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Defending champion	Challenger
Magnus Carlsen (NOR)	Viswanathan Anand (IND)
Born 30 November 1990 23 years old	Born 11 December 1969 44 years old
Winner of the 2013 World Chess Championship	Winner of the 2014 Candidates Tournament
Rating: 2863 (World No. 1)	Rating: 2792 (World No. 6)

The World Chess Championship 2014 is a match between the current world champion, Magnus Carlsen, and challenger Viswanathan Anand, to determine the 2014 World Chess Champion. It is being held from 7 November to 28 November 2014, under the auspices of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) in Sochi, Russia.

Candidates Tournament

The challenger was determined in the 2014 Candidates Tournament, an eight-player double round-robin tournament that took place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from 13 March to 31 March 2014. The participants, in order of rules announced by FIDE, were:

Qualification path	Player	March 2014 rating
Loser of the World Chess Championship 2013 match	Viswanathan Anand	2770
The top two finishers in the Chess World Cup 2013	Vladimir Kramnik	2787
	Dmitry Andreikin	2709
The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13	Veselin Topalov	2785
	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2757
The next two highest rated players who played in the Chess World Cup 2013 or the FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13 (average FIDE rating on the 12 monthly lists from August 2012 to July 2013)	Levon Aronian	2830
	Sergey Karjakin	2766
Organizing committee's wild card (FIDE rating in July 2013 at least 2725)	Peter Svidler	2758

The tournament had a prize fund of €420,000. Prize money was shared between players tied on points; tiebreaks were not used to allocate it. The prizes for each place were as follows:

Results

Final standings of the 2014 Candidates Tournament

Rank	Player	Rating March 2014	1 (VA)		2 (SK)		3 (VK)		4 (SM)		5 (DA)		6 (LA)		7 (PS)		8 (VT)		Points	Tiebreaks
																				H2H	Wins	SB
			W	B	W	B	W	B	W	B	W	B	W	B	W	B	W	B
1	Viswanathan Anand	2770			½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	8½	—	3	57.25
2	Sergey Karjakin	2766	½	½			1	0	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	1	½	½	7½	—	3	51.75
3	Vladimir Kramnik	2787	½	½	1	0			1	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	0	7	2½	3	49.25
4	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2757	0	½	½	½	½	0			1	½	1	0	1	½	½	½	7	2	3	48.00
5	Dmitry Andreikin	2709	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0			1	½	½	0	1	½	7	1½	2	48.50
6	Levon Aronian	2830	½	0	0	1	½	½	1	0	½	0			1	½	½	½	6½	1½	3	45.00
7	Peter Svidler	2758	½	½	0	½	½	1	½	0	1	½	½	0			1	0	6½	½	3	46.00
8	Veselin Topalov	2785	½	0	½	½	1	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	1	0			6	—	2	42.25

In the event of a tie, the following tie-break methods were used, in order of precedence:

1. Head-to-head scores between the tied players;
2. Highest number of wins;
3. The player with the highest Sonneborn-Berger score;
4. Rapid chess play-offs.

Numbers in parentheses indicate players' scores prior to the round.

World Chess Championship

The Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand take place in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 28 November 2014, under the auspices of FIDE.

Previous head-to-head record

Prior to the match, from 2005 to 6 November 2014, Anand and Carlsen played 40 games against each other at classical time controls, out of which Carlsen won six, Anand won six, and twenty-eight were drawn.

Historical notes

Both Carlsen and Anand appeared in the 2013 Championship, that time with Anand as the reigning world champion and Carlsen as the challenger. This will mark the first time that the same two opponents have met in consecutive World Championship matches since Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov (1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1990).

Anand is only the second former champion (after Karpov in 1987 and 1990) to win a Candidates tournament. At 44, Anand is the second oldest person to win a Candidates tournament, behind Viktor Korchnoi in 1977 and 1981.

