Carlsen-Karjakin World Championship 2016

New York (USA)
11-30  November, 2016

The 2016 FIDE World Chess Championship is a 12-game match taking place between World Champion Magnus Carlsen and his challenger - Sergey Karjakin.

The first player to reach 6.5 points is the winner, with a 6-6 tie decided by four 25 minute + 10 second/move rapid games. If still tied, up to five two-game 5+3 blitz matches are played. If still level they play an Armageddon game, where White has 5 minutes to Black's 4, but a draw will make the black player World Champion. 

Rate of play: 
100 minutes in 40 moves + 
50 minutes in 20 moves + 
15 minutes all moves + 
30 seconds for each move 
starting from move 1

Schedule : * UTC/GMT -5 hours
November 11 14:00 - Game 1
November 12 14:00 - Game 2
               REST DAY
November 14 14:00 - Game 3
November 15 14:00 - Game 4
               REST DAY
November 17 14:00 - Game 5
November 18 14:00 - Game 6
               REST DAY
November 20 14:00 - Game 7
November 21 14:00 - Game 8
               REST DAY
November 23 14:00 - Game 9
November 24 14:00 - Game 10
               REST DAY
November 26 14:00 - Game 11
               REST DAY
November 28 14:00 - Game 12

November 30 14:00 - Tiebreaks (if required)