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HomeCandidates 2016

Candidates 2016

Everything relevant to the candidates tournaments and participants. This procedure determines the next challenger to the World Champion.

Giri, Caruana, Aronian, Svidler, Anand, Nakamura, Topalov, Karjakin battle it out in Moscow.Official logo © http://moscow2016.fide.com/
Candidates 2016

Sergey Karjakin Wins FIDE Candidates Tournament 2016

April 13, 2016 John Lee Shaw
Magnus Carlsen’s challenger for the Chess World Championship will be Russia’s Sergey Karjakin. Karjakin, 26, claimed his place opposite the World Champion, by winning the FIDE Candidates Tournament in Moscow, which has just recently been completed. Karjakin was in joint lead of the tournament, going into the final round, which […check it out!]
Giri, Caruana, Aronian, Svidler, Anand, Nakamura, Topalov, Karjakin battle it out in Moscow.Official logo © http://moscow2016.fide.com/
Candidates 2016

Candidates Tournament 2016: Round 13, Nakamura Beats Topalov

April 13, 2016 John Lee Shaw
Round 13 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2016, was played on Sunday 27th March. The players had enjoyed their final rest day, (some more than others I imagine), the day before, and there was an air of excitement going in to this, the penultimate round. The tournament was looking like […check it out!]
Giri, Caruana, Aronian, Svidler, Anand, Nakamura, Topalov, Karjakin battle it out in Moscow.Official logo © http://moscow2016.fide.com/
Candidates 2016

Candidates Tournament 2016: Round 12, Karjakin and Caruana Lead, 2 Rounds Remain.

April 13, 2016 John Lee Shaw
Round 12 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2016, was played on Friday 25th March. The tournament was in its closing stages, and this round would really turn the heat up somewhat. Going into the round, Viswanathan Anand was joint leader. His victory over Sergey Karjakin in the previous round, gave […check it out!]
Giri, Caruana, Aronian, Svidler, Anand, Nakamura, Topalov, Karjakin battle it out in Moscow.Official logo © http://moscow2016.fide.com/
Candidates 2016

Candidates Tournament 2016: Round 11, Anand Beats Karjakin, Svidler Also Wins.

March 26, 2016 John Lee Shaw
The eleventh round of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2016, took place on Thursday 24th March. It would see quite an eventful round with two decisive games. Among them, would be Peter Svidler’s first full point of the tournament. The Russian played the black side of a Slav Defence against Levon […check it out!]
Giri, Caruana, Aronian, Svidler, Anand, Nakamura, Topalov, Karjakin battle it out in Moscow.Official logo © http://moscow2016.fide.com/
Candidates 2016

Candidates Tournament 2016: Round 10, Caruana Catches Anand in Prepared Net

March 24, 2016 John Lee Shaw
Round 10 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2016 took place on Wednesday 23rd March. Fabiano Caruana, came out obviously refreshed after the rest day and took his second win of the tournament. Following up his round eight win over Hikaru Nakamura, he took a point from former World Champion, Viswanathan […check it out!]
Giri, Caruana, Aronian, Svidler, Anand, Nakamura, Topalov, Karjakin battle it out in Moscow.Official logo © http://moscow2016.fide.com/
Candidates 2016

Candidates Tournament 2016: Round 9, Anand Defeats Aronian, Joins Karjakin in Lead

March 23, 2016 John Lee Shaw
The ninth round of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2016 took place on Monday 21st March. It would be the final round before the rest day. The round would see Viswanathan Anand take his third win of the tournament, at the expense of joint-leader, Levon Aronian. The Giuoco Piano was Anand’s […check it out!]
Giri, Caruana, Aronian, Svidler, Anand, Nakamura, Topalov, Karjakin battle it out in Moscow.Official logo © http://moscow2016.fide.com/
Candidates 2016

Candidates Tournament 2016: Round 8, Caruana Wins, Joins Anand in Second

March 22, 2016 John Lee Shaw
Round 8 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2016, took place on Sunday 20th March. A bit of a buzz was starting around the chess world, with the feeling that there had been something of a change of atmosphere, that the players were beginning to stake their claims. Would this be […check it out!]
Giri, Caruana, Aronian, Svidler, Anand, Nakamura, Topalov, Karjakin battle it out in Moscow.Official logo © http://moscow2016.fide.com/
Candidates 2016

Candidates Tournament 2016: Round 7, Nakamura Wins, Karjakin & Aronian Stay Top

March 21, 2016 John Lee Shaw
The FIDE Candidates Tournament 2016, resumed after the second rest day, on Friday 19th March, with the seventh of fourteen rounds. Of course, Hikaru Nakamura had had a tough day at the office in the previous round, and so needed to regain some confidence. And this is what he seemed […check it out!]
Giri, Caruana, Aronian, Svidler, Anand, Nakamura, Topalov, Karjakin battle it out in Moscow.Official logo © http://moscow2016.fide.com/
Candidates 2016

