For the current Candidates Tournament, see Candidates Tournament 2024.
The Candidates Tournament (or in some periods Candidates Matches) is a chess tournament organized by FIDE, chess's international governing body, since 1950, as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship. The winner of the Candidates earns the right to a match for the World Championship against the incumbent world champion.
Before 1993 it was contested as a triennial tournament; almost always held every third year from 1950 to 1992 inclusive. After the split of the World Championship in the early 1990s, the cycles were disrupted, even after the reunification of the titles in 2006. Since 2013 it has settled into a 2-year cycle: qualification for Candidates during the odd numbered year, Candidates played early in the even numbered year, and the World Championship match played late in the even numbered year. The latter half of the 2020 Candidates Tournament was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was only played in April 2021.[1][2] The next tournament, the 2022 Candidates Tournament, took place as scheduled in 2022.[3]
^"FIDE Stops the Candidates Tournament".
^FIDE resumes the Candidates Tournament, FIDE, February 16, 2021
^Emilchess on Twitter, Twitter, April 28, 2021
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