Poll: Will Carlsen defend FIDE World Championship?

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  • Poll: Will Carlsen defend FIDE World Championship?

    FIDE's deadline for Carlsen to accept its conditions for defending his World Championship is today: Sept 7, 2014.

    What do you think will happen with the next World Championship match?

    a) Carlsen - Anand, Nov. 7-28 in Sochi.
    b) Carlsen - Anand, somewhere else in 2014.
    c) Carlsen - Anand, anywhere, in 2015.
    d) Karjakin - Anand, Sochi, 2014.



    Background:
    • the match is/was scheduled to be played in the Olympic village in Sochi, Nov. 7-28, 2014.
    • the match is sponsored by the governor of the Krasnodar Region, Alexander Tkachev, who is now on blacklists from the EU, the USA and Canada.
    • FIDE has not announced who is funding the match.
    • Karjakin is FIDE's official replacement if either Carlsen or Anand do not play.
    • Anand has signed the FIDE contract to play in Sochi.
    • During the Chess Olympiad, Russia/Putin announced economic sanctions against Norway (among other countries), and the Russian Chess Federation sued the Olympiad organizers for legal costs stemming from the RCF's appeal to get the organizers to break FIDE's rules and allow the Russian womens' team to play, despite not submitting their entry in time.
    9
    Carlsen - Anand, Nov. 7-28, Sochi (FIDE's plan)
    55.56%
    5
    Carlsen - Anand, somewhere else in 2014.
    0.00%
    0
    Carlsen - Anand, anywhere, in 2015.
    0.00%
    0
    Karjakin - Anand, Sochi, 2014.
    44.44%
    4

    The poll is expired.

    Last edited by John Upper; Sunday, 7th September, 2014, 12:07 AM. Reason: fixed date

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    Re: Poll: Will Carlsen defend FIDE World Championship?

    Announcement:

    FIDE is pleased to announce that contract for the FIDE World Championship Match 2014 was signed by Magnus Carlsen (NOR) and Viswanathan Anand (IND). The Match is scheduled to take place in Sochi, Russian federation from the 7th to 28th of November 2014.

    http://www.fide.com/component/conten...atch-2014.html

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    • #3
      Re: Poll: Will Carlsen defend FIDE World Championship?

      All is well in the world of chess. Knights, Rooks and a space ship by the door.
      Gary Ruben
      CC - IA and SIM

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