World Computer Chess Championship Puns

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Computer_Chess_Championship

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Chess_Engine_Championship

Why are there two separate world championships for computers? The WCCC is a lot older, but TCEC seems to be more popular; which one is considered 'legitimate', and why?

Carlsen 1-0 Nepomniachtchi

[pgn] [Event "FIDE World Chess Championship 2021"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.12.03"] [Round "06"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2782"] [TimeControl "5400+30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. c4 dxc4 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Nxc4 b5 12. Nce5 Nb4 13. Qb2 Bb7 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nd3 Bb6 16. Bg5 Rfd8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rac1 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qa2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qb7+ 22. Kg1 Qe4 23. Qc2 a5 24. Rfd1 Kg7 25. Rd2 Rac8 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc8 Qd5 28. b4 a4 29. e3 Be5 30. h4 h5 31. Kh2 Bb2 32. Rc5 Qd6 33. Rd1 Bxa3 34. Rxb5 Qd7 35. Rc5 e5 36. Rc2 Qd5 37. Rdd2 Qb3 38. Ra2 e4 39. Nc5 Qxb4 40. Nxe4 Qb3 41. Rac2 Bf8 42. Nc5 Qb5 43. Nd3 a3 44. Nf4 Qa5 45. Ra2 Bb4 46. Rd3 Kh6 47. Rd1 Qa4 48. Rda1 Bd6 49. Kg1 Qb3 50. Ne2 Qd3 51. Nd4 Kh7 52. Kh2 Qe4 53. Rxa3 Qxh4+ 54. Kg1 Qe4 55. Ra4 Be5 56. Ne2 Qc2 57. R1a2 Qb3 58. Kg2 Qd5+ 59. f3 Qd1 60. f4 Bc7 61. Kf2 Bb6 62. Ra1 Qb3 63. Re4 Kg7 64. Re8 f5 65. Raa8 Qb4 66. Rac8 Ba5 67. Rc1 Bb6 68. Re5 Qb3 69. Re8 Qd5 70. Rcc8 Qh1 71. Rc1 Qd5 72. Rb1 Ba7 73. Re7 Bc5 74. Re5 Qd3 75. Rb7 Qc2 76. Rb5 Ba7 77. Ra5 Bb6 78. Rab5 Ba7 79. Rxf5 Qd3 80. Rxf7+ Kxf7 81. Rb7+ Kg6 82. Rxa7 Qd5 83. Ra6+ Kh7 84. Ra1 Kg6 85. Nd4 Qb7 86. Ra2 Qh1 87. Ra6+ Kf7 88. Nf3 Qb1 89. Rd6 Kg7 90. Rd5 Qa2+ 91. Rd2 Qb1 92. Re2 Qb6 93. Rc2 Qb1 94. Nd4 Qh1 95. Rc7+ Kf6 96. Rc6+ Kf7 97. Nf3 Qb1 98. Ng5+ Kg7 99. Ne6+ Kf7 100. Nd4 Qh1 101. Rc7+ Kf6 102. Nf3 Qb1 103. Rd7 Qb2+ 104. Rd2 Qb1 105. Ng1 Qb4 106. Rd1 Qb3 107. Rd6+ Kg7 108. Rd4 Qb2+ 109. Ne2 Qb1 110. e4 Qh1 111. Rd7+ Kg8 112. Rd4 Qh2+ 113. Ke3 h4 114. gxh4 Qh3+ 115. Kd2 Qxh4 116. Rd3 Kf8 117. Rf3 Qd8+ 118. Ke3 Qa5 119. Kf2 Qa7+ 120. Re3 Qd7 121. Ng3 Qd2+ 122. Kf3 Qd1+ 123. Re2 Qb3+ 124. Kg2 Qb7 125. Rd2 Qb3 126. Rd5 Ke7 127. Re5+ Kf7 128. Rf5+ Ke8 129. e5 Qa2+ 130. Kh3 Qe6 131. Kh4 Qh6+ 132. Nh5 Qh7 133. e6 Qg6 134. Rf7 Kd8 135. f5 Qg1 136. Ng7 1-0 [/pgn]

• [**FiveThirtyEight: How Th

Sorry for the lack of Double Boncloud content for the past year or so. Recently I have been working on a new and improved lichess study for the double bongcloud, however it is a lot of work. In the meantime, I have used Lucas Chess R's tournament with engines feature to generate a ton of double bongcloud games of different variations.

