"VAN" (Sports Desk - 29.03.2022) :: Hikaru Nakamura and Richard Rapport qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2022, although the final leg of the FIDE Grand Prix is still underway in Berlin. Richard Rapport scored 20 Grand Prix points (7 points in the first leg for reaching semis + 13 points in the second for winning the event), while Hikaru has secured at least the same number (13 points in the first leg for winning the event + at least 7 points in the third leg for advancing into semis). No other player has even a theoretical to catch up with them in the FIDE Grand Prix standings.
On Fri, May 9, 2025