7/6/2022 – On Tuesday, 5 July, the Candidates Tournament in Madrid officially ended with the closing ceremony, a banquet and a press conference. Guests of honour were Viswanathan Anand and Judit Polgar. In a press conference, Nepomniachtchi, Ding and Radjabov shared their impressions. | Photos: FIDE / Stev Bonhage

7/1/2022 – It has been more than a year since Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (MVL) finished second in the Candidates tournament. Ideally, the French Grandmaster should have been playing in this year’s edition too. However, he missed out following disappointing performances in the Fide Grand Prix events. With the 2021 Candidates tournament relatively fresh in mind, Dhananjay Khadilkar spoke to MVL on a range of issues including his pick for the 2022 Candidates, skipping this year’s Olympiad and the possibility of Magnus Carlsen not defending the world championship title.

6/17/2022 – Today, the most important tournament of the year starts - the Candidates Tournament. The winner will challenge Magnus Carlsen for the World Championship and can become new World Champion. But who will win? We will know in three weeks but we still dare a prediction now, based on the games the eight candidates have recently played against each other. And the winner is...

6/17/2022 – The first round of the Candidates will start today at 15.00 CEST (09.00 ET, 18.30 IST) in Madrid, Spain. At the press conference that started the Candidates officially, Fabiano Caruana, who has already played in three Candidates Tournaments, and who was the only player participating in the press conference, explained which tournament strategy promises success. Report and video...