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Opening Press Conference on June 15
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Alireza Firouzja inspecting the playing venue
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Opening Press Conference on June 15
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Fabiano Caruana
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Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana
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Palacio de Santona, Madrid
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Dana Reizniece-Ozola at the opening press conference on June 15
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Alberto Tomé González, Deputy Minister of Sports for the regional government at Comunidad de Madrid
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Opening Press Conference on June 15
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Fabiano Caruana and David Llada entering the hall of the opening press conference on June 15, 2022
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Chilean singer and songwriter Juga performing at the Opening Ceremony
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Dance performance at the Opening Ceremony
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Alireza Firouzja inspecting the playing venue
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Chess.com team joined by Chief Arbiter Anastasia Sorokina at the Opening Ceremony
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FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich at the Opening Ceremony
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FEDA President Javier Ochoa de Echagüen
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Grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda
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Grandmaster Teimour Radjabov
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Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura
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Grandmaster Richard Rapport
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José Manuel Franco, President of the National Sports Council
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Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi
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Grandmaster Alireza Firouzja
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Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana
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Grandmaster Ding Liren
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FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich started the game for Caruana, event sponsor Isai Scheinberg for Radjabov, European Chess Union President Zurab Azmaiparashvili for Ding, and FEDA President Javier Ochoa for Duda.
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Event sponsor Isai Scheinberg makes the first ceremonial move for Teimour Radjabov, Round 1
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Alireza Firouzja, Round 1
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FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich makes the first ceremonial move for Fabiano Caruana, Round 1
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Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura, Round 1
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Teimour Radjabov, Round 1
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Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren, Round 1
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Richard Rapport, Round 1
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FEDA President Javier Ochoa greets Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Round 1
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Fabiano Caruana observing the hall, Round 1
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Hikaru Nakamura in action during Round 1
Photo: FIDE / Niki Riga
Round 1
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Grandmaster Ding Liren
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Grandmaster Alireza Firouzja
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Grandmaster Richard Rapport
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Grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda
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Players arriving for Round 2
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Event sponsor Isai Scheinberg made the ceremonial first move in Nepomniachtchi v Caruana in Round 2
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Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi
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Photo: FIDE / Stev Bonhage
Risto Mejide, television star and ches fan, makes the ceremonial first move in Round 3
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Grandmaster Duda in Round 3
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Grandmaster Alireza Firouzja, Round 3
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Ding Liren entering the playing hall for Round 3
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Round 3, Palacio de Santona
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Round 3, Palacio de Santona
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Teimour Radjabov observing the play
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A draw between Radjabov and Nepomniachtchi was the first result of Round 3
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Grandmaster Ding Liren
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Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana
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Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura
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Grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda
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Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi
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Grandmaster Richard Rapport
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Grandmaster Teimour Radjabov
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Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi
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The first ceremonial move in the central game of Round 9 was made by Vicente Jimenez Navas, Director for Diario AS
Photo: FIDE / Stev Bonhage
Photo: FIDE / Stev Bonhage
Real Madrid legend Pedja Mijatovic, grandmaster Ljubomir Ljubojević, and Spanish chess popularizer Rey Enigma
More photos from 2022 FIDE Candidates are in our dedicated Flickr album