FIDE Candidates 2022 | Round 5

Commentary team: IM Daniel Rensch, and IM Almira Skripchenko. Interviews by WGM Dina Belenkaya. The FIDE Candidates Tournament is the ultimate qualifier for the FIDE World Championship. Eight prominent grandmasters 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 winner qualifies to face the reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen in the match for the chess crown. The total prize fund is 500,000 Euros. Players: Ding Liren (2806) Alireza Firouzja (2793) Fabiano Caruana (2783) Ian Nepomniachtchi (2766) Richard Rapport (2764) Hikaru Nakamura (2760) Teimour Radjabov (2753) Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2750)