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World Championship Candidates (2016) Played from 11-28 March 2016 at the Central Telegraph in Moscow, Russia, with rest days March 14, 18, 22 and 26, this World Championship Candidates tournament determined who would be the challenger for the World Championship title in 2016. The qualifiers were the loser of the Carlsen - Anand World Championship Match (2014) (Anand), the top two finishers of the World Cup (2015) (Karjakin and Svidler), the top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Prix 2014-2015 (which ended with FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk (2015)) (Caruana and Nakamura), the next two highest rated players, based on the average of their monthly FIDE ratings in 2015 (Giri and Topalov), and one wildcard nominated by Agon (Aronian). Tiebreak criteria: 1) head-to-head results between the tied players, 2) number of wins, 3) Sonneborn-Berger score, 4) rapid/blitz playoff. Prize fund: €420,000, with €95,000 to the winner. Chief arbiter: Werner Stubenvoll. The two leaders Caruana and Karjakin were paired in the final round, and because of the tiebreak criteria, Caruana had to win with black. Sergey Karjakin won the game and qualified for the Carlsen - Karjakin World Championship Match (2016). Elo 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 1 Karjakin 2760 ** ½1 10 ½½ ½½ ½½ 1½ ½1 8½ 2 Caruana 2794 ½0 ** ½1 ½½ ½½ ½½ ½1 ½½ 7½ 3 Anand 2762 01 ½0 ** 1½ ½1 ½½ ½0 1½ 7½ 4 Svidler 2757 ½½ ½½ 0½ ** ½1 ½½ ½½ ½½ 7 5 Aronian 2786 ½½ ½½ ½0 ½0 ** ½½ 1½ 1½ 7 6 Giri 2793 ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ ** ½½ ½½ 7 7 Nakamura 2790 0½ ½0 ½1 ½½ 0½ ½½ ** 11 7 8 Topalov 2780 ½0 ½½ 0½ ½½ 0½ ½½ 00 ** 4½ Wikipedia article: Candidates Tournament 2016 Regulations: https://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/... Chess Siberia: http://www.chessib.com/chess-candid... Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr207261.... ChessBase 1: https://en.chessbase.com/post/2016-... ChessBase 2: https://en.chessbase.com/post/serge... Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/kar... Chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... TWIC: http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Previous: World Championship Candidates (2014). Next: World Championship Candidates (2018)  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 56  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Anand vs Topalov 1-0 49 2016 World Championship Candidates C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 2. Karjakin vs Svidler ½-½ 30 2016 World Championship Candidates D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 3. Giri vs Aronian ½-½ 65 2016 World Championship Candidates D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. Nakamura vs Caruana ½-½ 31 2016 World Championship Candidates A30 English, Symmetrical 5. Aronian vs Anand ½-½ 31 2016 World Championship Candidates D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. Svidler vs Topalov ½-½ 30 2016 World Championship Candidates C67 Ruy Lopez 7. Caruana vs Giri ½-½ 42 2016 World Championship Candidates C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 8. Karjakin vs Nakamura 1-0 38 2016 World Championship Candidates E15 Queen's Indian 9. Nakamura vs Svidler ½-½ 64 2016 World Championship Candidates D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 10. Topalov vs Aronian 0-1 50 2016 World Championship Candidates A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 11. Anand vs Caruana ½-½ 40 2016 World Championship Candidates C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 12. Giri vs Karjakin ½-½ 30 2016 World Championship Candidates E15 Queen's Indian 13. Nakamura vs Giri ½-½ 32 2016 World Championship Candidates D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 14. Caruana vs Topalov ½-½ 52 2016 World Championship Candidates C50 Giuoco Piano 15. Svidler vs Aronian ½-½ 41 2016 World Championship Candidates A22 English 16. Karjakin vs Anand 1-0 43 2016 World Championship Candidates A06 Reti Opening 17. Topalov vs Karjakin ½-½ 41 2016 World Championship Candidates E15 Queen's Indian 18. Aronian vs Caruana ½-½ 30 2016 World Championship Candidates A77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2 19. Anand vs Nakamura ½-½ 30 2016 World Championship Candidates C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 20. Giri vs Svidler ½-½ 30 2016 World Championship Candidates D73 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3 21. Caruana vs Karjakin ½-½ 36 2016 World Championship Candidates E15 Queen's Indian 22. Anand vs Svidler 1-0 24 2016 World Championship Candidates C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 23. Aronian vs Nakamura 1-0 83 2016 World Championship Candidates E15 Queen's Indian 24. Topalov vs Giri ½-½ 68 2016 World Championship Candidates E61 King's Indian 25. Karjakin vs Aronian ½-½ 31 2016 World Championship Candidates A07 King's Indian Attack  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 56    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 150 OF 150 ·  Later Kibitzing> Apr-27-16    dynamica: Relax after game: - having a nice sleep - taking regular exercise will fight stress and gives you endurance while playing chess. Apr-29-16    dynamica: Aronian - Carlsen click for larger view 29.Rb8 Qxb8 30.g4 Qb4 31.Nd3 ........ Apr-29-16    dynamica: Aronian - Carlsen Possible options: 31... Qb6+ 31... Qb1+ 31... Qd2 31... Qe7 Apr-29-16    dynamica: Carlsen - Eljanov click for larger view 33.Bd3 g6 34.Bxe4 dxe4 35.Qxb6 .......... Apr-30-16    dynamica: Carlsen - Eljanov Great solid game,solid defensive position is constructed. May-01-16    dynamica: I walked through the door with you. It was cold, but something about it felt like home somehow, and I Left my scarf there at your sister's house And you still got it in your drawer even now. Oh, your sweet disposition And my wide eyed gaze, We're singing in a car getting lost upstate. The autumn leaves falling down like pieces in their place And I can picture it after all these days, And I know it's long gone, and that magic's not here no more, And it might be okay, but I'm not fine at all. Cause here we are again on that little town street. You almost ran the red cause you were looking over me. Wind in my hair, I was there, I remember it all too well. Photo album on my counter, Your cheeks were turning red. You used to be a little kid with glasses in a twin size bed And your mother's telling stories 'bout you on the T-ball team. You tell me about your past thinking your future was me. And I know it's long gone, and there was nothing else I could do, And I forget about you long enough to forget why I needed to. Cause here we are again in the middle of the night, Down the stairs I was there I remember it all too well. And maybe we got lost in translation, Maybe I asked for too much. But maybe this thing was a masterpiece Till you tore it all up. Running scared, I was there, I remember it all too well. Hey, you called me up again Just to break me like a promise? So casually cruel in the name of being honest. I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here, Cause I remember it all, all, all too well. Time won't fly, it's like I'm paralyzed by it. I'd like to be my old self again, But I'm still trying to find it. After plaid shirt days and nights when you made me your own, Now you mail back my things and I walk home alone, But your keep my old scarf from that very first week, Cause it reminds you of innocence and it smells like me. You can't get rid of it, cause you remember it all too well, yeah. Cause there we are again, when I loved you so, Back before you lost the one real thing you've ever known. It was where, I was there, I remember it all too well. Wind in my hair, you were there, you remember it all. Down the stairs, you were there, you remember it all. It was where, I was there, I remember it all too well. May-02-16    dynamica: Hermonic:'"That,s totally barbaric." Ron:"That's wizards chess." by J.K.Rowling May-02-16    Petrosianic: "No, it's Battle Chess, but we don't think Interplay has enough money to sue." May-02-16    dynamica: MIRANDA Sweet lord, you play me false. FERDINAND No, my dear’st love, I would not for the world. MIRANDA Yes, for a score of kingdoms you should wrangle, And I would call it, fair play. ALONSO If this prove A vision of the Island, one dear son Shall I twice lose. SEBASTIAN A most high miracle! FERDINAND Though the seas threaten, they are merciful; I have cursed them without cause. by Shakespeare May-02-16    GiuocoPianoMan: Does anyone know what the time control will be in the World Championship match? Is it going to be 90mins/40 moves? And how does the increment work? Thanks! May-02-16    cro777: The time control shall be: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting after move 61 has been made. May-02-16    GiuocoPianoMan: <Cro777> I see so many matches now with 90 mins- I do hope you are correct because I think more time will help Sergey play good chess against Magnus- no small task indeed! May-02-16    devere: <GiuocoPianoMan: <Cro777> I see so many matches now with 90 mins- I do hope you are correct because I think more time will help Sergey play good chess against Magnus- no small task indeed!> 120 minutes for 40 moves is the same amount of time as 100 minutes + a 30 second increment starting at move 1. 90 minutes + 30 seconds is 10 minutes less time for the first 40 moves. Most chess players prefer the increment from move 1 because it greatly lessens extreme time pressure blunders. May-08-16    dynamica: Today's translation tools also tend to move only between two languages.In the future the number of languages being spoken won't matter.You could host a dinner party with eight people at the table speaking different languages. by The Wall Street Journal. May-11-16    dynamica: According to legend, a donkeys introduced the practice of pruning to grape: apparently , a donkeys nibbled at a grape much to the horror of the villagers! However, when this vine produced particularly large fruit, the villagers got the idea to start pruning their vines from then on. As amusing as the past may appear, every hobby-vintner needs to reflect on present day technologies and use contemporary pruning methods. May-12-16    technical draw: A new name: Drawnish Giri. May-13-16    moronovich: <technical draw:> A new name : "One Month too late Man" May-13-16    technical win: <moronovich: <technical draw:> A new name : "One Month too late Man"> Man, that was a hoot! What else could you expect from <t.draw>? Sep-09-16    dynamica: If you just have somebody’s phone number, what could you do? Karsten Nohl: Track their whereabouts, know where they go for work, which other people they meet when. We can spy on whom they call and what they say over the phone. And We can read their texts. Now cellphones and mobile phone networks are vulnerable to hacking. by cbsnews Sep-09-16    dynamica: Keyser Söze is familiar with development Karsten Nohl? Kobayashi:Yes, he yesterday install on his computer. Jun-11-17    User not found: Really???! Feb-23-18    chancho: 15 days to go until the 2018 Candidates tournament begins. This is possibly Levon Aronian's last great chance to play for the title. Mar-23-18    jith1207: It is not going well for Aronian, but I would not discount his chances in future. He would be stronger as ever soon, and it all has to come at right time. Winning the Candidates after a tough qualification is tough indeed. Mar-26-18    Peligroso Patzer: The two links at the bottom of the caption box, above (to the official site and crosstable) have expired. In lieu thereof, the Wikipedia page for this tournament provides a considerable amount of useful information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candi... Jul-17-18    jith1207: Thanks <PP>. FIDE cannot even keep up the website in this day and age for a tournament that happened just one cycle of candidates ago? No wonder chess historians have tough job keeping all the data archived somehow. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 150) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 150 OF 150 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. 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