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- The World Chess Championship 2018 is an upcoming chess match between the reigning world champion since 2013 Magnus Carlsen and challenger Fabiano Caruana to determine the World Chess Champion. The 12-game match, organized by FIDE and its commercial partner Agon, will be played in London, at The College in Holborn, between 9 and 28 November 2018.
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The World Chess Championship 2018 was a match between the reigning world champion since 2013, Magnus Carlsen, and the challenger Fabiano Caruana to determine the World Chess Champion. The 12-game match, organised by FIDE and its commercial partner Agon, was played at The College in Holborn, London, between 9 and 28 November 2018.
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The championship takes place November 8-28, 2018with the opening ceremony on the 8th, then two games, then a rest day, then two more games, then a rest day, and so on. Rounds will be at 3:00 p.m. London time. The closing ceremony (and tiebreak, if needed) is on the 28th. Schedule
The venue for the match will be The College in Holborn, London. In a live stream on Facebook on August 2, World Chess director Ilya Merenzonnoted that the building used to be part of Central Saint Martins college, a renowned arts and design school where, for instance, Stella McCartney graduated. The building has a capacity of about 400-500 people p...
This is a match between the top two players in the world in terms of FIDE Elo rating: Carlsen is world number one, and Caruana world number two. This is rare; the last time the world championship was a battle between the highest ranked chess players was in 1990 between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. Magnus Carlsen (Norway) is the reigning world...
FIDE demands that the prize fund of the match should be a minimum of one million euros, net of any applicable taxes. Organizer World Chess reportedly provided not more than the minimum amount, except for part of the ticket revenue. The prize fund will be divided 60 percent to the winner and 40 percent to the loser if the match ends within the 12 re...
Chess.com will relay the games at Chess.com/wcc2018 and provide a live video broadcast at Chess.com/TV and Twitch.tv/chess, where a team of chess masters will bring you the latest insights, instructive explanation of the moves, interviews, behind the scenes and more. After each game, you will find detailed news reports by our authors @MikeKlein, @P...
Tickets for entering The College in Holborn, London are on sale at Ticketmaster. Prices range from 45 pounds ($58.85 / 50.63 euros) to 100 pounds ($130.73 / 112.47 euros).
The official regulations can be found in PDF here. These are most important things to know: 1. The match will be played over 12 games. When someone reaches 6.5 points, he wins. 2. At the opening ceremony, a drawing of colors determines who will start with the white pieces. 3. After six games, the colors are reversed, so whoever has white in game si...
The world championship of chess has a long tradition. The first official match was held in 1886 between Johannes Zukertort and Wilhelm Steinitz. The latter won, and became the first official world chess champion in history. Emanuel Lasker (Germany), José Capablanca (Cuba), Alexander Alekhine (Russia/France) and Max Euwe(Netherlands) subsequently to...
- Peter Doggers
Dec 4, 2018 · GM JonathanTisdall. Dec 4, 2018, 6:30 PM | 115 | Other. Magnus Carlsen bought himself another two years to work on his admittedly ailing classical game with a devastating, nearly cruel demolition of the undisputed challenger and co-king of slow chess, Fabiano Caruana, winning 3-0 in the rapid tiebreak. Both players were gracious afterwards ...
- Jonathan Tisdall
Nov 28, 2018 · Magnus Carlsen convincingly retained his world chess champion title by beating Fabiano Caruana 3-0 in the rapid match at today's tiebreak in London. All 12 classical games had ended in draws. Carlsen won 550,000 euros ($625,100); Caruana got 450,000 euros ($511,400). "I felt like I had a really good day at work today.
- Peter Doggers
Sep 17, 1994 · The World Chess Championship took place in "The College" in central London (WC1B 4AF) Friday 9th Nov to Wednesday 28th Nov 2018. Defending Champion Magnus Carlsen faces Fabiano Caruana as his challenger. The 12 game match was drawn 6-6, all draws. Carlsen then won the rapid tie-break 3-0.
Nov 29, 2018 · Updated 01.04.2024. Magnus Carlsen has won 3-0 in the playoff and secures the World Chess Championship title until 2020! By winning in London he joins legends such as Wilhelm Steinitz and Alexander Alekhine with 4 classical WC titles.
Nov 29, 2018 · After 12 draws in the classical games, Magnus Carlsen defeated Fabiano Caruana 3-0 in the rapid tiebreak to win the 2018 World Chess Championship in London.
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