From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Candidates Tournament 2014

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.

Candidates Tournament 2014
Viswanathan Anand, the winner of the Candidates Tournament 2014, advanced to the World Chess Championship 2014 match.
Yugra Chess Academy
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
13–31 March 2014
8 from 5 nations
8.5 points of 14
Viswanathan Anand

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.

The participants, in order of rules announced by FIDE, were:

Qualification path	Player	Age	March 2014 rating	World Ranking (March 2014)
2013 World Championship runner-up	Viswanathan Anand	44	2770	8
The top two finishers in the Chess World Cup 2013	Vladimir Kramnik	38	2787	3
Dmitry Andreikin	24	2709	42
The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13	Veselin Topalov	39	2785	4
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)	Levon Aronian	31	2830	2
Sergey Karjakin	24	2766	9
Organizing committee's wild card (FIDE rating in July 2013 at least 2725)	Peter Svidler	37	2758	11

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:

Final standings of the 2014 Candidates Tournament

Rank Player RatingMarch 2014

1 (ANA)

2 (KAR)

3 (KRA)

4 (MAM)

5 (AND)

6 (ARO)

7 (SVI)

8 (TOP)

Points Tiebreaks

H2H Wins SB

1 Viswanathan Anand

2770

½ ½

½ 1

½ ½

1 ½

½ ½

1 ½

8½ — 3 57.25

2 Sergey Karjakin

2766

½ ½

1 0

½ ½

0 1

½ 1

½ ½

7½ —

3 51.75

3 Vladimir Kramnik

2787

½ ½

1 0

1 ½

½ ½

0 ½

1 0

7 2½

3 49.25

4 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

2757

0 ½

½ ½

½ 0

1 ½

1 0

1 ½

½ ½

7 2

3 48.00

5 Dmitry Andreikin

2709

½ ½

½ 0

1 ½

½ 0

1 ½

7 1½ 2 48.50

6 Levon Aronian

2830

½ 0

0 1

½ ½

1 0

½ 0

1 ½

½ ½

6½ 1½ 3 45.00

7 Peter Svidler

2758

½ ½

0 ½

½ 1

½ 0

1 ½

½ 0

1 0

6½ ½ 3 46.00

8 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:

Head-to-head scores between the tied players;
Highest number of wins;
The player with the highest Sonneborn–Berger score;
Rapid chess play-offs.

Pairings and results Numbers in parentheses indicate players' scores prior to the 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.

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Candidates Tournament 2014 — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report