The World Chess Championship takes place 7th April (opening ceremony) to 1st May 2023. The match is between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren. The current World Champion Magnus Carlsen announced in July last year he would not be defending his title, he seems to have more or less made up his mind two years ago dismantling his team after beating Nepomniachtchi. The match is held in Astana, Kazakhstan over 14 games, two days on, one off with a single game in round 7 to switch the order of the colours. The games start at 10am BST each day, game one Sunday 9th April, Nepomniachtchi has white. The players are closely matched being two and three in the world and Nepomniachtchi narrowly leading +3 -2 =8 head to head.
