Thursday, January 19, 2023

A belt in a hand

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced today — anything but coincidentally — the venue for the World Chess Championship to be held in Astana, Kazakhstan from April 7 to May 1, 2023. As a consequence of Magnus Carlsen’s abdication, two challengers, 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén) from China and Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi from Russia, will play for the title in a 14-game classical match with a $2,000,000 purse.

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