Candidates Tournament 2022
| Candidates Tournament 2022 | |
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| Location | Madrid, Spain |
| Dates | 16 June – 7 July 2022 |
| Competitors | 8 |
The 2022 Candidates Tournament will be an eight-player chess tournament, with the winner qualifying for a match for the World Chess Championship 2023.
The tournament will take place in Madrid from June 16 to July 7, 2022,[1] with the World Championship to follow in early 2023.[2] The format has not been announced, but every Candidates tournament since 2013 has been a double round-robin tournament.
Participants[]
The eight players to qualify will be:[3]
| Qualification method | Player |
|---|---|
| 2021 World Championship runner-up |  Ian Nepomniachtchi
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| Candidate nominated by FIDE |  Teimour Radjabov[a]
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| The top two finishers at the Chess World Cup 2021[b] |  Jan-Krzysztof Duda (winner)
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| Sergey Karjakin (runner-up)
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| The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2021 |  Alireza Firouzja (winner)
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 Fabiano Caruana (runner-up)
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| The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022[c] | TBD |
| TBD |
In a departure from preceding Candidates Tournaments, no player will qualify through rating.[4]
Notes[]
- ^ Radjabov had qualified for the previous Candidates Tournament, but withdrew after his request to postpone the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic was refused. With the postponement of the 2020 Candidates Tournament at the halfway point due to the pandemic until its resumption in 2021, Radjabov called for his reinstatement into the tournament. FIDE decided that it was appropriate to instead give Radjabov a direct entry into the 2022 Candidates.
- ^ The regulations stated that it would be the top two finishers other than Carlsen, Nepomniachtchi and Radjabov. (And that if all three finished in the top four of the World Cup, then the only World Cup qualifier would be the other player in the top four; and three qualifiers would come from the Grand Prix.) However none of these players reached the World Cup final: Nepomniachtchi and Radjabov elected not to play, and Carlsen lost at the semi-final stage.
- ^ The 2021 World Champion is not allowed to take part in the Grand Prix. Other players who have already qualified for the Candidates "should give up their qualification spot" if they take part in the Grand Prix.[3] Thus, the participants in the Grand Prix should not yet be qualified for the Candidates.
References[]
- ^ "Candidates Tournament To Take Place June 2022 In Madrid Sponsored By Chess.com". chess.com. December 28, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ Матч на первенство мира по шахматам ФИДЕ 2021. 10 партия., FIDE YouTube channel, December 8 2021
- ^ a b FIDE announces qualification paths for Candidates Tournament 2022, FIDE, 25 May 2021
- ^ Qualification criteria for the Candidates announced, Radjabov gets a spot, Chessbase, May 24, 2021
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