MOVE TO FACE THE KING
MOVE TO FACE THE KING
2022
from 16 June to 5 July
2022
2022
The FIDE Candidates Tournament is the ultimate qualifier for the FIDE World Championship. Eight prominent grandmasters will compete for a top spot in this double round-robin (all play all) event in Madrid, Spain, from 16 June to 5 July 2022. The first place is all that matters as the winner qualifies to face the reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen in the match for the chess crown.
OUR
PARTNERS
PARTNERS
social
media
media
Jan-Krzysztof Duda
World Cup winner
Grand Swiss runner-up
Fabiano Caruana
Teimour Radjabov
Wildcard
Ian Nepomniachtchi
2021 Match runner-up
Alireza Firouzja
Grand Swiss winner
Richard Rapport
Grand Prix runner-up
Hikaru Nakamura
Grand Prix Winner
€ 500,000
The total prize fund is
Ding Liren
By rating
CUrrent standings
position
NAME
country
rating
point
0 / 0
2806
1
Ding Liren
pos.
0 / 0
2804
2
Alireza Firouzja
0 / 0
2786
3
Fabiano Caruana
0 / 0
2776
4
Richard Rapport
0 / 0
2773
5
Ian Nepomniachtchi
0 / 0
2760
6
Hikaru Nakamura
0 / 0
2753
7
Teimour Radjabov
0 / 0
2750
8
Jan-Krzysztof Duda
