Candidates R14: Ding beats Naka, grabs second place

by Carlos Alberto Colodro
7/5/2022 – The 2022 Candidates Tournament came to an end on Monday, with an eventful round that saw three decisive results and a hard-fought draw. In the most important game for the standings, Ding Liren beat Hikaru Nakamura to finish in sole second place. Teimour Radjabov and Alireza Firouzja also scored full points, while the champion, Ian Nepomniachtchi, managed to end the tournament undefeated, as he drew with black against Jan-Krzysztof Duda. | Photo: FIDE / Stev Bonhage

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Another memorable tournament

Candidates Tournaments since 2013, when FIDE decided to go back to the double round-robin format, have provided plenty of entertainment for chess fans all over the world. This year’s edition was no exception. Even if there was barely any intrigue in the fight for first place, watching Ian Nepomniachtchi’s dominating performance was in itself a great show. Not to mention the fact that the remaining players arrived in Madrid with clear intentions to finish first, which meant there was no lack of fighting games in every round.

Magnus Carlsen’s surprising statements after the World Championship match in Dubai also helped. The suspense remains as to whether he will agree to face Nepo in another battle for the world crown. Thus, second-placed Ding Liren might become the Russian’s rival in the match.

According to Hikaru Nakamura, it is very unlikely that Carlsen will in fact withdraw from the match. The professional streamer had this to say after losing against Ding on Monday:

Everyone has said that. I’ve seen Kramnik say it, I’ve seen Kasparov say it. Fabiano, Ding and myself, if you look at the way we played here, it was very clear that we all didn’t really believe all that stuff.

Nepo, meanwhile, used a Doctor Strange reference to invite Carlsen to play him again. Dormammu is the archenemy of the series’ mystic hero.

Ding beats anxious Naka

Hikaru Nakamura has not stopped creating content for his online followers during the Candidates Tournament. In his last recap from the event, titled “Dear YouTube, I cared too much”, he explained how he failed to handle his clock effectively during his last-round game against Ding Liren.

The American made some decisions too hastily, as he did not identify the critical moments, when taking a bit more time to reflect on how to proceed was necessary. For example:

 
Ding vs. Nakamura

Naka only needed a draw to clinch second place. Given his ability in queenless positions and endgames, it is likely that he would play 18...Rxd1 in this position more often than not. Instead, he went for 18...h6, which he identified as the first mistake he made during the game.

Note that the text move is evaluated as equal by the engines, much like 18...Rxd1, but from a practical point of view, the former only made things harder for the US grandmaster.

As Nakamura began to lose control of the situation, Ding showcased excellent technique to create as much pressure on his opponent as the position allowed. On move 38, Black missed another chance to get closer to a draw.

 

The strongest move in the position is 38...f3, which would vastly hamper White’s ability to activate his king. Naka thought for less than a minute before choosing 38...Bf6 though, which was followed by 39.Nd4 (not only centralizing but also ‘protecting’ f3) Re8 40.Kg2.

After 40...Ne5 41.Nf5 f3+ 42.Kg3, White’s king joins the action, leaving Black with a very difficult defensive task ahead.

 

The time control had been reached, and Ding had a clear advantage. From this point on, the Chinese did not put a foot wrong, as he slowly upped the pressure until getting the win that might gain him the right to play in the next match for the world title.

