Candidates R6: Nepo and Caruana in a league of their own

by Carlos Alberto Colodro
6/24/2022 – Ian Nepomniachtchi and Fabiano Caruana scored full points in round 6 of the Candidates Tournament. Nepo thus kept his sole lead, while Caruana remained in sole second place a half point back. The latter now has a full-point advantage over his closest chasers, as we near the event’s halfway mark. Thursday’s round also saw Teimour Radjabov missing a major chance to beat Richard Rapport. | Photo: FIDE / Steve Bonhage

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A rematch in the cards

Out of the six decisive games played at the Candidates Tournament so far, five of them saw either Ian Nepomniachtchi or Fabiano Caruana scoring full points. Nepo has three wins to Caruana’s two, which leaves the Russian alone atop the standings going into the second rest day of the event.

With Hikaru Nakamura and Richard Rapport — Caruana’s closest chasers — a full point behind the US grandmaster, it seems likely that the fight to become Magnus Carlsen’s next challenger will turn out to be a two-horse race. Coincidentally, the two frontrunners are the two players who last challenged Carlsen in World Championship matches.

While the world champion struggled to beat Caruana in 2018, he saw Nepo collapse in the second half of the 2021 match. The question as to whether Carlsen would accept to face either of these two players is becoming increasingly relevant given the results seen so far in Madrid. Anish Giri has (jokingly) proposed a swift solution:

Nepo’s kingside attacks

As pointed out by Tom Rendle on Twitter, Nepo’s three wins in Madrid have featured kingside attacks, no matter whether he had the white or black pieces.

Facing Jan-Krzysztof Duda with white, another feature of Nepo’s performance throughout the event came to the fore: his quick, confident play even in tough positions. The Russian clearly out-prepared his opponent, who began taking long thinks as early as on move 9.

By move 18, Black already had plenty to worry about, as the white pawns marched down the board on the kingside.

 
Nepomniachtchi vs. Duda

Duda had some defensive resources, but was clearly down on the clock and, more importantly, was facing an in-form, confident Nepomniachtchi.

Four moves later, the Russian correctly rejected to defend a loose pawn on the queenside, as he kept his attack going by pushing his f-pawn to the fifth rank.

 

There followed 23.f5 Qxb2, and Nepo failed to find the most precise continuation in 24.Rc3, lifting the rook and defending the e5-pawn. His 24.e6 did not give away the advantage, but allowed his opponent to somewhat relieve the immediate pressure by simplifying the position.

Soon after, Duda gave up his bishop for a couple of pawns. A quick loss had been prevented, but Nepo continued using his major pieces to create direct threats against the black king.

 

By this point, Black’s counterplay had almost fully vanished, with the connected central passers too slow to create real problems for White.

Resignation came three moves later, as the g7-pawn became all but indefensible for Duda.

