Candidates
![2022 FIDE Candidates, Hikaru Nakamura](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/clo_2022-fide-candidates-rd8_stev-bonhage_hikaru-nakamura_750x400.jpg.webp?itok=WtfeGG4Z)
The game that garnered most of the attention this round was Nakamura-Caruana, a complicated slugfest which also had the biggest effect on the… Read More »
![2022 FIDE Candidates Round 8](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/clo_2022-fide-candidates-rd8_stev-bonhage_750x400.jpg.webp?itok=M3uhuTMf)
Here are annotations provided by GM Jacob Aagaard of the games from Round 8 of the 2022 FIDE Candidates Tournament. See our full coverage here and… Read More »
![2022 Candidates, Round 7, Fabiano Caruana](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/clo_2022-fide-candidates-rd7_bonhage_caruana_750x400.jpg.webp?itok=VJK_84KN)
Quite a round today. We’re at the halfway point and, to everyone’s amazement, Ian Nepomniatchi just keeps winning. With 5½ points out of seven rounds… Read More »
![2022 FIDE Candidates Round 7](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/clo_2022-fide-candidates_round-7_stev-bonhage_750x400.jpg.webp?itok=5XrAwqZC)
Here are annotations provided by GM Jacob Aagaard of the games from Round 7 of the 2022 FIDE Candidates Tournament. See our full coverage here and… Read More »
![Candidates Recap w/ Jacob Aagaard](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/clo-cover-recap-jacob_aagaard_post.jpg.webp?itok=PXGX29hT)
Join GM Jacob Aagaard and Chess Life Editor John Hartmann for a special recap of the first six rounds of the 2022 FIDE Candidates tournament.
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![Caruana and Firouzja arriving at the event](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/2022-candidates-rd02-fide-stev-bonhage-1.jpg.webp?itok=SzDyXrz7)
In another day of fighting chess in round two of the 2022 FIDE Candidates Tournament, GM Hikaru Nakamura showed his strength of both will and play,… Read More »
![2022 Candidates](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/clo_2022-candidates_collage_750x400.jpg.webp?itok=3fDn0egO)
So here it is: the who, what, when, and where (to watch). We’ll leave the why to you. Read More »
![2022 Candidates Preview Podcast GM Jacob Aagaard](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/clo-candidates-podcast_jacob-aagaard_750x400.png.webp?itok=_AUBOWhH)
Our bonus Candidates preview is out! Chess Life and Chess Life Online editor John Hartmann chats with GM Jacob Aagaard about the Candidates, Magnus… Read More »
![Fabiano Caruana Ian Nepo](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/caruananepo_0.jpg.webp?itok=HQqqe7cr)
World No. 2 Fabiano Caruana joins American GMs Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura in studded lineup featuring the top-10 chess players on the planet.Read… Read More »
![Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi wins the 2020-21 FIDE Candidates Tournament](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/nepocandidateswreath.jpg.webp?itok=kHdPx8RQ)
Chinese GM Wang Hao announces retirement, FIDE to revisit tiebreaker rules, and the promise of another Candidates Tournament in 2022 all marked the… Read More »