Candidates Tournament 2022: Hikaru Nakamura wins over Fabiano Caruana in round 8.

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Candidates Tournament 2022: Hikaru Nakamura wins over Fabiano Caruana in round 8.

The 2022 Candidates Tournament is an ongoing eight-player chess tournament to decide the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2023. It is taking place at the Palace of Santona in Madrid, Spain.

In round 8 of the Candidates Tournament, GM Hikaru Nakamura had a magnificent win over GM Fabiano Caruana.

In the middle session of the game Nakamura was bit slow in scoring points. After a small edge he started improving his points until he acquired an advantage.

Fabiano Caruana never let himself down throughout the match and trying to defend Nakamura in all way. But was unable to escape in the end.