Tepe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament

The drawing of lots have taken place. In the first round, we have:

Maurizzi – Keymer
Korobov – Abdusattorov
Erigaisi – Ju
Svidler – Grandelius

Photo: David Llada

Last year’s runner-up in Tepe Sigeman Chess Tournament, Gukesh D, India, wins the 2024 FIDE Candidates tournament, with a score of 9/14. This means that he will play the current world champion Ding Liren, China, for the world championship title.

At the same time, Tan Zhongyi, China, qualified for the women’s world championship match against this year’s Tepe Sigeman Chess Torunament participant, world champion Wenjun Ju, China. Tan Zhongyi’s score was also 9/14.

StaChesstics is a Danish/Swedish team of enthusiasts that use AI to predict the result of chess tournaments. Below is their current predictions for the 2024 Tepe Sigeman Chess Tournament (it is updated constantly, go to the StaChesstics homepage to get the latest version.)

Former Tepe Sigeman Chess Tournament participants Nakamura (2005), Caruana (2012), Gujrathi (2018) and Gukesh (2023) all play in the 2024 FIDE Candidates tournament in Toronto!

Follow the Candidates tournament on https://candidates2024.fide.com/