The Tiger is back!
Anand played a great tournament at the Candidates' 2014 in Khanty-Mansiysk, finishing unbeaten at 8.5/14, and he is the Challenger for the next World Chess Championship Match.
It will be again a clash of generations, with the 44-years-old Indian and the 23-years-old Norwegian World Champion fighting for the Title.
Last year Carlsen won convincingly, but we all know that Anand was thought as the sacrificial lamb, well before the start of the match. Carlsen was the strongest, the emerging star, the unbeatable champion.
Psychological aspects in chess are important; this time Vishy starts from a totally different position. He is the challenger, he doesn't have to show anything to the chess world. Carlsen is the Champion now, and the title has to be defended.
Anand has just shown that when he doesn't feel all the pressure that was upon him in Chennay - and probably playing in India has had its importance in the process - he can still play excellent chess.
This is a great comeback, one of the most important in the last years - and in the history of chess - and the rematch will be extremely interesting to follow.
ICC has followed the Candidates' with LIVE commentary and the new ICC TV! It has been a success and many ICC members have enjoyed the commentary, the TRIVIA contests and the chat.
The Fantastic Eight have qualified through the 2012-2013 FIDE Championship Cycle. Let's see how:
Vishy Anand is the loser of the 2013 Championship Match;
Vladimir Kramnik and Dmitry Andreikin are the top two finishers in the World Cup 2013;
Veselin Topalov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov are the top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13;
Levon Aronian and Sergey Karjakin are the next two highest rated players who played in the Chess World Cup 2013 or the FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13;
Peter Svidler has got the Organizing committee's wild card (FIDE rating in July 2013 at least 2725).
You can find the FIDE regulation for the Candidates Tournament here.
It is a 14-round double round robin tournament, which takes place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, form March the 13th to March the 31st.
Play starts at 5:00am EDT - 10:00am CET.
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Round | Date | Host | Play | PGN |
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1 | March 13 | GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere |
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2 | March 14 | GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere |
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3 | March 15 | GM John Fedorowicz bronxbattler |
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4 | March 17 | GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere |
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5 | March 18 | GM Varuzhan Akobian SCORPION83 |
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6 | March 19 | GM Gawain Jones VerdeNotte |
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7 | March 21 | GM Miguel Illescas Illescas |
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8 | March 22 | GM Lars Bo Hansen DonCorleone |
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9 | March 23 | GM Varuzhan Akobian SCORPION83 |
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10 | March 25 | GM Jonathan Speelman Speelman |
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11 | March 26 | GM Gata Kamsky Talion |
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12 | March 27 | GM Gata Kamsky Sweere |
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13 | March 29 | GM Gata Kamsky Kaidanov |
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14 | March 30 | GM Ronen Har-Zvi Indiana-Jones |
Round | Date | 1 month | 3 months | NiC |
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1 | Mar 13 | xionoula | KingHarvest | akin84973 |
2 | Mar 14 | Abel | izit | axelmuller |
3 | Mar 15 | mtthwprsns | kaasua | Spirals |
4 | Mar 17 | TheTruth | WO | Amnesik |
5 | Mar 18 | bdbois | Leijona | pawelwaw |
6 | Mar 19 | agent-n053 | powerpawn | RonJB |
7 | Mar 21 | kaasua | Koval | mktokyo |
8 | Mar 22 | TheEye | agent-n053 | lanigeva |
9 | Mar 23 | Leijona | agent-n053 | thailien |
10 | Mar 25 | Urosh | alexy1 | CalArt |
11 | Mar 26 | Leijona | oldtimer | shibotal |
12 | Mar 27 | Leijona | agent-n053 | lundin |
13 | Mar 29 | bdubois | frank001 | pierredams |
14 | Mar 30 | agent-n053 | bdubois | SIVANIVA |
Comments
this is just so amazing. I always looked up to you guys as a young kid but now that you’re on the big screen, i can actually watch you play the best game in the world, chess. I am really looking forward to this match, it’s gonna be the bestest thing in the world, i really hope you win vladmir kramnik and shakhriyar dumbell. please send me half ur winning when u win, ty
interesting.
Yermo—Shocked that you rated Kramnik’s chances of beating Carlsen so low! Sure, Magnus would be the favorite, but 5%? For the guy who beat Garry? Say it ain’t so!
