The <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/candidate-tournament-what-is-the-prize-money-for-the-winner-20220621-0036.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Candidates Tournament</a> is almost halfway over and little by little it will be known which players are to be winners or simply to gain experience in an extremely complicated tournament. Two of the greatest favorites are the Americans <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/when-was-the-last-time-an-american-was-world-chess-champion-20220620-0024.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana</a>, who closely follow the leader Ian Nepomniachtchi.
On the side of the famous youtuber and streamer, <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/how-is-the-2022-candidates-tournament-played-by-the-americans-hikaru-nakamura-and-fabiano-caruana-20220620-0025.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hikaru Nakamura</a>, he shares third place with Richard Rapport with 3 points in 6 games, 1.5 points behind Nepomniachtchi, but in the fifth round he let a great opportunity pass after drawing with the leader in a game in which he had a better position.
Fabiano Caruana is the player who most closely follows the Russian (at the moment he is 0.5 points below), especially in the sixth round when he beat Alireza Firoujza with black. However, in the same round, <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/shock-in-the-chess-world-the-champion-magnus-carlsen-said-he-will-only-defend-his-title-against-firouzja-20211214-0023.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carlsen</a>‘s last challenger defeated Jan-Krzysztof Duda keeping the difference over Caruana, who nevertheless remains one of the strongest candidates to win the tournament.
<h2>Player performance in the 2022 Candidates Tournament</h2>
Although this is a hard tournament that still has 8 rounds to play in which anything could happen, it is clear that the performance of the first two players so far is well above the rest of the participants. In this way, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Fabiano Caruana reaffirm their favoritism in this candidates’ tournament.
In the 6 games played so far, the Russian has had a performance of 2970 rating (comparable to the performance of Anatoly Karpov in the famous Linares 1994), while the American, 2903. Hikaru Nakamura, the other American, has had a more than acceptable performance of 2783 rating, although of course far from the first two places.
Ding Liren, who before the start was one of the main favorites, for the moment has obtained 2.5 points and a performance of 2709, a little far from what was expected of him, although in his favor it must be said that in the last tournament of Candidates had a bad start and then recovered. Alireza Firouzja, the only player against whom Carlsen would agree to defend the title in his own words, is currently last with 2 points and a 2641 performance.
<h2>How does the 2022 Candidates tournament continue?</h2>
The 2022 Candidates Tournament, in which the challenger of the world champion Magnus Carlsen will be defined, continues this Saturday, June 25 with round 7 (<a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/2022-candidates-tournament-nepomniachtchi-and-caruana-achieved-a-victory-standings-and-clashes-for-the-7th-round-20220623-0022.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here</a> to see which will be the matchups and standings of the tournament after 6 rounds). 
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Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana very close to the lead in the 2022 Candidates Tournament

Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana very close to the lead in the 2022 Candidates Tournament - Bolavip US

The <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/candidate-tournament-what-is-the-prize-money-for-the-winner-20220621-0036.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2022 Candidates Tournament</a> is currently underway. This chess tournament takes place at the Palace of Santoña in Madrid, Spain, and will define which player will win the chance to challenge the world champion, <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/shock-in-the-chess-world-the-champion-magnus-carlsen-said-he-will-only-defend-his-title-against-firouzja-20211214-0023.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Magnus Carlsen</a>.
The tournament started on June 17, and consists of 14 rounds, and six rounds have been played to date. In addition, like all Candidates Tournament since 2013, it has a two-round league format. The World Championship is scheduled for 2023, where there the winner will face Carlsen.
Four games were played in round six. Two ended in a draw, and the other two had awinner. Teimour Radjabov and Hikaru Nakamura finished their games in a draw against Richard Rapport and Liren Ding, respectively. While Ian Nepomniachtchi defeated Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Fabiano Caruana played with black pieces and beat Alireza Firouzja.
<h2>Standings after 6 rounds of 2022 Candidates Tournament</h2>
<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 500px">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Players</td>
<td>Points</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ian Nepomniachtchi</td>
<td>4 1/2</td>
</tr>
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<td>Fabiano Caruana</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
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<td>Hikaru Nakamura</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
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<td>Richard Rapport</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
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<td>Liren Ding</td>
<td>2 1/2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Teimour Radjabov</td>
<td>2 1/2</td>
</tr>
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<td>Jan-Krzysztof Duda</td>
<td>2 1/2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Alireza Firouzja</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
It remains to be seen how the tournament will end, but Carlsen said he will only defend his title against Firouzja, and the Frenchman is currently in last place in the standings.
<h2>2022 Candidates Tournament 7th round: Clashes</h2>
Chess players will have Friday, June 24 off and will compete again on Saturday, June 25.
Richard Rapport vs Ian Nepomniachtchi Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Hikaru Nakamura Liren Ding vs Alireza Firouzja Fabiano Caruana vs Teimour Radjabov
 
