2014 Candidates one month away!
FIDE just released the pairings for the Candidates tournament which will be held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia is about a month away. The winner will face World Champion Magnus Carlsen in his first title defense.
This double round-robin event of the eight qualifiers is sure to be hotly-contested as many of the marquee players are present. Some of the missing luminaries are Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana. The wild card nominee went to eight-time Russian champion Peter Svidler.
Levon Aronian at last year’s Candidates. Will this year be fortuitous for the Armenian? Photo by Ray Morris-Hill.
The time control will be 40/120, 20/60, 15m+30s sudden death. The prize fund is 420,000 euros with 95,000 going to the winner. There will be strict anti-cheating rules and players cannot agree to a draw before Black’s 30th move. More details are given at the links below.
Main Site: https://candidates2014.fide.com/
Regulations: https://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/regscandidates2014.pdf
Pairings: https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7735-candidates-tournament-2014-pairings.html
Schedule: https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7688–candidates-tournament-2014-announcement.html
March 13th-31st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) |
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Name
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Title
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Federation
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Flag
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Rating
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| 1 | Aronian, Levon (Rating Qualification 2012-2013) |
GM | Armenia |
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2812 |
| 2 | Kramnik, Vladimir (2013 World Cup, 1st place) |
GM | Russia |
 |
2787 |
| 3 | Topalov, Veselin (2012-2013 Grand Prix, 1st place) |
GM | Bulgaria |
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2785 |
| 4 | Anand, Viswanathan (Immediate Past World Champion) |
GM | India |
 |
2773 |
| 5 | Karjakin, Sergey (Rating Qualification, 2012-2013) |
GM | Russia |
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2766 |
| 6 | Svidler, Peter (Organizer’s Nominee) |
GM | Russia |
|
2758 |
| 7 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2012-2013 Grand Prix, 2nd place) |
GM | Azerbaijan |
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2757 |
| 8 | Andreikin, Dmitri (2013 World Cup, 2nd place) |
GM | Russia |
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2709 |