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  1. Who is the current World Chess Champion?
  2. Can you name some former World Chess Champions?
  3. Where is the current Champion from?
  4. How does he compare with Tiger Woods in golf?
  5. Who is the current challenger to the World Champion?
  6. Where is he from?
  7. What is the format for the World Championship?
  8. When will it begin?
  9. Where?
  10. What day does it end?
  11. Who will win?
  12. What will the winning score be?

 

Answers:

  1. Current world champion Magnus Carlsenwon the World Chess Championship 2013 against Viswanathan Anand and successfully defended his title against Anand in the World Chess Championship 2014 and against Sergey Karjakin in 2016
  2. Here are several:
    1. Wilhelm Steinitz(1886-1894)
    2. Emanuel Lasker (1894-1921)
    3. Jose Raul Capablanca (1921-1927)
    4. Alexander Alekhine (1927-1935, 1937-1946)
    5. Max Euwe (1935-1937)
    6. Mikhail Botvinnik (1948-1957, 1958-1960, 1961-1963)
    7. Vasily Smyslov (1957-1958)
    8. Mikhail Tal (1960-1961)
    9. Tigran Petrosian (1963-1969)
    10. Boris Spassky (1969-1972)
    11. Robert James “Bobby” Fischer (1972-1975)
    12. Anatoly Karpov (1975-1985)
    13. Garry Kasparov (1985-2000)
    14. Vladimir Kramnik (2000-2007)
    15. Viswanathan Anand (2007-2013)
    16. Magnus Carlsen (2013-current)
  3. Norway
  4. From 1997 until 2010 (14 years) Tiger Woods was the #1 player in golf 11 times (World Champion in the year-end rankings). He was #2 3 times. Magnus Carlsen currently holds the Chess World Championship for 6 years.
  5. Fabiano Luigi Caruana (born July 30, 1992) is an Italian-American chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he became a grandmaster at the age of 14 years, …
  6. Born: July 30, 1992 (age 26 years), Miami, FL Education: Berkeley Carroll School         FIDE rating: 2827          Peak rating: 2844 (October 2014)
  7. The format is 12 games. Fabiano wins when he scores 6.5 points. Magnus wins when he scores 6 points.
  8. It is scheduled to begin in November of 2018.
  9. The site has yet to be determined, but London, England, seems most likely.
  10. The end will be when either player reaches the necessary point total to end the match.
  11. Magnus is the favorite. What do you say?
  12. Pick you winner and the score. See who comes closest among your chessplaying peers.