World Chess Championship 2014
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| Magnus Carlsen | Viswanathan Anand | |
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| status | Defending champion world champion since 2013 |
Challenger Winner of the Candidates Tournament World Champions 2007-2013 |
| Age | 23 years | 44 years |
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The 2014 World Chess Championship was held in Sochi from November 7 to 23, 2014 as a duel between defending champion Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand as the challenger. After eleven of twelve scheduled games, Carlsen was unassailable with 6.5: 4.5 in the lead and thus defended his world title.
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The application for the event was originally advertised on January 10, 2014 with a deadline of March 10, 2014, which was later extended to April 30, 2014. This deadline also passed without an organizer being found. In June 2014, FIDE announced that the competition would be held in the Olympic Village in Sochi and that the budget would be three million US dollars .
Carlsen let a contract signing period expire at the end of August. He criticized the venue and the reduction in prize money. He also demanded that the sponsors of the competition be disclosed. Although Carlsen's demands were not met, the world champion signed the contract on September 7, 2014, just a few hours before a new deadline, which obliged him to play against Anand in Sochi in November. He thus avoided a withdrawal of his World Cup title by FIDE, as had already happened once in the Fischer case in 1975 .
Candidates tournament
In the candidates tournament, which took place from March 12th to 30th, 2014 in Khanty-Mansiysk , eight players competed in two rounds, each against each other .
Participants were: Viswanathan Anand (ex-world champion), Wladimir Kramnik and Dmitri Andreikin (qualified via the Chess World Cup 2013 ), Wesselin Topalow and Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov (qualified via the FIDE Grand Prix 2012-2013 ), Levon Aronjan and Sergei Karjakin (qualified on the world rankings) and Pjotr Swidler (nominated by the organizer). After only 13 of 14 rounds, Anand led unmatched with 8 points and in the end qualified with 8.5 points from 14 games for a rematch against Carlsen, who had taken the world title from him the previous year .
The opponents
Before the competition, Anand and Carlsen had played a total of 40 games against each other with a classic time limit. Of these, Carlsen and Anand won six and 28 ended draws.
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A maximum of twelve games were scheduled with a time of 120 minutes / 40 moves + 60 minutes / 20 moves + 15 minutes / rest of the game. From move 60, each player had an increment of 30 seconds per move.
In the event of a tie after twelve games, a tie-break would have been played: First four games of rapid chess with a time limit of 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment. If there was another tie, up to five blitz matches (5 minutes + 3 seconds increment) would have been played. If all five mini-matches of two games in blitz chess had also ended in a draw, the world champion in Armaggedon would have been determined.
Time schedule
The games began at 3 p.m. local time (1 p.m. CET). The main referee of the duel for the world title was Andrzej Filipowicz from Poland .
The award ceremony took place on November 25th. For the first time, Vladimir Putin, the head of state of the host country, was present at the award ceremony.
Carlsen had Peter Heine Nielsen and Jon Ludvig Hammer as seconds .
