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As every major tournament, the 2022 Candidates Tournament gave us all colors of emotions. From excitement and hope to surprise and disappointment, chess fans from around the world were glued to their screen to watch every match and applaud – or not – Ian Nepomniachtchi, the big winner of the tournament.
Ian Nepomniachtchi won the Candidates Tournament with a 9.5/14 score, the highest since the format was introduced in 2013! With no loses, 5 wins and 9 draws, Nepo crossed his peak rating of 2792 on the live rating list. After a great last-days performance and a big win against Hikaru Nakamura in the last round, Ding Liren came second to become the Candidates runner-up. Alireza Firouzja came 6th and was downgraded from Carlsen’s favorite to “nobody’s perfect”!
In other news
Nepo is waiting for Carlsen to decide if the World Champion is going to play him,
https://twitter.com/lachesisq/status/1544025654655684609
Ding Liren is still the fans’ favorite,
https://twitter.com/davidllada/status/1544302674018938882
Hikaru Nakamura has a great muscle memory,
https://twitter.com/theworldchess/status/1538446519585718272
Richard Rapport was the ultimate fashion icon,
https://twitter.com/AntonSquaredMe/status/1538423185196126208
MrDodgy – unsuccessfully – predicted every rounds’ results,
https://twitter.com/ChessProblem/status/1542847147833434113
Anish Giri couldn’t stop tweeting,
https://twitter.com/anishgiri/status/1543650709979144198
Nepomniachtchi was heavily criticised by NRK’s chess expert Atle Grønn,
https://twitter.com/FideOnlineArena/status/1540735083971313664
The Chess Pit Podcast added the right amount of drama in the event,
https://twitter.com/chesspitpod/status/1543260818741100544
Judit Polgar won Magnus Carlsen in 19 moves on a casual day at a park in Madrid,
https://twitter.com/blackatlantic/status/1543251979895541760
Hikaru Nakamura and Ian Nepomniachtchi drew in 7 minutes on Round 12,
https://twitter.com/agadmator/status/1542857792846979072
and Firouzja played 268 games until around 5 in the morning, before Round 11 and his game against Nepomniachtchi!
https://twitter.com/GothamChess/status/1542346833711845377
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