Candidates - Gukesh and Tan are the outright winners!

Round 14

Both events are double round-robins, meaning that each player will face each of their rivals twice, once with white and once with black. Fourteen rounds of the tournament will be played over three weeks, with four rest days.

The time controls for each section are different:

Open: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 41.

Women’s: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 41.

If there is a tie for first place after 14 rounds, a rapid (and blitz if necessary) playoff to determine the winner shall be played.

Schedule

• April 4-7: Rounds 1-4
• April 8: Rest day
• April 9-11: Rounds 5-7
• April 12: Rest day
• April 13-15: Rounds 8-10
• April 16: Rest day
• April 17-18: Rounds 11-12
• April 19: Rest day
• April 20-21: Rounds 13-14
• April 22: Playoffs (if necessary)

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St	White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res	Rnd	id

	Tan,Z	2555	Ju,W	2561		4.1	1429441
	Injac,T	2454	Narva,M	2380		7.2	1447216
	Khotenashvili,B	2418	Danielian,E	2398		7.3	1447217
	Beydullayeva,G	2400	Mkrtchian,L	2388		7.4	1447218
	Bulmaga,I	2362	Maltsevskaya,A	2376		7.5	1447221
	Batsiashvili,N	2473	Toncheva,N	2329		7.7	1447223
	Arabidze,M	2447	Zimina,O	2293		7.8	1447224
	Ushenina,A	2428	Gevorgyan,M	2234		7.10	1447227
	Daulyte-Cornette,D	2389	Gaboyan,S	2200		7.11	1447228
	Vega Gutierrez,S	2380	Krasteva,B	2257		7.12	1447229
	Socko,M	2369	Karacsonyi,K	2198		7.13	1447230
	Guichard,P	2355	Ibrahimova,S	2199		7.20	1447239
	Fataliyeva,U	2387	Pavlidou,E	2160		7.29	1447257
	Atalik,E	2375	Yildiz,E	2160		7.30	1447258
	Antolak,J	2314	Eric,J	2147		7.34	1447264
	Kirtadze,A	2180	Milliet,S	2371		7.1	1447215
	Urh,Z	2244	Javakhishvili,L	2429		7.6	1447222
	Kochavi,D	2301	Tsolakidou,S	2445		7.9	1447226
	Zherebtsova,A	2229	Roebers,E	2367		7.14	1447232
	Velikic,A	2214	Kiolbasa,O	2360		7.15	1447233
	Mgeladze,K	2200	Mammadova,G	2342		7.16	1447234
	Khachatryan,A	2091	Savina,A	2331		7.17	1447235
	Smietanska,W	2254	Wagner,D	2440		7.18	1447236
	Schneider,J	2251	Kulon,K	2401		7.19	1447237
	Jarocka,L	2231	Gaponenko,I	2349		7.21	1447241
	Sandu,M	2230	Zhukova,N	2306		7.22	1447243
	Rudzinska,M	2223	Unuk,L	2301		7.23	1447244
	Heinemann,J	2297	Terbe,Z	2179		7.24	1447245
	Prado Acebo,I	2199	Radeva,V	2297		7.25	1447251