 
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1.Nf3 4 d5 8 2.g3 6 Bg4 6:09 3.Bg2 20 e6 6 4.0-0 1:15 Nd7 50 5.h3 40 Bh5 26 6.d4 2:08 A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems. Ngf6 1:21 7.c4 13 c6 14 8.cxd5 25 The position is equal. exd5 46 9.Ne5! 25 outshines the older 9.Qb3. Nxe5 19:43 10.dxe5 32 Ne4 0 11.Nd2 2:15 Nxd2 11:42 12.Bxd2 29 Bc5 9:12 13.Rc1 6:56 Qe7 6:29 14.Kh2 2:16 0-0 3:48 15.g4 45 Bg6 0 15...Qxe5+? 16.f4 Qd6 17.gxh5+- 16.f4 12
With the idea f5. White has good play. 16...h6N 9:57 Predecessor: 16...f5 17.Qb3 Rad8 18.gxf5 Bxf5 19.Rxc5 Qxc5 20.e4 Bg6 21.Bb4 Qc4 22.f5 Bh5 23.Bxf8 Qxb3 24.axb3 Kxf8 25.exd5 cxd5 ½-½ (31) Svidler,P (2768)-Karjakin,S (2753) Wijk aan Zee 2018 17.Qe1 27:41 Rfe8 1:33 18.Qg3 5:08 Bh7 28 19.h4 4:14 Rad8 4:05 20.g5 4:36 hxg5 6:36 20...Kh8!= keeps the balance. 21.hxg5± 31 Bb4 34 Black should play 21...Bf5 22.Bxb4 6:17 Qxb4 2 23.f5! 9 Qxb2 2:40
White must now prevent ... Bxf5! 24.e6 3:21 24.g6 fxg6 25.fxg6 Bxg6 26.Qxg6 Qxe5+ 27.Kg1 27.Kh1 Rd6= 27...Rd6 28.Qf7+ Kh7= White must play 24.Rc3!+- 24...fxe6 1:44 24...Qxe2? 25.exf7+ Kxf7 26.g6+ Kg8 27.Qh4+- 27.gxh7+ Kh8± 25.g6 12:44 exf5 17 26.gxh7+ 21 Kh8 1:16 27.Rb1 0 Qf6 1:50 28.Rxb7 1:16 Rxe2 24
Black should try 28...Re5 29.Rxf5‼± 2:04 Qh6+ 34 30.Kg1 5:43 Rxa2? 3:24 Loses the game. 30...Re6± 31.Rbf7 3:51 Threatens to win with Bf1. Really sharp! Ra1+ 2:17
31...Re2 keeps fighting. 32.Rg5 32.Rxa7 Qc1+ 33.Bf1 Qc5+ 34.Kh1 Qxa7 32...Re1+ 33.Bf1 33.Qxe1 Qxg5 34.Qe7 Qxe7= 33...Rde8 34.Rgxg7 Qe3+ 35.Qxe3 R1xe3 36.Rxa7 Rd8 32.Bf1!+- 55 Rg5 is the strong threat. Active counter play! d4 2:37 32...Re8 was worth a try. 33.Rg5 Rae1 33.Rg5 0 Qd6 9:40 34.Qf2 1:17 Qa3 0 35.Rg3 1:01 Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) / Black=0.66 Weaker is 35.Rfxg7 Qe3±
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Nepomniachtchi,I2773Duda,J27501–02022FIDE Candidates Tournament 20226.4

Jan-Krzysztof Duda

Dealing with a lost position — Jan-Krzysztof Duda | Photo: FIDE / Steve Bonhage

Caruana beats Firouzja with black

Alireza Firouzja has been struggling in Madrid. The youngster played the fashionable Catalan Opening with white against Caruana, and found himself grappling with a tough decision regarding how to develop his pieces on move 13.

 
Firouzja vs. Caruana

This setup illustrates how difficult it is to handle these Catalan positions. White must decide between 13.e4, which gains a tempo but blockades his bishop; 13.Nc3, which might be responded by 13...Nxc3, spoiling the structure; and 13.Nd2, the manoeuvre chosen by Firouzja after no less than 39 minutes worth of thinking time.

While Caruana — an excellent theoretician — only blitzed out his first five moves, he spent over 10 minutes on a single move only once in the whole game. Much like Nepo, he played confidently throughout, as he slowly but surely improved his position.

On move 20, Firouzja incorrectly entered a tactical sequence which left him on the back foot for the rest of the game.

 

20.Rxd7 counts on the fact that after 20...Qxd7 White can skewer queen and rook with 21.Bh3. However, the concept fails due to 21...f5, which Caruana had no problem finding — a great calculator, he correctly assessed the tactical consequences of what is, after all, the most forceful move in the position.

Firouzja’s best response here was 22.Bxf5 (Black has 22...Qe8 in this case), but went for 22.exf5 instead. Caruana found himself an exchange up and soon enough grabbed the initiative by pushing his e-pawn down the board.

