The pairings were done in a specific manner to ensure that players from the same country are paired against each other early on.
Round 1:
GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS – GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS
GM Karjakin Sergey RUS – GM Svidler Peter RUS
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE – GM Topalov Veselin BUL
GM Anand Viswanathan IND – GM Aronian Levon ARM
Round 2:
GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS – GM Karjakin Sergey RUS
GM Svidler Peter RUS – GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS
GM Topalov Veselin BUL – GM Anand Viswanathan IND
GM Aronian Levon ARM – GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE
Round 3:
GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS – GM Karjakin Sergey RUS
GM Svidler Peter RUS – GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS
GM Topalov Veselin BUL – GM Aronian Levon ARM
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE – GM Anand Viswanathan IND
Round 4:
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE – GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS
GM Karjakin Sergey RUS – GM Topalov Veselin BUL
GM Aronian Levon ARM – GM Svidler Peter RUS
GM Anand Viswanathan IND – GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS
Round 5:
GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS – GM Anand Viswanathan IND
GM Karjakin Sergey RUS – GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE
GM Svidler Peter RUS – GM Topalov Veselin BUL
GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS – GM Aronian Levon ARM
Round 6:
GM Aronian Levon ARM – GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS
GM Anand Viswanathan IND – GM Karjakin Sergey RUS
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE – GM Svidler Peter RUS
GM Topalov Veselin BUL – GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS
Round 7:
GM Karjakin Sergey RUS – GM Aronian Levon ARM
GM Svidler Peter RUS – GM Anand Viswanathan IND
GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS – GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE
GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS – GM Topalov Veselin BUL
Round 8:
GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS – GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS
GM Svidler Peter RUS – GM Karjakin Sergey RUS
GM Topalov Veselin BUL – GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE
GM Aronian Levon ARM – GM Anand Viswanathan IND
Round 9:
GM Karjakin Sergey RUS – GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS
GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS – GM Svidler Peter RUS
GM Anand Viswanathan IND – GM Topalov Veselin BUL
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE – GM Aronian Levon ARM
Round 10:
GM Karjakin Sergey RUS – GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS
GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS – GM Svidler Peter RUS
GM Aronian Levon ARM – GM Topalov Veselin BUL
GM Anand Viswanathan IND – GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE
Round 11:
GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS – GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE
GM Topalov Veselin BUL – GM Karjakin Sergey RUS
GM Svidler Peter RUS – GM Aronian Levon ARM
GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS – GM Anand Viswanathan IND
Round 12:
GM Anand Viswanathan IND – GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE – GM Karjakin Sergey RUS
GM Topalov Veselin BUL – GM Svidler Peter RUS
GM Aronian Levon ARM – GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS
Round 13:
GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS – GM Aronian Levon ARM
GM Karjakin Sergey RUS – GM Anand Viswanathan IND
GM Svidler Peter RUS – GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE
GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS – GM Topalov Veselin BUL
Round 14:
GM Aronian Levon ARM – GM Karjakin Sergey RUS
GM Anand Viswanathan IND – GM Svidler Peter RUS
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE – GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS
GM Topalov Veselin BUL – GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS
Candidates Tournament 2014
Chief Arbiter : IA Pan. Nikolopoulos (GRE)
Arbiters : IA Hal Bond (CAN), IA Jamie Kenmure (AUS)
Category : 21 (Rating-O : 2770)
Date : 2014/03/13 To 2014/03/30
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
Why Nakamura not invited? This is a disgrace. Throw the FIDE bums out and put Kasparov in. He’ll make sure that Nakamura is in.
Nakamura is very young ans still has a lot to learn. Also his new coaches are not very good I heard.
What invitation? Nakamura joined the qualification tournaments but wasn’t good enough to qualify. He still needs more practice.
If my father doesn’t make it into the candidates soon, making a brother for me might be a better strategy.
That is smart. I am happy to see them at least trying to mitigate the potential Russian collaboration.