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What is a Candidates Tournament in chess?
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Candidates Tournament is a tournament term: a tournament organized by the FIDE, the third and last qualifying cycle of the World Chess Championship. The participants are the top players of the Interzonal tournament plus possibly other players selected on the basis of rating or performance in the previous candidates tournament. The top ranking player(s) qualify(ies) for the world championship. This affects how games are organized, scored, paired, or decided.
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