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🇮🇳 Gukesh D wins the #FIDECandidates 2024 and the right to challenge the reigning World Champion 🇨🇳 Ding Liren for the title! 🏆 Congratulations! 👏 📷 Michal Walusza

🇮🇳 Gukesh D, winner of the 2024 #FIDECandidates , at a fan meetup in Trinity Bellwoods Park, 🇨🇦 Toronto, organised by ChessBase India! Gukesh chatted with small kids ... Show more

The secret to winning the FIDE Candidates Tournament? Have a birthday on May 29th!

🇮🇳 Vaishali Rameshbabu (2475) secures her 5th consecutive victory, triumphing over Kateryna Lagno (2542) in the final round. With this win ... Show more

Standings | After Round 12 | #FIDECandidates There is a three-way tie for first between Ian Nepomniachtchi, 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura and 🇮🇳 Gukesh D with two rounds to go ... Show more

🇮🇳 Gukesh D (2743) defeats 🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja (2760), reaches a score of 8.5/13 and heads into the final round of the #FIDECandidates as the sole leader ... Show more

The Heart of Indian Chess: Gukesh's Thankful Call with Amruta ✨ Gukesh: "Of course I wanted to say hi to you! How are you? [.. ... Show more   #FIDECandidates

We have our first result of the day! 🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja (2760) vs 🇮🇳 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (2727) ends in a draw. Round 14 #FIDECandidates 📷 Michal Walusza

Results | Round 14 | #FIDECandidates 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura ½-½ 🇮🇳 Gukesh D 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana ½-½ Ian Nepomniachtchi 🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja ½-½ 🇮🇳 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 🇦🇿 ... Show more

In the game between 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R (2747) and 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura (2789), it quickly reached an equal endgame with both players playing to win. However ... Show more   #FIDECandidates

🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R (2747) and 🇮🇳 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (2727) draw their game after playing a very balanced game. Round 10 #FIDECandidates 📷 Michal Walusza

🇮🇳 Vaishali Rameshbabu extends her winning streak to 4 in a row, this time against 🇨🇳 Lei Tingjie! Round 13 | Women's #FIDECandidates After Lei's loss ... Show more

We have our first result from Round 10! #FIDECandidates The game between the two co-leaders, the very experienced Ian Nepomniachtchi (2758) and 17-year-old 🇮🇳 Gukesh D ... Show more

🇮🇳 Vaishali Rameshbabu (2475) defeats 🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk (2520) with the black pieces. This is Vaishali's third consecutive win. Round 12 ... Show more   #FIDECandidates

FIDE Candidates Round 13: The calm before the storm! Nothing is clear in the FIDE Candidates! The penultimate round saw some important results ... Show more   fide.com/news/2983

Standings | After Round 9 | #FIDECandidates Ian Nepomniachtchi & 🇮🇳 Gukesh D continue to keep the lead with a score of 5.5/9. 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R follows closely with ... Show more

Results | Round 11 | #FIDECandidates 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R 0-1 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura 🇮🇳 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 0-1 Ian Nepomniachtchi 🇮🇳 Gukesh D ½-½ 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana ... Show more

The game between tournament leaders Ian Nepomniachtchi (2758) and 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura (2789) concluded in a draw, leaving both players at 8/13 heading into the ... Show more

🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru (2546) prevails over 🇨🇳 Lei Tingjie (2550) in Round 14 of the Women’s #FIDECandidates . They end their tournament on 7.5/14. 📷 Michal Walusza

Nepomniachtchi takes the sole lead in the Candidates after beating Vidit! www.chess.com/events/2024-fide-candidates-chess-tournament/04/Nepomniachtchi_Ian-Vidit_Santosh_Gujrathi

Indian Grandmaster Dommaraju Gukesh (Gukesh D) made history on Sunday by becoming the youngest winner of the Candidates tournament and the youngest challenger ... Show more   elpx.short.gy/FbF1YT

Results | Round 10 | #FIDECandidates 🇮🇳 Pragganandhaa R ½-½ 🇮🇳 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura 1-0 🇦🇿 Nijat Abasov Ian Nepomniachtchi ½-½ 🇮🇳 Gukesh D 🇺🇸 ... Show more

Round 10 FIDE Candidates & Women's Candidates Commentators: GM Viswanathan Anand & GM Irina Krush Breaking new ground, the Women’s and Open competitions ... Show more   candidates2024.fide.com/   #FIDE   #FIDECandidates

Post-game Press Conference with Gukesh after winning Round 8 of the #FIDECandidates Watch interview 🔗www.youtube.com/watch?v=https://www.youtube.com/watch 📷 Maria Emelianova

🇮🇳 Vaishali Rameshbabu (2475) secures a victory against 🇧🇬 Nurgyul Salimova (2432) in their second encounter. Vaishali displayed a strong start ... Show more   #FIDECandidates

Four in the race for first in FIDE Candidates; Tan solely on top in Women’s event The FIDE Candidates Tournament is getting more and more exciting with each ... Show more   fide.com/news/2981

The game between Ian Nepomniachtchi (2758) and 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R (2747) ends in a draw. Nepomniachtchi maintains his lead with 7.5/12 ... Show more   #FIDECandidates

Results | Round 7 | #FIDECandidates 🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja 1-0 🇮🇳 Gukesh D 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura ½-½ Ian Nepomniachtchi 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana ½-½ 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R 🇦🇿 Nijat ... Show more

