Fischer Random World Chess Championship 2022

After 3 years of break, FIDE announced the Fischer Random World Chess Championship 2022!It will take place in Reykjavik, Iceland, from 25-30 October 2022. 

It will be the second World Chess Championship for Chess960. Current Fischer chess world champion is GM Wesley So.

Prize fund is going to be 400.000$.

Surpricely,everyone can qualify for that event!

You could qualify for this event by playing special tournaments held by Chess.com and Lichess.org. 

On the 19th of August, Lichess.org made thefirst tournament,and TOP 50 players got chance to play in the last and final tournament which is going to be on the 21st of August here,on chess.com.

A bit about Fischer's Random chess (Chess960)

It is a variant invented by the late World Champion Bobby Fischer. The rules of the game are the same as standard chess, but in an effort to reduce the impact of opening theory, the pieces have been randomly shuffled on each player's back rank.

How Wesley so became the first Chess960 champion?

In 2019,GM Wesley So played against Magnus Carlsen in the final round for world chess960 champion title. And he defeated Carlsen,so till now he is Fischer Random World Chess Champion.

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