course
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| Lot | Date (2014) | Game result | opening | ECO key | Trains | Intermediate result | link | |||
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| 1 | Sat, November 8th | ½ | ½ | Grünfeld Indian | D85 | 48 | ½ | ½ | chessbomb.com | |
| 2 | Sun November 9th | 0 | 1 | Spanish game | C65 | 35 | ½ | 1½ | chessbomb.com | |
| 3 | Tuesday November 11th | 1 | 0 | Queen's Gambit | D37 | 34 | 1½ | 1½ | chessbomb.com | |
| 4th | Wed, November 12th | ½ | ½ | Sicilian Defense | B40 | 47 | 2 | 2 | chessbomb.com | |
| 5 | Fri, November 14th | ½ | ½ | Ladies Indian Defense | E15 | 39 | 2½ | 2½ | chessbomb.com | |
| 6th | Sat, November 15th | 0 | 1 | Sicilian Defense | B41 | 38 | 2½ | 3½ | chessbomb.com | |
| 7th | Mon, November 17th | ½ | ½ | Spanish game | C67 | 122 | 3 | 4th | chessbomb.com | |
| 8th | Tuesday, November 18th | ½ | ½ | Queen's Gambit | D37 | 41 | 3½ | 4½ | chessbomb.com | |
| 9 | Thursday, November 20th | ½ | ½ | Spanish game | C67 | 20th | 4th | 5 | chessbomb.com | |
| 10 | Fri, November 21 | ½ | ½ | Grünfeld Indian | D97 | 32 | 4½ | 5½ | chessbomb.com | |
| 11 | Sun 23 November | 0 | 1 | Spanish game | C67 | 45 | 4½ | 6½ | chessbomb.com | |
| 12 | Tuesday, November 25th |
It was no longer necessary to play this game, as Carlsen had already reached more than half of the possible points after the eleventh game. |
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- Anand - Carlsen
- Sochi, November 8, 2014
- Grünfeld-Indian Defense , D85
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 0-0 8. Dd2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. 0–0–0 c6 14. Qc3 f6 15. Bh3 cxd5 16. exd5 Nf7 17. f4 Qd6 18. Qd4 Rad8 19. Be6 Qb6 20. Qd2 Rd6 21. The1 Nd8 22. f5 Nxe6 23. Rxe6 Qc7 + 24. Kb1 Rc8 25. Tde1 Rxe6 26.Rxe6 Td8 27. De3 Td7 28. d6 exd6 29. Qd4 Rf7 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Rxd6 a6 32. a3 Qa5 33. f4 Qh5 34. Qd2 Qc5 35. Rd5 Qc4 36.Rd7 Qc6 37. Rd6 De4 + 38. Ka2 Re7 39. Qc1 a5 40. Qf1 a4 41. Rd1 Qc2 42. Rd4 Re2 43. Rb4 b5 44. Qh1 Re7 45. Qd5 Re1 46. Qd7 + Kh6 47. Qh3 + Kg7 48. Qd7 + ½: ½
Carlsen missed the opportunity 42.… Re7 – e3 (with the threat of Re3xa3 +) 43. Qf1 – d1 (or 43. Rd4 – d7 + Kg7 – f8 44. Rd7xb7 Re3 – b3 45. Rb7xb3 a4xb3 + 46. Ka2 – a1 Qc2xh2 and White king is very bad) 43. ... 44. Dc2xd1 Td4xd1 Te 3-b3 with a promising rook ending . Anand found a good defense 44. Qf1 – h1. In the final position, White can force continuous chess, which is why they agreed on a draw.
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- Carlsen - Anand
- Sochi, November 9, 2014
- Spanish game, C65
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. 0–0 d6 6. Re1 0–0 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. h3 Re8 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Nc4 Bb6 11. a4 a5 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13.d4 Qc7 14.Ra3 Nf8 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.N4 Rd8 17.Qh5 f6 18.Nf5 Be6 19.Rg3 Ng6 20.h4 Bxf5 21. exf5 Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23.Rc3 c5 24.Re6 Tab8 25. Rc4 Qd7 26. Kh2 Rf8 27.Rce4 Rb7 28. De2 b5 29.b3 bxa4 30.bxa4 Rb4 31. Re7 Qd6 32.Qf3 Rxe4 33.Qxe4 f3 + 34.g3 h5 35.Qb7 1: 0
Carlsen's heavy pieces on the seventh row force victory, so Anand gave up.
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- Anand - Carlsen
- Sochi, November 11, 2014
- Queen's Gambit, D37
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 0–0 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. b5 cxb5 13.c6 Qc8 14.c7 b4 15.Nb5 a4 16.Rc1 Ne4 17.Ng5 Ndf6 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.f3 Ra5 20.fxe4 Rxb5 21.Qxa4 Ra5 22.Qc6 bxa3 23.exd5 Rxd5 24.Qxb6 Qd7 25. 0–0 Rc8 26. Rc6 g5 27. Bg3 Bb4 28. Ra1 La5 29. Qa6 Bxc7 30. Qc4 e5 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. dxe5 De7 33. e6 Kf8 34. Rc1 1: 0
Anand managed to get his c-pawn on the 7th row through a pawn sacrifice , which Carlsen could only block with his best piece, the queen. The challenger brought something new on move 20 compared to the draw game Lewon Aronjan - Michael Adams , Bilbao 2013, in which Black had already been under great pressure. With the more active pieces and the longer remaining time to think about it , Anand finally won material and the game, which meant that he equalized the overall score to 1½ to 1½.
