Friday 20 January 2023

2023 World Championship Match to be held in Astana

FIDE has just announced that the 2023 World Championship Match will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan from the 7th April to the 1st May. It will be played between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren, after Magnus Carlsen (the current title holder) chose not to defend his title.

The full FIDE media release is here 

1 comment:

Mark said...

Apparently Eastern Australia is four hours ahead so hopefully that means we can watch the games at a civilised hour :)