World Championships
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World Candidates 2014-7: Fire on Board… Dead Heat!
2014 World Championship CandidatesMarch 11th-April 1st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Round #7 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 7.1 Karjakin 2766 0-1 Aronian 2830 7.2 Svidler 2758 ½-½ Anand 2773 7.3 Kramnik 2810 1-0 Mamedyarov 2757 7.4 Andreikin 2709 1-0 Topalov 2785 Games Official Site: https://candidates2014.fide.com/ Drum Coverage: https://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2014/03/13/2014-world-chess-candidates-khanty-mansiysk-rus/…
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World Candidates 2014-6: The Plot Thickens!
2014 World Championship CandidatesMarch 11th-April 1st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Round #6 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 6.1 Topalov 2785 1-0 Kramnik 2810 6.2 Anand 2773 ½-½ Karjakin 2766 6.3 Mamedyarov 2757 1-0 Svidler 2758 6.4 Aronian 2830 ½-½ Andreikin 2709 Games The tournament has turned into a…
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World Candidates 2014-5: Peter the Great
2014 World Championship CandidatesMarch 11th-April 1st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Round #5 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 5.1 Svidler 2758 1-0 Topalov 2785 5.2 Kramnik 2810 ½-½ Aronian 2830 5.3 Andreikin 2709 ½-½ Anand 2773 5.4 Karjakin 2766 ½-½ Mamedyarov 2757 Games Peter Svidler’s selection as a wildcard…
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World Candidates 2014-4: Aronian bounces back!
2014 World Championship CandidatesMarch 11th-April 1st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Round #4 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 4.1 Mamedyarov 2757 1-0 Andreikin 2709 4.2 Karjakin 2766 ½-½ Topalov 2785 4.3 Aronian 2830 1-0 Svidler 2758 4.4 Anand 2773 ½-½ Kramnik 2810 Games Levon Aronian played inspired chess today.…
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World Candidates 2014-3: Anand crushes
2014 World Championship CandidatesMarch 11th-April 1st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Round #3 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 3.1 Topalov 2785 ½-½ Aronian 2830 3.2 Andreikin 2709 ½-½ Karjakin 2766 3.3 Svidler 2758 ½-½ Kramnik 2810 3.4 Mamedyarov 2757 0-1 Anand 2773 Games Viswanathan Anand is clearly making a…
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World Candidates 2014-2: Blood Boils in Round 2
2014 World Championship CandidatesMarch 11th-April 1st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Round #2 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 2.1 Aronian 2830 1-0 Mamedyarov 2757 2.2 Topalov 2785 ½-½ Anand 2773 2.3 Svidler 2758 1-0 Andreikin 2709 2.4 Kramnik 2810 1-0 Karjakin 2766 Games Blood boils in Khanty-Mansiysk…3/4 games decisive…
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World Candidates 2014-1: The Tiger Pounces!
Round #1 Thursday, 13 March 2014 2014 World Championship CandidatesMarch 11th-April 1st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Round #1 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 1.1 Andreikin 2709 ½-½ Kramnik 2810 1.2 Karjakin 2766 ½-½ Svidler 2758 1.3 Anand 2773 1-0 Aronian 2809 1.4 Mamedyarov 2757 ½-½ Topalov 2785 Games…
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2014 World Chess Candidates (Khanty-Mansiysk)
The World Chess Candidates tournament has begun. Eight competitors including former World Champions Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov will compete for a right to challenge Magnus Carlsen for the chess crown. Carlsen defeated Anand in Chennai, India last November in a match with high fanfare. This tournament will…
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2014 Candidates one month away!
FIDE just released the pairings for the Candidates tournament which will be held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia is about a month away. The winner will face World Champion Magnus Carlsen in his first title defense. This double round-robin event of the eight qualifiers is sure to be hotly-contested as many of…
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