80	C Henriquez Villagra	1½
	177	D Cawdery	½
											49	V Ivanchuk	2½
											16	Y Wei	1½
	113	LP Supi	3
	144	A Fawzy	1
						113	LP Supi	½
						16	Y Wei	1½
	16	Y Wei	Bye
	-	Bye 16

Section 3

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

9

S Mamedyarov

Bye

-

Bye 9

9

S Mamedyarov

½

120

J Tin

1½

120

J Tin

1½

137

V Baklan

½

120

J Tin

½

73

R Svane

1½

73

R Svane

1½

184

P Laohawirapap

½

73

R Svane

1½

56

I Šarić

½

56

I Šarić

1½

201

D Beukes

½

73

R Svane

4

24

H Wang

5

41

D Howell

Bye

-

Bye 41

41

D Howell

3

88

A Brkić

1

88

A Brkić

4½

169

C Matamoros Franco

3½

41

D Howell

1½

24

H Wang

2½

105

R Jumabayev

3½

152

L Paichedze

2½

105

R Jumabayev

½

24

H Wang

1½

24

H Wang

Bye

-

Bye 24

Section 4

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	25	F Vallejo Pons	Bye
	-	Bye 25
						25	F Vallejo Pons	2
						104	V Ivić	0
	104	V Ivić	3
	153	E Gurel	1
											25	F Vallejo Pons	1
											40	A Esipenko	3
	89	E Safarli	3
	168	R Sanchez Alvarez	1
						89	E Safarli	1
						40	A Esipenko	3
	40	A Esipenko	Bye
	-	Bye 40
																40	A Esipenko	1½
																8	Gukesh D	2½
	57	S. L. Narayanan	2
	200	P Oatlhotse	0
						57	S. L. Narayanan	1½
						72	Y Kuzubov	½
	72	Y Kuzubov	2
	185	M Tissir	0
											57	S. L. Narayanan	½
											8	Gukesh D	1½
	121	B Cheng	1½
	136	M Iskandarov	2½
						136	M Iskandarov	0
						8	Gukesh D	2
	8	Gukesh D	Bye
	-	Bye 8

Section 5

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

5

A Giri

Bye

-

Bye 5

5

A Giri

2½

133

A Nesterov

1½

124

F Peralta

2½

133

A Nesterov

3½

5

A Giri

3½

69

N Abasov

4½

69

N Abasov

2

188

R Makoto

0

69

N Abasov

2½

60

L Fressinet

1½

60

L Fressinet

2

197

M Djabri

0

69

N Abasov

2½

37

P Svidler

1½

37

P Svidler

Bye

-

Bye 37

37

P Svidler

1½

92

A Puranik

½

92

A Puranik

2

165

L Ibarra Chami

0

37

P Svidler

2½

28

J van Foreest

1½

101

A Adly

1½

156

E Amorim Barbosa

½

101

A Adly

½

28

J van Foreest

1½

28

J van Foreest

Bye

-

Bye 28

Section 6

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	21	D Dubov	Bye
	-	Bye 21
						21	D Dubov	1½
						108	A Baskaran	½
	108	A Baskaran	3
	149	L Henderson de La Fuente	1
											21	D Dubov	½
											85	D Vocaturo	1½
	85	D Vocaturo	2
	172	R Fahad	0
						85	D Vocaturo	3
						44	A Volokitin	1
	44	A Volokitin	Bye
	-	Bye 44
																85	D Vocaturo	1
																53	S Saleh	3
	53	S Saleh	2
	204	A Gezachew Abera	0
						53	S Saleh	1½
						181	G Leiva	½
	76	A Demchenko	½
	181	G Leiva	1½
											53	S Saleh	2½
											117	B Daneshvar	1½
	117	B Daneshvar	1½
	140	M Muradli	½
						117	B Daneshvar	5
						12	A Grischuk	4
	12	A Grischuk	Bye
	-	Bye 12

Section 7

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	13	Y Yu	Bye
	-	Bye 13
						13	Y Yu	1½
						116	T Kuybokarov	½
	116	T Kuybokarov	1½
	141	V Bernadskiy	½
											13	Y Yu	1½
											52	É Bacrot	2½
	77	A Inđić	2
	180	A Zaibi	0
						77	A Inđić	1½
						52	É Bacrot	2½
	52	É Bacrot	2
	205	Nay Lin Tun	0
																52	É Bacrot	½
																20	V Gujrathi	1½
	45	M Blübaum	Bye
	-	Bye 45
						45	M Blübaum	2½
						84	D Paravyan	1½
	84	D Paravyan	1½
	173	TT Trần	½
											45	M Blübaum	4
											20	V Gujrathi	5
	109	D Mastrovasilis	4
	148	F Blohberger	2
						109	D Mastrovasilis	3½
						20	V Gujrathi	4½
	20	V Gujrathi	Bye
	-	Bye 20

