Madrid Candidates - Kickoff

The 2022 Candidates Tournament starts in a few days. Following the pattern I established for the previous event -- see Yekaterinburg Candidates - Kickoff (March 2020) -- here are a few relevant links:-

• Official site: candidates.fide.com
• Current Local Time in Madrid, Spain
• My page: 2022 Candidates Tournament

The centerpiece of this current post is a crosstable showing the historical record of all previous games between the eight players, according to Chessgames.com. Their records against World Champion Carlsen are also included. The links under the players' last names lead to their FIDE rating pages.

	Car	Din	Dud	Fir	Nak	Nep	Rad	Rap	:	Car
Caruana	xx	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	:	*
Ding Liren		xx	*	*	*	*	*	*	:	*
Duda			xx	*	*	*	*	*	:	*
Firouzja				xx	*	*	*	*	:	*
Nakamura					xx	*	*	*	:	*
Nepomniachtchi						xx	*	*	:	*
Radjabov							xx	*	:	*
Rapport								xx	:	*
Carlsen									:	xx

In next week's post, I'll summarize the highlights of the first week. I'm sensing more interest in this event than in any previous candidates tournament.