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2022 Candidates Tournament | Nepomniachtchi and Caruana achieved a victory: Standings and clashes for the 7th round

2022 Candidates Tournament | Nepomniachtchi and Caruana achieved a victory: Standings and clashes for the 7th round - Bolavip US

The<a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/candidate-tournament-what-is-the-prize-money-for-the-winner-20220621-0036.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2022 Candidates Tournament</a>continues its course. The tournament consists of 14 rounds and will define which player will win the chance to challenge the world champion, Magnus Carlsen. The next round to be played will be the sixth one. Here we tell you everything you need to know so you don’t miss anything about this tournament, where and what time to see it in the United States.
Four <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/how-is-the-2022-candidates-tournament-played-by-the-americans-hikaru-nakamura-and-fabiano-caruana-20220620-0025.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">games</a>were played in round five. All of them ended in a draw. Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura finished their games in a draw against Richard Rapport and IanNepomniachtchi, respectively.
In the same context, Teimour Radjabov drew with Liren Ding, as did Alireza Firouzja with Jan-Krzysztof Duda. It remains to be seen how the tournament will end, but Carlsen said he will only defend his title against Firouzja, and the Frenchman is currently in last place in the standings.
<h2>2022 Candidates Tournament 6th round: Date</h2>
The 2022 Candidates Tournament takes place at the Palace of Santoña in Madrid, Spain. The sixth round will be held on Thursday, June 23, at 9 AM (ET).
<h2>2022 Candidates Tournament 6th round: Time by State in the US</h2>
ET: 9:00 AM CT: 8:00 AM MT: 7:00 AM PT: 6:00 AM
<h2>2022 Candidates Tournament 6th round: Clashes</h2>
Teimour Radjabov vsRichard Rapport Alireza Firouzja vsFabiano Caruana Hikaru Nakamura vsLiren Ding Ian Nepomniachtchi vsJan-Krzysztof Duda
<h2>Standings after 5 rounds of 2022 Candidates Tournament</h2>
<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 500px">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Player</td>
<td>Points</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ian Nepomniachtchi</td>
<td>3 1/2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Fabiano Caruana</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hikaru Nakamura</td>
<td>2 1/2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Richard Rapport</td>
<td>2 1/2 </td>
</tr>
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<td>Jan-Krzysztof Duda</td>
<td>2 1/2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Liren Ding</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Teimour Radjabov</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Alireza Firouzja</td>
<td>
2
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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Caruana second in the 2022 Candidates Tournament: Date and time of the sixth round

Caruana second in the 2022 Candidates Tournament: Date and time of the sixth round - Bolavip US

