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2019 FIDE World Cup to Begin!

Updated: Aug 1, 2021

The FIDE world cup features the best players in the world. There will be 6 rounds where each player plays eachother twice. If there is a tie, a tiebreak will be played to determine the winner. The top finishers in this event will go on to play in the 2020 World candidates tournament - the winner of this event gets to challenge Magnus Carlsen for the 2020 World Championship.

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