2014-03-30

Anand is the new candidate for the World Championship 2014



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A round in advance, it is clear that the 5-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand is the winner of Candidates tournament leading with 8/13 points, +1.5 points ahead.

Commentary of earlier rounds by GM Alexander Delchev

Commentary of games from previous rounds

Results - round 13

SNo.NameFEDRes.NameFEDSNo.
1GMAndreikin DmitryRUS1-0GMAronian LevonARM7
2GMKarjakin SergeyRUS½-½GMAnand ViswanathanIND6
3GMSvidler PeterRUS½-½GMMamedyarov ShakhriyarAZE5
4GMKramnik VladimirRUS1-0GMTopalov VeselinBUL8

Standings

NameFedFIDE EloPts.S-B
1Viswanathan AnandIND2770850.25
2Dmitry AndreikinRUS27096.542.5
2Vladimir KramnikRUS27876.542.5
4Sergey KarjakinRUS27666.542
5Levon AronianARM28306.541.25
6Shakhriyar MamedyarovAZE27576.541.25
7Peter SvidlerRUS2758638.75
8Veselin TopalovBUL27855.536

Pairings for all rounds




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