Candidates Tournament London 2013

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The participants of the Candidates Tournament
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Boris Gelfand Pyotr Swidler
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Alexander Grishchuk Vasyl Ivanchuk
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Magnus Carlsen Levon Aronjan
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Vladimir Kramnik Teymur Rəcəbov

The Candidates Tournament London 2013 was a candidate tournament of the world chess association FIDE , which took place from March 14th to April 2nd 2013 in London . The winner Magnus Carlsen was allowed to challenge world chess champion Viswanathan Anand in the 2013 World Chess Championship .

prehistory

In February 2012, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced the candidates' tournament for the fourth quarter of 2012 in London. The announcement of the new tournament manager Andrew Paulson , to whose company AGON the rights for the world championship for eleven years , caused a surprise .

The FIDE schedule was soon criticized by various chess masters because the main chess season is in the fourth quarter and the Bilbao Chess Masters Final tournament is also held. In response to the criticism, FIDE postponed the candidates' tournament to the first quarter of 2013.

The Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen had decided not to take part in the 2012 World Chess Championship candidates' tournament. Since he is the strongest chess player in the world in terms of Elo rating , a candidates tournament would not be desirable without him. His criticism of the tournament system was accepted by FIDE and the proposed mode as a round-robin tournament was also introduced.

regulate

Eight players competed in a double round-robin tournament .

The winner was the player with the most points. In the event of a tie, decided:

  1. the direct comparison of the equals,
  2. the number of winning games.

The time rules for each game were:

  • 120 minutes for the first 40 moves
  • 60 minutes for the next 20 moves
  • 15 minutes for the rest of the game and another 30 seconds per move from move 61.

A total of € 510,000 in prize money was awarded:

placement price
1. € 115,000
2. € 107,000
3. € 91,000
4th € 67,000
5. € 48,000
6th € 34,000
7th € 27,000
8th. € 21,000

Attendees

The eight starting places were chosen by the loser of the 2012 World Chess Championship , the three best-placed players in the 2011 World Chess Cup , the three players with the best Elo rating from the average of the ratings in July 2011 and January 2012, and a player nominated by the organizer with a rating of at least 2700 had to have taken.

Qualified by player
Loser of the 2012 World Chess Championship IsraelIsrael Boris Gelfand
Winner of the 2011 World Chess Cup RussiaRussia Pyotr Swidler
Second in the 2011 World Chess Cup RussiaRussia Alexander Grishchuk
Third of the 2011 World Chess Cup UkraineUkraine Vasyl Ivanchuk
Three other players with the highest ratings
(average of July 2011 and January 2012) 		NorwayNorway Magnus Carlsen
ArmeniaArmenia Levon Aronjan
RussiaRussia Vladimir Kramnik
Nomination by the tournament organizer
(Elo rating over 2700 required in January 2012) 		AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Teymur Rəcəbov

statistics

FIDE managing director Geoffrey Borg published statistics of all participating players shortly before the start of the tournament.

statistics number player
Number of games between all players 1303
Most common pairing 95 UkraineUkraine Wassyl Ivanchuk - Vladimir KramnikRussiaRussia 
Rarest pairing 24 NorwayNorway Magnus Carlsen - Alexander GrishchukRussiaRussia 
Most games 448 UkraineUkraine Vasyl Ivanchuk
Fewest games 250 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Teymur Rəcəbov

Detailed data on the table can be found on the FIDE London 2013 homepage.

Tournament course

The first round went as expected: as in many top tier tournaments , none of the players took any risks. Four unspectacular draws were the result. In contrast to the candidates tournament for the 2012 World Cup , however, numerous games were decided in the following. Soon the Elo favorites Carlsen and Aronjan were able to break away and finished the first half of the tournament tied with 5 points from seven games.

