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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. |
The eight candidates, sorted by their March 2014 rankings, are:
# | Candidate | Country |
rating
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1 | Levon Aronian | Armenia |
2830
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2
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2 | Vladimir Kramnik | Russia |
2787
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3
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3 | Veselin Topalov | Bulgaria |
2785
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4
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4 | Viswanathan Anand | India |
2770
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8
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5 | Sergey Karjakin | Russia |
2766
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9
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6 | Peter Svidler | Russia |
2758
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11
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7 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Azerbaijan |
2757
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13
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8 | Dmitry Andreikin | Russia |
2709
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42
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The average rating of this event is 2770. If you are missing players like Fabiano Caruana, Alexander Grischuk, Hikaru Nakamura (numbers 5–7 in the world rankings) they you should know that the qualification for the Candidates was not based on rating but on other criteria: Anand qualified by virtue of being the loser of the 2013 World Championship match; Kramnik and Andreikin by being the two top finishers in the World Cup 2013; Topalov and Mamedyarov by being the top two finishers of the FIDE Grand Prix 2012/13; Aronian and Karjakin on the basis of rating; and Svidler as the organizing committee's wild card.
The Candidates Tournament 2014 are be held in the modern building of the Ugra Chess Academy, which is located in the city center of Khanty-Mansiysk.
Khanty-Mansiysk is an oil boom town, located on the eastern bank of the Irtysh River, 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) from its confluence with the Ob. Population: 80,000.
The Ugra Chess Academy (6a Loparev St., Khanty-Mansiysk) is a unique three-level building with no sharp edges, designed by the famous Dutch architect Erick Van Egeraat and constructed using modern energy conserving technologies. The games will be held in the tournament hall on the first floor.
The hall, in which numerous international congresses and forums take place, can be transformed and changed in size due to the innovative construction. Apart from the tournament hall the Ugra Chess Academy consists of classrooms for children who are keen on chess, computer classrooms for holding the Internet tournaments, a cozy café and a hall decorated with pieces of art regarding chess.
The official tournament hotel is the four-star Hotel «Taray» (64, Lenin St. Khanty-Mansiysk)
Chief arbiter Panagiotis Nikolopoulos, with Chairman of Events Commission
Boris Kutin and press officer Anastasiya Karlovich
Second seed, former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik and top seed Levon Aronian
Third seed Veselin Topalov, former FIDE world champion from Bulgaria
Seventh seed Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azeribaijan
Former World Champion and fourth seed Viswanathan Anand from India
Sixth seed Peter Svidler from Russia
The festive opening ceremony of the 2014 Candidates Tournament in Khanty-Mansiysk
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov with the Governor of Khanty-Mansiysk Natalya Komarova
Unveiling the chess board ...
... which is touched by the muse
The muse for the white pieces
A big recital on a magnificent organ
Note: the games are played at 3 p.m. 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 |
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Kramnik Vladimir | ||
Karjakin Sergey |
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Svidler Peter | ||
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
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Topalov Veselin | ||
Anand Viswanathan |
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Aronian Levon | ||
Round two – 14.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Kramnik Vladimir |
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Karjakin Sergey | ||
Svidler Peter |
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Andreikin Dmitry | ||
Topalov Veselin |
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Anand Viswanathan | ||
Aronian Levon |
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||
Round three – 15.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Andreikin Dmitry |
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Karjakin Sergey | ||
Svidler Peter |
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Kramnik Vladimir | ||
Topalov Veselin |
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Aronian Levon | ||
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
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Anand Viswanathan | ||
Round four – 17.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
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Andreikin Dmitry | ||
Karjakin Sergey |
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Topalov Veselin | ||
Aronian Levon |
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Svidler Peter | ||
Anand Viswanathan |
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Kramnik Vladimir | ||
Round five – 18.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Andreikin Dmitry |
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Anand Viswanathan | ||
Karjakin Sergey |
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||
Svidler Peter |
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Topalov Veselin | ||
Kramnik Vladimir |
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Aronian Levon | ||
Round six – 19.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Aronian Levon |
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Andreikin Dmitry | ||
Anand Viswanathan |
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Karjakin Sergey | ||
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
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Svidler Peter | ||
Topalov Veselin |
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Kramnik Vladimir | ||
Round seven – 21.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Karjakin Sergey |
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Aronian Levon | ||
Svidler Peter |
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Anand Viswanathan | ||
Kramnik Vladimir |
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||
Andreikin Dmitry |
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Topalov Veselin | ||
Round eight – 22.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Kramnik Vladimir |
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Andreikin Dmitry | ||
Svidler Peter |
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Karjakin Sergey | ||
Topalov Veselin |
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||
Aronian Levon |
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Anand Viswanathan | ||
Round nine – 23.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Karjakin Sergey |
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Kramnik Vladimir | ||
Andreikin Dmitry |
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Svidler Peter | ||
Anand Viswanathan |
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Topalov Veselin | ||
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
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Aronian Levon | ||
Round ten – 25.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Karjakin Sergey |
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Andreikin Dmitry | ||
Kramnik Vladimir |
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Svidler Peter | ||
Aronian Levon |
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Topalov Veselin | ||
Anand Viswanathan |
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||
Round eleven – 26.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Andreikin Dmitry |
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||
Topalov Veselin |
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Karjakin Sergey | ||
Svidler Peter |
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Aronian Levon | ||
Kramnik Vladimir |
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Anand Viswanathan | ||
Round twelve – 27.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Anand Viswanathan |
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Andreikin Dmitry | ||
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
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Karjakin Sergey | ||
Topalov Veselin |
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Svidler Peter | ||
Aronian Levon |
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Kramnik Vladimir | ||
Round thirteen – 29.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Andreikin Dmitry |
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Aronian Levon | ||
Karjakin Sergey |
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Anand Viswanathan | ||
Svidler Peter |
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||
Kramnik Vladimir |
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Topalov Veselin | ||
Round fourteen – 30.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Aronian Levon |
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Karjakin Sergey | ||
Anand Viswanathan |
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Svidler Peter | ||
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
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Kramnik Vladimir | ||
Topalov Veselin |
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Andreikin Dmitry |
Date | Round | English commentary | German commentary |
March 13 | Round | Simon Williams/Chris Ward | Oliver Reeh/Merijn van Delft |
March 14 | Round 2 | Daniel King/Simon Williams | Oliver Reeh/Karsten Müller |
March 15 | Round 3 | Simon Williams/Irina Krush | Klaus Bischoff |
March 17 | Round 4 | Alejandro Ramirez/Simon Williams | Klaus Bischoff |
March 18 | Round 5 | Daniel King/Chris Ward | Klaus Bischoff |
March 19 | Round 6 | Alej. Ramirez/Parimarjan Negi | Oliver Reeh/Merijn van Delft |
March 21 | Round 7 | Simon Williams/Daniel King | Oliver Reeh/Merijn van Delft |
March 22 | Round 8 | Daniel King/Yasser Seirawan | Oliver Reeh/Karsten Müller |
March 23 | Round 9 | Simon Williams/Alejandro Ramirez | Oliver Reeh/Merijn van Delft |
March 25 | Round 10 | Daniel King/Simon Williams | Klaus Bischoff |
March 26 | Round 11 | Alejandro Ramirez/Irina Krush | Klaus Bischoff |
March 27 | Round 12 | Daniel King/Yasser Seirawan | Klaus Bischoff |
March 29 | Round 13 | Daniel King/Irina Krush | Klaus Bischoff |
March 30 | Round 14 | Daniel King/Yasser Seirawan | Klaus Bischoff |
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