In the 10th round of the FIDE Candidates Tournament, American grandmasters Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana achieved crucial victories, placing them just half a point behind the leaders. Caruana defeated Alireza Firouzja, moving his score to 5.5/10, while Nakamura won against Nijat Abasov. These wins have intensified the competition, with six players now contending closely for the championship. The tournament is noted for its tight race, with no clear frontrunner as it progresses.
🇨🇳 Lei Tingjie and 🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk played a complex game that ended in a draw. Lei showed creativity and sacrificed material for compensation but missed key opportunities that were not easy to find as humans and found herself in losing positions. Despite being down two bishops,… https://t.co/oKh4PG4FGm
Hikaru Nakamura wins against Praggnanandhaa and is now tied for 1st place for the first time in the 2024 #FIDECandidates! The game: https://t.co/jkxFC1qdhk https://t.co/0MhGj4Yxzp
In the game between 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R (2747) and 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura (2789), it quickly reached an equal endgame with both players playing to win. However, Hikaru managed to outplay Praggnanandhaa in the endgame, securing a crucial victory in the tournament. This is his second… https://t.co/wS3tp0ow4c
The moment @GMHikaru wins and joins the tie for FIRST place in the #FIDECandidates with three rounds to go! https://t.co/QkCzeIk2ab
HIKARUUUUUU!!! 🔥 The content creator is now tied for FIRST after a rough early start - is Hikaru going to win the #FIDECandidates?! https://t.co/ELvP64MWPL
In the game between 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura (2789) and 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R (2747), it quickly reached an equal endgame with both players playing to win. However, Hikaru managed to outplay Praggnanandhaa in the endgame, securing a crucial victory in the tournament. This is his second… https://t.co/Jy50cYNsXC
In the game between 🇮🇳 Gukesh D (2743) and 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (2803), they settled for a draw after starting with the Queen's Gambit Declined exchange variation. Despite Gukesh running low on time, he managed to secure the draw after reaching a queen endgame. #FIDECandidates 📷… https://t.co/3G4dBGmubl
Two kings on e4, but one is much happier than the other! #FIDECandidates https://t.co/nC1jBXOaNv
Hikaru has a decisive advantage with the black pieces! It looks like the #TitledTuesday warmup did the trick! https://t.co/dPXuI8Cjba #FIDECandidates https://t.co/bDE0cl6TN6
33.Qg5!? is an amazing idea from Lei Tingjie, giving up her e1-rook for an attack on the black king! #FIDECandidates https://t.co/ySsZKYH4HR
What about Gukesh's chances? 🤔 https://t.co/eNHtISYH9e https://t.co/ktlPrTHoAE
Wow, after 28...Bxb3?, played in time trouble, Tan Zhongyi is winning against Kateryna Lagno! https://t.co/HOu2Feuhgj #FIDECandidates https://t.co/J94bbv6fOc
Vaishali Rameshbabu has a close to winning advantage against Aleksandra Goryachkina in Round 11 of the Women's Candidates! Join in the livestream, Sagar and Amruta are breaking it down: https://t.co/QiKsB3C7mf https://t.co/odPhJqI9t9
27...f4! is close to winning for Kateryna Lagno, but will she go for it with her time running out? #FIDECandidates https://t.co/oOwfWn0CTW
🇮🇳 Gukesh D (2743) needs to make 18 more moves in 23 minutes to reach the second time control. Will he make it safely? #FIDECandidates https://t.co/IXIgpONA0x
Alireza Firouzja scores the first win of the day! In the 11th round of Candidates 2024, Alireza scored a miniature win against Nijat Abasov with the White pieces. Abasov made a serious mistake on move 15 with ...e5. Alireza immediately pounced with 16.Nc4 followed by 17.Rd5,… https://t.co/ACbpgQhWs9
Statement win for Alireza over Nijat Abasov - one of the most one sided games of the event so far! #FIDECandidates 👏 https://t.co/z5hTubJeDg
Abasov resigns on move 24 and Firouzja's the first to win today! It's not very relevant to who will win the tournament, but it's a good comeback for the French number-one after his loss last round! https://t.co/j3sd7JB2NW #FIDECandidates https://t.co/NBNLfYbYYE
"Kh2!??!" Robert and Jennifer react to the computer's winning idea — Lei Tingjie understandably missed it and is now worse against Anna Muzychuk! #FIDECandidates https://t.co/r8czd6a9iR
