Who are the Seconds in the Candidates
Each player in the Candidates Tournament is allowed (and expected) to bring along a second (organisers provide two hotel rooms to each team during the event). The seconds are usually responsible for the strategy and the game plan of the tournament. They prepare beginnings, develop novelties and set traps that the players are using during their games. Another important job of the second is to help the player cope with the enormous stress and pressure of the…