This is on top of the official Chess.com CCC games, which were played at 10+2 time control are of very high quality, so if you want to explore the Double Bongcloud yourself, I have made sure that they can
be parsed by applications such as OpeningTree.com, and likely other pgn readers.

Here is the link to the Google Drive folder https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZUBGmdu8GQK303XITUhjT0zUBWdWYVSN?usp=sharing

Here is the preview of my Double Bongcloud Interactive study

https://lichess.org/study/0RjWBziE

The guide for variations is the following

3. d4 - Croatian

4. Nf3 - Finnish

5. Nc3 - Minnesotan

6. Ke1 - Rodchenkov

7. d3 - Tap

8. f4 - Frog Gambit

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####Scoreboard

####Format/Time Controls

• The match will be played over 14 standard games. The first player to reach 7½ points will be the World Champion of Chess.

• At the opening ceremony, a drawing of colors determines who will start with the white pieces.

• The time control is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.

• If the scores are level after the regular 14 games, four tie-break games will be played. These are rapid games with 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move.

• If it's still equal, two blitz games will be played (5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment), followed by another pair of blitz games if needed. If there is still no winner after five such matches, one sudden-death game will be played. The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the color. The player with the white pieces shall receive 5 minutes, the player with the black pieces shall receive 4 minutes whereupon, after the 60th move, both players shall receive an increment of 3 seconds starting from move 61. In case of a draw, the player with the black pieces is declared the winner.

• The players cannot draw a game by agreement before Black's 40th move. A claim for a draw before Black's 40th move is permitted only through one of the arbiters in the cases of a threefold repetition.

####Schedule

I've been trying to find if there was an archive of the time engines were playing the double Bongcloud. Unfortunately I didn't have the foresight to save it.

Carlsen 1-0 Nepomniachtchi

[pgn] [Event "FIDE World Chess Championship 2021"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.12.05"] [Round "8"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2856"] [BlackElo "2782"] [Annotator "samsh"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.12.05"]

1. e4 e5 {Annotations by GM Sam Shankland} 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. Nd2 $5 {This is a very rare move with basically no games played by anyone notable, but it's actually quite a bit more challenging than it looks. It's funny that White aims to make the game more symmetrical in the Petroff as an attempt to fight for an advantage, but in this particular case, it does seem quite challenging.} 7... Nxd2 8. Bxd2 {Now, Nepo played Bd6 very quickly, but I already think this is a mistake.} 8... Bd6 $2 (8... Qe7+ $1 {I think this surprising move is the best way to fight for equality. White has to move his king to avoid a queen exchange.} 9. Kf1 (9. Be3 {I suppose this is possible too, but after} 9... Qb4+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Bd6 $11 {Black should be totally fine in spite of the machine's insistence on +0.2.}) 9... O-O-O {Black should be okay here. I suspect Magnus was aiming for this position and found some interesting way to coordinate his pieces that makes Black find some move or two, but it's hard to imagine Black can really have too many major issues here. At least the opposite-side castling allows for some dynamism.}) 9. O-O {Now, suddenly things do not look so easy for Black. He cannot castle due to Qh5, winning a pawn, and otherwise Re1+ is coming.} 9... h5 $1 {This strikes me as the best practical decision. Black keeps the queen off of h5, and can hope for Qh4 to come next. Then, it will be a bit annoying for White to stop the mate threat since g2-g3 will eventually walk into h5-h4.} 10. Qe1+ $6 {This is soft. I was very surprised by this move pair—White allows Qe7, which should equalize easily, and then

Russia has a long and proud history in the game of chess. For the vast majority of the 20th century, the world chess championship title was held by a Russian/Soviet player, with only a handful of notable exceptions like Bobby Fischer and Vishy Anand. However, in the 21st century there has only been one Russian champion so far (Vladimir Kramnik in 2006) and the nation is no longer considered the world superpower they once were in the sport. That isn’t to say there are no strong players in the Russian chess scene; the nation frequently competes for the world title in team tournaments, and out of the 39 players worldwide with a FIDE rating of 2700+, Russia boasts a whopping 11 of them (China and USA are second with 5 each).

