FIDE World Chess Candidates’ Tournament 2014 Preview
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Hello everyone,
The World Chess Federation is all ready to host the 2014 FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament. The FIDE Candidates’ Tournament takes place March 12th-April 1st, 2014 in Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia). Here is a preview via the official website.
The Prize Fund to be shared by the players totals 600,000 EUR. The FIDE Candidates Tournament will determine the challenger who will face, later this year, the current title holder World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen for the prestigious FIDE World Championship.
The eight participants are Viswanathan Anand of India, Levon Aronian of Armenia, Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan and four Russian players – Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Svidler, Sergey Karjakin and Dmitry Andreikin.
The average rating of this event is 2766. The first round will start Thursday, March 13th 2014 at 3 p.m. local time, following the opening ceremony on 12th of March.
The participants will play a double round robin tournament (14 rounds). The players who are from the same federation will play each other in rounds 1, 2, 3 and 8, 9, 10. The parings have been done one month before the start of the tournament and are published here.
The time control is 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.
The Prize Fund to be shared by the players totals 600,000 EUR. The FIDE Candidates Tournament will determine the challenger who will face, later this year, the current title holder World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen for the prestigious FIDE World Championship.
The eight participants are Viswanathan Anand of India, Levon Aronian of Armenia, Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan and four Russian players – Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Svidler, Sergey Karjakin and Dmitry Andreikin.
The average rating of this event is 2766. The first round will start Thursday, March 13th 2014 at 3 p.m. local time, following the opening ceremony on 12th of March.
The participants will play a double round robin tournament (14 rounds). The players who are from the same federation will play each other in rounds 1, 2, 3 and 8, 9, 10. The parings have been done one month before the start of the tournament and are published here.
The time control is 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.
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posted by Chess Blog Admin @ 10:21 AM
2 Comments:
At March 10, 2014 at 11:01 AM ,
Aks, Chennai said...
Come on Anand go for it
At March 10, 2014 at 11:14 AM ,
J.L. Vienna said...
I go with Svidler or kramnik
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