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There is no easy way to get to the World

Chess Championship! One has to pass a lot

of obstacles and climb the highest peaks

on the way. Only the strongest have the

power to achieve the best.

The qualification for the ultimate match

has several stages and its last one is the

F" World Candidates Tournament. t hasfinished recently in #hanty$%ansiysk&

'ussia.

(iswanthan )nand *pictured below+ went

through the event undefeated and won

the first place and the right to play World

champion %agnus Carlsen in ,ovember

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n this issue1

- Where is #hanty$%ansiysk2

3 'eindeer sleigh ride for the happy

winner!

0$4 Who are the rivals2

5 6u77les

by F8T #evin O9Connell

t will be their second match& the first one

was held in )nand9s native Chennai in

,ovember -/3 and there the ndian lost

his champion9s title.

Would he win it back& we9d know in half a

year& and now we dedicate this whole

issue to the Candidates tournament for it

was an outstanding event.

The pu77les are not from the Candidates

but show those players in some of their

earliest efforts.

#irsan lyum7hinov

F" 6resident

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Chairman& F"$Ci8

"ens #na Sumus

*We are one family+

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FIDE World Candidates Tournament by Anna Burtasova

o you know where #hanty$%ansiysk is2 This rather small city *;ust 5. inhabitants+ sits

in the heart of 'ussia where the two great rivers rtysh and Ob9 meet.

*picture owever& this is the region where not only winter sports are cultivated *like biathlon+ but

also chess! The ?gra Chess )cademy has been home to several World Cups& the World

Women9s Championship& and most recently World @lit7 and 'apid Championships. There

was no better place for the Candidates tournament to happen = the eAperienced organi7ers

are proud to have everything running smoothly. @ut let9s ask the most southern participant

(ishy )nand& wasn9t he uncomfortable in the snows2 )ctually not at all1 B en;oyed my stay

very much. The organi7ation was eAcellent. "verything was close by = the hotel& the playing

hall. (ery self$contained!


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The happy winner also had a chance to meet with real reindeer! That was on the last day

before the closing ceremony& when the heat of the battle was behind and one could en;oy

oneself.

>e also had a chance to try himself as a biathlete! We assume& he started his preparation for

the match with %agnus Carlsen *his native ,orway is one of the biathlon hallmarks!+.

:ou can check the whole video on http1DDwww.youtube.comDwatch2vEhTa8kr(86o

@ut first he had chess work to doG Who were his rivals for the last two weeks before this

remarkable day2


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Dmitry Andreikin (Russia)

mitry )ndreikin was born in /HH& a vintage year for chess talent.

>is contemporaries were very strong = %agnus Carlsen& 8ergey

#ar;akin& an ,epomniachtchi& ldar #hairullin& van 6opov.

,evertheless& mitry eAcelled in this company of stars. >is ;unior

career peaked when be became World ?nder$- Champion in -/.

n -/- mitry was virtually unbeatable1 he was victorious in the >igher Ieague of the

'ussian championship and later in the 8uperfinal& where on a tie$break he was ahead of

8ergey #ar;akin and 6eter 8vidler. n the same year he won a J%atch of the championsK

against an ,epomniachtchi& and took several first places in rapid events.

Throughout the summer of -/3& )ndreikin tested himself in super tournaments. >e

progessed through the JTal %emorialK with flying colours& was the best among the 'ussiansand shared third place. >owever& in ortmund he could not avoid 7eros. ,everthless

)ndreikin was gearing up for the most significant success of his career = qualification for the

World Cup final where he lost to #ramnik. )s a finalist he qualified to the F" Candidates

Tournament.

Levon Aronian (Armenia)

Ievon )ronian started to play chess at H& and already by the age of

/- he was a World Lunior Champion. >e achieved numerous

victories in ;unior tournaments& and the most significant was successin e was soon among the chess elite.

>is track record boasts first places in the strongest tournaments of our time. n -H& Ievon

presaged his greatness by winning the F" e started playing chess in /H53 and it wasn9t long

before he had some significant successes. n /HH/ he shared a win at

the ?88' ;unior championship. n /HH0 he became under /5 World

Champion and gained a grandmaster title. n the same year he


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became 'ussian champion for the first time. >e has claimed this title on a further N

occassions = an absolute record!

