The Sting

Caruana’s victory in the candidates series in Berlin has sparked rumours that November’s world title contest may switch from London to the United States and offer a larger financial prize to the winner By winning this week’s candidates tournament in Berlin, the 25-year-old American Fabiano Caruana has qualified for a 12-game world title series against Norway’s Magnus Carlsen in November. It was going to be in London with a €1m prize fund, but now there are rumours of a much higher bid, a venue switch to St Louis and tricky negotiations. [Read more].

• Leonard Barden, Chess: St Louis may bid for Fabiano Caruana versus Magnus Carlsen match, The Guardian, March 30, 2018