The World Chess Championship 2026 is an upcoming chess match to determine the World Chess Champion. It will be played between the defending champion, Gukesh Dommaraju, and the challenger, Javokhir Sin
Gukesh in 2024
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Javokhir Sindarov
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Javokhir Sindarov is an Uzbek chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he became a grandmaster in 2018 at the age of 12 years, 10 months, and 8 days—the second-youngest in history at the time. Representing
World Chess Championship 2026
…an upcoming chess match to determine the World Chess Champion. It will be played between the defending champion, Gukesh Dommaraju, and the challenger, Javokhir Sindarov, the winner of the Candidates Tournament 2026. The Championship is set to take place between 24 November and 12 December 2026 in Geneva, Switzerland…
Sindarov in 2026
Sindarov (left) with Daniel Naroditsky's mother, Elena, at the Naroditsky Memorial 2026