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Anish Giri names Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana as favorites at Candidates tournament
January 26, 2026 4:27 am
Talking about the rest of the field, Anish Giri said: “There are a bunch of others who have barely played in the Candidates."
FIDE announce major overhauls to Circuit path for Candidates qualification, to merge next two cycles into one
January 17, 2026 12:48 pm
Fabiano Caruana and R. Praggnanandhaa secure their Candidates 2026 spots through the 2024 and 2025 circuits, respectively.
FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky says ratings spot for Candidates 2028 could be eliminated after Magnus Carlsen's comments on Nakamura
December 08, 2025 12:42 pm
After Nakamura secured his spot in the Candidates, five-time world champion Carlsen bashed the way the ratings spot was awarded. Sutovsky took exception to this and said he would move to eliminate the pathway altogether.
Candidates 2026 Line-up: Full list of qualified players after Sindarov Wei Yi & Esipenko confirm qualification via FIDE World Cup
November 27, 2025 8:58 pm
Sindarov, Wei Yi and Esipenko qualified via the FIDE World Cup 2025 route, having finished in the top three positions.
Luxury resort in Cyprus to host FIDE Candidates and Women’s Candidates tournaments in March-April 2026
November 10, 2025 6:24 pm
FIDE announced that the tournaments will be held between March 28 and April 16, 2026.
How can Arjun Erigaisi and Vaishali qualify for Candidates through Grand Swiss? Check all scenarios, result, pairings and standings of final round
September 15, 2025 3:33 pm
Here are all the qualification scenarios for Arjun and Vaishali's Candidates qualification through FIDE Grand Swiss tournament happening in Samarkand.
'We should've done better': FIDE's Emil Sutovsky on Hikaru Nakamura exploiting loophole to qualify for Candidates
September 13, 2025 5:34 pm
Sutovsky, however, said that the chess body should have done a better job of closing the loophole before players could take advantage of it, adding that they had thought that their top players were better than taking advantage of the loophole.
Gukesh: ‘Right now just want to be the best, don’t care about youngest ever and other records’
April 28, 2024 2:16 pm
After Gukesh become the youngest-ever player to qualify for the prestigious World Chess Championship, a clip of him as an 11-year-old surfaced. In it he says: “I want to be the youngest world chess champion!”
Gukesh vs Ding Liren: It will cost about Rs 70 crore to host World Chess Championship
May 22, 2024 8:37 pm
What does it take to host the World Chess Championship, where Gukesh will take on Ding Liren later this year? We break it down in this explainer:
What Gukesh and Co can learn from the life of the Norwegian kid who at 13 had stunned Garry Kasparov?
April 28, 2024 2:06 pm
Now a living legend at 33, he shut-off outside noise, remained thankful to his supportive family, develop as a player and continued to enjoy playing chess
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