Magnus Carlsen of Norway will defend his World Chess Championship in the latter half of 2020.

World Chess Championship 2020

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Defending champion	Challenger
Magnus Carlsen (NOR)	TBD
Born 30 November 1990 28 years old
Winner of the World Chess Championship 2018	Winner of the Candidates Tournament 2020
Rating: TBD	Rating: TBD
← 2018	2022 →

The World Chess Championship 2020 will be a chess match between the reigning World Chess Champion, Magnus Carlsen, and a challenger to determine the World Chess Champion. It will be held in the latter half of 2020, under the auspices of FIDE, the world chess federation, with the organisation rights belonging to World Chess, its commercial partner.^[1]

Contents

• 1Candidates Tournament
  • 1.1Qualifier by rating
  • 1.2Wild card
• 2Championship match
  • 2.1Organization
  • 2.2Location
• 3References

Candidates Tournament[edit]

The challenger will be the winner of a Candidates Tournament, which will be an eight-player tournament played in Yekaterinburg, Russia, from 15 March to 5 April 2020.^[2]