Today in Chess | Candidates Tournament 2024: Round 11 https://t.co/ULtCtoj8jP
After precise Rd5, Alireza Firouzja got a very dangerous initiative. White's pieces are very active and it's not easy for Nijat Abasov to defend. #FIDECandidates https://t.co/AtcBT0GPbX
After precise Rd5 Alireza Firouzja got a very dangerous initiative. White's pieces are very active and it's not easy for Nijat Abasov to defend. #FIDECandidates https://t.co/BqLOp7Fp3P
19. Bxh6 - Lei Tingjie offered to sacrifice her dark-squared bishop against Anna Muzychuk in Round 11 of the #FIDECandidates! Would you have taken it? 🤔 The game: https://t.co/sQtHAf31iY https://t.co/pjl9TjODfa
Anna Muzychuk picks up the gauntlet by capturing a pawn on d3, inviting Lei Tingjie's kingside attack! #FIDECandidates https://t.co/sgCG2j0elE
Gukesh D is one of the leaders of the #FIDECANDIDATES. Let's follow his steps in Toronto! #chess #gukeshd #chessinindia #chesscom #chesscomindia #chessbase #chessbaseindia #Toronto #stlchessclub #silverback #grandchesstour https://t.co/j2Pe9qKOfN
Will Vaishali repeat the position with Bg5... and will Goryachkina feel she has to make an inferior move to keep some winning chances alive? #FIDECandidates https://t.co/WhuaTO4HpB
Portraits from Round 11 of the Women's #FIDECandidates 🔥 📷 Michal Walusza https://t.co/IknVCBTtHS
Portraits from Round 11 of the #FIDECandidates 🔥 📷 Michal Walusza https://t.co/rmLGDRipnk
Here are the updated predictions from @ChessNumbers on who's going to win the #FIDECandidates! https://t.co/Wv4UDNpLu2
🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R (2747) begins with 1.d4 vs 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura (2789) in Round 11 of the #FIDECandidates . On move four Praggnanandhaa takes around 9 minutes to make his move 4.cxd5. What was on his mind? https://t.co/Sy7E6C0lJh
Praggnanandhaa is down nearly 30 minutes on move three! #FIDECandidates https://t.co/9ChVurXrFL
Jennifer describes the result of Vaishali's Alapin Sicilian as a "happy position" for White, but notes Goryachkina is deliberately playing sharp chess to get chances of a bounce-back win! https://t.co/gfXHYYzS9f #FIDECandidates https://t.co/IPfT8SleMK
"It is like "India vs USA" today!" - @itherocky #FIDECandidates Watch: https://t.co/qF0fP7iyun https://t.co/uqFE98miGO
Ok it was a great rest day - won Late Titled Tuesday. Now back to the vacation tournament, #FIDECandidates. Streaming on https://t.co/8aLBKR31Tx with @gmjlh and @fionchetta soon! Send all the 🌻🍍🌻 for a strong finish!! https://t.co/9ydS3PVWYs
An amazing win for @alexandrabotez from a totally lost position against @TarjeiJS! https://t.co/WMNUBCvUmC https://t.co/5OZfiloNbO
Round 11 of the Candidates Tournament 2024 starts from 12 AM IST! With only 4 more rounds to go, the stakes have never been higher. Here are today's pairings in the Open and Women's: Open: Praggnanandhaa R - Hikaru Nakamura Vidit Santosh Gujrathi - Ian Nepomniachtchi Gukesh D -… https://t.co/AdGLcj1laa
According to our @ChessNumbers, @DGukesh and Tan Zhongyi are the most likely to win the 2024 #FIDECandidates and Women's Candidates! It starts in just under one hour! https://t.co/3Bu9JaYanS
How would top chess engines play out some of the critical positions from the #FIDECandidates, such as the Praggnanandhaa-Nepomniachtchi game? Let's find out! https://t.co/ECWg8dhdFL https://t.co/CEqYDfLFdS
Well... one of these players will eventually win this tournament. Can't really say who right now... Even a win today wouldn't fully decide anything with three more rounds left after it. But at the same time, this means every half point is critical! Well... except in the 7v8 game. https://t.co/lCHeeyLcYR
It looks like it's probably down to two women with real chances to challenge Ju Wenjun for the title, but four rounds is still mathematically enough time to lose a full point lead... today is Lagno's chance to add herself back into the conversation. https://t.co/n0ysMLUnl7
It's time for round 11 of #FIDECandidates in Toronto! Check the pairings and get ready to follow the games with our commentators Yasser Seirawan, Nazi Paikidze and Evgeny Miroshnichenko. https://t.co/HQk8JWewi2 https://t.co/zLCKQw5qOF
Four. Rounds. Left. #FIDECandidates https://t.co/kuzYf9sxgW
Nice to see the top Americans competing in Toronto finding their form in the tournament that matters most for the state (and future!) of the chess world… Oh, and good luck in the #FIDECandidates too, boys 💪😉😘
Huge matchup today! Fabi vs Gukesh, who do you have winning?
