The next world champion will be decided in the 2023 FIDE World Chess Championship. With GM Magnus Carlsen abdicating his title, GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren will play a match to decide who succeeds Carlsen and takes over the throne.
Nepomniachtchi showed on a record-breaking 9.5/14 score in the current format by winning the 2022 Candidates Tournament
Ding shocked the world by playing 26 classical games in a month, qualifying for the Candidates by rating, and then defeating GM Hikaru Nakamura in the last round to secure second place in the standings.
Whereas we do not know all of the details of the next world championship match, we do know one thing that the world chess championship 2023 is a crowned event for all chess lovers around the world.
Ding, 29, is the highest-rated Chinese player in history and currently ranks as the world’s number two player, only behind Carlsen. Ding qualified for the 2022 Candidates by rating
Ding earned the right to play Nepomniachtchi for the world champion title and won a dramatic game against Hikaru Nakamura in the last round.
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Schedule
According to FIDE’s calendar, the 2023 World Chess Championship will take place from April 7, 2023, through April 30, 2023. FIDE will publish a detailed schedule later by end of 2022.
Format
FIDE has not released the complete regulations of the 2023 WCC. They had previously confirmed that the match would be similar to the previous one where Carlsen and the Nepomniachtchi played 14 classical games, with the winner being the first player to reach 7.5 points. If the match was still tied after the 14 classical games were over, a rapid/blitz tiebreak would have decided the champion.
History
Official World Chess Championship matches have a long tradition, with the first one happening in 1886. Wilhelm Steinitz defeated Johannes Zuckertort to become the first official world champion. After him, Lasker, Jose Raul Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, and GM Max Euwe defeated the reigning world champions to claim the title. Alekhine eventually won his title back from Euwe and later died while still occupying the throne.
Following Alekhine’s death, GM Mikhail Botvinnik became the next world champion. Botvinnik lost and reclaimed his title twice, first to GM Vasily Smyslov and then to GM Mikhail Tal. Botvinnik lost his title once more—this time for good—in a match against GM Tigran Petrosian.
GM Boris Spassky proceeded to defeat Petrosian to become the world champion. In 1972, GM Bobby Fischer defeated Spassky in the “Match of the Century,” ending the Soviet hegemony—if only for a brief moment.
Fischer refused to play a match against Karpov to defend his title after FIDE refused to meet his demands. Karpov was then declared the world champion and kept his title for 10 years before losing it to GM Garry Kasparov.
After defeating Karpov in three subsequent matches, Kasparov made demands for his next world championship match, which FIDE denied. Kasparov then stepped away from FIDE and founded another international chess organization, the Professional Chess Association (PCA). From 1993 until 2006, the world champion title was split, with PCA and FIDE both organizing world championship matches.
FIDE champions include Karpov, GMs Alexander Khalifman, Viswanathan Anand, Ruslan Ponomariov, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, and Veselin Topalov. However, these titles have been disputed for multiple reasons.
During the same period, Kasparov defended his title successfully against GMs Nigel Short and Anand but lost it to GM Vladimir Kramnik. Kramnik, thus, is considered the 14th World Champion.
Kramnik defended his title against GM Peter Leko and then won a “reunification match” against Topalov. After this event, FIDE once more took sole control of world championship matches. The Russian kept his title until Anand took his place in 2007.
Anand won the next three championship matches but lost his title to Carlsen. Since then, the Norwegian has kept his crown by defeating Anand in 2014, Karjakin in 2016, Caruana in 2018, and Nepomniachtchi in 2021.
Source: FIDE World Chess Championship 2023: Everything We Know So Far – Chess.com