4th game
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- Carlsen - Anand
- Sochi, November 12, 2014
- Sicilian Defense , B40
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. 0–0 Nf6 7. d4 Be7 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg4 10. Qd3 Qd7 11. Nd2 0–0 12. S2f3 Rfe8 13.Rfe1 Bd6 14. c3 h6 15. Qf1 Bh5 16. h3 Bg6 17.Rad1 Tad8 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.c4 Be4 20. Bd4 Nh7 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22.Rxe8 + Rxe8 23. Qd3 Nf8 24.Nh4 Be5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. b3 Ne6 28. Nf3 Qf6 29. Kg2 Rd8 30. De2 Rd5 31. Rxd5 cxd5 32. Ne5 Qf5 33. Nd3 Nd4 34. g4 Qd7 35. Qe5 Ne6 36. Kg3 Qb5 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. Kxf4 Qb4 + 39. Kf3 d4 40. De8 + Kh7 41. Qxf7 Qd2 42. Qf5 + Kh8 43. h4 Qxa2 44. De6 Qd2 45. De8 + Kh7 46. De4 + Kh8 47. De8 + Kh7 ½: ½
In the game, none of the opponents could create significant imbalances. After 47 moves they agreed on a draw.
5th game
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- Anand - Carlsen
- Sochi, November 14, 2014
- Queen's Indian Defense , E15
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4 + 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Bg2 c6 8. e4 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 0–0 11. 0–0 Nc6 12. cxd5 Nxe5 13. d6 Nc6 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. Bg5 h6 16. d5 Sa5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. Re1 Qf6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rad8 22. Qf3 Qxb2 23. Rad1 Qf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Re7 Kg7 26.Rxa7 Nc6 27.Rb7 Nb4 28. Bb3 Rxd1 + 29. Bxd1 Nxa2 30.Rxb6 Nc3 31. Bf3 f5 32. Kg2 Rd8 33. Rc6 Ne4 34.Bxe4 fxe4 35. Rc4 f5 36. g4 Rd2 37. gxf5 e3 38. Re4 Rxf2 + 39. Kg3 Rxf5 ½: ½
On move 17th, a key moment in the game, Anand chose the 17th d6 instead of the 17th d6! the simplistic move 17. Bxf6.
6th game
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- Carlsen - Anand
- Sochi, November 15, 2014
- Sicilian Defense , B41
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd8 + Kxd8 10. e5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Bxc3 + 12. bxc3 Kc7 13. h4 b6 14. h5 h6 15. 0–0–0 Bb7 16. Rd3 c5 17. Rg3 Day8 18. Bd3 Nf8 19. Be3 g6 20. hxg6 Nxg6 21. Rh5 Bc6 22. Bc2 Kb7 23. Rg4 a5 24. Bd1 Rd8 25. Bc2 Rdg8 26. Kd2 a4 27. Ke2 a3 28. f3 Rd8 29. Ke1 Rd7 30. Bc1 Ra8 31. Ke2 Ba4 32.Be4 + Bc6 33.Bxg6 fxg6 34.Rxg6 Ba4 35.Rxe6 Rd1 36. Bxa3 Ra1 37. Ke3 Bc2 38. Re7 + 1: 0
On move 26 Carlsen made a mistake in a good position; However, Anand did not take advantage of him and could no longer hold his passive position afterwards.
