Candidates Tournament Begins in Moscow
03.11.16 Eight of the world's top grandmasters are in to Moscow March 10-30, 2016 to play in a fourteen-round, double round-robin tournament that will determine the challenger to World Champion Magnus Carlsen in November, 2016 in the New York.
The eight participants in the Candidaes tournament will be Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria and Anish Giri of the Netherlands, who qualified based on their ratings; Viswanathan Anand of India, the runner-up of the last championship match in 2014; Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana of the United States, who were the top two finishers in the last Grand Prix; Sergey Karjakin and Peter Svidler of Russia, the winner and runner-up, respectively in the last World Cup; and Levon Aronian of Armenia, a wild card choice.
World Chess Candidates Tournament Schedule
Rounds start at 7:00 a.m. eastern except for Rounds 1 and 2 which start at 6:00 a.m. eastern.
March 10 ..................................... Thursday.......................... Opening Ceremony
March 11 ...................................... Friday ............................. Round 1
March 12 ...................................... Saturday ........................ Round 2
March 13 ...................................... Sunday ........................... Round 3
March 14 ...................................... Monday ......................... Rest Day
March 15 ...................................... Tuesday ......................... Round 4
March 16 ...................................... Wednesday .................. Round 5
March 17 ...................................... Thursday ....................... Round 6
March 18 ...................................... Friday ............................ Rest Day
March 19 ...................................... Saturday ....................... Round 7
March 20 ...................................... Sunday .......................... Round 8
March 21 ...................................... Monday ........................ Round 9
March 22 ...................................... Tuesday ....................... Rest Day
March 23 ...................................... Wednesday ................. Round 10
March 24 ...................................... Thursday ....................... Round 11
March 25 ...................................... Friday ............................ Round 12
March 26 ...................................... Saturday ....................... Rest Day
March 27 ...................................... Sunday ......................... Round 13
March 28 ...................................... Monday ....................... Round 14
March 29 ...................................... Tuesday ........................ Tie Breaks/Closing Ceremony
March 30 ...................................... Wednesday ................. Departures of players
