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Austria Vienna. Ghana Accra. You can also enjoy the show on our Twitch channel or access all our live broadcasts on YouTube. Don't forget to go to our Events page to keep up with every single detail of the event, including live games, results, standings, and more! Any player who has been in any of the categories above from January through the current FIDE list is eligible to play.

Players compete in a Swiss tournament every Saturday. The top eight players from the Swiss qualify for a knockout event on Sunday. The match in Dubai will have 14 games, two more than the previous matches. This will give the players more room for probing and more chances to make a comeback.

With more time to take risks and explore more aggressive approaches, this is promising to be one of the strongest world championship matches in chess history.

After becoming World Champion in at the age of 22, he has defended the title three consecutive times — in , and and is now looking for his fifth victory. Ian Nepomniachtchi is the fifth-ranked player in the world, and the best current player from Russia — the heir of a long tradition of great champions.

A distinctive, well-rounded player, he won the Candidates Tournament in Yekaterinburg with a round to spare. With a score against Carlsen in their classical games, he is seen as someone who has realistic chances of snatching the title from the Norwegian and bringing it back to Russia. Go to Store. The press conference in Dubai ahead of the World Chess Championship is running 30 minutes late. Not since the s, when American legend Bobby Fischer burst onto the scene, has the game captured the attention of the world like this.

Is chess sexy again? And in that case, chess most certainly is. A soft laugh when saying this comes as a surprise, considering his dour attitude throughout the day.