 
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1.d4 2 Nf6 5 2.c4 3 e6 5 3.Nf3 6 d5 5 4.Nc3 2 c5 5 5.e3 39 Nc6 14 6.a3 17 dxc4 10 7.Bxc4 0 a6 3 D40: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 e3. 8.Bd3 15 b5 2:09 9.dxc5 39 Bxc5 6 The position is equal. 10.b4 49 Be7 0 11.0-0 55 Bb7 58 12.Bb2 8 0-0 2:52 13.Ne4!? 10:22 Exploring less charted territory. Nxe4 5:22 14.Bxe4 14 f5 2
15.Bb1N 27:52 Predecessor: 15.Bc2 Bf6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Bb3 Rfd8 18.Qc2 Kh8 19.Rfd1 e5 20.Qb2 ½-½ (42) Nozdrachev,L (2411) -Sidorov,A (2293) Samara 2016 15...Qxd1 5:57 16.Rxd1 0 Rfd8 14 17.Ba2 11:51 Kf7 27 18.h4 2:10 h6 20 19.Rdc1 8:39 Threatens to win with Rxc6! White is fighting back Bd6 18:05 20.Rc2 1:52 Ne7 1:45 21.Nd4 0 Bd5 22 22.Bxd5 8 Nxd5 5 23.Rac1 1:29 Rd7 6:53 24.Nb3 19 Be7 7:33 25.h5 1:20 Bf6 57 26.Bd4 0 e5 12:04 27.Bc5 5:30 Bd8 1:48 28.Rd2 1:14 And now Rcd1 would win. Nf6 22 29.Rxd7+ 1:14 Nxd7 18 30.Rd1 5:44 Nf6 0 31.Bd6 4 Ng4 25 32.Bc5 3:09 Bh4 7:08 33.Rd7+ 15 Kg8 25 34.g3 29 Bg5 1:44 35.Kf1 1:09 Bd8 0 35...Rd8!= 36.Rxd8+ Bxd8 36.Rb7± 2:43 f4 1:05 37.gxf4 6:04 exf4 2 38.e4 4 38.exf4± Nf6 39.Kg2 38...Bf6 55 38...f3! 39.Nd4 6:14 Re8 3:21 40.Kg2 0 Ne5 0
41.Nf5! 7:04 White is more active. f3+ 5:02 41...Nc4± 42.Kg3+- 1:11 Nc4 0
43.Be7! 10:17 Bxf6 is the strong threat. Don't play 43.Kxf3?! Nd2+ 44.Kg4 Nxe4± 43...Bb2 5:59 Less strong is 43...Bxe7 44.Nxe7+ Kf8 45.Ng6+ Kg8 46.Kf4± 46.Kxf3 Kh7± 44.Kxf3 1:19 Bxa3 39 45.Kg3 2:27 Ne5 18:04 45...a5 46.Bc5 6:16 Nf7 21 47.f3 1:02 Bc1 8:00 47...a5 48.Rxb5 Bxb4 49.Bxb4 axb4 50.Rxb4 Ng5 48.Ra7 2:08 Bd2 46 49.Rxa6 2:42 Be1+ 44 50.Kg2 1:09 Bc3 0 51.Ra7 59 Ng5 21 52.Ne7+ 1:29 Kh8 59 53.Ng6+ 6 Kg8 1:03 54.Ne7+ 3:23 Kh8! 10 55.Nd5 38 Bb2 0 56.Ra2 1:57 Bc1 48 56...Bf6 57.Ra5 Rb8 57.Rc2 28 Ba3 5 58.Be3 37 Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /Black=0.23 (precise)
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Ding,L2806Nakamura,H27601–02022FIDE Candidates Tournament 202214.3

Ding Liren, Hikaru Nakamura

The highlight of the day — Ding Liren vs Hikaru Nakamura | Photo: FIDE / Stev Bonhage

Radjabov and Firouzja end on a high note

Teimour Radjabov had a great second half of the tournament in Madrid. In the first seven rounds, he had lost twice, but since then he collected three wins to finish the event in shared third place with a 7½/14 score.

On Monday, he skilfully defended against Richard Rapport’s bold kingside play.

 
Rapport vs. Radjabov

With 19.g5 fxg5 20.Nxg5 hxg5 Rapport claimed that his attacking chances were enough compensation for the piece. The engines agree, as both rooks will join the queen and potentially the dark-squared bishop in the assault. However, precise play is needed to convert these dynamic factors into a win.

Of course, dealing with such threats from the black side is also extremely difficult. 

