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Candidates Round 11: Nepomniachtchi, Tan Back in Sole Lead
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Candidates Round 10: Nakamura and Caruana Bounce Back, Lei in Shared Lead
Leaderboard
More »GM Night-King96 | 3259 | |
GM aspiringstar | 3011 | |
GM DrVitman![]() | 2940 | |
IM Unicorn7Love![]() | 2754 | |
GM RebeccaHarris | 2650 | |
catask | 2944 | |
GM Zhigalko_Sergei | 2724 | |
GM Zhigalko_Sergei | 2627 | |
GM Zhigalko_Sergei | 2627 | |
Antichess_Valentino | 2522 | |
Statham_13![]() | 2469 | |
catask | 2720 | |
seth_777![]() | 2390 |
Tournament winners
More »Open tournaments
More »Hourly Rapid | 1h 57m | 540 | |
≤1500 Blitz | 57m | 108 | |
≤1700 SuperBlitz | 57m | 146 | |
≤2000 Bullet | 27m | 139 | |
Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 218 | |
Hourly Antichess | 57m | 22 | |
Hourly HyperBullet | 27m | 36 | |
Caro-Kann Defense Bullet | 27m | 83 | |
Hourly Crazyhouse | 27m | 16 | |
Hourly Racing Kings | 57m | 12 | |
Hourly Blitz | 57m | 122 | |
≤1300 Rapid | 57m | 57 |
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With just 3 rounds to go, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Tan Zhongyi are back in the sole lead of the Open and Women's Candidates, respectively. Find out what happened in Round 11 of the Candidates in our recap blog.
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Our Yearly Rapid Arena has started! Join us and thousands of players for 8 hours of 10+0 rapid chess.
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Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana bounced back, while Lei Tingjie now shares first place with Tan Zhongyi: Read what happened in Round 10 of the Candidates in our recap blog.
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Vidit Gujrathi's second win over Hikaru Nakamura in the Open Candidates and Tan Zhongyi is back in the sole lead of the Women's Candidates: Find out what happened in Round 9 in our recap blog.