	Doluhanova,E	2287	Calzetta Ruiz,M	2230		7.26	1447252
	Rodshtein,T	2171	Mkrtchyan,M	2282		7.27	1447253
	Tirpan,C	1996	Avramidou,A	2275		7.28	1447256
	Zaksaite,S	2137	Sliwicka,A	2342		7.31	1447259
	Cornileau,J	2130	Brunello,M	2330		7.32	1447260
	Koridze,L	2115	Zawadzka,J	2326		7.33	1447262
	Yao,L	2294	Chelushkina,I	2134		7.35	1447265
	Sieber,F	2276	Heinatz,G	2111		7.36	1447268
	Deak-Sala,E	2112	Allahverdiyeva,A	2266		7.37	1447269
	Wikar,M	2239	Vidic,T	2100		7.38	1447270
	Hapala,E	2092	Lehaci,M	2212		7.39	1447271
	Lach,A	2208	Donghvani,N	2025		7.40	1447274
	Abdinova,N	2165	Nenova,A	1903		7.41	1447276
	Krkyasharyan,S	1989	Khurtsilava,I	2214		7.42	1447277
	Bochnickova,A	2051	Mamedjarova,T	2206		7.43	1447278
	Dwilewicz,K	2203	Rida,R	2065		7.44	1447279
	Huseynova,L	2065	Schloffer,J	2188		7.45	1447280
	Piddubna,B	2145	Mihaljevic,E	2039		7.46	1447281
	Golsta,R	1943	Dicen,E	2129		7.47	1447282
	Nadzamova,V	2122	Bhatia,K	2012		7.48	1447285
	Zagorac,L	2106	Chasouraki,C	1843		7.49	1447289
	Kosma,M	1826	Ter-Avetisjana,A	2100		7.50	1447290
	Sivanandan,B	2073	Alexandri,D	1995		7.51	1447292
	Zvereva,M	2033	Stefanova,A	2426		7.52	1447294
	Valkova,A	2001	Bochnickova,S	2167		7.53	1447296
	Ciolacu,A	2136	Subramanian,A	2026		7.54	1447298
	Berke,A	2119	Kiousi,P	1998		7.55	1447300
	Golsta,M	1979	Paasikangas,J	2106		7.56	1447301
	Kalyva,K	1885	Tsetskhladze,M	2105		7.57	1447303
	Grapsa,G	2065	Nahapetyan,A	1887		7.58	1447304
	Alexandri,V	1927	Shuqja,K	2049		7.59	1447305
	Korenova,M	2045	Mitraka,C	1820		7.60	1447306
	Caku,K	2036	Harutyunyan,G	1793		7.61	1447307
	Hariharan,S	2024	Recica,J	1716		7.62	1447311
	Bania,E	1809	Acarbay,A	2052		7.63	1447312
	Lamprianou,D	-	Silva,A	1893		7.64	1447313
	Korinioti,M	1667	Revelioti,E	1470		7.65	1447314
	Karadas,H	1931	Kaka,R	1509		7.66	1447316
	Saraci,N	1692	Lamprianou,M	1498		7.67	1447318
	Carlsen,M	2837	Vidit,S	2720		1.2	1443241
	Abrahamyan,T	2310	Lee,A	2386		3.2	1279479
	Hoffman,L	2211	Chasin,N	2435		5.1	1415809
	Tse,W	1951	Muthukumar,H	2197		5.2	1415810
	Hebbar,E	2175	Dong,K	2006		5.3	1415811
	Marzouq,C	1983	Schaefer,S	2050		5.4	1415812
	Knowles,C	1968	Shen,L	1998		5.5	1415813
	Marsh,J	2058	Chen,D	1980		5.6	1415815
	Cheung,K	1934	Ling,C	2119		5.7	1415816
	Shankar,P	1966	Le,Q	2111		5.8	1415817
	Smith,D	2006	Berg,G	1872		5.9	1415818
	Yang,L	1899	Kurup,S	1965		5.10	1415819

