The 2016 World Chess Championship title match would be held in New York. A press release, issued by Agon Limited, the company which organizes the World Chess Championship on behalf of FIDE, the governing body for chess, stated the match would be played from November 11 to 30.
“I and all New Yorkers welcome the World Chess Championship back to New York City,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement that was included in the Agon news release. “What better place to be than the city where parks are often populated by chess enthusiasts.” Washington Square Park in Manhattan is perhaps the most famous venue worldwide for the likes of blitz-chess hustlers.
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