The second round of theย Candidates Tournament 2024ย spectacularly finished with six (out of eight) decisive games!
We have a four-way tie for the top in the Menโs tournament with Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Gukesh D and Vidit Santosh Gujrathi co-leading the event, whileย Tan Zhongyiย maintained the sole leadershipย in the Womenโs Candidates as the only player with the perfect 2/2 score.
The third round starts today at 14:30 EST and the pairings are:
Candidates Tournament 2024 – Round 3 pairings:
Nijat Abasov โ Hikaru Nakamura
Alireza Firouzja โ Fabiano Caruana
Gukesh D โ Ian Nepomniachtchi
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi โ Praggnanandhaa
Women’s Candidates 2024 – Round 3 pairings:
Anna Muzychuk โ Kateryna Lagno
Lei Tingjie โ Aleksandra Goryachkina
Vaishali R โ Nurgyul Salimova
Koneru Humpy โ Tan Zhongyi