 

In the remainder of the game, Caruana showed he is in great form, as he kept finding the most trying continuations, including 28...e3 here, which in fact gives up the pawn to further open up the position — 29.Kg2 Rd8 30.Rxd8+ Nxd8 31.fxe3

 

Black went on to activate his rook by transferring it to c2, and improved his knight by placing it on the strong g5-outpost. Firouzja looked for defensive recourses until move 42, when he decided it was finally time to throw in the towel.

 
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1.d4 3 Nf6 5 2.c4 6 e6 3 3.g3 9 d5 14 4.Bg2 0 Be7 19 5.Nf3 17 0-0 7 6.Qd3 58 E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations. c5 8:50 7.0-0 40 cxd4 10:38 8.Nxd4 49 The position is equal. Nc6 4:57 9.cxd5 12:11
9...Nxd4N 8:24 Predecessor: 9...exd5 10.Nc3 h6 11.Rd1 Re8 12.a3 a6 13.Be3 Be6 14.Rac1 Ne5 15.Qc2 Rc8 1-0 (28) Wagner,D (2584)-Gokerkan,C (2445) Terme Catez 2022 10.Qxd4 10 Nxd5 4 11.Rd1 6:21 Bf6 3:42 12.Qg4 4:56 Bd7 0 13.Nd2 39:02 Qe7 2:46 14.Nf3 9:30 Rac8 3:23 15.e4 6:23
Threatens to win with e5. 15...e5! 1:59 16.Qh5 6 Nb4 5:27 17.Bg5 20:15 Bxg5 1:47 18.Nxg5 8 h6 8 19.Nf3 9 Nc6 1:50 20.Rxd7 6:06 Qxd7 10 21.Bh3 4 f5! 9:49 22.exf5 6 Better is 22.Bxf5 Qe8 23.Qg4 22...Rce8 5:18 23.Nh4 1:24 e4! 4:05 24.Rd1 4 Qf7 36 25.Qe2 9 Qxa2 8:19 26.Ng6 22 Rf7 21 27.Nf4 20 27.Qc2 27...Qb3 0 28.Bg4 16 e3 3:16 aiming for ...exf2+. 29.Kg2 9 Rd8! 1:32 30.Rxd8+ 52 Nxd8 7 31.fxe3 12
31...Rc7! 1:34 And now ...Rc2 would win. 32.Kh3 19
32.Qd1 was necessary. Qxb2+ 33.Kh3 32...Nf7!-+ 54 33.Bf3 4:30 Rc2 8:13 34.Qd1 11 Ng5+ 15 Stronger than 34...Rxb2 35.Qd7 Qb5 36.Qe6= 35.Kg4 6 Strongly threatening Bd5+. Nxf3 14 35...Qxb2 gets mated. 36.Qd8+ Kh7 37.Bd5 h5+ 38.Nxh5 Rd2 39.Qg8+ Kh6 40.Qh8+ Nh7 41.Bg8 36.Qd8+ 20 Kh7 7 ( -> ...Ne5+) 37.Kxf3 10 37.Ne6 Qc4+ 38.Kxf3 Qe2+ 39.Ke4 Rc4+ 40.Kd5 Qd3+ 41.Nd4 37...Qxb2 58 38.Qe8 28 Qf6 2:03 Hoping for ...Qc6+. 39.e4 7 39.Qe4 Rxh2 40.Nd5 39...Rxh2 2:12 ...a5 is the strong threat. Black is clearly winning. 40.Qd7 0 40.Nd5 Qa6 41.Kf4 40...Qc3+ 0 41.Kg4 1:36 Qd2 4:07 42.Qa4 1:17 Weighted Error Value: White=0.45/Black=0.06 (flawless)
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Firouzja,A2804Caruana,F27860–12022FIDE Candidates Tournament 20226.2

Alireza Firouzja, Fabiano Caruana

Alireza Firouzja facing Fabiano Caruana | Photo: FIDE / Steve Bonhage

Radjabov’s missed chance

Surprisingly, the one Candidate who has yet to play a decisive game in the tournament is Richard Rapport. The ever-creative Hungarian has drawn all six of his games so far.

