Radjabov
Firouzja
R1 LIVE
Caruana
Nakamura
R1 LIVE
Liren
Nepo
R1 LIVE
Duda
Rapport
R1 LIVE
Mamedyarov
Radjabov
1
1.5
R9
Tari
Anand
1
1.5
R9
MVL
Giri
1.5
1
R9
Wang
So
1
1.5
R9
Topalov
Carlsen
1
1.5
R9
Radjabov
Wang
1.5
1
R8
Anand
Mamedyarov
0
3
R8
Giri
Tari
3
0
R8
So
Topalov
1
1.5
R8
Carlsen
MVL
1.5
1
R8
Topalov
Wang
1
1.5
R7
Mamedyarov
Giri
3
0
R7
Anand
Radjabov
1.5
1
R7
MVL
So
3
0
R7
Tari
Carlsen
1.5
1
R7
Radjabov
Topalov
1
1.5
R6
Wang
MVL
1
1.5
R6
Giri
Anand
1
1.5
R6
So
Tari
1.5
1
R6
Carlsen
Mamedyarov
3
0
R6
Giri
Radjabov
3
0
R5
Tari
Wang
3
0
R5
MVL
Topalov
1.5
1
R5
Mamedyarov
So
1.5
1
R5
Carlsen
Anand
1.5
1
R5
Wang
Mamedyarov
0
3
R4
Topalov
Tari
1.5
1
R4
Radjabov
MVL
1.5
1
R4
So
Anand
1.5
1
R4
Carlsen
Giri
3
0
R4
Tari
MVL
0
3
R3
Mamedyarov
Topalov
1.5
1
R3
Anand
Wang
1.5
1
R3
Giri
So
1
1.5
R3
Carlsen
Radjabov
3
0
R3
Radjabov
Tari
1.5
1
R2
Topalov
Anand
0
3
R2
Wang
Giri
1
1.5
R2
MVL
Mamedyarov
1.5
1
R2
So
Carlsen
1.5
1
R2
Mamedyarov
Tari
1.5
1
R1
Anand
MVL
3
0
R1
Giri
Topalov
1.5
1
R1
So
Radjabov
3
0
R1
Carlsen
Wang
1.5
1
R1
Duda
Nepo
R14 LIVE
Liren
Nakamura
R14 LIVE
Caruana
Firouzja
R14 LIVE
Rapport
Radjabov
R14 LIVE
Radjabov
Caruana
R13 LIVE
Firouzja
Liren
R13 LIVE
Nakamura
Duda
R13 LIVE
Nepo
Rapport
R13 LIVE
Nepo
Nakamura
R12 LIVE
Duda
Firouzja
R12 LIVE
Liren
Radjabov
R12 LIVE
Rapport
Caruana
R12 LIVE
Caruana
Liren
R11 LIVE
Radjabov
Duda
R11 LIVE
Firouzja
Nepo
R11 LIVE
Nakamura
Rapport
R11 LIVE
Nakamura
Firouzja
R10 LIVE
Nepo
Radjabov
R10 LIVE
Duda
Caruana
R10 LIVE
Rapport
Liren
R10 LIVE
Liren
Duda
R9 LIVE
Caruana
Nepo
R9 LIVE
Radjabov
Nakamura
R9 LIVE
Firouzja
Rapport
R9 LIVE
Firouzja
Radjabov
R8 LIVE
Nakamura
Caruana
R8 LIVE
Nepo
Liren
R8 LIVE
Rapport
Duda
R8 LIVE
Caruana
Radjabov
R7 LIVE
Liren
Firouzja
R7 LIVE
Duda
Nakamura
R7 LIVE
Rapport
Nepo
R7 LIVE
Nepo
Duda
R6 LIVE
Nakamura
Liren
R6 LIVE
Firouzja
Caruana
R6 LIVE
Radjabov
Rapport
R6 LIVE
Nakamura
Nepo
R5 LIVE
Firouzja
Duda
R5 LIVE
Radjabov
Liren
R5 LIVE
Caruana
Rapport
R5 LIVE
Liren
Caruana
R4 LIVE
Duda
Radjabov
R4 LIVE
Nepo
Firouzja
R4 LIVE
Rapport
Nakamura
R4 LIVE
Firouzja
Nakamura
R3 LIVE
Radjabov
Nepo
R3 LIVE
Caruana
Duda
R3 LIVE
Liren
Rapport
R3 LIVE
Duda
Liren
R2 LIVE
Nepo
Caruana
R2 LIVE
Nakamura
Radjabov
R2 LIVE
Rapport
Firouzja
