Candidates Tournament

The Candidates Tournament (or in some periods Candidates Matches) is a chess tournament organized by FIDE, chess's international governing body, since 1950, as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship. ^[1]

272 relations: Alexander Alekhine, Alexander Beliavsky, Alexander Chernin, Alexander Grischuk, Alexander Khalifman, Alexander Kotov, Alexander Morozevich, Alexei Shirov, Alexey Dreev, Alireza Firouzja, Amsterdam, Anatoly Karpov, Andor Lilienthal, András Adorján, Andrei Sokolov, Anish Giri, Arnhem, Artur Yusupov (chess player), Astana, AVRO 1938 chess tournament, Étienne Bacrot, Baguio, Baku, Belgrade, Bent Larsen, Biel/Bienne, Bled, Bobby Fischer, Bonn, Boris Gelfand, Boris Gulko, Boris Spassky, Borislav Ivkov, Brissago, Budapest, Candidates Tournament 1953, Candidates Tournament 1956, Candidates Tournament 2013, Candidates Tournament 2014, Candidates Tournament 2016, Candidates Tournament 2018, Candidates Tournament 2020–2021, Candidates Tournament 2022, Candidates Tournament 2024, Cazorla, Andalusia, Chennai, Chess, Chess World Cup, Chess World Cup 2005, Chess World Cup 2007, ... Expand index (222 more) » « Shrink index
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Alexander Alekhine

Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine (March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns.

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Alexander Beliavsky

Alexander Genrikhovich Beliavsky (Олександр Генріхович Бєлявський, Aleksander Henrikovič Beljavski; also romanized Belyavsky; born December 17, 1953) is a Soviet, Ukrainian and Slovenian chess player.

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Alexander Chernin

Alexander Mikhailovich Chernin (Александр Михайлович Чернин; born 6 March 1960) is a Soviet-born Hungarian chess grandmaster and trainer.

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Alexander Grischuk

Alexander Igorevich Grischuk (born October 31, 1983) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Alexander Khalifman

Alexander Valeryevich Khalifman (Алекса́ндр Вале́рьевич Халифма́н; born 18 January 1966) is a Russian chess player and writer.

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Alexander Kotov

Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov (Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Ко́тов; (– 8 January 1981) was a Soviet chess grandmaster and author. He was a Soviet chess champion, a two-time world title Candidate, and a prolific writer on the subject of chess. Kotov served in high posts in the Soviet Chess Federation, and wrote most of his books during the Cold War.

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Alexander Morozevich

Alexander Sergeyevich Morozevich (translit; born July 18, 1977) is a Russian chess player.

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Alexei Shirov

Alexei Shirov (Aleksejs Širovs; born 4 July 1972) is a Latvian and Spanish chess player.

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Alexey Dreev

Alexey Sergeyevich Dreev (Алексей Сергеевич Дреев, also transliterated as Aleksey or Alexei; born 30 January 1969) is a Russian chess player.

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Alireza Firouzja

Alireza Firouzja (علیرضا فیروزجا,; born 18 June 2003) is an Iranian and French chess grandmaster.

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam (literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands.

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Anatoly Karpov

Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Анатолий Евгеньевич Карпов,; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, ⁣and politician.

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Andor Lilienthal

Andor (André, Andre, Andrei) Arnoldovich LilienthalReuben Fine, The World's Great Chess Games, Dover Publications, 1983, p. 216.

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András Adorján

András Adorján (born András Jocha; 31 March 1950 – 11 May 2023) was a Hungarian Chess Grandmaster (1973) and author.

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Andrei Sokolov

Andrei Yurievich Sokolov (Андре́й Ю́рьевич Соколо́в; born 20 March 1963, in Vorkuta, Komi ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a chess Grandmaster of Russian origin, now living in France.

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Anish Giri

Anish Kumar Giri (अनीश कुमार गिरि; Аниш Кумар Гири; born 28 June 1994) is a Dutch chess grandmaster.

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Arnhem

Arnhem (or; Arnheim; Ernems: Èrnem) is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands, near the German border.

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Artur Yusupov (chess player)

Artur Mayakovich Yusupov (Арту́р Маякович Юсу́пов; Artur Majakowitsch Jussupow; born February 13, 1960) is a chess grandmaster and a chess writer.

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Astana

Astana, formerly known as Nur-Sultan, Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, and Akmola, is the capital city of Kazakhstan.

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AVRO 1938 chess tournament

The AVRO tournament was a famous chess tournament held in the Netherlands in 1938, sponsored by the Dutch broadcasting company AVRO.

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Étienne Bacrot

Étienne Bacrot (born 22 January 1983) is a French chess grandmaster, and as a child, a chess prodigy.

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Baguio

Baguio, officially the City of Baguio (Siudad ne Bagiw; Siudad ti Baguio; Lungsod ng Baguio), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines.

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Baku

Baku (Bakı) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region.

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Belgrade

Belgrade.

