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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 ...
Sunday, 1 December: Game 6 Monday, 2 December: Rest day Tuesday, 3 December: Game 7 Wednesday, 4 December: Game 8 Thursday, 5 December: Game 9 Friday, 6 December: Rest day Saturday, 7 December: Game 10 Sunday, 8 December: Game 11 Monday, 9 December: Game 12 Tuesday, 10 December: Rest day Wednesday, 11 December: Game 13 Thursday, 12 December ...
Tal, Petrosian and Spassky were former World Champions. The format of the final was a 16-game match. Hübner abandoned the match after completing games 1 to 8 and partially playing, adjourning and then abandoning unfinished games 9 and 10. This made Korchnoi the winner of the Candidates Tournament.
World Chess Championship 2014 Rating Game 1 8 Nov. Game 2 9 Nov. Game 3 11 Nov. Game 4 12 Nov. Game 5 14 Nov. Game 6 15 Nov. Game 7 17 Nov. Game 8 18 Nov. Game 9 20 Nov. Game 10 21 Nov. Game 11 23 Nov. Game 12 25 Nov. Points Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2863: ½: 1 0: ½ ½: 1 ½: ½ ½: ½ 1: Not required 6½ Viswanathan Anand (India) 2792 ½: 0 1 ...
June 24 – July 2: Poznań 2024 World Boccia Challenger in Poznań [8] July 16–22: Cairo 2024 World Boccia Challenger in Cairo [9] September 29 – October 7: Olbia 2024 World Boccia Challenger in Olbia; October 4–15: Cali 2024 World Boccia Challenger in Cali; November 14–22: Manama 2024 World Boccia Challenger in Manama
In October 2007, Cori competed for the first time in the American Continental Championship, where he achieved a 20-game norm for the title International Master. [11] In 2008, he also won the U13 section of the 4th World School Championships, [ 12 ] and the bronze medal in the Pan American Under 20 Championship. [ 13 ]
The World Chess Championship 1993 was one of the most controversial matches in chess history, with incumbent World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov, and official challenger Nigel Short, splitting from FIDE, the official world governing body of chess, and playing their title match under the auspices of the Professional Chess Association.
The World Chess Championship 2010 match pitted the defending world champion, Viswanathan Anand, against challenger Veselin Topalov, for the title of World Chess Champion. The match took place in Sofia , Bulgaria from 24 April to 13 May 2010, with a prize fund of 2 million euros (60% to the winner). [ 2 ]