Candidates Tournament 2014

Candidates Tournament 2014
Viswanathan Anand, the winner of the Candidates Tournament 2014, advanced to the World Chess Championship 2014 match.
Venue	Yugra Chess Academy
Location	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Dates	13–31 March 2014
Competitors	8 from 5 nations
Winning score	8.5 points of 14
Champion
Viswanathan Anand
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The Candidates Tournament 2014 was an eight-player double round-robin chess tournament that took place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from 13 March to 31 March 2014.^[1]

Participants

The participants, in order of rules announced by FIDE, were:^[2]

Qualification path	Player	Age	March 2014 rating	World Ranking (March 2014)
Runner up of the World Chess Championship 2013 match	Viswanathan Anand	44	2770	8
The top two finishers in the Chess World Cup 2013	Vladimir Kramnik	38	2787	3
	Dmitry Andreikin	24	2709	42
The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13	Veselin Topalov[3]	39	2785	4
	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	28	2757	13
The next two highest rated players who played in the Chess World Cup 2013 or the FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13 (average FIDE rating on the 12 monthly lists from August 2012 to July 2013)[4]	Levon Aronian	31	2830	2
	Sergey Karjakin	24	2766	9
Organizing committee's wild card (FIDE rating in July 2013 at least 2725)	Peter Svidler[5]	37	2758	11

Prize fund

The tournament had a prize fund of €420,000. Prize money was shared between players tied on points; tiebreaks were not used to allocate it. The prizes for each place were as follows:^[6]

Standings

Final standings of the 2014 Candidates Tournament^[7]

Rank	Player	Rating March 2014[8]	1 (ANA)		2 (KAR)		3 (KRA)		4 (MAM)		5 (AND)		6 (ARO)		7 (SVI)		8 (TOP)		Points	Tiebreaks[2]
																				H2H	Wins	SB
			W	B	W	B	W	B	W	B	W	B	W	B	W	B	W	B
1	Viswanathan Anand	2770			½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	8½	—	3	57.25
2	Sergey Karjakin	2766	½	½			1	0	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	1	½	½	7½	—	3	51.75
3	Vladimir Kramnik	2787	½	½	1	0			1	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	0	7	2½	3	49.25
4	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2757	0	½	½	½	½	0			1	½	1	0	1	½	½	½	7	2	3	48.00
5	Dmitry Andreikin	2709	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0			1	½	½	0	1	½	7	1½	2	48.50
6	Levon Aronian	2830	½	0	0	1	½	½	1	0	½	0			1	½	½	½	6½	1½	3	45.00
7	Peter Svidler	2758	½	½	0	½	½	1	½	0	1	½	½	0			1	0	6½	½	3	46.00
8	Veselin Topalov	2785	½	0	½	½	1	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	1	0			6	—	2	42.25

In the event of a tie, the following tie-break methods were used, in order of precedence:^[9]

1. Head-to-head scores between the tied players;
2. Highest number of wins;
3. The player with the highest Sonneborn–Berger score;
4. Rapid chess play-offs.

Results by round

Pairings and results^[7][10] Numbers in parentheses indicate players' scores prior to the round.

Points by round

For each player, the difference between wins and losses after each round is shown. The players with the highest difference for each round are marked with green background.

Final place	Player \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1	Viswanathan Anand (IND)	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3
2	Sergey Karjakin (RUS)	=0	–1	–1	–1	–1	–1	–2	–1	=0	=0	=0	=0	=0	+1
3	Vladimir Kramnik (RUS)	=0	+1	+1	+1	+1	=0	+1	+1	=0	–1	–1	–1	=0	=0
4	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)	=0	–1	–2	–1	–1	=0	–1	–1	=0	=0	=0	=0	=0	=0
5	Dmitry Andreikin (RUS)	=0	–1	–1	–2	–2	–2	–1	–1	–1	–1	–1	–1	=0	=0
6	Levon Aronian (ARM)	–1	=0	=0	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	=0	–1
7	Peter Svidler (RUS)	=0	+1	+1	=0	+1	=0	=0	–1	–1	=0	=0	–1	–1	–1
8	Veselin Topalov (BUL)	=0	=0	=0	=0	–1	=0	–1	–1	–2	–2	–2	–1	–2	–2

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