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Speaking with the press yesterday, 15th World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand, the deus ex machina of India chess boom, said that FIDE will likely revisit the format of the World Chess Championship, provided that the incumbent government remains in office — that is, if Arkady Vladimirovich Dvorkovich will be re-elected for a second term and Anand himself will be appointed as his Deputy. Whether the announced changes will adequately address Magnus Carlsen’s requests, however, remains to be seen.