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World Chess Championship Candidates Tournament 2016



Karjakin, the winner of the tournament, will play for the title against reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen next November.



10 - 30 March , 2016
Moscow, Russia
8 players
Double round robin



Final standings -- Games

Rank PlayersCountry Points
1 Karjakin, SergeyRUS 8.5
2 Caruana, Fabiano USA 7.5
3 Anand, ViswanathanIND 7.5
4 Giri, Anish NED 7
5 Svidler, Peter RUS 7
6 Aronian, Levon ARM 7
7 Nakamura, HikaruUSA 7
8 Topalov, VeselinBUL 4.5















GAMES

Standings

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RESULTS

Final Round ( 14 )

Karjakin, Sergey - Caruana, Fabiano : 1 - 0
Svidler, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan: 0.5 - 0.5
Giri, Anish - Topalov, Veselin: 0.5 - 0.5
Nakamura, Hikaru - Aronian, Levon: 0.5 - 0.5

Round 13

Anand, Viswanathan - Giri, Anish : 0.5 - 0.5
Aronian, Levon - Karjakin, Sergey : 0.5 - 0.5
Caruana, Fabiano - Svidler, Peter : 0.5 - 0.5
Topalov, Veselin - Nakamura, Hikaru : 0 - 1

Round 12

Caruana, Fabiano - Aronian, Levon : 0.5 - 0.5
Karjakin, Sergey - Topalov, Veselin : 1 - 0
Nakamura, Hikaru - Anand, Viswanathan : 1 - 0
Svidler, Peter - Giri, Anish : 0.5 - 0.5

Round 11

Anand, Viswanathan - Karjakin, Sergey : 1 - 0
Aronian, Levon - Svidler, Peter : 0 - 1
Giri, Anish - Nakamura, Hikaru : 0.5 - 0.5
Topalov, Veselin - Caruana, Fabiano : 0.5 - 0.5

Round 10

Aronian, Levon - Topalov, Veselin: 0.5 - 0.5
Caruana, Fabiano - Anand, Viswanathan : 1 - 0
Karjakin, Sergey - Giri, Anish : 0.5 - 0.5
Svidler, Peter - Nakamura, Hikaru : 0.5 - 0.5

Round 9

Anand, Viswanathan - Aronian, Levon : 1 - 0
Giri, Anish - Caruana, Fabiano: 0.5 - 0.5
Nakamura, Hikaru - Karjakin, Sergey : 0.5 - 0.5
Topalov, Veselin - Svidler, Peter : 0.5 - 0.5

Round 8

Aronian, Levon - Giri, Anish : 0.5 - 0.5
Caruana, Fabiano - Nakamura, Hikaru : 1 - 0
Svidler, Peter - Karjakin, Sergey : 0.5 - 0.5
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan: 0.5 - 0.5

Round 7

Giri, Anish - Anand, Viswanathan : 0.5 - 0.5
Karjakin, Sergey - Aronian, Levon : 0.5 - 0.5
Nakamura, Hikaru - Topalov, Veselin: 1 - 0
Svidler, Peter - Caruana, Fabiano : 0.5 - 0.5

Round 6

Anand, Viswanathan - Svidler, Peter : 1 - 0
Aronian, Levon - Nakamura, Hikaru: 1 - 0
Caruana, Fabiano - Karjakin, Sergey : 0.5 - 0.5
Topalov, Veselin - Giri, Anish : 0.5 - 0.5

Round 5

Anand, Viswanathan - Nakamura, Hikaru : 0.5 - 0.5
Aronian, Levon - Caruana, Fabiano : 0.5 - 0.5
Giri, Anish - Svidler, Peter : 0.5 - 0.5
Topalov, Veselin - Karjakin, Sergey : 0.5 - 0.5

Round 4

Caruana, Fabiano - Topalov, Veselin : 0.5 - 0.5
Karjakin, Sergey - Anand, Viswanathan : 1 - 0
Nakamura, Hikaru - Giri, Anish : 0.5 - 0.5
Svidler, Peter - Aronian, Levon : 0.5 - 0.5

Round 3

Anand, Viswanathan - Caruana, Fabiano: 0.5 - 0.5
Giri, Anish - Karjakin, Sergey : 0.5 - 0.5
Nakamura, Hikaru - Svidler, Peter : 0.5 - 0.5
Topalov, Veselin - Aronian, Levon : 0 - 1

Round 2

Aronian, Levon - Anand, Viswanathan : 0.5 - 0.5
Caruana, Fabiano - Giri, Anish :0.5 - 0.5
Karjakin, Sergey - Nakamura, Hikaru : 1 - 0
Svidler, Peter - Topalov, Veselin :0.5 - 0.5

Round 1

Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin : 1 - 0
Giri, Anish - Aronian, Levon :0.5 - 0.5
Karjakin, Sergey - Svidler, Peter :0.5 - 0.5
Nakamura, Hikaru - Caruana, Fabiano :0.5 - 0.5






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