FIDE Candidates 2024 (Games and Results)
FIDE Candidates 2024
Mark Crowther – Tuesday 2nd April 2024
The FIDE Candidates tournament takes place in The Great Hall in Toronto, Canada. Round 1 is on Thursday 4th April and the final Round is Sunday 21st April with tie-breaks on the 22nd April if required. Play starts at 14:30 local time which is 19:30 BST. The winner will play Ding Liren in a match for the World Chess Championship later this year.
Players: Ian Nepomniachtchi, R Praggnanandhaa, Fabiano Caruana, Nijat Abasov, Vidit Gujrathi, Hikaru Nakamura, Gukesh D , Alireza Firouzja. The event is a double round robin, the Indian and US players will play each other early in each cycle.
The first round of the FIDE Candidates in Toronto, Canada, saw all four games drawn. The players will no doubt all be glad
to get off the mark. Players from the same country meet as early as possible in each cycle of this double round robin
setting up USA-USA and India-India first round ties.
Fabiano Caruana had the best chance to win after Hikaru Nakamura gave
him a rather stable advantage out of the opening. 23…Rxf2? from Nakamura was an interesting
tactic but a mistake but Caruana couldn’t find the right way and his advantage dribbled away.
Neither Alireza Firouzja of Praggnanandhaa backed away from a double edged battle and that
game finished in a draw by perpetual. D Gukesh and Santosh Vidit drew a Semi-Tarrasch
the rather shocking 17…Bg4 persuaded Gukesh to repeat for a draw straight away.
Defending champion Ian Nepomniachtchi had a comfortable draw with black against
Nijat Abasov.
Round 2 5th April at 19:30BST:
Nakamura-Vidit,
Praggnanandhaa-Gukesh,
Nepomniachtchi-Firouzja,
Caruana-Abasov.
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| FIDE Candidates 2024 Toronto CAN (CAN), 3-26 iv 2024 | cat. XX (2745) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2803 | * | * | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | 2789 |
| 2. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2789 | ½ | . | * | * | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | 2803 |
| 3. | Firouzja, Alireza | g | FRA | 2760 | . | . | . | . | * | * | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | 2747 |
| 4. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2758 | . | . | . | . | . | . | * | * | . | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | . | ½ | 2632 |
| 5. | Praggnanandhaa, R | g | IND | 2747 | . | . | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | * | * | . | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | 2760 |
| 6. | Gukesh, D | g | IND | 2743 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | * | * | ½ | . | . | . | ½ | 2727 |
| 7. | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | g | IND | 2727 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | . | * | * | . | . | ½ | 2743 |
| 8. | Abasov, Nijat | g | AZE | 2632 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | * | * | ½ | 2758 |
| Round 1 (April 4, 2024) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caruana, Fabiano | – Nakamura, Hikaru | ½-½ | 41 | B56 | Sicilian Defence | |
| Firouzja, Alireza | – Praggnanandhaa, R | ½-½ | 39 | C83 | Ruy Lopez Open | |
| Gukesh, D | – Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | ½-½ | 21 | D32 | Tarrasch Defence | |
| Abasov, Nijat | – Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ½-½ | 34 | D53 | Queens Gambit | |
