FIDE Candidates 2024 (14)
Gukesh is the youngest ever winner of the Candidates at 17 years old
Mark Crowther – Monday 22nd April 2024
Dommaraju Gukesh won the FIDE Candidates at the age of 17 years old. He comfortably held a draw against Hikaru Nakamura in the final round of the event. Fabiano Caruana built up a winning position against double defending champion Ian Nepomaniachtchi but a blunder on the first move after first time control allowed a draw and Gukesh’s victory. Gukesh should play Ding Liren later in the year for the World Title. Ding seems to have had some kind of personal crisis since taking the title and has hardly played, and when he has it’s not been very good play.
| 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. | Gukesh, D | g | IND | 2743 | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2847 |
| 2. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2789 | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8½ | 2818 |
| 3. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2758 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 8½ | 2823 |
| 4. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2803 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 8½ | 2816 |
| 5. | Praggnanandhaa, R | g | IND | 2747 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2744 |
| 6. | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | g | IND | 2727 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 6 | 2697 |
| 7. | Firouzja, Alireza | g | FRA | 2760 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | * | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2640 |
| 8. | Abasov, Nijat | g | AZE | 2632 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | * | 3½ | 2568 |
| Round 14 (April 21, 2024) | ||||||
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| Nakamura, Hikaru | – Gukesh, D | ½-½ | 71 | D26 | QGA | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | – Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ½-½ | 109 | D35 | QGD Exchange | |
| Firouzja, Alireza | – Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | ½-½ | 14 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Abasov, Nijat | – Praggnanandhaa, R | 0-1 | 52 | E68 | King’s Indian Fianchetto | |
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