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Bent Larsen

Jørgen Bent Larsen (4 March 1935 – 9 September 2010) was a Danish chess grandmaster and author.

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Biel/Bienne

Biel/Bienne (official bilingual wording; German: Biel, French: Bienne;,; local dialect; Bienna; Bienna; Belna) is a bilingual city in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Bled

Bled (Veldes,Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 146. in older sources also Feldes) is a town on Lake Bled in the Upper Carniolan region of northwestern Slovenia.

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Bobby Fischer

Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion.

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Bonn

Bonn is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine.

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Boris Gelfand

Boris Gelfand (בוריס אברמוביץ' גלפנד; Barys Abramavič Heĺfand; Boris Abramovich Gel'fand; born 24 June 1968) is a Belarusian-Israeli chess player.

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Boris Gulko

Boris Franzevich Gulko (p; born February 9, 1947) is a Soviet-American Grandmaster in chess.

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Boris Spassky

Boris Vasilievich Spassky (Borís Vasíl'yevich Spásskiy; born January 30, 1937) is a Russian chess grandmaster who was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972.

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Borislav Ivkov

Borislav Ivkov (12 November 1933 – 14 February 2022) was a Serbian chess Grandmaster.

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Brissago

Brissago, (Italian pronunciation: brisˈsaːɡo) is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland, bordering Italy.

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Budapest

Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary.

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Candidates Tournament 1953

Zurich 1953 was a chess tournament won by Vasily Smyslov. Candidates Tournament and Candidates Tournament 1953 are Candidates Tournaments.

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Candidates Tournament 1956

Amsterdam 1956 was a chess tournament won by Vasily Smyslov. Candidates Tournament and Candidates Tournament 1956 are Candidates Tournaments.

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Candidates Tournament 2013

The 2013 Candidates Tournament was an eight-player chess double round-robin tournament that took place in the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Savoy Place, London, from 15 March to 1 April 2013. Candidates Tournament and Candidates Tournament 2013 are Candidates Tournaments.

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Candidates Tournament 2014

The Candidates Tournament 2014 was an eight-player double round-robin chess tournament that took place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from 13 March to 31 March 2014. Candidates Tournament and Candidates Tournament 2014 are Candidates Tournaments.

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Candidates Tournament 2016

The Candidates Tournament 2016 was an eight-player double round-robin chess tournament, held in Moscow, Russia, from 11 to 30 March 2016. Candidates Tournament and Candidates Tournament 2016 are Candidates Tournaments.

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Candidates Tournament 2018

The Candidates Tournament 2018 was an eight-player double round-robin chess tournament, which was held in Berlin, Germany, between 10–28 March 2018. Candidates Tournament and Candidates Tournament 2018 are Candidates Tournaments.

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Candidates Tournament 2020–2021

The 2020–2021 Candidates Tournament was an eight-player chess double-round-robin tournament to decide the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2021, played in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Candidates Tournament and Candidates Tournament 2020–2021 are Candidates Tournaments.

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Candidates Tournament 2022

The 2022 Candidates Tournament was an eight-player chess tournament to decide the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2023. Candidates Tournament and Candidates Tournament 2022 are Candidates Tournaments.

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Candidates Tournament 2024

The 2024 Candidates Tournament was an eight-player chess tournament, held to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2024. Candidates Tournament and Candidates Tournament 2024 are Candidates Tournaments.

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Cazorla, Andalusia

Cazorla is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Jaén, Andalusia.

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Chennai

Chennai (IAST), formerly known as Madras, is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India.

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Chess

Chess is a board game for two players.

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Chess World Cup

The FIDE World Cup is a major chess event organized by FIDE, the international governing body. Candidates Tournament and chess World Cup are FIDE competitions and world Chess Championships.

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Chess World Cup 2005

The Chess World Cup 2005 served as a qualification tournament for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2007.

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Chess World Cup 2007

The Chess World Cup 2007 served as a qualification tournament for the World Chess Championship 2010.

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Chess World Cup 2009

The Chess World Cup 2009 was a 128-player single-elimination tournament, played between 20 November and 14 December 2009, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

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Chess World Cup 2011

The Chess World Cup 2011 was a chess World Cup tournament.

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Chess World Cup 2013

The Chess World Cup 2013 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament, played between 11 August and 2 September 2013, in the hotel Scandic Tromsø in Tromsø, Norway.

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Chess World Cup 2015

The Chess World Cup 2015 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 10 September to 5 October 2015.

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Chess World Cup 2017

The Chess World Cup 2017 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament, held in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 2 to 27 September 2017.

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Chess World Cup 2019

The Chess World Cup 2019 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from 9 September to 4 October 2019.

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Chess World Cup 2021

The Chess World Cup 2021 was a 206-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Sochi, Russia, beginning 12 July and ending 6 August 2021.

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Chess World Cup 2023

The Chess World Cup 2023 was a 206-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Baku, Azerbaijan from 30 July to 24 August 2023.

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Christopher Lutz

Christopher Lutz (born 24 February 1971) is a German chess grandmaster and a two-time German Chess Champion.