Who do you think will win the #FIDECandidates and why? https://t.co/jr4A6UzWP8
11th round of the #FIDECandidates is going to be EPIC! Don't miss our coverage of the games on Chess24 India's YT channel from 11:55pm tonight. https://t.co/XUATWr5OIZ
Round 11 | 🇮🇳 Gukesh D vs 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana #FIDECandidates Who are you rooting for?
Round 11 predictions! Pragg-Hikaru 1-0* Vidit-Nepo 0-1* Gukesh-Caruana 1-0* Firouzja-Abasov 1-0* *The predictions do not represent the predictors preferences, nor are they in any way intended to support or undermine the players. The post is intended as entertainment only.
🏆Not a bad day for @GMHikaru! After finishing third in the early tournament, he won the late outright with a near-perfect score! 👏 A nice warmup for the #FIDECandidates tomorrow! https://t.co/0O91vW4N81
FIDE Candidates: Two co-leaders in both tournaments going into the third rest day Open: Ian Nepomniachtchi and 🇮🇳 Gukesh D Women: 🇨🇳 Lei Tingjie and 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi Today is a rest day. Read Round 10 report 🔗https://t.co/5xEKn8mcEM 📷 Michal Walusza https://t.co/W6Ev50S48m
FIDE Candidates: Two co-leaders in both tournaments going into the third rest day Open: Ian Nepomniachtchi and 🇮🇳 Gukesh D Women: 🇨🇳 Lei Tingjie and 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi Today is a rest day. Read Round 10 report 🔗https://t.co/5xEKn8mcEM https://t.co/mAuTTXGAVH
Our early #TitledTuesday winner is @HansMokeNiemann 🏆! Congratulations! 🎉 He finished on 9.5/11, along with Salem AR Saleh and Hikaru Nakamura, but with the best tiebreaks! https://t.co/7rTjgr34FI
Hans Niemann wins the Titled Tuesday with 9.5/11 points, and is live on the ChessBase India YouTube channel now! Join in: https://t.co/t2Wt1QbcOP https://t.co/ZENIUdcQmy
5/5 in Titled Tuesday, just started my stream on twitch. Journey to World Chess Champion continues https://t.co/viTm1t5kz3
Vidit Gujrathi is playing the Titled Tuesday on @chesscom right now - in fact, @GMHikaru and @FabianoCaruana are also playing, utilising the rest day of Candidates Tournament! Join in the livestream - Sagar Shah and Samay Raina are doing live commentary: https://t.co/t2Wt1QbcOP https://t.co/wExL6cFdaj
#TitledTuesday is lit! 🔥🔥 @viditchess, @FabianoCaruana @GMHikaru, @anishgiri, @LevAronian, @ArjunErigaisi and many other stars are playing! https://t.co/47NsLpXMjx
Streaming the most important tournament of the year: Titled Tuesday on @chesscom today on https://t.co/8aLBKR31Tx - See you there! I know @anishgiri will be watching!! https://t.co/tDnxAxQk0K
We are now live on YouTube - Sagar Shah, @GothamChess, and Samay Raina are doing a Candidates Deep dive: https://t.co/t2Wt1QaEZh https://t.co/S0u1CGblZq
Gukesh in the Candidates ❤️🔥 Edit: @ram_abhyudaya #chess #chessbaseindia #gukesh #chessreels #chessgame #candidates2024 https://t.co/PRzsFpkpdc
Join in at 7:30 PM IST - @sagarchess1, @GothamChess and @ReheSamay are doing a Candidates Deep dive! https://t.co/t2Wt1QbcOP https://t.co/gfcBscryNA
Candidates Rest Day stream with @ChessbaseIndia’s Sagar Shah @ReheSamay Today! https://t.co/lS4duotXkQ
Caïssa is a cruel goddess at times. Scenes after Hikaru Nakamura defeated Nijat Abasov in a rollercoaster game on Round 10 of Candidates 2024. Photo: Michal Walusza/FIDE https://t.co/I4aUBEROaa
Caïssa is a cruel goddess at times. Scenes after Hikaru Nakamura defeated Nijat Abasov in a rollercoaster game on Round 10 of Candidates 2024. hoto: Michal Walusza/FIDE https://t.co/iC29YYp68v
