Questions tagged [world-championship]
For all questions related to the World Chess Championship: its holders, contestants, history, etc.
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Why is Carlsen criticized for poor preparation at World Chess Championship 2018?
As of 2018-11-24, 11 games have been drawn at the World Chess Championship (WCC) 2018. A lot of commentators (in particular Alexander Grischuk) have attacked Carlsen for poor preparation.
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Deep Blue vs Kasparov - Aftermath
Evaluating 200M positions per second and having a search tree of 20+ moves might not be enough to beat a World Champion if a computer searches in the wrong direction or if it's evaluating positions a ...
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What will happen if all games are draws for a World Chess Championship?
What will happen if all the games in the World Chess Championship are draws? Who will be considered the world champion?
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Why are such complicated time controls popular?
In professional chess, I often see oddly arcane time controls. For instance, in the 2021 WCC
each game was 120 minutes per side for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves, and 15 ...
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When will the 2018 FIDE Candidates tournament be held, and who will qualify for it?
We've just had the World Championship match between Carlsen and Karjakin, so one qualifier for the next Candidates is known: Karjakin.
I assume it will be held in 2018, is anything more known about ...
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Which chess player has the most openings named after him?
I always thought it was interesting that chess players had openings named after them. The game of chess has only been popular and organized for about 150 years, yet all the most popular openings and ...
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Why is Carlsen being praised for his tie-break play, when Caruana made several game-losing moves?
I followed the three games live on chess24.es (for live commentary from GMs) and chess.com (for actual real time computer analysis).
As per my understanding:
Game 13 was mostly balanced until 19... ...
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Carlsen-Caruana Game 12
Any online search about the recent game 12 in Carlsen-Caruana's WCC is filled with the surprise caused by Carlsen offering a draw when in a (possibly?) winning position. It was announced on chess.com ...
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In Spassky v Fischer '72 game 11, why is 14. Nb1 considered such a great move?
In game 11 of the 1972 World Championship, Spassky as white moves his Knight back to its 14. Nb1 starting position. Apparently, this moved was received as 14. Nb1!!. But to me, it seems as a simple ...
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Anand - Gelfand 12th game in World Chess championship 2012
I have been following 12th game in World Chess championship 2012, and I just could not understand why a draw was offered.
Is it that they can see 10 or more moves ahead and think of the ending or is ...
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Why are players required to record the moves in World Championship Classical games?
I understand that in some lower-level games, if the players do not record the moves, nobody else will do it for them. But what is the point of requiring the players at World Championship classical ...
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Who is/was the lowest ranked World Chess Champion?
Boris Gelfand has just won the 7th of 12 games (all previous drawn) in the FIDE World Championship match against the current holder of the title Viswanathan Anand. This puts him in a good position to ...
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Why are there no more exhibition games between top players and computers?
The 1997 match between Kasparov and Deep Blue is likely the most famous chess match in history. This is because it was ground breaking - for the first time ever a computer had beaten the best player ...
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Is the first game of World Chess Championship 2013 the shortest game in WCC history?
The first game of the 2013 World Chess Championship, Carlsen vs. Anand, ended in a draw after just 16 moves.
Is this shortest game in the history of the World Chess Championship?
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In game 1 of the 2012 WCC between Anand and Gelfand, black ignored his passed pawn advantage. Why?
In the first game of the WCC 2012 between Anand and Gelfand, which was drawn, Gelfand had a passed pawn on a6. Could he not have exchanged the major pieces and then tried to win with it?
Why was the ...
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Why did Magnus Carlsen not play the World Chess Championship in 2023?
Why did Magnus Carlsen not defend the 2023 world chess title? He claimed it was too easy, but is there a deeper meaning/reason that he chose not to participate?
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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 is it about Magnus Carlsen? [closed]
It seems every where I read, Magnus Carlsen is involved in a discussion on if he is or will be the greatest chess player of all time. It also seems as if some are crowning him world champion even ...
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Caruana vs Carlsen game 10 (WCC) why not 18...Nxb6?
In game 10 of the Caruana-Carlsen WCC, why did Carlsen (black) not take the terribly annoying and strong dark squared bishop on b6 on move 18 when given the chance? Instead, Carlsen moved the queen ...
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Is there a good book on the 1927 Capablanca-Alekhine world championship match?
To disambiguate what I mean by the shorthand "good" in the question's title:
Is there an English-language book that tells the story of the 1927 world championship match between Capablanca and ...
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Has Carlsen been given a deadline to announce his WC intentions?
In the current World Championship cycle Magnus Carlsen has a psychological edge on Nepo. While Carlsen already knows who he is going to face in the WC match, Nepo has to wait for him to announce his ...
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Where can I watch World Chess Championship 2021?
What are the possible streams that I can watch World Chess Championship 2021 from 24th of November to 16th of December (any online platform and television broadcast)?
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Wrong inaugural move in game 2 of Carlsen - Nepomniachtchi
In the game 2 of the current World Championship Series, the FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich made the inaugural move, which differed from what Carlsen wanted the move to be. How does this exactly ...