This past year’s World Championship (delayed a year due to COVID) was played between defending champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway and challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia (Nepo for short). Carlsen has held the title since 2013, successfully defending it three times (including in 2016 against another Russian, Sergey Karjakin). Nepo went into the event a heavy underdog, but his Russian comrades flocked to his side to help him prepare. It is customary for both championship competitors to form a team of seconds to help them test lines and predict the opponent’s moves, usually from one’s own country. Karjakin was one of Nepo’s foremost supporters and joined his team to prepare for the championship match.

The championship match unfortunately didn’t go great for Nepo. After five straight draws to begin the 14-game event, Nepo lost an incredibly drawn-out Game 6 that lasted seven hours and 47 minutes – a championship record. It was all downhill from there, with Carlsen winning games 8, 9 and 11 to clinch the title in decisive fashion. The result was not surprising in the least, but the controversy that erupted afterwards certainly was.

After the match concluded, Magnus released this video, unveiling the team that helped him prepare for the event. His team was a who’s-who of top players around the world – an eclectic mix of French, German, and Dutch players among others. This included one player in particular that ruffled some feathers: Daniil Dubov, a Russian grandmaster. It wasn’t rare for Carlsen to consult help from players of different nationalities...but a R

The FIDE World Chess Championship 1998 was contested in a match between the FIDE World Champion Anatoly Karpov and the challenger Viswanathan Anand. The match took place between 2 January and 9 January 1998 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The challenger was determined in a tournament held in Groningen, Netherlands, between 9 December and 30 December 1997. After the championship match ended in a draw, Karpov won the rapid playoff, becoming the 1998 FIDE World Chess Champion.

So 100 odd players played a knockout tournament like the FIDE World Cup we have now. And immediately (48 hours gap) after the end of the tournament the winner had to play Karpov in another country. How was it fair? How did FIDE allow this farce? How did the chess world react back then?

The KO event ended on 30 December, won by Anand (4 rounds, QF, SF, F) who had to go through a tough draw beating top players like Almasi, Khalifman, Shirov, Gelfand, Adams. Then next day he had to travel to another country to play a well rested, prepared Karpov. Lost in TBs after the classical portion ended 3-3. Was it the most unfair chess contest in history? No way would Fischer, Kasparov, Carlsen have accepted this kind of injustice!!!!

Clearly fatigue was the only reason Anand lost, because he hammered Karpov everywhere, in all time controls for the rest of 1998 and 1999. He also won the Chess Oscar in 1997 and 1998, ahead of Kasparov and was previous challenger to Kasparov in 1995, second best player in the world at that time. And Anand won the FIDE crown in 2000.

Karpov getting so many favors from FIDE isn't talked about much. His matches against Korchnoi (whose wife and son were put in labour camp to put psychological pressure on the defector), the 1984 match against Kasparov or this Lausanne robbery. One of the luckiest chess players of all time, if you also consider how he won the title in the first place.

Given that Magnus has had such great results with it since the last championship and apparently gets positions he is comfortable in.

I think it'll be a one sided beatdown. I expect Carlsen to win game 1 or 2 and for Nepo to just crumble afterwards with (approx) a final score of 4-0 (and 7 draws) to end the match on game 11.

Anatoly Karpov 1995 Amber Rapid

Karpov at the Amber Rapid 1995 at age 44 ran rampant, won his first 6 games and finished with 9 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses to finish with 10/11.

Amber Rapid 1995

Amber Rapid 1995 game section on chessgames

He beat Kramnik, Nunn, Ivanchuk, Kamsky, Ljubojevic, Polgar, Piket, Lautier and Shirov.

