In the end, there can be only one Aaaaaand, just like that the Candidates Tournament 2018 is over. 14 gruelling rounds have passed in a blink of an eye. The players have presented some marvellous,…
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CANDIDATES TOURNAMENT 2018
Coverage of the Candidates Tournament 2018.
Game analysis, round reports, news and opinions and more.
Candidates Tournament 2018 – Rounds 12 and 13
Drama at its peak as Caruana loses and wins to take the lead Dramatic final round is not something new for the modern Candidates tournament. In 2013, Carlsen lost with White pieces to Svidler and…
Candidates Tournament 2018 – Rounds 10 and 11
Situation at the top unchanged, Karjakin approaches the leaders “Nothing new under the sun” would be the best description of the events that happened in rounds 10 and 11 of the Candidates Tournament 2018. Aronian’s…
Candidates Tournament 2018 – Rounds 8 and 9
Kramnik’s downfall I will admit, christening rounds 6 and 7 as Aronian’s downfall was slightly overstretched – after all, Levon never really got the tournament going in the first place. On the other hand, rounds…
Candidates Tournament 2018 – Rounds 6 and 7
Aronian’s downfall Although the Candidates tournament 2018 hasn’t started very well for Levon Aronian, after 5 rounds his fans still retained some hopes of him performing well. Alas, after the next two rounds, not even…
Candidates Tournament 2018 – Rounds 4 and 5
ALEXANDER GRISCHUK – THE MAN OF THE HOUR Rounds 4 and 5 of the Candidates Tournament 2018 have just finished and they have left the spectators with mixed feelings. Whereas round 4 continued where round 3 has…
Candidates tournament 2018- Rounds 2 and 3
Round 2 After the bloodbath in the first round, in the round 2 of the FIDE Chess Candidates Tournament 2018, the players have slightly slowed down. At least result wise. Out of the four games,…
Candidates Tournament 2018 – Round 1
BLOODY BEGINNING The participants The World Chess Candidates Tournament is a tournament which determines the challenger for the World Chess Championship Match (Carlsen M. is the current defender). Eight players In the 2018 edition, which…