Candidates Chess 2016 – Pairings

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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