And let the Tournament bring only joy and new positive emotions to all the fans”, Dvorkovich concluded.The mayor of Yekaterinburg, Alexander Vysokinsky highlighted the importance of this event for the local community, adding “we will try to do everything in our power so that this event is held according to highest standards, so everyone could enjoy!”One of the speakers at the ceremony was Grandmaster Anatoly Karpov, the 12th World Champion in chess, who himself comes from the Ural region.

Karpov emphasized the uniqueness of the tournament for the region and spoke about efforts made to develop chess education, including at the Ural Federal University.The President of the Sverdlovsk Chess Federation Andrey Simanovsky, as well as the Regional Corporate Sales Head at Kaspersky Marina Usova joined the speakers in wishing the players good luck in the tournament.The official part of the Opening ceremony was followed by a concert by the famous Russian violinist and conductor, Yuri Bashmet and his “Moscow Soloists” Chamber Orchestra. The two Chinese players meet in rounds 1 and 8, and the three Russians play each other in roun… The 2020 Candidates Tournament official opening. Some data is technically necessary to be able to visit the page at all. The players have 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. We use cookies and comparable technologies to provide certain functions, to improve the user experience and to offer interest-oriented content. The 2020 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament is an 8-player tournament held March 17-April 4 in the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Updated weekly, our definitive database has all the latest games.

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Please note that your selection may affect the functionality of the service. Beginner, club and master levels. 'Nepo' employed the Winawer Variation of the French Defence for a second time in Yekaterinburg and was duly outplayed after incorrectly deciding to close the structure on the queenside.Nepomniachtchi's defeat reminds us of his backset at the The remaining games of the round finished drawn. These have no direct relationship to your person except for the IP address currently being used and your Google Analytics identifiers.

The prize fund is €500,000. (The tournament was stopped after 7 rounds: the current plan is to continue with the same scores/players later this year when the coronavirus situation allows) The 2020 Candidates Tournament is an 8-player double round-robin that will decide Magnus Carlsen's challenger for the World Championship match that's set to take place in Dubai this December. Enjoy adrenalin rush with tactic fights!Thousands of hours of high class video training. Enable this feature to allow us to gather more individual measurements and statistics, so that we can make better decisions about which content and features are important to you and should be a priority to improve. All of these fields are alpha-numeric, with almost no relation to your real identity. ... engine and live training tool. The 14-round event is being played in the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Yekaterinburg, Russia from 17 March to 3 April 2020.

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3/25/2020 – Ian Nepomniachtchi went into the second rest day of the Candidates Tournament leading by a full point.

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