Gukesh vs Fabiano Caruana, FIDE Candidates 2024: Round 11 match highlights
FIDE Candidates 2024: India’s D. Gukesh drew with USA’s Fabiano Caruana in the 11th round.
Updated : Apr 18, 2024 05:53 IST , CHENNAI - 1 MIN READ
India’s D. Gukesh drew with Fabiano Caruana in the 11th round of the Candidates 2024. | Photo Credit: Sportstar
India’s D. Gukesh played out a draw against USA’s Fabiano Caruana in the round 11 clash of the FIDE Candidates 2024 tournament at the Great Hall in Toronto, Canada on Thursday.
Check out the board below to follow all moves from the match ↓
ROUND 11 PAIRINGS
Open
Women’s
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
Both the Candidates and the Women’s Candidates are a double round-robin tournament with each player playing the rest of the field twice in a total of 14 rounds.
Players get 1 point for a win, ½ point for a draw and 0 points for a loss.
TIME CONTROL
The time control for the open category is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game, plus a 30-second increment per move starting from move 41.
For the women’s category, it is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game, plus a 30-second increment per move starting from move one.
PRIZE MONEY
The prize money for the open category is €48,000 (INR 43.48 Lakh) for first place, €36,000 for second place, and €24,000 for third place (with players on the same number of points sharing prize money, irrespective of tie-breaks), plus €3,500 per half-point for every player, for a total prize pool of €500,000.
In the women’s candidates, the prize money is half that of the open category, with the winner getting €24,000, €18,000 for second place, and €12,000 for third place.
In addition, €1,750 per half-point for every player, for a total prize pool of €250,000.