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World Chess Championship 2011 Candidates Event

Kazan, Russia, V, 2011.

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Official site:-

http://kazan2011.fide.com/

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From: Regulations for the 2007 - 2009 World Chess Championship Cycle (July 2007) Information regarding the next World Championship cycle 2009-2011 The FIDE Presidential Board has decided that in 2010 a Challengers Match will be held between the winner of the World Cup 2009 and the winner of the 2008-2009 FIDE Grand-Prix series. The winner of this match will play a World Championship Match of 12 games in 2011 against the reigning World Champion.

From: Regulations for the 2008 - 2009 FIDE Grand-Prix (November 2007) 2. Format of the Grand Prix 2008-2009 The Grand Prix will be a series of six tournaments held over two years (2008-2009) in leading world cities. The bidding process for the final selection of cities will commence in the second part of November 2007 and be finalized by January 2008. [...] The winner of the Grand Prix series at the end of 2009 will play the winner of the World Cup held in 2009 in an eight game match to become the challenger to the World Champion in a match to be held in the third quarter of 2010. Should the overall winner of the Grand Prix also be the World Champion at the end of the Grand Prix series in 2009, then the Challenger rights will go to the second placed overall in the Grand Prix. Should the second placed player in the Grand Prix also be the winner of the World Cup 2009, then the Challenger rights emanating from the Grand Prix will go to the third placed overall in the Grand Prix series

From FIDE.com:-

• 2008-12-04: Bidding Procedure for the World Championship Cycle 2009-2011
• 2008-12-15: Kirsan Ilyumzhinov at Elista FIDE Grand Prix [press conference]
• 2009-02-06: UEP make bid for Candidates 2010 and World Championship 2011
• 2009-03-09: Presidential Board meeting 1st quarter 2009; 'acknowledged and accepted the bid from UEP for the World Chess Championship Cycle 2010-2011 [w/ details]'

For an account of FIDE's decision to change the format of the event, see FIDE: 'Many Discussions on the Way Forward' (worldchesschampionship.blogspot.com).

From: Presidential Board Meeting 1st Quarter 2009 The PB acknowledged and accepted the bid from UEP for the World Chess Championship Cycle 2010-2011. In 2011, there will be a Candidate Matches/Tournament consisting of GM Kamsky, the loser of the Anand-Topalov match, two players from the Grand Prix series and one player from the World Cup, two highest rated players not already qualified and a player nominated by the organizer. The winner will play the World Champion in 2011.

• 2009-05-12: FIDE Press Release • 'FIDE announces that the negotiations with Universal Event Promotion (UEP), the original bidder for organising the final stages of the World Championship cycle 2009-2011 (Candidates Tournament and Final Match), did not reach a final agreement. FIDE is already in contact with other organisers and sponsors interested in holding these events.'
• 2009-06-17: Presidential Board Meeting • 'The PB accepted the new regulations for the World Championship Candidate matches.'
• 2009-06-22: Regulations for the Candidates Matches 2010 • 'We are publishing the approved Regulations for the Candidates Matches 2010.'

Rules & Regulations for the Candidates Matches of the FIDE World Championship Cycle 2009-2011 1. Organisation 1. 1 The Candidates Matches to determine the challenger for the 2011 World Chess Championship Match shall be organised in the last quarter of 2010 and represent an integral part of the World Chess Championship regulations for the cycle 2009-2011. Eight (8) players will participate in the Candidates Matches and the winner will qualify for the World Chess Championship Match in September 2011. 1. 2 Governing Body: the World Chess Federation (FIDE). For the purpose of creating the regulations, communicating with the players and negotiating with the organisers, the FIDE President has nominated a committee, hereby called the FIDE Commission for World Championships and Olympiads (hereinafter referred to as WCOC) 1. 3 FIDE, or its appointed commercial agency, retains all commercial and media rights of the Candidates Matches, including internet rights. These rights can be transferred to the organiser upon agreement. 2. Qualification for the 2010 Candidates Matches The players who qualify for the Candidates Matches are determined according to the following, in order of priority: 2. 1 Challengers Match 2009 - The player who lost the 2009 Challengers Match (G. Kamsky) qualifies. 2. 2 World Cup 2009 - The winner of the World Cup 2009 qualifies. 2. 3 World Championship Match 2010 - The player who lost the 2010 WCC Match (V. Anand or V. Topalov) qualifies. 2. 4 FIDE Grand-Prix 2008/2009 - The two (2) top players from the FIDE Grand-Prix 2008/2009 qualify to participate. 2. 5 Average FIDE Rating List of July 2009 & January 2010 - Two (2) players qualify to participate by rating (excluding the players who qualify from articles 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 above). For the purpose of deciding the 2 rated player qualifiers, the average from the following lists will be used: rating of July 2009 plus rating of January 2010 divided by 2. In case of equality two decimals will be taken into consideration. If the numbers are still equal then the number of games from the twelve months covering the whole year 2009 shall be decisive. That means the player with the greater number of games shall qualify. If the numbers are still equal then the list of March 2010 shall be decisive. If the rating in the March 2010 list is still the same, the player with the greater number of games in this list will qualify. Players who appear in the inactive list in both July 2009 and January 2010 will not be able to qualify as a rated player. If the player is inactive in one list but appears in the other, then the single rating that is published shall be taken as the average. 2. 6 One nominated player by the Organiser - A player, nominated by the organiser, with a rating of at least 2700 in the FIDE rating list of January 2010. 2. 7 Replacements - Any replacements necessary will be fulfilled from the final standings of the FIDE Grand-Prix 2008/2009. 3. Candidates Matches Regulations [...]

From FIDE.com:-

• 2010-11-10: FIDE announcement for the Candidates Matches 2011 • 'FIDE respects that every player makes his own decisions and regrets that GM Magnus Carlsen has expressed his desire to withdraw from the upcoming Candidates Matches.'
• 2010-11-23: Dates for Candidates Matches 2011 • 'FIDE announces that the Candidates Matches to determine the challenger for the next World Championship Match will be held in Kazan, Russia from 3 to 27 May 2011.'
• 2010-12-17: Candidates Matches 2011 in Kazan • 'Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, will play host to the participants of the Candidates Matches 2011.'
• 2010-12-23: Candidates Matches Announcement • 'FIDE announces that the following players have confirmed their participation for the Candidates Matches in Kazan.'
• 2011-02-07: Pairings of Candidates Matches 2011 • 'FIDE announces the pairings for the 1st round of the Candidates Matches (Kazan, 3-27 May 2011)'