| Candidates Tournament 2026 |
2026 |
Pegeia (Cyprus) |
Javokhir Sindarov
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| Candidates Tournament 2024 |
2024 |
Toronto (Canada) |
Dommaraju Gukesh
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| Candidates Tournament 2022 |
2022 |
Madrid (Spain) |
Ian Nepomniachtchi
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| Candidates Tournament 2020 |
2020 |
Yekaterinburg (Russia) |
Ian Nepomniachtchi
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| Candidates Tournament 2018 |
2018 |
Berlin (Germany) |
Fabiano Caruana
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| Candidates Tournament 2016 |
2016 |
Moscow (Russia) |
Sergey Karjakin
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| Candidates Tournament 2014 |
2014 |
Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) |
Viswanathan Anand
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| Candidates Tournament 2013 |
2013 |
London (England) |
Magnus Carlsen
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| Candidates Tournament 2011 |
2011 |
Kazan (Russia) |
Boris Gelfand
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| Candidates Match 2009 |
2009 |
Sofia (Bulgaria) |
Veselin Topalov
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| Candidates Matches 2007 |
2007 |
Elista (Russia) |
Levon Aronian
Boris Gelfand
Alexander Grischuk
Peter Leko
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| Candidates Tournament 2002 |
2002 |
Dortmund (Germany) |
Peter Leko
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| PCA Candidates Match 1998 |
1998 |
Cazorla |
Alexei Shirov
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| PCA Candidates Tournament 1994 -1995 |
1995 |
New York City (USA) & Linares (Spain) |
Viswanathan Anand
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| FIDE Candidates Matches 1994 - 1995 |
1995 |
Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) & Sanghi Nagar (India) |
Anatoly Karpov
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| Candidates Matches 1991 - 1993 |
1993 |
Sarajevo, Wijk aan Zee, Riga, London, Madras, Brussels, Linares, San Lorenzo del Escorial |
Nigel Short
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| Candidates Matches 1988 - 1990 |
1990 |
Saint John, Antwerp, Quebec, Seattle, London, Kuala Lumpur |
Anatoly Karpov
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| Candidates Challenger Match 1987 |
1987 |
Linares (Spain) |
Anatoly Karpov
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| Candidates Matches 1983 - 1984 |
1984 |
Vilnius |
Garry Kasparov
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| Candidates Matches 1980 - 1981 |
1981 |
Merano |
Viktor Korchnoi
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| Candidates Matches 1977 |
1977 |
Belgrade |
Viktor Korchnoi
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| Candidates Matches 1974 |
1974 |
Moscow |
Anatoly Karpov
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| Candidates Matches 1971 |
1971 |
Buenos Aires (Argentina) |
Robert James Fischer
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| Candidates Matches 1968 |
1968 |
Kiev |
Boris Spassky
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| Candidates Matches 1965 |
1965 |
Tbilisi |
Boris Spassky
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| Candidates Tournament 1962 |
1962 |
Curacao |
Tigran V Petrosian
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| Candidates Tournament 1959 |
1959 |
Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade (Yugoslavia) |
Mikhail Tal
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| Candidates Tournament 1956 |
1956 |
Amsterdam (Netherlands) |
Vassily Smyslov
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| Candidates Tournament 1953 |
1953 |
Zurich |
Vassily Smyslov
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| Candidates Tournament 1950 |
1950 |
Budapest (Hungary) |
David Bronstein
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| AVRO Tournament 1938 |
1938 |
Netherlands |
Paul Keres
Reuben Fine
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