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St	White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res	Rnd	id

	Tan,Z	2555	Ju,W	2561		4.1	1429441
	Injac,T	2454	Narva,M	2380		7.2	1447216
	Khotenashvili,B	2418	Danielian,E	2398		7.3	1447217
	Beydullayeva,G	2400	Mkrtchian,L	2388		7.4	1447218
	Bulmaga,I	2362	Maltsevskaya,A	2376		7.5	1447221
	Batsiashvili,N	2473	Toncheva,N	2329		7.7	1447223
	Arabidze,M	2447	Zimina,O	2293		7.8	1447224
	Ushenina,A	2428	Gevorgyan,M	2234		7.10	1447227
	Daulyte-Cornette,D	2389	Gaboyan,S	2200		7.11	1447228
	Vega Gutierrez,S	2380	Krasteva,B	2257		7.12	1447229
	Socko,M	2369	Karacsonyi,K	2198		7.13	1447230
	Guichard,P	2355	Ibrahimova,S	2199		7.20	1447239
	Fataliyeva,U	2387	Pavlidou,E	2160		7.29	1447257
	Atalik,E	2375	Yildiz,E	2160		7.30	1447258
	Antolak,J	2314	Eric,J	2147		7.34	1447264
	Kirtadze,A	2180	Milliet,S	2371		7.1	1447215
	Urh,Z	2244	Javakhishvili,L	2429		7.6	1447222
	Kochavi,D	2301	Tsolakidou,S	2445		7.9	1447226
	Zherebtsova,A	2229	Roebers,E	2367		7.14	1447232
	Velikic,A	2214	Kiolbasa,O	2360		7.15	1447233
	Mgeladze,K	2200	Mammadova,G	2342		7.16	1447234
	Khachatryan,A	2091	Savina,A	2331		7.17	1447235
	Smietanska,W	2254	Wagner,D	2440		7.18	1447236
	Schneider,J	2251	Kulon,K	2401		7.19	1447237
	Jarocka,L	2231	Gaponenko,I	2349		7.21	1447241
	Sandu,M	2230	Zhukova,N	2306		7.22	1447243
	Rudzinska,M	2223	Unuk,L	2301		7.23	1447244
	Heinemann,J	2297	Terbe,Z	2179		7.24	1447245
	Prado Acebo,I	2199	Radeva,V	2297		7.25	1447251
	Doluhanova,E	2287	Calzetta Ruiz,M	2230		7.26	1447252
	Rodshtein,T	2171	Mkrtchyan,M	2282		7.27	1447253
	Tirpan,C	1996	Avramidou,A	2275		7.28	1447256
	Zaksaite,S	2137	Sliwicka,A	2342		7.31	1447259
	Cornileau,J	2130	Brunello,M	2330		7.32	1447260
	Koridze,L	2115	Zawadzka,J	2326		7.33	1447262
	Yao,L	2294	Chelushkina,I	2134		7.35	1447265
	Sieber,F	2276	Heinatz,G	2111		7.36	1447268
	Deak-Sala,E	2112	Allahverdiyeva,A	2266		7.37	1447269
	Wikar,M	2239	Vidic,T	2100		7.38	1447270
	Hapala,E	2092	Lehaci,M	2212		7.39	1447271
	Lach,A	2208	Donghvani,N	2025		7.40	1447274
	Abdinova,N	2165	Nenova,A	1903		7.41	1447276
	Krkyasharyan,S	1989	Khurtsilava,I	2214		7.42	1447277
	Bochnickova,A	2051	Mamedjarova,T	2206		7.43	1447278
	Dwilewicz,K	2203	Rida,R	2065		7.44	1447279
	Huseynova,L	2065	Schloffer,J	2188		7.45	1447280
	Piddubna,B	2145	Mihaljevic,E	2039		7.46	1447281
	Golsta,R	1943	Dicen,E	2129		7.47	1447282
	Nadzamova,V	2122	Bhatia,K	2012		7.48	1447285
	Zagorac,L	2106	Chasouraki,C	1843		7.49	1447289
	Kosma,M	1826	Ter-Avetisjana,A	2100		7.50	1447290
	Sivanandan,B	2073	Alexandri,D	1995		7.51	1447292
	Zvereva,M	2033	Stefanova,A	2426		7.52	1447294
	Valkova,A	2001	Bochnickova,S	2167		7.53	1447296
	Ciolacu,A	2136	Subramanian,A	2026		7.54	1447298
	Berke,A	2119	Kiousi,P	1998		7.55	1447300
	Golsta,M	1979	Paasikangas,J	2106		7.56	1447301
	Kalyva,K	1885	Tsetskhladze,M	2105		7.57	1447303
	Grapsa,G	2065	Nahapetyan,A	1887		7.58	1447304
	Alexandri,V	1927	Shuqja,K	2049		7.59	1447305
	Korenova,M	2045	Mitraka,C	1820		7.60	1447306
	Caku,K	2036	Harutyunyan,G	1793		7.61	1447307
	Hariharan,S	2024	Recica,J	1716		7.62	1447311
	Bania,E	1809	Acarbay,A	2052		7.63	1447312
	Lamprianou,D	-	Silva,A	1893		7.64	1447313
	Korinioti,M	1667	Revelioti,E	1470		7.65	1447314
	Karadas,H	1931	Kaka,R	1509		7.66	1447316
	Saraci,N	1692	Lamprianou,M	1498		7.67	1447318
	Carlsen,M	2837	Vidit,S	2720		1.2	1443241
	Abrahamyan,T	2310	Lee,A	2386		3.2	1279479
	Hoffman,L	2211	Chasin,N	2435		5.1	1415809
	Tse,W	1951	Muthukumar,H	2197		5.2	1415810
	Hebbar,E	2175	Dong,K	2006		5.3	1415811
	Marzouq,C	1983	Schaefer,S	2050		5.4	1415812
	Knowles,C	1968	Shen,L	1998		5.5	1415813
	Marsh,J	2058	Chen,D	1980		5.6	1415815
	Cheung,K	1934	Ling,C	2119		5.7	1415816
	Shankar,P	1966	Le,Q	2111		5.8	1415817
	Smith,D	2006	Berg,G	1872		5.9	1415818
	Yang,L	1899	Kurup,S	1965		5.10	1415819

