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Teimour Radjabov's stance in pulling out has been vindicated, and it's clear he's been unlucky. But what can Fide now do?

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The Diagram (White: Maxime Vachier Lagrave Vs Black: Ian Nepomniachtchi, Candidates 2020) is a crucial seventh round encounter. How does white convert his edge? MVL played 28. Bxe7! Kxe7 29. g4! Rxb5 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. gxf5 Rxb1+ 32. Qxb1 exf5. Now 3

Devangshu Datta
There is understandably a lot of bad blood in the aftermath of the Candidates fiasco. Nobody knows when the event will be completed — it did lead to April Fool’s rumours that it would be completed in Antarctica!

Teimour Radjabov’s stance in pulling out has been vindicated, and it’s clear he’s been unlucky. But what can Fide now do? It would be grossly unfair to everyone else in the cycle, to replay the Candidates from scratch. Can Fide seed Radjabov into the next Candidates cycle instead in a sort of deferred admission? Is that sufficient recompense for replacing him in this

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