The second lap was dominated by Vladimir Kramnik's catch-up race, who started with seven draws - he scored four wins (against Swidler, Rəcəbov, Grishchuk and Aronjan). Ivanchuk played a key role with successes against the two later first place winners. The fact that the Ukrainian was unable to intervene in the battle for the top was also - as has often happened in his career - due to problems with the division of the time to think about it , e.g. B. in round 8 against Grishchuk. or in round 10 against Aronjan.

In round 12, Kramnik took the lead with his win against Aronjan, who had already lost two more games, as Carlsen lost to Ivanchuk. Then Carlsen managed in round 13 to win an even final against Rəcəbov and thereby draw level with Kramnik again.

The last round turned into a battle of nerves: Neither Kramnik nor Carlsen dared to get involved in a draw as long as they did not know how things would develop in the other. In the end, they both lost (to Ivanchuk and Swidler, respectively), and Carlsen won the candidates' tournament, decided against Kramnik by the third rating. He thus acquired the right to challenge world champion Viswanathan Anand.

Final score

The final result of the tournament is:

rank Attendees Elo rating
March 2013 		1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th Points Fine evaluations
Direct
comparison		 Victories
1 NorwayNorway Magnus Carlsen 2872 * * ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 8.5 1 5
2 RussiaRussia Vladimir Kramnik 2810 ½ ½ * * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 8.5 1 4th
3 RussiaRussia Pyotr Swidler 2747 0 1 ½ 0 * * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8.0 1½
4th ArmeniaArmenia Levon Aronjan 2809 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * * 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8.0 ½
5 IsraelIsrael Boris Gelfand 2740 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6.5 1 2
6th RussiaRussia Alexander Grishchuk 2764 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * * ½ 1 ½ ½ 6.5 1 1
7th UkraineUkraine Vasyl Ivanchuk 2757 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * * 0 1 6.0
8th AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Teymur Rəcəbov 2793 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * * 4.0

Of the total of 56 games, 31 ended in a draw, 15 times White and ten times Black.

Round results

Round 1

Round 1 - March 15, 2013
Levon Aronjan Magnus Carlsen ½ – ½ E11 Bogo-Indian
Boris Gelfand Teymur Rəcəbov ½ – ½ E11 Bogo-Indian
Vasyl Ivanchuk Alexander Grishchuk ½ – ½ E05 Catalan
Pyotr Swidler Vladimir Kramnik ½ – ½ D35 Queen's Gambit rejected

round 2

Round 2 - March 16, 2013
Magnus Carlsen (0.5) Vladimir Kramnik (0.5) ½ – ½ A33 English symmetry variant
Alexander Grishchuk (0.5) Pyotr Swidler (0.5) ½ – ½ C84 Closed Spanish
Teymur Rəcəbov (0.5) Vasyl Ivanchuk (0.5) 1–0 A88 Dutch , Leningrad System
Levon Aronjan (0.5) Boris Gelfand (0.5) 1–0 A04 English symmetry variant
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Aronjan-Gelfand after Schwarz's 25th move

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In the position in the diagram, Aronjan moved 26. Bh6 +! If the bishop is taken, a knight fork follows : 26.… Kxh6 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Nxf7 + and 29. Nxd8. It happened 26.… Kg8, after which, however, the black king no longer came into play.

Round 3

Round 3 - March 17, 2013
Boris Gelfand (0.5) Magnus Carlsen (1.0) 0-1 D52 Queen's Gambit rejected , Cambridge Springs variant
Vasyl Ivanchuk (0.5) Levon Aronjan (1.5) 0-1 A45 Trompowsky opening
Pyotr Swidler (1.0) Teymur Rəcəbov (1.5) 1–0 E81 King's Indian Defense, Samisch variant
Vladimir Kramnik (1.0) Alexander Grishchuk (1.0) ½ – ½ D71 Grünfeld-Indian Defense