World Ranking of Karpov's opponents at the time (according to chessmetrics)

(1) Anand : world #3

(2) Kamsky : world #4

(3) Ivanchuk : world #5

(4) Kramnik : world #6

(5) Shirov : world #8

(6) Lautier : world #18

(7) Nikolic : world #19

(8) Polgar : world #21

(9) Piket :world #27

(10) Nunn : world #50

(11) Ljubojevic : world #64

March 1995 World rankings

And the last 2 players were former top 10 players.

This was like the Rapid chess version of what Karpov did in Linares 1994

Extra note:

Mamedyarov, Karjakin, Carlsen (x2) also have an impressive 11.5/15 (+8) in the World Rapid championship. Very good but not quite good enough to crack this list.

I also checked some of the Grand Chess tour events and I didnt see anything eye-popping.

If you guys have Rapid performance you think is better , please let me know.

####♔ Magnus Carlsen Retains the World Chess Championship ♔

Nepomniachtchi 0-1 Carlsen

[pgn] [Event "FIDE World Chess Championship 2021"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.12.10"] [Round "11"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2856"] [TimeControl "5400+30"]

1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Na3 h6 9. Nc2 O-O 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Re8 12. a4 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. Qb3 b6 15. Rad1 Ne7 16. h3 Qd7 17. Nh2 Rd8 18. Nhg4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 d5 20. d4 exd4 21. exd5 Re4 22. Qc2 Rf4 23. g3 dxe3 24. gxf4 Qxg4+ 25. Kf1 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Nf5 27. d6 Nh4 28. fxe3 Qg3+ 29. Kf1 Nf3 30. Qf2 Qh3+ 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Nxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Rxd6 34. Kf3 Rd2 35. Rb1 g6 36. b4 axb4 37. Rxb4 Ra2 38. Ke4 h5 39. Kd5 Rc2 40. Rb3 h4 41. Kc6 h3 42. Kxc7 h2 43. Rb1 Rxc3+ 44. Kxb6 Rb3+ 45. Rxb3 h1=Q 46. a5 Qe4 47. Ka7 Qe7+ 48. Ka8 Kg7 49. Rb6 Qc5 0-1[/pgn]

#####FiveThirtyEight: Magnus Carlsen Wins The 2021 World Chess Championship

• 🖐️ -- Magnus Carlsen

• Chess24: Magnus Carlsen wins 5th World Championship title

• VIDEO: The final moments of Game 11

• Congratulations to the greatest of all time Magnus Carlsen for winning his 5th World Chess Championship title, and thank you all those who tuned into watch this historic event. -- Daniel Rensch

• It’s always an honor to cover greatness, and Magnus continues to leave no doubt that he’s the best player in the world. We all are fortunate to see Magnus compete. -- Robert Hess

• [Magnus Carlsen says the mat

Official Website

Follow the games here: Chess.com | Chess24 | Lichess

####Scoreboard

####Format/Time Controls

• The match will be played over 14 standard games. The first player to reach 7½ points will be the World Champion of Chess.

• At the opening ceremony, a drawing of colors determines who will start with the white pieces.

• The time control is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.

• If the scores are level after the regular 14 games, four tie-break games will be played. These are rapid games with 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move.

• If it's still equal, two blitz games will be played (5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment), followed by another pair of blitz games if needed. If there is still no winner after five such matches, one sudden-death game will be played. The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the color. The player with the white pieces shall receive 5 minutes, the player with the black pieces shall receive 4 minutes whereupon, after the 60th move, both players shall receive an increment of 3 seconds starting from move 61. In case of a draw, the player with the black pieces is declared the winner.

• The players cannot draw a game by agreement before Black's 40th move. A claim for a draw before Black's 40th move is permitted only through one of the arbiters in the cases of a threefold repetition.