The <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/candidate-tournament-what-is-the-prize-money-for-the-winner-20220621-0036.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2022 Candidates Tournament</a> continues its course looking to define who will be the challenger of the current world champion, Magnus Carlsen. The chess players meet again in a new round, the fifth, of this tough championship. Here we tell you everything you need to know so you don’t miss anything about this <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/how-is-the-2022-candidates-tournament-played-by-the-americans-hikaru-nakamura-and-fabiano-caruana-20220620-0025.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tournament</a>, where and what time to see it in the United States.
The fourth round resulted in 3 draws and a victory with White. <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/when-was-the-last-time-an-american-was-world-chess-champion-20220620-0024.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Americans</a> Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura (also known for being a successful youtuber and chess streamer) finished their games in a draw against Ding Liren and Richard Rapport, respectively. Poland’s Jan-Krzysztof Duda also tied with Azeri Teimour Radjabov.
But the only game that did not end in a draw was that between Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi and Frenchman of Iranian origin Alireza Firouzja, a result that undoubtedly shakes the chess world as Carlsen‘s last challenger wins (remaining as the only leader), and lost <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/shock-in-the-chess-world-the-champion-magnus-carlsen-said-he-will-only-defend-his-title-against-firouzja-20211214-0023.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the only player norwegian said he would play against</a>.
<h2>2022 Candidates Tournament 5th round: Date</h2>
The 2022 Candidates Tournament takes place at the Palace of Santoña in Madrid, Spain, with the fifth round taking place this Wednesday, June 22 at 9 AM (ET).
<h2>2022 Candidates Tournament 5th round: Time by State in the US</h2>
ET: 9:00 AM CT: 8:00 AM MT: 7:00 AM PT: 6:00 AM
<h2>2022 Candidates Tournament 5th round: Clashes</h2>
– Fabiano Caruana vs Richard Rapport – Teimour Radjabov vs Ding Liren – Alireza Firouzja vs Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Hikaru Nakamura vs Ian Nepomniachtchi
<h2>Standings after 4 rounds of 2022 Candidates Tournament</h2>
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<tr>
<td>Player</td>
<td>Points</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ian Nepomniachtchi</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
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<td>Fabiano Caruana</td>
<td>2 1/2</td>
</tr>
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<td>Jan-Krzysztof Duda</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Richard Rapport</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hikaru Nakamura</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
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<td>Ding Liren</td>
<td>1 1/2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Teimour Radjabov</td>
<td>1 1/2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Alireza Firouzja</td>
<td>1 1/2</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
 
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2022 Candidates Tournament 5th round: Date and time

2022 Candidates Tournament 5th round: Date and time - Bolavip US

The Candidate Tournament is one of the most demanding in chess worldwide, since 8 of the best players in the world participate in 14 rounds to determine the winner, who will have the right to challenge the current <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/when-was-the-last-time-an-american-was-world-chess-champion-20220620-0024.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">champion</a> of the world, <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/shock-in-the-chess-world-the-champion-magnus-carlsen-said-he-will-only-defend-his-title-against-firouzja-20211214-0023.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Magnus Carlsen</a>, to a match for the world title. But in addition, the winner will receive a cash prize and here we will tell you how much it is.
This tournament takes place every two years, and it is usually attended by 8 of the best players in the world, but contrary to what many think, they are not the 8 best players in the world ranking, but rather the participants are defined by qualifying tournaments (for example, this year Levon Aronian or Wesley So, 5th and 6th in the FIDE ranking will not participate).
The 8 qualified will play 14 rounds (<a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/how-is-the-2022-candidates-tournament-played-by-the-americans-hikaru-nakamura-and-fabiano-caruana-20220620-0025.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here</a> for more details on how the Candidates Tournament works) twice against each player: once with white and once with black. Whoever comes first by points, or in case of equality after applying certain tiebreaker criteria, will be the champion and, in addition to being able to challenge Carlsen, will receive a money prize.
<h2>How much money does the champion of the Candidates Tournament receive?</h2>
The total prize pool for the entire tournament is €500,000 (approximately $535,000) and will be distributed among the players as follows: €48,000 for first place, €36,000 for second and €24,000 for third. On the other hand, there will be an additional €3,500 for each player for every half point they get. 
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Candidates Tournament: What is the prize money for the winner?