Round 4

Round 4 - March 19, 2013
Teymur Rəcəbov (1.5) Vladimir Kramnik (1.5) ½ – ½ E54 Nimzo Indian, Rubinstein system
Magnus Carlsen (2.0) Alexander Grishchuk (1.5) 1–0 C65 Spanish , Berlin Defense
Boris Gelfand (0.5) Vasyl Ivanchuk (0.5) ½ – ½ D07 Queen's Gambit , Chigorin Defense
Levon Aronjan (2.5) Pyotr Swidler (2.0) ½ – ½ D22 Queen's Gambit accepted

Round 5

Round 5 - March 20, 2013
Pyotr Swidler (2.5) Boris Gelfand (1.0) ½ – ½ D85 Grünfeld-Indian Defense
Vladimir Kramnik (2.0) Levon Aronjan (3.0) ½ – ½ A07 King's Indian attack
Wassyl Ivanchuk (1.0) Magnus Carlsen (3.0) ½ – ½ D82 Grünfeld-Indian Defense
Alexander Grishchuk (1.5) Teymur Rəcəbov (2.0) ½ – ½ D35 Queen's Gambit rejected

Round 6

Round 6 - March 21, 2013
Pyotr Swidler (3.0) Magnus Carlsen (3.5) 0-1 C84 Spanish game, closed
Vladimir Kramnik (2.5) Vasyl Ivanchuk (1.5) ½ – ½ E00 Catalan opening
Alexander Grishchuk (2.0) Boris Gelfand (1.5) ½ – ½ B30 Sicilian Defense , Rossolimo variant
Teymur Rəcəbov (2.5) Levon Aronjan (3.5) 0-1 C65 Spanish game , Berlin Defense

Round 7

Round 7 - March 23, 2013
Magnus Carlsen (4.5) Teymur Rəcəbov (2.5) ½ – ½ B30 Sicilian Defense , Rossolimo variant
Levon Aronjan (4.5) Alexander Grishchhuk (2.5) ½ – ½ E18 Ladies Indian Defense
Boris Gelfand (2.0) Vladimir Kramnik (3.0) ½ – ½ E54 Nimzowitsch-Indian , modern variant
Vasyl Ivanchuk (2.0) Pyotr Swidler (3.0) ½ – ½ C45 Scottish game

Round 8

Round 8 - March 24, 2013
Teymur Rəcəbov (3.0) Boris Gelfand (2.5) 0-1 A04 Réti opening
Alexander Grishchuk (3.0) Vasyl Ivanchuk (2.5) 1–0 B35 Accelerated kite variant
Vladimir Kramnik (3.5) Pyotr Swidler (3.5) 1–0 D85 Grünfeld-Indian Defense
Magnus Carlsen (5.0) Levon Aronjan (5.0) ½ – ½ A15 English opening

Round 9

Round 9 - March 25, 2013
Vladimir Kramnik (4.5) Magnus Carlsen (5.5) ½ – ½ E06 Catalan
Pyotr Swidler (3.5) Alexander Grishchuk (4.0) ½ – ½ E81 King's Indian ( Samisch attack )
Vasyl Ivanchuk (2.5) Teymur Rəcəbov (3.0) 1–0 D37 Queen's Gambit with 5th Bf4
Boris Gelfand (3.5) Levon Aronjan (5.5) 1–0 D37 Queen's Gambit with 5th Bf4

Carlsen led with 6.0 points, closely followed by Aronjan with 5.5 and Kramnik with 5.0 points.

