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
SportChess
LocationBaku, Azerbaijan
Dates30 July 2023–24 August 2023
AdministratorFIDE
Tournament
format(s)
Single-elimination tournament
Host(s)Azerbaijan Chess Federation
Participants206
Final positions
ChampionNorway Magnus Carlsen
Runner-upIndia R Praggnanandhaa
3rd placeUnited States 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

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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

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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

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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

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The participants are seeded here by their FIDE rating of July 2023.[a] 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

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

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

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

Rounds 1–4

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

Section 1

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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
129   H Bharathakoti
1   M Carlsen
65   A Tari ½
65   A Tari 2
192   A El Jawich 0
65   A Tari
64   TDV Nguyen ½
64   TDV Nguyen 2
193   Y Zhang 0
1   M Carlsen
32   V Keymer
33   A Tabatabaei Bye
- Bye 33
33   A Tabatabaei
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
160   WM Goh ½
97   D Dardha ½
32   V Keymer
32   V Keymer Bye
- Bye 32

Section 2

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

Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
9   S Mamedyarov Bye
- Bye 9
9   S Mamedyarov ½
120   J Tin
120   J Tin
137   V Baklan ½
120   J Tin ½
73   R Svane
73   R Svane
184   P Laohawirapap ½
73   R Svane
56   I Šarić ½
56   I Šarić
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
169   C Matamoros Franco
41   D Howell
24   H Wang
105   R Jumabayev
152   L Paichedze
105   R Jumabayev ½
24   H Wang
24   H Wang Bye
- Bye 24

Section 4

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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
8   Gukesh D
57   S. L. Narayanan 2
200   P Oatlhotse 0
57   S. L. Narayanan
72   Y Kuzubov ½
72   Y Kuzubov 2
185   M Tissir 0
57   S. L. Narayanan ½
8   Gukesh D
121   B Cheng
136   M Iskandarov
136   M Iskandarov 0
8   Gukesh D 2
8   Gukesh D Bye
- Bye 8

Section 5

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
5   A Giri Bye
- Bye 5
5   A Giri
133   A Nesterov
124   F Peralta
133   A Nesterov
5   A Giri
69   N Abasov
69   N Abasov 2
188   R Makoto 0
69   N Abasov
60   L Fressinet
60   L Fressinet 2
197   M Djabri 0
69   N Abasov
37   P Svidler
37   P Svidler Bye
- Bye 37
37   P Svidler
92   A Puranik ½
92   A Puranik 2
165   L Ibarra Chami 0
37   P Svidler
28   J van Foreest
101   A Adly
156   E Amorim Barbosa ½
101   A Adly ½
28   J van Foreest
28   J van Foreest Bye
- Bye 28

Section 6

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21   D Dubov Bye
- Bye 21
21   D Dubov
108   A Baskaran ½
108   A Baskaran 3
149   L Henderson de La Fuente 1
21   D Dubov ½
85   D Vocaturo
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
181   G Leiva ½
76   A Demchenko ½
181   G Leiva
53   S Saleh
117   B Daneshvar
117   B Daneshvar
140   M Muradli ½
117   B Daneshvar 5
12   A Grischuk 4
12   A Grischuk Bye
- Bye 12

Section 7

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

Section 8

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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
157   Pablo Ismael Acosta
29   B–D Deac
36   N Sarin
93   A Bachmann
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
68   R Mamedov
68   R Mamedov 2
189   RZ Lim 0
68   R Mamedov
4   I Nepomniachtchi
125   V Asadli
132   MT Lê
125   V Asadli ½
4   I Nepomniachtchi
4   I Nepomniachtchi Bye
- Bye 4

Section 9

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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
131   M Mchedlishvili
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
195   A Karimov ½
3   F Caruana
35   R Robson ½
35   R Robson Bye
- Bye 35
35   R Robson
94   A Fier ½
94   A Fier
163   G Nagy ½
35   R Robson
158   A Gadimbayli ½
99   S Vokhidov
158   A Gadimbayli
158   A Gadimbayli
30   D Antón Guijarro
30   D Antón Guijarro Bye
- Bye 30

