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 OF THE GAME:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 g5 10. b4 Ng4 11. Re2 Qf6 12. Qe1 Qg7 13. Nf1 O-O 14. Ng3 Ne7 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. Ra3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. h3 Ne5 20. Ba2 c5 21. bxc5 Bxc5 22. Rb3 b5 23. Nf5 Qf6 24. Kh2 bxa4 25. Rg3 Kh7 26. Qd1 Bd7 27. Rc2 Bxf5 28. exf5 Rab8 29. Qh5 Rg8 30. Bb2 Rge8 31. Bc1 Rg8 32. Bb2 Rge8 33. Bc1 1/2-1/2
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