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After a heartbreaking loss against Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 7th round of the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022, Richard Rapport decided to focus on his outfit rather than on the game preparation. The audience loved the jacket he wore yesterday and Richie disclosed it was a choice of his wife WGM Jovana Rapport: “I would like to say something overconfident, but actually it was my wife choice. She insisted on me wearing it (the jacket) yesterday, which proved to be very smart that I avoided that.

Fabiano Caruana suffered a tough loss yesterday against Hikaru Nakamura. He was fighting to survive a completely lost position and it seemed that he had chances to escape. Nakamura was satisfied to get the revenge from the Round 1 loss against Fabi, and disclosed he was preparing the line for more than two hours. (Interview with Hikaru Nakamura)

This is the FIDE Candidates 2022 live video with GM Judit Polgar and GM Jan Gustafsson, in collaboration with Chess24.com.

This is the FIDE Candidates 2022 live video with IM Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal, in collaboration with Chessbase.

This is the FIDE Candidates 2022 live video with GM Daniil Yuffa and WIM Anna-Maja Kazarian, in collaboration with Worldchess.com.

This is the FIDE Candidates 2022 live video with GM Alejandro Ramirez, GM Yasser Seirawan and IM Dorsa Derakhshani, in collaboration with Saint Louis Chess Club and Today in Chess Candidates edition.

In his unique style, Anish Giri analyzes the epic fights of the 2022 Candidates Tournament Round 8 games and shares useful opening tips and ideas. Grandmaster Anish Giri is covering the most epic games of the tournament in the special Chessable course, and publishes daily Candidates recaps on his YouTube Channel.

Hikaru Nakamura is back in the race for the top as he yesterday defeated Fabiano Caruana and scores 4.5/8 points. In the post-game interview with WGM Dina Belenkaya, Hikaru explained he was prepared for the game and that he spent two hours looking at the sharp lines on Saturday evening. Replay the game here

After yesterday’s tense day in Madrid, the top remains open and we might have more players re-entering the race for the World Championship match spot depending on how the ninth round plays out. Ian Nepomniachtchi is the sole leader with 6/8 points, with Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura trailing him with 1 and 1.5-point (respectively). FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 – R8 recap

Round 9 pairings:

Today in Chess: FIDE Candidates 2022 Round 8 Recap