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Classical World Chess Championship 1995

The Classical World Chess Championship 1995, known at the time as the PCA World Chess Championship 1995, was held from September 10, 1995, to October 16, 1995, on the 107th floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Candidates Tournament and Classical World Chess Championship 1995 are world Chess Championships.

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Classical World Chess Championship 2000

The Classical World Chess Championship 2000, known at the time as the Braingames World Chess Championships, was held from 8 October 2000 – 4 November 2000 in London, United Kingdom. Candidates Tournament and Classical World Chess Championship 2000 are world Chess Championships.

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Classical World Chess Championship 2004

The Classical World Chess Championship 2004 was held from September 25, 2004, to October 18, 2004, in Brissago, Switzerland. Candidates Tournament and Classical World Chess Championship 2004 are world Chess Championships.

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COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

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Curaçao

Curaçao (or, or, Papiamentu), officially the Country of Curaçao (Land Curaçao; Papiamentu: Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island in the southern Caribbean Sea, specifically the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of Venezuela.

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David Bronstein

David Ionovich Bronstein (Дави́д Ио́нович Бронште́йн; February 19, 1924 – December 5, 2006) was a Soviet chess player.

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Development of the Women's World Chess Championship

The Women's World Chess Championship was established by FIDE in 1927.

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Ding Liren

Ding Liren (born 24 October 1992) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion.

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Dmitry Andreikin

Dmitry Vladimirovich Andreikin (Дмитрий Владимирович Андрейкин, born 5 February 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster, World Junior Chess Champion in 2010 and two-time Russian Chess Champion (2012 and 2018).

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Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting

The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting was until 2020 an elite chess tournament held every summer in Dortmund, Germany.

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Dubai

Dubai (translit) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the country's seven emirates.

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Efim Geller

Efim Petrovich Geller (Ефим Петрович Геллер; Юхим Петрович Геллер; 8 March 1925 – 17 November 1998) was a Soviet chess player and world-class grandmaster at his peak.

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Elista

Elista (Элиста́,;"Большой энциклопедический словарь", под ред. А. М. Прохорова. Москва и Санкт-Петербург, 1997, стр. 1402, Elst)The approximate pronunciation of the Cyrillic Kalmyk name in IPA is.

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Emanuel Lasker

Emanuel Lasker (December 24, 1868 – January 11, 1941) was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher.

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Eugene Torre

Eugenio "Eugene" Torre (born November 4, 1951) is a Filipino chess grandmaster.

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Evgeny Bareev

Evgeny Ilgizovich Bareev (Евгений Ильгизович Бареев; born 21 November 1966) is a Russian-Canadian chess player, trainer, and writer.

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Fabiano Caruana

Fabiano Luigi Caruana (born July 30, 1992) is an Italian and American chess grandmaster who is the reigning three-time United States Chess Champion.

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FIDE

The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national chess federations and acts as the governing body of international chess competition.

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FIDE Grand Prix

The FIDE Grand Prix is a biennial series of chess tournaments, organized by FIDE and its commercial partner Agon. Candidates Tournament and FIDE Grand Prix are FIDE competitions and world Chess Championships.

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FIDE Grand Prix 2008–2010

The FIDE Grand Prix 2008–2010 was a series of six chess tournaments that formed part of the qualification for the World Chess Championship 2012.

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FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13

The FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13 was a series of six chess tournaments that formed part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2014.

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FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15

The FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15 was a series of four chess tournaments that formed part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2016.

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FIDE Grand Prix 2017

The FIDE Grand Prix 2017 was a series of four chess tournaments that formed part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2018.

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FIDE Grand Prix 2019

The FIDE Grand Prix 2019 was a series of four chess tournaments that formed part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2021.

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FIDE Grand Prix 2022

The FIDE Grand Prix 2022 was a series of three chess tournaments played between 4 February and 4 April 2022.

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FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019

The FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 was a chess tournament that formed part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2021.

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FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2021

The FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2021 was a chess tournament that formed part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2022.

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FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023

The FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023 was a chess tournament that formed part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2024.

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FIDE World Chess Championship 1996

The FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 was a chess tournament held by FIDE to determine the World Chess Champion. Candidates Tournament and FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 are world Chess Championships.

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FIDE World Chess Championship 1998

The FIDE World Chess Championship 1998 was contested in a match between the FIDE World Champion Anatoly Karpov and the challenger Viswanathan Anand. Candidates Tournament and FIDE World Chess Championship 1998 are world Chess Championships.

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FIDE World Chess Championship 1999

The FIDE World Chess Championship 1999 was held at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip between 31 July and 28 August 1999. Candidates Tournament and FIDE World Chess Championship 1999 are world Chess Championships.

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FIDE World Chess Championship 2000

The FIDE World Chess Championship 2000 was held in New Delhi, India, and Tehran, Iran. Candidates Tournament and FIDE World Chess Championship 2000 are world Chess Championships.

