This is the FIDE Candidates 2022 live video with GM Alejandro Ramirez, GM Yasser Seirawan and GM Cristian Chirila, in collaboration with Saint Louis Chess Club and Today in Chess Candidates edition.
Richard Rapport was devastated after a tough loss he suffered in the 7th round of FIDE Candidates 2022 playing against Ian Nepomniachtchi. The Petroff line chosen by Nepo was a known theoretical draw where Black sacrifices a Rook to hunt the perpetual check. However, Rapport decided to refuse the threefold repetition and go on into a clearly worse position.
FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 is just halfway through, yet the whole tournament has reduced to a two-horse race now. There’s a massive 1.5-point gap between the first two players and the rest of the field, and it does not seem like anybody except for Caruana can stop Nepomniachtchi’s run. Read more: FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 – R7 recap
One more round and we reached the middle of the FIDE Candidates Tournament. Ian Nepomniachtchi scored another victory with the black pieces after Rapport overpushed, refusing a move repetition early in the game. Rapport was brave, but it didn’t pay off. Fabiano Caruana stays in the race as he won a full point against Teimour Radjabov.
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Richard Rapport suffered a tough loss against Ian Nepomniachtchi in today’s 7th round of the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022. Nepo was perfectly prepared for the Petroff variation that appeared on the board, going for the perpetual check after a rook sacrifice. Rapport was brave to refuse the threefold repetition and went into a clearly worse position which eventually ended in favor of the Russian grandmaster.
Today’s 7th round of the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 was opened with four ceremonial moves made by the organizing team of the Norway Chess elite tournament: Kjell Madland, Benedicte Westre, Jasmine Larsson, and FIDE Managing Director and ECU Vice-President Dana Reizniece Ozola.
