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Replay R1:  Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Richard Rapport / Ding Liren – Ian Nepomniachtchi / Fabiano Caruana – Hikaru Nakamura / Teimour Radjabov – Alire

Candidates R1 recap by WGM Anastasiya Karlovich

The Prague Chess Festival 2022 took place 7-17 June, featuring a Masters 10 player round robin event, Challengers, and Futures tournaments. 

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

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 GM Daniil Yuffa and WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni, in collaboration with Worldchess.com.

FIDE Candidates Chess 2022 kicks off today in Madrid and the tension among players and spectators grow. Fabiano Caruana explained at the Opening Press Conference: “The tension of this tournament is only surpassed by the world championship match”. And how does it feel to win the Candidates Tournament?

Good morning everyone and welcome to the live blog from day 1 of the Candidates! We will cover all day long the events from Madrid, where the battles start today at 15:00 CET. The news will appear here on this live blog, time stamped at reverse chronological order. Scroll down to the first news of the day, while on top you will find the latest curiosities from Madrid.

The FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 decides the qualifier for the FIDE World Chess Championship Match and kicks off on Saturday, June 17th, with the first round.

Not only that Hikaru Nakamura is in Madrid to compete in the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022, but he also prepared the live broadcast of the event with Team Hikaru and Benjamin Bok, Irina Krush, Fiona Steil-Antoni, Levy Rozman, Anna Rudolf, James Canty, Jennifer Shahade and Maria Emelianova, as well as other special guests on screen: http://twitch.tv/gmhikaru.