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What motivated Kasparov's comments on the Anand-Gelfand match?
I was watching an interview with Kasparov which occurred before the Anand-Gelfand match was played, and he said:
"Nobody should be offended, it is just a fact, but it's the first time in a long ...
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Anand - Carlsen Game 1 WCh 2014, why not 12.Qc3+?
In game 1 of the World Championship 2014 between Carlsen and Anand, Anand chose 12.gxf3. Why not play 12.Qc3+ instead? It takes control over the a1-h8 diagonal and prevents the black Nc6 to jump to d4 ...
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Why did Bobby Fischer quit chess after the match with Spassky?
I am not asking about the 1975 "resignation" to Karpov, but for which reasons did Bobby Fischer gradually lose interest in competitive chess after becoming World Champion? Jews or not Jews, he did not ...
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Why Anand and Carlsen insisted on playing the same opening/defense
They played the Berlin defense and Ruy Lopez. Well the question is more like: why Anand insisted to play Ruy Lopez again and again. wouldn't be better if he had tried najdorf and nimzo indian earlier? ...
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What was the role of the second in top level matches?
What was the role, the duties, etc. of the second (e.g. GM Ray Keene was Korchnoi’s second in the 1978 World Championship match vs. Karpov), and is this figure still present in contemporary top level ...
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What was the longest World Championship game?
The recently concluded Game 7 of the 2014 Carlsen-Anand match went to move 122 before a draw was reached due to insufficient material. Is this the longest game played in a World Chess Championship ...
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Youngest Player to beat a reigning World Champion?
In September 2022 19 year old Hans Niemann beat Magnus Carlsen in the Sinquefield Cup.
On the 19th January 2023 18 year old Nodirbek Abdusattorov beat Magnus Carlsen in the Tata Steel tournament.
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History of physical fitness in the world championships
Who can forget this picture from Kortchnoi's preparation for his 1981 match against Karpov?
More on Kortchnoi's physical preparation for the match in Merano in this 1986 documentary made by English ...
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Seconds of Magnus Carlsen
Has it been revealed who helped Magnus Carlsen in preparing and during the World Chess Championship against Karjakin?
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What happened to the WCC?
Just found this rating list below while looking for other items.
I vaguely remember hearing about WCC.
What happened to them? All I find now for WCC is 'world chess championship'.
Apparently they both ...
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Why has Carlsen's Elo not changed?
Just looking up Carlsen's Elo and it is still 2870.
I know his next goal is to reach 2900. Did the 3 wins in the world chess championship simply not give him any rating points, or does FIDE take a ...
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What if threefold repetition occurs in WCC 2018?
It is not allowed to draw till move 30. Are the players forced to find another moves in case of threefold repetition?
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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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The London 2018 World Chess Championship live coverage sources
Which TV channels are going to stream the WCC? Preferably with English commentary. (With live video from the playing board, not only the moves).
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Did Anand have a forced win at any point in Game 9 of the 2013 Anand-Carlsen world champhionship match?
For much of today's Anand-Carlsen game, white seemed to have a powerful mating attack. But from the analyses I've seen, there was never a point where it was clear that black would not be able to ...
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What did FIDE do/say in response to Magnus Carlsen's non-participation in the candidates match for the 2011 world championship?
In Why did Magnus Carlsen drop out of World Championship in 2011?
we see magnus said
After careful consideration I’ve reached the conclusion that the ongoing 2008–2012 cycle does not represent a ...
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For what percent of the time has the official World Champion not been the world number 1?
Now that Carlsen has decided not to defend his title the next official world champion will not be the world number 1. According to this tweet from Welsh GM Nigel Davies :
I would estimate that for ...
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How was the Candidate chosen for 1927, and why not sooner?
Wikipedia has a tiny article for the 1927 World Chess Championship. For the World Chess Championship article in general, it has very little to say about the 1927 one:
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Rules regarding food and drink during a world championship game
Game 6 in the world championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi ran for 7 hours and 45 minutes. Apparently the players did not eat during that time. Chessbase India reports:
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Historic time controls for World Championships
According to the answer to this question we know that currently it is 100 minutes for 40 moves followed by an additional 50 minutes for 20 moves then an extra 15 minutes to finish the game with a 30 ...
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Draws by game number in championship matches
Some commentators have expressed surprise at the two relatively bland draws to open out the most recent (Carlsen-Karjakin) World Championships. I'm wondering whether there's been any study as to ...
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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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Inconsistent timings of world championships
According to Wikipedia recent world championship tournaments have been played in these years:
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What is logic behind this, sometimes they are played every ...
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What happens when FIDE can't find a host for the World Championship match?
With less than 90 days to go to the 2023 World Championship match between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren, FIDE can't seem to find a host for the game.
So what will happen when no one hosts the game?...
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What are the worst blunders ever committed in a world championship match (final)?
As title above, what are a few of the worst blunders ever committed in a World Chess Championship Match?
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What's the most prestigious chess competition broadcasted on TV?
I want to experience the best chess competition is where the most experienced players around the globe participate.
Is there such a contest? Or is it too boring to watch chess tournament because it ...
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