world chess championship – Chessdom https://www.chessdom.com Chess, chess news, live chess games Sun, 27 Apr 2025 20:28:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 Bobby Fischer’s unparalleled achievement https://www.chessdom.com/bobby-fischers-unparalleled-achievement/ Sun, 27 Apr 2025 20:27:14 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=98843 Bobby Fischer was an enigmatic chess prodigy and a towering legend in the game’s history for his brilliance and unrelenting drive. He brought many innovations to the game of chess, and one of them was a substantial increase in money paid to chess players.

Thanks to the Historical Currency Convertor and The Big Book Of World Chess Championships by Andre Schulz, we find a realistic historical comparison in prize funds of World Championships, converted to today’s money value. HT: Anish Giri

Absolute leader is Garry Kasparov, with the top prize fund figure being the Kasparov – Karpov World Chess Championship of 1990 with 5,7 million USD. Kasparov holds the second and third positions as well. Kasparov – Short from 1993 stands at 4,7 million USD, while his 1987 World Chess Championship match with Karpov stands at 3,5 million USD.

However, the real unparalleled achievement on this list is the one of Bobby Fischer. His match with Spassky from 1972 achieved a whole order of magnitude increase to prize funds. Until then money for matches were maximum in the hundreds of thousands, while he brought the figure above 1 million USD (1,6 million, to be precise). To achieve the same success, someone has to bring the prize funds for World Championships from millions to tens of millions USD.

]]> Gukesh – Ding predictions, Carlsen’s take (take, take) https://www.chessdom.com/gukesh-ding-predictions-carlsens-take/ Wed, 20 Nov 2024 07:36:19 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=96907 The World Chess Championship 2024 is set to take place between November 25 and December 13, 2024, in Singapore. This event will feature a match between the reigning world champion, Ding Liren from China, and the challenger, Gukesh Dommaraju from India, to determine who will be the World Chess Champion 2024. 5 days remain to the start of the World Chess Championship 2024 and Chessdom continues its countdown. Expect daily news, interviews, videos and more as we gear up for the World Chess Championship, the most important individual chess event of the year. All details on Ding – Gukesh: Preview / Schedule / Venue / Live / Promo video

Multiple experts have already stated their opinion on the upcoming match – talking about the rating slump of Ding Liren, of the effects of the Olympic gold on Gukesh, and more. But the one expert that the chess fans should listen to is the man, who himself participated in multiple World Chess Championships and won them all.

Magnus Carlsen gives his prediction on Gukesh – Ding Liren

Magnus Carlsen’s take (take, take) on the upcoming Gukesh – Ding match is not one sided. “This match is so open, but I think Ding Liren will get the first chance. I could see a scenario where Ding Liren gets two or three massive chances in the first five or six games. And he absolutely has to take them!” says Magnus Carlsen. “Ding cannot lose the first game. He managed to come back against Ian, but from what we have seen from Ding Liren from the last one and a half years, I do not think he will come back if he loses game 1,” continues Carlsen and concludes that Ding Liren is the likely player to win a game first. Throwback: How to play a World Championship like a World Champion!

What will be the number of decisive games in Gukesh – Ding Liren?

Magnus Carlsen believes the number of decisive games in Gukesh – Ding Liren will be high. “The only way we get a low number of decisive games is if Ding gets chances and keeps missing them.” Carlsen refers to the previous World Chess Championship, where the two players exchanged blows, and the expectations of Magnus are that this will continue in the World Chess Championship 2024.

Which openings will we see in the Gukesh – Ding Liren match?

Magnus Carlsen thinks we will see a variety of openings in the Gukesh – Ding Liren match. “My guess is that we will see both 1.d4 and 1.e4 in the match. What we saw from Ding last time is that he moved around the whole match, he had prepared seven ideas for seven white games.” Replay: Nepo – Ding all games / Reactions to 4.h3 by Ding Liren

See below the full preview video by the Take Take Take app. Scroll down for a full timeline of the news and predictions regarding the World Chess Championship 2024.

