Duda
Nepo
1/2
1/2
R14
Liren
Nakamura
1
0
R14 LIVE
Caruana
Firouzja
0
1
R14
Rapport
Radjabov
0
1
R14
Radjabov
Caruana
1/2
1/2
R13
Firouzja
Liren
1/2
1/2
R13
Nakamura
Duda
1
0
R13
Nepo
Rapport
1/2
1/2
R13
Nepo
Nakamura
1/2
1/2
R12
Duda
Firouzja
1/2
1/2
R12
Liren
Radjabov
0
1
R12
Rapport
Caruana
1/2
1/2
R12
Duda
Nepo
1/2
1/2
R14
Liren
Nakamura
1
0
R14 LIVE
Caruana
Firouzja
0
1
R14
Rapport
Radjabov
0
1
R14
Radjabov
Caruana
1/2
1/2
R13
Firouzja
Liren
1/2
1/2
R13
Nakamura
Duda
1
0
R13
Nepo
Rapport
1/2
1/2
R13
Nepo
Nakamura
1/2
1/2
R12
Duda
Firouzja
1/2
1/2
R12
Liren
Radjabov
0
1
R12
Rapport
Caruana
1/2
1/2
R12
Caruana
Liren
0
1
R11
Radjabov
Duda
1/2
1/2
R11
Firouzja
Nepo
0
1
R11
Nakamura
Rapport
1/2
1/2
R11
Nakamura
Firouzja
1
0
R10
Nepo
Radjabov
1/2
1/2
R10
Duda
Caruana
1
0
R10
Rapport
Liren
0
1
R10
Liren
Duda
1
0
R9
Caruana
Nepo
1/2
1/2
R9
Radjabov
Nakamura
1
0
R9
Firouzja
Rapport
1
0
R9
Firouzja
Radjabov
1/2
1/2
R8
Nakamura
Caruana
1
0
R8
Nepo
Liren
1/2
1/2
R8
Rapport
Duda
1
0
R8
Caruana
Radjabov
1
0
R7
Liren
Firouzja
1/2
1/2
R7
Duda
Nakamura
1/2
1/2
R7
Rapport
Nepo
0
1
R7
Nepo
Duda
1
0
R6
Nakamura
Liren
1/2
1/2
R6
Firouzja
Caruana
0
1
R6
Radjabov
Rapport
1/2
1/2
R6
Nakamura
Nepo
1/2
1/2
R5
Firouzja
Duda
1/2
1/2
R5
Radjabov
Liren
1/2
1/2
R5
Caruana
Rapport
1/2
1/2
R5
Liren
Caruana
1/2
1/2
R4
Duda
Radjabov
1/2
1/2
R4
Nepo
Firouzja
1
0
R4
Rapport
Nakamura
1/2
1/2
R4
Firouzja
Nakamura
1/2
1/2
R3
Radjabov
Nepo
1/2
1/2
R3
Caruana
Duda
1/2
1/2
R3
Liren
Rapport
1/2
1/2
R3
Duda
Liren
1/2
1/2
Nepo
Caruana
1/2
1/2
Nakamura
Radjabov
1
0
Rapport
Firouzja
1/2
1/2
Radjabov
Firouzja
1/2
1/2
Caruana
Nakamura
1
0
Liren
Nepo
0
1
Duda
Rapport
1/2
1/2
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
Today in Chess: FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 R14 recap
Ian Nepomniachtchi seals the tournament victory with a rocky draw against Jan-Krzysztof Duda, putting a historical Candidates score 9,5 points out of 14 in the books. Ding Liren beats Hikaru Nakamura in a rollercoaster of a game to claim the second place.
Round 14 results:
Richard Rapport – Teimour Radjabov 0-1
Fabiano Caruana – Alireza Firouzja 0-1
Ding Liren – Hikaru Nakamura 1-0
Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Ian Nepomniachtchi 1/2-1/2
Meanwhile, Magnus Carlsen is in talks with FIDE about adjusting the World Championship format as reported by Leontxo Garcia for El Pais. Vishy Anand, former World Champion and the FIDE Deputy President for the upcoming elections, talked about the new developments and much more during his guest appearance on the Today in Chess broadcast.