In the end, it was Radjabov who prevailed from the defensive side, as he went on to get his second consecutive victory with the black pieces after 33 moves.

 
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1.e4 4 e5 4 2.Nf3 6 Nc6 0 3.Bb5 7 Nf6 5 4.d3 2:30 Bc5 6 5.Bxc6 8 dxc6 5 6.Nbd2 9 C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5. Be6 3:24 7.0-0 47 Bd6 1:14 8.Nb3 24 The position is equal. c5 7:01 9.Na5 4:36 Qc8 5:43 10.b3 5:11
10...0-0N 3:10 Predecessor: 10...h6 11.Bb2 Bg4 12.Nc4 Qe6 13.Ne3 h5 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 g6 16.a3 a5 ½-½ (41) Zivkovic,V (2358)-Matanovic,L (2178) Bosnjaci 2015 11.Bb2 5:46 Bg4 5:54 12.Nc4 0 Re8 4:06 13.a4 1:43 Bh5 4:00 14.Qe2 7:37 Nd7 7:22 15.Qe3 4:26 Qd8 1:37 16.Kh1 2:13 f6 5:18 17.Rg1 0 Bf7 4:33 18.g4 0 h6 8:33 Against g5 19.g5 10:34 19.h4!? 19...fxg5 9:12 19...hxg5= 20.h4 Nf8 20.Nxg5? 3:35 hxg5 7:11 20...Bxc4-+ 21.bxc4 21.Nf3? Be6 21...hxg5 22.Rxg5 Be7 21.Rxg5 34 Qf6 0 aiming for ...Bxc4. 22.Rag1 2:36 Hoping for f4! Bf8! 9:11 23.Rf5 9:23
23...Qh4 3:37 24.Nd2 43 24.Nxe5 Nxe5 25.Bxe5 24...Re6 0 25.f4 2:11 25.Nf3 is a better defense. Qh6 26.Nxe5 Qxe3 27.fxe3 Nxe5 28.Bxe5 25...Rg6-+ 2:00 Not 25...Rh6 26.Nf3 exf4 27.Rxf4 26.Nf3 2:13 Qh3 1:31 White must now prevent ...Rxg1+. 27.fxe5 42
Strongly threatening Rxf7! 27...Rxg1+! 1:33 28.Qxg1 21 Bh5 41 29.Ng5 4:48 Qg4 6 30.Qe3? 2:46 30.e6 Nf6 31.Bxf6 Qxg1+ 32.Kxg1 gxf6 33.Rxf6 30...Be7 1:29 Black is clearly winning. Don't go for 30...Qd1+? 31.Qg1-+ 31.e6 12
31...Rf8! 2:34 32.Nf7 0 Bxf7 35 Wrong is 32...Qd1+? 33.Kg2 Qxc2+ 34.Rf2-+ 33.exd7 3 Be6 1:39 Weighted Error Value: White=0.36/Black=0.13 (very precise)
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Rapport,R2776Radjabov,T27530–12022FIDE Candidates Tournament 202214.1

Richard Rapport

Clearly in the mood to go for g4-g5 — Richard Rapport | Photo: FIDE / Stev Bonhage

While Radjabov had an excellent second half, things went from bad to worse for Fabiano Caruana starting in round 8. The US grandmaster lost four out of his last seven games to finish on a minus score after his strong start in Madrid.

In the last round, Caruana faltered in the endgame after having defended fiercely (and effectively) for most of the game against Alireza Firouzja

 
Caruana vs. Firouzja

White is a pawn down, but only after 60.Ne4 his position is lost. The natural 60...Rh3+ cannot be responded by 61.Kc4 Rh4 62.Kd3 due to 62...c4+ Ke3, and importantly the knight will have trouble reaching a defensive spot against the potential promotion of the a-pawn.

 
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Caruana saw this and played 61.Kd2, but after 62...Kd5 63.Nf2 Rxc3, White has lost his one pawn and has no way to defend the position. Resignation came on the next move.

