The FIDE Candidates 2020 will take place in Yekaterinburg, Russia from March 15 until April 5. Eight top grandmasters will contest in a double round-robin tournament for the right to challenge the current World Champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway).
Participants:
Fabiano Caruana (USA, 2842) – qualified as the Challenger of the World Championship match 2018
Ding Liren (CHN, 2805) – qualified as the finalist of the FIDE World Cup 2019
Wang Hao (CHN, 2758) – qualified as the winner of the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019
Alexander Grischuk (RUS, 2777) – qualified as the winner of the FIDE Grand Prix 2019
Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS, 2774) – qualified as one of two top finishers in the FIDE Grand Prix 2019
Anish Giri (NED, 2763) – qualified by rating as the player with the highest average rating for 12 rating periods from February 2019 to January 2020
Kirill Alekseenko (RUS, 2704) – was given a wild card by the organizers
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA, 2767) – replaced Teimour Radjabov as the highest-rated reserve player
Schedule:
Day 1 – Arrivals
Day 2 – Opening Ceremony & Technical Meeting
Day 3 – Round 1
Day 4 – Round 2
Day 5 – Round 3
Day 6 – Free day
Day 7 – Round 4
Day 8 – Round 5
Day 9 – Round 6
Day 10 – Free day
Day 11 – Round 7
Day 12 – Round 8
Day 13 – Round 9
Day 14 – Free day
Day 15 – Round 10
Day 16 – Round 11
Day 17 – Round 12
Day 18 – Free day
Day 19 – Round 13
Day 20 – Round 14
Day 21 – Tie-breaks & Closing Ceremony
Day 22 – Departures
Full pairings:
R 01 (March 17, 2020)
Radjabov – Caruana
Ding Liren – Wang Hao
Giri – Nepomniachtchi
Grischuk – Alekseenko
R 02 (March 18, 2020)
Caruana – Alekseenko
Nepomniachtchi – Grischuk
Wang Hao – Giri
Radjabov – Ding Liren
R 03 (March 19, 2020)
Ding Liren – Caruana
Giri – Radjabov
Grischuk – Wang Hao
Alekseenko – Nepomniachtchi
R 04 (March 21, 2020)
Caruana – Nepomniachtchi
Wang Hao – Alekseenko
Radjabov – Grischuk
Ding Liren – Giri
R 05 (March 22, 2020)
Giri – Caruana
Grischuk – Ding Liren
Alekseenko – Radjabov
Nepomniachtchi – Wang Hao
R 06 (March 23, 2020)
Grischuk – Caruana
Alekseenko – Giri
Nepomniachtchi – Ding Liren
Wang Hao – Radjabov
R 07 (March 25, 2020)
Caruana – Wang
Hao Radjabov – Nepomniachtchi
Ding Liren – Alekseenko
Giri – Grischuk
R 08 (March 26, 2020)
Caruana – Radjabov
Wang Hao – Ding Liren
Nepomniachtchi – Giri
Alekseenko – Grischuk
R 09 (March 27, 2020)
Alekseenko – Caruana
Grischuk – Nepomniachtchi
Giri – Wang Hao
Ding Liren – Radjabov
R 10 (March 29, 2020)
Caruana – Ding Liren
Radjabov – Giri
Wang Hao – Grischuk
Nepomniachtchi – Alekseenko
R 11 (March 30, 2020)
Nepomniachtchi – Caruana
Alekseenko – Wang Hao
Grischuk – Radjabov
Giri – Ding Liren
R 12 (March 31, 2020)
Caruana – Giri
Ding Liren – Grischuk
Radjabov – Alekseenko
Wang Hao – Nepomniachtchi
R 13 (April 02, 2020)
Wang Hao – Caruana
Nepomniachtchi – Radjabov
Alekseenko – Ding Liren
Grischuk – Giri
R 14 (April 03, 2020)
Caruana – Grischuk
Giri – Alekseenko
Ding Liren – Nepomniachtchi
Radjabov – Wang Hao
Players from the same federation play each other in earlier rounds: Ding Liren and Wang Hao will play each other in rounds 1 and 8; Alexander Grischuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Kirill Alekseeko – in rounds 1, 2, 3 and 8, 9, 10.
Regulations for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2020 in PDF format