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FIDE World Chess Championship 2002

The FIDE World Chess Championship 2002 was held in Moscow, Russia. Candidates Tournament and FIDE World Chess Championship 2002 are world Chess Championships.

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FIDE World Chess Championship 2004

The FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 was held at the Almahary Hotel in Tripoli, Libya, from June 18 to July 13, 2004. Candidates Tournament and FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 are world Chess Championships.

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FIDE World Chess Championship 2005

The FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 took place in Potrero de los Funes, San Luis Province in Argentina from September 27 to October 16, 2005. Candidates Tournament and FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 are world Chess Championships.

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Friðrik Ólafsson

Friðrik Ólafsson (born 26 January 1935) is an Icelandic chess grandmaster.

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Garry Kasparov

Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born Garik Kimovich Weinstein on 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion (1985–2000), political activist and writer.

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Gata Kamsky

Gata Kamsky (italics; Гата Камский; born June 2, 1974) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster, and a five-time U.S. champion.

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Gideon Ståhlberg

Anders Gideon Tom Ståhlberg (26 January 1908 – 26 May 1967) was a Swedish chess player.

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Gothenburg

Gothenburg (abbreviated Gbg; Göteborg) is the capital of Västra Götaland County in Sweden.

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Groningen

Groningen (Grunn or Grunnen) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands.

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Gukesh D

Dommaraju Gukesh (born 29 May 2006), more commonly known as Gukesh D, is an Indian chess grandmaster.

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Gyula Sax

Gyula Sax (18 June 1951 – 25 January 2014) was a Hungarian chess grandmaster and International Arbiter (1995).

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Henrique Mecking

Henrique Costa Mecking (born 23 January 1952), also known as Mequinho, is a Brazilian chess grandmaster who reached his zenith in the 1970s and is still one of the strongest players in Brazil.

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Hermann Pilnik

Hermann Pilnik (8 January 1914, Stuttgart, Germany – 12 November 1981, Caracas, Venezuela) was a German-born Argentine chess Grandmaster.

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Hikaru Nakamura

Christopher Hikaru Nakamura, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, December 7, 2022 (born December 9, 1987) is an American chess grandmaster, streamer, YouTuber, five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the reigning World Fischer Random Chess Champion.

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Ian Nepomniachtchi

Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi (a; born 14 July 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Igor Bondarevsky

Igor Zakharovich Bondarevsky (Игорь Захарович Бондаревский; May 12, 1913 – June 14, 1979) was a Soviet Russian chess player, trainer, and chess author.

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Interzonal chess tournaments

Interzonal chess tournaments were tournaments organized by the World Chess Federation FIDE from the 1950s to the 1990s. Candidates Tournament and Interzonal chess tournaments are world Chess Championships.

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Interzonal tournament, Saltsjöbaden 1948

The 1948 Interzonal tournament was a major qualification event for the 1951 World Chess Championship, held in Saltsjöbaden, Sweden from 16 July to 14 August in 1948. Candidates Tournament and Interzonal tournament, Saltsjöbaden 1948 are Interzonal chess tournaments.

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Isaac Boleslavsky

Isaac Yefremovich Boleslavsky (Ісаак Єфремович Болеславський, Исаак Ефремович Болеславский; 9 June 1919 – 15 February 1977) was a Soviet chess player and writer.

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Isle of Man

The Isle of Man (Mannin, also Ellan Vannin) or Mann, is an island country and self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland.

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Israel Albert Horowitz

Israel Albert Horowitz (often known as I. A. Horowitz or Al Horowitz) (November 15, 1907 – January 18, 1973) was an American International Master of chess.

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Jaan Ehlvest

Jaan Ehlvest (born 14 October 1962) is an Estonian-American chess player.

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Jakarta

Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (DKI Jakarta) and formerly known as Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia.

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Jan Timman

Jan Timman (born 14 December 1951) is a Dutch chess grandmaster who was one of the world's leading chess players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.

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Jan-Krzysztof Duda

Jan-Krzysztof Duda (born 26 April 1998) is a Polish chess grandmaster.

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Jóhann Hjartarson

Jóhann Hjartarson (born 8 February 1963) is an Icelandic chess grandmaster and lawyer.

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Jesús Nogueiras

Jesús Nogueiras Santiago (born in Santa Clara, Cuba, July 17, 1959) is a Cuban chess grandmaster.

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Joël Lautier

Joël Lautier is a French chess grandmaster and one of the world's leading chess players in the 1990s and early 2000s.

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Johannes Zukertort

Johannes Hermann Zukertort (Polish: Jan Hermann Cukiertort; 7 September 1842 – 20 June 1888) was a Polish-born British-German chess master.

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Jon Speelman

Jonathan Simon Speelman (born 2 October 1956 in Marylebone, London) is a British chess player and author.

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Judit Polgár

Judit Polgár (born 23 July 1976) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster, widely regarded as the strongest female chess player of all time.

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Kazan

Kazan is the largest city and capital of Tatarstan, Russia.

