ArmInfo-Turan: The FIDE Chess World Cup 2015 will be played in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 10 September to 4 October 2015. It will be a 128-player knockout chess tournament. The finalists will qualify for the 2016 Candidates Tournament. The Chess World Cup 2015 has a prize fund of 1,6 million USD.
Armenia will be represented by Levon Aronian, Gabriel Sargsyan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Hrant Melkumyan, as well as ethnic Armenians from the United States Samuel Sevyan and Varuzhan Hakobyan. The tournament begins with the 1/64 finals, and then till the finals on October 5.