Candidates Tournament 2014
Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan Anand, the winner of the Candidates Tournament 2014, advanced to the World Chess Championship 2014 match.
VenueYugra Chess Academy
LocationKhanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Dates13–31 March 2014
Competitors8 from 5 nations
Winning score8.5 points of 14
Champion
India 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 India Viswanathan Anand 44 2770 8
The top two finishers in the Chess World Cup 2013 Russia Vladimir Kramnik 38 2787 3
Russia Dmitry Andreikin 24 2709 42
The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13 Bulgaria Veselin Topalov[3] 39 2785 4
Azerbaijan 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] 		Armenia Levon Aronian 31 2830 2
Russia Sergey Karjakin 24 2766 9
Organizing committee's wild card (FIDE rating in July 2013 at least 2725) Russia 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 India Viswanathan Anand 2770 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 8½ — 3 57.25
2 Russia Sergey Karjakin 2766 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 7½ — 3 51.75
3 Russia Vladimir Kramnik 2787 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 7 2½ 3 49.25
4 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2757 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 7 2 3 48.00
5 Russia Dmitry Andreikin 2709 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 7 1½ 2 48.50
6 Armenia Levon Aronian 2830 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 6½ 1½ 3 45.00
7 Russia Peter Svidler 2758 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 6½ ½ 3 46.00
8 Bulgaria 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

References

  1. ^ "International Chess Federation - FIDE".
  2. ^ a b FIDE: Rules & regulations for the Candidates Tournament of the FIDE World Championship cycle 2012–2014
  3. ^ "Mamedyarov first in Beijing, Topalov wins Grand Prix overall". Archived from the original on 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  4. ^ Players needed to have played at least 30 rated games in that time period, which all players under consideration have achieved.
  5. ^ Aysa Mondrunova. "Peter Svidler is Organiser's nominee for 2014 Candidates Tournament". Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Pairings for Candidates Tournament Published". Chess News. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Pairings and results". FIDE. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  8. ^ "FIDE Top players – Top 100 Players March 2013". FIDE. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  9. ^ "Rules & regulations for the Candidates Tournament of the FIDE World Championship cycle 2012-2014" (PDF). FIDE. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  10. ^ "World Chess Championship Candidates (2014)". chessgames.com.
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