Editing World Chess Championship (section)

====Ding (2023–2024)====
{{see|World Chess Championship 2023}}
Soon after the 2021 match, Carlsen indicated that he would not defend the title again.<ref name="chesscomDec21">[https://www.chess.com/news/view/magnus-carlsen-defend-world-chess-title-alireza-firouzja BREAKING: Carlsen Might Only Defend Title Vs. Firouzja] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214133901/https://www.chess.com/news/view/magnus-carlsen-defend-world-chess-title-alireza-firouzja |date=14 December 2021 }}, Peter Doggers, [[chess.com]], 21 December 2021</ref> This was confirmed in an announcement by FIDE on 20 July 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fide.com/news/1872 |title=Statement by FIDE President on Magnus Carlsen's announcement |date=20 July 2022 |website=FIDE |access-date=20 July 2022 |archive-date=20 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720131241/https://www.fide.com/news/1872 |url-status=live }}</ref> As a consequence, the top two finishers of the Candidates Tournament, [[Ian Nepomniachtchi]] and [[Ding Liren]], played in the [[World Chess Championship 2023|2023 championship]] in [[Astana|Astana, Kazakhstan]], from 7 April to 30 April 2023.<ref>{{cite news | title=Lacking Motivation, Magnus Carlsen Will Give Up World Chess Title | author=Victor Mather | date=20 July 2022 | newspaper=New York Times | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/sports/chess-magnus-carlsen-world-championship.html | access-date=20 July 2022 | archive-date=21 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721011423/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/sports/chess-magnus-carlsen-world-championship.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Ding won in rapid tiebreaks, making him the first World Chess Champion from China. FIDE referred to Ding as the "17th World Champion"; thus the "Classical" line of Champions during the split has been ''de facto'' legitimised over the FIDE line by FIDE itself.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldchampionship.fide.com/tiebreak/tpost/lvpnbvnea1-ding-liren-makes-history-becoming-world |title=Ding Liren makes history, becoming World Champion |last=Dinic |first=Milan |date=30 April 2023 |website=worldchampionship.fide.com |publisher=[[FIDE]] |access-date=16 May 2023 |quote=Ding Liren made history by becoming the 17th World Champion in chess, defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi in the final game of the tiebreaks |archive-date=24 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824171643/https://worldchampionship.fide.com/tiebreak/tpost/lvpnbvnea1-ding-liren-makes-history-becoming-world |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thearticle.com/shalom-alekhine-ding-joins-the-chess-greats |title=Shalom Alekhine: Ding joins the chess greats |last=Keene |first=Raymond |date=13 May 2023 |website=The Article |publisher= |access-date=16 May 2023 |quote=It’s reassuring to see that even FIDÉ now subscribes to the canonical view of who has and who has not been world champion. By openly conceding that the Chinese Grandmaster Ding Liren is the 17th champion, FIDÉ have confirmed that the true line of succession is Kasparov (13th champion), Kramnik (14), Anand (15), Carlsen (16) and now Ding Liren (17). |archive-date=16 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516215543/https://www.thearticle.com/shalom-alekhine-ding-joins-the-chess-greats |url-status=live }}</ref>