wcc.d2

How to become the World Chess Champion: {
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  shape: text
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}

gm: Become a Grandmaster (GM) {
  link: layers.gm
}
qualify: Qualify for the Candidates Tournament {
  link: layers.qualify
}
win: Win the Candidates Tournament {
  link: layers.win
}
match: Defeat the former Champion {
  link: layers.match
}

gm -> qualify -> win -> match

layers: {
  gm: {
    description: |md
      # Become a Grandmaster (GM)
      A Grandmaster is the highest title awarded by FIDE (the International Chess Federation).
    | {
      near: top-center
    }
    play: Play in FIDE-rated tournaments
    ➡️: {
      shape: text
      near: center-right
      link: steps.1
      style.font-size: 24
    }
    
    steps: {
      1: {
        titled: Earn pre-requisite titles (IM)
        play -> titled
        ➡️.link: _.steps.2
      }
      2: {
        ➡️.link: _._
        rating: Achieve 2500 rating
        norms: Earn 3 GM norms\n(defeat other GMs in tournaments)
        titled -> rating
        titled -> norms
      }
    }
  }
  qualify: {
    description: |md
      # Qualify for the Candidates Tournament
      The Candidates tournament is played among the best players in the world to determine the challenger for the next world chess championship.
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      near: top-center
    }
    One of: {
      Runner-up to last championship
      Finish top 2 in FIDE Grand Prix
      Top 2 highest rated
      Organizer wild card
      Occasional other FIDE events: {
        This varies year to year
      }
    }
  }
  win: {
    description: |md
      # Winning the Candidates tournament

      8-players face off in a double round-robin.

      Which mean each player plays every other player, one with white and once with black.
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    }

    2022 Players: {
      grid-rows: 9
      grid-columns: 3
      grid-gap: 0

      Player
      Rating
      World ranking

      Ian Nepomniachtchi
      2766
      7

      Teimour Radjabov
      2753
      13

      Jan-Krzysztof Duda
      2750
      16

      Alireza Firouzja
      2793
      3

      Fabiano Caruana
      2783
      4

      Hikaru Nakamura
      2760
      11

      Richard Rapport
      2764
      8

      Ding Liren
      2806
      2
    }
  }
  match: {
    description: |md
      # World Chess Championship Match
      A 14-game 1v1 between the challenger and the current world champion[0].

      [0] Usually. In 2023, Magnus Carlsen declined to participate.

      Instead, the runner-up of the Candidates tournament plays.
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    }

    ding: Ding Liren {
      icon: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/World_Chess_Championship_2023%2C_game_01%2C_Ding_Liren.jpg/220px-World_Chess_Championship_2023%2C_game_01%2C_Ding_Liren.jpg
      shape: image
      near: center-left
      height: 300
      width: 200
    }

    nepo: Ian Nepomniachtchi {
      icon: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/World_Chess_Championship_2021%2C_game_07%2C_Ian_Nepomniachtchi_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-World_Chess_Championship_2021%2C_game_07%2C_Ian_Nepomniachtchi_%28cropped%29.jpg
      shape: image
      near: center-right
      height: 300
      width: 200
    }

    best of 14 games -> tiebreaks: if needed
    tiebreaks.link: layers.tiebreaks
    
    layers: {
      tiebreaks: {
        description: |md
          # Tiebreaks

          Use faster time controls to induce errors.
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          near: top-center
        }

        rapid: 4 rapid games {
          25 mins per side
          10-second increment
        }

        blitz: 2 blitz games {
          5 mins per side
          3-second increment
        }

        sudden death: {
          3 mins per side
          2-second increment
          repeat until a win
        }

        rapid -> blitz -> sudden death: if needed
      }
    }
  }
}