Candidates - Gukesh and Tan are the outright winners!

by ChessBase
4/21/2024 – Tan Zhongyi secured outright victory in the Women’s Candidates Tournament after safely drawing her game against Anna Muzychuk with black. Gukesh D, on his part, first drew Hikaru Nakamura and then had to wait for the result of the game between Fabiano Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi. Caruana missed a number of winning chances in a memorable encounter that lasted 109 moves, thus granting 17-year-old Gukesh overall victory and the right to face Ding Liren in the next match for the World Chess Championship! | Replay all the games with computer-assisted analysis. Full reports to follow shortly.

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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)

Live games and commentary

Open

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1.d4 14 Nf6 14 2.c4 17 e6 7 3.Nc3 39 Bb4 11 4.e3 31 0-0 9 5.Bd3 44 c5 21 6.Nf3 1:06 d5 8:49 7.cxd5 1:07 exd5 37 8.dxc5 56 Bg4 4:03 9.0-0 1:35 Bxc5 2:37 10.h3 54 Bh5 1:08 11.a3 50 Nc6 6:02 12.b4 57 Bb6 1:36 13.Be2 11:30 d4 14:28 14.Nxd4 5:04 Bxd4 56 15.exd4 6 Qxd4 40 16.Qxd4 14:29 Nxd4 51 17.Bxh5 Nxh5 12 18.Rd1 14:39 Rfd8 6:45 19.Ra2 4:51 a5 15:37 20.bxa5 12:19 Nc6 14:23 21.Rxd8+ 51 Nxd8 1:58 22.Re2 8:54 Nc6 1:56 23.Nd5 2:01 Nxa5 1:00 24.g4 8:42 Nf6 18 25.Nxf6+ 6 gxf6 6 26.Bb2 5 Kg7 10:19 27.Re4 2:52 b5 2:31 28.Rf4 2:38 Ra6 1:02 29.g5 1:04 Nc4 36 30.Bxf6+ 8 Kg6 15 31.Rh4 54 h5 1:15 32.gxh6 57 Kh7 3 33.Be7 2:15 Nxa3 58 34.Rf4 34 Kxh6 1:03 35.Rxf7 28 Nc2 2:07 36.Bf8+ 43 Kg6 30 37.Rb7 12 b4 2:35 38.Bxb4 29 Ra1+ 21 39.Kg2 49 Nxb4 29 40.Rxb4 7 Ra3 35 41.Rg4+ 30:47 Kh5 7:20 42.Re4 0 Kg5 34 43.h4+ 0 Kh5 2:55 44.f3 0 Ra1 28 45.Rg4 0 Rb1 27 46.Kh3 0 Rh1+ 18 47.Kg3 0 Rg1+ 23 48.Kf4 0 Ra1 1:23 49.Rg8 0 Rb1 45 50.Rh8+ 0 Kg6 3 51.Re8 0 Kh5 2:25 52.Rh8+ 0 Kg6 2 53.h5+ 0 Kg7 27 54.Re8 0 Kh6 2:00 55.Re5 0 Ra1 58 56.Kg4 0 Rg1+ 25 57.Kh3 0 Rh1+ 32 58.Kg3 0 Rg1+ 25 59.Kf4 0 Ra1 16 60.Kg4 0 Rg1+ 11 61.Kf5 0 Kxh5 1:34 62.f4 0 Kh6 4:45 63.Kf6 0 Rg6+ 1:45 64.Kf7 0 Rg7+ 1:01 65.Kf8 0 Rg6 59 66.Ke7 0 Rg7+ 1:16 67.Kf6 0 Rg6+ 2:20 68.Kf5 0 Rg1 34 69.Re7 0 Rf1 55 70.Rf7 0 Ra1 25 71.Rd7 0 Rf1 36 72.Re7 0 Rf2 15 73.Rd7 0 Rf1 14 74.Rd6+ 0 ½–½
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Commentary by the ChessBase India team

Official commentary  - Open and Women’s separately

Game analysis by Robert Ris


Current standings - Open

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
TBPerf.
1
2743
9.0
14
57.00
2847
2
2789
8.5
14
56.00
2819
3
2758
8.5
14
56.00
2823
4
2803
8.5
14
54.00
2817
5
2747
7.0
14
42.50
2745
6
2727
6.0
14
40.25
2697
7
2760
5.0
14
32.75
2641
8
2632
3.5
14
25.50
2568
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

Current standings - Women’s

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
TBPerf.
1
2521
9.0
14
60.50
2619
2
2546
7.5
14
52.25
2542
3
2550
7.5
14
52.00
2542
4
2475
7.5
14
47.50
2552
5
2553
7.0
14
47.00
2512
6
2542
6.5
14
45.00
2485
7
2432
5.5
14
39.50
2450
8
2520
5.5
14
38.75
2437
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

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