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Kevin Spraggett

Kevin Spraggett (born November 10, 1954, in Montreal) is a Canadian chess grandmaster.

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Khanty-Mansiysk

Khanty-Mansiysk (Khánty-Mansíysk, lit. Khanty-Mansi Town; Khanty: Ёмвоҷ, Jomvoćś; Mansi: Абга, Abga) is a city in west-central Russia.

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Kirill Alekseenko

Kirill Alexeyevich Alekseenko (Кирилл Алексеевич Алексеенко; born 22 June 1997) is a Russian-born chess grandmaster who currently plays for Austria.

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Las Palmas

Las Palmas, officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas, often known as Sin City or simply Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the seat of Clark County.

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Lausanne

Lausanne (Losena) is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French-speaking canton of Vaud.

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László Szabó (chess player)

László Szabó (March 19, 1917 – August 8, 1998) was a Hungarian chess player.

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Leonid Stein

Leonid Zakharovych Stein (Леонід Захарович Штейн; November 12, 1934 – July 4, 1973) was a Soviet chess Grandmaster from Ukraine.

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Leonid Yudasin

Leonid Yudasin (ליאוניד גריגורייביץ' יודסין; translit; born August 8, 1959) is a Soviet-born Israeli chess player and trainer.

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Lev Polugaevsky

Lev Abramovich Polugaevsky (p; 20 November 1934 – 30 August 1995) was a Soviet chess player.

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Levon Aronian

Levon Grigori Aronian (Levon Grigori Aronyan; born 6 October 1982) is an Armenian-American chess grandmaster.

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Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu

Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (born 1 August 1976) is a Romanian chess grandmaster.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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London 1883 chess tournament

The London 1883 chess tournament was a strong chess tournament among most of the leading players of the day.

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Lyon

Lyon (Franco-Provençal: Liyon), formerly spelled in English as Lyons, is the second largest city of France by urban area It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, northeast of Saint-Étienne.

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Madrid

Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain.

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Magnus Carlsen

Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster.

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Manila

Manila (Maynila), officially the City of Manila (Lungsod ng Maynila), is the capital and second-most-populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City.

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Mark Taimanov

Mark Evgenievich Taimanov (Марк Евгеньевич Тайманов; 7 February 1926 – 28 November 2016) was one of the leading Soviet and Russian chess players, among the world's top 20 players from 1946 to 1971.

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Max Euwe

Machgielis "Max" Euwe (May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981) was a Dutch chess player, mathematician, author, and chess administrator.

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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (born 21 October 1990), often referred to by his initials, MVL, is a French chess grandmaster who is a former World Blitz Champion.

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Merano

Merano or Meran is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol, Northern Italy.

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Mexico City

Mexico City (Ciudad de México,; abbr.: CDMX; Central Nahuatl:,; Otomi) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America.

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Michael Adams (chess player)

Michael Adams (born 17 November 1971) is an English chess grandmaster and is an eight-time British Chess Champion.

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Miguel Najdorf

Miguel Najdorf (born Mojsze Mendel Najdorf) (15 April 1910 – 4 July 1997) was a Polish–Argentine chess grandmaster.

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Mikhail Botvinnik

Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (– May 5, 1995) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who held five world titles in three different reigns.

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Mikhail Gurevich (chess player)

Mikhail Gurevich (Mikhail Naumovich Gurevich; born 22 February 1959) is a Soviet-born Belgian chess player.

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Mikhail Tal

Mikhail Nekhemyevich Tal (9 November 1936 – 28 June 1992) was a Soviet and Latvian chess player and the eighth World Chess Champion.

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Miroslav Filip

Miroslav Filip (27 October 1928 – 27 April 2009) was a Czech chess grandmaster.

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Montpellier

Montpellier (Montpelhièr) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea.

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Nógrád County

Nógrád (Nógrád vármegye,; Novohradská župa) is a county (vármegye) of Hungary.

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New Delhi

New Delhi (ISO: Naī Dillī), is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT).

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Nigel Short

Nigel David Short (born 1 June 1965) is an English chess grandmaster, columnist, coach and commentator who has been the FIDE Director for Chess Development since September 2022.

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Nijat Abasov

Nijat Azad oglu Abasov, FIDE (Nicat Azad oğlu Abasov; born 14 May 1995) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster.

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Oleg Romanishin

Oleg Mikhailovich Romanishin (translit; born 10 January 1952) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster and former European junior champion.

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Oscar Panno

Oscar Roberto Panno (born 17 March 1935) is an Argentine chess Grandmaster.

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Pal Benko

Pal Charles Benko (Benkő Pál; July 15, 1928 – August 25, 2019) was a Hungarian and American chess player, author, and composer of endgame studies and chess problems.

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Palma de Mallorca

Palma, also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–2008, and 2012–2016), is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain.

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Paul Keres

Paul Keres (7 January 1916 – 5 June 1975) was an Estonian chess grandmaster and chess writer.