Candidates Tournament: What is the prize money for the winner? - Bolavip US

The <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/caruana-and-nepomniachtchi-lead-the-2022-candidates-tournament-20220619-0028.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Candidate Tournament</a> is one of the most important tournaments in FIDE, since its winner has the possibility of challenging the world champion (currently <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/shock-in-the-chess-world-the-champion-magnus-carlsen-said-he-will-only-defend-his-title-against-firouzja-20211214-0023.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Magnus Carlsen</a>) to a match to take away the title and thus become new <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/when-was-the-last-time-an-american-was-world-chess-champion-20220620-0024.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world champions</a>. But how is this difficult tournament? Here we tell you.
The Candidates Tournament is undoubtedly one of the most difficult as 8 very strong players participate in it, usually the first chess players in the FIDE world ranking (not always, this year for example Levon Aronian and Wesley So, 5th and 6th in the world respectively, do not participate) in which they face each other twice for a total of 14rounds.
The rhythm of the games is classic: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves, and 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move 61. Winning games award one point, draws 1/2 points and defeats none. Whoever gets the most will be proclaimed champion and will become the official challenger for Magnus Carlsen.
<h2>What happens in case of a tie?</h2>
There are not a few fans who have asked this question, what would happen if two or more players ended up with the same number of points after the 7 rounds were over. For this, FIDE has tiebreaker criteria, then if 2 or more players have the same amount, the winner is defined as follows: (1) results in tie-break games for first place; (2) Sonneborn–Berger score (SB); (3) total number of wins; (4) head-to-head score among tied players; (5) drawing of lots. 
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How is the 2022 Candidates Tournament played by the Americans Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana?

How is the 2022 Candidates Tournament played by the Americans Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana? - Bolavip US

On Friday, June 17, 2022, the 2022 Candidates Tournament began in Madrid, Spain, in which two American players will participate: <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/caruana-and-nepomniachtchi-lead-the-2022-candidates-tournament-20220619-0028.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fabiano Caruana</a> and Hikaru Nakamura, trying to be the official challengers of <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/shock-in-the-chess-world-the-champion-magnus-carlsen-said-he-will-only-defend-his-title-against-firouzja-20211214-0023.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Magnus Carlsen</a> so that an American can once again be world champion. When was the last time that happened? Here we tell you.
This 2022 Candidates Tournament can undoubtedly be the great opportunity for the United States to once again have a world champion since two of the eight participants are American. On the one hand, Fabiano Caruana, who was already a challenger for the Carlsen‘stitle (and therefore winner of this tournament) and on the other Hikaru Nakamura, who in addition to being a chess player is a renowned youtuber.
Of the two, without a doubt the one with the best chance is Caruana, who together with Ding Liren and Alireza Firouzja are the main candidates to win the tournament. Likewise, in a tournament as difficult as this one, anyone could be the winner, and Nakamura is a strong player with 2760 elo points. Hikaru and Caruana will try to be Carlsen‘s challengers and for the champion to be an American again.
<h2>The last American world champion</h2>
Although Paul Morphy is considered a champion by FIDE, he is not an official champion since the first to be officially named was Wilhelm Steinitz in 1886, two years after the death of the great American player. That is why in history there was only one official champion born in the United States.
That champion is none other than Robert James Fischer, born on March 9, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois. Bobby was undoubtedly one of the greatest talents in chess history, and at a time when thissport was dominated by the Soviets, Fischer emerged as one of the few players capable of playing at the same level.
In 1972 he was the challenger of the then world champion, the Soviet Boris Spassky, whom he defeated 12 1/2 to 8 1/2 in what became known as “The match of the century”, one of the most remembered episodes of the Cold War. That is, Caruana and Nakamura seek to be the first American world champions in 50 years. 
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When was the last time an American was world chess champion?