Results | Round 12 | #FIDECandidates Ian Nepomniachtchi ½-½ 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura 1-0 🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja 🇦🇿 Nijat Abasov 0-1 🇮🇳 Gukesh D 🇺🇸 Fabiano ... Show more

Results | Round 14 | Women’s #FIDECandidates 🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk ½-½ 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi Kateryna Lagno 0-1 🇮🇳 Vaishali Rameshbabu 🇨🇳 Lei Tingjie 0-1 🇮🇳 Humpy ... Show more

🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R (2747) secures a draw against tournament leader Ian Nepomniachtchi (2758) after showcasing great opening preparation ... Show more   #FIDECandidates

Ian Nepomniachtchi (2758) beautifully outplays 🇮🇳 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (2727) in a Berlin endgame, securing a victory, bringing him to a score of 3/4 and is ... Show more   #FIDECandidates

🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R (2747) clinched a thrilling victory against 🇮🇳 Vidit Gujrathi (2727) in a match marked by an unorthodox opening choice—Pragg's move 4.. ... Show more   #FIDECandidates

🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja (2760) vs 🇮🇳 Gukesh D (2743) was a very double-edged game. In a tricky endgame, Gukesh blundered on time pressure ... Show more

FIDE Candidates: Two co-leaders in both tournaments going into the third rest day Open: Ian Nepomniachtchi and 🇮🇳 Gukesh D Women: 🇨🇳 Lei Tingjie and 🇨🇳 Tan ... Show more   fide.com/news/2975

The highly anticipated game between two of the youngest participants, 17-year-old 🇮🇳 Gukesh D (2743) and 18-year-old 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R (2747), ends in a draw ... Show more

Watch the post-game press conference with Ian Nepomniachtchi right after his crucial win against Vidit Gujrathi. Ian is now the sole leader of the 2024 #FIDECandidates ... Show more   www.youtube.com/watch?v=https://www.youtube.com/watch

Standings | After Round 7 | #FIDECandidates Ian Nepomniachtchi leads the pack after 7 rounds with 4.5 points, closely followed by 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana, 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa ... Show more

Standings | After Round 5 | #FIDECandidates 🇮🇳 Gukesh D joins Ian Nepomniachtchi in the lead with 3.5 points each.

#WATCH | Winner of the FIDE Candidates 2024, Grandmaster #GukeshD receives a grand welcome as he arrives in #Chennai .

🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi (2521) bounces back from yesterday's loss by defeating 🇮🇳 Vaishali Rameshbabu (2475) in 21 moves in Round 9 of the Women’s #FIDECandidates ... Show more

In the game between 🇮🇳 Gukesh D (2743) and 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (2803), they settled for a draw after starting with the QGD exchange variation ... Show more   #FIDECandidates

Results | Round 4 | #FIDECandidates 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura ½-½ 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R Ian Nepomniachtchi 1-0 🇮🇳 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana ½-½ 🇮🇳 Gukesh D ... Show more

Indian GM Arjun Erigaisi is up to World no. 5 on the live rating list after his latest win in the Menorca Open! www.chess.com/events/2024-menorca-open/08/Erigaisi_Arjun-Aryan_Chopra

🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi (2521) and 🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru (2546) draw their game after a long-played rook endgame. With this draw, other players have their chance to catch up ... Show more   #FIDECandidates

Results | Round 11 | Women’s #FIDECandidates 🇨🇳 Lei Tingjie ½-½ 🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi 1-0 Kateryna Lagno 🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru 1-0 🇧🇬 Nurgyul Salimova 🇮🇳 ... Show more

Praggnanandhaa after playing a messy game in Round 6!🔥 He also happened to play 4…f5 in Round 3. #FIDECandidates

Standings | After Round 6 | #FIDECandidates Ian Nepomniachtchi and 🇮🇳 Gukesh D continue to keep the lead with 4 points each.

🇮🇳 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (2727) continues to play exciting chess. He found the best move on move 14.e5 and put 🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja (2760) in a challenging ... Show more   #FIDECandidates

🇮🇳 Gukesh D (2743) needs to make 18 more moves in 23 minutes to reach the second time control. Will he make it safely? #FIDECandidates

We have our first result of the day!Aleksandra Goryachkina vs 🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru concludes in a draw. Both of them are now on 6 points each. Round 12 ... Show more   #FIDECandidates

Round 5 FIDE Candidates & Women's Candidates Commentators: GM Viswanathan Anand & GM Irina Krush Breaking new ground, the Women’s and Open competitions ... Show more   candidates2024.fide.com/   #FIDE   #FIDECandidates

Ian Nepomniachtchi reacting to Praggnanandhaa's 4...f5. #FIDECandidates 📷 John Upper

🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru (2546) beats country-mate 🇮🇳 Vaishali Rameshbabu (2475). Vaishali was in a tough spot and managed to equalise but eventually blundered ... Show more   #FIDECandidates

🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru (2546) vs 🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk (2520) ends in a draw. Round 13, Women’s #FIDECandidates 📷 Michal Walusza

Round 10 kicks off with Raj Viswanathan, Chief Financial Officer at Scotiabank, making the ceremonial first move in the game between 🇮🇳 Praggnanadhaa R vs 🇮🇳 ... Show more

The highly anticipated matchup between 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura and 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R concludes in a draw, highlighting a balanced encounter between experience and ... Show more   #FIDECandidates