World Chess Championship
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The World Chess Championship is the premier global competition that determines the official world champion in chess, historically featuring matches between the strongest grandmasters in the world.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| World Chess Championship canonical | 2 |
| Classical World Chess Championship 2000 | 1 |
| world chess championship | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8486505 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: World Chess Championship Context triple: [Pawn Sacrifice, hasSubject, World Chess Championship]
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A.
World Chess Champion
The World Chess Champion is the player officially recognized as the strongest chess competitor in the world, holding the sport’s most prestigious title.
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B.
World Chess Championship 1985
The World Chess Championship 1985 was the title match in which Garry Kasparov won his first world championship, marking the beginning of his reign as World Chess Champion.
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C.
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial international team chess tournament organized by FIDE, featuring national teams from around the world competing for prestigious titles.
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D.
World Championship
The World Championship in the context of FIRST Tech Challenge is the culminating international robotics competition event where top teams from around the world compete and are recognized for their engineering, innovation, and teamwork.
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E.
World Championship
The World Championship is the most prestigious annual professional snooker tournament, regarded as the sport’s premier title and season finale.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: World Chess Championship Target entity description: The World Chess Championship is the premier global competition that determines the official world champion in chess, historically featuring matches between the strongest grandmasters in the world.
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A.
World Chess Champion
The World Chess Champion is the player officially recognized as the strongest chess competitor in the world, holding the sport’s most prestigious title.
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B.
World Chess Championship 1985
The World Chess Championship 1985 was the title match in which Garry Kasparov won his first world championship, marking the beginning of his reign as World Chess Champion.
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C.
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial international team chess tournament organized by FIDE, featuring national teams from around the world competing for prestigious titles.
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D.
World Championship
The World Championship in the context of FIRST Tech Challenge is the culminating international robotics competition event where top teams from around the world compete and are recognized for their engineering, innovation, and teamwork.
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E.
World Championship
The World Championship is the most prestigious annual professional snooker tournament, regarded as the sport’s premier title and season finale.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chess competition
ⓘ
world championship ⓘ |
| category |
international chess competitions
ⓘ
world championships in board games ⓘ |
| eligibility | top-level chess grandmasters ⓘ |
| firstChampion | Wilhelm Steinitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstHeld | 1886 ⓘ |
| format |
classical time control
ⓘ
head-to-head match ⓘ |
| founder |
Johannes Zukertort
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wilhelm Steinitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frequency | approximately every two years ⓘ |
| fullName | World Chess Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | FIDE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBodyHeadquarters | Lausanne, Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBodySince | FIDE since 1948 ⓘ |
| hasSeparateEvent |
Women’s World Chess Championship
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World Blitz Chess Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ World Junior Chess Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ World Rapid Chess Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPhase |
Classical World Championship (1886–1946)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
FIDE World Championship (1948–1993) NERFINISHED ⓘ Reunified World Championship (since 2006) NERFINISHED ⓘ Split title era (1993–2006) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialRegulations | English ⓘ |
| notableChampion |
Alexander Alekhine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Anatoly Karpov NERFINISHED ⓘ Ding Liren NERFINISHED ⓘ Emanuel Lasker NERFINISHED ⓘ Garry Kasparov NERFINISHED ⓘ José Raúl Capablanca NERFINISHED ⓘ Magnus Carlsen NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikhail Botvinnik NERFINISHED ⓘ Viswanathan Anand NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Kramnik NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilhelm Steinitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prizeType | cash prize ⓘ |
| purpose | to determine the official world chess champion ⓘ |
| qualificationSystem |
Candidates Tournament
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grand Swiss NERFINISHED ⓘ World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ rating qualification ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | highest title in over-the-board chess ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | FIDE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | WCC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | chess ⓘ |
| sporting event series | chess world championship cycle ⓘ |
| tieBreakFormat |
blitz games
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rapid games ⓘ |
| titleAwarded | World Chess Champion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: World Chess Championship Description of subject: The World Chess Championship is the premier global competition that determines the official world champion in chess, historically featuring matches between the strongest grandmasters in the world.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
world chess championship
this entity surface form:
Classical World Chess Championship 2000