MediaMax, Armenia
Sept 13 2019
World Cup: Competitors of Armenians in 2nd round known
The pairings of the second round of FIDE World Cup will be held today in Khanty-Mansiysk.
The competitors of the Armenian representatives are already known. In the second round Levon Aronian will play the black against Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran), and Sergey Movsisyan will play the black against Ding Liren (China).
The cup will be held in knockout format, and the ones defeated will leave the competition. The first 2 games of the competitors will be classical, and then the rapid and blitz games will start in case of equal scores.