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Current standings - Open

Rk.		Name	Rtg.	Nt.	Pts.	n	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	TB	Perf.
1		Gukesh D	2743		9.0	14		½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	½ 1	0 1	1 1	57.00	2847
2		Nakamura,H	2789		8.5	14	½ ½		½ ½	½ 1	½ 1	0 0	1 1	½ 1	56.00	2819
3		Nepomniachtchi,I	2758		8.5	14	½ ½	½ ½		½ ½	½ ½	1 1	1 ½	½ ½	56.00	2823
4		Caruana,F	2803		8.5	14	½ ½	½ 0	½ ½		½ 1	½ 1	½ 1	1 ½	54.00	2817
5		Praggnanandhaa R	2747		7.0	14	0 ½	½ 0	½ ½	½ 0		1 ½	½ ½	1 1	42.50	2745
6		Vidit,S	2727		6.0	14	½ 0	1 1	0 0	½ 0	0 ½		1 ½	½ ½	40.25	2697
7		Firouzja,A	2760		5.0	14	1 0	0 0	0 ½	½ 0	½ ½	0 ½		½ 1	32.75	2641
8		Abasov,N	2632		3.5	14	0 0	½ 0	½ ½	0 ½	0 0	½ ½	½ 0		25.50	2568
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

Current standings - Women’s

Rk.		Name	Rtg.	Nt.	Pts.	n	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	TB	Perf.
1	GM	Tan,Z GM Tan,Z 2521 1 GM Lei,T 2550 1 2 GM Vaishali,R 2475 1 3 GM Koneru,H 2546 ½ 4 GM Lagno,K 2542 ½ 5 WGM Salimova,N 2432 ½ 6 GM Muzychuk,A 2520 1 7 GM Goryachkina,A 2553 ½ 8 GM Lei,T 2550 0 9 GM Vaishali,R 2475 1 10 GM Koneru,H 2546 ½ 11 GM Lagno,K 2542 1 12 WGM Salimova,N 2432 ½ 13 GM Goryachkina,A 2553 ½ 14 GM Muzychuk,A 2520 ½ Ø 2517 9/14	2521		9.0	14		½ ½	1 0	1 1	½ ½	½ 1	½ ½	1 ½	60.50	2619
2	GM	Koneru,H GM Koneru,H 2546 1 GM Vaishali,R 2475 ½ 2 GM Lagno,K 2542 ½ 3 GM Tan,Z 2521 ½ 4 WGM Salimova,N 2432 0 5 GM Goryachkina,A 2553 ½ 6 GM Lei,T 2550 0 7 GM Muzychuk,A 2520 ½ 8 GM Vaishali,R 2475 1 9 GM Lagno,K 2542 ½ 10 GM Tan,Z 2521 ½ 11 WGM Salimova,N 2432 1 12 GM Goryachkina,A 2553 ½ 13 GM Muzychuk,A 2520 ½ 14 GM Lei,T 2550 1 Ø 2513 7.5/14	2546		7.5	14	½ ½		0 1	½ 1	½ ½	½ ½	0 1	½ ½	52.25	2542
3	GM	Lei,T GM Lei,T 2550 1 GM Tan,Z 2521 0 2 WGM Salimova,N 2432 ½ 3 GM Goryachkina,A 2553 ½ 4 GM Muzychuk,A 2520 ½ 5 GM Lagno,K 2542 ½ 6 GM Koneru,H 2546 1 7 GM Vaishali,R 2475 1 8 GM Tan,Z 2521 1 9 WGM Salimova,N 2432 ½ 10 GM Goryachkina,A 2553 1 11 GM Muzychuk,A 2520 ½ 12 GM Lagno,K 2542 ½ 13 GM Vaishali,R 2475 0 14 GM Koneru,H 2546 0 Ø 2513 7.5/14	2550		7.5	14	0 1	1 0		1 0	½ 1	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	52.00	2542
