<P> 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 . </P> <P> The top two finishers in the tournament, Aronian and Ding Liren, qualified for the Candidates Tournament for the World Chess Championship 2018 . </P>

Who won the title of world chess championship in 2017