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
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Ding Liren
Champion
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Silver Medalist
vs
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
2021 FIDE World Cup
23-year-old Jan-Krzysztof Duda defeated Sergey Karjakin 1.5-0.5 in the final match.
System of play: Each match consists of two classical games (one game per day) with the time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. If tied, a tiebreak follows on the third day: two 25m+10s rapid games, if still tied, then two 10m+10s games, if still tied, then two 5m+3s games, if still tied, an Armageddon game.
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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
2021 FIDE Grand Swiss
18-year-old Alireza Firouzja won the event with 8 out of 11, half a point above runner-up Fabiano Caruana.
Swiss system, 11 rounds. The time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.
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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
2021 FIDE World Championship Match
Magnus Carlsen defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi 7.5-3.5 and retained his title.
System of play: the Match consists of 14 games. The time control for each game 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. In case of a tie after 14 classical games, a playoff is played.
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Ian Nepomniachtchi
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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
2022 FIDE Grand Prix Series
The Series included three legs and each participant took part in two out of three tournaments. Each leg brought together 16 players and had a two-stage format. The first stage was pools of four, with the winners of each pool proceeding to the knockout stage. The semi-finals and final consisted of 2 classical games, plus tiebreaks if required. The time control for each standard game in pools and play-off was 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.
Players received Grand Prix points according to their finishing position in each tournament: winner - 13, runner-up - 10, semi-final loser - 7, second in pool - 4, third in pool - 2, fourth in pool - 0. The two players with the most Grand Prix points – Hikaru Nakamura and Richard Rapport – qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2022.
Final Standings:
1. Hikaru Nakamura – 23 GP points
2. Richard Rapport - 20
3. Wesley So - 17
4. Levon Aronian - 12
5. Dmitry Andreikin - 10
6. Amin Tabatabaei - 10
7. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 10
8. Leinier Domínguez - 9
9. Sam Shankland - 8
10. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 8
11. Anish Giri - 7
12. Vidit Gujrathi - 7
13. Nikita Vitiugov - 6
14-15. Alexandr Predke - 4
14-15. Grigoriy Oparin - 4
16-17. Andrey Esipenko - 4
16-17. Vincent Keymer - 4
18. Radosław Wojtaszek - 4
19. Vladimir Fedoseev - 3
20. Yu Yangyi - 3
21. Daniil Dubov - 3
22. Alexander Grischuk - 2
23. Pentala Harikrishna - 2
24. Étienne Bacrot - 2
25. Alexei Shirov - 1
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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
QUALIFICATION PATHS
FIDE World Cup
206
players
100
Nominees of the Federations (1 per 100 highest-rated Federations)
80
Qualifiers from the continental events
13
By rating
4
FIDE World Cup 2019 – all four semi-finalists
4
Nominees of the FIDE President
2
Nominees of the Organiser
1
Reigning World Champion
1
Reigning Women's World Champion
1
World Junior Champion U-20 2019
QUALIFICATION PATHS
FIDE grand swiss
114
players
100
By rating
5
Nominees of the Organiser
4
Continent spots
4
Nominees of the FIDE President
1
Reigning Women's World Champion
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FIDE World
Championship Match
2
players
1
Magnus Carlsen – the reigning World Champion
2
Ian Nepomniachtchi – the Challenger, winner of the Candidates Tournament 2020-2021
QUALIFICATION PATHS
FIDE World chess
grand prix
24
players
11
By rating:
Ding Liren
(replaced by Esipenko
for the first leg)
Levon Aronian
Anish Giri
Wesley So
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Alexander Grischuk
Richárd Rapport
Leinier Domínguez
Nikita Vitiugov
Dmitry Andreikin
(replaced by
Wojtaszek
for the first leg)
Pentala Harikrishna
6
All Grand Swiss 2021 players who finished on 8th place or higher who have not qualified for FIDE World Championship Match 2021 or FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022:
Grigoriy Oparin
Yangyi
Vincent Keymer
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Alexei Shirov
Alexandr Predke
5
All FIDE World Cup 2021 quarterfinalists who have not qualified for FIDE World Championship Match 2021 or FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022, excluding the World Champion:
Vladimir Fedoseev
Vidit Gujrathi
Sam Shankland
Amin Tabatabaei
Étienne Bacrot
1
Nominee of the Organiser
Daniil Dubov
1
Nominee of the FIDE President
Hikaru Nakamura