 
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1.e4 3 e5 4 2.Nf3 5 Nc6 0 3.Bb5 5 Nf6 5 4.d3 24 Bc5 10 5.Bxc6 17 dxc6 7 6.Nbd2 5 C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3... Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5. Nd7 27 7.0-0 42 0-0 4:21 8.Nc4 15 The position is equal. f6 4:39 9.Kh1 2:52
9...Rf7!?N 7:27 New and interesting. Predecessor: 9...a5 10.a4 Nb6 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Nxe3 Be6 13.Ng1 Qd4 14.b3 Nd7 15.Ne2 Qc5 1-0 (108) Giri,A (2764)-Lysyj,I (2593) Chess.com INT 2020 10.Nh4 23:00 Bf8 1:39 11.Nf5 9:25 Nc5 3:49 12.Qh5 1:20 Be6 0 13.b3 3:51 Qd7 9:45 14.Be3 2:48 Kh8 2:26 White must now prevent ...g6. 15.Nh4 3:30 Prevents g6. Pair of Knights! Kg8 24 aiming for ...Bg4. 16.Qe2 3:55 Re8 24:52 17.a4 1:07:23 b6 0 18.Rg1 0 a5 3:53 19.Nd2 0 f5 8:03 Black should play 19...Nb7= 20.exf5 0 20.Nxf5 is interesting. Bxf5 21.exf5 Rxf5 22.Bxc5 Bxc5 23.Ne4 20...Bxf5 31 21.Nxf5 0 Qxf5 3:42 22.Bxc5 0 Bxc5 5 23.Ne4 0 Bb4 40 24.Rgf1 0 Qg6 53 25.Rad1 0 h5 3:35 26.g3 0 Ref8 0 27.d4 0 exd4 1:47 28.Rxd4 0 h4 9:00 29.gxh4 0 Rf4 30.Qc4+ 0 Kh8! 1:16 Hoping for ...c5. 31.Ng5 0 b5 3:03 32.Qd3 0 32.Qe6= keeps the balance. Qxe6 33.Nxe6 Rxf2 34.Rxf2 Rxf2 35.axb5 32...Qxd3 18 33.Rxd3 0
33...bxa4! 3:32 ...a3 is the strong threat. 33...Rxh4 34.Ne6 Re8 35.Nxc7= 33...Rxf2 34.Rxf2 Rxf2 35.Rd8+ Rf8 36.Rxf8+ Bxf8 37.Kg2± 34.bxa4 0 Bd6 19 Don't play 34...Rxf2 35.Rxf2 Rxf2 36.Rd8+ Rf8 37.Rxf8+ Bxf8 38.Kg2± 35.Rc3 0 Rxa4 2:26 36.Rxc6 0 Rxh4 12 Black is more active. 37.f4 0 Rhxf4 2:35 38.Rxf4 0 Bxf4 15 Endgame KRB-KRN Not 38...Rxf4 39.Ra6 39.Ne4 0 Ra8 38 And now ...a4 would win. 40.Rc4 0 Be5 0 Weaker is 40...a4 41.Nc3 Bd6 42.Nxa4= 41.Ra4 2:25
41...Kg8! 2:10 42.Kg2 2:26 Kf7 2:17 43.Nd2 13:42 Bc3 13:19 44.Ne4 5 Bb4 8:04 45.Kf3 0 Ke6 38 46.c3 8 Be7 1:25 47.Ke3 32 c6 4:08 48.h3 2:58 Bd8 1:56 49.Nc5+ 1:39 Kf5 0 50.Nb3 3:11 Bb6+ 6 51.Kf3 31 Ke5 1:16 52.h4 31:31 Kd5 4:43 53.h5 0 c5 1:00 53...Rf8+ 54.Kg4 c5 54.Nd2 0 Bc7 1:38 55.Ke2 0 55.Ke3 55...Rh8 2:22 56.Rg4 0 Rxh5 14 Strongly threatening ...g5. 57.Rxg7 0 Kc6 4:20 57...Be5 58.c4+ Kd4 58.Kd3 0 Be5 4:42 59.Rf7 0 a4 1:47 60.Ne4? 0 This costs White the game. 60.Nb1 60...Rh3+-+ 0 Black is clearly winning. 61.Kd2 4:56 Kd5 2:34 62.Nf2 5 Rxc3 5:03 Threatens to win with ...a3. 63.Rf5 2:46 Rg3 50 Weighted Error Value: White=0. 40/Black=0.12 (very precise)
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Caruana,F2786Firouzja,A28040–12022FIDE Candidates Tournament 202214.2

