- Leonard Barden, London confirmed as venue for Magnus Carlsen’s world title defence in 2018, The Guardian, December 1, 2017
The actual venue has yet to be announced although the organisers say they have several short-listed options. The prize fund is the world body FIDE’s minimum of $1m, which could yet present a problem if Fabiano Caruana wins the eight-man candidates in Berlin in March. In that case the billionaire Rex Sinquefield, who has made his home city of St. Louis into a global chess capital and who could easily fund a much larger purse, may try to have the match switched to the U.S. [Read more].
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