# Candidates Tournament 2014

The Candidates Tournament 2014 was an eight-player double round-robin chess tournament that took place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from 13 March to 31 March 2014.

## Participants

The participants, in order of rules announced by FIDE, were:
| Qualification path | Player | Age | March 2014 rating | World Ranking (March 2014) |
| 2013 World Championship runner-up | Viswanathan Anand | 44 | 2770 | 8 |
| The top two finishers in the Chess World Cup 2013 | Vladimir Kramnik | 38 | 2787 | 3 |
| The top two finishers in the Chess World Cup 2013 | Dmitry Andreikin | 24 | 2709 | 42 |
| The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13 | Veselin Topalov | 39 | 2785 | 4 |
| The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 28 | 2757 | 13 |
| 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 | 31 | 2830 | 2 |
| 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) | Sergey Karjakin | 24 | 2766 | 9 |
| Organizing committee's wild card (FIDE rating in July 2013 at least 2725) | Peter Svidler | 37 | 2758 | 11 |

## Prize fund

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:
* 1st place – €95,000
* 2nd place – €88,000
* 3rd place – €75,000
* 4th place – €55,000
* 5th place – €40,000
* 6th place – €28,000
* 7th place – €22,000
* 8th place – €17,000

## Standings

    Final standings of the 2014 Candidates Tournament RankPlayerRating March 2014 1 (ANA) 2 (KAR) 3 (KRA) 4 (MAM) 5 (AND) 6 (ARO) 7 (SVI) 8 (TOP) PointsTiebreaks H2HWinsSB 1 Viswanathan Anand 2770 ½½ ½½ ½1 ½½ 1½ ½½ 1½ 8½—357.25 2 Sergey Karjakin 2766 ½½ 10 ½½ ½½ 01 ½1 ½½ 7½— 351.75 3 Vladimir Kramnik 2787 ½½ 10 1½ ½½ ½½ 0½ 10 72½ 349.25 4 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2757 0½ ½½ ½0 1½ 10 1½ ½½ 72 348.00 5 Dmitry Andreikin 2709 ½½ ½½ ½½ ½0 1½ ½0 1½ 71½248.50 6 Levon Aronian 2830 ½0 01 ½½ 10 ½0 1½ ½½ 6½1½345.00 7 Peter Svidler 2758 ½½ 0½ ½1 ½0 1½ ½0 10 6½½346.00 8 Veselin Topalov 2785 ½0 ½½ 10 ½½ ½0 ½½ 10 6—242.25
In the event of a tie, the following tie-break methods were used, in order of precedence:
* Head-to-head scores between the tied players;
* Highest number of wins;
* The player with the highest Sonneborn–Berger score;
* Rapid chess play-offs.

## Results by round

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

### Points by round

For each player, the difference between wins and losses after each round is shown. The players with the highest difference for each round are marked with green background.
| Final place | Player \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 1 | Viswanathan Anand (IND) | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +3 |
| 2 | Sergey Karjakin (RUS) | =0 | –1 | –1 | –1 | –1 | –1 | –2 | –1 | =0 | =0 | =0 | =0 | =0 | +1 |
| 3 | Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) | =0 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | =0 | +1 | +1 | =0 | –1 | –1 | –1 | =0 | =0 |
| 4 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) | =0 | –1 | –2 | –1 | –1 | =0 | –1 | –1 | =0 | =0 | =0 | =0 | =0 | =0 |
| 5 | Dmitry Andreikin (RUS) | =0 | –1 | –1 | –2 | –2 | –2 | –1 | –1 | –1 | –1 | –1 | –1 | =0 | =0 |
| 6 | Levon Aronian (ARM) | –1 | =0 | =0 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | =0 | –1 |
| 7 | Peter Svidler (RUS) | =0 | +1 | +1 | =0 | +1 | =0 | =0 | –1 | –1 | =0 | =0 | –1 | –1 | –1 |
| 8 | Veselin Topalov (BUL) | =0 | =0 | =0 | =0 | –1 | =0 | –1 | –1 | –2 | –2 | –2 | –1 | –2 | –2 |