Section 8

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	29	B–D Deac	Bye
	-	Bye 29
						29	B–D Deac	2
						157	Pablo Ismael Acosta	0
	100	K Piorun	2½
	157	Pablo Ismael Acosta	3½
											29	B–D Deac	1½
											36	N Sarin	2½
	93	A Bachmann	1½
	164	S Bilguun	½
						93	A Bachmann	0
						36	N Sarin	2
	36	N Sarin	Bye
	-	Bye 36
																36	N Sarin	1
																4	I Nepomniachtchi	3
	61	A Predke	2
	196	O Balogun	0
						61	A Predke	2½
						68	R Mamedov	3½
	68	R Mamedov	2
	189	RZ Lim	0
											68	R Mamedov	1½
											4	I Nepomniachtchi	2½
	125	V Asadli	2½
	132	MT Lê	1½
						125	V Asadli	½
						4	I Nepomniachtchi	1½
	4	I Nepomniachtchi	Bye
	-	Bye 4

Section 9

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	3	F Caruana	Bye
	-	Bye 3
						3	F Caruana	2
						131	M Mchedlishvili	0
	126	T Laurušas	1½
	131	M Mchedlishvili	2½
											3	F Caruana	3
											67	M Yılmaz	1
	67	M Yılmaz	2
	190	C Mwali	0
						67	M Yılmaz	4
						62	A Liang	2
	62	A Liang	1½
	195	A Karimov	½
																3	F Caruana	1½
																35	R Robson	½
	35	R Robson	Bye
	-	Bye 35
						35	R Robson	1½
						94	A Fier	½
	94	A Fier	1½
	163	G Nagy	½
											35	R Robson	1½
											158	A Gadimbayli	½
	99	S Vokhidov	1½
	158	A Gadimbayli	2½
						158	A Gadimbayli	2½
						30	D Antón Guijarro	1½
	30	D Antón Guijarro	Bye
	-	Bye 30

Section 10

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

19

P Maghsoodloo

Bye

-

Bye 19

19

P Maghsoodloo

1½

110

A Suleymanli

½

110

A Suleymanli

5½

147

Y Xu

4½

19

P Maghsoodloo

1½

46

A Donchenko

½

83

M Bartel

2½

174

A Hesham

1½

83

M Bartel

4

46

A Donchenko

5

46

A Donchenko

Bye

-

Bye 46

19

P Maghsoodloo

2½

14

J-K Duda

3½

51

I Cheparinov

1½

206

Y Alhassadi

½

51

I Cheparinov

2½

78

F Svane

1½

78

F Svane

1½

179

JH Lee

½

51

I Cheparinov

1½

14

J-K Duda

2½

115

T Gareyev

0

142

E Córdova

2

142

E Córdova

½

14

J-K Duda

1½

14

J-K Duda

Bye

-

Bye 14

Section 11

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

11

L Domínguez

Bye

-

Bye 11

11

L Domínguez

2

139

I Janik

0

118

S Gumularz

1

139

I Janik

3

11

L Domínguez

1½

54

G Guseinov

½

75

J Buhl Bjerre

1½

182

B Al Qudaimi

½

75

J Buhl Bjerre

3½

54

G Guseinov

4½

54

G Guseinov

1½

203

R Jaiswal

½

11

L Domínguez

3½

43

R Wojtaszek

2½

43

R Wojtaszek

Bye

-

Bye 43

43

R Wojtaszek

1½

171

LMST De Silva

½

86

E Hansen

[lower-alpha 4]

171

LMST De Silva

w/o

43

R Wojtaszek

3

150

I Schitco

1

107

N Mamedov

½

150

I Schitco

1½

150

I Schitco

1½

22

S Shankland

½

22

S Shankland

Bye

-

Bye 22

Section 12

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

27

K Shevchenko

Bye

-

Bye 27

27

K Shevchenko

2

102

I Smirin

0

102

I Smirin

5

155

S Avila Pavas

3

27

K Shevchenko

½

38

A Sarana

1½

91

C Yoo

[lower-alpha 5]

