where was the world chess tournament 2017 held
Tbilisi, Georgia in Tbilisi, Georgia
title: Chess World Cup 2017 text: Chess World Cup 2017 The Chess World Cup 2017 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament, held in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 2 to 27 September 2017. It was won by Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian. This was the second time he had won the Chess World Cup, 12 years after his first win in 2005. The top two finishers in the tournament, Aronian and Ding Liren, qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2018 for the World Chess Championship 2018. At the 85th FIDE Congress held during the 41st Chess Olympiad, FIDE received bids to host the World Cup 2017 and 2018 Olympiad from title: Chess World Cup 2017 text: forfeiting the game. He also checked out of his hotel and booked a flight for Dallas, where he is studying for a master's degree in Computer Science technology at the University of Texas. The Chess Federation of Canada filed a formal complaint about the incident. FIDE issued a report on the incident on October 1. Chess World Cup 2017 The Chess World Cup 2017 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament, held in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 2 to 27 September 2017. It was won by Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian. This was the second time he had won the Chess World Cup, title: Chess World Cup 2017 text: the national federations of Georgia and South Africa. South Africa proposed Sun City and Durban as venues, while Georgia proposed Tbilisi and Batumi respectively. Although Garry Kasparov expressed support for the South African bid during his FIDE presidential campaign, Georgia's bid won, receiving 93 votes to South Africa's 58. The tournament is a knock-out, with the exception that there was a provision for the two semi-final losers to play off for third place if necessary (see #Candidates qualification). Matches consist of two regular time limit games (except for the final, and playoff for third if required, which consist of four title: World Chess Championship 2018 text: somewhere in Asia. Japan, South Korea and Singapore all said they were prepared to host the match. In November 2017, London was revealed as the host. The Chief arbiter was Stéphane Escafre from France, and deputy arbiter was Nana Alexandria from Georgia. The appeal committee was composed of International Grandmasters and was chaired by Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia) with Nigel Short (England) and Jóhann Hjartarson (Iceland) also present. The FIDE Supervisor was Ashot Vardapetyan, an International Arbiter from Armenia. The match took place at The College in Holborn, Central London, an impressive Victorian building with a glass dome on the roof. title: Chess World Cup 2017 text: time limit games, then a third day for tie breaks, if required. The final round has four days of regular time limit games, then a fifth day for tie breaks, if required. All rounds begin at 15:00 local time (11:00 UTC). According to the regulations, all players have to pay their own expenses for travel, and 20% of each player's prize money goes to FIDE. The participants are seeded by their FIDE rating of August 2017. All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise. Shortly before the third-round game between Anton Kovalyov and Maxim Rodshtein was due to start, Kovalyov was