Candidates Tournament
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The Candidates Tournament is a major chess competition that determines the challenger for the World Chess Championship title.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Candidates Tournament canonical | 1 |
| Candidates Tournament 1950 | 1 |
| Candidates Tournament 1953 | 1 |
| Candidates Tournament 2014 | 1 |
| Candidates Tournament 2016 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9743888 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Candidates Tournament Context triple: [Viswanathan Anand, participatedIn, Candidates Tournament]
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A.
CHAN tournament
The CHAN tournament is an international football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football that features national teams made up exclusively of players who are active in their domestic leagues.
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B.
Apertura tournament
The Apertura tournament is the opening half of a split-season format in many Latin American football leagues, determining an early-season champion through a short, intense competition.
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C.
Challenge Tour
The Challenge Tour is the European Tour’s official developmental golf circuit, providing a competitive pathway for emerging professional golfers to qualify for the main European Tour.
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D.
The Basketball Tournament
The Basketball Tournament is an annual high-stakes, winner-take-all summer basketball competition featuring professional and amateur players in a nationally televised, single-elimination format.
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E.
Plexicushion Tournament
Plexicushion Tournament is a specific variant of the Plexicushion acrylic hardcourt surface designed for use in professional tennis competitions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Candidates Tournament Target entity description: The Candidates Tournament is a major chess competition that determines the challenger for the World Chess Championship title.
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A.
CHAN tournament
The CHAN tournament is an international football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football that features national teams made up exclusively of players who are active in their domestic leagues.
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B.
Apertura tournament
The Apertura tournament is the opening half of a split-season format in many Latin American football leagues, determining an early-season champion through a short, intense competition.
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C.
Challenge Tour
The Challenge Tour is the European Tour’s official developmental golf circuit, providing a competitive pathway for emerging professional golfers to qualify for the main European Tour.
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D.
The Basketball Tournament
The Basketball Tournament is an annual high-stakes, winner-take-all summer basketball competition featuring professional and amateur players in a nationally televised, single-elimination format.
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E.
Plexicushion Tournament
Plexicushion Tournament is a specific variant of the Plexicushion acrylic hardcourt surface designed for use in professional tennis competitions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World Chess Championship qualifying event
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chess tournament ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | world ⓘ |
| countryOfFirstEdition | Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| determines | World Chess Championship challenger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eligibility |
highest-rated players by FIDE rating
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top finishers from Grand Swiss ⓘ top finishers from World Cup ⓘ top finishers from previous Candidates events ⓘ wildcard selection ⓘ |
| firstHeld | 1950 ⓘ |
| formatHistory |
double round-robin
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knockout matches ⓘ round-robin ⓘ tournament plus playoff ⓘ |
| frequency | approximately every two years ⓘ |
| governingBody | FIDE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English (official communications)
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Russian (historically significant) ⓘ multiple FIDE official languages ⓘ |
| locationOfFirstEdition | Budapest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWinner |
Anatoly Karpov
NERFINISHED
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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
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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
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blitz games ⓘ head-to-head result ⓘ number of wins ⓘ rapid games ⓘ |
| timeControl | classical chess ⓘ |
| typicalNumberOfPlayers |
14
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8 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Candidates Tournament Description of subject: The Candidates Tournament is a major chess competition that determines the challenger for the World Chess Championship title.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Candidates Tournament 1950
this entity surface form:
Candidates Tournament 1953
this entity surface form:
Candidates Tournament 2014
this entity surface form:
Candidates Tournament 2016