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Why did Magnus Carlsen drop out of World Championship in 2011?
I heard from a friend of mine that Magnus Carlsen did not play the Candidate Matches in 2011. Why did he do that?
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Why did Bobby Fischer resign his title?
I was wondering about this question for a while. Why did Bobby Fischer resign his title?
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What were Fischer's 179 demands for a World Championship rematch?
According to this video (at 4:25), Bobby Fischer made 179 demands for a rematch for a World Championship, after he won the title. What were those 179 demands?
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Which was the first televised/video-recorded WCC match?
I was thinking about the way that chess has taken to being streamed recently and it got me wondering how far back one could go if they were to watch WCC matches instead of playing through them.
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Is today's World Championship game the first with a symmetrical position and one file completely occupied?
After 8 moves in the 8th game between Carlsen and Nepomniatchi this position was reached.
[FEN "r2qk2r/pppb1ppp/3b4/3p4/3P4/3B4/PPPB1PPP/R2QK2R w - - 0 1"]
The position is perfectly ...
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Full Footage From 1972 Championship
Since the 1972 chess championship was televised I imagine there must be full footage of all the matches somewhere. I have spent time looking around, but found nothing but short clips of the games. ...
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Why did Bobby Fischer make his demands in the 1975 World Chess Championship?
Many topics ask about Fischer's demands in the 1975 World Chess Championship between him and Karpov, but I've never found the reason Fischer made these demands.
In particular:
If the result is 9-9, ...
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Why are some chess championships defended while others have the champion starting from scratch?
For example, the World Chess Championship as of the past few cycles had a candidates tournament to determine who faces the previous champion. Same with the Women's World Chess Championship (at least ...
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Chess960 castling controversy in the 2019 WFRCC: Where can I see the original Nepo vs Wesley So game?
Apparently in the 5th game Ian Nepomniachtchi originally had to play 13. Rf1 instead of 13. 0-0 but then they allowed Nepo to replay the whole game.
The ff is the replay game:
https://lichess.org/...
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