FIDE is pleased to announce the venue, commentators and full schedule for the World Championship Match 2023, which will take place in Astana, Kazakhstan, from April 7th to May 1st.
The match will be held at the elegant St. Regis Astana hotel, which officially opened its doors in September 2017. Located in the heart of Astana, onto the left bank of the Esil River and near its Central Park, St Regis was designed by British architects WATG and features an award-winning design by Wimberly Interiors. It combines modern with neo-classical elements, defining the modern-day interpretation of the St. Regis legacy that began in New York more than a century ago.
The games will take place under St Regis’ iconic glass-domed Winter Garden, a structure that pays homage to the traditional Kazakh yurt.
All the games start at 15:00 local time (GMT+6), and there is a rest day every two rounds.
The title match in Astana will once again be played as the best of 14 games, with a time control of 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves, and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 61. In case of a tie, the Champion would be determined in a rapid chess playoff.