When was the last time an American was world chess champion? - Bolavip US

American chess player Fabiano Caruana started this 2022 Candidates Tournament in the best way, winning the first round game with White against his compatriot Hikaru Nakamura, and drawing the other two. With 2 points out of a possible 3, Caruana is leader of the Candidates tournament along with Ian Nepomniachtchi, who also won the first round and drew the other two.
The other American in the tournament, Hikaru Nakamura, started off losing (as mentioned above) his first game to Fabiano Caruana but in the second round he had a white win against Radjabov and a draw with Alireza Firouzja in the third round, so with 1 1/2 points is one of the pursuers of the leaders.
It is precisely the Frenchman of Iranian origin, Alireza Firouzja, who is closely followed by the chess community since the world champion, Magnus Carlsen, announced after retaining his title at the end of 2021, that if the challenger was not Firouzja, <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/magnus-carlsen-is-the-champion-of-the-2022-edition-of-tata-steel-20220129-0025.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he would not woulddefend his title</a>. At the moment, the Frenchman has 1 1/2 points as a result of three draws.
<h2>Standings after 3 rounds of 2022 Candidates Tournament</h2>
As mentioned before, the tournament is led by Fabiano Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi with 2 points out of 3 each. They are followed by Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Alireza Firouzja, Richard Rapport and Hikaru Nakamura all with 1 1/2 points. In last place are Teimour Radjabov and surprisingly one of the favorites to win this tournament, the Chinese Ding Liren, who got two draws after starting losing to Nepomniachtchi.
The next round, the fourth, will be played on Tuesday June 21 starting at 9 AM (ET).
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<td>Player</td>
<td>Points</td>
</tr>
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<td>Fabiano Caruana</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
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<td>Ian Nepomniachtchi</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
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<td>Jan-Krzysztof Duda</td>
<td>1 1/2</td>
</tr>
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<td>Alireza Firouzja</td>
<td>1 1/2</td>
</tr>
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<td>Richard Rapport</td>
<td>1 1/2</td>
</tr>
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<td>Hikaru Nakamura</td>
<td>1 1/2</td>
</tr>
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<td>Teimour Radjabov</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
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<td>Ding Liren</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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Caruana and Nepomniachtchi lead the 2022 Candidates Tournament

Caruana and Nepomniachtchi lead the 2022 Candidates Tournament - Bolavip US

The “Roland Garros of chess” has a winner. With one round still to go, the Norwegian world champion Magnus Carlsen has been proclaimed the winner of theTata Steel 2022 (with 6 victories and 7 draws) a tournament that left some controversy. Find here all the information about this tournament and what were the controversies that were generated in it.
<a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/shock-in-the-chess-world-the-champion-magnus-carlsen-said-he-will-only-defend-his-title-against-firouzja-20211214-0023.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Magnus Carlsen</a> started 2022 brilliantly. After the match against Ian Niepomniachtchi in which he retained his world title, the Norwegian had expressed two things that shook the chess world: the first (and most important) was that if the title challenger within 2 years it was not the French of Iranian descent Alireza Firouzja, he would give up his title; and the second one was that had the intention of reaching 2900 elo points. Obviously, winning this tournament brings him closer to that goal.
The curious thing is that, despite the fact that Magnus Carlsen had a brilliant tournament, his victory came earlier because his opponent in the last game, <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/controversy-accusations-of-treason-against-daniil-dubov-for-being-part-of-team-carlsen-20211217-0033.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daniil Dubov</a>, will not show up to play (belowwe will explain why). In round 12, the Norwegian defeated Fabiano Caruana and thus reached 8 ½ points, which will be 9 ½ due to the absence of Dubov, a score that none of his pursuers (Mamedyarov and Rapport) will be able to match even if they won their last game in round 13.
<h2>The controversies of Tata Steel 2022</h2>
In this Tata Steel 2022 there were two controversies. Actually, maybe it was only one, because the first one had to do with the anger of several fans at Magnus Carlsen for his attitude in the round 10 game against Sergey Karjakin. After only 16 moves, and with almost all the pieces still on the board, the chess players repeated moves and agreed to draw.
That result favored Carlsen, who at thattime was leading the tournament. However, not a few people were outraged by the passive attitude of the world champion who, it must be said, did not use any illegal means to obtain a beneficial result. The controversy was rather on the internet, where several fans understood it was a “cowardly” attitude on the part of the champion.
The other controversy involves Daniil Dubov (who was recently the victim of the anger of several Russian chess players for being part of Team Carlsen in the Norwegian’s match against his compatriot Ian Niepomniachtchi), who lost his seventh round game by forfeit after refusing to wear a mask due to having been in close contact with a person who has tested positive for <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/china-plan-to-make-beijing-2022-winter-olympics-a-zero-covid-19-event-20220115-0028.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COVID-19</a>.
The Russian’s decision had, as expected, reactions for and against. The regulations do not oblige players to use the mask during games. On the other hand, the result of his <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/adam-ounas-post-covid-cardiac-abnormalities-20220122-0002.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PCR</a> was not yet known and as a matter of principle, Dubov declined to play with a mask. The truth is that after playing round 10, his <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/boxing/boxing-the-megafight-that-covid-19-could-take-away-from-fans-20220122-0017.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PCR</a> was positive (although initially it had been negative) so he withdrew from the tournament without playing the last three games, one of which would be against Magnus Carlsen in round 13. 
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Magnus Carlsen is the champion of the 2022 edition of Tata Steel

