The FIDE Candidates 2020 will take place in Yekaterinburg, Russia from March 15 until April 5. Eight top grandmasters will contest in a double round-robin tournament for the right to challenge the current World Champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway).



Participants:



Fabiano Caruana (USA, 2842) – qualified as the Challenger of the World Championship match 2018

Ding Liren (CHN, 2805) – qualified as the finalist of the FIDE World Cup 2019

Wang Hao (CHN, 2758) – qualified as the winner of the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019

Alexander Grischuk (RUS, 2777) – qualified as the winner of the FIDE Grand Prix 2019

Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS, 2774) – qualified as one of two top finishers in the FIDE Grand Prix 2019

Anish Giri (NED, 2763) – qualified by rating as the player with the highest average rating for 12 rating periods from February 2019 to January 2020

Kirill Alekseenko (RUS, 2704) – was given a wild card by the organizers

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA, 2767) - replaced Teimour Radjabov as the highest-rated reserve player

Schedule:

Day 1 – Arrivals

Day 2 – Opening Ceremony & Technical Meeting

Day 3 – Round 1

Day 4 – Round 2

Day 5 – Round 3

Day 6 – Free day

Day 7 – Round 4

Day 8 – Round 5

Day 9 – Round 6

Day 10 – Free day

Day 11 – Round 7

Day 12 – Round 8

Day 13 – Round 9

Day 14 – Free day

Day 15 – Round 10

Day 16 – Round 11

Day 17 – Round 12

Day 18 – Free day

Day 19 – Round 13

Day 20 – Round 14

Day 21 – Tie-breaks & Closing Ceremony

Day 22 – Departures

Full pairings:

R 01 (March 17, 2020)

Radjabov – Caruana

Ding Liren - Wang Hao

Giri - Nepomniachtchi

Grischuk - Alekseenko



R 02 (March 18, 2020)

Caruana – Alekseenko

Nepomniachtchi - Grischuk

Wang Hao - Giri

Radjabov – Ding Liren



R 03 (March 19, 2020)

Ding Liren - Caruana

Giri - Radjabov

Grischuk - Wang Hao

Alekseenko - Nepomniachtchi

R 04 (March 21, 2020)

Caruana - Nepomniachtchi

Wang Hao - Alekseenko

Radjabov - Grischuk

Ding Liren - Giri

R 05 (March 22, 2020)

Giri - Caruana

Grischuk - Ding Liren

Alekseenko – Radjabov

Nepomniachtchi - Wang Hao

R 06 (March 23, 2020)

Grischuk - Caruana

Alekseenko - Giri

Nepomniachtchi - Ding Liren

Wang Hao - Radjabov

R 07 (March 25, 2020)

Caruana - Wang

Hao Radjabov - Nepomniachtchi

Ding Liren - Alekseenko

Giri - Grischuk

R 08 (March 26, 2020)

Caruana - Radjabov

Wang Hao - Ding Liren

Nepomniachtchi - Giri

Alekseenko - Grischuk

R 09 (March 27, 2020)

Alekseenko - Caruana

Grischuk - Nepomniachtchi

Giri - Wang Hao

Ding Liren - Radjabov

R 10 (March 29, 2020)

Caruana - Ding Liren

Radjabov - Giri

Wang Hao - Grischuk

Nepomniachtchi - Alekseenko

R 11 (March 30, 2020)

Nepomniachtchi - Caruana

Alekseenko - Wang Hao

Grischuk - Radjabov

Giri - Ding Liren

R 12 (March 31, 2020)

Caruana - Giri

Ding Liren - Grischuk

Radjabov - Alekseenko

Wang Hao - Nepomniachtchi

R 13 (April 02, 2020)

Wang Hao - Caruana

Nepomniachtchi - Radjabov

Alekseenko - Ding Liren

Grischuk - Giri

R 14 (April 03, 2020)

Caruana - Grischuk

Giri - Alekseenko

Ding Liren - Nepomniachtchi

Radjabov - Wang Hao

Players from the same federation play each other in earlier rounds: Ding Liren and Wang Hao will play each other in rounds 1 and 8; Alexander Grischuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Kirill Alekseeko – in rounds 1, 2, 3 and 8, 9, 10.

Regulations for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2020 in PDF format