EP 143 | Who Will Qualify for the 2026 FIDE Candidates?

GM Jesse Kraai, IM David Pruess, and IM Kostya Kavutskiy discuss who will qualify for the 2026 FIDE Candidates cycle in today's episode of Dojo Talks, the ChessDojo podcast!

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Chapters:

0:00 Who Will Qualify for the 2026 FIDE Candidates Cycle?

1:12 FIDE Candidate Cycle Rating Spot Changes

8:50 FIDE Cycle Results

14:37 Points and Tie-Breaks

18:11 Jesse's List

19:20 Top 6 from the 2024 FIDE Circuit

31:44 This Coming Year in Chess