Round 13 | Ian Nepomniachtchi vs 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura
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Pairings | Round 13 | Women's #FIDECandidates

Pairings | Round 13 | #FIDECandidates

The #FIDECandidates Tournaments and the Women's Candidates Tournaments, currently underway in Toronto, feature an array of exciting activities and side events.
👉 One of them is an exhibition in the fan zone presenting the history of Candidates Tournaments. 
Read more at 🔗

It is National Volunteer Week in Canada, and we would like to once again thank all the volunteers for their dedication throughout the 2024 #FIDECandidates ! 😍 ♟️

📷 Michal Walusza

If you could play against any historical player, who would it be? 🤩

10 of the #FIDECandidates players gave the same answer: Bobby Fischer! Who is your pick? 🤔

FIDE elevates chess standards improving regulations for arbiters

FIDE has outlined 28 key international events, detailing their duration, structure, and arbiters' reimbursements based on multiple criteria, including, among others, tournament category, days and length of

European Women’s Championship starts in Rhodes

The European Women’s Chess Championship 2024 began this Friday in Rhodes, Greece, with the drawing of lots. In the presence of the Chief Arbiter Aleksandra Dimitrijevic, former Women’s World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova picked a

The second stop for the 'Capture' exhibition is Casablanca, Morocco 🇲🇦!

More than a traditional exhibition, 'Capture' is a project by photographer Stev Bonhage challenging the conventional perception of chess.

Visitors are invited to experience 'Capture' in Casablanca May

Four in the race for first in FIDE Candidates; Tan solely on top in Women’s event

The FIDE Candidates Tournament is getting more and more exciting with each and every passing day. Round 12 once again brought us a myriad of decisive results and the race for first remains wide

'Experience! Between Fabiano, myself and Ian, we all have so much experience. All three of us are used to this situation to some degree', Hikaru Nakamura about which factor is the most important to win the #FIDECandidates .

Watch the press conference 👇
🔗 youtube.com/watch?v=WbxQjz…

Happy 55th Birthday to the 8th Women's World Champion, Susan Polgar! Susan Polgar 🎉🎂

Did you know she's a multiple-time Olympic medalist and was the third woman ever to be awarded the Grandmaster title (1991)?
Also, she became the world's top-ranked female chess player at the

Irina Krush and Aman Hambleton take us through the most exciting moments of round 12 of the #FIDECandidates 👇
🔗 youtu.be/0F2Q7yEAbgs

Vaishali Rameshbabu: 'Whenever I get up from the board, the first board I check is Pragg's game; I mean what he is doing, and I think it's the same with him.'

Watch the interview 👇
🔗 youtu.be/IB9V622clng
📷 Michal Walusza #FIDECandidates

Fabiano Caruana: 'There is no better scenario for me than to play a tiebreak in the current situation.' #FIDECandidates

📷 Maria Emelianova

Standings | After Round 12 | #FIDECandidates

There is a three-way tie for first between Ian Nepomniachtchi, 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura and 🇮🇳 Gukesh D with two rounds to go. 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana closely follows with half a point less.

Standings | After Round 12 | Women’s #FIDECandidates

🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi maintains the sole lead with 8/12. 🇨🇳 Lei Tingjie closely follows with 7.5/12.

Results | Round 12 | Women’s #FIDECandidates

🇧🇬 Nurgyul Salimova ½-½ 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi
Kateryna Lagno ½-½ 🇨🇳 Lei Tingjie
🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk 0-1 🇮🇳 Vaishali Rameshbabu
Aleksandra Goryachkina ½-½ 🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru

Results | Round 12 | #FIDECandidates

Ian Nepomniachtchi ½-½ 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R
🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura 1-0 🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja
🇦🇿 Nijat Abasov 0-1 🇮🇳 Gukesh D
🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana 1-0 🇮🇳 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi

🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (2803) defeats 🇮🇳 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (2727), and is now trailing the leaders by half a point.

Round 12 #FIDECandidates
📷 Michal Walusza