R2 LIVE
Radjabov
Firouzja
R1 LIVE
Caruana
Nakamura
R1 LIVE
Liren
Nepo
R1 LIVE
Duda
Rapport
R1 LIVE
Aronian
MVL
0
1
TB 1.3
MVL
So
1
0
TB 1.2
So
Aronian
1
0
TB1.1
Dominguez
So
1/2
1/2
R9
Firouzja
MVL
0
1
R9
Deac
Caruana
1/2
1/2
R9
Rapport
Nepo
1/2
1/2
R9
Aronian
Mamedyarov
1/2
1/2
R9
Nepo
Aronian
1/2
1/2
R8
Caruana
Rapport
1/2
1/2
R8
MVL
Deac
1/2
1/2
R8
So
Firouzja
1/2
1/2
R8
Mamedyarov
Dominguez
1/2
1/2
R8
Firouzja
Dominguez
1
0
R7
Deac
So
1/2
1/2
R7
Rapport
MVL
0
1
R7
Aronian
Caruana
1/2
1/2
R7
Nepo
Mamedyarov
0
1
R7
Caruana
Nepo
1/2
1/2
R6
MVL
Aronian
0
1
R6
So
Rapport
1/2
1/2
R6
Dominguez
Deac
1
0
R6
Mamedyarov
Firouzja
1/2
1/2
R6
Deac
Firouzja
1/2
1/2
R5
Rapport
Dominguez
1/2
1/2
R5
Aronian
So
1/2
1/2
R5
Nepo
MVL
1/2
1/2
R5
Caruana
Mamedyarov
1
0
R5
MVL
Caruana
1
0
R4
So
Nepo
1
0
R4
Dominguez
Aronian
0
1
R4
Firouzja
Rapport
1/2
1/2
R4
Mamedyarov
Deac
1/2
1/2
R4
Rapport
Deac
0
1
R3
Aronian
Firouzja
1/2
1/2
R3
Nepo
Dominguez
1/2
1/2
R3
Caruana
So
1/2
1/2
R3
MVL
Mamedyarov
1/2
1/2
R3
So
MVL
1/2
1/2
R2
Dominguez
Caruana
1/2
1/2
R2
Firouzja
Nepo
0
1
R2
Deac
Aronian
1/2
1/2
R2
Mamedyarov
Rapport
1/2
1/2
R2
Aronian
Rapport
1/2
1/2
R1
Nepo
Deac
1/2
1/2
R1
Caruana
Firouzja
1/2
1/2
R1
MVL
Dominguez
1/2
1/2
R1
So
Mamedyarov
1
0
R1
MVL
Wang
1
0
Ding
Nepo
1
0
Giri
Alekseenko
0
1
Caruana
Grischuk
1/2
1/2
Grischuk
Giri
1
0
Ding
Alekseenko
1
0
MVL
Nepo
1/2
1/2
Caruana
Wang
1
0
Nepo
Wang
0
1
MVL
Alekseenko
1
0
Ding
Grischuk
1
Caruana
Giri
0
1
Ding
Giri
0
1
MVL
Grischuk
0
1
Wang
Alekseenko
1/2
1/2
Caruana
Nepo
1/2
1/2
ALekseenko
Nepo
0
1
Grischuk
Wang
1/2
1/2
Giri
MVL
1/2
1/2
Ding
Caruana
1/2
1/2
MVL
Ding Liren
1/2
1/2
Wang
Giri
0
1
Nepo
Grischuk
1/2
1/2
Caruana
Alekseenko
1/2
1/2
Grischuk
Alekseenko
0
1
Giri
Nepo
1/2
1/2
Ding
Wang
1/2
1/2
MVL
Caruana
0
1
Grischuk
Giri
1/2
1/2
Alekseenko
Ding
1/2
1/2
Nepo
MVL
0
1
Wang
Caruana
1/2
1/2
Caruana
MVL
1/2
1/2
Good morning everyone and welcome to the live blog from day 1 of the Candidates! We will cover all day long the events from Madrid, where the battles start today at 15:00 CET. The news will appear here on this live blog, time stamped at reverse chronological order. Scroll down to the first news of the day, while on top you will find the latest curiosities from Madrid.
