Baku bids to host FIDE Candidates Tournament in 2018
K. Ilyumzhinov said: “There are some probabilities about where the Candidates Tournament will take place. The capital of Great Britain, London, as well as the Azerbaijan Chess Federation are interested in organizing the tournament. One of the best World Olympiads in FIDE history was held in Baku, in 2016. I also had talks with sponsors who would like to host the competition in Germany”.
Russian grandmaster Sergei Karjakin won the Candidates Tournament in 2016.