Back in the day it was once every 3 years!
What's up with the next World Championship being two years away?
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Nov 30, 2016
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Carlsen won and defended his title 2 years in a row against Anand, and now FIDE seems to have settled on the 2 year cycle. I think it should be annual if they are going to stick to the 12 game format.
It's always been once every 2 years since 2013 I think
Weird. It seems like the championship should be every year, like the Superbowl. Though I do recognize that putting on an event that lasts nearly a month is a bit different from putting on an event that lasts only a day.
I prefer the two year cycle. Makes the match more significant.
To me it should be three years, 24 games, no rematch if the champion loses though.
Dec 1, 2016
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Me also like the old format of every 3 years and playing 24 games. I don't want to see all the top players rotating the title and we have almost all of them with an ex-world champion title. It should be rare winning such a title. And don't compare it to super bowl, just compare it to the soccer World Cup; we wait 4 years for such an event and I doubt if we have it every year that we will follow it as we do now
This is the first WC I've followed, so forgive my ignorance. I noticed they said that the next championship will take place in exactly two years.
Is it not annual?