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Special thanks to Douglas Griffin & Chess Informant. They provided us annotations for 1 game each from the 4 rounds of the USSR vs Rest of the World match. These annotations are from the soon-to-be released 5 anniversary edition of the book The Match of the Century - USSR vs World. For Round 1, you can find Tal, Najdorf and Douglas Griffin's comments to the game Tal vs Najdorf! Link

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Time to relive history! The first USSR v Rest of the World match started 5 ago on this day in 197 Check out the historical broadcast of the 'Match of the Century' on the App! Link

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The series continues - it's day 4! Today's gem is none other the legendary Paul Keres! Check out his convincing 33 move victory over former World Champion Vasily Smyslov commented and annotated by GM Priyadharshan Kannappan! ...

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BREAKING NEWS FIDE confirms about the cancellation of the ongoing Tournament in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Read more Link

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BREAKING NEWS The word coming in from Yekaterinburg, Russia is that the Tournament has been stopped and postponed at the halfway mark.

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Thanks to one user from Iran, free 1 month Follow Chess subscription to ALL users! Read why we did this and more details on how to easily avail this Link ... Stay safe, enjoy Chess!

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MVL I think the important thing is to play well. And so far, apart from the day before against Wang Hao, I think I have played reasonably well. I'm quite happy and I hope to continue this trend. (Source FIDE)

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Huge moment in 2020! Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beats then sole leader Ian Nepomniactchi's French Defence and joins him at the top of the table at the half way mark of the tournament! ( Lennart Ootes/FIDE)

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rnd 7 Caruana Wang Vachier-Lagrave 1- Ding Alekseenko Giri Grischuk... Link

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Grischuk, on whether he is happy with a draw in today's game with the black pieces "I would be a very happy person if I would be happy with every draw!" ... (Source FIDE)

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Anish Giri It was a conflict of interest for me today as on one hand I wanted to win, of course. But on the other, I would want Grischuk to make all the draws, so that the spirit leaves from within me towards him! And finally the evil in me won! (Source FIDE)

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rnd 7 started Caruana - Wang Vachier-Lagrave - Nepomniachtchi Ding - Alekseenko Giri - Grischuk... Link

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Quarantined and bored? We have you covered on the Follow Chess app! GM Priyadharshan Kannappan & Chess Gyaan Academy together with Follow Chess bring to you a DAILY coverage of 21 great players from the past who never became World Champions. Video + Annotations... learn and enjoy!... Special thanks to Twitter user @AnanthNat for the idea!

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To mark Vasily Smyslov's 99th birth anniversary, check out his spectacular game against Kottnauer played in 1946. Smyslov is remembered for his positional play. But just like every other great player, he was well-versed with all aspects of the game! Here, it's a fierce attack!

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99 years ago, the legendary 7th World Champion Vasily Smyslov was born! Known for his positional style of play, Smyslov was adept at endgames. He authored two famous books on this topic and also composed a multitude of studies. Smyslov was also a prolific team player for the USSR. He won a record 17 (!) Olympiad medals from his 9 appearances.

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Anish Giri In the end, I almost had a heart-attack as I realized it was going to be my first ever win at the ! I think I have never had such a high heartbeat. After this game today, I think we need a good doctor check! (Source FIDE)

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After a 7-hour marathon, Anish Giri wins his game against wildcard Kirill Alekseenko! Interestingly, this is Giri's first-ever win in a Candidates tournament! In a game that seemed drawn for the longest time, Kirill blundered in a Knight game and eventually had to resign on move 98. Link

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rnd 6 Grischuk Caruana Alekseenko Giri Nepomniachtchi 1- Wang Vachier-Lagrave... Link

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Wang Hao, if he would go back to the time when he was a kid and change something about his prep This is a very big question. Because in this case, I would probably not start a chess career! I would have probably done something related to the financial markets. (Source FIDE)

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MVL, if he could change something about his chess studies by going back in time I don't know if I could go back in time and still be aware of the existence of Leela and AlphaZero! Probably that could have changed something about my opening play! (Source FIDE)

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Caruana, on being 1.5 points behind the leader Nepo Yeah, it's not a great situation. But still, we have pretty much an entire tournament to go. We have 8 rounds - that is normally like a full tournament. But 1.5 points is also a lot of ground to make up. (Source FIDE)

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Caruana, on changing to a riskier approach/openings I don't know which is a more risky opening than the Bc5 Spanish I have been playing! If that's my problem then I'm kind of screwed! (Source FIDE)

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A long day! More than five hours into Round 6, we still have as many as three games in progress! Link

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Nepo Definitely not feeling okay. I actually wanted to make some kind of a quick draw today. I was never against it until I got this (winning) position. I got a couple of tests done and both were negative. In general, the whole atmosphere doesn't help you feel healthy. (Source FIDE)

