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Despite qualifying for the Candidates Tournament by winning the 2023 FIDE World Cup, [15] [16] former World Champion Magnus Carlsen decided not to compete in Toronto. [17] He had previously stated his disinclination after reaching the semifinals of the World Cup, stating that "under the current format there is absolutely no chance" he will play the Candidates. [18]
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.
In November 2010, however, Carlsen announced he was withdrawing from the Candidates Tournament. Carlsen described the 2008–12 cycle as "[not] sufficiently modern and fair", and wrote that "Reigning champion privileges, the long (five-year) span of the cycle, changes made during the cycle resulting in a new format (Candidates) that no World ...
The 2020–2021 Candidates Tournament was an eight-player chess double-round-robin tournament to decide the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2021, played in Yekaterinburg, Russia. [1] Ian Nepomniachtchi won the tournament with a round to spare and earned the right to challenge the defending world champion, Magnus Carlsen. [2]
The 2013 Candidates Tournament was an eight-player chess double round-robin tournament that took place in the ... The tournament was won by Magnus Carlsen, ...
The tournament was an eight-player, double round-robin tournament, meaning there were 14 rounds with each player facing the others twice: once with the black pieces and once with the white pieces. The tournament winner qualified to play Magnus Carlsen for the World Championship in 2023. [9] [31]
The longest game played in a world championship is the 6th game of the 2021 World Chess Championship between Magnus Carlsen and Ian ... in the Candidates Tournament. ...
Norway Chess, another strong tournament that featured world number one Magnus Carlsen as well as World Champion Ding, also didn't qualify for the Circuit due to having only six participants, as only tournaments with eight or more players were eligible. The rules for the 2025 Circuit were amended to allow double round-robin tournaments with at ...