FIDE and Agon, its commercial partner, are organizing the Candidates Chess Tournament 2016 that will be held in Moscow from March 10 to 30, 2016. Round 1 of the competition is going to take place March 11th and the pairings are already known.
The first round will see an all Russian and all American pairings, namely the matches Sergey Karjakin – Peter Svidler and Hikaru Nakamura – Fabiano Caruana. The other two encounters of the day will be Anish Giri – Levon Aronian and a repetition of the 2010 World Chess Championship Viswanathan Anand – Veselin Topalov.
The pairings have been made today in FIDE office in Athens in the presence of the top chess arbiter Mr. Nikolopoulos and the FIDE Executive Director Mr. Freeman, following the Rules and Regulations for the Candidates Tournament of the FIDE World Championship cycle 2014-2016. Scroll down for the round by round pairings
More about the Candidates 2016
The Candidates Tournament is a chess tournament organized by FIDE since 1950, as a final tournament to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship. The winner of the Candidates earns the right to a match for the World Championship against the reigning World Champion, currently Magnus Carlsen. The match is supposed to be held in the United States.
Tashir Group, a large real estate developer in Russia, is one of the principal sponsors. The company is run by Samvel Karapetyan, an Armenian-born businessman whose net worth is about $4.8 billion according to Forbes magazine. That makes Levon Aronian the nominee of the organizers for Moscow Candidates 2016 Read more about Aronian’s nomination by the organizers here.
Chessdom.com will provide wide coverage of the event with live Grandmaster commentary and computer analysis by the Top Chess Engine Competition with Komodo, Stockfish, and Houdini.
Read more about the participants and regulations here
Read about the official poster and logo of the Candidates
Full pairings of Candidates 2016
Round 1 on 2016/03/11 at 14.00 | ||||||||
SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
1 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2769 | – | GM | Svidler Peter | 2751 | 8 |
2 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | – | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2787 | 7 |
3 | GM | Giri Anish | 2798 | – | GM | Aronian Levon | 2792 | 6 |
4 | GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2784 | – | GM | Topalov Veselin | 2780 | 5 |
Round 2 on 2016/03/12 at 14.00 | ||||||||
SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
8 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2751 | – | GM | Topalov Veselin | 2780 | 5 |
6 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2792 | – | GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2784 | 4 |
7 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2787 | – | GM | Giri Anish | 2798 | 3 |
1 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2769 | – | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | 2 |
Round 3 on 2016/03/13 at 14.00 | ||||||||
SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
2 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | – | GM | Svidler Peter | 2751 | 8 |
3 | GM | Giri Anish | 2798 | – | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2769 | 1 |
4 | GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2784 | – | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2787 | 7 |
5 | GM | Topalov Veselin | 2780 | – | GM | Aronian Levon | 2792 | 6 |
Round 4 on 2016/03/15 at 14.00 | ||||||||
SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
8 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2751 | – | GM | Aronian Levon | 2792 | 6 |
7 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2787 | – | GM | Topalov Veselin | 2780 | 5 |
1 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2769 | – | GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2784 | 4 |
2 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | – | GM | Giri Anish | 2798 | 3 |
Round 5 on 2016/03/16 at 14.00 | ||||||||
SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
3 | GM | Giri Anish | 2798 | – | GM | Svidler Peter | 2751 | 8 |
4 | GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2784 | – | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | 2 |
5 | GM | Topalov Veselin | 2780 | – | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2769 | 1 |
6 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2792 | – | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2787 | 7 |
Round 6 on 2016/03/17 at 14.00 | ||||||||
SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
4 | GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2784 | – | GM | Svidler Peter | 2751 | 8 |
5 | GM | Topalov Veselin | 2780 | – | GM | Giri Anish | 2798 | 3 |
6 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2792 | – | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | 2 |
7 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2787 | – | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2769 | 1 |
Round 7 on 2016/03/19 at 14.00 | ||||||||
SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
8 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2751 | – | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2787 | 7 |
1 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2769 | – | GM | Aronian Levon | 2792 | 6 |
2 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | – | GM | Topalov Veselin | 2780 | 5 |
3 | GM | Giri Anish | 2798 | – | GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2784 | 4 |
Round 8 on 2016/03/20 at 14.00 | ||||||||
SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
8 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2751 | – | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2769 | 1 |
7 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2787 | – | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | 2 |
6 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2792 | – | GM | Giri Anish | 2798 | 3 |
5 | GM | Topalov Veselin | 2780 | – | GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2784 | 4 |
Round 9 on 2016/03/21 at 14.00 | ||||||||
SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
5 | GM | Topalov Veselin | 2780 | – | GM | Svidler Peter | 2751 | 8 |
4 | GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2784 | – | GM | Aronian Levon | 2792 | 6 |
3 | GM | Giri Anish | 2798 | – | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2787 | 7 |
2 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | – | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2769 | 1 |
Round 10 on 2016/03/23 at 14.00 | ||||||||
SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
8 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2751 | – | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | 2 |
1 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2769 | – | GM | Giri Anish | 2798 | 3 |
7 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2787 | – | GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2784 | 4 |
6 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2792 | – | GM | Topalov Veselin | 2780 | 5 |
Round 11 on 2016/03/24 at 14.00 | ||||||||
SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
6 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2792 | – | GM | Svidler Peter | 2751 | 8 |
5 | GM | Topalov Veselin | 2780 | – | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2787 | 7 |
4 | GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2784 | – | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2769 | 1 |
3 | GM | Giri Anish | 2798 | – | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | 2 |
Round 12 on 2016/03/25 at 14.00 | ||||||||
SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
8 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2751 | – | GM | Giri Anish | 2798 | 3 |
2 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | – | GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2784 | 4 |
1 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2769 | – | GM | Topalov Veselin | 2780 | 5 |
7 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2787 | – | GM | Aronian Levon | 2792 | 6 |
Round 13 on 2016/03/27 at 14.00 | ||||||||
SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
7 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2787 | – | GM | Svidler Peter | 2751 | 8 |
6 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2792 | – | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2769 | 1 |
5 | GM | Topalov Veselin | 2780 | – | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | 2 |
4 | GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2784 | – | GM | Giri Anish | 2798 | 3 |
Round 14 on 2016/03/28 at 14.00 | ||||||||
SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
8 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2751 | – | GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2784 | 4 |
3 | GM | Giri Anish | 2798 | – | GM | Topalov Veselin | 2780 | 5 |
2 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | – | GM | Aronian Levon | 2792 | 6 |
1 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2769 | – | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2787 | 7 |