Magnus Carlsen is the champion of the 2022 edition of Tata Steel - Bolavip US

Nodirbek Abdusattorov is the brand new champion of the World Rapid Championship. The talented 17-year-old Azerbaijani player showed a coolness and temperance typical of more experienced players, and surprised the chess world with his victory. On his side, champion Magnus Carlsen pointed to FIDE and its tiebreaker criteria: “It’s a completely idiotic rule”, the world champion told Norwegian TV.
Yesterday the tiebreaker for the first and second places of the World Rapid Championship was played. The “mini-match” between <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/controversy-accusations-of-treason-against-daniil-dubov-for-being-part-of-team-carlsen-20211217-0033.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nepomniachtchi</a> and Abdusattorov was won 1.5-0.5 by the Uzbek. At the end of the tournament, there were four players equaled at the top of the standings with 9.5 points: the aforementioned chess players, in addition to the World champion Magnus Carlsen and the number two in the ranking, Fabiano Caruana.
However, due to the tiebreaker criteria (average Elo of the rivals against whom they played in the previous rounds) those favored to contest the tiebreaker were the Uzbek and the Russian. Magnus Carlsen, outraged, complained to Norwegian TV: “It’s a completely idiotic rule. Either all players on the same amount of points join the playoff, or no-one does”.
<h2>The World Champion and his criticism of FIDE</h2>
The world champion continued his criticism by assuring that: “it’s a real pity to lose my chance for a playoff based on tiebreaks. A few years ago there was no playoff. Obviously you know the rules in advance, I knew it during the event and that it could be a factor, but I don’t think it should be 100 percent up to the players to have to correct and complain about a system that is really, really bad. I don’t know about most people, but for me any tiebreak system is okay, as long as it obviously doesn’t hurt some kind of sense of fairness. To have a playoff for victory is very much how it should be in such a prestigious event, something you obviously also should have in the Candidates. When you have a playoff for first place, you have to let all the players on the same amount of points join the playoff. Anything else is just plain wrong”.
Furthermore, Carlsen pointed out against FIDE: “What FIDE have been doing, I have no idea. I have to take some self-criticism that my father and I have not been guard dogs at FIDE, which is obviously necessary, otherwise they f *** up every time”. And also added: “having a tiebreaker for the title is a step in the right direction, but I can’t imagine any other logical reasons for having a maximum of two players in a tiebreaker, and that’s too amateurish in a World Championship”.
<h2>Support for Carlsen’s criticism</h2>
One of those who supported Magnus‘s criticism regarding the tiebreaker criteria was Sergey Karjakin, who in his tweet shared a note with the Norwegian’s criticism with the words: “time to agree with a <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/shock-in-the-chess-world-the-champion-magnus-carlsen-said-he-will-only-defend-his-title-against-firouzja-20211214-0023.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Champion</a>”. Another who also spoke through twitter was Hikaru Nakamura, who commented that: “Seeing the World Rapid Championship go from 15 rounds to 13 was an oddity, but seeing these tiebreak rules for a ‘World Championship’ is beyond laughable”.
For his part, GM Ben Finegold commented: “if I had to think of the worst system of deciding a Champion, the one they are using is near the top. Thinking is not their strong suit”. Also, the GM Levy Rozman tweeted: “completely ridiculous situation in World Rapid 2021. Four people: Carlsen, Nodirbek, Nepo, and Fabiano tied for 1st place. But according to regulations, ONLY Top 2 by tiebreaks have a playoff for Gold/Silver. Horrible rule!”.
<h2>What did FIDE reply?</h2>
David Llada, FIDE‘s Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, commented to the Chess24 website: “It is difficult to prepare for a playoff between a number of players that you cannot anticipate. It poses a lot of problems for an event that is being broadcast live and needs to stick to a tentative schedule”.
And he also added: “the idea of having a play-off in case of a two-way tie at the top of the table made sense. It seemed a much better alternative than not having a play-off at all and having to resort to classical tiebreak systems for Swiss tournaments. However, the opinion of the players is duly noted. They were supposed to know the regulations, but no-one pointed this out before the tournament, or during the technical meeting”.
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Abdusattorov wins the World Rapid Championship and Magnus Carlsen exploded against FIDE: ‘It's a completely idiotic rule’

