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2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament

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The Candidates Tournament is a chess event where 8 candidates face off for the right to challenge the current World Chess Champion for the title. The candidates play each other candidate twice, once with each color, for a total of 14 games for each candidate. For this tournament, the format was Classical Chess, with each player having 2 hours to make 40 moves then an additional 30 minutes added on the clock upon reaching their 40th move. Every move beyond move 40 adds 30 seconds to their clock.