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Paul van der Sterren

Paul van der Sterren (born 17 March 1956) is a Dutch chess grandmaster.

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Peter Leko

Peter Leko (Lékó Péter; born September 8, 1979) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster and commentator.

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Peter Svidler

Pyotr Veniaminovich Svidler (Пётр Вениами́нович Сви́длер; born 17 June 1976), commonly known as Peter Svidler, is a Russian chess grandmaster and commentator who is an eight-time Russian Chess Champion.

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Petrópolis

Petrópolis, also known as The Imperial City, is a municipality in the Southeast Region of Brazil.

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Portorož

Portorož (Portorose) is a Slovenian Adriatic seaside resort and spa settlement located in the Municipality of Piran in southwestern Slovenia.

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Predrag Nikolić

Predrag Nikolić (born 11 September 1960 in Bosanski Šamac) is a Bosnian Serb chess grandmaster.

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Professional Chess Association

The Professional Chess Association (PCA), which existed between 1993 and 1996, was a rival organisation to FIDE, the international chess organization.

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R Praggnanandhaa

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (born 10 August 2005) is an Indian chess prodigy and chess grandmaster.

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Rafael Vaganian

Rafael Artemovich Vaganian (Ռաֆայել Արտյոմի Վահանյան, Rrafayel Artyomi Vahanyan, Рафаэль Артёмович Ваганян, Rafael Artemovich Vaganyan; born 15 October 1951) is an Armenian chess player holding the title of grandmaster (GM).

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Reuben Fine

Reuben C. Fine (October 11, 1914 – March 26, 1993) was an American chess player, psychologist, university professor, and author of many books on both chess and psychology.

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Reykjavík

Reykjavík is the capital and largest city of Iceland.

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Riga

Riga is the capital, the primate, and the largest city of Latvia, as well as one of the most populous cities in the Baltic States.

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Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro.

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Robert Byrne (chess player)

Robert Eugene Byrne (April 20, 1928 – April 12, 2013) was an American chess player and chess author who held the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM).

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Robert Hübner

Robert Hübner (born November 6, 1948) is a German chess grandmaster, chess writer, and papyrologist.

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Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.

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Ruslan Ponomariov

Ruslan Olehovych Ponomariov (Русла́н Оле́гович Пономарьо́в; born 11 October 1983) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which started in 2014.

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Rustam Kasimdzhanov

Rustam Kasimdzhanov (born 5 December 1979) is an Uzbek chess grandmaster and former FIDE World Champion (2004-05). He was Asian champion in 1998.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.

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Saint Petersburg 1895–96 chess tournament

The Saint Petersburg 1895–96 chess tournament was one of the strongest chess tournaments of the 19th century.

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Salo Flohr

Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr (November 21, 1908 – July 18, 1983) was a Czechoslovak and Soviet chess player and writer.

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Samuel Reshevsky

Samuel Herman Reshevsky (born Szmul Rzeszewski; November 26, 1911 – April 4, 1992) was a Polish chess prodigy and later a leading American chess grandmaster.

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San Luis, Argentina

San Luis is the capital city of San Luis Province in the Cuyo region of Argentina.

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Sergei Rublevsky

Sergei Vladimirovich Rublevsky (Сергей Владимирович Рублевский; born 15 October 1974) is a Russian chess grandmaster (1994).

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Sergei Tiviakov

Sergei Tiviakov (Серге́й Тивяков; born 14 February 1973) is a Russian–Dutch chess grandmaster.

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Sergey Dolmatov

Sergey Viktorovich Dolmatov (born February 20, 1959) is a Russian Grandmaster of chess and former World Junior Chess Champion.

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Sergey Karjakin

Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin (born 12 January 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Seville

Seville (Sevilla) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville.

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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

Shahriyar Hamid oghlu Mammadyarov (Şəhriyar Həmid oğlu Məmmədyarov; born 12 April 1985), known internationally as Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster.

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Single-elimination tournament

A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament.

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Sochi

Sochi (a, from Шъуача – seaside) is the largest resort city in Russia.

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Sofia

Sofia (Sofiya) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria.

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Sonneborn–Berger score

The Sonneborn–Berger score (or the Neustadtl score or rarely Neustadtl Sonneborn–Berger score) is a scoring system often used to break ties in chess tournaments.

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Sousse

Sousse or Soussa (سوسة) is a city in Tunisia, capital of the Sousse Governorate.

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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries.

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Subotica

Subotica (Суботица,; Szabadka, Суботица, Subotița) is a city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia.

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Susan Polgar

Susan Polgar (born April 19, 1969, as Polgár Zsuzsanna and often known as Zsuzsa Polgár) is a Hungarian-American chess grandmaster.

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Svetozar Gligorić

Svetozar Gligorić (Светозар Глигорић; 2 February 1923 – 14 August 2012) was a Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster and musician.

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Swiss-system tournament

A Swiss-system tournament is a non-eliminating tournament format that features a fixed number of rounds of competition, but considerably fewer than for a round-robin tournament; thus each competitor (team or individual) does not play all the other competitors.

