It’s upon us! The great day of judgment where two of the world’s best chess players will meet to do battle for the title of World Chess Champion. GM Magnus Carlsen has held this title 2013 after defeating legendary Indian GM Viswanathan Anand. Since then, he has defended his title against Anand, GM Sergey Karjakin (2016) and GM Fabiano Caruana (2018). This year, he will face Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in Dubai.
As of this entry, the official website from FIDE has not launched, but the schedule of events has been released.
- 24 November: Opening Ceremony
- 25 November: Off day
- 26 November: Game 1
- 27 November: Game 2
- 28 November: Game 3
- 29 November: Off day
- 30 November: Game 4
- 1 December: Game 5
- 2 December: Off day
- 3 December: Game 6
- 4 December: Game 7
- 5 December: Game 8
- 6 December: Off day
- 7 December: Game 9
- 8 December: Game 10
- 9 December: Off day
- 10 December: Game 11
- 11 December: Game 12
- 12 December: Game 13
- 13 December: Off day
- 14 December: Game 14
- 15 December: Tie break (or Closing Ceremony)
- 16 December: Closing Ceremony
Live coverage of the event will be available on Chess24 and Chess.com. For additional details on the event itself, visit FIDE’s official press release on the World Chess Championship and Expo 2020 Dubai.