Candidates’ Tournament Round By Round Pairings

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