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Nepo proved better and wiser in the 2nd Candidates event he participated and managed to win it with a dominating lead (1,5 point ahead of the field) .Could he improve his chances in his second WCH match if there will be one ?

In case the World Champion Magnus Carlsen refuses to defend his title ( unlike to happen in my opinion) Ding will get a golden ticket to fight for the title ! Thus his 2nd place in the event has a great value .

Good perf for Nakamura ,who lost the 2nd place on the very last round vs Ding  and good perf as well for Radjabov .

It seems experience proved more valuable than youth ,since Rapport Firouzja and Duda performed under their stregth in the long and demanding event !

Rk.		Name	Rtg.	Nt.	Pts.	n	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	TB	Perf.
1	GM	Nepomniachtchi,I	2773		9.5	14		1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	1 1	1 ½	1 ½	62.00	2909
2	GM	Ding,L	2806		8.0	14	0 ½		½ 0	½ 1	½ 1	½ ½	½ 1	½ 1	52.00	2822
3	GM	Radjabov,T	2753		7.5	14	½ ½	½ 1		0 1	0 ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ 1	52.00	2808
4	GM	Nakamura,H	2760		7.5	14	½ ½	½ 0	1 0		0 1	½ 1	½ 1	½ ½	50.25	2807
5	GM	Caruana,F	2786		6.5	14	½ ½	½ 0	1 ½	1 0		1 0	½ 0	½ ½	46.50	2746
6	GM	Firouzja,A	2804		6.0	14	0 0	½ ½	½ ½	½ 0	0 1		½ ½	½ 1	39.50	2722
7	GM	Duda,J	2750		5.5	14	0 ½	½ 0	½ ½	½ 0	½ 1	½ ½		½ 0	38.50	2700
8	GM	Rapport,R	2776		5.5	14	0 ½	½ 0	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	½ 0	½ 1		37.75	2696

Another successful event finished in the Corsican Chess Course .

At beautiful seaside  Porticcio the Corsican Course started with ideal conditions for this summer.

The final ranking was

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Winner of the event Corsican GM Maurizzi M A will represent the French National team in the forthcoming chess Olympiad at Chennai India !

Congratulations to the organiser and president Akkha Vilaisarn for another successful event and  his efforts to spread chess all over Corsica . The next event at Bastia is under way !

photos –  IA Stephane Escafre and GM Mastrovasilis A , Trivella Maria