Alireza Firouzja

Alireza Firouzja | Photo: FIDE / Stev Bonhage


Nakamura’s recap: ”Dear YouTube, I cared too much”


Round 14 results

NameRtg.Nt.Pts.Pts.NameRtgNt.
2806
7
1-0
2760
2750
5
½-½
9
2773
2776
0-1
2753
2786
0-1
5
2804

Final standings

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
TBPerf.
1
2773
9.5
14
62.00
2909
2
2806
8.0
14
52.00
2822
3
2753
7.5
14
52.00
2808
4
2760
7.5
14
50.25
2807
5
2786
6.5
14
46.50
2746
6
2804
6.0
14
39.50
2722
7
2750
5.5
14
38.50
2700
8
2776
5.5
14
37.75
2696
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

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1.e4 2 c5 58 2.Nf3 7 e6 1:18 3.d4 7 cxd4 25 4.Nxd4 7 Nc6 11 5.Bf4 1:26 d6 2:46 6.Nxc6 25 B44: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5. bxc6 5
7.Bd3N 6 Predecessor: 7.c4 Rb8 8.Qc2 e5 9.Be3 Nf6 10.Nc3 Qc7 11.Be2 Be7 12.0-0 0-0 13.Rac1 ½-½ (62) Rapport,R (2763)-Caruana,F (2806) Saint Louis 2021 7...Ne7 6:17 8.c4 8:18 g6 14:44 9.c5 15:53 e5 20:46 9...d5 10.Bg5± 57 Bg7 2:59
Against Bf6 10...d5! 11.cxd6! 7:07 Qxd6 7 12.0-0 38 Be6 5:42 13.Na3 4:21 Rd8 37 14.Be2 2:50 Qxd1 3:17 15.Rfxd1 13 Rxd1+ 54 16.Bxd1 1:20 16.Rxd1 aiming for Nb5! Bxa2 17.Nc4 16...Kd7 9:39 17.Be2 5:14 17.Ba4!? Rb8 18.b3 18.Rd1+ Ke8 17...Nc8 2:33 18.Rd1+ 2:25 Kc7 57 19.Bc4 20 Bg4 3:25 20.f3 3:34 f6! 26 21.Be3 3:16 Bd7 19 22.Be2 6:07 White is much more active. The black rooks are badly placed. h5 6:08 23.Nc2 10:45 Bf8 1:48 Against Nb4 24.a3 35 a5 7:27 25.Kf1 10:19 25.Rc1± 25...Be6= 1:41 26.Bd2 1:52 Kb6 28 27.Ne3 27 Strongly threatening Bc4. Nd6 2:15 Against Bc4 28.Rc1 2:28 c5 1:08 Better is 28...Be7= 29.Be1 7:25 29.b4 axb4 30.axb4 29...Bh6 5:43 30.Rd1 49 Rd8 54 30...Kc6= keeps the balance. 31.Nd5 Bxd5 32.Rxd5 Rb8 31.Nd5+± 1:37 Bxd5 6 32.Rxd5 7 Be3 6:29 33.Rd3 7:55 White should try 33.b3± 33...Bd4= 2 34.Rb3+ 8 Kc6 2 35.Bxa5 9 Ra8 7 36.Rb6+ 57 Kd7 6 37.Ra6 1:09 Rxa6 1:49 38.Bxa6 3 Bxb2 22       Endgame KBB-KBN 39.a4 4 c4 56
Threatens to win with ...c3. 40.Bb4 0 h4 0 41.Ke2 16:01 Kc6 3:55 42.Ba5 3:49 Bc1 12:31 43.Bd8 2:49 A strong pair of Bishops. Bg5 1:28 44.Kd1 3:54 Kd7 59 45.Bb6 36 Hoping for Bb5+. Kc6 1:27 Inhibits Bb5+. 46.a5 8:34 Bf4 4:52 46...f5!= 47.Kc2 3:32 47.Bd8 47...f5 5:41 48.Kc3 4:41 fxe4 1:05 49.fxe4 11 Nxe4+ 3:35 50.Kxc4 7 Nd6+ 9 The position is equal. 51.Kb4 2:33 Bxh2 21 52.Be2 6 e4 4:56 53.Bc5 5:31       White has compensation. Nf5 5:14 54.Bb5+ 1:15 Kc7! 