7th game
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- Carlsen - Anand
- Sochi, November 17, 2014
- Spanish game, C67
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0–0 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8 + Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13.Ng5 Rh6 14.g3 Bxg5 15.Bxg5 Rg6 16.h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8 20. Kf2 Rxd1 21.Nxd1 Nf5 22.Rh1 Bxa2 23.Rxh5 Be6 24.g4 Nd6 25. Rh7 Nf7 26. Ne3 Kd8 27. Nf5 c5 28. Ng3 Ne5 29. Rh8 + Rg8 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Rh5 Bxg4 32. fxg4 Rxg4 33. Rxe5 b6 34. Ne4 Rh4 35. Ke2 Rh6 36. b3 Kd7 37. Kd2 Kc6 38. Nc3 a6 39. Re4 Rh2 + 40. Kc1 Rh1 + 41. Kb2 Rh6 42. Nd1 Rg6 43. Ne3 Rh6 44. Re7 Rh2 45. Re6 + Kb7 46. Kc3 Rh4 47. Kb2 Rh2 48. Nd5 Rd2 49. Nf6 Rf2 50. Kc3 Rf4 51. Ne4 Rh4 52. Nf2 Rh2 53. Rf6 Rh7 54. Nd3 Rh3 55. Kd2 Rh2 + 56. Rf2 Rh4 57. c4 Rh3 58. Kc2 Rh7 59. Nb2 Rh5 60. Re2 Rg5 61. Nd1 b5 62. Nc3 c6 63. Ne4 Rh5 64. Nf6 Rg5 65. Re7 + Kb6 66. Nd7 + Ka5 67. Re4 Rg2 + 68. Kc1 Rg1 + 69. Kd2 Rg2 + 70. Ke1 bxc4 71. Rxc4 Rg3 72. Nxc5 Kb5 73. Rc2 a5 74. Kf2 Rh3 75. Rc1 Kb4 76. Ke2 Rc3 77. Nd3 + Kxb3 78. Ra1 Kc4 79. Nf2 Kb5 80. Rb1 + Kc4 81. Ne4 Ra3 82. Nd2 + Kd5 83. Rh1 a4 84. Rh5 + Kd4 85. Rh4 + Kc5 86. Kd1 Kb5 87. Kc2 Rg3 88. Ne4 Rg2 + 89. Kd3 a3 90. Nc3 + Kb6 91.Ra4 a2 92. Nxa2 Rg3 + 93. Kc2 Rg2 + 94. Kb3 Rg3 + 95. Nc3 96. Rb4 + Kc7 97. Rg4 Rh7 98. Kc4 Rf7 99. Rg5 Kb6 100. Sa4 + Kc7 101. Kc5 Kd7 102. Kb6 Rf1 103. Nc5 + Ke7 104. Kxc6 Rd1 105. Rg6 Kf7 106. Rh6 Rg1 107. Kd5 Rg5 + 108. Kd4 Rg6 109. Rh1 Rg2 110. Ne4 Ra2 111. Rf1 + Ke7 112. Nc3 Rh2 113. Nd5 + Kd6 114. Rf6 + Kd7 115. Nf4 Rh1 116. Rg6 Rd1 + 117. Nd3 Ke7 118. Ra6 Kd7 119. Ke4 Ke7 120. Rc6 Kd7 121. Rc1 Rxc1 122. Nxc1 ½: ½
This game is the second longest after the game Viktor Korchnoi-Anatoly Karpow , Baguio City 1978 (124 moves, Nimzowitsch-Indian defense , ended a draw) that was ever played in a world chess championship.
8th game
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- Anand - Carlsen
- Sochi, November 18, 2014
- Queen's Gambit, D37
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 0–0 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 a6 15. 0–0 b5 16. Ba2 Bb7 17. Bb1 Rad8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 b4 22. Rc1 bxa3 23. bxa3 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 Ne7 25.Rfc1 Rc8 26.Bd3 Ted8 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Rxc8 + Nxc8 29.Nd2 Nb6 30. Nb3 Nd7 31.Na5 Bc8 32. Kf1 Kf8 33. Ke1 Ke7 34. Kd2 Kd6 35. Kc3 Ne5 36. Be2 Kc5 37. f4 Nc6 38. Nxc6 Kxc6 39. Kd4 f6 40. e4 Kd6 41. e5 + ½: ½
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- Carlsen - Anand
- Sochi, November 20, 2014
- Spanish game, C67
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0–0 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8 + Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Ne2 b6 12. Rd1 Ba6 13. Nf4 Bb7 14. e6 Bd6 15. exf7 + Kxf7 16. Ng5 + Kf6 17. Ne4 + Kf7 18. Ng5 + Kf6 19. Ne4 + Kf7 20. Ng5 + ½: ½
The game ended in a draw by repeating moves at the request of Anand.
