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World Chess Championship Finally Has a Venue

At long last the international chess governing body, FIDE, has selected Geneva, Switzerland for the 14 game match between champion GM Gukesh D of India and GM Sindarov of Uzbekistan. The US and Cyprus are reported to have made bids to host the match.  I can find nothing about the purported US bid.  Stay tuned on that issue. 

As the linked article in The Guardian notes, Gukesh has been having a terrible year in tournament competition.  Additionally, the Chinese GM Ding Laren whom he defeated to take the WC title, had been suffering from serious depression after winning the WC title as was not at his career best level of play. Sindarov is the favorite, but in matches as opposed to tournaments, one never knows what could happen. Much will depend on how the early games go. 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jul/28/geneva-world-chess-championship-gukesh-sindarov 

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