Timeline of Ding – Gukesh

15.08.2024 FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 is in Singapore
16.08.2024 Record in target: Between 100 and 200 million have followed the match Anand – Carlsen on TV every day
25.08.2024 World Chess Championship 2024 and Judit Polgar’s prophecy
12.09.2024 World Chess Championship 2024 is sponsored by Google
15.09.2024 Ding Liren considers Gukesh the favorite for the World Chess Championship 2024
17.09.2024 PH Nielsen: Ding Liren is favorite for the match with Gukesh
24.09.2024 World Chess Championship 2024 tickets are on sale
28.09.2024 India win double gold at the Chess Olympiad
28.09.2024 Gukesh wins individual gold medal
06.10.2024 Ding Liren – Gukesh 2024 – the game that did not happen
22.10.2024 Ding Liren considers the favorite for the World Chess Championship 2024
23.10.2024 Gukesh about the World Chess Championship chances
24.10.2024 Anish Giri about the World Chess Championship
25.10.2024 Happy birthday to Ding Liren
09.11.2024 Gukesh coach: Ding Liren’s bad form ‘does not matter so much’
10.11.2024 Garry Kasparov is the youngest World Chess Champion, Gukesh has a chance to surpass that
16.11.2024 Magnus Carlsen, “Gukesh is significant favorite for World Chess Champion 2024” (VIDEO)
17.11.2024 FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 experts predictions – Gukesh or Ding Liren
18.11.2024 Nielsen, “Ding – Gukesh is NOT the first World Championship match between players from Asia”

Interesting fact

Gukesh and Ding Liren played together in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024. Despite Gukesh shining and finishing tied for first place, while Ding trailing in the bottom half of the table, one of the few wins Ding Liren achieved was exactly against Gukesh. This was a repeat of the score from the Tata Steel Chess 2023. More about Gukesh – Ding Liren games here

]]> World Chess Championship 2024 – the ratings https://www.chessdom.com/world-chess-championship-2024-the-ratings/ Sat, 26 Oct 2024 21:26:48 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=95927 The World Chess Championship 2024 – Gukesh vs Ding Liren is set to take place between November 25 and December 13, 2024, in Singapore. This event will feature a match between the reigning world champion, Ding Liren from China, and the challenger, Gukesh Dommaraju from India, to determine who will be the World Chess Champion 2024.

Ding Liren’s rating has been suffering ever since he won the World Chess Champion title against Ian Nepomniachtchi. He reached his peak rating in November 2018, when he was 2816 elo and ranked 4th in the world. Since January 2023, Ding Liren started active preparation for the World Championship match and his rating started falling with every event played. But even after the World Chess Championship match, and despite low activity, he continued to lose rating points. This year he finished in the bottom half of the table of Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 with a score of 6/13 (+2−3=8), in Norway Chess 2024 Ding scored 3,0/10 (+0 =6 -4), and in the Chess Olympiad 2024 he finished with a score of 3,5/8 (+0−1=7). As a result his rating went from 2780 to 2728, which will be the rating he starts with in the World Chess Championship 2024. It is also the lowest rating Ding Liren has had in the past 10 years.

The rating of Gukesh is with the opposite trend. Since August 2016, when Gukesh was only 10 years old and rated 1974 elo, the trend has been constantly up, with isolated exceptions. Only on three occasions Gukesh has had two consecutive months of rating decline, and even those can be defined more as temporary rating stagnation. In 2024 Gukesh has been brilliant. In Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 he scored 8.5/13 to finish in a 4-way tie for first place. In the 2024 Candidates Tournament Gukesh won the first place with 9/14, while in the Chess Olympiad 2024 he won double gold and scored the second highest ever performance. This put him in position to attack 2800 , but a shaky European Club Cup left him at 2783 elo.

