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Hikaru Nakamura has second attempt at Candidates tournament to face chess champion Magnus Carlsen

Hikaru Nakamura will play his second Candidates tournament. (Getty images: Andrew Halseid-Budd)

The attention of the chess world is fixed on one of its greatest tournaments, starting this week, with one man drawing plenty of attention for all the right reasons.

The Candidates tournament is an eight-player double-round-robin event to decide who will be the next challenger for world champion.

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