Ding Liren – Hikaru Nakamura 1-0
The key game of the last round was initially developing well for Hikaru Nakamura, who needed just a draw to secure the second place. He managed to neutralize Ding’s opening advantage quite easily, landing the game into a balanced, almost symmetrical, endgame. Everything seemed to be petering towards a draw, as more and more pieces got swapped.
The turning point came on move 32. After Ding offered to repeat moves once (most likely just testing Nakamura, not with a true intent to draw the game), Nakamura sidestepped with the active 32…Bh4 move, but mixed up something and couple of moves later moved the bishop back in panic with 35…Bd8, which tured out to be the real mistake. Ding Liren stabilized a big advantage after the first time control.
It was only a matter of time before his dominating position, even if the material was equal, materialized into a full point. A great performance for Ding considering his terrible start into the tournament; it was impossible to imagine him finishing in clear second place after starting with one loss and 7 draws in a row.
Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Ian Nepomniachtchi ½-½
Similarly to the previous edition of the Candidates, Nepomniachtchi was extremely shaky once the tension was gone after winning with a round to spare. Jan-Krzysztof Duda managed to punch a hole in his solid preparation in Petroff defense and come out with a courageous attack on the kingside, bringing the tournament winner to the brink of his first loss in the tournament.
Nevertheless, the young Pole, who had a tough second half of the tournament, was not precise enough and instead of the critical 23.Rxd8+ followed by 24.Rd1, he decided to force the matter. Flashy bishop sacrifice led only to simplifications, though, and players soon found themselves in a drawish endgame — the scoresheet was signed a couple of moves later after massive exchanges, with no mating material left on the board.
The last bits of pressure have fallen off the new challenger after the game ended: “Now it’s time [to enjoy]. I won’t tell you [what my plans for the evening are]. (…) I will have about a 10 days break [before the Grand Chess Tour starts], to exhale a little bit. I will see, but I’m looking forward, finally some games without huge pressure.”
Richard Rapport – Teimour Radjabov 0-1
Teimour Radjabov had a surprisingly good tournament after a couple of dry years, not playing classical chess much and showing a particularly bad performance just a couple of weeks before in Stavanger during Norway Chess. Taking down Nakamura and Ding in the second half, trying to keep matters as solid as possible throughout the tournament, he took on Richard Rapport with the black pieces.
The Hungarian cannot be overly satisfied with his performance — especially the unnecessary loss against Nepomniachtchi in Round 7 that will enter the books. He tried to push his luck one more time and got a very perspective position with quite some creative middlegame play. He was just the precise 20.h4! move away from starting a powerful attack against Radjabov’s king.
But he took the creative spirit too far and overpressed with 20.Ng5? piece sacrifice. Black was clearly not comfortable at all and Radjabov was shaking his head a lot, and gradually repelled Rapport’s attack while keeping the material advantage. There were ways to put up more resistance from White’s side, but never enough compensation for the piece. Instead, Rapport quickly collapsed and the third victory helped Radjabov to climb to the shared 3rd place.
Fabiano Caruana – Alireza Firouzja 0-1
Both players must have been terribly disappointed with the tournament — Fabiano Caruana had a great start into the tournament and was сhasing Ian Nepomniachtchi until his loss against Nakamura in round 8. On the opposing side, Alireza Firouzja was one of the biggest favorites on paper, yet his Candidates performance was underwhelming from start to finish.
Fabiano Caruana got a nice Anti-Berlin position and it seemed like a one-sided game after he managed to install an invulnerable knight on e4 in the middlegame. Yet he decided to go for complications, giving up all his positional pluses and opening the position. Soon, the tables turned completely and Firouzja was clearly winning.
It seemed like a futile defensive task for the American, but he managed to create sufficient counter-chances and actually bring the game back into drawish territory. Unfortunately for him, he slipped at the last moment, on the second time control move and lost his last pawn, allowing Firouzja to win in this marathon endgame.
Replay the broadcast from round 14 here.
Congratulations to the winner Ian Nepomniachtchi for his brilliant performance, and to the runner-up Ding Liren for his incredible comeback. We will see whether we’ll finally have a rematch between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi, or a match between Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren — that mystery is yet to unfold!
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