Commentary team: IM Daniel Rensch, and IM Almira Skripchenko. Interviews by WGM Dina Belenkaya.
The FIDE Candidates Tournament is the ultimate qualifier for the FIDE World Championship. Eight prominent grandmasters compete for a top spot in this double round-robin (all play all) event in Madrid, Spain, from 16 June to 5 July 2022. The winner qualifies to face the reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen in the match for the chess crown. The total prize fund is 500,000 Euros.
Players:
Ding Liren (2806)
Alireza Firouzja (2793)
Fabiano Caruana (2783)
Ian Nepomniachtchi (2766)
Richard Rapport (2764)
Hikaru Nakamura (2760)
Teimour Radjabov (2753)
Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2750)