Yes you are correct,,,,,, well analyesd
As a long-time follower of Carlsen’s career, I mostly agree with you, except for a few things (scores against Magnus in parentheses):
Kramnik (=) and Svidler (+1) are the only two players in this field with a decent score against Magnus over some games. (Well, technically Anand is = against Carlsen, but we all know where that trend is heading) Therefore, I rate Kramnik’s chances against Magnus much higher than Topalov’s (-5) chances, should he win the candidates.
Yet, Topalov is a tournament player, and his chances to win the candidates aren’t all that bad. He might even be as likely as Kramnik to win the thing.
Karjakin’s (-2) chances in a match are slim to none. Magnus just has too much of a psychological advantage against the guy.
Aronian (-4) is the obiovus favorite to win the candidates, but even though he has performed well lately, I still think your 30% prediction in a match against Magnus is on the high end, considering Magnus hasn’t lost against Lev in 5 years.
Kramnik came so close to winning the last Candidates that I give him the edge over the great Aronian to meet Carlsen in the World Championship. And remember how Kramnik shocked the chess world
with his shocking victory in his match against Kasparov (thanks to the Berlin)? I say watch out for Kramnik in 2014!
You’d better start “chewing down on your hat” as soon as possible, lest you won’t be able to digest it (hats are notoriously hard to digest, it needs time)
Because right now (after round 11) Anand seems to be winning VERY comfortably, not to mention that he’s really playing the best chess out of all the candidates. Not even once was he threatened with defeat.
Kramnik is obviously out-of-shape and the biggest disappointment so far; Aronian plays beautifully but didn’t manage to stay consistent.
Anyway, Magnus is still the favorite to keep the title, but I’ll be rooting for the old Indian Tiger…
Nicholas
Anand 0% ....lol .....he is close to winning the Candidates…..........Hes defeated aronian and topalov…....The respected GM should prepare to “eat” his words if anand wins .................though he is unlikely to beat carlsen
Anand 0% - eat your hat - hahaha
Yermo ! I have to say you made an ASSHOLE OF JUDGEMENT as to who will win the candidates. With one round to go ANAND is a full point ahead of all your prodigies?????? HaHaHa.
Only one guy who can beat him: Nakamura. Naka has just played to much blitz. The reason why he is developing late. In two years Naka will start to challenge him. Almost in Zurich…It is coming Carlsen and nothing you can do!
Yermo you are completely wrong.
You’re good at predictions, are you not?
What a pity to look at 0% chance to Anand, when he has indeed won the tournament.
It shows that such predictions are just based on recent performances and not on class.
Anand wins with one round to spare and without losing a game…
As a five time world champion it is astounding that Anand was given a 0% chance of winning…
You might want to eat your words now. No wait… you better eat them.
Well don’t you feel a bit silly now eh? Anand has won!
GM Alex Yamolinsky, are you still around? Make yourself available for there is a certain 44 yr old from Chennai who would like to stick a fork into your rear end lol
Reading this now and ROFL!
What is it that he said about Anand -
“I don’t even mention Anand in this context, because Anand will not win in Khanty. Vishy is finished and done for, stick a fork into him.”
Well, Mr. GM Alex Yermolinsky, what do you have to say now about Anand?
Are you still around? I have a fork for you.
This one’s for you Yerlominsky.
Its the 30th Mar and I suppose by now you might have worked your way through the last bite of that stinky snack. While you rub your aching jaws, do us another favour and stick that fork deep into yourself. We can do much better without your “expert” venom.
Perhaps you should consider Suicide Alex Yermolinsky ?
cant believe someone with a GM status(?) had the (im)maturity to write some tactless, brainless and imbecile article.
Thanks for wasting 4 minutes of my time!
What a joke…Svidler and Andreikin ahead of Caruana, Grischuk and Nakamura. I would rather have seen Ivanchuk in the mix. At least he has proven himself over a the longest period of time.Using a criterion such as a single outstanding performance (e.g. World Cup) is bound to create problems—-that is precisely the manner by which Khalifman was made World Champion. Though Nakamura’s incredible Tata Steel performance was a few years back, it was, according to Kasparov, the greatest performance since the 1920s or so and given that he is still approx. world #8, it would seem he would have been a much more appropriate choice than Svidler or Andreikin.