World Chess Championship Championship 2021

The the COVID-19 pandemic delayed for 3 years the World Chess Champions Match. In last months of 2021 Norwegian World Champion Magnus Carlsen faced the Russian Challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi in a 14-game match that take place in the Dubai Exhibition Centre in the United Arab Emirates.

FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament

Traditionally this is the tournamnet that gives gold ticket for the World Chess Championship (WCC). The 2020-2021 tournament was an 8-player double round-robin and the 14-round event was played in the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Yekaterinburg, Russia from 17 March to 3 April 2020 (rounds 1-7) and, after a long Covid-19 break, from 19 to 27 April 2021 (rounds 8-14).

The prize fund wasn't as big as WCC but not paltry at all, with the total price of €500,000.

In this particular tournament the players had 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 more minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 more minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. No draw offers were allowed until after move 40.

Final Standings

1 Nepomniachtchi (2789) 8½

2 Vachier-Lagrave (2758) 8

=3 Giri (2776) 7½

=3 Caruana (2820) 7½

=5 Ding Liren (2791) 7

=5 Grischuk (2777) 7

7 Alekseenko (2696) 5½

8 Wang Hao (2763) 5 

Press conference with FIDE Candidates winner Ian Nepomniachtchi

Enter y45^th World Chess Championship | Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi

The winner will be the first player to reach 7.5 points wins, while a 7:7 tie will be decided by a playoff. The prize fund is €2 million, split 60:40, or 55:45 if it goes to a playoff. No draw offers are allowed until after move 40.

14 games with clasical time control; two more than the previous Carlsen title matches.

Each player has 120 minutes for 40 moves, then 60 minutes for the next 20, then 15 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment starting only from move 61.

Playoffs

4 x 25 minutes + 10 second increment from move 1

2 x 5+3 // If draw again they will play this mini match 4 more times.

Armageddon game | White = 5 minutes + 2 seconds increment after 61 move. Black 4 + 2 seconds increment after 61 move. A draw counts as a win for Black.

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Schedule

November 26 || Game 1

November 27 || Game 2

November 28 || Game 3

November 29 || Free day

November 30 || Game 4

December 1 || Game 5

December 2 || Free day

December 3 || Game 6

December 4 || Game 7

December 5 || Game 8

December 6 || Free day

December 7 || Game 9

December 8 || Game 10

December 9 || Free day

December 10 || Game 11