The fields are rounding the final turn at both the FIDE World Championship Candidates Tournament and the FIDE Women's World Championship Candidates Tournament now being played in Toronto, and it's still anybody's race. https://t.co/zP3BHnit4w
That #OneLove moment ft. Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Edit: @adityasurroy21 #chess #chessbaseindia #chessgame #pragg #vidit #reels #Candidates2024 https://t.co/8dk6IhXbP9
Americans 🇺🇸 Win, Indians 🇮🇳 Draw in Round 10 at #Candidates2024 Watch Round 10 Highlights! ⬇️ https://t.co/TOp7EG35Yf https://t.co/whLeE92C4a
Time for @GMHikaru to win his 69th Titled Tuesday!
FIDE Women's #Candidates2024 R10: @ChessVaishali ends her losing streak by winning a rollercoaster game against Nurgyul Tingjie joins Zhongyi in the lead https://t.co/a5cq6hj2Nn
FIDE Women's #Candidates2024 R10: @ChessVaishali ends her losing streak by winning a rollercoaster game against Nurgyul Tingjie joins Zhongyi in the sole lead https://t.co/a5cq6hj2Nn
Vaishali Rameshbabu is back to winning ways - she won a rollercoaster game against Nurgyul Salimova with the Black pieces in Round 10 of the Women's Candidates tournament! This game lasted for 88 moves, and contained many ups and downs. Salimova managed to outplay Vaishali in… https://t.co/kkiQzJugWm
Lei Tingjie scores a hugely important win - she takes down Aleksandra Goryachkina with the Black pieces in Round 10 of the Women's Candidates! It was a game full of nerves as the stakes were quite high. Lei Tingjie played some fantastic chess to outplay Goryachkina and obtain a… https://t.co/Jod4akpSWi
FIDE #Candidates2024 R10: @DGukesh draws with Nepomniachtchi, both still in the lead @GMHikaru and @FabianoCaruana score wins, reduce the gap https://t.co/zO3NaIyRX7
Candidates 2024 Round 10: Gukesh draws with Nepomniachtchi, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana score wins The leaders D Gukesh and Ian Nepomniachtchi drew their game against each other. Thus, both of them continue to be the leaders 6/10 each. Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura… https://t.co/cTeJ5pyyvA
Big day for Caruana and Nakamura to stay in contention while Gukesh and Nepo remain front runners! Standings after Round 10: Open: 1-2. Gukesh, Nepomniachtchi – 6 3-5. Caruana, Nakamura, Praggnanandhaa – 5.5 6. Vidit – 5 7. Firouzja – 3.5 8. Abasov – 3 The Chinese women… https://t.co/ryEzfuhCQl
The two American grandmasters, @GMHikaru and @FabianoCaruana, won their games and SIX players now are in contention to win the #FIDECandidates. In the Women's, Lei Tingjie won her fourth game out of five to join the shared lead. https://t.co/2ew4akOO0l
10 rounds have been completed at the FIDE Candidates 2024. We move into the 3rd rest day of the event. In the open section we have Gukesh and Nepo in the lead with 6.0/10. Praggnanandhaa, Caruana and Nakamura are in close pursuit with 5.5/10, while Vidit stands on 5.0/10. It's a… https://t.co/rfkFAwxiTG
This is what is happening at the FIDE Candidates 2024 after 10 rounds! Who do you think will win? https://t.co/62Gim4B6i5
Watch the Video Recap for Round 9 of the #FIDECandidates by IM Kostya Kavutskiy! ➡️ https://t.co/kjM6yqxrTF Photo by Michal Walusza, FIDE ♟️@FIDE_chess https://t.co/IHxqMl5AQB
Vishy Anand and Irina Krush take us through the most exciting moments of round 10 of the FIDE Candidates!👇 🔗 https://t.co/wyQCVi6gW1 https://t.co/A4qBgAzR1o
