FIDE Resumes the Candidates Tournament

The second part to be held in Yekaterinburg on April 19-28.

The Candidates Tournament, the biennial 8-player event that decides who will be the Challenger for the World Chess Championship title, will resume on the 19th of April in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

This double round-robin tournament kicked off on March 16, 2020. However, it had to be abruptly stopped 11 days later when the Russian government announced the closure of air traffic with other countries, amid a rapidly escalating coronavirus pandemic.

When the tournament was interrupted, the French Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and the Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi were in the lead, with 4.5 points after seven games. Fabiano Caruana (USA), Anish Giri (Netherlands), Wang Hao (China) and Alexander Grischuk (Russia) are in the chasing pack, all with 3.5 points. Ding Liren (China) and Kirill Alekseenko (Russia) have got 2.5 points each.

This is the detailed schedule for the second half of the tournament, to which all players have agreed on and expressed their readiness to take part in:
 
19th April 2021, Round 8
20th April 2021, Round 9
21st April 2021, Round 10
22nd April 2021, rest day
23rd April 2021, Round 11
24th April 2021, Round 12
25th April 2021, rest day
26th April 2021, Round 13
27th April 2021, Round 14 
28th April 2021, tie-breaks (if required).

Pairings for round eight:

Fabiano Caruana (USA) - Maxime Vachier-Lagr. (FRA)
Hao Wang (CHN) - Liren Ding (CHN)
Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) - Anish Giri (NED)
Kirill Alekseenko (RUS) - Alexander Grischuk (RUS).

Detailed information