More than once, Rapport has escaped with half points from inferior positions, though. On Thursday, he and Teimour Radjabov explored a thrilling line out of a Sicilian Taimanov, in which precise calculations by both sides kept the position dynamically balanced.

An endgame with rooks and opposite-coloured bishops eventually appeared on the board. With the time control approaching and after having found many precise moves throughout the game, Rapport unexpectedly faltered. Radjabov, in turn, failed to play the winning move.

 
Radjabov vs. Rapport

Black is three pawns up, but it is all about king safety here. Radjabov has his two rooks on open files, while his dark-squared bishop is optimally placed to create problems for the black king. White is threatening to infiltrate with his rook to f7, but he should first deal with the fact that his strong bishop is under attack.

Shockingly for the spectators, instead of the winning 39.Bh2, Radjabov went for the immediate 39.Rf7, allowing 39...Rxe5 40.Rbxb7 Rb5, and a draw was agreed.

It was an incredible miss by Radjabov, and fatigue might have had something to do with it. But, as GM Robin van Kampen put it, missing such a move was certainly ‘no bueno’ for the Azerbaijani star:

 
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1.e4 2 c5 1:15 2.Nf3 5 e6 18 3.d4 6 cxd4 6 4.Nxd4 5 Nc6 6 5.Nc3 4 a6 30 6.Nxc6 0 bxc6 8 7.Qd3 4 B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6. d5 52 8.Qg3 23 h5 1:11 9.h4 23 d4 51 10.Nb1 1:03 Nf6 0 11.e5 1:32 Ne4 14 12.Qf3 4 Qd5 22 13.Bd3 2:03 Bb4+ 21 14.Kf1 1:44 f5 10 15.exf6 6 Nxf6 0
16.Bg6+N 23 Predecessor: 16.c3 Bc5 17.Bg6+ Kd8 18.Nd2 dxc3 19.bxc3 e5 20.c4 Qxf3 21.gxf3 Be6 22.Kg2 ½-½ (61) Vachier Lagrave,M (2749)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2792) Zagreb 2021 16...Kd7 0 17.Bg5 26:58 Rf8 17:11 17...Qe5? 18.c3 Bd6 19.Nd2± 18.c3 7:42 Bd6 12:26 18...Bc5!? 19.cxd4 3:27 Qxd4 3:43 20.Qc3! 0 Qd1+ 6:43 21.Qe1 16 Qxe1+ 21 22.Kxe1 18 Rb8 1:31 23.Nd2 2:55 Rxb2 2:49 24.Nc4 11:26 Bb4+ 1:54 25.Kf1 40 Ng4 0 26.f3 2:42 Rf2+ 2:18 27.Kg1 2
Dancing on a razor blade. 27...Bc5! 51 ( -> ... R2xf3+) 28.fxg4 1:52 And now Kh2 would win. R2f4+! 0 29.Ne3! 5:23 Bxe3+ 1:16 30.Kh2 1:15 Rxg4 4:31 31.Bxe3 8:51 Strongly threatening Bg5. 31.Rhd1+ is interesting. Kc7 32.Bxe3 Rxg6 33.Rab1 31...Rxg6 0 32.Rhd1+ 2 Kc7 7:49 33.Rab1! 0 Threatens to win with Bb6+. Bb7 37 34.Bc5 3:52 Re8 53 35.Bd6+ 5:16 35.Rb2= 35...Kc8 25 36.Be5 2 Rf1 is the strong threat. Rg4 4:25 36...Rf8! 37.Rf1 Rxf1 38.Rxf1 c5 39.Rf8+ Kd7 40.Rf7+ Kc6 41.Rxg7 Rxg7 42.Bxg7 Kb5 37.Rf1! 1:30 Threatening mate with Rf7. Rxh4+ 7:01 37...c5! 38.Kg1± 15 Intending Rf7 and mate. White is more active. Re4 2:45
39.Rf7 16 39.Bh2!± 39...Rxe5= 13 40.Rbxb7 0 Rb5 0 Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.11 (very precise)
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Radjabov,T2753Rapport,R2776½–½2022FIDE Candidates Tournament 20226.1

