The World Chess Championship 2024 was a chess match between the reigning world champion Ding Liren and the challenger Gukesh Dommaraju to determine the World Chess Champion. The match took place between 25 November and 12 December 2024 in Singapore....
The World Chess Championship 2026 is an upcoming chess match to determine the World Chess Champion. It will be played between the defending champion, Gukesh Dommaraju, and the challenger, Javokhir Sindarov, the winner of the Candidates Tournament...
The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the...
The World Chess Championship 2023 was a chess match between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren to determine the new World Chess Champion, held under the auspices of FIDE. The match took place in Astana, Kazakhstan, from 9 April to 30 April 2023, and...
The 2024 World Blitz Chess Championship was an annual chess tournament held by FIDE to determine the world champion in chess played under blitz time controls. Since 2012, FIDE has held the World Rapid and Blitz Championships at a joint tournament....
The World Rapid Chess Championship is a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in rapid chess. Prior to 2012, FIDE sporadically sanctioned a world rapid chess championship. Meanwhile, the non-FIDE-recognized Grenkeleasing Rapid World...
The World Amateur Chess Championship is a tournament organised by FIDE and Amateur Chess Organisation (ACO). The world governing body intended to promote amateur chess play by holding championship tournaments linked to the Olympic Games, but only...
The World Blitz Chess Championship is a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in chess played under blitz time controls. Since 2012, FIDE has held an annual joint rapid and blitz chess tournament and billed it as the World Rapid &...
The World Senior Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament established in 1991 by FIDE, the World Chess Federation. The 2025 tournament took place in Gallipoli, Italy, from 20 October to 2 November.
%5B%5BWikipedia%3ATemplates+for+discussion%2FLog%2F2025+December+5%23Template%3ASeason+sidebar%5D%5D{{{CRITERION}}} The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. The current world champion is Gukesh Dommaraju, who...
