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    The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. The current world champion is Ding Liren, who defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi...
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    The World Chess Championship 2024 (also branded as World Chess Championship 2024 presented by Google) is a contest between the reigning World Chess Champion...
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    The World Chess Championship 2023 was a chess match between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren to determine the new World Chess Champion. The match took...
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    The World Chess Championship 2021 was a chess match between the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen and the challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi to determine...
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    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...
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    The Women's World Chess Championship is a chess match played to determine the Women's World Chess Champion. It has been administered by FIDE since its...
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    The Classical World Chess Championship 1995, known at the time as the PCA World Chess Championship 1995, was held from September 10, 1995, to October 16...
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    The College, Holborn The World Chess Championship 2018 was a match between the reigning world champion since 2013, Magnus Carlsen, and the challenger Fabiano...
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    The World Chess Championship 2013 was a match between reigning world champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Magnus Carlsen, to determine the World Chess...
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    World Chess Championship 2007 was held in Mexico City, from 12 September 2007 to 30 September 2007 to decide the world champion of the game of chess....
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  • The World Chess Championship 2026 will be a chess match to determine the new World Chess Champion. It will be played between the defending champion (the...
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    The World Chess Championship 2014 was a match between the world champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger Viswanathan Anand, to determine the World Chess Champion...
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    The World Chess Championship 2016 was a chess match between the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen and the challenger Sergey Karjakin to determine...
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    The World Blitz Chess Championship is a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in chess played under blitz time controls. Since 2012, FIDE...
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    The World Chess Championship 2012 was a chess match between the defending World Champion Viswanathan Anand of India and Boris Gelfand of Israel, winner...
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    The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition)...
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    The World Chess Championship 1972 was a match for the World Chess Championship between challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion...
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    The World Chess Championship 2010 match pitted the defending world champion, Viswanathan Anand, against challenger Veselin Topalov, for the title of World...
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  • World Computer Chess Championship (WCCC) is an event held periodically since 1974 where computer chess engines compete against each other. The event is...
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    The World Chess Championship 2006 was a match between Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik and FIDE World Chess Champion Veselin Topalov. The...
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    The Classical World Chess Championship 2000, known at the time as the Braingames World Chess Championships, was held from 8 October 2000 – 4 November 2000...
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    The World Chess Championship 1984–1985 was a match between challenger Garry Kasparov and defending champion Anatoly Karpov in Moscow from 10 September...
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  • The World Senior Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament established in 1991 by FIDE, the World Chess Federation. The 2024 tournament will take...
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    The World Rapid Chess Championship is a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in chess played under rapid time controls. Prior to 2012...
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    The World Chess Championship 1993 was one of the most controversial matches in chess history, with incumbent World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov, and official...
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    The 1975 World Chess Championship was not played due to a dispute over the match format. Champion Bobby Fischer (United States) was to play Anatoly Karpov...
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    The FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 took place in Potrero de los Funes, San Luis Province in Argentina from September 27 to October 16, 2005. It was...
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    The 1948 World Chess Championship was a quintuple round-robin tournament played to determine the new World Chess Champion following the death of the previous...
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    The 1985 World Chess Championship was played between Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov in Moscow, Soviet Union from September 3 to November 9, 1985. Kasparov...
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  • single-elimination tournament, forming part of the qualification for the World Chess Championship. From the 2021 edition to present, the number of players has increased...
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