More: All Candidates news (collection) / Preview of R1 / Candidates pairings all rounds
14:45 CET, Madrid
FIDE Candidates 2022 is about to start. Here is a collection of links to follow the event live:
Live games, analysis: Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Richard Rapport / Ding Liren – Ian Nepomniachtchi / Fabiano Caruana – Hikaru Nakamura / Teimour Radjabov – Alireza Firouzja
Live video: GM Polgar and GM Gustafsson / GM Daniil Yuffa and WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni / GM Benjamin Bok and team Hikaru / Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal / GM Naroditsky and WGM Skripchenko
13:15 CET, Madrid
On the eve of the Candidates, Magnus Carlsen published a blog post on his law firm sponsors Simonsen Vogt Wiig. Quoted by Chess24, Carlsen says, “I am always looking forward to the Candidates, both in terms of sporting excitement, and also for the way opening theory is always advanced by these exceptional tournaments.” He continues, “In terms of chances to win the whole thing, I would divide the players into three tiers. Tier one: the favourites. In this tier I would put Caruana and Ding. To me, they are the best and most consistent players in the field, and I would bet on one of the two winning against the field. Tier two: the dark horses. Firouzja and Nepomniachtchi belong here. Neither of them have the consistency to be in the top tier, but they both have a ceiling which gives them a smaller, but still quite realistic chance of winning… Nakamura will probably have a decent event, but I don’t see him winning enough games to have a real chance. Duda and Radjabov I just don’t think have any shot.” Earlier Carlsen confirmed he will be following closely the Candidates
13:03 CET, Madrid
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich greeted the journalists and media personnel today and gave them a tour of the venue. Right after the tour, he teamed up with Spanish-Ukrainian IM Olga Alexandrova and played hand and brain chess against two journalists. Dvorkovich is running for re-election during this year’s Chess Olympiad 2022 and has recently announced his team.
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich greeted the journalists and media personnel today and gave them a tour of the venue.
Right after the tour, he teamed up with Spanish-Ukrainian IM Olga Alexandrova and played hand and brain chess against two journalists. #FIDECandidates pic.twitter.com/dscmQwLwip
12:55 CET, Madrid
We have four candidates for FIDE President and all come from Europe. The continental representation of the Candidates is more balanced, but still inclined towards Europe. – two players from North America, one from Asia, and five from Europe. In this situation, a logical voice from Africa comes, as Pureheart Irikefe writes, “I think FIDE
needs to grow to the point to include the winner of African Chess Championship in the Candidates. Hence, accord the African Chess Confederation a slot to play in the #FIDECandidates for equity sake”.
12:30 CET, Madrid
The FIDE Candidates are absolutely unpredictable, yet Chess by the Numbers tries to put order in the chaos. Over 7000 words long preview and analysis has predicted Ding Liren as the winner of Candidates 2022. See the full preview here
Our Candidates preview is live! And over 7000 words long. Look, you have 30 hours to read it before the games start, that's enough right? Okay fine, if you don't want to read a novel the raw numbers are in this tweet too. https://t.co/HaNIuGBLMF pic.twitter.com/BSwmKhk3nY
11:55 CET, Madrid
The FIDE Candidates 2022 will be full of quality video coverage. Here are just a few to mention, we will update the list as the day goes GM Polgar and GM Gustafsson / GM Daniil Yuffa and WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni / GM Benjamin Bok and team Hikaru / Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal / GM Naroditsky and WGM Skripchenko
11:31 CET, Madrid
Enter team Nakamura! What a week it has been for Hikaru. On Tuesday he joined Misfits Gaming as an influencer and content creator. On Wednesday he announced massive giveaways. And Hikaru Nakamura is in Madrid not only to compete in the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022, but he also prepared the live broadcast of the event with Team Hikaru and Benjamin Bok, Irina Krush, Fiona Steil-Antoni, Levy Rozman, Anna Rudolf, James Canty, Jennifer Shahade and Maria Emelianova. Nakamura’s first game is against Caruana and you can follow it live here
11:15 CET, Madrid
Judit Polgar will comment the Candidates for Chess24 together with Jan Gustafsson. She qualified the Candidates like this, “This will be a really juicy Candidates. I am expecting great opening ideas, a lot of freshness in the games by the new generation of players, and for all the participants to be very motivated and hungry to win!” Judit shared her expectations about Carlsen defending the title, “Do you think it is great fun to play a 6th World Championship match for him? I think no, it comes with great pressure, expectations and unbelievable stress”
11:00 CET, Madrid
