Yekaterinburg Candidates - Wrapup

It's finally time to terminate the interminable. Here's a summary of the posts -- mainly from this blog -- stemming from the recently concluded Yekaterinburg Candidates. Let's start with the posts from the first half of the tournament.

• 2020-03-18: Yekaterinburg Candidates - Kickoff
• 2020-03-25: Yekaterinburg Candidates - First Week
• 2020-04-01: Yekaterinburg Candidates - Second Week • 'There was no second week'
• 2020-04-08: Yekaterinburg Candidates - Intermezzo
• 2020-04-15: Yekaterinburg Candidates - Video Commentary

During this time, there was only one post on my main blog:-

• 2020-03-31: Coronavirus Candidates • 'With every major sports event getting cancelled or postponed this month, you might think the Candidates tournament would have attracted considerable attention from mainstream sports broadcasting ... and you would be wrong.'

For the previous Candidates tournament, the summary Berlin Candidates - Wrapup (April 2018) listed 15 posts on my main blog. Why the big difference? Because the following year I announced, 'The End of Daily Blogging' (September 2019).

After the first half was of the Yekaterinburg Candidates was played, there was a long hiatus before the second half started. Of course, no one could know how long it would be.

• 2020-08-12: Yekaterinburg Candidates - 1st Half Crosstable
• 2020-08-19: Yekaterinburg Candidates - Players
• 2020-09-16: Yekaterinburg Candidates - 2nd Half Announced • FIDE: 'The 8th round has been scheduled for 1 November 2020.'
• 2020-10-14: 'Tournir of the FIDE Applicants' • Chess-news.ru: 'FIDE is still considering two locations for the game - Yekaterinburg and Tbilisi'
• 2020-10-21: FIDE Candidates Postponed Again
• 2020-10-28: Interview with Dvorkovich
• 2021-03-03: FIDE Candidates Tournament, Final Chapter? • FIDE: 'FIDE plans to resume...'

That last FIDE announcement finally hit the right note.

• 2021-04-21: Yekaterinburg Candidates - Third Week
• 2021-04-28: Yekaterinburg Candidates - Fourth Week
• 2021-05-05: Yekaterinburg Candidates - Cumulative Score
• 2021-05-12: Yekaterinburg Candidates - Last Updates?

Next stop: 2021 Carlsen - Nepomniachtchi; Dubai, XI-XII, 2021.