Round 10

Round 10 - March 27, 2013
Alexander Grishchuk (4.5) Vladimir Kramnik (5.0) 0-1 C67 Spanish , ( Berlin Defense , Rio-de-Janeiro variant)
Magnus Carlsen (6.0) Boris Gelfand (4.5) 1–0 B30 Sicilian ( Rossolimo variant )
Levon Aronjan (5.5) Vasyl Ivanchuk (3.5) 1–0 A52 Budapest Gambit (main variant)
Teymur Rəcəbov (3.0) Pyotr Swidler (4.0) ½ – ½ D85 Grünfeld Defense (main continuation)

Round 11

Round 11 - March 28, 2013
Alexander Grishchuk (4.5) Magnus Carlsen (7.0) ½ – ½ D90 Grünfeld Defense ( Flohr variant )
Vladimir Kramnik (6.0) Teymur Rəcəbov (3.5) 1–0 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Pyotr Swidler (4.5) Levon Aronjan (6.5) 1–0 E26 Nimzo-Indian ( Samisch variant )
Vasyl Ivanchuk (3.5) Boris Gelfand (4.5) ½ – ½ D93 Grünfeld defense with 5th Bf4

Round 12

Round 12 - March 29, 2013
Magnus Carlsen (7.5) Wassyl Ivanchuk (4.0) 0-1 B48 Sicilian ( Paulsen variant )
Boris Gelfand (5.0) Pyotr Swidler (5.5) ½ – ½ A15 English
Levon Aronjan (6.5) Vladimir Kramnik (7.0) 0-1 D42 Queen's Gambit ( Improved Tarrasch Defense )
Teymur Rəcəbov (3.5) Alexander Grishchuk (5.0) ½ – ½ E35 Nimzo-Indian with 4th Qc2

Round 13

Round 13 - March 31, 2013
Teymur Rəcəbov (4.0) Magnus Carlsen (7.5) 0-1 E32 Nimzo-Indian with 4th Qc2
Alexander Grishchuk (5.5) Levon Aronjan (6.5) ½ – ½ A09 Réti opening
Vladimir Kramnik (8.0) Boris Gelfand (5.5) ½ – ½ E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Pyotr Swidler (6.0) Wassyl Ivanchuk (5.0) 1–0 C02 French ( advance variant )

Round 14

Round 14 - April 1, 2013
Magnus Carlsen (8.5) Pyotr Swidler (7.0) 0-1 C84 Closed defense (Spanish game) with d3
Wassyl Ivanchuk (5.0) Vladimir Kramnik (8.5) 1–0 A41 Pillsbury Defense
Boris Gelfand (6.0) Alexander Grishchuk (6.0) ½ – ½ D85 Grünfeld Defense (main continuation)
Levon Aronjan (7.0) Teymur Rəcəbov (4.0) 1–0 E71 King's Indian with 5.h3 ( Makogonow variant )

Venue

The tournament was held in the IET London Savoy Place conference center (large lecture hall).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2012-02-10/7_5/ (Russian)
  2. ↑ Breaking news: Candidates 2012 to be held in London (English)
  3. ↑ Entrepreneur Andrew Paulson seeks sponsors as he aims to bring World Chess to British TV screens in 2013 (English)
  4. ↑ Carlsen: Candidates format great, schedule 'surprising' (English)
  5. ↑ FIDE announced new dates for Candidates (English)
  6. ↑ Magnus Carlsen drops out of World Championship cycle (English)
  7. ↑ Magnus Carlsen back in the World Championship cycle? (English)
  8. ↑ a b Rules & regulations for the Candidates Tournament of the FIDE World Championship cycle 2011-2013 (English; PDF; 470 kB)
  9. ↑ Candidates - pairings and commentary schedule (English)
  10. ↑ FIDE London 2013 Homepage (in Excel format ; 241 kB)
  11. ↑ Chessbase
  12. ↑ Chessbase
  13. ↑ Chessbase
  14. ↑ Chessbase
  15. ↑ Candidates Tournament London 2013. Final Ranking. FIDE, accessed April 2, 2013 .
  16. ↑ Top Players Top 100 Players March 2013. FIDE, accessed March 1, 2013 .
  17. ↑ Variant according to Stefan Löffler, Schach 4/2013, p. 5.
  18. ↑ chessbase. Candidates R9 - Carlsen survives, Aronian loses
  19. ↑ World Chess Candidates Tournament is coming to IET London ( Memento from June 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive )