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FIDE Candidates 2024 Standings after Round 8

Hikaru Nakamura & Gukesh D won their Round 8 matches in open. Lei Tingjie & Humpy Koneru won in women’s competition.

Round 8 Results : Open

Player 1 Result Player 2
Hikaru Nakamura 1-0 Fabiano Caruana
Ian Nepomniachtchi ½-½  Nijat Abasov
Praggnanandhaa R ½-½  Alireza Firouzja
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 0-1  Gukesh D

Round 8 Results : Women’s

Player 1 Result Player 2
Kateryna Lagno ½-½  Aleksandra Goryachkina
Nurgyul Salimova ½-½  Anna Muzychuk
Tan Zhongyi 0-1 Lei Tingjie
Humpy Koneru 1-0 Vaishali Rameshbabu

Open Players Standings:

Rank Player Points
1 Gukesh D 5
2 Ian Nepomniachtchi 5
3 Praggnanandhaa R
4 Hikaru Nakamura
5 Fabiano Caruana 4
6 Vidit Gujrathi
7 Alireza Firouzja 3
8 Nijat Abasov

Women’s Standings:

Rank Player Points
1 Tan Zhongyi 5
2 Aleksandra Goryachkina 5
3 Lei Tingjie 5
4 Kateryna Lagno
5 Koneru Humpy
6 Nurgyul Salimova
7 Anna Muzychuk 3
8 Vaishali R.

Round 9 Pairings:

Open

Vidit Santosh Gujrathi – Hikaru Nakamura
Gukesh D – Praggnanandhaa R
Alireza Firouzja – Ian Nepomniachtchi
Nijat Abasov – Fabiano Caruana

Women’s

Humpy Koneru – Kateryna Lagno
Vaishali Rameshbabu – Tan Zhongyi
Lei Tingjie – Nurgyul Salimova
Anna Muzychuk – Aleksandra Goryachkina