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The FIDE World Cup took place in Baku, Azerbaijan Sunday 30th Jul to Thursday 24th Aug 2023. The event is a qualifier for the FIDE Candidates tournament as well as being worth winning in its own right. Magnus Carlsen is the top seed, he had never won the event and clearly saw this as something he would like to rectify. His leading rivals were Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri, Wesley So, Teimour Radjabov. D Gukesh, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in a strong field. Alongside was an equally well represented women's field including World Champion Ju Wenjun. Magnus Carlsen won the event playing a lot of the younger generation on his way to the title. Carlsen was almost eliminated by Vincent Keymer but managed to come back when he looked down and out. This isn't an event that's won without a little luck but Carlsen was impressive throughout. He was mildly ill during the classical games against Praggnanandhaa but won the tie-breaks comfortably. Fabiano Caruana finished third. Aleksandra Goryachkina won the women's final.

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FIDE World Cup 2023 Baku AZE Sun 30th Jul 2023 - Thu 24th Aug 2023 Leading Final Round 8 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final
1	Carlsen, Magnus	2.5
2	Praggnanandhaa, R	1.5
	3rd-4th
3	Caruana, Fabiano	3
4	Abasov, Nijat	1
	Round 7
1	Carlsen, Magnus	1.5
2	Abasov, Nijat	0.5
1	Praggnanandhaa, R	3.5
2	Caruana, Fabiano	2.5
	Round 6
1	Carlsen, Magnus	1.5
2	Gukesh, D	0.5
1	Abasov, Nijat	1.5
2	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	0.5
1	Caruana, Fabiano	1.5
2	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	0.5
1	Praggnanandhaa, R	5
2	Erigaisi, Arjun	4
	Round 5
1	Carlsen, Magnus	2
2	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	0
1	Gukesh, D	1.5
2	Wang, Hao	0.5
1	Abasov, Nijat	2
2	Salem, A.R. Saleh	0
1	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	4
2	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2
1	Caruana, Fabiano	1.5
2	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	0.5
1	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	1.5
2	Sarana, Alexey	0.5
1	Erigaisi, Arjun	1.5
2	Grandelius, Nils	0.5
1	Praggnanandhaa, R	1.5
2	Berkes, Ferenc	0.5
	Round 4
1	Carlsen, Magnus	3.5
2	Keymer, Vincent	2.5
1	Praggnanandhaa, R	3.0
2	Nakamura, Hikaru	1.0
1	Caruana, Fabiano	1.5
2	Robson, Ray	0.5
1	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	3.0
2	Nihal, Sarin	1.0
1	Abasov, Nijat	2.5
2	Svidler, Peter	1.5
1	Sarana, Alexey	1.5
2	So, Wesley	0.5
1	Grandelius, Nils	1.5
2	Santos Latasa, Jaime	0.5
1	Gukesh, D	2.5
2	Esipenko, Andrey	1.5
1	Wang, Hao	5.0
2	Svane, Rasmus	4.0
1	Erigaisi, Arjun	1.5
2	Sindarov, Javokhir	0.5
1	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	3.5
2	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	2.5
1	Salem, A.R. Saleh	3.0
2	Vocaturo, Daniele	1.0
1	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	1.5
2	Bacrot, Etienne	0.5
1	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	3.5
2	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2.5
1	Berkes, Ferenc	1.5
2	Ponomariov, Ruslan	0.5
1	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	3.5
2	Sanal, Vahap	2.5
206 players

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FIDE World Cup Women 2023 Baku AZE Sun 30th Jul 2023 - Thu 24th Aug 2023 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final
1	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	2.5
2	Salimova, Nurgyul	1.5
	3rd-4th
3	Muzychuk, Anna	1.5
4	Tan, Zhongyi	0.5
	Round 6
1	Salimova, Nurgyul	3.5
2	Muzychuk, Anna	2.5
1	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	1.5
2	Tan, Zhongyi	0.5
	Round 5
1	Muzychuk, Anna	4.5
2	Paehtz, Elisabeth	3.5
1	Salimova, Nurgyul	3
2	Shuvalova, Polina	1
1	Tan, Zhongyi	1.5
2	Khotenashvili, Bella	0.5
1	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	4.5
2	Dronavalli, Harika	3.5
	Round 4
1	Paehtz, Elisabeth	2.5
2	Ju, Wenjun	1.5
1	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	1.5
2	Batsiashvili, Nino	0.5
1	Khotenashvili, Bella	3.0
2	Koneru, Humpy	1.0
1	Salimova, Nurgyul	2.5
2	Aulia, Medina Warda	1.5
1	Shuvalova, Polina	1.5
2	Injac, Teodora	0.5
1	Tan, Zhongyi	1.5
2	Zhu, Jiner	0.5
1	Dronavalli, Harika	2.5
2	Roebers, Eline	1.5
1	Muzychuk, Anna	2.5
2	Muzychuk, Mariya	1.5
103 players

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