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FIDE Candidates 2024 Standings after Round 9

Vidit Santosh Gujrathi  and Tan Zhongyi were the only winners in Round 9 of Candidates 2024. All other 6 matches ended in draws.

Round 9 Results : Open

Player 1 Result Player 2
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi  1-0 Hikaru Nakamura
Gukesh D ½-½ Praggnanandhaa R
Alireza Firouzja ½-½ Ian Nepomniachtchi
Nijat Abasov ½-½ Fabiano Caruana

Round 9 Results : Women’s

Player 1 Result Player 2
Humpy Koneru ½-½ Kateryna Lagno
Vaishali Rameshbabu 0-1 Tan Zhongyi
Lei Tingjie ½-½ Nurgyul Salimova
Anna Muzychuk ½-½ Aleksandra Goryachkina

Open Players Standings:

Rank Player Points
1 Gukesh D
2 Ian Nepomniachtchi
3 Praggnanandhaa R 5
4 Hikaru Nakamura
5 Vidit Gujrathi
6 Fabiano Caruana
7 Alireza Firouzja
8 Nijat Abasov 3

Women’s Standings:

Rank Player Points
1 Tan Zhongyi 6
2 Aleksandra Goryachkina
3 Lei Tingjie
4 Kateryna Lagno 5
5 Koneru Humpy 4
6 Nurgyul Salimova 4
7 Anna Muzychuk
8 Vaishali R.

Round 10 pairings

Open

Hikaru Nakamura – Nijat Abasov
Fabiano Caruana – Alireza Firouzja
Ian Nepomniachtchi – Gukesh D
Praggnanandhaa R – Vidit Santosh Gujrathi

Women’s

Kateryna Lagno – Anna Muzychuk
Aleksandra Goryachkina – Lei Tingjie
Nurgyul Salimova – Vaishali Rameshbabu
Tan Zhongyi – Humpy Koneru