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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by kzrdude on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @01:24PM (#32169137)
One thing they could change with the format, without changing the format(!) is to schedule the game very close to the candidates, say with four week's distance.

That way the match is the same but the half year of prep is gone.

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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by SamReidHughes on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @01:31PM (#32169260)
That only takes prep time away from the world champion, not the candidates winner.
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by thomasahle on Thursday July 21, 2022 @02:42AM (#32176479)
The candidates winner probably won't have spent that much time preparing for Magnus, since they had to prepare for all the candidates matches.
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by Scarblac on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @02:22PM (#32170030)
They need to know who the players are so they can look for sponsors willing to put up the prize money and organising costs. The events are often sponsored by companies from the home country of one of the players. Doing it before the challenger is known makes the pool of potential sponsors too small.
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by thomasahle on Thursday July 21, 2022 @02:43AM (#32176485)
The WC would basically become a part of the candidates tournament. So they could use the same sponsors.
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by thomasahle on Thursday July 21, 2022 @02:44AM (#32176495)
This would be really great. Less prep could also lead to more opening mistakes and decisive games.
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