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Taxco

Taxco de Alarcón (usually referred to as simply Taxco) is a small city and administrative center of Taxco de Alarcón Municipality located in the Mexican state of Guerrero.

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Tbilisi

Tbilisi (თბილისი), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis, (tr) is the capital and largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of around 1.2 million people.

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Tehran

Tehran (تهران) or Teheran is the capital and largest city of Iran as well as the largest in Tehran Province.

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Teimour Radjabov

Teimour Boris oghlu Radjabov (also spelled Teymur Rajabov; Teymur Boris oğlu Rəcəbov,; born 12 March 1987) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster.

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The Hague

The Hague is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands.

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Tigran Petrosian

Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (Տիգրան Վարդանի Պետրոսյան; Тигран Вартанович Петросян; 17 June 1929 – 13 August 1984) was a Soviet-Armenian chess grandmaster and the ninth World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969.

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Toluca

Toluca, officially Toluca de Lerdo, is the state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca.

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Toronto

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Tripoli, Libya

Tripoli (translation) is the capital and largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.183 million people in 2023.

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Tromsø

Tromsø (Romsa; Finnish and Tromssa; Tromsö) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway.

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Tunis

Tunis (تونس) is the capital and largest city of Tunisia.

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Twitter

X, commonly referred to by its former name Twitter, is a social networking service.

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Valery Salov

Valery Salov (born 26 May 1964) is a Russian chess grandmaster who was ranked third in the world in 1995.

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Vasily Smyslov

Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov (Vasíliy Vasíl'yevich Smyslóv; 24 March 1921 – 27 March 2010) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who was the seventh World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958.

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Vasyl Ivanchuk

Vasyl Mykhailovych Ivanchuk (Василь Михайлович Іванчук; born March 18, 1969), is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.

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Veselin Topalov

Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov (pronounced; Весели́н Алексáндров Топа́лов; born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster and former FIDE World Chess Champion.

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Vidit Gujrathi

Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (born 24 October 1994) is an Indian chess grandmaster.

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Viktor Korchnoi

Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi (p; 23 March 1931 – 6 June 2016) was a Soviet (before 1976) and Swiss (after 1980) chess grandmaster (GM) and chess writer.

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Viswanathan Anand

Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster, a former five-time World Chess Champion and a record two-time Chess World Cup Champion.

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Vladimir Akopian

Vladimir Akopian (Владимир Акопян, Վլադիմիր Հակոբյան; born December 7, 1971) is an Armenian-American chess Grandmaster.

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Vladimir Kramnik

Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник; born 25 June 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Vladimir Malakhov (chess player)

Vladimir Malakhov (Владимир Малахов; born 27 November 1980) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Vlastimil Hort

Vlastimil Hort (born 12 January 1944) is a Czechoslovak and later German chess Grandmaster.

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Wang Hao (chess player)

Wang Hao (born August 4, 1989) is a Chinese chess grandmaster.

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Wesley So

Wesley Barbossa So (born October 9, 1993) is a Filipino and American chess grandmaster, a three-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the first World Fischer Random Chess Champion.

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Wilhelm Steinitz

William Steinitz (born Wilhelm Steinitz; May 14, 1836 – August 12, 1900) was a Bohemian-Austrian and, later, American chess player.

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Wolfgang Uhlmann

Wolfgang Uhlmann (29 March 193524 August 2020) was a German chess grandmaster.

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World Chess Championship

The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. Candidates Tournament and world Chess Championship are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 1886

The World Chess Championship 1886 was the first official World Chess Championship match contested by Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 1886 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 1896–1897

The World Chess Championship 1896–1897 was a match for the World Chess Championship, contested between Emanuel Lasker and Wilhelm Steinitz. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 1896–1897 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 1948

The 1948 World Chess Championship was a quintuple round-robin tournament played to determine the new World Chess Champion following the death of the previous champion Alexander Alekhine in 1946. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 1948 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 1951

The 1951 World Chess Championship was played between Mikhail Botvinnik and David Bronstein in Moscow from March 15 to May 11, 1951. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 1951 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 1954

A World Chess Championship was played between Mikhail Botvinnik and Vasily Smyslov in Moscow from March 16 to May 13, 1954. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 1954 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 1957

A World Chess Championship was played between Mikhail Botvinnik and Vasily Smyslov in Moscow from March 5 to April 27, 1957. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 1957 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 1958

A World Chess Championship was played between Mikhail Botvinnik and Vasily Smyslov in Moscow from March 4 to May 9, 1958. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 1958 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 1960

A World Chess Championship was played between Mikhail Botvinnik and Mikhail Tal in Moscow from March 15 to May 7, 1960. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 1960 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 1961

A World Chess Championship was played between former champion Mikhail Botvinnik and champion Mikhail Tal in Moscow from March 15 to May 13, 1961. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 1961 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 1963

