World Chess Championship 2023
Defending champion | Challenger |
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TBD |
Born 30 November 1990 31 years old |
TBD |
Winner of the World Chess Championship 2021 | Winner of the Candidates Tournament 2022 |
Rating: TBD | Rating: TBD |
← 2021 | 2024 → |
The World Chess Championship 2023 will be a chess match for the World Chess Championship. The match will be between the winner of the World Chess Championship 2021, Magnus Carlsen, if he decides to defend his title, and a challenger who will be the winner of the 2022 Candidates Tournament.[1]
On 8 December 2021, FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich announced that the World Championship will be played in early 2023.[2]
A few days after his victory over Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 2021 championship, Carlsen said he may not be motivated enough to play another world championship match, and might not compete in the 2023 edition unless the challenger is Alireza Firouzja who rose to number two in the world rankings in 2021.[3] If Carlsen decides not to play, and if the match has the same conditions as the 2021 match, then the top two finishers in the 2022 Candidates will play a match for the World Championship.[4][3]
Candidates Tournament[]
The challenger will qualify by winning the Candidates Tournament 2022, which will be an eight-player tournament, and will take place from June 16 to July 7, 2022.[5] Six of the eight qualifiers are currently determined:
Qualification method[1] | Player |
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2021 World Championship runner-up | ![]() |
Candidate nominated by FIDE | ![]() |
The top two finishers at the Chess World Cup 2021 | ![]() |
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The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2021 | ![]() |
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The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022 | ![]() |
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References[]
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- World Chess Championships
- 2023 in chess
- Scheduled sports events
- Chess stubs