The Candidates Tournament that will decide Magnus Carlsen’s next World Championship challenger was started in March 2020 despite a pandemic beginning to take hold around the world. The worst fears of Teimour Radjabov and others proved justified when the event had to be stopped halfway, with Teimour’s late replacement Maxime Vachier-Lagrave joining Ian Nepomniachtchi in the lead. The saga of trying to resume the event had dragged on ever since, but it’s now taking place in the same city in April 2021.
Links: official website, chess24, Reports: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