Abdusattorov wins the World Rapid Championship and Magnus Carlsen exploded against FIDE: ‘It's a completely idiotic rule’ - Bolavip US

The end of the match for the world title gave us a controversy from Magnus Carlsen, who assured that he would only defend his champion title against Alireza Firouzja. Now the controversy comes from the other side. And it is that the importance of this sport in Russia is well known by the chess fans. In fact, President Vladimir Putin himself has made clear on more than one occasion the importance of recovering the world chess championship for Russia (the last Russian champion was Vladimir Kramnik in 2007).
It is that recently it was known that Daniil Dubov, a Russian player and part of the team from that country, was part of “Team Carlsen” during the match against his compatriot Ian Niepomniachtchi. Once this news was known, there were not a few who came out to accuse Daniil of “traitor”, recalling those times of accusations of espionage and treason that occurred in the matches between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky, and those of Anatoly Karpov against to Victor Krochnoi.
<h2>Treason accusations</h2>
One of the first to come forward to accuse Dubov was Sergey Karjakin, a former Carlsen champion who was part of Niepomniachtchi’s team for the world title match. This he said in a tweet after the match: “Of course I congratulate the world champion, but a little comment. Imagine you have to play a title match against Carlsen. Would you accept help from Hammer or Tari?”, in reference to Aryan Tari and Jon Ludvig Hammer, the GMs who are number two and three in Norway.
Another who came out to accuse Daniil, although more harshly, was the coach of his adolescence, Sergey Shipov, who said: “Ah, Danya, Danya… Why? For how much? Why was it not possible to rest for a match or comment on a website? And now the seeds of discord have been sown in the Russian team”.
In addition, Shipov made a comparison on what would have happened in the case of Azeri or Polish chess players: “Imagine that Duda is playing the match and Wojtaszek helps his rival. How would they look at it in Warsaw? Or if Mamedyarov plays the match of his life and Radjabov is on the other side. Would they react calmly in Baku? “.
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<h2>What did Niepomniachtchi say?</h2>
Ian Niepomniachtchi chilled the controversy. Far from being outraged like many of his compatriots, the world runner-up responded when asked: “We should thank Dubov for that!” since he understands that those games in which Dubov‘s help was seen much more were those in which he had the most chances to win.
Despite this, Niepomniachtchi considered that the most logical thing would have been for Daniil to remain neutral. In an interview with him for the Russian Chess Federation, Ian commented: “Above all, I think it is an aspect of the business, because Daniil has been cooperating with the Carlsen team since 2018. On the other hand, we also worked together for a few two years, so it would make more sense for him, in my opinion, to remain neutral. On behalf of the team, however, we must thank Dubov, because my best chances of winning in singles matches came after those ideas that, it seems, can be attributed to Daniil’s manual work”.
<h2>What did Dubov reply about the controversy?</h2>
Of course, in the face of so many accusations, the Russian GM had to come out to defend himself. In an interview for championat.com, Daniil responded to the question of when he started working with Carlsen for the world title match: “Before the start of the Candidates. They asked me what I thought about the idea of helping. I replied that it would be ok. That is perhaps the first thing I would like to point out about this rather strange review. In normal teams all theagreements are formulated in advance”.
On the other hand, Dubov established a difference between a Carlsen-Niepomniachtchi match and one between the Russian and Norwegian teams, understanding that it is not the same for two chess players to play for the title as two countries. On the question of whether the world championship was by teams, the Russian GM replied: “So, of course, it most likely won’t help the Norwegians, but this was a Niepomniachtchi against Carlsen. And there are not only Russians on Ian’s team, as I understand it. Here, you could say, he is a blond haired boy against a dark haired boy”.

