The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the color. Although the number of preliminary sections which each player may enter is limited to number of preliminary sections (expected 2), no player will qualify for more than one place in the final. The championship was scheduled to take place in Dubai in December and Dvorkovich said that the federation is looking at spring and autumn of 2021 as options. World Events: Name: Place: Start: End: World School Individual Championships 2021: Halkidiki, Greece: 2-May-2021: 11-May-2021: World Chess Cup 2021: Minsk, Belarus Time control ICCF standard time control of 30 days, followed by 1 moves in 3 days with duplication after 20 days. The World Chess Championship will "almost certainly be postponed to the next year," International Chess Federation (FIDE) President Arkady Dvorkovich has confirmed. "The match for the World Championship will almost certainly be postponed to the next year due to the current situation. Asked how to deal with such uncertainty, Sutovsky said he couldn't go into detail because it depends largely on the safety and health regulations of the hosting country. The Russian GM remained world champion for 10 years, when he lost his second match to GM Garry Kasparov in 1985 after the first had been terminated a year earlier by FIDE when there was still no decision after 48(!) Home ICCF The tournament will be played by webserver with an incremental rate of play (30 days per game, plus 3 days every 1 move, duplication after 20 days; 45 days leave per year, no special leave). But if the current restrictions and the epidemiological situation do not allow us to hold the second part of the Candidates in this city, we will consider other venues. Photo courtesy of Belarus Chess Federation. The number of promotions will depend on total entries received, but it is initially assumed that 3-4 players from each preliminary section will qualify for the world cup final (tie-break applies). The second half of the Candidates Tournament is still planned to take place before the end of this year, said FIDE Director General Emil Sutovsky. In October 2018 Belarus got the right to host the World Chess Olympiad in 2022 and the FIDE Congress, the Women's World Chess Cup in 2020 and the Men's World Chess Cup in 2021. In the regulations, FIDE "recommends" a prize fund provided by the organizer of two million euros net of any applicable local taxes. 14, 119019 Moscow, Russia Contact person – IO, Alexander TKACHEV, a.tkachev@ruchess.ru +7 968 732 00 78 City: Sochi. However, it was planned to be held alongside the Dubai Expo, which was postponed to 2021 a few months ago. macro_adspot: ©2020 Galadari Printing and Publishing LLC. Predict and win with KT: Who will win today's IPL ... Patrick Bamford treble fires Leeds into third as... IPL 2020: Kings XI can't rest on their laurels. Sonneborn-Berger.). MVL is playing his first Candidates Tournament. We are publishing the allocation of Continental spots for the FIDE World Cup 2021 related to Article 2.1.V of the Regulations . The Dubai Expo is currently scheduled to start on Oct. 1, 2021. These are most important things to know: The world championship of chess has a long tradition. FIDE organized a tournament in 1948 which was won by GM Mikhail Botvinnik (Soviet Union), who then lost his title but successfully won it back in matches against compatriots GM Vasily Smyslov and GM Mikhail Tal.