Candidates Tournament
The Candidates Tournament is a chess tournament organized by FIDE, chess's international governing body, since 1950, as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship. The winner of the Candidates earns the right to a match for the World Championship against the incumbent World Champion.
| Tournament | Year | Location | Winner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates Tournament 2024 | 2024 | Toronto (Canada) |
Dommaraju Gukesh
|
| Candidates Tournament 2022 | 2022 | Madrid (Spain) |
Ian Nepomniachtchi
|
| Candidates Tournament 2020 | 2020 | Yekaterinburg (Russia) |
Ian Nepomniachtchi
|
| Candidates Tournament 2018 | 2018 | Berlin (Germany) |
Fabiano Caruana
|
| Candidates Tournament 2016 | 2016 | Moscow (Russia) |
Sergey Karjakin
|
| Candidates Tournament 2014 | 2014 | Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) |
Viswanathan Anand
|
| Candidates Tournament 2013 | 2013 | London (England) |
Magnus Carlsen
|
| Candidates Tournament 2011 | 2011 | Kazan (Russia) |
Boris Gelfand
|
| Candidates Match 2009 | 2009 | Sofia (Bulgaria) |
Veselin Topalov
|
| Candidates Matches 2007 | 2007 | Elista (Russia) |
Levon Aronian
Boris Gelfand Alexander Grischuk Peter Leko |
| Candidates Tournament 2002 | 2002 | Dortmund (Germany) |
Peter Leko
|
| PCA Candidates Match 1998 | 1998 | Cazorla |
Alexei Shirov
|
| PCA Candidates Tournament 1994 -1995 | 1995 | New York City (USA) & Linares (Spain) |
Viswanathan Anand
|
| FIDE Candidates Matches 1994 - 1995 | 1995 | Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) & Sanghi Nagar (India) |
Anatoly Karpov
|
| Candidates Matches 1991 - 1993 | 1993 | Sarajevo, Wijk aan Zee, Riga, London, Madras, Brussels, Linares, San Lorenzo del Escorial |
Nigel Short
|
| Candidates Matches 1988 - 1990 | 1990 | Saint John, Antwerp, Quebec, Seattle, London, Kuala Lumpur |
Anatoly Karpov
|
| Candidates Challenger Match 1987 | 1987 | Linares (Spain) |
Anatoly Karpov
|
| Candidates Matches 1983 - 1984 | 1984 | Vilnius |
Garry Kasparov
|
| Candidates Matches 1980 - 1981 | 1981 | Merano |
Viktor Korchnoi
|
| Candidates Matches 1977 | 1977 | Belgrade |
Viktor Korchnoi
|
| Candidates Matches 1974 | 1974 | Moscow |
Anatoly Karpov
|
| Candidates Matches 1971 | 1971 | Buenos Aires (Argentina) |
Robert James Fischer
|
| Candidates Matches 1968 | 1968 | Kiev |
Boris Spassky
|
| Candidates Matches 1965 | 1965 | Tbilisi |
Boris Spassky
|
| Candidates Tournament 1962 | 1962 | Curacao |
Tigran V Petrosian
|
| Candidates Tournament 1959 | 1959 | Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade (Yugoslavia) |
Mikhail Tal
|
| Candidates Tournament 1956 | 1956 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) |
Vassily Smyslov
|
| Candidates Tournament 1953 | 1953 | Zurich |
Vassily Smyslov
|
| Candidates Tournament 1950 | 1950 | Budapest (Hungary) |
David Bronstein
|
| AVRO Tournament 1938 | 1938 | Netherlands |
Paul Keres
Reuben Fine |