18 55.Bb6+ 6:43 Kb7 51 56.Bc4 5 Black must now prevent Bd5+. Nd6 3:45 57.Be2 16 Kc6 4:13 58.Bc5 2:05 Nf5 16 59.Bb5+ 1:36 Kc7! 6 60.a6 0 Intending a7 and mate. Bd6 0 61.a7 5:12 Bxc5+ 1:57 62.Kxc5 4 KB-KN Kb7 3 63.Bc6+ 8 Kxa7 3 64.Bxe4 5 Ne3 7 65.Kd4 4 Nxg2 5 66.Bxg2 3 g5 4 67.Bh3 4 g4 3 68.Bxg4 4 h3 2 69.Bxh3 18:10 Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.12 (very precise)
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Caruana,F2786Nakamura,H27601–02022C65FIDE Candidates Tournament 20221.3
Radjabov,T2753Firouzja,A2804½–½2022D24FIDE Candidates Tournament 20221.4
Rapport,R2776Firouzja,A2804½–½2022B53FIDE Candidates Tournament 20222.1
Nakamura,H2760Radjabov,T27531–02022C65FIDE Candidates Tournament 20222.2
Nepomniachtchi,I2773Caruana,F2786½–½2022C54FIDE Candidates Tournament 20222.3
Duda,J2750Ding,L2806½–½2022C54FIDE Candidates Tournament 20222.4
Ding,L2806Rapport,R2776½–½2022D87FIDE Candidates Tournament 20223.1
Caruana,F2786Duda,J2750½–½2022B90FIDE Candidates Tournament 20223.2
Radjabov,T2753Nepomniachtchi,I2773½–½2022E04FIDE Candidates Tournament 20223.3
Firouzja,A2804Nakamura,H2760½–½2022E36FIDE Candidates Tournament 20223.4
Rapport,R2776Nakamura,H2760½–½2022C65FIDE Candidates Tournament 20224.1
Nepomniachtchi,I2773Firouzja,A28041–02022B90FIDE Candidates Tournament 20224.2
Duda,J2750Radjabov,T2753½–½2022C65FIDE Candidates Tournament 20224.3
Ding,L2806Caruana,F2786½–½2022D38FIDE Candidates Tournament 20224.4
Caruana,F2786Rapport,R2776½–½2022B46FIDE Candidates Tournament 20225.1
Radjabov,T2753Ding,L2806½–½2022E16FIDE Candidates Tournament 20225.2
Firouzja,A2804Duda,J2750½–½2022C42FIDE Candidates Tournament 20225.3
Nakamura,H2760Nepomniachtchi,I2773½–½2022C42FIDE Candidates Tournament 20225.4
Radjabov,T2753Rapport,R2776½–½2022B46FIDE Candidates Tournament 20226.1
Firouzja,A2804Caruana,F27860–12022E06FIDE Candidates Tournament 20226.2
Nakamura,H2760Ding,L2806½–½2022C54FIDE Candidates Tournament 20226.3
Nepomniachtchi,I2773Duda,J27501–02022A07FIDE Candidates Tournament 20226.4
Rapport,R2776Nepomniachtchi,I27730–12022C42FIDE Candidates Tournament 20227.1
Duda,J2750Nakamura,H2760½–½2022E48FIDE Candidates Tournament 20227.2
Ding,L2806Firouzja,A2804½–½2022A22FIDE Candidates Tournament 20227.3
Caruana,F2786Radjabov,T27531–02022B28FIDE Candidates Tournament 20227.4
