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  2. Chess' future looms over the world championship, once again ...

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    The 2024 World Chess Championship is set to kick off this week, a showdown between 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju of India and reigning champion Ding Liren of China.

  3. World Chess Championship 2024 - Wikipedia

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    The World Chess Championship 2024 was a chess match between the reigning world champion Ding Liren and the challenger Gukesh Dommaraju to determine the World Chess Champion. The match took place between 25 November and 12 December 2024 in Singapore. It was played to a best of 14 games, with tiebreaks if required. [1]

  4. World Rapid Chess Championship 2024 - Wikipedia

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    The World Rapid Chess Championship 2024 was the 2024 edition of the annual World Rapid Chess Championship held by FIDE to determine the world champions in chess played under rapid time controls. The tournament was held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City from 26 to 28 December 2024, using a Swiss system with 13 rounds for the open ...

  5. List of World Chess Championships - Wikipedia

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    Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...

  6. Here's why world chess champion Magnus Carlsen is ... - AOL

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    He won the World Chess Championship at 22 years old and has since defended it four times. He is also a three-time World Rapid Chess Champion and five-time World Blitz Chess Champion.

  7. Women's World Chess Championship 2025 - Wikipedia

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    The Women's World Chess Championship 2025 will take place in 2025 as a match between Ju Wenjun, the current champion, and Tan Zhongyi, the winner of the Women's Candidates Tournament 2024. [1] Both players previously challenged for the world championship in May 2018 , with Ju defeating then-world champion Tan 5½–4½ to win the title.

  8. Chess-World chess federation bars transgender players from ...

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    The new regulations, approved by FIDE's council this month, will come into effect on Aug. 21 and require transgender players to provide "sufficient proof of a gender change that complies with ...

  9. World Chess Championship 2026 - Wikipedia

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    World ranking (December 2024) The winner of the 2024 FIDE Circuit [a] Fabiano Caruana: 32 2803 2 The top three finishers in the Chess World Cup 2025 [b] TBD TBD TBD The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025 [c] TBD TBD The winner of the 2025 FIDE Circuit [d] TBD Highest rating averaged from August 2025 to January 2026 [e] TBD