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CHENNAI: Magnus Carlsen won’t have the chance to defend his world title until 2021 FIDE world chess The championship fight, which was to take place in Dubai earlier than December 20 this year, has been postponed.
The highly anticipated competition should take place alongside the Dubai Expo. The Dubai Expo was postponed a few months ago and will only start on October 1, 2021. “We have a few options ahead of us: March-April 2021 or autumn 2021,” said Emil Sutovsky, General Director of FIDE.
While some countries are slowly starting over-the-board tournaments, the majority of nations around the world are still fluctuating from the ban. Long-term planning is currently not possible. It is known that the location of the World Cup will not change.
FIDE looks at the window from September to October to accept the remaining half of the candidates. The candidates were the only top-class event that went according to plan in March despite the threat from covid-19. However, the eight-player tournament was stopped halfway after Russia announced that it would stop air traffic with other nations on March 27 due to the Covid 19 pandemic.
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