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In his unique style, Anish Giri analyzes the epic fights of the 2022 Candidates Tournament Round 8 games and shares useful opening tips and ideas. Grandmaster Anish Giri is covering the most epic games of the tournament in the special Chessable course, and publishes daily Candidates recaps on his YouTube Channel.

Hikaru Nakamura is back in the race for the top as he yesterday defeated Fabiano Caruana and scores 4.5/8 points. In the post-game interview with WGM Dina Belenkaya, Hikaru explained he was prepared for the game and that he spent two hours looking at the sharp lines on Saturday evening. Replay the game here

After yesterday’s tense day in Madrid, the top remains open and we might have more players re-entering the race for the World Championship match spot depending on how the ninth round plays out. Ian Nepomniachtchi is the sole leader with 6/8 points, with Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura trailing him with 1 and 1.5-point (respectively). FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 – R8 recap

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Today in Chess: FIDE Candidates 2022 Round 8 Recap

Hikaru Nakamura published his recap video of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022 Round 8 sending a message: “Revenge is SWEET!!“. Nakamura won a thrilling game against Fabiano Caruana, having a completely winning position most of the time. Caruana fought till the very end, but eventually couldn’t escape, and Hikaru got his revenge for the R1 loss.

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The 2022 International Individual Nocturnal Blitz Candidates Tournament was held on June 25  in Casa del Reloj Cultural Center in Madrid as a side event of the 2022 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament.

Argentine football manager and former football player Diego (El Cholo) Simeone is spotted playing chess with his son Giovanni Simeone at a beautiful sandy beach. ESPN World sports news tweeted about the vacation of Simeone’s family and how they spend it playing the game which requires full concentration. However, something is seriously wrong. The board is set wrong and Diego is missing his King on the board.

Fabiano Caruana yesterday won his R7 Candidates 2022 game against Teimour Radjabov to continue trailing the leader Ian Nepomniachtchi by half a point. While Caruana played “the most difficult game he played in a long time“, Nepo defeated Rapport much simpler, as Rapport refused to repeat the moves for a draw and went into a clearly worse position which shortly after fell apart.

The Silver Lake Chess Festival 2022 took place from 19-26th June, 2022, at the Silver Lake “Sports hall” and “Great hall” of Danubia Park Hotel. The Organizing Committee prepared a rich programme for all ages and playing levels: Open “A” tournament (for players rated over 2100 FIDE), Open “B” tournament (for players rated under 2200 FIDE) and Blitz FIDE rated tournament.