Candidates Tournament 2016: Round 6, Aronian Joins Karjakin in Lead

March 20, 2016 John Lee Shaw
The sixth round of the FIDE Candidates Tournament, 2016, took place on Thursday 17th March. It would be the final round before the second rest day. I think it’s fair to say that Viswanathan Anand has been lacking some confidence as of late. A couple of World Championship defeats, and […check it out!]
Giri, Caruana, Aronian, Svidler, Anand, Nakamura, Topalov, Karjakin battle it out in Moscow.Official logo © http://moscow2016.fide.com/
Candidates 2016

Candidates Tournament 2016: Round 5, Karjakin Holds Topalov and Maintains Lead

March 17, 2016 John Lee Shaw
The FIDE Candidates Tournament 2016, is currently underway in Moscow, Russia. Round 5 was held on the 16th of March. So far the tournament had seen a pattern of one decisive game among three draws, but in this round the pattern would be broken and all points would be halved. […check it out!]

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Radoslaw Wojtaszek Wins Biel 2020

Biel 2020
August 10, 2020
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament will be held 12-28 January 2018 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. | photo © www.tatasteelchess.com

Tata Steel 2020, Rd 10: Carlsen Wins Again. Caruana Retains Lead After Beating Firouzja

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2020
January 23, 2020

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  • The Tata Steel Chess Tournament will be held 12-28 January 2018 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. | photo © www.tatasteelchess.com

    The World Champion stamps some authority in this game, against the player many are tipping to be a future challenger and successor. The other games are drawn, Caruana leads. The Challengers group sees a 3-way tie at the top.

    Tata Steel 2020, Rd 9: Carlsen Beats Firouzja, Caruana Leads
    January 22, 2020
  • The Tata Steel Chess Tournament will be held 12-28 January 2018 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. | photo © www.tatasteelchess.com

    Fabiano outplays Vishy in the endgame to take the point, he leads with Alireza Firouzja on 5.5/8. Artemiev collapses against Carlsen, who notches up a rather comfortable point. Duda and Kovalev also win. Eljanov remains in the lead of the Challengers, which sees 4 games decided.

    Tata Steel 2020, Rd 8: Caruana Beats Anand, Joins Firouzja In The Lead
    January 20, 2020
  • The Tata Steel Chess Tournament will be held 12-28 January 2018 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. | photo © www.tatasteelchess.com

    Tussle of the 'born in the 2000s' goes the way of the Iranian as his American opponent falters. Points also go to Caruana and van Foreest. Vishy Anand survives against Magnus Carlsen. Things largely unchanged in the Challengers as Sarin beats Saduakassova, Eljanov still at the top of the standings.

    Tata Steel 2020, Rd 7: Firouzja Beats Xiong To Take Sole Lead
    January 19, 2020
  • The Tata Steel Chess Tournament will be held 12-28 January 2018 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. | photo © www.tatasteelchess.com

    2018's World Championship rivals, are again not to be separated. Anish Giri recovers his point from round 5, at the cost of Vladislav Kovalev, while Daniil Dubov sees Vladislav Artemiev strategically wanting. The Challengers group sees 3 decided games, Eljanov leads.

    Tata Steel 2020, Rd 6: Points Go To Giri and Dubov as Carlsen-Caruana Is A Dud Again
    January 18, 2020
  • The Tata Steel Chess Tournament will be held 12-28 January 2018 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. | photo © www.tatasteelchess.com

    Round 5 takes place away from Wijk aan Zee, at the stadium of football team, PSV Einhoven. It sees Firouzja take his 3rd win in 5 games, notching up a performance rating of 2854 so far. Xiong suffers at the hands of Anand. The Challengers group sees 6 of the 7 games decided.

    Tata Steel 2020, Rd 5: Firouzja Wins Again To Share Lead With So, Anand Beats Xiong
    January 17, 2020

Annotated Game

  • Annotated Classic Game | Hot Off The Chess, www.hotoffthechess.com

    Weak colour complexes and poor development, see Black in a positional strangle-hold ... and a victorious King march by White.

    Short vs Timman, Tilburg 1991
    August 17, 2017

In The Archive

  • Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2016: Playing Schedule
    January 16, 2016
  • Event being held until 28th October. Aronian, Giri, Vachier-Lagrave lead a very strong field. Kramnik, Anand, Grischuk also compete. Giri takes a point in round two and is on 1.5/2, as is Anand who had another tough round. Aronian and Vachier-Lagrave top the standings on 2/2, along with 17 others.

    Isle of Man 2018: Top seeds win in round 2, including Giri. Anand and Kramnik struggle to draws.
    October 23, 2018
  • top seed, M. Muzychuk on just 1/4 after shaky start

    Women’s Grand Prix, Batumi: Four Lead At First Rest Day
    April 25, 2016
  • Mark Izrailovich Dvoretsky 1947-2016
    September 26, 2016
  • Brown vs Kneebone, Exeter England 1985
    May 23, 2019
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