World Chess Championship 2018

The World Chess Championship 2018 is an upcoming chess match between the reigning World Chess Champion, Magnus Carlsen, and a challenger to determine the World Chess Champion. It will be held under the auspices of FIDE, the world chess federation, with the organisation rights belonging to Agon, its commercial partner.^[1]

The 12-game match is planned to take place between 7-28 November 2018.^[2] It will consist of the reigning world champion, Magnus Carlsen, and a challenger to be determined in a candidates tournament.

Candidates Tournament

The challenger will be the winner of a Candidates Tournament with eight players:

• The runner-up of the 2016 World Championship match, Sergey Karjakin.
• Two qualifiers from the FIDE Grand Prix 2016–17.
• Two qualifiers from the Chess World Cup 2017.
• Two qualifiers by rating.
• An Organizer's Nominee.

This tournament is expected to place from March 8 to March 29, 2018.^[3]

Championship match

Organization and location

The match will be held under the auspices of FIDE, the world chess federation, with the organisation rights belonging to Agon, its commercial partner.^[1] After the World Chess Championship Match 2016 FIDE was reported to announce an Asian venue for the match during the presidential council in spring 2017.^[4]

References

1. FIDE-Agon agreement (3.1a) of Annex 11, 2012 FIDE General Assembly
2. World Championship Match 2018
3. http://www.agonlimited.com/calendar/2018/11/8/candidates-tournament-2018
4. "Next World Chess Championship to be held in Asia — FIDE president". TASS. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.