####Schedule

Nepomniachtchi 0-1 Carlsen

[pgn] [Event "FIDE World Chess Championship 2021"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.12.07"] [Round "09"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2856"] [TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. Nb3 Be7 9. e3 dxe3 10. Bxe3 Ng4 11. Bc5 O-O 12. d4 a4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nc5 a3 15. bxa3 Rd8 16. Nb3 Nf6 17. Re1 Qxa3 18. Qe2 h6 19. h4 Bd7 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Qe3 Qb4 22. Reb1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Ng4 24. Qe1 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 h5 26. Bxb7 Ra4 27. c5 c6 28. f3 Nh6 29. Re4 Ra7 30. Rb4 Rb8 31. a4 Raxb7 32. Rb6 Rxb6 33. cxb6 Rxb6 34. Nc5 Nf5 35. a5 Rb8 36. a6 Nxg3 37. Na4 c5 38. a7 Rd8 39. Nxc5 Ra8 0-1 [/pgn]

• Magnus Carlsen wins Game 9 with the black pieces, capitalizing on Ian Nepomniachtchi's major blunder on move 27. With five games to go, the defending champion leads 6-3. -- FIDE

• "I don’t think there is a single chess player, who is not sorry for Ian right now…" -- Grzegorz Gajewski

• Judit Polgar: "He [Nepomniachtchi] has to somehow forget about this as soon as possible. These are the nightmares of chess players..."

• Kasparov lost three in a row in 1986. Smyslov losing three of the first four in 1954 is another example. It is hard to keep control of yourself in these matches. There have been plenty of breakdowns in the longer matches. It goes with the format. -- Mark Crowther

Official Website

Follow the games here: Chess.com | Chess24 | Lichess

####Scoreboard

####Format/Time Controls

• The match will be played over 14 standard games. The first player to reach 7½ points will be the World Champion of Chess.

• At the opening ceremony, a drawing of colors determines who will start with the white pieces.

• The time control is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.

• If the scores are level after the regular 14 games, four tie-break games will be played. These are rapid games with 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move.

• If it's still equal, two blitz games will be played (5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment), followed by another pair of blitz games if needed. If there is still no winner after five such matches, one sudden-death game will be played. The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the color. The player with the white pieces shall receive 5 minutes, the player with the black pieces shall receive 4 minutes whereupon, after the 60th move, both players shall receive an increment of 3 seconds starting from move 61. In case of a draw, the player with the black pieces is declared the winner.

• The players cannot draw a game by agreement before Black's 40th move. A claim for a draw before Black's 40th move is permitted only through one of the arbiters in the cases of a threefold repetition.

####Schedule

Official Website

Follow the games here: Chess.com | Chess24 | Lichess

####Scoreboard

####Format/Time Controls

• The match will be played over 14 standard games. The first player to reach 7½ points will be the World Champion of Chess.

• At the opening ceremony, a drawing of colors determines who will start with the white pieces.

• The time control is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.

• If the scores are level after the regular 14 games, four tie-break games will be played. These are rapid games with 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move.

• If it's still equal, two blitz games will be played (5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment), followed by another pair of blitz games if needed. If there is still no winner after five such matches, one sudden-death game will be played. The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the color. The player with the white pieces shall receive 5 minutes, the player with the black pieces shall receive 4 minutes whereupon, after the 60th move, both players shall receive an increment of 3 seconds starting from move 61. In case of a draw, the player with the black pieces is declared the winner.

• The players cannot draw a game by agreement before Black's 40th move. A claim for a draw before Black's 40th move is permitted only through one of the arbiters in the cases of a threefold repetition.

####Schedule

Official Website

Follow the games here: Chess.com | Chess24 | Lichess

####Scoreboard

####Format/Time Controls

• The match will be played over 14 standard games. The first player to reach 7½ points will be the World Champion of Chess.

• At the opening ceremony, a drawing of colors determines who will start with the white pieces.

• The time control is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.

• If the scores are level after the regular 14 games, four tie-break games will be played. These are rapid games with 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move.

• If it's still equal, two blitz games will be played (5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment), followed by another pair of blitz games if needed. If there is still no winner after five such matches, one sudden-death game will be played. The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the color. The player with the white pieces shall receive 5 minutes, the player with the black pieces shall receive 4 minutes whereupon, after the 60th move, both players shall receive an increment of 3 seconds starting from move 61. In case of a draw, the player with the black pieces is declared the winner.

• The players cannot draw a game by agreement before Black's 40th move. A claim for a draw before Black's 40th move is permitted only through one of the arbiters in the cases of a threefold repetition.

