The FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022 takes place from the 17th of June to the 5th of July in Madrid, Spain, deciding the challenger of World Champion Magnus Carlsen in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2023.
The tournament is played as a double Round-robin with 14 rounds.
Time control is 120 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move 61.
Players cannot draw by agreement before black ́s 40th move.
In the case of a tie for first place after 14 rounds, a playoff is played.
The total prize fund is 500.000$.
PLAYERS:
Fabiano Caruana
Hikaru Nakamura
Alireza Firouzja
Jan Krzysztof Duda
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Richard Rapport
Ding Liren
Teimour Radjabov
PGN:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 f6 14. Nf1 fxe5 15. Kg1 Qd6 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Bb3 Rad8 18. Qe1 Na5 19. Qf2 Nb7 20. Re1 c5 21. Ng3 Bd3 22. Qd2 c4 23. Bd1 Rd7 24. Bf2 Rdf7 25. Nh1 e4 26. Nd4 Qg6 27. h4 Nc5 28. h5 Qd6 29. Bg4 h6 30. Qe3 Qf4 31. Qxf4 Rxf4 32. Ne6 Nxe6 33. Bxe6+ Kh7 34. Bxd5 R8f5 35. Bc6 Rxh5 36. Bd4 Rhf5 37. Nf2 Rf7 38. b4 h5 39. a4 bxa4 40. Bxa4 h4 41. Be3 R4f5 42. Ra1 h3 43. Ra2 hxg2 44. Bd1 R7f6 45. Bg4 Rd5 46. Kxg2 Rg6 47. Kg3 Bf1 48. Bd4 Bd3 49. Kf4 Kg8 50. Bf5 Rh6 51. Ng4 Rhd6 52. Ne3 Rb5 53. Bc5 Rf6 54. Ke5 Kf7 55. Nd5 Rxf5+ 56. Kxf5 e3+ 57. Ke5 e2 58. Bf2 Rb8 59. Be1 Re8+ 60. Kf4 g5+ 61. Kg3 Re6 62. Kf2 Rh6 63. Ke3 Re6+ 64. Kf2 Rh6 65. Ne3 Rf6+ 66. Kg3 Rf1 67. Ng2 Rf6 68. Bf2 Kg6 69. Ra5 Re6 70. Ne1 Bf5 71. Nf3 Rd6 72. Nd4 Bd3 73. Re5 Kf6 74. Nf3 1-0
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