Madrid Candidates 7: Nepo & Caruana win again

Ian Nepomniachtchi ended the first half of the 2022 FIDE Candidates Tournament on a phenomenal +4 score after Richard Rapport rejected a draw and crashed to defeat in what Fabiano Caruana described as “one of the most shocking games I’ve seen from a top player in a long time”. Fabi is still just half a point behind after winning a pawn early on and then navigating complications to beat Teimour Radjabov, while 3rd placed Hikaru Nakaura trails Fabi by 1.5 points before their Round 8 clash.

Madrid Candidates 7: Nepo & Caruana win again

Madrid Candidates 10: Caruana caught by Ding and Nakamura

2022 Candidates Tournament (Madrid, Spain) - The Chess Drum

Madrid Candidates 10: Caruana caught by Ding and Nakamura

2022 Candidates, Round 7: Nepomniachtchi and Caruana in a league

Candidates R4: Nepo beats Firouzja in wild Sicilian

Chess by the Numbers

Candidates R7: Nepo and Caruana score, again

Nepomniachtchi leading Candidates 2022 after six - The Chess Drum

Madrid Candidates 1: Nepo and Caruana start fast