Eine erfreuliche Nachricht für das deutsche Schach und die hiesigen Fans des königlichen Spiels. Das Kandidatenturnier 2018 findet in Berlin statt. Anbei die offizielle Pressemitteilung des Veranstalters AGON.
FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament will take place in Berlin, Germany, on March 10—28, 2018
September 11, 2017 — World Chess Candidates, a dramatic tournament that determines the challenger for the World Chess Championship Match, will take place in Berlin, Germany on March 10—28, 2018. Despite Berlin’s chess history and passion for the sport, it is the very first time that the Candidates Tournament takes place in the German capital.
Eight of the world's top grandmasters will come to Berlin to play in the tournament that will be held as a double round-robin over 14 games. The winner will contest the title currently held by Magnus Carlsen, the reigning World Champion, in November 2018.
The eight Candidates Tournament participants include Sergey Karjakin of Russia, who automatically qualified for the Candidates Tournament by playing in the 2016 World Chess Championship Match. He will be joined by the top two finishers in the World Chess Grand Prix Series; the winner and runner-up of the 2017 World Cup taking place in Tbilisi; two more players who qualify by rating; and a wild card choice.
The prize fund will total €420,000, or an estimated $460,000 at the current exchange rate. In addition to €420,000, the prize will also include 10% of the pay-per-view revenues from the event.
The Tournament will take place in Central Berlin, with tickets and digital subscriptions starting to sell on October 4, 2017. Pay-per-view tickets will include German and English commentary, advanced analytics, behind-the-scenes footage, options to choose camera angles, and more, costing $15 altogether.
“Over 23% of Germans play chess regularly; the sport is immensely popular in this country, and we are very pleased to hold the Tournament in Berlin and offer German fans a chance to witness this Tournament live for the first time! We are also developing custom commentary and experiences in German for local audience,” says Ilya Merenzon, CEO of World Chess, the organizer of the Championship cycle events and FIDE’s commercial partner. “We are looking forward to the event of the year in Berlin!” adds Merenzon.
“We are pleased to continue staging spectacular chess events in the world’s capitals. German chess federation is one of the largest in the world, and we are happy to support it by holding this exciting event in Germany,” says Georgios Makropoulos, FIDE Deputy President.
“We are happy to host the Candidates Tournament in Germany and will work with FIDE and World Chess to offer special experience to our members and to all chess fans in our country!” says Ullrich Krause, President of the German Chess Federation.
Leading brands continue to support the Championship cycle and will be represented in the Candidates Tournament: EG Capital Advisors, an international asset management company, as Official Partner; Kaspersky Lab as World Chess and FIDE Official Cybersecurity Partner; S.T. Dupont as Official Writing Instrument; and Isklar as Official Water.
Eugene Kaspersky, Chairman and CEO of Kaspersky Lab, says, “I am really looking forward to the Candidates Tournament in Berlin. The culmination of the cycle is getting closer, and I’m sure it'll be a very exciting competition of top-rank chess minds. Good luck to both the grandmasters and chess fans!”
The Tournament will be broadcasted exclusively on worldchess.com and on media partners’ sites.
Official hashtags of the Tournament are #candidates2018 and #berlinplayschess
Schedule of the Candidates Tournament:
March 9 Friday Opening Ceremony
March 10 Saturday Round 1
March 11 Sunday Round 2
March 12 Monday Round 3
March 13 Tuesday Rest Day
March 14 Wednesday Round 4
March 15 Thursday Round 5
March 16 Friday Round 6
March 17 Saturday Rest Day
March 18 Sunday Round 7
March 19 Monday Round 8
March 20 Tuesday Round 9
March 21 Wednesday Rest Day
March 22 Thursday Round 10
March 23 Friday Round 11
March 24 Saturday Round 12
March 25 Sunday Rest Day
March 26 Monday Round 13
March 27 Tuesday Round 14/Closing Ceremony
March 28 Wednesday Tie Breaks/Closing Ceremony
Offizielle Webseite AGON
Schachweltmeisterschaft 2018 (WIkipedia)
