CANDIDATES BERLIN 2018

Candidates tourn is ready to lift off ! 8 players fighting for the right to claim the crown of the World Champion ,exciting games to follow !

Berlin is the host city of the prestigious tournament .

Official site :

https://worldchess.com/berlin/

FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (GER), 10-28 iii 2018

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Grischuk, Alexander

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RUS

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Kramnik, Vladimir

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Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar

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Ding, Liren

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Karjakin, Sergey

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Aronian, Levon

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Caruana, Fabiano

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So, Wesley

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Round 1 (March 10, 2018)

Kramnik, Vladimir

– Grischuk, Alexander

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Karjakin, Sergey

– Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar

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Aronian, Levon

– Ding, Liren

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Caruana, Fabiano

– So, Wesley

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3 rusians, 2 usa, 1 armenian,1 chinese, 1 azeri =8 total players

According to their perf of 2017 , favorites appear  to be Aronian& Mamedyarov, still all players are capable of winning the tourn ! So no clear predictions can be done !

GM Mastrovasilis A