Race to FIDE candidates 2020


1		Candidates 2020	https://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/Regulations_for_the_FIDE_Candidates_Tournament_2020.pdf
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3	Runner-up 2018	Fabiano Caruana	The runner-up of the world championship match 2018
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5	World Cup 2019 #1	Teimour Radjabov	Two qualifiers from the chess world cup 2019
6	World Cup 2019 #2	Ding Liren	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_World_Cup_2019
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8	FIDE Grand Swiss	Wang Hao	One qualifier from the FIDE Grand Swiss.
9			http://chess-results.com/tnr478041.aspx?lan=0&art=1&rd=8&flag=30
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11	FIDE Grand Prix #1	Alexander Grischuk	Two qualifiers from the new FIDE Grand Prix
12	FIDE Grand Prix #2	Ian Nepomniachtchi	http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/11375-2019-grand-prix-series.html
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14	Rating	Anish Giri	One qualifier by rating. See the "Ratings" sheet.
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16	Wild Card	Kirill Alekseenko	Player nominated by the organizer. See the "Wild card" sheet for details.
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20	Last updated December 22nd, Ian Nepomniachtchi wins the Jerusalem Grand Prix and qualifies for the candidates.
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22	Information compiled by Martin Bennedik. See the links for sources.
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26	DISCLAIMER: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL FIDE SPREADSHEET. THERE MIGHT BE MISTAKES. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.


1		Moscow		Jurmala/Riga		Hamburg		Jerusalem
2		16-30 May 2019		11-25 Jul 2019		4-18 Nov 2019		10-24 Dec 2019
3	Player	Round points	No tie-break	Round points	No tie-break	Round points	No tie break	Round points	No tie break	Total	Remaining tournaments	1st Places	2nd Places
4	Grischuk, Alexander	5	2	3	0	8	2			20	0	1	1
5	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	8	1			0	0	8	2	19	0	2	0
6	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime			5	3	3	2	3	0	16	0	0	1
7	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	0	0	8	2			0	0	10	0	1	0
8	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	0	0	1	0	5	2			8	0	0	1
9	Wei Yi	1	1			0	0	5	0	7	0	0	1
10	So, Wesley	1	0	3	0			1	1	6	0	0	0
11	Navara, David			0	0	1	0	3	1	5	0	0	0
12	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	3	2			0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
13	Dubov, Daniil	1	1	0	0	3	0			5	0	0	0
14	Svidler, Peter	1	1	0	0	1	1			4	0	0	0
15	Topalov, Veselin			1	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0
16	Nakamura, Hikaru	3	0	0	0	0	0			3	0	0	0
17	Karjakin, Sergey	0	0	1	0			1	0	2	0	0	0
18	Yu Yangyi			1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
19	Andreikin, Dmitry							1	0	1	0	0	0
20	Jakovenko, Dmitry	0	0			0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
21	Harikrishna, Pentala			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Giri, Anish	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Gelfand, Boris							0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Wang Hao							0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Radjabov, Teimour	0	0			0	0			0	0	0	0
26	Aronian, Levon	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
27	Vitiugov, Nikita	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0


1	Place	Player	February 2019	March 2019	April 2019	May 2019	June 2019	July 2019	August 2019	September 2019	October 2019	November 2019	December 2019	January 2020	Average
2	1	Carlsen, Magnus (*)	2845	2845	2845	2861	2875	2872	2882	2876	2876	2870	2872	2869	2865
3	2	Caruana, Fabiano (*)	2828	2828	2819	2816	2819	2819	2818	2812	2812	2822	2822	2822	2819
4	3	Ding Liren (*)	2812	2812	2809	2805	2805	2812	2805	2811	2811	2801	2801	2800	2807
5	4	Giri, Anish	2797	2797	2797	2787	2779	2779	2779	2780	2780	2776	2769	2769	2782
6	5	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2780	2775	2773	2780	2779	2775	2778	2774	2774	2777	2780	2783	2777
7	7	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	2790	2790	2793	2781	2774	2765	2764	2767	2767	2772	2772	2772	2775
8	6	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2771	2771	2773	2773	2775	2775	2774	2776	2776	2773	2767	2767	2772
9	8	Grischuk, Alexander	2771	2771	2771	2772	2775	2766	2766	2759	2759	2764	2777	2771	2768
10	9	Anand, Viswanathan	2779	2779	2774	2774	2767	2764	2760	2765	2765	2757	2757	2757	2766
11	10	Aronian, Levon	2767	2761	2763	2762	2752	2756	2765	2758	2758	2772	2775	2775	2763
12	11	So, Wesley	2765	2762	2762	2754	2754	2763	2776	2767	2767	2760	2760	2760	2762
13	12	Teimour Radjabov (*)	2756	2756	2756	2759	2759	2759	2758	2758	2758	2767	2765	2765	2759
14	13	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2739	2739	2739	2750	2760	2763	2763	2763	2763	2762	2758	2758	2754
15	14	Sergey Karjakin	2753	2753	2743	2752	2748	2748	2750	2760	2760	2754	2754	2754	2752
16	15	Yu Yangyi	2764	2761	2751	2739	2738	2736	2752	2763	2763	2753	2738	2746	2750
17	16	Vladislav Artemiev	2709	2736	2754	2754	2761	2761	2757	2746	2746	2731	2731	2731	2743
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19	The February to December 2019 ratings are published by FIDE.
20	The January 2020 ratings are a projection based on the live ratings from 2700chess.com, with the World Cup being evaluated for the November list.
21	See http://ratings.fide.com/download.phtml for FIDE ratings archive.
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23	(*) Carlsen as the defending Champion is already qualified for the world championship final match.
24	Caruana as the runner-up is already qualified for the candidates.
25	Ding Liren and Teimour Radjabov are already qualified for the candidates via the World Cup.
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27	The top ten players on this list are eligible as a wild card nominated by the organizer.


1	F. 1 place – Player nominated by the Organizer The Organizer of the 2020 FIDE Candidates Tournament has the right to nominate a player who meets at least one of the following criteria (provided that he participates in at least two events listed below in b., c. and d.): a. The player from the top-10 players by average FIDE rating as per Clause E; b. The player placed third in the 2019 FIDE World Cup (if the third player is qualified - then the player placed fourth, but not any further); c. The best non-qualifying player from the 2019 FIDE Grand Swiss; d. The best non-qualifying player from the 2019 FIDE Grand Prix Series.
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3	https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/11434-road-to-candidates.html
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5	a) currently Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Levon Aronian
6	b) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
7	c) Kirill Alekseenko
8	d) currently Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
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10	Candidates takes place in Yekaterinenburg, Russia
11	https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/candidates_tournament_to_take_place_in_yekaterinburg_from_march_15_till_april_5/
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13	Quote from the announcement above:
14	"The decision to host this event in Russia guarantees that there will be a Russian player participating. We’re still considering different options how we’ll choose a Russian wild-card but it will probably be a match or match-tournament with Kirill Alekseenko, 3rd place finisher in Grand Swiss, taking part in it."
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16	Currently eligible Russian players:
17	Kirill Alekseenko