Candidates
![GM Anish Giri in Round 9 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/candidates-giri.jpg.webp?itok=2hQ4OLD2)
The Dutch super-GM scored the only full point of the day and rejoins a pack of players chasing leader GM Ian Nepomniatchtchi in Yekaterinburg, Russia… Read More »
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For the eight installment of his “Candidates Game of the Day” series, GM Jacob Aagaard has analyzed GM Fabiano Caruana's smashing victory over GM… Read More »
![Fabiano Caruana in the eighth round of the FIDE Candidates Tournament](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/caruanacandidates.jpg.webp?itok=rZObkcJq)
World No. 2 Fabiano Caruana turned 13 months of preparation into one of the best games of the year, taking down co-leader Maxime Vachier Lagrave in… Read More »
![Ben Johnson, host of the Perpetual Chess Podcast](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/benjohnsoncropped.jpg.webp?itok=H1Xy9i-F)
The Perpetual Chess Podcast host handicaps the Candidates Tournament and gives the players' odds as the next challenger to World Champion Magnus… Read More »
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Make sure you add #PodcastTuesday to your calendar, especially during this time when many of us are practicing social distancing. Every… Read More »
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With the postponement of the remainder of the 2020 Candidates until a time to be determined, GM Jacob Aagaard recorded one last video with CLO… Read More »
![Aagaard for CLO](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/wp-thumbnails/Aagaard-for-CLO.png.webp?itok=bKLhQ1E4)
For the seventh installment of his “Candidates Game of the Day” series, GM Jacob Aagaard has analyzed Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's huge victory over co-… Read More »
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GM Jacob Aagaard spoke to CLO Digital Editor John Hartmann on Tuesday about the current state of play at the 2020 Candidates, including discussion of… Read More »
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For the sixth installment of his “Candidates Game of the Day” series, GM Jacob Aagaard has analyzed Ian Nepomniachtchi's Round 6 victory over Ding… Read More »
![Nepo-Ding Rd6 2020 Cand (Ootes)](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/wp-thumbnails/Nepo-Ding-Rd6-2020-Cand-Ootes.jpg.webp?itok=wZzpDBHm)
Ian Nepomniachtchi will certainly enjoy his rest day on Tuesday, having won Monday’s game against Ding Liren to put him in first place at the 2020… Read More »