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who are the eight players to duke it out (double round robin) to decide the challenger to Carlsen? The world Championship fight will be in London.

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1. Karjakin
2. Aronian
3. Liren
4. So
5. Caruana
6. Kramnik
two more spots not yer decided

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He will be ruling for 30 years.

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Originally posted by @ogb
1. Karjakin
2. Aronian
3. Liren
4. So
5. Caruana
6. Kramnik
two more spots not yer decided
The two other spots went to mamedyarov and Grischuk

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The relevant dates are :-
Candidates tournament 10th-28th March 2018 in Berlin.
World championship 9th-28th 2018 Nov in London

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Practically another year before the World Championship is played..Anything can happen in that length of time..

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Originally posted by @marinkatomb
The two other spots went to mamedyarov and Grischuk
How did Grischuk qualify?? He is too unstable..results up & down, like Ivanchuk..