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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Candidates Chess Matches Kazan 2011: All technical details, schedule

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Hi everybody,


Here are all the technical details and schedule of the Candidates Chess Matches in Kazan from today. Eight strongest chess players will compete for the World Champion title; the prize fund is 500,000 Euros. One of them gets the chance to challenge the current World Champion early in 2012.

Time controls and tie-breaks (FIDE regulations)
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. 






Participants


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



The drawing of colours for all the rounds was conducted on Wednesday night, during the opening ceremony of the event.

Schedule

All games start at 15:00h local time – 13:00h Berlin/Paris, 07:00 New York (check your local time here). You can check the official website here for photos and live broadcast of games.

Tuesday
May 03
Arrival
Wednesday
May 04
Opening Ceremony
Thursday
May 05
Round 1 Game 1
Friday
May 06
Round 1 Game 2
Saturday
May 07
Round 1 Game 3
Sunday
May 08
Round 1 Game 4
Monday
May 09
Round 1 Tiebreaks
Tuesday
May 10
Free day
Wednesday
May 11
Free day
Thursday
May 12
Round 2 Game 1
Friday
May 13
Round 2 Game 2
Saturday
May 14
Round 2 Game 3
Sunday
May 15
Round 2 Game 4
Monday
May 16
Tiebreaks
Tuesday
May 17
Free day
Wednesday
May 18
Free day
Thursday
May 19
Round 3 Game 1
Friday
May 20
Round 3 Game 2
Saturday
May 21
Round 3 Game 3
Sunday
May 22
Free day
Monday
May 23
Round 3 Game 4
Tuesday
May 24
Round 3 Game 5
Wednesday
May 25
Round 3 Game 6
Thursday
May 26
Tiebreaks, closing
Friday
May 27
Departure


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