If you are going to watch a World Championship, you want the best voices in your ears. FIDE has given us two of them.
On 2nd of November 2026, FIDE announced on X that GMs Peter Leko and Peter Svidler will be the commentators for the Salesforce FIDE World Championship 2026, where D. Gukesh defends his title against Javokhir Sindarov in Geneva. The first game is on 24th of November.
The two Peters
Peter Leko knows what it feels like to sit at that board. In 2004 he played Vladimir Kramnik for the world title in Brissago, the last time Switzerland hosted a World Championship match. Since then he has become one of the most loved commentators in chess. He is warm, he is honest, and he explains a position so that even a club player can follow it.
Peter Svidler has won the Russian Championship eight times, the first at the age of 18 in 1994. His mix of deep knowledge and dry humour makes even a quiet draw worth watching.
A lesson in every move!
A World Championship has 14 classical games, and many of them are long, slow and full of ideas you can't see at first. Good commentators turn a quiet position into a lesson. With two top grandmasters at the desk, we will get Gukesh's and Sindarov's thinking explained move by move.
The match will be played at the Fondation Martin Bodmer in Cologny, Geneva, and tickets are already on sale. Mark your calendars: 24th of November. See you in Geneva! :)
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