The landscape of chess will be altered in a year’s time when the new Total Chess World Championship Tour comes into effect in 2027. The tour will end up crowning a fourth world champion—the FIDE World Combined Champion—which will be an addition to other world championships like the Classical World Champion, the World Rapid and the World Blitz Champion.

India’s R Praggnanandhaa, who recently secured his spot in the Candidates tournament via the FIDE Circuit route, says that he’s happy that the sport is now giving players so many opportunities to play and become full-time professionals.

“I am happy to see that there are new opportunities for the players to play and since we have so many players, getting more opportunities for them to play is amazing, in that way it is great to see new tour

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