We interrupt the Candidates narrative for a second, as there is an important last round of Prague Chess 2022 that just started. Follow live the Masters here where Le Quang Liem and Harikrishna are in a race for first, while the juniors keep impressing and you can follow live the Challengers here where Hans Niemann, Vincent Keymer and Nodirbek Abdusattorov are in a race for the 2700 club and battle for 2nd position in the junior rating list. Read: Hans Niemann is now the second strongest junior in the world
10:35 CET, Madrid
Here is a preview of the playing hall by David Llada. Throwback: See how the Candidates looked in 1953
Con el gran Carlos Matamoros (@carlos_set) en la sala para espectadores del #FIDECandidates pic.twitter.com/eTjkI04QPi
10:05 CET
Round 1 pairings today include Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Richard Rapport / Ding Liren – Ian Nepomniachtchi / Fabiano Caruana – Hikaru Nakamura / Teimour Radjabov – Alireza Firouzja. Each of the games will be live on Chessdom and we will also bring you a collection of the best video coverages from Grandmasters and experts for you to choose from. Round 1 will see the two players from the same country face each other to avoid possible arrangements in the last round. It is curious that Fabiano Caruana plays in R14 against Alireza Firouzja, as Caruana said at the press conference, “Firouzja’s World No 2 position was a little bit of momentum” (see the full statement of Caruana in the video here)
9:35 CET
Norway is anticipating with interest the challenger of Magnus Carlsen. But Norwegian audience has two very different scenarios in mind. “This tournament has a dimension far beyond the ordinary,” Torstein Bae says for NRK. “Two World Cup tickets can be awarded in this year’s candidate tournament. If Magnus Carlsen actually withdraws from the World Cup, he will be the winner of the candidate tournament in Madrid and the one who ends up as number two, who will be the opponent in 2023.” NKR’s article also dubs Alireza Firouzja as the favorite of the competition.
Recently Magnus Carlsen said, “I will be following the Candidates full time” See the whole interview with Carlsen here
9:14 CET, Madrid
You are looking for a ticket to attend the Candidates? There are none! The Candidates were sold out long ago. But you still have a chance to feel the atmosphere as the organizers are creating a special fan zone. Attendees will enjoy surprise visits by prominent personalities from the chess world, including grandmasters, famous commentators and streamers, and other enigmatic guests. Fun may continue even after the conclusion of the Candidates games, with a friendly banter blitz among the guests. See more about the fan zone here
8:51 CET, Madrid
The Candidates 2022 in Madrid are unpredictable. This opinion is shared by the majority of chess fans around the world. We have not had such contested Candidates since London 2013, and this is bringing records before the event even starts. @olimpiuurcan explains the tension perfectly with one photo. Chess is a tough game, but these Candidates can prove to be on another level. The tension of this tournament is surpassed only by the world championship match
Magnus Carlsen after winning that rollercoaster Candidates tournament in April 2013 in London, photographed by Morten Rakke. pic.twitter.com/fCyrL95WDu
8:31 CET, Madrid
The weather at this time in Madrid is quite nice for a walk with the outside temperature being 25 degrees Celsius (77 degrees Farenheit). But this is quickly about to change as temperatures around the start of round 1 of the Candidates are going to break 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Farenheit). We wrote earlier about the heat wave that is tormenting Spain at this moment. But even in this extreme heat, Ljubomir Ljubojevic is walking on Madrid’s streets in a suit. Ljubojevic is roaming the streets of the city for a few days now after he arrived earlier this week with Richard Rapport (pictured together here)
8:15 CET, Madrid
Vishy Anand also shared his opinion on the upcoming Candidates, “Obviously these are the best chess players on the planet, with the exception of Magnus. What makes it especially interesting is that this is the first Candidates after the pandemic, and we also have people who are coming after very long breaks: Ding and Hikaru have played relatively little over-the-board chess for a long time; Then we have a lot of the newcomers: Rapport, Firouzja, Duda; Plus experienced players like Caruana who played last several Candidates. So there is a very exciting field with a lot of question marks hanging over everyone and that makes it particularly intriguing in the beginning. I think the first few rounds you really want to see who is in the best shape, because I can’t predict it at all.” See all that Vishy says about the Candidates here
8:00 CET, Madrid
We start the day with Alexander Grischuk. He talked to RIA Novosti about the chances of Ian Nepomniachtchi in the Candidates and shared, “The political situation in the world and the ban on Russian players from international sports competitions will not affect the chances of Ian Nepomniachtchi in the Candidates Tournament. Ian has decent chances to win the tournament, I would say 15%, maybe even 20%. The composition of the tournament is very balanced. The only players who I do not believe that can win the event are Radjabov and Rapport. Everyone else can win, there is no clear favorite.” Earlier comments by Grischuk on Krajakin and the Candidates here
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