The World Chess Championship 2018 is an upcoming chess match between the reigning World Chess Champion, Magnus Carlsen, and a challenger to determine the World Chess Champion. It will be held under the auspices of FIDE, the world chess federation, with the organisation rights belonging to Agon, its commercial partner.
The 12-game match is planned to take place in the last quarter of 2018.
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Candidates Tournament
The challenger will be the winner of a double round-robin Candidates Tournament with eight players, which will be played in Berlin, Germany, on March 10-28, 2018. Players qualify for the Candidates as follows:
Reserves: The first reserve is the next highest placed player in the Grand Prix. Any further reserves are the next highest players by their average of the 2017 ratings lists.
Two players qualified by average rating of 2017. By September, it was clear that this was a three-man race between between Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Vladmir Kramnik. By mid October, Caruana and So had a near-decisive lead, but this was resolved on October 30 when Kramnik was named as the wild card candidate, assuring Caruana and So of qualifying by rating.
Leading players in FIDE Grand Prix
After three out of four rounds of the FIDE Grand Prix 2017, four players have a mathematical chance of finishing in the top two, and gaining automatic entry to the 2018 Candidates Tournament. The list excludes Ding Liren (already qualified). A maximum of 170 points is available in the final round of the Grand Prix, which will take place in November 2017.
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Championship match
Organization and location
The match will be held under the auspices of FIDE, the world chess federation, with the organisation rights belonging to Agon, its commercial partner. After the World Chess Championship Match 2016 FIDE was reported to announce an Asian venue for the match during the presidential council in spring 2017. Japan, Singapore, South Korea and London were announced to be the host candidates. The city that will host the 2018 World Chess Championship Match has not yet been announced.
References
External links
- Unofficial list of qualifiers for candidates tournament
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