FIDE World Cup is a knockout event featuring 206 players. It takes place July 12 - August 6 in Krasnaya Polyana, near Sochi, Russia. The prize fund is $1.9M - the winner takes $110.000. Additionally the finalists qualify to the next Candidates tournament.

Each match consists of 2 classical games with reversed colours and time control 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment from move 1. In case of a tie, tiebreaks are played at 3rd day of the round; there are two 25+10 rapid games followed, if needed, by two 10+10 games, then two 5+3 games, and finally an Armageddon game.

No draw offers are allowed until after move 30.

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