The schedule of the World Championship match takes place over 3 weeks, with 14 match days and 4 rest days planned. All games start at local time (2.30 p.m. IST) and there are rest days after Games 3, 6, 9 and 12. The first player to reach 7.5 points will be the winner; in the case of a tie after 14 games, tiebreaks will be played the next day to decide the winner.