FIDE World Championship

CYCLE 2021 — 2023

FIDE World Championship Match

ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN. 7 APRIL - 1 MAY 2023

The World Championship Match consists of 14 games.
Final Score: Ian Nepomniachtchi 7.5 - 7.5 Ding Liren.
Tiebreaks: Ian Nepomniachtchi 1.5 - 2.5 Ding Liren


WEBSITE

Ding Liren

Champion

Ian Nepomniachtchi

Silver Medalist

vs

Candidates
Tournament

Double round-robin
Madrid, Spain, 16 June - 5 July 2022

website

Ian Nepomniachtchi

2021 Match runner-up

Hikaru Nakamura

Grand Prix Winner

Richard Rapport

Grand Prix runner-up

Jan-Krzystof Duda

World Cup winner

Ding Liren

Replaced Sergey Karjakin, by rating

Teimour Radjabov

Wildcard

Alireza Firouzja

Grand Swiss winner

Fabiano Caruana

Grand Swiss runner-up

qualification
tournaments

website

Regulations

qualification paths

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Jan-Krzystof Duda

/

Sergey Karjakin

Both finalists qualify

FIDE World Cup

10

jul

-

08

aug

Sochi, Russia, 2021

206

players

1 892 500 $

total prize fund

knockout

website

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qualification paths

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Alireza Firouzja

/

Fabiano Caruana

Top two qualify

FIDE grand swiss

25

oct

-

08

nov

Riga, Latvia, 2021

114

players

425 000 $

total prize fund

swiss
system

website

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qualification paths

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Ian Nepomniachtchi

/

The runner-up qualifies

FIDE World
Championship Match

previous cycle

25

nov

-

16

dec

Dubai, UAE, 2021

2

players

2 million €

total prize fund

match

website

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qualification paths

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Hikaru Nakamura

/

Richard Rapport

Top two qualify

FIDE World chess
grand prix

series

First leg:

03

feb

-

17

feb

Berlin, Germany, 2022

Second leg:

28

feb

-

14

mar

Belgrade, Serbia, 2022

Third leg:

21

mar

-

04

apr

Berlin, Germany, 2022

24

players

450 000 €

total prize fund

round-robin
+ knockout