D Gukesh vs Vidit Gujrathi, FIDE Candidates 2024: Round 8 match highlights

FIDE Candidates 2024: India’s D Gukesh beat compatriot Vidit Gujrathi in round eight of the FIDE Candidates tournament in Toronto on Sunday.

D Gukesh beat Vidit Gujrathi in round 8 of the Candidates. | Photo Credit: Sportstar

India’s D Gukesh beat compatriot Vidit Gujrathi in round eight of the FIDE Candidates tournament in Toronto on Sunday.

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Round 8 Pairings

Open

Hikaru Nakamura - Fabiano Caruana

Ian Nepomniachtchi - Nijat Abasov

Praggnanandhaa R - Alireza Firouzja

Vidit Santosh Gujrathi - Gukesh D

Women’s

Kateryna Lagno - Aleksandra Goryachkina

Nurgyul Salimova - Anna Muzychuk

Tan Zhongyi - Lei Tingjie

Humpy Koneru - Vaishali Rameshbabu

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.