The Big Bang

The unofficial World Fischerandom Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen (the current World Chess Champion) and Hikaru Nakamura (the 4th and last unofficial World Fischerandom Chess Champion) will actually take place, as previously announced, in Bærum, Norway from 9 to 14 February 2018. The format will consist of 16 games: 8 one-hour-per-player games over four days, and finally 8 blitz games on the last day, with 900,000 Norwegian kroner (NOK) in prize money for the winner, and 600,000 Norwegian kroner (NOK) for the loser.

• Ole Kristian Strøm, Bærum i februar: Carlsen mot Nakamura i uoffisiell VM-kamp | Bærum in February: Carlsen against Nakamura in unofficial World Championship match, VG, January 2, 2018