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[2] [3] Carlsen reportedly handpicked the seven other competitors – Ding Liren, Fabiano Caruana, Alireza Firouzja, Gukesh D, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Vincent Keymer and Levon Aronian. [4] [5] [6] Chess960 World Champion Hikaru Nakamura was invited, but declined to participate, possibly in order to focus on the upcoming Candidates Tournament. [7]
The players affected in the 2024 Candidates are R Praggnanandhaa, Vidit Gujrathi and Gukesh Dommaraju from India, and Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura from the United States. The former three all faced one another in rounds 1–3 and 8–10, while the latter two faced each other in rounds 1 and 8.
Hikaru Nakamura (2) 1–0: E15 Queen's Indian Defence, Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowistch Variation: Fabiano Caruana (2½) Sergey Karjakin (3½) ½–½: E15 Queen's Indian Defence, Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation, Intermezzo Line: Round 7 – 19 March 2016: Peter Svidler (2½) Fabiano Caruana (3) ½–½: A35 English, Symmetrical, Four ...
Christopher Hikaru Nakamura [2] (born December 9, 1987) is an American chess grandmaster, streamer, YouTuber, five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the reigning World Fischer Random Chess Champion. A chess prodigy , he earned his grandmaster title at the age of 15, the youngest American at the time to do so.
The eight qualifiers were Ian Nepomniachtchi, Teimour Radjabov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Alireza Firouzja, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Richárd Rapport, and Ding Liren. Sergey Karjakin was originally a qualifier, but was disqualified for breaching the FIDE Code of Ethics after publicly expressing approval of the Russian invasion of Ukraine .
There were five different qualification paths to the Candidates Tournament. [2] In order of priority, these were: loser of the World Chess Championship 2014 match, the top two finishers in the Chess World Cup 2015, the top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15, next two highest rated players (average FIDE rating on the 12 monthly lists from January to December 2015, with at least 30 ...
United States' team, consisting of Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Leinier Dominguez, Levon Aronian and Ray Robson as a reserve player, had the highest average rating of 2757. [12] Nevertheless, the team, theoretically, was rendered weaker due to the absence of the top-ranked American player and second-highest rated player in the world Hikaru ...
[7] [8] The 2016 edition featured a very strong field including Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura and Michael Adams. Pavel Eljanov and Caruana both scored 7.5/9, with Eljanov winning on tiebreak.