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in 1931, the legendary Viktor Korchnoi was born. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players never to have become the world champion, Korchnoi played two matches vs Karpov for the World title and was renowned for his superb counter-attacking style of play. ( TASS)

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Two white games. Two opponents from China. Two consecutive wins! Ian Nepomniactchi beats none other than Ding Liren in R6 and moves to a commanding 4.5/6! Unless MVL wins today, Nepo could end up with a full point lead going into the rest day.... ( Lennart Ootes/FIDE) Link

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rnd 6 started Grischuk - Caruana Alekseenko - Giri Nepomniachtchi - Ding Wang - Vachier-Lagrave... Link

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Vishy's message to all of us during these crucial times. Let's self-isolate and stay safe. (Original pic courtesy Amruta Mokal/Chessbase India)

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Ding Liren My form is much better compared to the first two days since I moved to a new hotel, I got some fresh air, and life became more beautiful after that! (Source FIDE broadcast)

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Grischuk about playing in the current situation Botvinnik (once) commented that if you make two players play while standing, it's completely unsure if the same one will win as the one while sitting. (Source FIDE broadcast)

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Fabiano Caruana I'm not sure if I have anywhere to return to after this tournament as I may be stranded somewhere, and I'm not exactly sure where! The US state has sort of said that American citizens wouldn't be able to come back if they do not come back right now. (Laughs) I'm not exactly sure but I'm not really thinking right now about where I'll have to go at the end of this event. (Source FIDE's broadcast)

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rnd 5 Giri Caruana Grischuk Ding Alekseenko Vachier-Lagrave Nepomniachtchi 1- Link

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For the first time this , we have a sole leader! Ian Nepomniactchi wins his game against Wang Hao after the latter blunders in a slightly worse endgame. ( Maria Emelianova/FIDE) Link

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MVL, Caruana and Wang Hao miss out on better positions in Round 4 as all games end in draws for the first time this . Interestingly in both the 2016 & 2018 Candidates, such a scenario occured in Round 5 whereas in 2014, it was as late as Round 11!

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rnd 4 Caruana Nepomniachtchi Wang Alekseenko Vachier-Lagrave Grischuk Ding Giri... Link

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MVL on considering engine's 3 instead of Ba3 Sasha (Grischuk) did. I just forgot for whatever reason that Re4 and Rxc4 was a threat. Probably that was much more promising. I thought I was better with what I did in the game, but it turned out to be nothing. Link

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The Wang Hao vs Alekseenko game today has been an interesting affair. Did you see this nice checkmate that Miroshnichenko and Dubov demonstrated on the official FIDE broadcast?

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Two Grunfelds today, but not on Grunfeld specialist MVL's board! Link

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rnd 4 started Caruana - Nepomniachtchi Wang - Alekseenko Vachier-Lagrave - Grischuk Ding - Giri... Link

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Ding 28 1- 2842 Link What a crucial win for Ding... that too over the hot favorite Caruana! The Chinese Super GM was Fabi had employed a stunning novelty on move 9, and yet Ding maintained his cool and emerged victorious!... Could this be THE game that decides the eventual winner!?

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rnd 3 Ding 1- Giri Vachier-Lagrave Grischuk Wang Alekseenko Nepomniachtchi... Link

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Critical game for Ding Liren - it's now or never! He will not only be looking for his first win but also to take a point away from his arch rival and another tournament favorite Caruana. Can he still win the .. what do you think? ( Source FIDE)

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rnd 3 started Ding - Caruana Giri - Vachier-Lagrave Grischuk - Wang Alekseenko - Nepomniachtchi... Link

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While MVL's win over Ding Liren stole the limelight in R2, Fabiano Caruana was also at his offensive best against the wildcard Kirill Alekseenko. Here's the game!

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rnd 2 Caruana 1- Nepomniachtchi Grischuk Wang Giri Vachier-Lagrave 1- Link

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Two games, two losses. It has been an unbelievably tough start for Ding Liren, one of the biggest favourites of 2020 . This time, it's MVL who coasts away to a victory.

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Happy 51st birthday to the genius Vassily Ivanchuk, unarguably one of the greatest players to have never become the World Champion. that in 1988, Chucky became a GM title and also reached the World Top 10? While a rating of 2625 in those days was sufficient to enter the top 10, achieving both those feats in the same year speaks volumes about his meteoric rise and talent, doesn't it! ( Anastasia Karlovich/FIDE)

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Well well well. Grischuk is late to the round for the second time running! (Source FIDE)

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rnd 2 started Caruana - Alekseenko Nepomniachtchi - Grischuk Wang - Giri Vachier-Lagrave - Ding... Link

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Yesterday, Wang Hao caused a sensation by winning his first round game against tournament favorite Ding Liren with the Black pieces. Have you checked his post-game comments in the ? Head over to the app right away!

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