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 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qb3 Bg4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Be7 12. Nxe4 Qxd4 13. Qxb7 Qxe4 14. Qxa8 Bh3 15. gxh3 Qg6+ 16. Kh1 Qe4+ 17. Kg1 Qg6+ 18. Kh1 Qe4+ 19. f3 Qd3 20. Kg2 Qg6+ 21. Kh1 Qd3 22. Nd2 Qd7 23. Ne4 Na6 24. Qxf8+ Bxf8 25. Bf4 Qxh3 26. Rad1 h6 27. Bg3 Nc5 28. Rfe1 Ne6 29. a3 h5 30. Rd3 Qf5 31. b4 h4 32. Bb8 Ng5 33. Rde3 Nxe4 34. fxe4 Qf2 35. h3 Be7 36. Bh2 Bg5 37. Bg1 Qd2 38. R3e2 Qd3 39. Be3 Bf6 40. Bxa7 Qxh3+ 41. Kg1 Qg3+ 42. Kf1 h3 43. Bg1 Bh4 0-1
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