World Chess Championship 2018

Defending champion Challenger
 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)  Fabiano Caruana (USA)
Born 30 November 1990
27 years old		 Born 30 July 1992
26 years old
Winner of the World Chess Championship 2016 Winner of the Candidates Tournament 2018
Rating: TBD Rating: TBD
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The World Chess Championship 2018 is an upcoming chess match between the reigning world champion since 2013, Magnus Carlsen, and challenger Fabiano Caruana to determine the World Chess Champion. The 12-game match, organized by FIDE and its commercial partner Agon, will be played in London, at The College in Holborn, between 9 and 28 November 2018.[1][2]

Candidates Tournament

The challenger is the winner of a double round-robin Candidates Tournament with eight players, which was played in Berlin, Germany, on March 10–28, 2018.[3]

Qualified players

Players qualified for the Candidates Tournament as follows:[4][5]

Player Age
(March 2018)		 Rating
(March 2018)[6]		 Rank Qualification path
Russia Sergey Karjakin 28276313 The loser of the 2016 World Championship match.
Armenia Levon Aronian 3527945 The top two finishers in the Chess World Cup 2017 who did not qualify from the 2016 match.
China Ding Liren 25276911
Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 3228092 The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Prix 2017 who did not qualify through the World Cup.
Russia Alexander Grischuk 34276712
United States Fabiano Caruana 2527847 The top two players with the highest rating (by the average of all 12 lists in 2017), who did not qualify via one of the above qualification routes, and who have played in either the World Cup or Grand Prix.
United States Wesley So 2427994
Russia Vladimir Kramnik 4228003 Wild card nomination of the organizers (Agon). Must be rated at least 2725 in any FIDE published rating list in 2017.

Standings

Pos Player Pld W D L Pts Qualification CAR MAM KAR DIN KRA GRI SO ARO
1  Fabiano Caruana (USA) (Q) 14 5 8 1 9 Advance to title match —  ½  ½   ½  0   ½  ½   ½  1   ½  1   1  ½   1  1 
2  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 14 3 10 1 8  ½  ½  —  ½  1   0  ½   1  ½   1  ½   ½  ½   ½  ½ 
3  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 14 4 8 2 8  1  ½   0  ½  —  ½  ½   1  ½   ½  ½   1  ½   0  1 
4  Ding Liren (CHN) 14 1 13 0 7.5  ½  ½   ½  1   ½  ½  —  ½  ½   ½  ½   ½  ½   ½  ½ 
5  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 14 3 7 4 6.5  0  ½   ½  0   ½  0   ½  ½  —  1  0   ½  ½   1  1 
6  Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 14 2 9 3 6.5  0  ½   ½  0   ½  ½   ½  ½   1  0  —  1  ½   ½  ½ 
7  Wesley So (USA) 14 1 10 3 6  ½  0   ½  ½   ½  0   ½  ½   ½  ½   ½  0  —  1  ½ 
8  Levon Aronian (ARM) 14 1 7 6 4.5  0  0   ½  ½   0  1   ½  ½   0  0   ½  ½   ½  0  —
Source: FIDE Candidates Tournament 2018 at The Week in Chess
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes
  • Tie-breaks are in order: 1) head-to-head score among tied players, 2) total number of wins, 3) Sonneborn–Berger score (SB), 4) tie-break games.
  • Numbers in the crosstable in a white background indicate the result playing the respective opponent with the white pieces (black pieces if on a black background).

Championship match

2018 World Chess Championship logo showing 5 overlapping arms above chessboard holding or moving chess pieces.
2018 World Chess Championship alternative logo showing 2 figures with overlapping legs holding chessboard in between with overlapping arms holding chess pieces.

The Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana will be held from 9 to 28 November 2018 in London, United Kingdom, at The College in Holborn.

Previous head-to-head record

Prior to the match, Caruana and Carlsen have played 33 games against each other at classical time controls, out of which Carlsen has won ten, Caruana won five, with 18 draws.[7][8] The most recent game, during the 2018 Sinquefield Cup tournament, resulted in a draw.[9]

Head-to-head record[8]
Carlsen wins Draw Caruana wins Total
Classical Carlsen (white) – Caruana (black) 5 10 2 17
Caruana (white) – Carlsen (black) 5 8 3 16
Total 10 18 5 33
Blitz / rapid / exhibition 13 4 6 23
Total 23 22 11 56

Organization and location

The match will be held under the auspices of FIDE, the world chess federation, with the organisation rights belonging to Agon, its commercial partner.[1] After the World Chess Championship Match 2016 FIDE was reported to announce an Asian venue for the match during the presidential council in spring 2017.[10] Japan, Singapore, South Korea and London were announced to be the host candidates.[11][12] In November 2017, London was revealed as the host.[13]

The World Chess Federation has also showcased an 'alternative logo', which depicts two figures with overlapping legs holding a chessboard. The image has received controversy for appearing provocative and even 'sexy'. According to World Chess, this logo is "controversial and trendy, just like the host city", which is London.[14] When Ilya Merenzon, the head of World Chess, was asked to speak on the topic, he asserted that "it's about two people fighting", but later adds that "it would be nice to bring a little bit of sexual appeal into chess". [15]

References

  1. 1 2 FIDE-Agon agreement (3.1a) of Annex 11, 2012 FIDE General Assembly
  2. ↑ "London Will Host FIDE World Chess Championship Match 2018". World Chess. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  3. ↑ http://www.agonlimited.com/news/2017/9/10/the-fide-world-chess-candidates-tournament-will-take-place-in-berlin-germany-on-march-10-28-2018
  4. ↑ Rules & regulations for the Candidates Tournament of the FIDE World Championship cycle 2016-2018, FIDE
  5. ↑ "Kramnik to play 2018 Candidates". Chessbase. 30 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Top 100 Players March 2018 - Archive". FIDE. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  7. ↑ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/an-american-will-play-for-the-world-chess-championship/
  8. 1 2 "Caruana vs. Carlsen". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  9. ↑ https://en.chessbase.com/post/sinquefield-cup-2018-round-7
  10. ↑ "Next World Chess Championship to be held in Asia — FIDE president". TASS. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "Япония и Сингапур претендуют на проведение матча за звание чемпиона мира по шахматам" (in Russian).
  12. ↑ "London among contenders for 2018 world chess championship". OneIndia. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "London Will Host FIDE World Chess Championship Match 2018". World Chess. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  14. ↑ World Chess Championship's 'Kama Sutra' logo criticised, BBC, 20 December 2017
  15. ↑ Doggers, Peter. "World Chess Championship 'Kama Sutra' Logo Goes Viral". Chess.com. Chess.com. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
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