Today, the government of the Russian Federation announced that
starting March 27, 2020, Russia interrupts air traffic with other
countries without indicating any time frames.
FIDE can not continue the tournament without guarantees for the
players' and officials' safe and timely return home. In this situation
and on the basis of clause 1.5. Rules of Candidates Tournament, the FIDE
President decided to stop the tournament. It will be continued later,
with the exact dates to be announced as soon, as the global situation
related to the COVID-19 pandemic will allow. As it was stipulated by the
special rules agreed with the players before the start of the event,
the results of the 7 rounds played remain valid, and the tournament will
be resumed in the same composition starting with the games of the 8th
round. FIDE is grateful to the players, officials, volunteers and the
entire team of organizers, including the Chess Federation of Russia and
the main partner of the tournament - SIMA-Land.
Sincerely,
Arkady Dvorkovich,
FIDE President
(source: ChessBase)
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