One topic demands attention -- documenting the qualification paths for the most recent World Cup, 2023 World Cup, Baku (August 2023). It's a time consuming procedure that involves pulling together various sources of information. Here's what I produced for the previous cycle (C30 in my system of numbering the World Championship cycles):-
* 2021-10-27: C30 Regulations for World Cup Qualifiers
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Those links in italics are repeated here for easier reference. Since this isn't the first time I've performed the exercise, I've added links to 'Regulations' posts for previous cycles:-
- 2023-08-30: 2023 World Cup, Baku (Azerbaijan)
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2021-10-27:
C30 Regulations for World Cup Qualifiers
- 2019-09-18: C29 Regulations for World Cup Qualifiers
- 2017-09-13: C28 Regulations for World Cup Qualifiers
For C31, the current cycle, FIDE published a preliminary list of qualifiers:-
- 2023-05-29: FIDE World Cup 2023: Preliminary lists of eligible players announced (fide.com)
That document leads to a PDF, Qualified players for the World Cup 2023 (fide.com). I downloaded the PDF, extracted the various lists, reformatted them for use in a database, and produced the following composite image. It shows the various qualification paths for the 2023 World Cup.
The chart on the left counts players who qualified by various routes other than a World Cup qualification tournament. The numbers in parentheses, e.g. 'FIDE President's nominee (4)', are copied directly from FIDE's document. The number in the 'Ct' column are my own counts. The chart on the right counts players who qualified via a tournament played in the current World Championship cycle.
Next step: Add the 22 events on the right to the index page, World Chess Championship Zonals.
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