World Chess Championship 2018
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.[1]
The 12-game match is planned to take place between 7-28 November 2018.[2] It will consist of the reigning world champion, Magnus Carlsen, and a challenger to be determined in a candidates tournament.
Candidates Tournament
The challenger will be the winner of a Candidates Tournament with eight players:
- The runner-up of the 2016 World Championship match,
Sergey Karjakin. - Two qualifiers from the FIDE Grand Prix 2016–17.
- Two qualifiers from the Chess World Cup 2017.
- Two qualifiers by rating.
- An Organizer's Nominee.
This tournament is expected to place from March 8 to March 29, 2018.[3]
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.[1] 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.[4]
References
- 1 2 FIDE-Agon agreement (3.1a) of Annex 11, 2012 FIDE General Assembly
- ↑ World Championship Match 2018
- ↑ http://www.agonlimited.com/calendar/2018/11/8/candidates-tournament-2018
- ↑ "Next World Chess Championship to be held in Asia — FIDE president". TASS. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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