World Chess Championship 2024 Countdown
33 days remaining Ding Liren considers the favorite for the World Chess Championship 2024
32 days remaining Gukesh about the World Chess Championship chances
31 days remaining Anish Giri about the World Chess Championship
30 days remaining Happy birthday to Ding Liren
29 days remaining Promo video of the World Chess Championship 2024

Interesting fact

Gukesh and Ding Liren played together in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024. Despite Gukesh shining and finishing tied for first place, while Ding trailing in the bottom half of the table, one of the few wins Ding Liren achieved was exactly against Gukesh. This was a repeat of the score from the Tata Steel Chess 2023. More about Gukesh – Ding Liren games here

]]> Throwback to 1972 Fischer – Spassky World Championship Match #TweetOftheDay https://www.chessdom.com/throwback-to-1972-fischer-spassky-world-championship-match-tweetoftheday/ Mon, 11 Jul 2022 16:12:25 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=79685 The World Chess Championship Match 1972 between the challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union started on July 11th, 50 years ago. The match took place in the Laugardalshöll arena in Reykjavík, Iceland, and has been dubbed the Match of the Century. Fischer won the match 12½–8½, becoming the eleventh undisputed world champion, thus ending the 24 years of Soviet domination in the World Chess Championship.

]]> Magnus Carlsen negotiates the format of the World Chess Championship Match https://www.chessdom.com/magnus-carlsen-negotiates-the-format-of-the-world-chess-championship-match/ Mon, 04 Jul 2022 14:24:40 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=79298 Ian Nepomniachtchi won the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 with a round to spare, thus becoming the challenger in the World Chess Championship Match which will be played next year. The reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen should be the defender of the title, but Magnus was repeatedly saying he is considering his retirement from the World Chess Championship Matches. In one of the latest interviews, Magnus Carlsen explained he is not closer to playing another World Championship Match than he was before, but he is still not 100% certain about the decision. “I wanted to quit while on top, and it’s clearly what’s most likely to happen” said Carlsen to the Norwegian newspaper VG two months ago.

Reigning World Chess Champion yesterday visited Palacio de Santona, the playing venue of the FIDE Candidates Tournament, where he met with the FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, informs El Pais. Carlsen and Dvorkovich had a private meeting that lasted around 40 minutes. According to the El Pais sources, the main topic of the meeting was the format of the World Chess Championship Match and there’s a reasonable chance that Magnus decides to play the Match: “All the sources contacted by EL PAÍS requested anonymity and agreed that if Carlsen had decided to renounce the crown, he would have said so clearly. The fact that he met with Dvorkovich for so long without a subsequent statement means, according to those sources, that there is a reasonable chance of agreement.”

Read more: Magnus Carlsen is mysterious about his participation in the World Championship Match / Ian Nepomniachtchi wins FIDE Candidates Chess 2022 with a round to spare

During the 14th final round of the Candidates Tournament, the Director general of FIDE Emil Sutovsky joined the chess.com live studio and explained that he and the FIDE President met with Magnus. He expressed optimism about Magnus Carlsen accepting to play the World Championship Match: “I think it was very constructive (the meeting) and left hope that it can work.“

]]> FIDE Candidates Chess 2022 Madrid https://www.chessdom.com/fide-candidates-chess-2022-madrid/ Thu, 16 Jun 2022 09:24:00 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=74981 The FIDE Candidates Chess 2022 will take place in Madrid, June 16 – July 7. It will be an 8 player double round robin with some of the world’s top Grandmasters. The winner will qualify for the World Championship match later this year. The World Championship Match between the reigning World Champion and the Challenger, the winner of the 2022 Candidates Tournament, will consist of 14 games. The player who scores 7.5 points or more wins the Match, and no further games are played. If the score after 14 games is equal, the winner is decided on a tiebreak. Follow Candidates chess day 1 live blog here

Replay R1:  Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Richard Rapport / Ding Liren – Ian Nepomniachtchi / Fabiano Caruana – Hikaru Nakamura / Teimour Radjabov – Alireza FirouzjaWatch live R2: Richard Rapport – Alireza Firouzja / Hikaru Nakamura – Teimour Radjabov / Ian Nepomniachtchi – Fabiano Caruana / Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Ding Liren

Video R1:  GM Polgar and GM Gustafsson / GM Daniil Yuffa and WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni / GM Benjamin Bok and team Hikaru / Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal / GM Naroditsky and WGM Skripchenko

