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FIDE announced the 2022 Candidates Tournament in May 2021. No date for the championship match was given, but it led to speculation that the championship match would also be in 2022. In June 2021, while announcing the FIDE Grand Prix 2022, FIDE gave its preferred match date as "at the end of 2022 or beginning of 2023".
Radjabov had qualified for the previous (2020) Candidates Tournament, but withdrew after his request to postpone the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic was refused. His call for postponement appeared to be vindicated when the 2020 Candidates tournament was paused at the halfway point due to the pandemic and not resumed until 2021, and he called for his reinstatement into the tournament. FIDE decided that it was appropriate to instead give Radjabov a direct entry into the 2022 Candidates.
Magnus Carlsen or 
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Teimour Radjabov
