World Chess Championship cycle

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/World_Chess_Championship_cycle
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf chess competition format
gptkbp:established 1948
gptkbp:format Candidates Tournament winner challenges reigning champion
gptkbp:frequency every 2-3 years
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:FIDE
gptkbp:historicalFormat gptkb:Interzonal_and_Candidates_Tournaments
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label World Chess Championship cycle
gptkbp:includes gptkb:World_Chess_Championship_Match
gptkb:Interzonal_Tournament
gptkb:Zonal_Tournament
gptkb:Candidates_Tournament
gptkbp:notableEvent split cycle during 1993-2006 (FIDE and Classical cycles)
gptkbp:notablePlayer gptkb:Garry_Kasparov
gptkb:Magnus_Carlsen
gptkb:Anatoly_Karpov
gptkbp:notableRelease format changes over time
Candidates Tournament format changed to knockout and round robin
gptkbp:organizer gptkb:FIDE
gptkbp:purpose to determine challenger for World Chess Champion
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:chess_player
gptkbp:website https://www.fide.com
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Candidates_Tournament_1959
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6