166

R Huang

w/o

166

R Huang

½

38

A Sarana

1½

38

A Sarana

Bye

-

Bye 38

38

A Sarana

1½

6

W So

½

59

J Moussard

1½

198

H Nsubuga

½

59

J Moussard

1½

70

V Durarbayli

½

70

V Durarbayli

1½

187

L Figueredo Losada

½

59

J Moussard

2½

6

W So

3½

123

E Can

2½

134

L Quesada Pérez

1½

123

E Can

1½

6

W So

2½

6

W So

Bye

-

Bye 6

Section 13

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

7

T Radjabov

Bye

-

Bye 7

7

T Radjabov

1½

122

V Erdős

½

122

V Erdős

1½

135

G Nasuta

½

7

T Radjabov

1½

58

J Santos Latasa

2½

71

G Meier

1½

186

B Roselli

½

71

G Meier

1½

58

J Santos Latasa

2½

58

J Santos Latasa

2

199

C-W Yang

0

58

J Santos Latasa

½

39

N Grandelius

1½

39

N Grandelius

Bye

-

Bye 39

39

N Grandelius

2½

90

M Antipov

1½

90

M Antipov

1½

167

J Stearman

½

39

N Grandelius

2½

26

B Amin

1½

103

C Albornoz Cabrera

2½

154

A Suleymenov

1½

103

C Albornoz Cabrera

1½

26

B Amin

2½

26

B Amin

Bye

-

Bye 26

Section 14

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

23

A Erigaisi

Bye

-

Bye 23

23

A Erigaisi

3½

106

S Azarov

2½

106

S Azarov

1½

151

S Megaranto

½

23

A Erigaisi

1½

42

V Fedoseev

½

87

J Pecháč

1½

170

M Paragua

½

87

J Pecháč

1½

42

V Fedoseev

2½

42

V Fedoseev

Bye

-

Bye 42

23

A Erigaisi

1½

55

J Sindarov

½

55

J Sindarov

2

202

DC Rehan

0

55

J Sindarov

2½

74

M Ragger

1½

74

M Ragger

2½

183

K Wageih

1½

55

J Sindarov

1½

10

M Vachier-Lagrave

½

119

V Dragnev

1½

138

O Kobo

½

119

V Dragnev

1½

10

M Vachier-Lagrave

2½

10

M Vachier-Lagrave

Bye

-

Bye 10

Section 15

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

15

LQ Lê

Bye

-

Bye 15

15

LQ Lê

3

143

I Ivanišević

1

114

P Michalik

½

143

I Ivanišević

1½

15

LQ Lê

2½

50

R Ponomariov

3½

79

D Kollars

1½

178

E Hossein

½

79

D Kollars

3

50

R Ponomariov

5

50

R Ponomariov

Bye

-

Bye 50

50

R Ponomariov

½

82

F Berkes

1½

47

B Gelfand

Bye

-

Bye 47

47

B Gelfand

½

82

F Berkes

1½

82

F Berkes

2½

175

P Darini

1½

82

F Berkes

2½

18

N Vitiugov

1½

111

D Fridman

1½

146

S Kourkoulos-Arditis

½

111

D Fridman

½

18

N Vitiugov

1½

18

N Vitiugov

Bye

-

Bye 18

Section 16

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

31

R Praggnanandhaa

Bye

-

Bye 31

31

R Praggnanandhaa

1½

98

M Lagarde

½

98

M Lagarde

1½

159

Y De Moura Santiago

½

31

R Praggnanandhaa

1½

34

D Navara

½

95

N Huschenbeth

1½

162

F Rakotomaharo

½

95

N Huschenbeth

2

34

D Navara

4

34

D Navara

Bye

-

Bye 34

31

R Praggnanandhaa

3

2

H Nakamura

1

63

B Gledura

1½

194

E Orozbaev

½

63

B Gledura

2½

66

N Yakubboev

1½

66

N Yakubboev

2

191

M Koniahli

0

63

B Gledura

½

2

H Nakamura

1½

127

V Karthik

1½

130

G Kaidanov

½

127

V Karthik

1½

2

H Nakamura

2½

2

H Nakamura

Bye

-

Bye 2

Rounds 5–8

	Fifth round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Magnus Carlsen	2
	49	Vasyl Ivanchuk	0
						1	Magnus Carlsen	1½
						8	Gukesh D	½
	24	Wang Hao	½
	8	Gukesh D	1½
											1	Magnus Carlsen	1½
											69	Nijat Abasov	½
	69	Nijat Abasov	2
	53	Salem Saleh	0
						69	Nijat Abasov	1½
						20	Vidit Gujrathi	½
	20	Vidit Gujrathi	4
	4	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2
																1	Magnus Carlsen	2½
																31	R Praggnanandhaa	1½
	3	Fabiano Caruana	1½
	14	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	½
						3	Fabiano Caruana	1½
						11	Leinier Domínguez	½
	11	Leinier Domínguez	1½
	38	Alexey Sarana	½
											3	Fabiano Caruana	2½
											31	R Praggnanandhaa	3½
	39	Nils Grandelius	½													Third place
	23	Arjun Erigaisi	1½
						23	Arjun Erigaisi	4								69	Nijat Abasov	1
						31	R Praggnanandhaa	5								3	Fabiano Caruana	3
	82	Ferenc Berkes	½
	31	R Praggnanandhaa	1½

Third place

Seed	Name	Aug 2023 rating	1	2	R1	R2	Total
69	Nijat Abasov	2632	1	0	0	0	1
3	Fabiano Caruana	2782	0	1	1	1	3

Finals

Seed	Name	Aug 2023 rating	1	2	R1	R2	Total
1	Magnus Carlsen	2835	½	½	1	½	2½
31	R Praggnanandhaa	2690	½	½	0	½	1½

Notes

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1. Ding Liren would have been seeded first as the World Champion, but he declined to play in the World Cup.
2. Players who appear inactive at least once in the 6 FIDE rating lists from January to June 2023 are not eligible.
3. Nakamura initially qualified by rating, but declined his invitation due to unspecified summer plans. He later received a nomination by the FIDE president after his summer plans were cancelled.^[33]
4. Hansen did not show up for his matches due to travel issues.^[35]
5. Yoo did not show up for his matches due to travel issues.

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