The Candidates Tournament 2024 kicks off today in Toronto, Canada! For the first time ever, the FIDE Candidates and the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournaments are held under the same roof, in Toronto’s Great Hall.
The events are played as 8-player round-robins, and the Winners of the event will qualify for the World Chess Championship Matches. The first round starts at 14:30 EST (local time) and the pairings are:
Candidates Tournament 2024 – R1 pairings:
Fabiano Caruana vs. Hikaru Nakamura
Nijat Abasov vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi
Alireza Firouzja vs. Praggnanandhaa R
Gukesh D vs. Vidit Gujrathi
Women’s Candidates Tournament 2024 – R1 pairings:
Aleksandra Goryachkina vs. Kateryna Lagno
Anna Muzychuk vs. Nurgyul Salimova
Lei Tingjie vs. Tan Zhongyi
Vaishali R vs. Humpy Koneru
Follow the Candidates Tournament 2024 – Round 1 live broadcast with commentaries by GM Viswanathan Anand and GM Irina Krush.