4	GM	Vaishali,R GM Vaishali,R 2475 1 GM Koneru,H 2546 ½ 2 GM Tan,Z 2521 0 3 WGM Salimova,N 2432 1 4 GM Goryachkina,A 2553 ½ 5 GM Muzychuk,A 2520 ½ 6 GM Lagno,K 2542 0 7 GM Lei,T 2550 0 8 GM Koneru,H 2546 0 9 GM Tan,Z 2521 0 10 WGM Salimova,N 2432 1 11 GM Goryachkina,A 2553 1 12 GM Muzychuk,A 2520 1 13 GM Lei,T 2550 1 14 GM Lagno,K 2542 1 Ø 2523 7.5/14	2475		7.5	14	0 0	½ 0	0 1		½ 1	0 1	1 1	½ 1	47.50	2552
5	GM	Goryachkina,A GM Goryachkina,A 2553 1 GM Lagno,K 2542 ½ 2 GM Muzychuk,A 2520 1 3 GM Lei,T 2550 ½ 4 GM Vaishali,R 2475 ½ 5 GM Koneru,H 2546 ½ 6 WGM Salimova,N 2432 1 7 GM Tan,Z 2521 ½ 8 GM Lagno,K 2542 ½ 9 GM Muzychuk,A 2520 ½ 10 GM Lei,T 2550 0 11 GM Vaishali,R 2475 0 12 GM Koneru,H 2546 ½ 13 GM Tan,Z 2521 ½ 14 WGM Salimova,N 2432 ½ Ø 2512 7/14	2553		7.0	14	½ ½	½ ½	½ 0	½ 0		½ ½	1 ½	1 ½	47.00	2512
6	GM	Lagno,K GM Lagno,K 2542 1 GM Goryachkina,A 2553 ½ 2 GM Koneru,H 2546 ½ 3 GM Muzychuk,A 2520 ½ 4 GM Tan,Z 2521 ½ 5 GM Lei,T 2550 ½ 6 GM Vaishali,R 2475 1 7 WGM Salimova,N 2432 ½ 8 GM Goryachkina,A 2553 ½ 9 GM Koneru,H 2546 ½ 10 GM Muzychuk,A 2520 ½ 11 GM Tan,Z 2521 0 12 GM Lei,T 2550 ½ 13 WGM Salimova,N 2432 ½ 14 GM Vaishali,R 2475 0 Ø 2514 6.5/14	2542		6.5	14	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	1 0	½ ½		½ ½	½ ½	45.00	2485
7	WGM	Salimova,N WGM Salimova,N 2432 1 GM Muzychuk,A 2520 ½ 2 GM Lei,T 2550 ½ 3 GM Vaishali,R 2475 0 4 GM Koneru,H 2546 1 5 GM Tan,Z 2521 ½ 6 GM Goryachkina,A 2553 0 7 GM Lagno,K 2542 ½ 8 GM Muzychuk,A 2520 ½ 9 GM Lei,T 2550 ½ 10 GM Vaishali,R 2475 0 11 GM Koneru,H 2546 0 12 GM Tan,Z 2521 ½ 13 GM Lagno,K 2542 ½ 14 GM Goryachkina,A 2553 ½ Ø 2530 5.5/14	2432		5.5	14	½ ½	1 0	½ ½	0 0	0 ½	½ ½		½ ½	39.50	2450
8	GM	Muzychuk,A GM Muzychuk,A 2520 1 WGM Salimova,N 2432 ½ 2 GM Goryachkina,A 2553 0 3 GM Lagno,K 2542 ½ 4 GM Lei,T 2550 ½ 5 GM Vaishali,R 2475 ½ 6 GM Tan,Z 2521 0 7 GM Koneru,H 2546 ½ 8 WGM Salimova,N 2432 ½ 9 GM Goryachkina,A 2553 ½ 10 GM Lagno,K 2542 ½ 11 GM Lei,T 2550 ½ 12 GM Vaishali,R 2475 0 13 GM Koneru,H 2546 ½ 14 GM Tan,Z 2521 ½ Ø 2517 5.5/14	2520		5.5	14	0 ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ 0	0 ½	½ ½	½ ½		38.75	2437
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

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