Candidates Tournament

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…

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…

Tan Zhongyi remained in the sole lead after five played rounds in the Women’s Candidates Tournament 2024, keeping her half-a-point advantage over Aleksandra Goryachkina. With all four draws in the…

17-year-old Indian prodigy Gukesh D caught Ian Nepomniachtchi in the lead of the Candidates Tournament 2024 in the fifth round. Gukesh scored his second victory in the tournament to tie…

The first free day of the Candidates Tournament 2024 concluded and the players are back in the office today! Ian Nepomniachtchi emerged as the sole leader of the Men’s event…