New York to Host World Chess Championship

By Jennifer Shahade |  February 29, 2016  |   News

The Wall Street Journal just announced in an exclusive story that the 2016 World Chess Championship will be hosted in New York City from November 10-30 in 2016. Current World Champion Magnus Carlsen will play a challenger to be determined in the Candidates tournament from March 10-30 in Moscow. American Grandmasters Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana will represent US Chess in the Candidates. The full WSJ article, which may lead you to a paywall, does not specify the venue. The official website of the match is http://worldchess.com/nyc2016/

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