Today in Chess | Candidates Tournament 2024: Round 4

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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.

2024.04.07
USChessChamps.com

ROUND 4 | 40 Moves in 120 Min. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Vidit Gujrathi
Hikaru Nakamura vs. R Praggnanandhaa
Fabiano Caruana vs. Gukesh D
Nijat Abasov vs. Alireza Firouzja

ROUND 4 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
Aleksandra Goryachkina vs. R Vaishali
Anna Muzychuk vs. Lei Tingjie
Kateryna Lagno vs. Tan Zhongyi
Nurgyul Salimova vs. Koneru Humpy

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