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Thursday, 28 Apr 2022 16:50
FIDE Candidates Tournament: Drawings of lots and pairings

The drawing of lots for the FIDE Candidates Tournament was carried out today during the FIDE Council in Abu Dhabi, in a ceremony organized by the Chief Arbiter for the event, Anastasia Sorokina. 

The seven players who have already qualified for the Candidates have signed the contracts and are getting ready for the tournament. The eight's place is still subject to the final decisions regarding Sergey Karjakin's appeal to the Ethics and Disciplinary Commission. 

FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich drew the lots for Ian Nepomniachtchi, who will play under the FIDE flag. FIDE Deputy president Bachar Kouatly drew the lots for Alireza Firouzja, Michael Khodarkovsky for Fabiano Caruana (a number was automatically assigned to Hikaru Nakamura), Mahir Mammedov for Teimour Radjabov, Zhu Chen for Richard Rapport, and Łukasz Turlej for Jan–Krzysztof Duda. 


Photo by Ezz

These are the starting numbers: 

1 GM Duda, Jan–Krzysztof
2 GM Ding Liren
3 GM Caruana, Fabiano
4 GM Radjabov, Teimour
5 GM Firouzja, Alireza
6 GM Nakamura, Hikaru
7 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian
8 GM Rapport, Richard

Format & System:

The 8 players play a double round robin tournament (14 rounds). The winner qualifies for the 2023 FIDE World Championship Match.

Round–by–round pairings

Round 1, June 17

Duda – Rapport
Ding Liren – Nepomniachtchi
Caruana – Nakamura
Radjabov – Firouzja

Round 2, June 18 

Rapport – Firouzja
Nakamura – Radjabov
Nepomniachtchi – Caruana
Duda – Ding Liren

Round 3, June 19

Ding Liren – Rapport
Caruana – Duda
Radjabov – Nepomniachtchi
Firouzja – Nakamura

Round 4, June 21

Rapport – Nakamura
Nepomniachtchi – Firouzja
Duda – Radjabov
Ding Liren – Caruana

Round 5, June 22

Caruana – Rapport
Radjabov – Ding Liren
Firouzja – Duda
Nakamura – Nepomniachtchi

Round 6, June 23

Radjabov – Rapport
Firouzja – Caruana
Nakamura – Ding Liren
Nepomniachtchi – Duda

Round 7, June 25

Rapport – Nepomniachtchi
Duda – Nakamura
Ding Liren – Firouzja
Caruana – Radjabov

Round 8, June 26

Rapport – Duda
Nepomniachtchi – Ding Liren
Nakamura – Caruana
Firouzja – Radjabov

Round 9, June 27

Firouzja – Rapport
Radjabov – Nakamura
Caruana – Nepomniachtchi
Ding Liren – Duda

Round 10, June 29

Rapport, Richard – Ding Liren
Duda – Caruana
Nepomniachtchi – Radjabov
Nakamura – Firouzja

Round 11, June 30

Nakamura – Rapport
Firouzja – Nepomniachtchi
Radjabov – Duda
Caruana – Ding Liren

Round 12, July 1

Rapport – Caruana
Ding Liren – Radjabov
Duda – Firouzja
Nepomniachtchi – Nakamura

Round 13, July 3

Nepomniachtchi – Rapport
Nakamura – Duda
Firouzja – Ding Liren
Radjabov – Caruana

Round 14, July 4

Rapport – Radjabov
Caruana – Firouzja
Ding Liren – Nakamura
Duda – Nepomniachtchi