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The World Chess Championship 2014 was a match between the world champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger Viswanathan Anand, to determine the World Chess Champion. It was held from 7 to 25 November 2014, under the auspices of the World Chess Federation ( FIDE ) in Sochi , Russia .
World Championships were initially privately organized matches, with each requiring the consent of the incumbent champion to take place. After 1948, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) began organizing the Championship under its auspices. The championship was fixed to a three-year cycle, with each challenger decided by a Candidates ...
World Chess Championship 2014; 41st Chess Olympiad; Women's World Chess Championship 2014; 2014 European Individual Chess Championship; FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15; FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2013–14; Norway Chess 2014; Shamkir Chess; Sinquefield Cup 2014; Zurich Chess Challenge 2014
March 2014 rating World Ranking (March 2014) 2013 World Championship runner-up Viswanathan Anand: 44 2770 8 The top two finishers in the Chess World Cup 2013: Vladimir Kramnik: 38 2787 3 Dmitry Andreikin: 24 2709 42 The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13: Veselin Topalov [3] 39 2785 4 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov: 28 2757 13
The titles were unified at the World Chess Championship 2006, and all the subsequent tournaments and matches have once again been administered by FIDE. Since 2014, the championship has settled on a two-year cycle, with championship matches conducted
The 2024 World Blitz Chess Championship was the 4th edition of the annual chess tournament held by FIDE to determine the world champion in chess played under blitz time controls. Since 2012, FIDE has held the World Rapid and Blitz Championships at a joint tournament.
FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15; ... World Chess Championship 2014 This page was last edited on 26 March 2020, at 04:20 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
The World Chess Championship 2013 was a match between reigning world champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Magnus Carlsen, to determine the World Chess Champion. It was held from 7 to 25 November 2013 in Chennai , India, under the auspices of FIDE (the World Chess Federation).