At the World Chess Championship 1963, Tigran Petrosian narrowly qualified to challenge Mikhail Botvinnik for the World Chess Championship, and then won the match to become the ninth World Chess Champion. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 1963 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 1966

A World Chess Championship was played between Tigran Petrosian and Boris Spassky in Moscow from April 9 to June 9, 1966. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 1966 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 1969

The 1969 World Chess Championship was played between Tigran Petrosian and Boris Spassky in Moscow from April 14 to June 17, 1969. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 1969 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 1972

The World Chess Championship 1972 was a match for the World Chess Championship between challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 1972 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 1975

The 1975 World Chess Championship was not played due to a dispute over the match format. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 1975 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 1978

The 1978 World Chess Championship was played between Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi in Baguio, Philippines, from July 18 to October 18, 1978. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 1978 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 1981

The 1981 World Chess Championship was played between Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi in Merano, Italy from October 1 to November 19, 1981. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 1981 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 1984–1985

The World Chess Championship 1984–1985 was a match between challenger Garry Kasparov and defending champion Anatoly Karpov in Moscow from 10 September 1984 to 15 February 1985 for the World Chess Championship title. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 1984–1985 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 1985

The 1985 World Chess Championship was played between Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov in Moscow, Soviet Union from September 3 to November 9, 1985. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 1985 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 1986

The 1986 World Chess Championship was played between Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov in London and Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) from July 28 to October 8, 1986. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 1986 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 1987

The 1987 World Chess Championship was played between Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov in Seville from October 12 to December 19, 1987. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 1987 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 1990

The World Chess Championship 1990 was played between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 1990 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 1993

The World Chess Championship 1993 was one of the most controversial matches in chess history, with incumbent World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov, and official challenger Nigel Short, splitting from FIDE, the official world governing body of chess, and playing their title match under the auspices of the Professional Chess Association. Candidates Tournament and world Chess Championship 1993 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 2006

The World Chess Championship 2006 was a match between Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik and FIDE World Chess Champion Veselin Topalov. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 2006 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 2007

The World Chess Championship 2007 was held in Mexico City, from 12 September 2007 to 30 September 2007 to decide the world champion of the game of chess. Candidates Tournament and world Chess Championship 2007 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 2008

The World Chess Championship 2008 was a best-of-twelve-games match between the incumbent World Chess Champion, Viswanathan Anand, and the previous World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 2008 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 2010

The World Chess Championship 2010 match pitted the defending world champion, Viswanathan Anand, against challenger Veselin Topalov, for the title of World Chess Champion. Candidates Tournament and world Chess Championship 2010 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 2013

The World Chess Championship 2013 was a match between reigning world champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Magnus Carlsen, to determine the World Chess Champion. Candidates Tournament and world Chess Championship 2013 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 2018

The World Chess Championship 2018 was a match between the reigning world champion since 2013, Magnus Carlsen, and the challenger Fabiano Caruana to determine the World Chess Champion. Candidates Tournament and world Chess Championship 2018 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 2021

The World Chess Championship 2021 was a chess match between the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen and the challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi to determine the World Chess Champion. Candidates Tournament and world Chess Championship 2021 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 2023

The World Chess Championship 2023 was a chess match between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren to determine the new World Chess Champion. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 2023 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 2024

The World Chess Championship 2024 will be a match between the reigning world champion Ding Liren and the challenger Gukesh D to determine the World Chess Champion. Candidates Tournament and world Chess Championship 2024 are world Chess Championships.

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World Chess Championship 2026

The World Chess Championship 2026 will be a chess match to determine the new World Chess Champion. Candidates Tournament and World Chess Championship 2026 are world Chess Championships.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yasser Seirawan

Yasser Seirawan (ياسر سيروان; born March 24, 1960) is a Syrian-born American chess grandmaster and four-time United States champion.

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Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The city is located on the Iset River between the Volga-Ural region and Siberia, with a population of roughly 1.5 million residents, up to 2.2 million residents in the urban agglomeration.

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Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia (Југославија; Jugoslavija; Југославија) was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 to 1992.

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Yuri Averbakh

Yuri Lvovich Averbakh (Ю́рий Льво́вич Аверба́х; 8 February 1922 – 7 May 2022) was a Russian chess grandmaster and author.

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Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and largest city of Croatia.

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Zoltán Ribli

Zoltán Ribli (born September 6, 1951 in Mohács) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster and International Arbiter (1995).

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Zwolle

Zwolle is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands.

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2023 FIDE Circuit

The 2023 FIDE Circuit was a system comprising the top chess tournaments in 2023, which serves as a qualification path for the Candidates Tournament 2024.

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2024 FIDE Circuit

The 2024 FIDE Circuit is a system comprising the top chess tournaments in 2024, which serves as a qualification path for the Candidates Tournament 2026.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidates_Tournament

Also known as Candidates Chess Tournament, Candidates Match, Candidates Matches, Candidates' Tournament, Chess Candidates, FIDE Candidates Tournament, World Championship Candidate, World Chess Championship Candidates Tournament.

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