The Candidates Tournament is an upcoming eight-player chess tournament, with the winner qualifying for the challenger's spot against the defending champion Magnus Carlsen in the World Chess Championship 2023 but how do you qualify for a big tournament like this. Well here are 5 ways a top Grandmaster qualifies into the candidates.
1. Win last year's candidates - Last year's candidates were memorable, covering the big competition between Maxime Vachier Lagrave and Ian Nepominiatchi. Eventually Ian came on top playing world champion Magnus Carlsen in Dubai. Although he lost he guaranteed himself a spot in the 2022 candidates.
2. Getting nominated by FIDE - Every candidates tournament there is a member specially chosen by Fide themselves. This year it was Teimour Radjabov. Last tournament Radjabov left midway due to the Covid-19 scare. He was disqualified and replaced by MVL (Maxime Vachier Lagrave). Eventually FIDE had to cancel the tournament which proved that Radjabov was right. Which is why he was nominated by Fide.
3. Finish top 2 of the world cup - the 2021 chess world cup was the most anticipated tournament of the year. The tournament was divided into 16 sections. From every section there would be a winner who would qualify for the round of 16. In the semi-finals there was a huge upset with JK Duda beat Magnus Carlsen qualifying to the final and securing a spot in the candidates. On the other hand Sergey Karjakin beat Fedoseev securing him a spot as well but the drama didn’t end here on March 21, 2022, the FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission ruled that Sergey Karjakin breached Article 2.2.10 of the FIDE Code of Ethics, after publicly expressing support for the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. As a result, Karjakin was banned from playing in any official FIDE-related tournaments for a period of six months,making him unable to participate in the 2022 Candidates Tournament. He was eventually replaced by the highest rated player at that point of time Ding Liren.
4. Finish top 2 in the grand swiss - The tournament was full of ups and downs but towards the end young sensation Alireza Firouza came out on top winning the tournament with 8 points/11 rounds. Along with Firouza, 2018 World Championship challenger Fabiano Caruana came second.
5. Finish top 2 in the grand prix - The FIDE Grand Prix 2022 was a series of three chess tournaments played between 4 February and 4 April 2022. Each player was scheduled to participate in two of three tournaments and the top 2 with the most number of points qualify.The first grand prix in Berlin was won by chess player/streamer Hikaru Nakamura. Everyone thought that streaming has destroyed Naka’s career but winning this tournament just proves how big of a power house Hikaru actually is. The Serbian grand prix in Belgrade was won by Hungarian GM Richard Rapport followed by Wesley so’s win in Berlin. In the end Nakamura and Rapport with 23 and 20 points respectively qualified to the candidates.
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