####Schedule

Official Website

Follow the games here: Chess.com | Chess24 | Lichess

####Scoreboard

####Format/Time Controls

• The match will be played over 14 standard games. The first player to reach 7½ points will be the World Champion of Chess.

• At the opening ceremony, a drawing of colors determines who will start with the white pieces.

• The time control is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.

• If the scores are level after the regular 14 games, four tie-break games will be played. These are rapid games with 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move.

• If it's still equal, two blitz games will be played (5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment), followed by another pair of blitz games if needed. If there is still no winner after five such matches, one sudden-death game will be played. The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the color. The player with the white pieces shall receive 5 minutes, the player with the black pieces shall receive 4 minutes whereupon, after the 60th move, both players shall receive an increment of 3 seconds starting from move 61. In case of a draw, the player with the black pieces is declared the winner.

• The players cannot draw a game by agreement before Black's 40th move. A claim for a draw before Black's 40th move is permitted only through one of the arbiters in the cases of a threefold repetition.

####Schedule

Official Website

Follow the games here: Chess.com | Chess24 | Lichess

####Scoreboard

####Format/Time Controls

• The match will be played over 14 standard games. The first player to reach 7½ points will be the World Champion of Chess.

• At the opening ceremony, a drawing of colors determines who will start with the white pieces.

• The time control is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.

• If the scores are level after the regular 14 games, four tie-break games will be played. These are rapid games with 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move.

• If it's still equal, two blitz games will be played (5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment), followed by another pair of blitz games if needed. If there is still no winner after five such matches, one sudden-death game will be played. The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the color. The player with the white pieces shall receive 5 minutes, the player with the black pieces shall receive 4 minutes whereupon, after the 60th move, both players shall receive an increment of 3 seconds starting from move 61. In case of a draw, the player with the black pieces is declared the winner.

• The players cannot draw a game by agreement before Black's 40th move. A claim for a draw before Black's 40th move is permitted only through one of the arbiters in the cases of a threefold repetition.

####Schedule

Official Website

Follow the games here: Chess.com | Chess24 | Lichess

####Scoreboard

####Format/Time Controls

• The match will be played over 14 standard games. The first player to reach 7½ points will be the World Champion of Chess.

• At the opening ceremony, a drawing of colors determines who will start with the white pieces.

• The time control is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.

• If the scores are level after the regular 14 games, four tie-break games will be played. These are rapid games with 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move.

• If it's still equal, two blitz games will be played (5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment), followed by another pair of blitz games if needed. If there is still no winner after five such matches, one sudden-death game will be played. The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the color. The player with the white pieces shall receive 5 minutes, the player with the black pieces shall receive 4 minutes whereupon, after the 60th move, both players shall receive an increment of 3 seconds starting from move 61. In case of a draw, the player with the black pieces is declared the winner.

• The players cannot draw a game by agreement before Black's 40th move. A claim for a draw before Black's 40th move is permitted only through one of the arbiters in the cases of a threefold repetition.

####Schedule

Official Website

Follow the games here: Chess.com | Chess24 | Lichess

####Scoreboard

####Format/Time Controls

• The match will be played over 14 standard games. The first player to reach 7½ points will be the World Champion of Chess.

• At the opening ceremony, a drawing of colors determines who will start with the white pieces.

• The time control is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.

• If the scores are level after the regular 14 games, four tie-break games will be played. These are rapid games with 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move.

• If it's still equal, two blitz games will be played (5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment), followed by another pair of blitz games if needed. If there is still no winner after five such matches, one sudden-death game will be played. The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the color. The player with the white pieces shall receive 5 minutes, the player with the black pieces shall receive 4 minutes whereupon, after the 60th move, both players shall receive an increment of 3 seconds starting from move 61. In case of a draw, the player with the black pieces is declared the winner.

• The players cannot draw a game by agreement before Black's 40th move. A claim for a draw before Black's 40th move is permitted only through one of the arbiters in the cases of a threefold repetition.

####Schedule

Official Website

Follow the games here: Chess.com | Chess24 | Lichess

####Scoreboard

####Format/Time Controls

• The match will be played over 14 standard games. The first player to reach 7½ points will be the World Champion of Chess.

