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Who is going to win the next candidates?

@Reet4444 said in #4:
> Probably Pragg or (Vidit can also be a chance...)

Yeah, but i was thinking possibly nepo or caruana
I can not bear that arjun erigaisi a name which has been on spot-light recently hasn't been suggested.
@Dr_Stephan_Strange said in #6:
> I can not bear that arjun erigaisi a name which has been on spot-light recently hasn't been suggested.

Honestly i was thinking that, i just mentioned fabi and nepo as both of them are the two big ones also nodirbek abdusattarov and arjun
Look at the recent winners-
Gukesh
Nepomniachtchi (twice)
Caruana
Karjakin
Anand
Carlsen
Gelfand

Out of these 8, only Caruana and Carlsen were favourites (and the strongest). The candidates is a highly stressed event with no weak players. Those who try too hard or take risks get punished. Too many draws and you're out of contention. And sometimes, you don't even need to become the candidate to become world champion, like Kramnik or Ding.
@lizani said in #9:
> Look at the recent winners-
> Gukesh
> Nepomniachtchi (twice)
> Caruana
> Karjakin
> Anand
> Carlsen
> Gelfand
>
> Out of these 8, only Caruana and Carlsen were favourites (and the strongest). The candidates is a highly stressed event with no weak players. Those who try too hard or take risks get punished. Too many draws and you're out of contention. And sometimes, you don't even need to become the candidate to become world champion, like Kramnik or Ding.

Yeah ur right, but what happened with kramnik? I know that ding came 2nd in the 2022 candidates.