Rapport,R2776Duda,J27501–02022C26FIDE Candidates Tournament 20228.1
Nepomniachtchi,I2773Ding,L2806½–½2022C47FIDE Candidates Tournament 20228.2
Nakamura,H2760Caruana,F27861–02022C82FIDE Candidates Tournament 20228.3
Firouzja,A2804Radjabov,T2753½–½2022C54FIDE Candidates Tournament 20228.4
Firouzja,A2804Rapport,R27761–02022C65FIDE Candidates Tournament 20229.1
Radjabov,T2753Nakamura,H27601–02022C65FIDE Candidates Tournament 20229.2
Caruana,F2786Nepomniachtchi,I2773½–½2022C42FIDE Candidates Tournament 20229.3
Ding,L2806Duda,J27501–02022A13FIDE Candidates Tournament 20229.4
Rapport,R2776Ding,L28060–12022C77FIDE Candidates Tournament 202210.1
Duda,J2750Caruana,F27861–02022C54FIDE Candidates Tournament 202210.2
Nepomniachtchi,I2773Radjabov,T2753½–½2022E05FIDE Candidates Tournament 202210.3
Nakamura,H2760Firouzja,A28041–02022B90FIDE Candidates Tournament 202210.4
Nakamura,H2760Rapport,R2776½–½2022B33FIDE Candidates Tournament 202211.1
Firouzja,A2804Nepomniachtchi,I27730–12022C42FIDE Candidates Tournament 202211.2
Radjabov,T2753Duda,J2750½–½2022A14FIDE Candidates Tournament 202211.3
Caruana,F2786Ding,L28060–12022C88FIDE Candidates Tournament 202211.4
Rapport,R2776Caruana,F2786½–½2022C65FIDE Candidates Tournament 202212.1
Ding,L2806Radjabov,T27530–12022E48FIDE Candidates Tournament 202212.2
Duda,J2750Firouzja,A2804½–½2022D46FIDE Candidates Tournament 202212.3
Nepomniachtchi,I2773Nakamura,H2760½–½2022C67FIDE Candidates Tournament 202212.4
Nepomniachtchi,I2773Rapport,R2776½–½2022B66FIDE Candidates Tournament 202213.1
Nakamura,H2760Duda,J27501–02022B90FIDE Candidates Tournament 202213.2
Firouzja,A2804Ding,L2806½–½2022C47FIDE Candidates Tournament 202213.3
Radjabov,T2753Caruana,F2786½–½2022E04FIDE Candidates Tournament 202213.4
Rapport,R2776Radjabov,T27530–12022C65FIDE Candidates Tournament 202214.1
Caruana,F2786Firouzja,A28040–12022C65FIDE Candidates Tournament 202214.2
Ding,L2806Nakamura,H27601–02022D40FIDE Candidates Tournament 202214.3
Duda,J2750Nepomniachtchi,I2773½–½2022C43FIDE Candidates Tournament 202214.4

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Carlos Colodro is a Hispanic Philologist from Bolivia. He works as a freelance translator and writer since 2012. A lot of his work is done in chess-related texts, as the game is one of his biggest interests, along with literature and music.

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