Qualifying for 2022 Candidates

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Qualifying for 2022 Candidates

Post by Mick Norris » Mon May 24, 2021 11:00 pm

FIDE have dropped both the wild card and rating qualifying

Loser of WC match
Radjabov
2 from Grand Swiss this October/November
2 from World Cup this July/August
2 from Grand Prix which takes place February to April 2022
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Re: Qualifying for 2022 Candidates

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Tue May 25, 2021 12:09 am

Unless you see Radjabov as a de facto wildcard, I suppose?
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Re: Qualifying for 2022 Candidates

Post by Nick Burrows » Tue May 25, 2021 5:42 am

Dropping Giri & MVL in favour of Wang Hao and Alekseenko

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Re: Qualifying for 2022 Candidates

Post by Mick Norris » Tue May 25, 2021 7:36 am

chess 24
Potentially we can then have the Candidates and another World Championship match in 2022
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One consequence of Radjabov's inclusion is that there won't be a wildcard that can be chosen by the sponsor this time
which agrees with what Matt said above
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Re: Qualifying for 2022 Candidates

Post by NickFaulks » Tue May 25, 2021 9:05 am

Mick Norris wrote:
Tue May 25, 2021 7:36 am
Pete Doggers
One consequence of Radjabov's inclusion is that there won't be a wildcard that can be chosen by the sponsor this time
Or Radjabov is the sponsor's choice.
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Re: Qualifying for 2022 Candidates

Post by Paul Cooksey » Tue May 25, 2021 9:28 pm

I don't think Radjabov should have been given an automatic slot. Also, if I'd won the wildcard in a lottery, I would have given it to him. I need some time to think about why.

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Re: Qualifying for 2022 Candidates

Post by Mick Norris » Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:41 am

Duda & Karjakin qualify from the WC

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Re: Qualifying for 2022 Candidates

Post by Mick Norris » Mon Nov 08, 2021 9:01 am

Firouzja & Caruana qualify from the Grand Swiss

Final 2 spots from the Grand Prix (3 tournaments in Berlin from February to April, 2022)

Grand Prix has 24 players; qualifiers so far are Bacrot, Vidit, Fedoseev, Shankland, Tabatabaei, Oparin, Yu Yangyi, Keymer, Predke, MVL and Shirov, with 11 players from the December rating list and 2 nominees
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Re: Qualifying for 2022 Candidates

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Mon Nov 08, 2021 3:10 pm

MVL and one other, maybe?
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Post by JustinHorton » Mon Nov 08, 2021 3:40 pm

I'm not seeing much mention of the world number two. Nor of Giri, come to that.
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Re: Qualifying for 2022 Candidates

Post by Mick Norris » Mon Nov 08, 2021 4:14 pm

MVL has qualified for the Grand Prix; the rating places are likely to go to Ding, Giri, So, Grischuk, Aronian, Mamedyarov, Rapport, Dominguez assuming they want to play, plus 3 others

Next on the live list would be Anand & Wang Hao who I assume won't play, Nakamura, Vituigov, Topalov who again presumably won't play, Wei Yi and Andreikin

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Re: Qualifying for 2022 Candidates

Post by JustinHorton » Mon Nov 08, 2021 4:57 pm

Ah OK, I missed the "rating list" bit
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Re: Qualifying for 2022 Candidates

Post by Mick Norris » Fri Dec 10, 2021 3:57 pm

We now have Nepo, Radjabov, Duda, Karjakin, Firouzja, Caruana

2 from the Grand Prix
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Re: Qualifying for 2022 Candidates

Post by Chris Rice » Wed Dec 22, 2021 11:46 am

Chessbase: "Six players have already qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2022, and the two remaining spots will go to the two best players in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022, a series of three tournaments that will be played from February to April in Berlin and Belgrade. The FIDE recently announced that Hikaru Nakamura, who in the last two years has not played a single FIDE-rated game, will get the FIDE wild card for the Grand Prix. Daniil Dubov will get a wild card from the organiser."

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Re: Qualifying for 2022 Candidates

Post by Tim Harding » Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:39 pm

Chris Rice wrote:
Wed Dec 22, 2021 11:46 am
Chessbase: "Six players have already qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2022, and the two remaining spots will go to the two best players in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022, a series of three tournaments that will be played from February to April in Berlin and Belgrade. The FIDE recently announced that Hikaru Nakamura, who in the last two years has not played a single FIDE-rated game, will get the FIDE wild card for the Grand Prix. Daniil Dubov will get a wild card from the organiser."
My understanding is that the organisers (Germany) had to nominate a player 2650+ for their wild card. Currently only two German-registered players meet that criterion: Keymer (who is already qualified for the series) and Nisipeanu (2652).
Did Nisipeanu decline the spot or was he not offered it?

DUbov getting it looks like a reward for helping Magnus in the World Championship.
In view of the criticism he received for that, can we look forward to Dubov moving to Germany?

The GP should be more fun than the previous series, especially with Nakamura included, whatever people think of him.

My tips to make it to the Candidates would be Ding and So, but Magnus will be hoping they don't make it as they have been among his most difficult opponents.
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