Candidates News: The Field and Location Are Set
Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 12:28AM
Dennis Monokroussos in Candidates 2012

Practically, anyway. Continuing what's starting to look like a trend, the organizer's spot was again given to an Azeri player: Teimour Radjabov. It's objectionable that there should be an "organizer's spot" for an event like the Candidates, but as Radjabov (#5 in the world) was the highest-rated player not to qualify by other means it's at least as unobjectionable as such a decision could be.

Anyway, here's the field and how they qualified:

The site has been set: It will take place in London this fall from October 23 to November 13. (More on this, and a bit of editorializing besides, over at TWIC.)

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