2014-03-31

Anand finishes undefeated the Candidates tournament



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Today was held the last round of Candidates tournament. Anand was the clear winner in advance, and he will be meeting Carlsen for the Championship match in November.

Aronian who was closely following Anand throughout the tournament, lost his final game to Karjakin, and dropped to second-to-last place.

Commentary of earlier rounds by GM Alexander Delchev

Commentary of games from previous rounds

Results - round 14

SNo.NameFEDRes.NameFEDSNo.
7GMAronian LevonARM0-1GMKarjakin SergeyRUS2
6GMAnand ViswanathanIND½-½GMSvidler PeterRUS3
5GMMamedyarov ShakhriyarAZE½-½GMKramnik VladimirRUS4
8GMTopalov VeselinBUL½-½GMAndreikin DmitryRUS1

Final standings

NameFedFIDE EloPts.S-B
1Viswanathan AnandIND27708.557.25
2Sergey KarjakinRUS27667.551.75
3Vladimir KramnikRUS2787749.25
4Dmitry AndreikinRUS2709748.5
5Shakhriyar MamedyarovAZE2757748
6Peter SvidlerRUS27586.546
7Levon AronianARM28306.545
8Veselin TopalovBUL2785642.25



Review games from Candidates Tournament with computer analysis: ChessBomb

Previous Candidates Tournaments: 2013 | 2011

Official page: FIDE World Candidates Tournament 2014

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