6eter quickly entered the peloton of 'ussian players& and subsequently the world elite. For

many years& this grandmaster from 8aint 6etersburg played for the 'ussian national team&

and was usually very successful. 6eter was chosen by the organi7ers as a Bwild card to play

in the Candidates& meaning he got a right to play without special qualification.

Sergey Karakin (Russia)

Iike many other chess stars& 8ergey #ar;akin was born in the

bountiful /HHs. When he was five& his father showed him how the

pieces move. Two months later #ar;akin visited the chess club of the

6ioneers 6alace in his native 8imferopol.

8ergey9s talent became evident early on& and to develop his

eAtraordinary talent& he moved to #ramatorsk to study at a famous chess school known for

nurturing stars.

n --& 'uslan 6onomariev included #ar;akin in his team when preparing for the F" World

championship final match with vanchuk. This invaluable eAperience helped #ar;akin become

the youngest grandmaster in the world = he earned this lofty title at the tender age of /-.

n -H the young chess player changed his citi7enship from ?krainian to 'ussian. >e firmly

established himself in the 'ussian national team. >is biggest success so far was in %ay -/3

in 8tavanger where he headed the likes of Carlsen& )ronian& and )nand. #ar;akin qualified to

#hanty$%ansiysk by rating& and probably now he has the new biggest success = second place

at the Candidates!

S!ak!riyar "amedyarov (A#er$aian)

8hakhriyar %amedyarov was born on the /-th of )pril /H5M in

8umgayit. >e was taught to play chess by his father in /HH3. n the

same year he started to attend lessons in a chess school. The young

player en;oyed repeated successes in youth tournaments and became

the only player in the world to become under - World Champion

twice. This is not the only record that distinguishes the %amedyarov family1 8hakhriyar9s

elder sister& einab& and his younger sister& Turkan& also hold grandmaster titles.

-/3 was an especially successful year for him. n Lune& he won the 'apid world

championship. @eing one of the winners of the tournament in Iondon and victorious at the


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stage in @ei;ing& %amedyarov took overall second place in the F"


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)nand held the title for N years = until ,ovember -/3 when in his native Chennai he finally

succumbed to the leader of modern chess& %agnus Carlsen. >e qualified to the Candidates

tournament as loser from the World Championship match.

&ladimir Kramnik (Russia)

(ladimir #ramnik was born in Tuapse into a family of painters. >is

father taught him to play chess. #ramnik progressed rapidly& won

under /N and under /5 world ;unior crowns& and in /HH/ became an

international grandmaster.

The great talent beat #asparov in the last match of the /3th

World Champion9s career

*Iondon -+ and became the /Hth World Chess Champion when he defeated Topalov.

uring his outstanding career& (ladimir #ramnik has won more than M tournaments >e

holds a special and distinguished record = #ramnik has won the ortmund super tournament

// times. n -/3 in Tromso& #ramnik climbed his last uneAplored peak = he won the World

Cup and proved his strength in a knock$out competition. >e qualified to the Candidates as

the winner in Tromso. >e had only narrowly failed to win the last Candidates in Iondon&

%agnus Carlsen going through on tie$break to the championship match against )nand.

'-.R/A"0/' 'AL0

The tournament was incredibly full of battles& mistakes& blunders and twists. We will show

you some chess eAamples in the neAt issues. @ut ;ust imagine& that before the last round M

participants shared -nd

place! t did not matter for )nand though& who went through the

tournament with flying colours& undefeated and won with one round to spare.

:ou can check more pictures and information on the tournament at the official website

http1DDcandidates-/0.fide.comD


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Pu##les selected by S' " Kevin -onnell*www.kochess.com+1 @lack to play. 8imple technique.

,.'. 8'>)' = (iswanathan ),),

Tamil ,adu Lunior Championship /H5-

2 Ievel on material. White to play.

(ladimir #')%,# $ OT8)'"(

Training& @aku /H54

3 White9s move. Watch the back rank2

Ievon )'O,), = 8lobodan %?,)@)

World :outh Ch u/- Open& @ratislava /HH3

4 @lack to move. What9s best2

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