Section 10

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
19   P Maghsoodloo Bye
- Bye 19
19   P Maghsoodloo
110   A Suleymanli ½
110   A Suleymanli
147   Y Xu
19   P Maghsoodloo
46   A Donchenko ½
83   M Bartel
174   A Hesham
83   M Bartel 4
46   A Donchenko 5
46   A Donchenko Bye
- Bye 46
19   P Maghsoodloo
14   J-K Duda
51   I Cheparinov
206   Y Alhassadi ½
51   I Cheparinov
78   F Svane
78   F Svane
179   JH Lee ½
51   I Cheparinov
14   J-K Duda
115   T Gareyev 0
142   E Córdova 2
142   E Córdova ½
14   J-K Duda
14   J-K Duda Bye
- Bye 14

Section 11

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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
54   G Guseinov ½
75   J Buhl Bjerre
182   B Al Qudaimi ½
75   J Buhl Bjerre
54   G Guseinov
54   G Guseinov
203   R Jaiswal ½
11   L Domínguez
43   R Wojtaszek
43   R Wojtaszek Bye
- Bye 43
43   R Wojtaszek
171   LMST De Silva ½
86   E Hansen [d]
171   LMST De Silva w/o
43   R Wojtaszek 3
150   I Schitco 1
107   N Mamedov ½
150   I Schitco
150   I Schitco
22   S Shankland ½
22   S Shankland Bye
- Bye 22

Section 12

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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
91   C Yoo [e]
166   R Huang w/o
166   R Huang ½
38   A Sarana
38   A Sarana Bye
- Bye 38
38   A Sarana
6   W So ½
59   J Moussard
198   H Nsubuga ½
59   J Moussard
70   V Durarbayli ½
70   V Durarbayli
187   L Figueredo Losada ½
59   J Moussard
6   W So
123   E Can
134   L Quesada Pérez
123   E Can
6   W So
6   W So Bye
- Bye 6

Section 13

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
7   T Radjabov Bye
- Bye 7
7   T Radjabov
122   V Erdős ½
122   V Erdős
135   G Nasuta ½
7   T Radjabov
58   J Santos Latasa
71   G Meier
186   B Roselli ½
71   G Meier
58   J Santos Latasa
58   J Santos Latasa 2
199   C-W Yang 0
58   J Santos Latasa ½
39   N Grandelius
39   N Grandelius Bye
- Bye 39
39   N Grandelius
90   M Antipov
90   M Antipov
167   J Stearman ½
39   N Grandelius
26   B Amin
103   C Albornoz Cabrera
154   A Suleymenov
103   C Albornoz Cabrera
26   B Amin
26   B Amin Bye
- Bye 26

Section 14

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
23   A Erigaisi Bye
- Bye 23
23   A Erigaisi
106   S Azarov
106   S Azarov
151   S Megaranto ½
23   A Erigaisi
42   V Fedoseev ½
87   J Pecháč
170   M Paragua ½
87   J Pecháč
42   V Fedoseev
42   V Fedoseev Bye
- Bye 42
23   A Erigaisi
55   J Sindarov ½
55   J Sindarov 2
202   DC Rehan 0
55   J Sindarov
74   M Ragger
74   M Ragger
183   K Wageih
55   J Sindarov
10   M Vachier-Lagrave ½
119   V Dragnev
138   O Kobo ½
119   V Dragnev
10   M Vachier-Lagrave
10   M Vachier-Lagrave Bye
- Bye 10

Section 15

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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
15   LQ Lê
50   R Ponomariov
79   D Kollars
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
47   B Gelfand Bye
- Bye 47
47   B Gelfand ½
82   F Berkes
82   F Berkes
175   P Darini
82   F Berkes
18   N Vitiugov
111   D Fridman
146   S Kourkoulos-Arditis ½
111   D Fridman ½
18   N Vitiugov
18   N Vitiugov Bye
- Bye 18

Section 16

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
31   R Praggnanandhaa Bye
- Bye 31
31   R Praggnanandhaa
98   M Lagarde ½
98   M Lagarde
159   Y De Moura Santiago ½
31   R Praggnanandhaa
34   D Navara ½
95   N Huschenbeth
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
194   E Orozbaev ½
63   B Gledura
66   N Yakubboev
66   N Yakubboev 2
191   M Koniahli 0
63   B Gledura ½
2   H Nakamura
127   V Karthik
130   G Kaidanov ½
127   V Karthik
2   H Nakamura
2   H Nakamura Bye
- Bye 2

Rounds 5–8

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

Third place

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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

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

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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  35. ^ Eric Hansen's tweet, 28 July 2023
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