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FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 opened today in the magnificent venue of Palacio de Santoña in Madrid. During the opening ceremony, FIDE presented the Candidates Teaser (video below). The ceremony featured speeches of distinguished guests and FIDE representatives, as well as the artists’ performances.

World No 9, GM Anish Giri announced today that he will do daily recaps on the 2022 FIDE Candidates Tournament. Giri was one of the favorites to qualify for the Candidates, but didn’t make it after the series of qualification events.

The magnificent Palacio de Santoña hosts the Opening ceremony of the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 in Madrid. The ceremony features speeches of distinguished guests and FIDE representatives, as well as the artists’ performances. The famous Chilean singer and songwriter Juga di Prima premieres her new song “Open Files”.

The FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 starts tomorrow in Madrid and everyone is wondering who has the most chances to win it.

The 2022 FIDE Candidates Tournament will be broadcast by CCTV-5, the Chinese Sports channel. CCTV-5 is part of the China Central Television family of networks, and it is the main sports broadcaster in the People’s Republic of China. “We just got confirmation that the video feed from Palacio Santoña is reaching China” reported FIDE.

Read more: FIDE Candidates 2022 is breaking interest records before it starts

The Technical meeting of the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 took place today in the official venue of the event Palacio de Santoña.

Chief Arbiter Anastasia Sorokina, Fair Play Officer Vincent Geeraets, Medical Officer Maria Rubio Yuste, and Technical Tournament Director and FIDE Managing Director Dana Reizniece-Ozola discussed the health protocol, Fair Play policy, anti-cheating measures, and all other competitive and organizational matters with the players.

Diego Rasskin Gutman @drasskin provides us with useful tips on where to go while staying in Madrid for the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022. Only chess nut locals know about the hidden place in El Retiro Madrid’s park where you can play chess in the shade of amazing pine trees.

It is not unknown that Richard Rapport likes to show the last fashion outfits at the elite chess tournaments. But who chooses his outfits? Answering @nigarhan questions, Rapport disclosed he is very much into fashion and that his wife WGM Jovana Rapport helps him choose what to wear.

FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 is breaking interest records before it actually started. A massive interest is building up in the audience in what can be the most unpredictable Candidates of recent years. We feel the heat here at Chessdom as one day before the start of the event 186 and news articles and 56 game articles on the topic have generated close to 500 000 visits! We are used to seeing such numbers for the Chess Olympiad or the World Chess Championship, but never for a Candidates tournament, a day before it starts.

Skolkovo foundation published news back in April 2021 that Ian Nepomniachtchi uses Zhores Supercomputer to prepare for FIDE Candidates Tournament and FIDE World Championship Match against Magnus Carlsen. Peter Heine Nielsen wrote about the case which could be problematic as FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich heads the Skolkovo Foundation. “If any from the FIDE leadership is helping a player this time, it should be declared“, said Nielsen.