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Controversy: accusations of treason against Daniil Dubov for being part of “Team Carlsen”

Controversy: accusations of treason against Daniil Dubov for being part of “Team Carlsen” - Bolavip US

Magnus Carlsen, considered by many to be one of the greatest players in the history of chess and who has recently defended his World Champion crown against the Russian Ian Niepomniachtchi in a very forceful way, said in a postcast carried out together with Unibet, one of its sponsors, that if the challenger was not the French / Iranian Alireza Firouzja, he wouldn’t defend his title.
Undoubtedly a piece of news that shakes the chess world and takes us back to the year 1975, when the great American, Robert James “Bobby” Fischer gave up defending his title won three years before against Boris Spassky against another of the most brilliant minds who gave the history of chess: Anatoly Karpov.
If finally Magnus‘s words would be true (and according to his father, Henrik Carlsen, the translation that was made of his son’s Norwegian words was not a misinterpretation), he would be repeating the same story that happened more than 45 years ago, when Fischer decided not to defend his title, and he disappeared from public life.
<h2>Exhaustion or lack of motivation?</h2>
Magnus Carlsen has been the absolute and undisputed chess champion for 8 years and has been number 1 in the world for more than 10 years. It should be remembered that the champion is not necessarily number 1 in the world since to be champion you must beat the reigning champion in a match, while to be number 1 in the world, you must have a higher Elo score than the rest, something that requires a lot constancy and yes, that entails a lot of mental exhaustion.
Or as the Norwegian genius explains in his own words: “I’ve been thinking all year that this duel would be the last. The joy I felt when I won it is much less than in the first ones. The positive part of achieving it does not outweigh the negative”. The momentum to reach the top is often greater than the strength to hold there seems to be indicating Carlsen.
And he also added: “Honestly, I don’t enjoy the World Championships as much as I do the tournaments on the international circuit. In the World Cup it is basically about keeping the crown. I admit that this is very challenging, but it is also tremendously demanding. It’s nice to be here, with all the paraphernalia that surrounds a World Cup. But honestly, I could live without it”.
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<h2>This would be the end of Magnus’s career?</h2>
Everything would seem to indicate that no. MagnusCarlsen has made it very clear that his objective, in case Firouzjawas not the challenger, is to step aside.Itis not in his plans to abandon professional chess practice: “My intention is to continue playing chess for many more years, even if I’m not theworld champion. In that case, keeping number one would be the fundamental objective”.
Magnus, in addition, would have set two goals that really seem unattainable: to be number 1 in the world for more than 20 years, surpassing the Garry Kasparov mark; and surpassing the barrier of 2,900 Elo points, something that would force him to practically win all the tournaments that hewill play from now on.

Shock in the Chess World: The Champion Magnus Carlsen said he will only defend his title against Firouzja

Shock in the Chess World: The Champion Magnus Carlsen said he will only defend his title against Firouzja - Bolavip US

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