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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. |
Round fourteen – 30.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Aronian Levon |
0-1
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Karjakin Sergey | ||
Anand Viswanathan |
½-½
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Svidler Peter | ||
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
½-½
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Kramnik Vladimir | ||
Topalov Veselin |
½-½
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Andreikin Dmitry |
Daniel King shows the game Aronian vs Karjakin
The exciting 2014 Candidates Tournament has come to an end. Overall the tournament was incredibly hard fought, with battles, blunders, deep preparations, complete opening surprises and basically everything that fuels a fantastic event. Anand is without a doubt the deserved winner, but that was not was what at stake today.
FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov came in to see the last round of the event
Aronian, Levon 0-1 Karjakin, Sergey
The longest game by time by far in the tournament, clocking in at almost seven hours. Aronian decided to completely side-step the Sicilian by playing a strange 2.Nc3 3.Bc4 kind of set-up. Karjakin had no problems from the opening, but the position did become interesting.
Karjakin handled Aronian's strange opening without problems
Aronian won a pawn, but in exchange Karjakin received fabulous compensation in the form of active rooks and pressure across the board. Karjakin followed up with another strong sacrifice, this time the exchange on f3, and White's king position became unstable while Black had very strong pieces. Aronian almost immediately gave his material back but Black's pressure endured. This portion of the tournament was certainly far from accurate, but Black emerged with the advantage.
White obtained a passed pawn but his passive pieces and exposed king kept giving him headaches. Eventually Karjakin's pressure took a toll on Aronian who made a series of mistakes, losing him a piece. The ensuing Queen vs. Queen and Bishop endgame was certainly lost, but not trivially so. Karjakin's technique was spot on and he claims second place.
The difference between a draw and a win was about 40,000 Euros.
Not a bad reason to fight on.
Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ Svidler, Peter
With the tournament already in the bag it didn't make any sense for Anand to play for blood or to show anything new in his preparation. Svidler's Marshall was more than sufficient to jump into an easily drawn endgame.
Hard to press with Black against someone
that has no interest in allowing complications
Making a ceremonial first move in the now Challenger's board
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ Kramnik, Vladimir
Kramnik easily diffused Mamedyarov's Nimzo-Indian and it quickly fizzled out to a draw.
Money is split, so tiebreaks are not an issue if not fighting for first
Topalov, Veselin ½-½ Andreikin, Dmitry
The other hard-fought game of the round. White always had some lingering positional advantages in the position, especially targeting Black's weak pawns on the kingside. However Andreikin always had some nagging counterplay with his active pieces. Topalov managed to win a pawn but his own structure was compromised, eventually leading to an easily drawn bishop endgame.
Topalov played for a win but Andreikin held his own
Topalov finished in last, but he still gets 17,000 Euros
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Photos from the official website
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
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Kramnik Vladimir | ||
Karjakin Sergey |
½-½
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Svidler Peter | ||
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
½-½
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Topalov Veselin | ||
Anand Viswanathan |
1-0
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Aronian Levon | ||
Round two – 14.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Kramnik Vladimir |
1-0
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Karjakin Sergey | ||
Svidler Peter |
1-0
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Andreikin Dmitry | ||
Topalov Veselin |
½-½
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Anand Viswanathan | ||
Aronian Levon |
1-0
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||
Round three – 15.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Andreikin Dmitry |
½-½
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Karjakin Sergey | ||
Svidler Peter |
½-½
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Kramnik Vladimir | ||
Topalov Veselin |
½-½
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Aronian Levon | ||
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
0-1
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Anand Viswanathan | ||
Round four – 17.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
1-0
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Andreikin Dmitry | ||
Karjakin Sergey |
½-½
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Topalov Veselin | ||
Aronian Levon |
1-0
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Svidler Peter | ||
Anand Viswanathan |
½-½
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Kramnik Vladimir | ||
Round five – 18.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Andreikin Dmitry |
½-½
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Anand Viswanathan | ||
Karjakin Sergey |
½-½
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||
Svidler Peter |
1-0
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Topalov Veselin | ||
Kramnik Vladimir |
½-½
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Aronian Levon | ||
Round six – 19.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Aronian Levon |
½-½
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Andreikin Dmitry | ||
Anand Viswanathan |
½-½
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Karjakin Sergey | ||
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
1-0
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Svidler Peter | ||
Topalov Veselin |
1-0
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Kramnik Vladimir | ||
Round seven – 21.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Karjakin Sergey |
0-1
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Aronian Levon | ||
Svidler Peter |
½-½
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Anand Viswanathan | ||
Kramnik Vladimir |
1-0
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||
Andreikin Dmitry |
1-0
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Topalov Veselin | ||
Round eight – 22.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Kramnik Vladimir |
½-½
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Andreikin Dmitry | ||
Svidler Peter |
0-1
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Karjakin Sergey | ||
Topalov Veselin |
½-½
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||
Aronian Levon |
½-½
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Anand Viswanathan | ||
Round nine – 23.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Karjakin Sergey |
1-0
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Kramnik Vladimir | ||
Andreikin Dmitry |
½-½
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Svidler Peter | ||
Anand Viswanathan |
1-0
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Topalov Veselin | ||
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
1-0
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Aronian Levon | ||
Round ten – 25.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Karjakin Sergey |
½-½
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Andreikin Dmitry | ||
Kramnik Vladimir |
0-1
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Svidler Peter | ||
Aronian Levon |
½-½
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Topalov Veselin | ||
Anand Viswanathan |
½-½
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||
Round eleven – 26.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Andreikin Dmitry |
½-½
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||
Topalov Veselin |
½-½
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Karjakin Sergey | ||
Svidler Peter |
½-½
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Aronian Levon | ||
Kramnik Vladimir |
½-½
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Anand Viswanathan | ||
Round twelve – 27.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Anand Viswanathan |
½-½
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Andreikin Dmitry | ||
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
½-½
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Karjakin Sergey | ||
Topalov Veselin |
1-0
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Svidler Peter | ||
Aronian Levon |
½-½
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Kramnik Vladimir | ||
Round thirteen – 29.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Andreikin Dmitry |
1-0
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Aronian Levon | ||
Karjakin Sergey |
½-½
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Anand Viswanathan | ||
Svidler Peter |
½-½
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||
Kramnik Vladimir |
1-0
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Topalov Veselin | ||
Round fourteen – 30.03.2014, 15:00h (GMT+6) | ||||
Aronian Levon |
0-1
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Karjakin Sergey | ||
Anand Viswanathan |
½-½
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Svidler Peter | ||
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
½-½
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Kramnik Vladimir | ||
Topalov Veselin |
½-½
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Andreikin Dmitry |
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