Very pawnographic! Grandmasters mock 'trendy' new logo for London's World Chess Championships as they liken it to something out of Kama Sutra
- 'Controversial' design shows two chequered bodies wrapped around each other
- But chess Grandmaster themselves have mocked and questioned the new logo
- David Smerdon, the Australian chess Grandmaster, said: 'No, this is not a joke'
Chess Grandmasters have mocked and questioned a 'trendy' new logo for the London's World Chess Championships.
The new design shows two chequered bodies wrapped around each other with a chess board in between them.
Organisers described the logo as 'controversial and trendy, just like the host city'.
But masters of the game have taken to social media to mock and question the unusual design.
![The new design shows two chequered bodies wrapped around each other with a chess board in between them](http://web.archive.org./web/20171220064916/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/19/21/477740E700000578-0-image-a-7_1513719436718.jpg)
The new design shows two chequered bodies wrapped around each other with a chess board in between them
![Norway's number one and current holder of the chess crown, Magnus Carlsen (left with former Chancellor George Osborne), will take on a challenger who is to be decided during a tournament in March](http://web.archive.org./web/20171220064916/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/19/20/196343DD00000514-0-image-a-1_1513715839532.jpg)
Norway's number one and current holder of the chess crown, Magnus Carlsen (left with former Chancellor George Osborne), will take on a challenger who is to be decided during a tournament in March
David Smerdon, the Australian chess Grandmaster, said: 'No, this is not a joke. You had one job.'
British Grandmaster Nigel Short commented the organisers were 'perhaps suggesting that they are giving the chess world a good f*****g.'
Susan Polgar, who pioneered women's chess, questioned whether the logo was suitable for children.
Social media users also picked up on the subtle fact the board in the logo on had 6x6 squares and not the 8x8 required for a real game.
Other quipped that it looked like something out of the sex manual Kama Sutra.
![Others also picked up on the subtle fact the board in the logo on had 6x6 squares and not the 8x8 required for a real game](http://web.archive.org./web/20171220064916/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/19/20/4775E63B00000578-0-image-a-2_1513715983959.jpg)
Others also picked up on the subtle fact the board in the logo on had 6x6 squares and not the 8x8 required for a real game
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171220064916/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/19/20/47761F1E00000578-0-image-a-4_1513716203601.jpg)
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171220064916/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/19/20/47761F1300000578-0-image-a-5_1513716205953.jpg)
![Masters of the game themselves have taken to social media to mock and question the new logo](http://web.archive.org./web/20171220064916/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/19/20/47761F2400000578-0-image-a-6_1513716211227.jpg)
asters of the game themselves have taken to social media to mock and question the new logo
World Chess, the commercial arm of the game's governing body Fide, said the logo was created by Russian studio Shuka Design.
A spokesman for World Chess said: 'As organizers of the Match we’ve been busy for over a year working with artists and designers to develop a perfect key visual, the image that will be associated with the 2018 Match and which will find its way onto mugs, posters, outdoor displays, venue design, media, broadcasting graphics and more.'
The match is expected to take place next November at a venue in London that is yet to be confirmed.
Norway's number one and current holder of the chess crown, Magnus Carlsen, will take on a challenger who is to be decided during a tournament in March.
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