Teimour Radjabov

Teimour Radjabov | Photo: FIDE / Steve Bonhage

Round 6 results

NameRtg.Nt.Pts.Pts.NameRtgNt.
GM

1
GM
2806
1

2
GM
2786
½

3
GM
2753
½

4
GM
2804
1

5
GM
2760
½

6
GM
2750
1

Ø 2777
4.5/6
2773
1-0
GM
GM
2750

1
GM
2776
½

2
GM
2806
½

3
GM
2786
½

4
GM
2753
½

5
GM
2804
½


Ø 2783
2.5/6
2750
GM

1
GM
2753
½

2
GM
2776
½

3
GM
2760
½


5
GM
2750
½

6
GM
2786
0

Ø 2766
2/6
2804
2
0-1
3
GM
GM
2786

1
GM
2760
1


3
GM
2750
½

4
GM
2806
½

5
GM
2776
½

6
GM
2804
1

Ø 2778
4/6
2786
GM

1
GM
2786
0

2
GM
2753
1

3
GM
2804
½

4
GM
2776
½


6
GM
2806
½

Ø 2783
3/6
2760
½-½
2
GM
GM
2806


2
GM
2750
½

3
GM
2776
½

4
GM
2786
½

5
GM
2753
½

6
GM
2760
½

Ø 2766
2.5/6
2806
GM

1
GM
2804
½

2
GM
2760
0


4
GM
2750
½

5
GM
2806
½

6
GM
2776
½

Ø 2778
2.5/6
2753
2
½-½
GM
GM
2776

1
GM
2750
½

2
GM
2804
½

3
GM
2806
½

4
GM
2760
½

5
GM
2786
½

6
GM
2753
½

Ø 2777
3/6
2776

Standings after round 6

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
TBPerf.
1
GM

1
GM
2806
1

2
GM
2786
½

3
GM
2753
½

4
GM
2804
1

5
GM
2760
½

6
GM
2750
1

Ø 2777
4.5/6
2773
4.5
6
11.75
2970
2
GM
GM
2786

1
GM
2760
1


3
GM
2750
½

4
GM
2806
½

5
GM
2776
½

6
GM
2804
1

Ø 2778
4/6
2786
4.0
6
11.25
2903
3
GM

1
GM
2786
0

2
GM
2753
1

3
GM
2804
½

4
GM
2776
½


6
GM
2806
½

Ø 2783
3/6
2760
3.0
6
8.50
2783
4
GM
GM
2776

1
GM
2750
½

2
GM
2804
½

3
GM
2806
½

4
GM
2760
½

5
GM
2786
½

6
GM
2753
½

Ø 2777
3/6
2776
3.0
6
8.25
2777
5
GM
GM
2806


2
GM
2750
½

3
GM
2776
½

4
GM
2786
½

5
GM
2753
½

6
GM
2760
½

Ø 2766
2.5/6
2806
2.5
6
7.50
2709
6
GM

1
GM
2804
½

2
GM
2760
0


4
GM
2750
½

5
GM
2806
½

6
GM
2776
½

Ø 2778
2.5/6
2753
2.5
6
7.25
2721
7
GM
GM
2750

1
GM
2776
½

2
GM
2806
½

3
GM
2786
½

4
GM
2753
½

5
GM
2804
½


Ø 2783
2.5/6
2750
2.5
6
7.00
2726
8
GM

1
GM
2753
½

2
GM
2776
½

3
GM
2760
½


5
GM
2750
½

6
GM
2786
0

Ø 2766
2/6
2804
2.0
6
5.50
2641
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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Duda,J2750Rapport,R2776½–½2022B44FIDE Candidates Tournament 20221.1
Ding,L2806Nepomniachtchi,I27730–12022A20FIDE Candidates Tournament 20221.2
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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