BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 19. The
first matches of the semifinals in the men’s section, the final
match and the third place match in the women’s section are taking
place at the World Chess Cup in Baku on August 19, Trend reports.
Magnus Carlsen (Norway) is the opponent of Azerbaijani
chess player Nijat Abasov in the semifinals. Today Abasov will play
with black figures.
Men ‘s World Cup matches –
semifinals:
Magnus Carlsen (Norway) – Nijat Abasov
(Azerbaijan);
Fabiano Caruana (USA) – Rameshbabu Pragnanandhaa
(India).
Women ‘s World Cup matches –
final:
Alexandra Goryachkina (FIDE) – Nurgul Salimova
(Bulgaria).
Third Place match:
Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine) – Tan Zhongyi (China).
The starting list of the World Chess Cup of the
International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Baku included 206 chess
players in the open section and 103 in the women’s section.
For the second time, Azerbaijan is hosting the Chess
World Cup. For the first time, the top three competitors from the
open and women’s categories will earn a spot in the 2024 Men’s
Candidates Tournament and Women’s Candidates Tournament,
respectively.
On the competition’s official website, matches from
the FIDE World Cup 2023 are broadcast in both Azerbaijani and
English.
Up through August 25th, competitions will be held. The
winning prize stands at $2.5 million.
The World Chess Cup is being held at Marriott
Boulevard in Baku.
Azerbaijan is represented by a team of 17 chess
players, including Shahriyar Mammadyarov, Teymur Rajabov, Gunay
Mammadzade, Rauf Mammadov, Gadir Huseynov, Vasif Durarbayli, Nijat
Abbasov, Abdulla Gadimbayli, Misratdin Isgandarov, Muhammad
Muradli, Vugar Asadli, Riad Samadov, Aydin Suleymanli, Ulviyya
Fataliyeva, Gulnar Mammadova, Khanim Balajayeva, and Govhar
Beydullayeva.
