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From 3 to 27 May 2011 Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, will play host to the participants of the Candidates Matches 2011. On April 15 FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov together with the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov discussed the questions in respect of the preparation and holding the matches. The meeting was held in the Government House of the Republic of Tatarstan. Ildar Khalikov, Prime Minister of Tatarstan, Rafis Burganov, Minister of Youth Affairs, Sports and Tourism of Tatarstan and Ilsur Metshin, Mayor of Kazan also took part in the meeting.
Rustam Minnikhanov thanked the FIDE leadership for their choice of Kazan as the venue for the Candidates Matches 2011. President of the Republic of Tatarstan assured that the Matches will be organized on the highest level.
During the meeting Kirsan Ilyumzhinov also offered to pay attention to the opportunity of the implementation of chess to the school curriculum. FIDE President added that, for example, in Kalmykia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Tomsk and Yekaterinburg chess is already introduced to the curriculum of the elementary schools. Rustam Minnikhanov positively met this offer, as a “pilot” project chess lessons ill be introduced to the several schools of the Republic during the next term of the study.
The decision of holding the event in Kazan was made during the FIDE Presidential Board meeting in Tromso, Norway. Eight strongest chess players will compete for the World Champion title; the prize fund is 500,000 Euros.
3.5 The time control for the regular games are: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.
3.7.1.a If the scores are level after the regular games, after a new drawing of colors, four (4) tie-break games shall be played. The games shall be played using the electronic clock starting with 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move.
3.7.2 If the scores are level after the games in Article 3.7.1a, then, after
a new drawing of colors, a match of two games shall be played with a time control
of 5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment after each move. In case of a level score,
another 2-game match will be played to determine a winner. If still there is
no winner after 5 such matches (total 10 games), one sudden-death game will
be played as described below in Article 3.7.3.
3.7.3 If the score is still level after five matches as described in Article
3.7.2, the players shall play a one sudden death game. The player who wins the
drawing of lots may choose the color. The player with the white pieces shall
receive 5 minutes, the player with the black pieces shall receive 4 minutes
whereupon, after the 60th move, both players shall receive an increment of 3
seconds from move 61. In case of a draw the player with the black pieces is
declared the winner.
3.7.4 There shall be a pause of 10 minutes between all tie-break games, unless
the Chief Arbiter decides otherwise.
WR | Player | Rating | Nat. | Born | Qualification |
3 | Levon Aronian | 2808 | ARM | 1982 | winner of the FIDE Grand-Prix 2008-2009 |
4 | Vladimir Kramnik | 2785 | RUS | 1975 | qualified by rating |
7 | Veselin Topalov | 2775 | BUL | 1975 | runner up of the previous World Championship |
9 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2772 | AZE | 1985 | wild card |
12 | Alexander Grischuk | 2747 | RUS | 1983 | qualification from the FIDE Grand-Prix |
13 | Teimour Radjabov | 2744 | AZE | 1987 | qualification from the FIDE Grand-Prix |
16 | Boris Gelfand | 2733 | ISR | 1968 | winner of the FIDE World Cup 2009 |
18 | Gata Kamsky | 2732 | USA | 1974 | runner up of the Challengers Match 2009 |
Quarterfinals (best of 4) | Semifinals (best of 4) | Final (best of 6) | |||||||||||
1 | Veselin Topalov | 0 | |||||||||||
8 | Gata Kamsky | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | Boris Gelfand | 0 | |||||||||||
5 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Levon Aronian | 0 | |||||||||||
6 | Alexander Grischuk | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Vladimir Kramnik | 0 | |||||||||||
7 | Teimour Radjabov | 0 |
Nat. |
Rtng. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Tot. |
Perf. |
|
Levon Aronian | ARM |
2808 |
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Alexander Grischuk | RUS |
2747 |
Nat. |
Rtng. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Tot. |
Perf. |
|
Vladimir Kramnik | RUS |
2785 |
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Teimour Radjabov | AZE |
2744 |
Nat. |
Rtng. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Tot. |
Perf. |
|
Veselin Topalov | BUL |
2775 |
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Gata Kamsky | USA |
2732 |
Nat. |
Rtng. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Tot. |
Perf. |
|
Boris Gelfand | ISR |
2733 |
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Shak. Mamedyarov | AZE |
2772 |
The drawing of colours was conducted on Wednesday night, during the opening ceremony of the event. The winner of the Candidates Matches 2011 will qualify to challenge the World Champion Viswanathan Anand in a twelve-game match during the first half of 2012.
All games start at 15:00h local time – 13:00h Berlin/Paris, 07:00 New York (check your local time here)
Tuesday | May 03 | Arrival | Audio/video commentary
on Playchess |
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Wednesday | May 04 | Opening Ceremony | ||
Thursday | May 05 | Round 1 Game 1 | Jan Gustafsson | wrap-up |
Friday | May 06 | Round 1 Game 2 | Sam Collins | wrap-up |
Saturday | May 07 | Round 1 Game 3 | Daniel King | live |
Sunday | May 08 | Round 1 Game 4 | Daniel King | live |
Monday |
May 09 | Round 1 Tiebreaks | ||
Tuesday | May 10 | Free day | ||
Wednesday | May 11 | Free day | ||
Thursday | May 12 | Round 2 Game 1 | Sam Collins | wrap-up |
Friday | May 13 | Round 2 Game 2 | Dejan Bojkov | wrap-up |
Saturday | May 14 | Round 2 Game 3 | Sam Collins | live |
Sunday | May 15 | Round 2 Game 4 | Daniel King | live |
Monday |
May 16 | Tiebreaks | ||
Tuesday | May 17 | Free day | ||
Wednesday | May 18 | Free day | ||
Thursday | May 19 | Round 3 Game 1 | van Wely/Gustafsson | live |
Friday | May 20 | Round 3 Game 2 | Dejan Bojkov | live |
Saturday | May 21 | Round 3 Game 3 | Sam Collins | live |
Sunday | May 22 | Free day | ||
Monday |
May 23 | Round 3 Game 4 | Loek van Wely | live |
Tuesday | May 24 | Round 3 Game 5 | Daniel King | live |
Wednesday | May 25 | Round 3 Game 6 | Daniel King | live |
Thursday | May 26 | Tiebreaks, closing | ||
Friday | May 27 | Departure |
The games are being broadcast live on the FIDE web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download the free PGN reader ChessBase Light, which gives you immediate access. You can also use the program to read, replay and analyse PGN games. New and enhanced: CB Light 2009!
In addition you can watch the games live on a regular browser on our
live broadcast site.
A very powerful computer is analysing the games and tracking the evaluation
in a bar chart.
The Russian Chess Federation is providing excellent hi-res
live video coverage from
the playing hall in Kazan, with live commentary (in Russian).