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- Grünfeld-Indian Defense, D97
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 0–0 7. e4 Sa6 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. 0–0 exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Bf5 14.Rad1 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qc1 Qf6 17. Bxh6 Qxb2 18. Qxb2 Bxb2 19.Ng5 Bd4 20.Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Bf3 Re7 22. d6 Rd7 23.Bf4 Nb4 24.Rd2 Re8 25. Rc1 Re6 26. h4 Be5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. d7 Nc6 30. d8D + Nxd8 31. Rxd8 + Kg7 32. Rd2 ½: ½
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- Carlsen - Anand
- Sochi, November 23, 2014
- Spanish game, C67
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0–0 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8 + Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nc3 h6 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 c5 13.Rad1 b6 14.Rfe1 Be6 15.Nd5 g5 16. c4 Kb7 17. Kh2 a5 18. a4 Ne7 19.g4 Ng6 20. Kg3 Be7 21.Nd2 Thd8 22. Ne4 Bf8 23.Nef6 b5 24. Bc3 bxa4 25. bxa4 Kc6 26.Kf3 Tdb8 27. Ke4 Rb4 28. Bxb4 cxb4 29.Nh5 Kb7 30.f4 gxf4 31.Nhxf4 Nxf4 32.Nxf4 Bxc4 33.Rd7 Ra6 34.Nd5 Rc6 35.Rxf7 Bc5 36.Rxc7 + Rxc7 37.Rxc7 + Rxc7 38. Nb5 Bxb5 39. axb5 + Kxb5 40. e6 b3 41. Kd3 Be7 42. h4 a4 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 a3 45. Kc3 1: 0
Anand came off the opening well. On move 27 he sacrificed quality with Rb4 and thus received a passed pawn on the queenside. Carlsen showed, however, through precise play that this was not enough to compensate for the material disadvantage . With 45. Kc3 he prevented the conversion of the black pawn. Anand gave up immediately, which decided the world championship fight.
Web links
- Tournament video stream in Sochi (English)
- Tournament report and games at chessgames.com. November 8, 2014, accessed November 10, 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Top 100 Players November 2014 - Archive. FIDE, accessed January 12, 2015 .
- ↑ Bidding Procedure: FIDE World Championship Match 2014. FIDE, January 10, 2014, accessed on January 16, 2014 .
- ^ Archiman Bhaduri: No takers for Anand, Carlsen title rematch? The Times of India, May 3, 2014, accessed May 3, 2014 .
- ↑ World Chess Championship Match in Sochi. FIDE, June 11, 2014, accessed June 12, 2014 .
- ↑ Leonard Barden: World chess champion Magnus Carlsen could be stripped of title. The Guardian, September 29, 2014, accessed November 10, 2014 .
- ↑ Carlsen signs contract. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, September 8, 2014, accessed on November 10, 2014 .
- ↑ 2014 Candidates Tournament Announcement. FIDE, October 22, 2013, accessed June 12, 2014 .
- ↑ Oliver Roeder: Magnus Carlsen Is More Than An Odds-On Favorite To Win The World Chess Championship. FiveThirtyEight , November 6, 2014, accessed November 8, 2014 .
- ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)
- ^ Rules and Regulations. (No longer available online.) FIDE, archived from the original on November 5, 2014 ; accessed on November 10, 2014 (English).
- ^ Match Carlsen-Anand: Venue, Schedule, Tickets. Chessdom, October 30, 2014, accessed November 10, 2014 .
- ↑ Schedule at the World Chess Federation FIDE ( Memento from November 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) fide.com, accessed on November 24, 2014.
- ↑ Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez: World Championship 01: First fight, first draw , November 8, 2014, Chessbase
- ↑ Gerardo Fernandez Llana: Bilbao 03: Adams leads at halfway , Chessbase.com, October 10, 2013.