Candidates Tournament to be held in London

Candidates Tournament to be held in London
14.01.2013 ? Put this on your calendar: from March 14 to April 1st the candidates tournament will be staged in London. The eight participants, headed by Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Levon Aronian, and Teimour Radjabov, will play a double round robin to determine the challenger for the World Championship title, currently held by Viswanathan Anand. The venue is quite spectacular. Press release.

The World Chess Candidates Tournament
to be Held in London

London, January 15, 2013 ? FIDE and AGON ? the World Chess Federation?s commercial partner ? are pleased to announce the players, dates and venue of the 2013 Candidates Tournament. The London Candidates will be the strongest tournament of its kind in history. The Prize Fund to be shared by the players totals ?510,000. The winner of the Candidates will become the Challenger to Viswanathan Anand who has reigned as World Champion since 2007.

• Dates: March 14, 2013 - April 1, 2013
• Format: The Candidates is a double round-robin tournament with four rest days.
• Detailed schedule here

• Venue: The IET at 2 Savoy Place
  Address: 2 Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL
  For further information: www.worldchess.com/candidates/london
  Tickets will be available on the website and at the venue.

London and the Thames, with the IET Savoy Place on the right bank

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Players

Schedule of the Candidates 2013

Thursday, 14 March	Opening/Players meeting
Friday, 15 March	Round 1
Saturday, 16 March	Round 2
Sunday, 17 March	Round 3
Monday, 18 March	Rest day
Tuesday, 19 March	Round 4
Wednesday, 20 March????	Round 5
Thursday, 21 March	Round 6
Friday, 22 March	Rest day
Saturday, 23 March	Round 7
Sunday, 24 March	Round 8
Monday, 25 March	Round 9
Tuesday, 26 March	Rest day
Wednesday, 27 March	Round 10
Thursday, 28 March	Round 11
Friday, 29 March	Round 12
Saturday, 30 March	Rest day
Sunday, 31 March	Round 13
Monday, 1 April	Round 14
Tuesday, 2 April	Tiebreaks/Closing ceremony

Statements

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the president of FIDE, said: ?FIDE is happy that this major tournament will take place in London and that UK chess fans will be able to see the greatest chess players live. We support AGON?s efforts to bring important chess events to the great cities of Europe.?

Andrew Paulson, the founder of AGON, said: ?I am pleased to confirm that the 2013 Candidates Tournament will take place in a great venue on the banks of the River Thames and be broadcast online to a global audience.?

World Chess ? Calendar of Events

Links

Source: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8777

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