What looked like the fifth straight loss for Vaishali in the #FIDECandidates turned out to be a victory over Salimova! 😮 The game: https://t.co/X1UpTleXMG https://t.co/KJvKFRSjag
🇮🇳 Vaishali Rameshbabu (2475) secures a victory against 🇧🇬 Nurgyul Salimova (2432) in their second encounter. Vaishali displayed a strong start, possibly drawing from her preparation, while Nurgyul put up a commendable fight, gaining a winning position. She declined a repetition;… https://t.co/STC9n0xtkb
From a completely losing position, Vaishali turned the tables and won the game against Nurgyul Salimova with the black pieces! #FIDECandidates https://t.co/2itdDGKYx7
"What a round, what a game, what a comeback!" (Finegold) After 4 losses in a row, Vaishali hits back to win an incredible 6-hour 88-move rollercoaster of a game! #FIDECandidates https://t.co/SeYzm3BGrX
Lei has now won 4 out of her last 5 games in the #FIDECandidates, defeating Goryachkina with Black in a complicated endgame today, and is co-leading with Tan after Round 10! The game: https://t.co/AUnsqrzxLR https://t.co/OXqAclxEBM
Incredible turnaround in the Salimova-Vaishali game! From a dead lost position for Vaishali, to a draw - and now Vaishali is winning! Join the Candidates Round 10 stream on YouTube - Sagar and Amruta are live: https://t.co/nD1LTEURP3 https://t.co/tYZiGHBWpE
Fabiano Caruana takes down Alireza Firouzja with the White pieces on Round 10 of the Candidates! Despite an early missed chance and a bit of nerves around the 40-move mark, Caruana managed to churn out the win. With this win, he reaches 5.5/10 points, within half a point of… https://t.co/4j1s8wuALO
Salimova was completely winning for most of the game, but she couldn't come to terms with letting the win slip and now Vaishali has taken over! #FIDECandidates https://t.co/kQOQ9CKcbJ
With five players now within half a point of first place, it looks like the Candidates Tournament now has about a 36% or 37% chance of going to playoffs, including maybe about a 13% chance that we get 3 or more players participating in the tiebreaks. Model's still running...
Nakamura bounces back with a win against Abasov and is now only half a point behind the leaders! #FIDECandidates The game: https://t.co/enebqd6BQu https://t.co/r1uol0sBj3
Good day for the American players, as both Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana won their games in 10th round of the #FIDECandidates! Photo by Michal Walusza https://t.co/4SSKOATrJz
Vaishali looked doomed to a 5th loss in a row, but suddenly the evaluation is equal! https://t.co/zkqBCSg2AX #FIDECandidates https://t.co/SNLii59RZn
Fabiano and Hikaru both find CRUCIAL wins today, and now sit within half a point of the tournament leaders! The #FIDECandidates is still anyone's game! 🏆 https://t.co/WSXNT6YL8M
Fabiano Caruana wins and is just a half-point behind the leaders once again! https://t.co/UFHjIkKqaA #FIDECandidates https://t.co/rHa6aCQq6j
🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (2803) secures his second win of the event, defeating 🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja (2760) in a very tough and complicated game. This win brings him back into the competition, as he is just half a point behind the leaders! Vishy Anand remarked, “Maybe this is the lucky… https://t.co/sGD588SqyT
It's looking like two decisive games for the American players today! #FIDECandidates https://t.co/jUnONLwaSa