9/5/2017 – Every evening at 9 pm CEST we offer you a round-up show of the games played at the World Cup in Tbilisi. Yesterday Daniel King showed the highlights and upsets of round 1.2. Who did qualify and who goes into the tiebreak? Have a look...
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World Cup Round 1, Game 2
After every round of the World Cup we offer you a round up show of the events in Tbilisi. Here's the schedule.
Round-up show
Schedule
Round
Date
Commentator
Tiebreak R1
Tuesday, 05 Sep
GM Simon Williams
2.1
Wednesday, 06 Sep
GM Simon Williams
2.2
Thursday, 07 Sep
GM Daniel King
Tiebreak R2
Friday, 08 Sep
GM Daniel King
3.1
Saturday, 09 Sep
IM Lawrence Trent
3.2
Sunday, 10 Sep
GM Simon Williams
Tiebreak R3
Monday, 11 Sep
IM Lawrence Trent
4.1
Tuesday, 12 Sep
IM Lawrence Trent
4.2
Wednesday, 13 Sep
GM Simon Williams
Tiebreak R4
Thursday, 14 Sep
GM Simon Williams
5.1
Friday, 15 Sep
GM Simon Williams
5.2
Saturday, 16 Sep
IM Lawrence Trent
Tiebreak R5
Sunday, 17 Sep
GM Simon Williams
Semifinal Game 1
Tuesday, 19 Sep
IM Lawrence Trent
Semifinal Game 2
Wednesday, 20 Sep
GM Daniel King
Tiebreak Semifinal
Thursday, 21 Sep
IM Lawrence Trent
Final Game 1
Saturday, 23 Sep
GM Daniel King
Final Game 2
Sunday, 24 Sep
GM Daniel King
Final Game 3
Monday, 25 Sep
GM Daniel King
Final Game 4
Tuesday, 26 Sep
tba
Tiebreak Final
Wednesday, 27 Sep
GM Daniel King
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