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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 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 |
Daniel King shows the game Anand vs Andreikin
Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ Andreikin, Dmitry
If by some disaster Anand doesn't win the Candidates, he has this game to blame
Andreikin barely survived today
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ Karjakin, Sergey
Mamedyarov employed an ultra sharp variation of the Nimzo-Indian. The game was wild from the beginning, with White's strong pawn center collapsing quickly but leaving Black with an exposed king and an underdeveloped position, despite being up two pawns. White's initiative was eventually enough to regain one pawn and simplify just enough pieces to reach a drawn double rook endgame, but the ride there was certainly a wild one. The game could have gone either way in many junctures but it seems that the accuracy of both players was enough to sustain the draw.
Mamedyarov went to risk it all, he almost got burned but survived
Topalov, Veselin 1-0 Svidler, Peter
A small comeback a little too late
Grandmaster Cristian Chirila will follow up with full analysis of Topalov's second tournament victory, and Topalov's revenge against Svidler.
Cristian Chirila - Guest CommentatorFormer World u-16 Champion and currently a grandmaster finishing his studies at the University of Texas at Dallas, Cristian is an ambitious chess player. Find out more about Cristian, including his chess lesson services, biography and games here. |
Aronian, Levon ½-½ Kramnik, Vladimir
At -1 it is hard to conjure scenarios in which Kramnik can challenge Carlsen this year
The only game where not too much happened. Kramnik's solid choice of the Orthodox Queen's Gambit was met with the Exchange Variation and the game entered some dull waters. The players ended the game with an unnecessary repetition on move 30.
Aronian depends on Anand's result on Saturday to have any hope
A short lived draw doesn't help either player
Date | Round | English commentary | German commentary |
March 29 | Round 13 | Daniel King/Irina Krush | Klaus Bischoff |
Only a loss by Anand on Saturday will make the tournament interesting, a win by the Indian player would seal the deal, even a draw might to it depending on others' results. What will happen in a decisive thirteenth round?
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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
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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 |
-
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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 29 | Round 13 | Daniel King/Irina Krush | Klaus Bischoff |
March 30 | Round 14 | Daniel King/Yasser Seirawan | Klaus Bischoff |
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