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The World Chess Championship 2026 will be a chess match to determine the new World Chess Champion. It will be played between the defending champion Gukesh Dommaraju and a challenger, who will be the winner of the Candidates Tournament 2026.
Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...
Before 1950, the champion had the right to handpick a challenger. However, a number of tournaments acted as de facto candidates tournaments: The London 1883 chess tournament established Johannes Zukertort and Wilhelm Steinitz as the best two players in the world, and was one of the important events leading to the first official world championship match between the two, in 1886.
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World Blitz Chess Championship 2024 was an over-the-board chess tournament held in New York City on 30 and 31 December 2024. It was the 2024 edition of the World Blitz Chess Championship and comprised an Open section and a Women's section.
Magnus Carlsen at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship in New York City, on Dec. 27, 2024.
World chess champion Magnus Carlsen left the World Rapid and Blitz Championships on Friday, Dec. 27 after he refused to change out of his jeans in accordance with the International Chess ...
The World Chess Championship 2024. National Championships that meet points 1 to 4 in above criteria. World Rapid Championship. World Blitz Championship. Continental Rapid Championships. Continental Blitz Championships. Other Rapid and Blitz tournaments that meet the above criteria, except that the TAR must be at least 2700.