Report R1: Caruana and Nepomniachtchi shine in R1 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament / Live blog day 1 Video: Nakamura analyses his game against Caruana / A miniature in Ding – Nepomniachtchi

Cadidates Chess 2022 participants:

  1. Jan-Krzystof Duda – World Cup winner
  2. Ding Liren – highest rating + 30 games , substitute of Sergey Karjakin
  3. Fabiano Caruana – Grand Swiss runner-up
  4. Teimour Radjabov – Wild Card
  5. Alireza Firouzja – Grand Swiss winner
  6. Hikaru Nakamura – Grand Prix winner
  7. Ian Nepomniachtchi – 2021 World Chess Champion Match runner-up
  8. Richard Rapport – Grand Prix runner-up

The pairings for each round of Candidates Chess 2022 can be found here.

Candidates Chess 2022 is in Madrid

The magnificent Palacio de Santoña, a centrally located historic building in Madrid, will become the venue of the most anticipated chess tournament of 2022. Built in 1730, this mansion boasts of distinguished carved granite baroque façade and is home to one of the most refined eclectic interiors in the Spanish capital. It is currently one of the headquarters of the Madrid Chamber of Commerce.

Eight prominent grandmasters will compete for a top spot in a double round-robin (all play all) tournament from 16 June to 6 July. The schedule includes four free days, one after every three rounds:

 14-15 June 2022Arrivals 
1 day16 June 2022Technical meeting andOpening Ceremony
2 day17 June 2022Round 1
3 day18 June 2022Round 2
4 day19 June 2022Round 3
5 day20 June 2022Free day
6 day21 June 2022Round 4
7 day22 June 2022Round 5
8 day23 June 2022Round 6
9 day24 June 2022Free day
10 day25 June 2022Round 7
11 day26 June 2022Round 8
12 day27 June 2022Round 9
13 day28 June 2022Free day
14 day29 June 2022Round 10
15 day30 June 2022Round 11
16 day1 July 2022Round 12
17 day2 July 2022Free day
18 day3 July 2022Round 13
19 day4 July 2022Round 14
20 day5 July 2022Tie-breaks andClosing Ceremony
21 day6 July 2022Departures

The first place is all that matters as the tournament’s winner becomes the World Championship Challenger and acquires the right to face World Champion Magnus Carlsen in a match.

Dedicated FIDE page: worldchampionshipcycle.fide.com

Candidates Chess 2022 playoff

As per the decision made at the FIDE Council meeting on December 27, a playoff has been introduced for the Candidates Tournament and the Women’s Candidates Tournament, to be played in the case of a tie for first place. 
This decision has been taken after consultation with all the players who have already qualified for the competition. A majority of them favoured the option of a play-off over the tie-break system used in previous editions (“1. The results of the games between the players involved in the tie; 2. Number of wins; 3. Sonneborn-Berger”). 

The play-off will consist of rapid games. Details like the exact time control to be used and the total number of players to take part in the tie-break, were decided after consultation with players. An updated version of the tiebreak rules. 

]]> Carlsen – Anand 2014 LIVE! https://www.chessdom.com/carlsen-anand-2014-live-games/ Sun, 23 Nov 2014 10:15:21 +0000 http://www.chessdom.com/?p=38024 FIDE World Chess Championship 2014 between the World Champion Magnus Carlsen and the Challenger Viswanathan Anand is going to take place November 7th to November 28th, 2014.

The games of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2014 begin with round 1 on the 8th of November. The drawing of colors will happen two days earlier at the opening ceremony.

Chessdom.com will have the live games with triple analysis by the Top Computer Chess Championship (TCEC) engines Komodo, Houdini, and Stockfish. Besides, multiple Grandmasters like GM Christian Bauer and a team TBA will be commenting and bringing you the “human” explanation for the games.

Live games: Live with commentary / Live with analysis and statistics / Live with chat

More: Carlsen – Anand daily GM analysis at Chess Insider pdf magazine

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Games: Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3 / Standings and results

Photos: Photo gallery of the World Championship

Current score: 5,5 – 4,5 see full standings and statistics here

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