Grands Prix being held to determine 2018 chess candidates

By Errol Tiwari On In Chess with Errol |
The lone woman at this month’s rigorous Grand Prix competition is China’s chess grandmaster Hou Yifan. Hou did not compete in the 2017 Women’s World Chess Championship. Her competition in the Grand Prix will be exacting and it will be interesting to witness how she performs.
The lone woman at this month’s rigorous Grand Prix competition is China’s chess grandmaster Hou Yifan. Hou did not compete in the 2017 Women’s World Chess Championship. Her competition in the Grand Prix will be exacting and it will be interesting to witness how she performs.

The second leg of the 2017 World Chess Grand Prix competition to determine the challengers for the 2018 Candidates’ tournament began last Friday in Russia. The winner of the Candidates’ match will challenge Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen for the title of world chess champion. Four Grand Prix competitions are earmarked to be played for 2017 and most of the highest ranked chess players with the exception of Carlsen would be in attendance at one time or another. Carlsen is prevented from participating because he is the current world chess champion.

Following this current Grand Prix in Moscow, the others for 2017 will be held in