The Candidates tournament came into existence in 1950 as a qualifying tournament for the World Chess Championship final.
Over the years, the tournament has produced some memorable contests, while boasting of several high-profile winners.
The latest edition of the Candidates will happen in Toronto, Canada from April 4.
Here is the list of all Candidates winners in open category
- 1950 - David Bronstein
- 1953 - Vasily Smyslov
- 1956 - Vasily Smyslov
- 1959 - Mikhail Tal
- 1962 - Tigran Petrosian
- 1965 - Boris Spassky
- 1968 - Boris Spassky
- 1971 - Bobby Fischer
- 1974 - Anatoly Karpov
- 1977 - Victor Korchnoi
- 1980 - Victor Korchnoi
- 1983 - Garry Kasparov
- 1987 - Anatoly Karpov
- 1990 - Anatoly Karpov
- 1993 - Nigel Short
- 1995 - Viswanathan Anand
- 1997 - 2005 - Split Era
- 2007 - Top four qualified for eight-player World Championship final
- 2009 - Veselin Topalov
- 2011 - Boris Gelfand
- 2013 - Magnus Carlsen
- 2014 - Viswanathan Anand
- 2016 - Sergey Karjakin
- 2018 - Fabiano Caruana
- 2020-21 - Ian Nepomniachtchi
- 2022 - Ian Nepomniachtchi
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