Candidates recap

Indian GM Gukesh Dommaraju has won the 2024 Candidates Chess Tournament and is the youngest player in history to qualify for the World Championship match. He will challenge Ding Liren…

Gukesh Dommaraju moved into sole lead after defeating Alireza Firouzja in round 13 of the Candidates Chess Tournament. Half a point behind are Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hikaru Nakamura, now joined…

In round 12 of the Candidates Chess Tournament Hikaru Nakamura scored his third consecutive victory, this time against Alireza Firouzja, to leap forward and catch Ian Nepomniachtchi on the top…

Former World Championship challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi won the longest game of the round 11 of Candidates Chess Tournament to seize sole lead in the event with only three rounds to…

American Grandmasters Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana won their respective games in the 10th round of the Candidates Chess Tournament 2024 to leap forward and remain within half a point…

Round nine of the Candidates Chess Tournament 2024 produced two decisive results, one of which put Tan Zhongyi in the sole lead again. Watch the recap by IM Kostya Kavutskiy:…

The first half of the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament 2024 is over and the event entered its second half with crowd on the top. Lei Tingjie defeated the sole leader…

The second half of the Candidates Tournament 2024 commenced yesterday with the eighth round. Sharp battles finished with four decisive results, with two decisive games in the Men’s event, and…

All of the games in Round 8 of the Candidates Chess Tournament started off at a slower pace. Eight solid opening lines promised a day full of positional maneuvering and…

After six played rounds in the Candidates Tournament 2024, Gukesh D and Ian Nepomniachtchi co-lead the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024 with the same score of 4 points. The sixth round…