Today in Chess | Candidates Tournament 2024: Round 1

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. ROUND 1 | 40 Moves in 120 Min. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. Fabiano Caruana vs. Hikaru Nakamura Nijat Abasov vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi Alireza Firouzja vs. R Praggnanandhaa Gukesh D vs. Vidit Gujrathi ROUND 1 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. Aleksandra Goryachkina vs. Kateryna Lagno Anna Muzychuk vs. Nurgyul Salimova Lei Tingjie vs. Tan Zhongyi R Vaishali vs. Koneru Humpy