Candidates Tournament 2014: Announcement |
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Tuesday, 21 January 2014 06:02 |
FIDE announces that all qualifiers for the Candidates Tournament 2014 in Khanty-Mansiysk have confirmed their participation:
1. Viswanathan Anand (IND, former world champion) 2. Vladimir Kramnik (RUS, world cup 2013 winner) 3. Dmitry Andreikin (RUS, world cup 2013 finalist) 4. Veselin Topalov (BUL, grand-prix 2012-13 winner) 5. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE, grand-prix 2012-13 runner-up) 6. Levon Aronian (ARM, rating list 2012-13) 7. Sergey Karjakin (RUS, rating list 2012-13) 8. Peter Svidler (RUS, host nominee)
The pairings will be announced by 13 February.
The exact schedule of the event:
11 March: Arrivals 12 March: Opening Ceremony & Players Meeting 13-15 March: Rounds 1-3 16 March: Free day 17-19 March: Rounds 4-6 20 March: Free day 21-23 March: Rounds 7-9 24 March: Free day 25-27 March: Rounds 10-12 28 March: Free day 29-30 March: Rounds 13-14 31 March: Tiebreaks / Closing ceremony 1 April: Departures
Detailed technical regulations are published in the FIDE handbook: http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=145&view=article
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