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The FIDE Candidates Tournament is taking place in Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia). The first round will start on Thursday, March 13 at 3 p.m. local time, the final round is on Sunday, March 30, 2014. The event is a double round robin (14 rounds). The time control is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 and 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move 61. The tournament will determine the challenger who will face the reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen in a title match later this year. The prize fund is 600,000 Euros (= US $832,000), the first place 135,000 and last (8th) place 25,000 Euros. |
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Round thirteen – 29.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Andreikin Dmitry |
1-0 |
Aronian Levon | ||
Karjakin Sergey |
½-½ |
Anand Viswanathan | ||
Svidler Peter |
½-½ |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||
Kramnik Vladimir |
1-0 |
Topalov Veselin |
Daniel King shows the games Karjakin vs Anand and Andreikin vs Aronian
Andreikin, Dmitry 1-0 Aronian, Levon
Had Aronian won this game he would have put real
pressure on Anand; but that was a big hypothetical
All that is left is to fight for the second place prize
Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ Anand, Viswanathan
Anand sacrificed to suffer down a pawn, but Karjakin never had anything concrete
Svidler, Peter ½-½ Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
Mamedyarov is tied for 2nd-6th (!) with 6.5/13
A Najdorf quickly turned into a dull double rook endgame that neither side had realistic winning chances in, depspite the fact that White's structure was much superior.
The players are tired, but there is one more round to play
Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 Topalov, Veseiln
Kramnik got his revenge on Topalov from the first half
Kramnik tried to put pressure on Topalov from early on after getting a slightly better position in a Moscow Variation of the Semi-Slav. It gave the impression that he overpressed at some point and Topalov's pieces were rampant, specially with his two bishops and a rook on b2; however White's knights perfectly contained the bishops and the passed pawn on h5 provided sufficient counterplay. It was actually Topalov that overplayed his position and White's knights on e3 and f5 held the position perfectly.
The Bulgarian player could have drawn the game with the precise 45...Bc4! a difficult move to find but one that was sufficient for equality. Instead he underestimated the power of White's passed pawns and he soon had to sacrifice a bishop without even gaining the important passed h-pawn. Some simple calculation led to Kramnik having an extra queen and winning the game.
Topalov cannot be happy with his last place position....
But what can you do?
Date | Round | English commentary | German commentary |
March 30 | Round 14 | Daniel King/Yasser Seirawan | Klaus Bischoff |
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Commentary will continue tomorrow as the final tournament standings are far from defined.
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Note: the games are played at 3 PM local time, which is 10 a.m. CET (Paris) and 5 a.m. EST (New York). Click here if you are uncertain what that means for your local time.
Round one – 13.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Andreikin Dmitry |
½-½ |
Kramnik Vladimir | ||
Karjakin Sergey |
½-½ |
Svidler Peter | ||
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
½-½ |
Topalov Veselin | ||
Anand Viswanathan |
1-0 |
Aronian Levon | ||
Round two – 14.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Kramnik Vladimir |
1-0 |
Karjakin Sergey | ||
Svidler Peter |
1-0 |
Andreikin Dmitry | ||
Topalov Veselin |
½-½ |
Anand Viswanathan | ||
Aronian Levon |
1-0 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||
Round three – 15.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Andreikin Dmitry |
½-½ |
Karjakin Sergey | ||
Svidler Peter |
½-½ |
Kramnik Vladimir | ||
Topalov Veselin |
½-½ |
Aronian Levon | ||
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
0-1 |
Anand Viswanathan | ||
Round four – 17.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
1-0 |
Andreikin Dmitry | ||
Karjakin Sergey |
½-½ |
Topalov Veselin | ||
Aronian Levon |
1-0 |
Svidler Peter | ||
Anand Viswanathan |
½-½ |
Kramnik Vladimir | ||
Round five – 18.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Andreikin Dmitry |
½-½ |
Anand Viswanathan | ||
Karjakin Sergey |
½-½ |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||
Svidler Peter |
1-0 |
Topalov Veselin | ||
Kramnik Vladimir |
½-½ |
Aronian Levon | ||
Round six – 19.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Aronian Levon |
½-½ |
Andreikin Dmitry | ||
Anand Viswanathan |
½-½ |
Karjakin Sergey | ||
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
1-0 |
Svidler Peter | ||
Topalov Veselin |
1-0 |
Kramnik Vladimir | ||
Round seven – 21.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Karjakin Sergey |
0-1 |
Aronian Levon | ||
Svidler Peter |
½-½ |
Anand Viswanathan | ||
Kramnik Vladimir |
1-0 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||
Andreikin Dmitry |
1-0 |
Topalov Veselin | ||
Round eight – 22.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Kramnik Vladimir |
½-½ |
Andreikin Dmitry | ||
Svidler Peter |
0-1 |
Karjakin Sergey | ||
Topalov Veselin |
½-½ |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||
Aronian Levon |
½-½ |
Anand Viswanathan | ||
Round nine – 23.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Karjakin Sergey |
1-0 |
Kramnik Vladimir | ||
Andreikin Dmitry |
½-½ |
Svidler Peter | ||
Anand Viswanathan |
1-0 |
Topalov Veselin | ||
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
1-0 |
Aronian Levon | ||
Round ten – 25.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Karjakin Sergey |
½-½ |
Andreikin Dmitry | ||
Kramnik Vladimir |
0-1 |
Svidler Peter | ||
Aronian Levon |
½-½ |
Topalov Veselin | ||
Anand Viswanathan |
½-½ |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||
Round eleven – 26.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Andreikin Dmitry |
½-½ |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||
Topalov Veselin |
½-½ |
Karjakin Sergey | ||
Svidler Peter |
½-½ |
Aronian Levon | ||
Kramnik Vladimir |
½-½ |
Anand Viswanathan | ||
Round twelve – 27.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Anand Viswanathan |
½-½ |
Andreikin Dmitry | ||
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
½-½ |
Karjakin Sergey | ||
Topalov Veselin |
1-0 |
Svidler Peter | ||
Aronian Levon |
½-½ |
Kramnik Vladimir | ||
Round thirteen – 29.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Andreikin Dmitry |
1-0 |
Aronian Levon | ||
Karjakin Sergey |
½-½ |
Anand Viswanathan | ||
Svidler Peter |
½-½ |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||
Kramnik Vladimir |
1-0 |
Topalov Veselin | ||
Round fourteen – 30.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Aronian Levon |
- |
Karjakin Sergey | ||
Anand Viswanathan |
- |
Svidler Peter | ||
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
- |
Kramnik Vladimir | ||
Topalov Veselin |
- |
Andreikin Dmitry |
Date | Round | English commentary | German commentary |
March 30 | Round 14 | Daniel King/Yasser Seirawan | Klaus Bischoff |
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