Candidates Tournament

E817797
World Chess Championship qualifying event chess tournament

The Candidates Tournament is a major chess competition that determines the challenger for the World Chess Championship title.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Candidates Tournament 1950 1
Candidates Tournament 1953 1
Candidates Tournament 2014 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Chess Championship qualifying event ⓘ
chess tournament ⓘ
competitionLevel world ⓘ
countryOfFirstEdition Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ
determines World Chess Championship challenger NERFINISHED ⓘ
eligibility highest-rated players by FIDE rating ⓘ
top finishers from Grand Swiss ⓘ
top finishers from World Cup ⓘ
top finishers from previous Candidates events ⓘ
wildcard selection ⓘ
firstHeld 1950 ⓘ
formatHistory double round-robin ⓘ
knockout matches ⓘ
round-robin ⓘ
tournament plus playoff ⓘ
frequency approximately every two years ⓘ
governingBody FIDE NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguage English (official communications) ⓘ
Russian (historically significant) ⓘ
multiple FIDE official languages ⓘ
locationOfFirstEdition Budapest NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWinner Anatoly Karpov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bobby Fischer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Boris Spassky NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ding Liren NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fabiano Caruana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Garry Kasparov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ian Nepomniachtchi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Magnus Carlsen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mikhail Botvinnik NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mikhail Tal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sergey Karjakin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tigran Petrosian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vasily Smyslov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Viswanathan Anand NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vladimir Kramnik NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizer FIDE NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf World Chess Championship cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship ⓘ
relatedCompetition FIDE Grand Swiss NERFINISHED ⓘ
FIDE World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ
World Chess Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaced earlier match-based qualifying systems for the World Chess Championship ⓘ
significance second most important event in the World Chess Championship cycle after the title match ⓘ
sport chess ⓘ
tieBreakMethods Sonneborn–Berger score NERFINISHED ⓘ
blitz games ⓘ
head-to-head result ⓘ
number of wins ⓘ
rapid games ⓘ
timeControl classical chess ⓘ
typicalNumberOfPlayers 14 ⓘ
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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Viswanathan Anand → participatedIn → Candidates Tournament ⓘ
David Bronstein → participantIn → Candidates Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Candidates Tournament 1950
David Bronstein → participantIn → Candidates Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Candidates Tournament 1953
Veselin Topalov → participatedIn → Candidates Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Candidates Tournament 2014
Veselin Topalov → participatedIn → Candidates Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Candidates Tournament 2016