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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 IM Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal, in collaboration with Chessbase.

This is the FIDE Candidates 2022 live video with GM Daniil Yuffa and WIM Anna-Maja Kazarian, in collaboration with Worldchess.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.

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

Round 9 pairings:

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.

Replay the games:

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.