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Chess World Cup is an event that organized by FIDE it is an governing body in which three different formats has used.
In 2000 and 2002 it was multi stage tournament with group stage consisting of 24 players in 4 groups
From 2005-2019 Chess World Cup an biennial 128 players single elimination tournament forming part of the qualification for the world chess championship.
From 2021 edition to current time number of players has increased to 206.
FIDE World Cup (2000–2002) Winners-

Year
Dates
Host
Players
Winner
Runner-up
Third place
Fourth place

2000
1–13 Sep
 Shenyang, China
24
 Viswanathan Anand
Evgeny Bareev
 Boris Gelfand and  Gilberto Milos

2002
9–22 Oct
 Hyderabad, India
24
 Viswanathan Anand
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
 Alexander Beliavsky and Alexey Dreev