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Today in Chess | Candidates Tournament 2024: Round 2

April 5, 2024 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Live from The Great Hall in Toronto, it’s the Candidates Tournament 2024! Eight of the world’s best players (pairings below) compete in a double round robin event to determine who will be next to play Ding Liren for the world chess championship. Plus, get updates from the concurrent Women’s Candidates Tournament. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan & Evgeny Miroshnichenko, and IM Nazi Paikidze for abbreviated move-by-move coverage.

2024.04.05
USChessChamps.com

ROUND 2 | 40 Moves in 120 Min. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
Ian Nepomniachtchi (0.5) vs. Alireza Firouzja (0.5)
Hikaru Nakamura (0.5) vs. Vidit Gujrathi (0.5)
R Praggnanandhaa (0.5) vs. Gukesh D (0.5)
Fabiano Caruana (0.5) vs. Nijat Abasov (0.5)

ROUND 2 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
Tan Zhongyi (1) vs. R Vaishali (0.5)
Aleksandra Goryachkina (0.5) vs. Anna Muzychuk (0.5)
Kateryna Lagno (0.5) vs. Koneru Humpy (0.5)
Nurgyul Salimova (0.5) vs. Lei Tingjie

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