• At the opening ceremony, a drawing of colors determines who will start with the white pieces.

• The time control is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.

• If the scores are level after the regular 14 games, four tie-break games will be played. These are rapid games with 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move.

• If it's still equal, two blitz games will be played (5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment), followed by another pair of blitz games if needed. If there is still no winner after five such matches, one sudden-death game will be played. The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the color. The player with the white pieces shall receive 5 minutes, the player with the black pieces shall receive 4 minutes whereupon, after the 60th move, both players shall receive an increment of 3 seconds starting from move 61. In case of a draw, the player with the black pieces is declared the winner.

• The players cannot draw a game by agreement before Black's 40th move. A claim for a draw before Black's 40th move is permitted only through one of the arbiters in the cases of a threefold repetition.

####Schedule

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####Scoreboard

####Format/Time Controls

• The match will be played over 14 standard games. The first player to reach 7½ points will be the World Champion of Chess.

• At the opening ceremony, a drawing of colors determines who will start with the white pieces.

• The time control is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.

• If the scores are level after the regular 14 games, four tie-break games will be played. These are rapid games with 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move.

• If it's still equal, two blitz games will be played (5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment), followed by another pair of blitz games if needed. If there is still no winner after five such matches, one sudden-death game will be played. The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the color. The player with the white pieces shall receive 5 minutes, the player with the black pieces shall receive 4 minutes whereupon, after the 60th move, both players shall receive an increment of 3 seconds starting from move 61. In case of a draw, the player with the black pieces is declared the winner.

• The players cannot draw a game by agreement before Black's 40th move. A claim for a draw before Black's 40th move is permitted only through one of the arbiters in the cases of a threefold repetition.

####Schedule

Nepomniachtchi ½-½ Carlsen

[pgn] [Event "FIDE World Chess Championship 2021"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.12.04"] [Round "07"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2855"] [TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. h3 d6 11. d3 h6 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Nd5 Bf8 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. c3 Ne7 16. Be3 Be6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 Ng6 20. Rec1 c5 21. e5 Qf5 22. dxc5 dxc5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Qc3 Qxc3 28. bxc3 Rc8 29. Ra5 Rxc3 30. Rxb5 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Rc3 32. h4 g6 33. g3 h5 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Ra5 Kf6 36. Rb5 Kg7 37. Ra5 Kf6 38. Rb5 Kg7 39. Ra5 Kf6 40. Ra6+ Kg7 41. Ra7 1/2-1/2 [/pgn]

• Magnus Carlsen has a 4:3 lead at the halfway point of the FIDE World Chess Championship match after a quiet draw — a well-earned rest after yesterday's madness! -- Chess24

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DUBAI | The wait is finally over. Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen’s fourth defence of the World Chess Championship title he won from Vishy Anand in 2013 will be played in the Dubai Exhibition Centre from November 24 to December 16. Carlsen's challenger is Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi, the winner of the 2020/21 Candidates Tournament. The two-time Russian champion finished second in the 2019 FIDE Grand Prix, which qualified him for the Candidates Tournament that concluded in April 2021. Nepomniachtchi won the tournament with a round to spare, finishing at 8½/14.

The 14-game match, with a €2 million prize fund, is set to be held as part of Expo 2020 Dubai, a 6-month international event showcasing exhibits by almost 200 countries that was postponed from 2020 to October 2021 due to the pandemic. Commenting on the exciting match, Mohamed Al Ansaari, VP of Communications at Expo 2020, said: “Expo 2020 Dubai will be a global celebration of the very best of humankind, held in one of the world’s most welcoming and ambitious nations – what better place to host a thrilling showdown between the brightest minds in chess?"

FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich added: "The World Championship Match is an outstanding event, and we are proud to team up with Expo to create a breath-taking experience not only for the hardcore chess fans, but also for the wider audience. Ever since the first international tournament, held in London in 1851 as a part of the Great Exhibition, chess is strongly connected to the events epitomizing human's mind progress and strive for excellence."

####Scoreboard

####Format/Time Controls

• The match will be played over 14 stan