Editing World Chess Championship (section)

====Carlsen (2013–2023)====
{{see|World Chess Championship 2013|World Chess Championship 2014|World Chess Championship 2016|World Chess Championship 2018|World Chess Championship 2021}}
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| caption1          = [[Magnus Carlsen]], became the World Champion after defeating Anand in [[World Chess Championship 2013|2013]]. He defended his title in four tournaments and was the Champion until 2023.
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| caption2          = [[Ding Liren]] became the World Champion in [[World Chess Championship 2023|2023]] after defeating [[Ian Nepomniachtchi]] as Carlsen refused to defend his title. He was the reigning champion until [[World Chess Championship 2024|2024]].
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Since 2013, the [[Candidates Tournament]] has been an eight-player double round robin tournament, with the winner playing a match against the champion for the title. Norwegian [[Magnus Carlsen]] won the 2013 Candidates and then convincingly defeated Anand in the [[World Chess Championship 2013]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/6902-magnus-carlsen-wins-fide-candidates-tournament.html |title=Magnus Carlsen wins FIDE Candidates' Tournament |publisher=Fide.com |date=1 April 2013 |access-date=26 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507173709/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/6902-magnus-carlsen-wins-fide-candidates-tournament.html |archive-date=7 May 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7045-world-championship-match-press-release.html |title=World Championship Match – PRESS RELEASE |publisher=Fide.com |date=7 May 2013 |access-date=26 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607061517/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7045-world-championship-match-press-release.html |archive-date=7 June 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Beginning with the 2014 Championship cycle, the World Championship has followed a 2-year cycle: qualification for the Candidates in the odd year, the Candidates tournament early in the even year, and the World Championship match later in the even year. This and the next two cycles resulted in Carlsen successfully defending his title: against Anand in [[World Chess Championship 2014|2014]];<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/sochi-g11-in-dramatic-finale-carlsen-retains-title |title=Sochi G11: In dramatic finale, Carlsen retains title |publisher=ChessBase |date=23 November 2014 |access-date=24 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141130105700/http://en.chessbase.com/post/sochi-g11-in-dramatic-finale-carlsen-retains-title |archive-date=30 November 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> against [[Sergey Karjakin]] in [[World Chess Championship 2016|2016]];<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nyc2016.fide.com/ |title=The World Chess Championship comes to New York City 11—30 November 2016 &#124; World Chess |access-date=30 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825152814/http://nyc2016.fide.com/ |archive-date=25 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and against [[Fabiano Caruana]] in [[World Chess Championship 2018|2018]]. Both the 2016 and 2018 defences were decided by tie-break in rapid games.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mather |first1=Victor |title=Magnus Carlsen Beats Fabiano Caruana to win the World Chess Championship |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/sports/magnus-carlsen-fabiano-caruana-world-chess-championship.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=28 November 2018 |date=28 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128191639/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/sports/magnus-carlsen-fabiano-caruana-world-chess-championship.html |archive-date=28 November 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] disrupted the [[Candidates Tournament 2020|2020 Candidates Tournament]], and caused the next match to be postponed from 2020 to 2021.<ref>[https://www.fide.com/news/607 Arkady Dvorkovich: The match for the chess crown will be postponed to 2021] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701105909/https://www.fide.com/news/607 |date=1 July 2020 }}, [[FIDE]], 30 June 2020</ref> Carlsen again successfully defended his title, defeating [[Ian Nepomniachtchi]] in the [[World Chess Championship 2021]].