Venue

The match is being held at the Olympic Media Center located in the Adler City District of Sochi, Imeretinsky Valley, on the Black Sea, next to the Sochi Olympic Park houses and the main Fisht Olympic Stadium. The Olympic Media Center served as the main media hub during the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Seconds

Both Carlsen and Anand had a team of seconds to aid in their match preparation. During the opening press conference, Anand revealed his seconds to be Krishnan Sasikiran, Radosław Wojtaszek and Grzegorz Gajewski. Carlsen's seconds are Peter Heine Nielsen and Jon Ludvig Hammer.

Format

The Championship match consists of 12 games and if necessary, tie-break games. The time control for the "classical" portion of the match is: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting after move 61 has been made.

In the playoff, four rapid games will be played with 25 minutes + 10 seconds per move. If the score is still equal, up to five 2-game blitz matches (5 minutes + 3 seconds) will be played, before a final sudden death game. In that game, white gets 5 minutes, black 4 minutes (with draw odds) and a 3-second increment after move 61 for both.

Prize fund

The prize fund is 1 million Euros. This is the minimum prize fund stipulated by FIDE in the offical regulations. The prize fund will be divided 60 percent to the winner and 40 percent to the loser if the match ends within the 12 regular games. In case the winner is decided by tie-break games, the winner shall receive 55 percent and the loser 45 percent.

Schedule

The opening ceremony was held on 7 November 2014. The draw of colors was held also at the opening ceremony. Unlike the 2013 match, Anand plays with the white pieces in the first game.

The games start daily at 15:00 MSK (UTC+03:00).

Results

World Chess Championship 2014

	Rating	Game 1 8 Nov.	Game 2 9 Nov.	Game 3 11 Nov.	Game 4 12 Nov.	Game 5 14 Nov.	Game 6 15 Nov.	Game 7 17 Nov.	Game 8 18 Nov.	Game 9 20 Nov.	Game 10 21 Nov.	Game 11 23 Nov.	Game 12 25 Nov.	Points
Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2863	½	1	0	½									2
Viswanathan Anand (India)	2792	½	0	1	½									2

Games

The player named first plays the white pieces.

Game 1, Anand–Carlsen, ½–½

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

The first game of the match was played on 8 November 2014. The game saw Anand use the Queen's Pawn Opening, to which Carlsen replied with the Grünfeld Defence. Anand, who went down on time as the game progressed, fought a queen and rook middle game to eventually draw with the World Champion. Carlsen didn't make the best of his chances with 42...Re3! He allowed a quick draw after 42...Re2 43. Rb4 b5 44. Qh1!

Grünfeld Defence, Exchange Variation (ECO D85)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 0-0 8. Qd2 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. Rhe1 Nd8 22. f5 Nxe6 23. Rxe6 Qc7+ 24. Kb1 Rc8 25. Rde1 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Rd8 27. Qe3 Rd7 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 Qe4+ 38. Ka2 Re7 39. Qc1 a5 40. Qf1 a4 41. Rd1 Qc2 42. Rd4 (diagram) Re2 43. Rb4 b5 44. Qh1 Re7 45. Qd5 Re1 46. Qd7+ Kh6 47. Qh3+ Kg7 48. Qd7+ ½–½

Game 2, Carlsen–Anand, 1–0

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

The second game was played on 9 November 2014. The opening was the solid Berlin variation of the Ruy Lopez where Carlsen played 4.d3 instead of the mainline 4.0-0 Nxe4. Carlsen gave up the bishop pair to double Anand's c-pawns and the result of the opening was roughly equal. However, Anand's moves 16...Rd8, 18...Be6, and 19...Ng6 all contributed to making his position more unpleasant. In the heavy-piece endgame Carlsen's active pieces and outpost on e6 gave him a clear advantage. The game ended abruptly when Anand blundered with 34...h5??, allowing 35.Qb7 forcing instant resignation, because there is no good defense to 36.Rxg7+ Kh8 37.Rh7+ Kg8 38.Qg7 with checkmate. By this point, 34...Qd2 was the way to fight on, but Anand's position was very difficult and possibly lost in any case. Carlsen took the lead in the match.

Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence (ECO 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. Nh4 Rd8 17. Qh5 f6 18. Nf5 Be6 19. Rg3 Ng6 20. h4 Bxf5 21. exf5 Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Rc3 c5 24. Re6 Rab8 25. Rc4 Qd7 26. Kh2 Rf8 27. Rce4 Rb7 28. Qe2 b5 29. b3 bxa4 30. bxa4 Rb4 31. Re7 Qd6 32. Qf3 Rxe4 33. Qxe4 f3+ 34. g3 (diagram) h5 35. Qb7 1–0

Game 3, Anand–Carlsen, 1–0

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

The third game was played on 11 November 2014. Anand's superior opening was a major factor in this game. In a sharp, topical variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined involving an early Queen's side attack by White, he improved on an earlier game between Levon Aronian and Michael Adams. He soon had a clear advantage, his c-pawn on the 7th rank being far more dangerous than Carlsen's passed a-pawn. Carlsen, down to 6 minutes, blundered with 28...Ba5?, although his position must be very bad anyway. Anand evened the match at 1½–1½, although Carlsen has a slight edge with one more remaining scheduled round playing white than does Anand. This was Anand's first victory over Carlsen in a world championship game.

Queen's Gambit Declined (ECO 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 (diagram) Ba5 29. Qa6 Bxc7 30. Qc4 e5 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. dxe5 Qe7 33. e6 Kf8 34. Rc1 1–0

Game 4, Carlsen–Anand, ½–½

The fourth game was played on 12 November 2014. The match is now precisely even with both players scheduled to play white four more times.

Sicilian Defence (ECO 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. N2f3 Rfe8 13. Rfe1 Bd6 14. c3 h6 15. Qf1 Bh5 16. h3 Bg6 17. Rad1 Rad8 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. Qe2 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. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qxf7 Qd2 42. Qf5+ Kh8 43. h4 Qxa2 44. Qe6 Qd2 45. Qe8+ Kh7 46. Qe4+ Kh8 47. Qe8+ Kh7 ½–½

Timeline of changes

There were several changes and controversies in the process of selecting the challenger and hosts for the championship. A timeline is given below.

2013

• 25 August. Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, announces its bid for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2014.
• 5 October. FIDE deadline to bid for 2014 Candidates Tournament. Kozloduy, Bulgaria, requested an extension to the deadline until 12 October to provide a bank guarantee.
• 7 October. Kozloduy refused to bid for the 2014 Candidates Tournament.
• 22 October. FIDE announces that the 2014 Candidates Tournament will take place from 12 to 30 March 2014 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
• 22 November. Magnus Carlsen becomes World Chess Champion 2013 and thus qualifies for the 2014 World Chess Championship match.

2014

• 10 January. FIDE announces procedure regulations for bidding to host the 2014 World Chess Championship match.
• 21 January. FIDE announces that all qualifiers for the Candidates Tournament 2014 in Khanty-Mansiysk have confirmed their participation and confirms the match schedule for the candidates matches.
• 10 March. FIDE closing date for bid process to host the 2014 World Chess Championship match.
• 11 March. FIDE extended the bidding deadline to 30 April 2014, 13:00 GMT.
• 29 March. Anand wins the Candidates tournament with one round to spare, and thus qualifies to the 2014 World Chess Championship match.
• 30 April. New closing date for bid process to host the 2014 World Chess Championship match. Due to absence of bidders FIDE announced to inform in due course.
• 10 May. Originally expected date for signature of the final contract with the successful bidder for the 2014 World Chess Championship match.
• 11 June. Announcement of Sochi, Russia, being the venue for the 2014 World Chess Championship match.
• 7 November. The 2014 World Chess Championship match opening ceremony. Anand is allocated the white pieces for game one by a random draw.

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External links

• World Chess Championship 2014 official website
• World Chess Championship 2014 at Chessbomb
• World Chess Championship 2014 at Chessdom
• Candidates Tournament 2014 official website
• Candidates Tournament 2014 at Chessbomb
• Candidates Tournament 2014 at Chessdom

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