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The FIDE Madrid Candidates Chess Conference takes place on July 2 consisting of two parts: ChessKid.com educational seminars and the Conference on social chess initiatives in FIDE member countries in the afternoon. See the detailed program and schedule information here.

Today in Chess: FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 R12 recap

Hikaru Nakamura decided to spend Friday evening playing chess in Madrid’s park! After today’s 7-minute draw against Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hikaru basically provided himself with an extra free day. With 12 played rounds at the FIDE Candidates Tournament, Nakamura ties for second place with Ding Liren.

Le Quang Liem celebrated his return to classical chess after 2,5 years pause. The Vietnamese Grandmaster played nine classical games during the month of June and finished clear second at the Prague Chess Festival (Replay the games here). He added 13 ELO points and is now 23rd in the world with 2722.

This is the FIDE Candidates 2022 live video with GM Judit Polgar and GM Jan Gustafsson, in collaboration with Chess24.com.

This is the FIDE Candidates 2022 live video with GM Alejandro Ramirez, GM Yasser Seirawan and IM Dorsa Derakhshani, in collaboration with Saint Louis Chess Club and Today in Chess Candidates edition. Round 12 pairings: Richard Rapport – Fabiano Caruana / Ding Liren – Teimour Radjabov /

This is the FIDE Candidates 2022 live video with GM Daniil Yuffa and WIM Jesse Niki February, in collaboration with Worldchess.com. Round 12 pairings:Richard Rapport – Fabiano Caruana / Ding Liren – Teimour Radjabov / Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Alireza Firouzja

The Chessable recap of Candidates R11 by Anish Giri is here. With Carlsen still unsure about defending the World Champion title, the stakes for the second place are high.

Ian Nepomniachtchi won an important Round 11 game against Alireza Firouzja to be one step closer to winning the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022. He has a 1.5 points advantage over the second-placed Ding Liren who yesterday scored his third consecutive victory in the tournament.

Round 12 pairings:
Richard Rapport – Fabiano Caruana

July 1st, 2022 marks the 25th year with FIDE for Polina Tsedenova.