The Candidates Tournament 2022 is a chess tournament with eight players that will determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2023. The competition will take place from June 16 to July 5, 2022, in the Palace of Santona in Madrid, Spain, with the World Championship following in early 2023. It will be a double round-robin event, as it has been for every candidate’s tournament since 2013.
The victor will compete in the World Chess Championship in a match against Magnus Carlsen. If Carlsen decides not to play, the top two finishers will compete for the world title in a match.
Ian Nepomniachtchi, Teimour Radjabov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Alireza Firouzja, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Richard Rapport, and Ding Liren are among the eight qualifiers.
Candidates Tournament 2022 Schedule
Below we have embedded the detailed schedule of the 2022 Candidates Tournament that you can see:
| Date | Event | Los Angeles | New York | London | Madrid | Moscow | New Delhi | Beijing |
| June 18 | Round 2 | 6:00 | 9:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 18:30 | 21:00 |
| June 19 | Round 3 | 6:00 | 9:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 18:30 | 21:00 |
| June 20 | Rest day | |||||||
| June 21 | Round 4 | 6:00 | 9:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 18:30 | 21:00 |
| June 22 | Round 5 | 6:00 | 9:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 18:30 | 21:00 |
| June 23 | Round 6 | 6:00 | 9:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 18:30 | 21:00 |
| June 24 | Rest day | |||||||
| June 25 | Round 7 | 6:00 | 9:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 18:30 | 21:00 |
| June 26 | Round 8 | 6:00 | 9:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 18:30 | 21:00 |
| June 27 | Round 9 | 6:00 | 9:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 18:30 | 21:00 |
| June 28 | Rest day | |||||||
| June 29 | Round 10 | 6:00 | 9:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 18:30 | 21:00 |
| June 30 | Round 11 | 6:00 | 9:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 18:30 | 21:00 |
| July 1 | Round 12 | 6:00 | 9:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 18:30 | 21:00 |
| July 2 | Rest day | |||||||
| July 3 | Round 13 | 6:00 | 9:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 18:30 | 21:00 |
| July 4 | Round 14 | 6:00 | 9:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 18:30 | 21:00 |
| July 5 | Tiebreaks | 6:00 | 9:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 18:30 | 21:00 |
Candidates Tournament 2022 Pairings & Results
The anticipated pairings for the 2022 Candidates Tournament are listed below. The following pairings are subject to confirmation once FIDE releases the official pairings list:
| Round 1 | 17.06.22 | 15:00 CEST | Round 8 | 26.06.22 | 15:00 CEST | |
| Duda | ½-½ | Rapport | Rapport | – | Duda | |
| Ding | 0-1 | Nepomniachtchi | Nepomniachtchi | – | Ding | |
| Caruana | 1-0 | Nakamura | Nakamura | – | Caruana | |
| Radjabov | ½-½ | Firouzja | Firouzja | – | Radjabov | |
| Round 2 | 18.06.22 | 15:00 CEST | Round 9 | 27.06.22 | 15:00 CEST | |
| Rapport | – | Firouzja | Firouzja | – | Rapport | |
| Nakamura | – | Radjabov | Radjabov | – | Nakamura | |
| Nepomniachtchi | – | Caruana | Caruana | – | Nepomniachtchi | |
| Duda | – | Ding | Ding | – | Duda | |
| Round 3 | 19.06.22 | 15:00 CEST | Round 10 | 29.06.22 | 15:00 CEST | |
| Ding | – | Rapport | Rapport | – | Ding | |
| Caruana | – | Duda | Duda | – | Caruana | |
| Radjabov | – | Nepomniachtchi | Nepomniachtchi | – | Radjabov | |
| Firouzja | – | Nakamura | Nakamura | – | Firouzja | |
| Round 4 | 21.06.22 | 15:00 CEST | Round 11 | 30.06.22 | 15:00 CEST | |
| Rapport | – | Nakamura | Nakamura | – | Rapport | |
| Nepomniachtchi | – | Firouzja | Firouzja | – | Nepomniachtchi | |
| Duda | – | Radjabov | Radjabov | – | Duda | |
| Ding | – | Caruana | Caruana | – | Ding | |
| Round 5 | 22.06.22 | 15:00 CEST | Round 12 | 01.07.22 | 15:00 CEST | |
| Caruana | – | Rapport | Rapport | – | Caruana | |
| Radjabov | – | Ding | Ding | – | Radjabov | |
| Firouzja | – | Duda | Duda | – | Firouzja | |
| Nakamura | – | Nepomniachtchi | Nepomniachtchi | – | Nakamura | |
| Round 6 | 23.06.22 | 15:00 CEST | Round 13 | 03.07.22 | 15:00 CEST | |
| Radjabov | – | Rapport | Nepomniachtchi | – | Rapport | |
| Firouzja | – | Caruana | Nakamura | – | Duda | |
| Nakamura | – | Ding | Firouzja | – | Ding | |
| Nepomniachtchi | – | Duda | Radjabov | – | Caruana | |
| Round 7 | 25.06.22 | 15:00 CEST | Round 14 | 04.07.22 | 15:00 CEST | |
| Rapport | – | Nepomniachtchi | Rapport | – | Radjabov | |
| Duda | – | Nakamura | Caruana | – | Firouzja | |
| Ding | – | Firouzja | Ding | – | Nakamura | |
| Caruana | – | Radjabov | Duda | – | Nepomniachtchi |
How To Watch FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022
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