2014-03-27

Four draws in round 11 of Candidates 2014



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Today's 11th round of Candidates 2014 finished with draws in all four games. Anand is keeping his leading position with 7/11 points and is the most likely candidate to meet Carlsen at the World Champion match. Three more rounds to go...

Commentary by GM Alexander Delchev

GM Delchev commented LIVE today on ChessBomb the game Kramnik-Anand. Kramnik-Anand (½-½)
With this game both players achieved their goals - Kramnik avoided the open fight, being in a very bad mood after his two consecutive losses. His novelty 10.Na3 was not that dangerous and was not a surprise that Anand managed in the best possible way... see game with commentary


Commentary of games from previous rounds

Results - round 11

SNo.NameFEDRes.NameFEDSNo.
1GMAndreikin DmitryRUS½-½GMMamedyarov ShakhriyarAZE5
8GMTopalov VeselinBUL½-GMKarjakin SergeyRUS2
3GMSvidler PeterRUS½-GMAronian LevonARM7
4GMKramnik VladimirRUS½-½GMAnand ViswanathanIND6

Standings

NameFedFIDE EloPts.S-B
1Viswanathan AnandIND2770737
2Levon AronianARM2830632.25
3Shakhriyar MamedyarovAZE27575.529.75
4Sergey KarjakinRUS27665.529
5Peter SvidlerRUS27585.528.75
6Vladimir KramnikRUS2787528.75
7Dmitry AndreikinRUS2709527
8Veselin TopalovBUL27854.525.5

Pairings for all rounds




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